Exhibit 1.1
1,300,000 SHARES
ADVENT SOFTWARE, INC.
COMMON STOCK
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
June __, 1999
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
XXXXXXXXX & XXXXX LLC
XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX INC.,
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,
c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation,
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Dear Sirs:
1. INTRODUCTORY. Advent Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("COMPANY") proposes to issue and sell 1,200,000 shares of its Common Stock,
$0.01 par value ("SECURITIES") and the XxXxxxx/Xxxxxxx Revocable Trust
("SELLING STOCKHOLDER") proposes to sell 100,000 outstanding shares of the
Securities (such 1,300,000 shares of Securities being hereinafter referred to
as the "FIRM SECURITIES"). The Company also proposes to sell to the
Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an aggregate of not more
than additional shares of its Securities, and the Selling
Stockholder also proposes to sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the
Underwriters, not more than additional outstanding
shares of the Company's Securities, as set forth below (such 195,000
additional shares being hereinafter referred to as the "OPTIONAL
SECURITIES"). The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities are herein
collectively called the "OFFERED SECURITIES". The Company and the Selling
Stockholder hereby agree with the several Underwriters named in Schedule A
hereto ("UNDERWRITERS") as follows:
2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE SELLING
STOCKHOLDER. (a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with,
the several Underwriters that:
(i) A registration statement (No. 333-79659) relating to the
Offered Securities, including a form of prospectus, has been filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission ("COMMISSION") and either (A) has
been declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933 ("ACT") and is
not proposed to be amended or (B) is proposed to be amended by amendment
or post-effective amendment. If such registration statement (the
"INITIAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT") has been declared effective, either
(A) an additional registration statement (the "ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION
STATEMENT") relating to the Offered Securities may have been filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) ("RULE 462(b)") under the Act
and, if so filed, has become effective upon filing pursuant to such Rule
and the Offered Securities all have been duly registered under the Act
pursuant to the initial registration statement and, if applicable, the
additional registration statement or (B) such an additional registration
statement is proposed to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
462(b) and will become effective upon filing pursuant to such Rule and
upon such filing the Offered Securities will all have been duly
registered under the Act pursuant to the initial registration statement
and such additional registration statement. If the Company does not
propose to amend the initial registration statement or if an additional
registration statement has been filed and the Company does not propose
to amend it, and if any post-effective amendment to either such
registration statement has been filed with the Commission prior to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the most recent amendment (if
any) to each such registration
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statement has been declared effective by the Commission or has become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c) ("RULE 462(c)") under the
Act or, in the case of the additional registration statement, Rule
462(b). For purposes of this Agreement, "EFFECTIVE TIME" with respect to
the initial registration statement or, if filed prior to the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the additional registration statement
means (A) if the Company has advised the Representatives that it does
not propose to amend such registration statement, the date and time as
of which such registration statement, or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereto (if any) filed prior to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, was declared effective by the Commission or has become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c), or (B) if the Company has
advised the Representatives that it proposes to file an amendment or
post-effective amendment to such registration statement, the date and
time as of which such registration statement, as amended by such
amendment or post-effective amendment, as the case may be, is declared
effective by the Commission. If an additional registration statement has
not been filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement but
the Company has advised the Representatives that it proposes to file
one, "EFFECTIVE TIME" with respect to such additional registration
statement means the date and time as of which such registration
statement is filed and becomes effective pursuant to Rule 462(b).
"EFFECTIVE DATE" with respect to the initial registration statement or
the additional registration statement (if any) means the date of the
Effective Time thereof. The initial registration statement, as amended
at its Effective Time, including all material incorporated by reference
therein, including all information contained in the additional
registration statement (if any) and deemed to be a part of the initial
registration statement as of the Effective Time of the additional
registration statement pursuant to the General Instructions of the Form
on which it is filed and including all information (if any) deemed to be
a part of the initial registration statement as of its Effective Time
pursuant to Rule 430A(b) ("RULE 430A(b)") under the Act, is hereinafter
referred to as the "INITIAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT". The additional
registration statement, as amended at its Effective Time, including the
contents of the initial registration statement incorporated by reference
therein and including all information (if any) deemed to be a part of
the additional registration statement as of its Effective Time pursuant
to Rule 430A(b), is hereinafter referred to as the "ADDITIONAL
REGISTRATION STATEMENT". The Initial Registration Statement and the
Additional Registration are hereinafter referred to collectively as the
"REGISTRATION STATEMENTS" and individually as a "REGISTRATION
STATEMENT". The form of prospectus relating to the Offered Securities,
as first filed with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with
Rule 424(b) ("RULE 424(b)") under the Act or (if no such filing is
required) as included in a Registration Statement, including all
material incorporated by reference in such prospectus, is hereinafter
referred to as the "PROSPECTUS". No document has been or will be
prepared or distributed in reliance on Rule 434 under the Act.
(ii) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement
is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: (A) on the
Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial
Registration Statement conformed in all respects to the requirements of
the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission ("RULES AND
REGULATIONS") and did not include any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (B) on the
Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement (if any), each
Registration Statement conformed or will conform, in all respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not
include, or will not include, any untrue statement of a material fact
and did not omit, or will not omit, to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and (C) on the date of this Agreement, the Initial
Registration Statement and, if the Effective Time of the Additional
Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement each conforms, and at
the time of filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (if no
such filing is required) at the Effective Date of the Additional
Registration Statement in which the Prospectus is included, each
Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all respects
to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and
neither of such documents includes, or will include, any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits, or will omit, to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading. If the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement: on the Effective Date of the Initial Registration
Statement, the Initial Registration Statement and the Prospectus will
conform in all respects to the
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requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, neither of such
documents will include any untrue statement of a material fact or will
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and no
Additional Registration Statement has been or will be filed. The two
preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from a
Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon written information
furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the
only such information is that described as such in Section 7(c) hereof.
(iii) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and the Company is
duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing
in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property
or the conduct of its business requires such qualification.
(iv) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and
is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, with power and authority (corporate
and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described
in the Prospectus; and each subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified
to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other
jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct
of its business requires such qualification; all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company has been
duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable;
and the capital stock of each subsidiary owned by the Company, directly
or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens, encumbrances and
defects; no subsidiary of the Company is a "significant subsidiary" as
that term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.
(v) The Offered Securities and all other outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and conform to the description
thereof contained in the Prospectus; and the stockholders of the Company
have no preemptive rights with respect to the Securities.
(vi) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no contracts,
agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that
would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Underwriter
for a brokerage commission, finder's fee or other like payment in
connection with this offering.
(vii) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between
the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the
Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to
any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to
require the Company to include such securities in the securities
registered pursuant to a Registration Statement or in any securities
being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by
the Company under the Act.
(viii) The Securities are listed on the Nasdaq National Market.
(ix) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing
with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required to be
obtained or made by the Company for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the sale of the
Offered Securities, except such as have been obtained and made under the
Act and such as may be required under state securities laws.
(x) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and
the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not result
in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any statute, any rule, regulation or order
of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign,
having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or
any of their properties, or any agreement or instrument to which the
Company or any such subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any
such subsidiary is bound or to which any of the properties of the
Company or any
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such subsidiary is subject, or the charter or by-laws of the Company or
any such subsidiary.
(xi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(xii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company and its
subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and
all other properties and assets owned by them, in each case free from
liens, encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value
thereof or materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof
by them; and except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company and its
subsidiaries hold any leased real or personal property under valid and
enforceable leases with no exceptions that would materially interfere
with the use made or to be made thereof by them.
(xiii) The Company and its subsidiaries possess adequate
certificates, authorities or permits issued by appropriate governmental
agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by
them and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit
that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on
the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole
("MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT").
(xiv) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any
subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that
might have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xv) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess or can acquire
on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks, trade names and other rights
to inventions, know-how, patents, copyrights, confidential information
and other intellectual property (collectively, "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS") necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, or
presently employed by them, and have not received any notice of
infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect
to any intellectual property rights that, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the
aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xvi) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, any rule,
regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any
court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of
hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or
restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic
substances (collectively, "ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS"), owns or operates any
real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any
environmental laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination
pursuant to any environmental laws, or is subject to any claim relating
to any environmental laws, which violation, contamination, liability or
claim would individually or in the aggregate have Material Adverse
Effect; and the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which
might lead to such a claim.
(xvii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no
pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company,
any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would
individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, or
would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, or which are otherwise
material in the context of the sale of the Offered Securities; and no
such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or, to the Company's
knowledge, contemplated.
(xviii) The financial statements included in each Registration
Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the financial position of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and
their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and
such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on
a consistent basis; and the schedules included in each Registration
Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein.
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(xix) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus there has
been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving
a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or
other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and, except as disclosed in or
contemplated by the Prospectus, there has been no dividend or
distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any
class of its capital stock.
(xx) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering
and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds
thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be an "investment
company" as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(b) The Selling Stockholder represents and warrants to, and agrees with,
the several Underwriters that:
(i) The Selling Stockholder has and on each Closing Date
hereinafter mentioned will have valid and unencumbered title to the
Offered Securities to be delivered by the Selling Stockholder on such
Closing Date and full right, power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Offered
Securities to be delivered by the Selling Stockholder on such Closing
Date hereunder; and upon the delivery of and payment for the Offered
Securities on each Closing Date hereunder the several Underwriters will
acquire valid and unencumbered title to the Offered Securities to be
delivered by the Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date.
(ii) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement
is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: (A) on the
Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial
Registration Statement conformed in all respects to the requirements of
the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, (B) on the Effective Date of the Additional Registration
Statement (if any), each Registration Statement conformed, or will
conform, in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules
and Regulations did not include, or will not include, any untrue
statement of a material fact and did not omit, or will not omit, to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, and (C) on the date of this
Agreement, the Initial Registration Statement and, if the Effective Time
of the Additional Registration Statement is prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement each
conforms, and at the time of filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule
424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective Date of the
Additional Registration Statement in which the Prospectus is included,
each Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all
respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations,
and neither of such documents includes, or will include, any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits, or will omit, to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading. If the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement: on the Effective Date of the Initial Registration
Statement, the Initial Registration Statement and the Prospectus will
conform in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations, neither of such documents will include any untrue statement
of a material fact or will omit to state any material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading. The two preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or
omissions from a Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon
written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through
the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood
and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in
Section 7(c).
(iii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no
contracts, agreements or understandings between the Selling Stockholder
and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Selling
Stockholder or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder's fee
or other like payment in connection with this offering.
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3. PURCHASE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF OFFERED SECURITIES. On the basis of
the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject
to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company and the Selling
Stockholder agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to each Underwriter,
and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the
Company and the Selling Stockholder, at a purchase price of $ per
share, the number of Firm Securities set forth below the caption "Company" or
"Selling Stockholder", as the case may be, and opposite the name of such
Underwriter in Schedule A hereto.
The Company and the Selling Stockholder will deliver the Firm Securities
to the Representatives for the accounts of the Underwriters, against payment
of the purchase price in Federal (same day) funds by official bank check or
checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to Credit Suisse
First Boston Corporation ("CSFBC") drawn to the order of Advent Software,
Inc., in the case of 1,000,000 shares of Firm Securities and the
XxXxxxx/Xxxxxxx Revocable Trust, in the case of 100,000 shares of Firm
Securities, at the office of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Professional
Corporation, at 10:00 A.M., New York time, on , or
at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as
CSFBC and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the
"FIRST CLOSING DATE". For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the First Closing Date (if later than the otherwise
applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of funds
and delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to
the offering. The certificates for the Firm Securities so to be delivered
will be in definitive form, in such denominations and registered in such
names as CSFBC requests and will be made available for checking and packaging
at the above office of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Professional
Corporation, at least 24 hours prior to the First Closing Date.
In addition, upon written notice from CSFBC given to the Company and the
Selling Stockholder from time to time not more than 30 days subsequent to the
date of the Prospectus, the Underwriters may purchase all or less than all of
the Optional Securities at the purchase price per Security to be paid for the
Firm Securities. The Company and the Selling Stockholder agree, severally and
not jointly, to sell to the Underwriters the respective numbers of Optional
Securities obtained by multiplying the number of shares specified in such
notice by a fraction the numerator of which is in the case of the
Company and in the case of the Selling Stockholder and the denominator of
which is the total number of Optional Securities (subject to adjustment by
CSFBC to eliminate fractions). Such Optional Securities shall be purchased
from the Company and the Selling Stockholder for the account of each
Underwriter in the same proportion as the number of Firm Securities set forth
opposite such Underwriter's name bears to the total number of Firm Securities
(subject to adjustment by CSFBC to eliminate fractions) and may be purchased
by the Underwriters only for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in
connection with the sale of the Firm Securities. No Optional Securities shall
be sold or delivered unless the Firm Securities previously have been, or
simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The right to purchase the Optional
Securities or any portion thereof may be exercised from time to time and to
the extent not previously exercised may be surrendered and terminated at any
time upon notice by CSFBC to the Company and the Selling Stockholder.
Each time for the delivery of and payment for the Optional Securities,
being herein referred to as an "OPTIONAL CLOSING DATE", which may be the
First Closing Date (the First Closing Date and each Optional Closing Date, if
any, being sometimes referred to as a "CLOSING DATE"), shall be determined by
CSFBC but shall be not later than five(3) full business days after written
notice of election to purchase Optional Securities is given. The Company and
the Selling Stockholder will deliver the Optional Securities being purchased
on each Optional Closing Date to the Representatives for the accounts of the
several Underwriters, against payment of the purchase price therefor in
Federal (same day) funds by official bank check or checks or wire transfer to
an account at a bank acceptable to CSFBC drawn to the order of Advent
Software, Inc. in the case of shares of Optional Securities and the
XxXxxxx/Xxxxxxx Revocable Trust, in the case of shares of Optional
Securities, at the above office of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx,
Professional Corporation. The certificates for the Optional Securities being
purchased on each Optional Closing Date will be in definitive form, in such
denominations and registered in such names as CSFBC requests upon reasonable
notice prior to such Optional Closing Date and will be made available for
checking and packaging at the above office of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxx, Professional Corporation, at a reasonable time in advance of such
Optional Closing Date.
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4. OFFERING BY UNDERWRITERS. It is understood that the several
Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public
as set forth in the Prospectus.
5. CERTAIN AGREEMENTS OF THE COMPANY AND THE SELLING STOCKHOLDER. The
Company agrees with the several Underwriters and the Selling Stockholder that:
(a) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will
file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance
with subparagraph (1) (or, if applicable and if consented to by CSFBC,
subparagraph (4)) of Rule 424(b) not later than the earlier of (A) the
second business day following the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or (B) the fifteenth business day after the Effective Date of
the Initial Registration Statement.
The Company will advise CSFBC promptly of any such filing pursuant to
Rule 424(b). If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement
is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and an
additional registration statement is necessary to register a portion of
the Offered Securities under the Act but the Effective Time thereof has
not occurred as of such execution and delivery, the Company will file
the additional registration statement or, if filed, will file a
post-effective amendment thereto with the Commission pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 462(b) on or prior to 10:00 P.M., New York time, on
the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, on or prior to the time the
Prospectus is printed and distributed to any Underwriter, or will make
such filing at such later date as shall have been consented to by CSFBC.
(b) The Company will advise CSFBC promptly of any proposal to
amend or supplement the initial or any additional registration statement
as filed or the related prospectus or the Initial Registration
Statement, the Additional Registration Statement (if any) or the
Prospectus and will not effect such amendment or supplementation without
CSFBC's consent; and the Company will also advise CSFBC promptly of the
effectiveness of each Registration Statement (if its Effective Time is
subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement) and of any
amendment or supplementation of a Registration Statement or the
Prospectus and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order
proceedings in respect of a Registration Statement and will use its best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as
soon as possible its lifting, if issued.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered
Securities is required to be delivered under the Act in connection with
sales by any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a result of
which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is
necessary at any time to amend the Prospectus to comply with the Act,
the Company will promptly notify CSFBC of such event and will promptly
prepare and file with the Commission, at its own expense, an amendment
or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an
amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither CSFBC's consent
to, nor the Underwriters' delivery of, any such amendment or supplement
shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section
6.
(d) As soon as practicable, but not later than the Availability
Date (as defined below), the Company will make generally available to
its securityholders an earnings statement covering a period of at least
12 months beginning after the Effective Date of the Initial Registration
Statement (or, if later, the Effective Date of the Additional
Registration Statement) which will satisfy the provisions of Section
11(a) of the Act. For the purpose of the preceding sentence,
"AVAILABILITY DATE" means the 45th day after the end of the fourth
fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes such Effective
Date, except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of
the Company's fiscal year, "AVAILABILITY DATE" means the 90th day after
the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of each
Registration Statement (four of
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which will be signed and will include all exhibits), each related
preliminary prospectus, and, so long as a prospectus relating to the
Offered Securities is required to be delivered under the Act in
connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer, the Prospectus and
all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case in such
quantities as CSFBC requests. The Prospectus shall be so furnished on or
prior to 3:00 P.M., New York time, on the business day following the
later of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Effective
Time of the Initial Registration Statement. All other such documents
shall be so furnished as soon as available. The Company and the Selling
Stockholder will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the
Underwriters all such documents.
(f) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Offered
Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as CSFBC
designates and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as
required for the distribution.
(g) During the period of five years hereafter, the Company will
furnish to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other
Underwriters, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year,
a copy of its annual report to stockholders for such year; and the
Company will furnish to the Representatives (i) as soon as available, a
copy of each report and any definitive proxy statement of the Company
filed with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or
mailed to stockholders, and (ii) from time to time, such other
information concerning the Company as CSFBC may reasonably request.
(h) For a period of 90 days after the date of the initial public
offering of the Offered Securities, the Company will not offer, sell,
contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under
the Act relating to, any additional shares of its Securities or
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any
shares of its Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to make any
such offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, without the prior
written consent of CSFBC, except issuances of Securities pursuant to the
conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities or the
exercise of warrants or options, in each case outstanding on the date
hereof, grants of employee stock options pursuant to the terms of a plan
in effect on the date hereof, and issuances of Securities pursuant to
the exercise of such options [or issuances of Securities pursuant to
business combinations or corporate partnering agreements approved by the
Company's Board of Directors, provided that the aggregate number of
shares issued in any one transaction or series of related transactions
does not exceed .]
(i) The Company and the Selling Stockholder agree with the several
Underwriters that the Company and the Selling Stockholder will pay all
expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company
and the Selling Stockholder, as the case may be, under this Agreement,
for any filing fees and other expenses (including fees and disbursements
of counsel) in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities
for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as CSFBC designates and
the printing of memoranda relating thereto, for the filing fee incident
to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Underwriters in connection with, the review by the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the Offered Securities, for any travel
expenses of the Company's officers and employees and any other expenses
of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with
prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities, for any transfer taxes
on the sale by the Selling Stockholder of the Offered Securities to the
Underwriters and for expenses incurred in distributing preliminary
prospectuses and the Prospectus (including any amendments and
supplements thereto) to the Underwriters.
(j) The Selling Stockholder agrees to deliver to CSFBC, attention:
Transactions Advisory Group on or prior to the First Closing Date a
properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form
W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury
Department regulations in lieu thereof).
(k) The Selling Stockholder agrees, for a period of 90 days after
the date of the initial public offering of the Offered Securities, not
to offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of,
directly or indirectly,
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any additional shares of the Securities of the Company or securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of
Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer,
sale, pledge or disposition, without the prior written consent of CSFBC.
6. CONDITIONS OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNDERWRITERS. The obligations
of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities on
the First Closing Date and the Optional Securities to be purchased on each
Optional Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the representations
and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholder herein,
to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the
provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling
Stockholder of their obligations hereunder and to the following additional
conditions precedent:
(a) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the
date of delivery thereof (which, if the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, shall be on or prior to the date of this Agreement or, if the
Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, shall be prior to the
filing of the amendment or post-effective amendment to the registration
statement to be filed shortly prior to such Effective Time), of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP confirming that they are independent public
accountants within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published
Rules and Regulations thereunder and stating to the effect that:
(i) in their opinion the financial statements and
schedules examined by them and included in the Registration
Statements comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related
published Rules and Regulations;
(ii) they have performed the procedures specified by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a
review of interim financial information as described in
Statement of Auditing Standards No. 71, Interim Financial
Information, on the unaudited financial statements included in
the Registration Statements;
(iii) on the basis of the review referred to in clause
(ii) above, a reading of the latest available interim
financial statements of the Company, inquiries of officials of
the Company who have responsibility for financial and
accounting matters and other specified procedures, nothing
came to their attention that caused them to believe that:
(A) the unaudited financial statements included in
the Registration Statements do not comply as to form in
all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the related published Rules
and Regulations or any material modifications should be
made to such unaudited financial statements for them to
be in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(B) at the date of the latest available balance
sheet read by such accountants, or at a subsequent
specified date not more than three business days prior to
the date of such letter, there was any change in the
capital stock or any increase in short-term indebtedness
or long-term debt of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries or, at the date of the latest available
balance sheet read by such accountants, there was any
decrease in consolidated total assets, as compared with
amounts shown on the latest balance sheet included in the
Prospectus; or
(C) for the period from the closing date of the
latest income statement included in the Prospectus to the
closing date of the latest available income statement
read by such accountants there were any decreases, as
compared with the corresponding period of the previous
year and with the period of corresponding length ended
the date of the latest income statement included in the
Prospectus, in consolidated net revenues or net income in
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the total or per share amounts of consolidated net income;
except in all cases set forth in clauses B and C above for
changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses
have occurred or may occur or which are described in such
letter; and
(iv) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or
percentages derived from such dollar amounts) and other
financial information contained in the Registration Statements
(in each case to the extent that such dollar amounts,
percentages and other financial information are derived from
the general accounting records of the Company and its
subsidiaries subject to the internal controls of the Company's
accounting system or are derived directly from such records by
analysis or computation) with the results obtained from
inquiries, a reading of such general accounting records and
other procedures specified in such letter and have found such
dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information to
be in agreement with such results, except as otherwise
specified in such letter.
For purposes of this subsection, (i) if the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statements is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, "REGISTRATION STATEMENTS" shall mean the initial registration
statement as proposed to be amended by the amendment or post-effective
amendment to be filed shortly prior to its Effective Time, (ii) if the
Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statements is prior to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement but the Effective Time of the
Additional Registration Statement is subsequent to such execution and
delivery, "REGISTRATION STATEMENTS" shall mean the Initial Registration
Statement and the additional registration statement as proposed to be filed
or as proposed to be amended by the post-effective amendment to be filed
shortly prior to its Effective Time, and (iii) "PROSPECTUS" shall mean the
prospectus included in the Registration Statements. All financial statements
and schedules included in material incorporated by reference into the
Prospectus shall be deemed included in the Registration Statements for
purposes of this subsection.
(b) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
not prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such Effective
Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the
date of this Agreement or such later date as shall have been consented to by
CSFBC. If the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement (if
any) is not prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such
Effective Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York time,
on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, the time the Prospectus is
printed and distributed to any Underwriter, or shall have occurred at such
later date as shall have been consented to by CSFBC. If the Effective Time
of the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission
in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) of this
Agreement. Prior to such Closing Date, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge
of the Selling Stockholder, the Company or the Representatives, shall be
contemplated by the Commission.
(c) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event
involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or other),
business, properties or results of operations of the Company or its
subsidiaries which, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the
Underwriters including the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes
it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public
offering or the sale of and payment for the Offered Securities; (ii) any
suspension or limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York
Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, or any setting of minimum
prices for trading on any such exchange, or the suspension of trading of any
securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market;
(iii) any banking moratorium declared by U.S. Federal or New York
authorities; or (iv) any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which
the United States is involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any
other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in the
judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters including the
Representatives, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation,
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declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to
proceed with completion of the public offering or the sale of and payment for
the Offered Securities.
(d) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such
Closing Date, of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Professional Corporation,
counsel for the Company, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, with corporate power and corporate authority to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;
and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation in good standing in all other United States
jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification except where
the failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse
effect on the business of the Company;
(ii) The Offered Securities delivered on such Closing Date and
all other outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company
have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and
nonassessable and conform in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in the Prospectus (including all
material incorporated by reference therein); and the stockholders
of the Company have no preemptive rights pursuant to the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws with respect to the
Securities and, to such counsel's knowledge, the stockholders of
the Company do not have any contractual or other preemptive rights
with respect to the Securities;
(iii) Except as described in the Prospectus, there are no
contracts, agreements or understandings known to such counsel
between the Company and any person granting such person the right
to require the Company to file a registration statement under the
Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be
owned by such person or to require the Company to include such
securities in the securities registered pursuant to the
Registration Statement or in any securities being registered
pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company
under the Act;
(iv) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of
the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be an
"investment company" as defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940;
(v) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing
with, any governmental agency or governmental body or any court is
required to be obtained or made by the Company or the Selling
Stockholder for the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement in connection with the sale of the Offered
Securities, except such as have been obtained and made under the
Act;
(vi) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated will not result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
statute, any rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency
or body or any court having jurisdiction over the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company or any of their properties, or any
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any such subsidiary
is a party or by which the Company or any such subsidiary is bound
or to which any of the properties of the Company or any such
subsidiary is subject, or the Certificate of Incorporation or
Bylaws of the Company or any such subsidiary;
(vii) Based soley upon oral representation from the Staff of
the Commission, the Initial Registration Statement was declared
effective under the Act as of the date and time specified in such
opinion, the Additional Registration Statement (if any) was filed
and became effective under the Act as of the date and time (if
determinable) specified in such opinion, the Prospectus either was
filed
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with the Commission pursuant to the subparagraph of Rule 424(b)
specified in such opinion on the date specified therein or was
included in the Initial Registration Statement or the Additional
Registration Statement (as the case may be), and, to the knowledge
of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement or any part thereof has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or
contemplated under the Act, and each Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of their
respective effective or issue dates, complied as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Rules
and Regulations; such counsel have no reason to believe that any
part of a Registration Statement (including all material
incorporated by reference therein) or any amendment thereto, as of
its effective date or as of such Closing Date, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; or that the Prospectus (including all
material incorporated by reference therein) or any amendment or
supplement thereto, as of its issue date or as of such Closing
Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; the descriptions in the
Registration Statements and Prospectus of statutes, legal and
governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents are
accurate and fairly present the information required to be shown;
and such counsel do not know of any legal or governmental
proceedings required to be described in a Registration Statement or
the Prospectus which are not described as required or of any
contracts or documents of a character required to be described in a
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits
to a Registration Statement which are not described and filed as
required; it being understood that such counsel need express no
opinion as to the financial statements or other financial data
contained in the Registration Statements or the Prospectus; and
(viii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(e) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such
Closing Date, of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Professsional Corporation,
counsel for the Selling Stockholder, to the effect that:
(i) The Selling Stockholder had valid and unencumbered title
to the Offered Securities delivered by the Selling Stockholder on
such Closing Date and had full right, power and authority to sell,
assign, transfer and deliver the Offered Securities delivered by
the Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date hereunder; and the
several Underwriters have acquired valid and unencumbered title to
the Offered Securities purchased by them from the Selling
Stockholder on such Closing Date hereunder;
(ii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is
required to be obtained or made by the Selling Stockholder for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in
connection with the sale of the Offered Securities sold by the
Selling Stockholder, except such as have been obtained and made
under the Act and such as may be required under state securities
laws;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated will not result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
statute, any rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency
or body or any court having jurisdiction over the Selling
Stockholder or any of its properties or any agreement or instrument
to which the Selling Stockholder is a party or by which the Selling
Stockholder is bound or to which any of the properties of the
Selling Stockholder is subject; and
(iv) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Selling Stockholder.
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(f) The Representatives shall have received from Fenwick & West
LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such
Closing Date, with respect to the incorporation of the Company, the validity
of the Offered Securities delivered on such Closing Date, the Registration
Statements, the Prospectus and other related matters as the Representatives
may require, and the Selling Stockholder and the Company shall have furnished
to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling
them to pass upon such matters.
(g) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated
such Closing Date, of the President or any Vice President and a principal
financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers, to the
best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that: the
representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and
correct; the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to
such Closing Date; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of any
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose
have been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission; the Additional
Registration Statement (if any) satisfying the requirements of subparagraphs
(1) and (3) of Rule 462(b) was filed pursuant to Rule 462(b), including
payment of the applicable filing fee in accordance with Rule 111(a) or (b)
under the Act, prior to the time the Prospectus was printed and distributed
to any Underwriter; and, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial
statements in the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, nor
any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in
the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set
forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus or as described in such
certificate.
(h) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated such
Closing Date, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which meets the requirements of
subsection (a) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to in
such subsection will be a date not more than three days prior to such Closing
Date for the purposes of this subsection.
The Selling Stockholder and the Company will furnish the Representatives with
such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents
as the Representatives reasonably request. CSFBC may in its sole discretion
waive on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the
obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect of an Optional
Closing Date or otherwise.
7. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION. (a) The Company will indemnify
and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers and
each person, if any who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities,
joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act
or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action
as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company will not
be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such
documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only
such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information
described as such in subsection (c) below.
(b) The Selling Stockholder will indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers and each person who
controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act,
against any
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losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such
Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise
out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
any material fact contained in any Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or
any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus,
or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter
for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that
the Selling Stockholder will not be liable in any such case to the extent
that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon
an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged
omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by an Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed
that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the
information described as such in subsection (c) below.
(c) Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, its directors and officers and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, and the
Selling Stockholder against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to
which the Company or the Selling Stockholder may become subject, under the
Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Company and the Selling Stockholder in connection
with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the
only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following
information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the
concession and reallowance figures appearing in the fourth paragraph and the
information contained in the last paragraph under the caption "Underwriting".
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if
a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under
subsection (a), (b) or (c) above, notify the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party
will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified
party otherwise than under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above. In case any
such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies an
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will
be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish,
jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the
defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who
shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to
the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the
indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than
reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the
prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or
could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by
such indemnified party unless such (i) settlement includes an unconditional
release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are
the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as
to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on
behalf of an indemnified party.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a),
(b) or (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount
paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages or liabilities referred to in
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subsection (a), (b) or (c) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling
Stockholder on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the
offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i)
above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause
(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling
Stockholder on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection
with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling
Stockholder on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed
to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering
(before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling
Stockholder bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received
by the Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Company, the Selling Stockholder or
the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or
omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this
subsection (e) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this
subsection (e). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), 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 such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
Underwriters' obligations in this subsection (e) to contribute are several in
proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(f) The obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholder under
this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the
Selling Stockholder may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms
and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter (as
hereinafter defined) within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of
the Underwriters under this Section shall be in addition to any liability
which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon
the same terms and conditions, to each director of the Company, to each
officer of the Company who has signed a Registration Statement and to each
person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
8. DEFAULT OF UNDERWRITERS. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default
in their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the
First or any Optional Closing Date and the aggregate number of shares of
Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed
but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of
Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such
Closing Date, CSFBC may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company and the
Selling Stockholder for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other
persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are
made by such Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated
severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to
purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but
failed to purchase on such Closing Date. If any Underwriter or Underwriters
so default and the aggregate number of shares of Offered Securities with
respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total
number of shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to
purchase on such Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to CSFBC, the
Company and the Selling Stockholder for the purchase of such Offered
Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default,
this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter, the Company or the Selling Stockholder, except as
provided in Section 9 (provided that if such default occurs with respect to
Optional Securities after the First Closing Date, this Agreement will not
terminate as to the Firm Securities or any Optional Securities purchased
prior to such termination). As used in this Agreement, the term "Underwriter"
includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section.
Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its
default.
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9. SURVIVAL OF CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND OBLIGATIONS. The respective
indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of
the Selling Stockholder, of the Company or its officers and of the several
Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in
full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to
the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Selling
Stockholder, the Company or any of their respective representatives, officers
or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and
payment for the Offered Securities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant
to Section 8 or if for any reason the purchase of the Offered Securities by
the Underwriters is not consummated, the Company and the Selling Stockholder
shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by them
pursuant to Section 5 and the respective obligations of the Company, the
Selling Stockholder, and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7 shall remain
in effect, and if any Offered Securities have been purchased hereunder the
representations and warranties in Section 2 and all obligations under Section
5 shall also remain in effect. If the purchase of the Offered Securities by
the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because
of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8 or the occurrence
of any event specified in clause (iii), (iv) or (v) of Section 6(c), the
Company and the Selling Stockholder will, jointly and severally, reimburse
the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and
disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the
offering of the Offered Securities.
10. NOTICES. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if
sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and
confirmed to the Representatives, c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation,
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000, Attention: Investment
Banking Department -- Transactions Advisory Group, or, if sent to the Company,
will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at Advent
Software, Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxx
X. Xxxxxxxxxxx, or, if sent to the Selling Stockholder, will be mailed,
delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to Xxxxxxxxx X. XxXxxxx at Advent
Software, Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000; provided,
however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 7 will be
mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such Underwriter.
11. SUCCESSORS. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the
officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7, and
no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
12. REPRESENTATION. The Representatives will act for the several
Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, and any action under this Agreement taken by the Representatives
jointly or by CSFBC will be binding upon all the Underwriters.
13. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
14. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
The Company hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the
Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York
in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives'
understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of
the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among
the Selling Stockholder, the Company and the several Underwriters in
accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
XXXXXXX/XXXXXXX REVOCABLE TRUST
By..................................
[INSERT TITLE]
ADVENT SOFTWARE, INC.
By..................................
[INSERT TITLE]
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and
accepted as of the date first above written.
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
XXXXXXXXX & XXXXX LLC
XXXXXXX XXXXX BARNEY INC.
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the
Representatives of the several Underwriters.
By CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
By..................................
[INSERT TITLE]
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SCHEDULE A
NUMBER OF FIRM SECURITIES TOTAL
TO BE SOLD BY NUMBER OF
------------------------- FIRM SECURITIES
SELLING TO BE
UNDERWRITER COMPANY STOCKHOLDER PURCHASED
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Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.
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