On2 Technologies, Inc. 13,000,000 Shares Common Stock ($0.01 par value) Underwriting Agreement
Execution
Copy
13,000,000
Shares
Common
Stock ($0.01 par value)
Underwriting
Agreement
October
17, 2007
ThinkEquity
Partners LLC
Xxxxxxxx
Curhan Ford & Co.
As
Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o
ThinkEquity Partners LLC
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
On2
Technologies, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of
Delaware (the “Company”),
proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule
I
hereto
(the “Underwriters”),
for
whom you (the “Representatives”)
are
acting as representatives, 13,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value
per share (“Common
Stock”),
of
the Company (said shares to be issued and sold by the Company being hereinafter
called the “Firm
Shares”).
The
Company also proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option (the “Over-Allotment
Option”)
to
purchase up to 1,950,000 additional shares of Common Stock (as may be adjusted
to give effect to any stock split, reverse stock split or recapitalization
effected by the Company prior to the exercise of such option) to cover
over-allotments (the “Option
Shares”;
the
Option Shares, together with the Firm Shares, being hereinafter called the
“Securities”)
on the
terms set forth in Section 3. To the extent there are no additional
Underwriters listed on Schedule
I
other
than you, the term Representatives as used herein shall mean you, as
Underwriters, and the terms Representatives and Underwriters shall mean either
the singular or plural as the context requires. The use of the neuter in this
Agreement shall include the feminine and masculine wherever appropriate. Certain
terms used herein are defined in Section 20 hereof.
1. Representations
and Warranties.
The
Company represents, warrants and agrees as follows:
(a) The
Company has prepared and filed with the Commission a registration statement
(file number 333-142336) on Form S-3, including a related base prospectus,
for
registration under the Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. Such
Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the
Execution Time, has become effective. The Company may have filed one or more
amendments thereto, including a related preliminary prospectus, each of which
has previously been furnished to you. The Company will file with the Commission
a final prospectus in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final
prospectus shall conform in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder, on the Effective Date and
at
the Execution Time, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree
in
writing to a modification, shall be in all material respects in the form
furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed
at
the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information
and
other changes (beyond that contained in the latest Preliminary Prospectus)
as
the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included
or
made therein.
(b) On
the
Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Prospectus is
first
filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined herein)
and on any date on which Option Shares are purchased, if such date is not the
Closing Date (a “settlement
date”),
the
Prospectus (and any supplements thereto) will, conform in all material respects
with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder; on the
Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading; and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on
the
Closing Date and any settlement date, the Prospectus (together with any
supplement thereto) will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact
or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided,
however,
that
the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the information
contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or
any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through
the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement
or
the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed
that
the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the
information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
(c) The
Disclosure Package as of the Effective Date and at the Execution Time does
not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit 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 preceding sentence
does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based
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 or on behalf
of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
Section 8(b) hereof.
(d) (i) At
the time of filing the Registration Statement and (ii) as of the Execution
Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this
clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined
in
Rule 405), without taking account of any determination by the Commission
pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered
an
Ineligible Issuer.
(e) Each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the Disclosure
Package as of the Effective Date and at the Execution Time, did not contain
an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to
be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the
price of the Securities and disclosures directly relating thereto will be
included on the cover page of the Prospectus. The foregoing sentence does not
apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
based 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 Section 8(b)
hereof.
(f) Each
of
the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined in Section 1(h)) has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company
(as applicable) in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which
it
is chartered or organized with full corporate or limited liability company
(as
applicable) power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to
operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation or limited liability company (as applicable) and is in good standing
under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not reasonably
be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect
on
the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or
properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or
not
arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business (a “Material
Adverse Effect”),
except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
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(g) All
the
outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary
of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid
and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity
interests of the Subsidiaries of the Company are owned by the Company either
directly or through its wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any security
interests, claims, liens or encumbrances.
(h) The
entities listed on Annex
A
attached
hereto are the only subsidiaries of the Company as defined by Rule 1-02 of
Regulation S-X (the “Subsidiaries”).
(i) The
Company’s authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all
material respects to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus; the outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly and
validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; the
Securities being issued and sold hereunder by the Company have been duly and
validly authorized, and, when issued and delivered to and paid for by the
Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will be fully paid and nonassessable;
subject to the matters disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by
the
Company with the Commission on October 10, 2007, the Securities shall, when
issued, be duly listed, and admitted and authorized for trading, subject to
official notice of issuance, on the American Stock Exchange; the certificates
for the Securities have been duly approved and adopted by the Company and are
in
valid and sufficient form and comply with the requirements of the American
Stock
Exchange; the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
are
not entitled to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the Securities;
and,
except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no options,
warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue,
or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares
of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company are
outstanding.
(j) There
is
no contract or other document that is required to be described in the Prospectus
or filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement under the Act or rules
and
regulations thereunder that has not been described in the Prospectus or filed
as
an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
(k) This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
(l) The
Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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(m) No
consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or
Governmental Authority is required in connection with the transactions
contemplated herein, except for the registration of the Securities under the
Act
and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations, or qualifications
as may be required under the Exchange Act, by the Financial Industry Regulatory
authority (“FINRA”),
and
such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the
Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the Disclosure Package
and
the Prospectus.
(n) Neither
the issue and sale of the Securities nor the consummation of any other of the
transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof will
(i) conflict with or result in a violation of the charter or by-laws of the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries or (ii) conflict with, result in
material breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries pursuant to, (A) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease,
mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement,
obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of
its
subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject,
or (B) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency, Governmental Authority,
arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of
its
subsidiaries or any of its or their properties.
(o) No
holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such
securities under the Registration Statement except as set forth in the
Disclosure Package and Prospectus.
(p) The
consolidated historical financial statements and schedules of the Company and
its consolidated Subsidiaries included in the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus
and the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the
consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of the respective dates and for the respective
periods indicated and have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the
periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). The selected financial
data set forth under the caption “Selected Consolidated Financial Data” in the
Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement present the
information set forth therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited
financial statements contained in the Registration Statement.
(q) Except
as
set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
there
are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any court or governmental
agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries or its or their property pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened that (i) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) could, singly or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) The
Company and each of the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee
simple to all real property and good and valid title to all personal property
owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and
defects, except such as are described in the most recent Prospectus or such
as
do not materially adversely affect the value of such property and do not
materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property
by the Company and the Subsidiaries; and all assets held under lease by the
Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases, with such exceptions as are not material and do not
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and
buildings by the Company and the Subsidiaries.
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(s) Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in violation or default of any
provision of its charter or bylaws, (ii) is in default in any material
respect of the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust,
note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition,
covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property
is subject, or (iii) except as set forth in the Prospectus, is in violation
in any material respect of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order
or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental
body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or
such
subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable, except with respect to
(ii)
and (iii) above, for such violations or defaults that would not, individually
or
in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) Xxxxxx
LLP, who has certified certain financial statements of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries and delivered its report with respect to the audited
consolidated financial statements and schedules included in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting
firm
with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act within the meaning
of
Rule 3600T of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and there has
not
been any disagreement (within the meaning of National Policy Statement
No. 31) with the present or any former accountants of the Company.
(u) There
are
no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under U.S. federal law or
the
laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid
in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance
by
the Company or sale by the Company of the Securities.
(v) Each
of
the Company and the Subsidiaries has filed all Tax Returns that are required
to
be filed or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the
failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set
forth
in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive
of
any supplement thereto)) and has paid all Taxes required to be paid by it and
any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that
any
of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or
penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not have
a
Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto).
(w) No
labor
problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened or imminent, and
the
Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the
employees of any of its or the Subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or
customers, that could have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in
or
contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto).
(x) The
Company and each of the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts
as
are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; all
policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company or
any
of the Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers
and directors are in full force and effect; the Company and the Subsidiaries
are
in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material
respects; and there are no claims by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying
liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; neither the Company
nor any such Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or
applied for; and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason
to
believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage or
obtain substantially equivalent insurance as and when such coverage expires
or
to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue
its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except
as
set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto).
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(y) No
Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any
dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such
Subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances
to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such
Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the
Company, except as described in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(z) The
Company and the Subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and
other authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except
for any which the failure to possess could not reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto);
and
neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate,
authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of
an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect,
except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(aa) The
Company and each of the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions
are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations;
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; and (iv) the reported accountability for assets is compared
with the existing assets at reasonable intervals.
(bb) The
Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that
would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in,
under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price
of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Securities.
(cc) The
Company and the Subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with any and all
applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating
to
the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or
toxic
substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental
Laws”)
except
where such lack of compliance would not result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or
other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct
their respective businesses except where such lack of compliance would not
result in a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) have not received notice of
any actual or potential liability under any environmental law, except where
such
non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits,
licenses or other approvals, or liability would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or
contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto). Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has been named
as a
“potentially responsible party” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
(dd) The
Company is in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable
provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder
(“ERISA”);
no
“reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any
“pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any
liability; the Company has not incurred and could not reasonably be expected
to
incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to
termination of, or withdrawal from, any “pension plan” or (ii) Sections 412
or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the
regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”);
each
“pension plan” for which the Company would have any liability that is intended
to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and
nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause
the loss of such qualification; and neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries maintains or is required to contribute to a “welfare plan” (as
defined in Section 3(l) of ERISA) which provides retiree or other
post-employment welfare benefits or insurance coverage (other than “continuation
coverage” (as defined in Section 602 of ERISA).
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(ee) The
Company is in compliance in all material respects with all presently effective
provisions of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations
promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes
Oxley Act”),
including Section 402 related to loans.
(ff) Neither
the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company,
any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of
the
Subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that
would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA, including, without
limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of
interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise
to
pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift,
promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any
“foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any non-U.S.
political party or official thereof or any candidate for non-U.S. political
office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company, the Subsidiaries and,
to
the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses
in
compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and
procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue
to
ensure, continued compliance therewith.
“FCPA”
means
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
(gg)
The
operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries are and have been conducted
at
all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial
recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign
Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes
of
all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or
similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced
by
any Governmental Authority (collectively, the “Money
Laundering Laws”)
and no
action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or Governmental Authority
or
any arbitrator involving the Company or any of the Subsidiaries with respect
to
the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company,
threatened in each case, as would not be reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(hh) Neither
the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company,
any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of
the
Subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”);
and
the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering,
or
lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary,
joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing
the activities of any person who, to the Company’s knowledge, is currently
subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
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(ii) The
Company and the Subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to
use,
on reasonable terms, all patents, patent applications, trade and service marks,
trade and service xxxx registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses,
inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property
(collectively, the “Intellectual
Property”)
necessary for the conduct of the Company’s business as now conducted as
described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Except as set forth
in
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) there is no material
infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (ii) there
is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit,
proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s rights in or to any such
Intellectual Property; (iii) there is no pending or, to the Company’s
knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging
the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property; and (iv) there is
no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding
or claim by others that the Company infringes or otherwise violates any patent,
trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of
others.
(jj)
Neither
the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement
or
understanding with any person that would give rise to a valid claim against
the
Company or the Underwriters for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like
payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than
this Agreement.
Any
certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the
Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering
of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company,
as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
2. Purchase
and Sale.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and
warranties herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter,
and
each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the
Company, at a purchase price of $0.94 per share, the amount of the Firm Shares
set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule
I
hereto.
(b)
Subject
to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and
warranties herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the several
Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to 1,950,000 Option
Shares at the same purchase price per share as the Underwriters shall pay for
the Firm Shares. Said option may be exercised only to cover over-allotments
in
the sale of the Firm Shares by the Underwriters. Said option may be exercised
in
whole or in part at any time on or before the 30th day after the date of the
Prospectus upon written or telegraphic notice by the Representatives to the
Company setting forth the number of shares of the Option Shares as to which
the
several Underwriters are exercising the option and the settlement date. The
number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same
percentage of the total number of shares of the Option Shares to be purchased
by
the several Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Firm Shares,
subject to such adjustments as the Representatives in their absolute discretion
shall make to eliminate any fractional shares.
The
Company shall not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities on the date
required for delivery under Section 3 except upon payment for all
Securities to be purchased on such delivery date as provided
herein.
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3. Delivery
and Payment.
(a) Delivery
of and payment for the Firm Shares and the Option Shares (if the option provided
for in Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the
fourth Business Day following the date of this Agreement) shall be made at
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on October 23, 2007, or at such time on
such later date not more than four Business Days after the foregoing date as
the
Representatives shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by
agreement between the Representatives and the Company or as provided in
Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the
Securities being herein called the “Closing
Date”).
Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several
Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or
upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to
an
account specified in writing by the Company. Delivery of the Firm Shares and
the
Option Shares shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust
Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.
(b) If
the
option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised after the fourth
Business Day following the date of this Agreement, the Company will deliver
(at
the expense of the Company) to the Representatives, at 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
0xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, on the date specified by the Representatives
(which shall be within three Business Days after exercise of said option),
certificates for the Option Shares in such names and denominations as the
Representatives shall have requested for the respective accounts of the several
Underwriters, against payment by the several Underwriters through the
Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the
Company. If settlement for the Option Shares occurs after the Closing Date,
the
Company will deliver to the Representatives on the settlement date for the
Option Shares, and the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option
Shares shall be conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions, certificates
and letters confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates and letters
delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6 hereof.
4. Offering
by Underwriters.
It is
understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for
sale to the public upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Prospectus
as soon after this Agreement has been executed and as the Representatives,
in
their sole judgment, have determined is advisable and practicable.
5. Agreements.
(i) The
Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior
to
the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file
any
amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or
any
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished you a copy
for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment
or
supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the
Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a
form
approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable
paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide
evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company
will promptly advise the Representatives (1) when the Prospectus, and any
supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall
have been filed with the Commission, (2) when, prior to termination of the
offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall
have been filed or become effective, (3) of any request by the Commission
or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Prospectus or for any
additional information, (4) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any
notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding
for that purpose and (5) of the receipt by the Company of any notification
with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale
in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for
such
purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any
such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection and,
upon
such issuance, occurrence or objection, to obtain as soon as possible the
withdrawal thereof of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or
objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration
Statement or a new registration statement and using its best efforts to have
such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as
practicable.
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(b) If,
at
any time, prior to the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any
event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any
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 at such time not misleading, the Company will: (1) notify
promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may
cease
until it is amended or supplemented; (2) amend or supplement the Disclosure
Package to correct such statement or omission; and (3) supply any amendment
or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably
request.
(c) If,
at
any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be
delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirements
may
be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 of the Act), any event which becomes known
to
the Company occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then supplemented
would include any 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 at such time not misleading, or if
it
shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the
Prospectus to comply with the Act or the rules thereunder, the Company promptly
will (1) notify the Representatives of any such event, (2) prepare and
file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (i)(a)
of
this Section 5, an amendment or supplement which will correct such
statement or omission or effect such compliance and (3) supply any
supplemented Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably
request.
(d) As
soon
as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security
holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the
Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.
(e) The
Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters
signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and
to
each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits
thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer
may be required by the Act (including the circumstances where such requirement
may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any
supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(f) The
Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities
for
sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate
and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the
distribution of the Securities; provided,
that in
no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any
jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified, to subject itself to taxation
in
any foreign jurisdiction or to take any action that would subject it to service
of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of
the
Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
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(g) The
Company will not, without the prior written consent of ThinkEquity Partners
LLC,
offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into
any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result
in the disposition of (whether by actual disposition or effective economic
disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate
of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of
the
Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in
the
filing) of a registration statement with the Commission (other than a
registration statement on Form S-8) in respect of, or establish or increase
a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position
within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, with respect to any
other shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable,
or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock, or publicly announce an intention
to effect any such transaction, for a period of 90 days after the date of this
Agreement; provided,
however,
that
the Company may (i) issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock
incentive plan, stock option plan (and may issue options thereunder), stock
ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the
Execution Time, (ii) Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities
or
the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time and (iii) Common
Stock pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2007,
between the Company and Nexit Ventures Oy, as the authorized representative
of
the holders of the outstanding equity securities of Hantro Products Oy. If
(1) during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period the Company
issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to
the
Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted
period the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the
16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day period, then the foregoing
restrictions shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period
beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the
material news or material event.
(h) The
Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws,
rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Sarbanes Oxley Act,
the Money Laundering Laws and the FCPA and use its best efforts to cause the
Company’s directors and officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with
such laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the provisions
of the Sarbanes Oxley Act, the Money Laundering Laws and the FCPA.
(i) The
Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that
would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in,
under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price
of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Securities.
(j) The
Company will not issue any press release or public announcement between the
date
hereof and the Closing Date without first providing prior notice to the
Representatives.
(k) The
Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters:
(i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the
Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and
exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them;
(ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air
freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the
Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, each Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as
may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the
offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing,
authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities,
including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance
and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and
delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements
or
documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering
of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the
Exchange Act and the listing of the Securities on the American Stock Exchange;
(vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale
under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing
fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters
relating to such registration and qualification); (vii) any filings
required to be made with FINRA (including filing fees and the reasonable fees
and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings);
(viii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor
presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of
the offering of the securities, including, without limitation, third party
expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees
and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show
presentations with the prior approval of the Company, lodging expenses of the
officers of the Company and any such consultants, and 50% of the cost of any
aircraft chartered in connection with the road show, but specifically excluding
the lodging expenses of the representatives of the Underwriters; (ix) the
fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of
counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all
other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its
obligations hereunder; provided
that,
except as provided in this Section 5 and in Section 7, the
Underwriters shall pay their own costs and expenses, including the costs and
expenses of their counsel, any transfer taxes on the securities which they
may
sell and the expenses of advertising any offering of the securities made by
the
Underwriters.
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(l) The
Company will use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities in the manner
described in the Prospectus.
(m) The
Company agrees that, unless it has obtained or will obtain the prior written
consent of the Representatives (such consent to not be unreasonably withheld),
and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that,
unless it has obtained or will obtain, as the case may be, the prior written
consent of the Company (such consent to not be unreasonably withheld), it has
not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would
constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute
a Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company or such
Underwriter with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433;
provided,
that
the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been
given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses identified in Schedule
II
hereto
and any electronic road show. Any such Free Writing Prospectus consented to
by
the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus.”
The
Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be,
each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
and
(y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the
requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending
and record keeping.
(ii) Each
Underwriter severally agrees that such Underwriter shall not include any “issuer
information” (as defined in Rule 433) in any Free Writing Prospectus used
or referred to by such Underwriter without the prior written consent of the
Company (any such issuer information with respect to whose use the Company
has
given its consent, “Permitted
Issuer Information”); provided,
that
(i) no such consent shall be required with respect to any such issuer
information contained in any document filed by the Company with the Commission
prior to the use of such Free Writing Prospectus and (ii) ”issuer
information,” as used in this Section 5(ii), shall not be deemed to include
information prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter on the basis of or
derived from issuer information.
6. Conditions
to the Obligations of the Underwriters.
The
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares and the Option
Shares, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein
as of
the Execution Time, the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, to the
accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant
to
the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
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(a) Prior
to
the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the Prospectus and any
supplement thereto have been filed in the manner and within the time period
required by Rule 424(b); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the
Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued
and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the
Company’s knowledge, threatened.
(b) On
the
Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, XxXxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel for
the
Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the
Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives and their counsel, in the
form
set forth in Exhibit
B.
(c) On
the
Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, Levisohn Xxxxxx LLP, intellectual
property counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives
its opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives and
their counsel, in the form set forth in Exhibit
C.
(d) The
Representatives shall have received from Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx PC, counsel for
the
Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed
to
the Representatives, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities,
the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (together
with any supplement thereto), and other related matters as the Representatives
may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel
such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them
to
pass upon such matters.
(e) On
the
Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished
to the Representatives certificates dated the Closing Date, signed by
appropriate officers of the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and their
counsel, with respect to the charter and by-laws of the Company, all resolutions
of the board of directors of the Company and other corporate action relating
to
this Agreement and to the authorization, issue and sale of the Securities,
the
incumbency and specimen signatures of signing officers and with respect to
such
other matters as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) On
the
Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished
to the Representatives a certificate of the Company, signed by the principal
executive officer and principal financial officer of the Company, dated the
Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully
examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Disclosure Package
and
any amendment or supplement thereto, as well as each electronic roadshow used
to
offer the securities, and this Agreement and that:
(i) the
representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and
correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the
Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied
all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to
the
Closing Date;
(ii) no
stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice
objecting to is use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have
been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened;
(iii) since
the
date of the most recent financial statements included in the Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse effect
on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or
properties of the Company and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether
or
not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as
set
forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive
of any supplement thereto); and
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(iv) such
other matters as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(g) At
the
Execution Time and on the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, Xxxxxx
LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives letters, dated respectively
as
of the Execution Time, the Closing Date or such Subsequent Closing Date, in
form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, a customary
“comfort letter” with respect to the financial statements and certain financial
information of the Company and its subsidiaries contained in the Registration
Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus and confirming that
it is
an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the
Act
and the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission.
(h) Subsequent
to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is
given
in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been
(i) any loss or interference with the Company’s business from fire,
explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or
from
any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the most recent Prospectus or (ii) any
change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change,
in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position,
stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated
in
the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in
clause (i) or (ii), is, in the judgment of the Representatives, so material
and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
public offering or the delivery of the Securities being delivered on such date
of delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus.
(i) The
Securities shall have been listed for trading on the American Stock Exchange
and
satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the
Representatives.
(j) At
or
prior to the Execution Time, the Company shall have furnished to the
Representatives a letter substantially in the form of Exhibits
A-1
or
A-2
hereto
from each executive officer and director of the Company (other than Pekka
Salonoja) as of the Execution Time addressed to the
Representatives.
(k) Prior
to
the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such
further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives may
reasonably request for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance
and sale of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement, or to evidence
the
accuracy of the Company’s representations and warranties or the satisfaction of
any of the agreements or conditions contained in this Agreement.
If
any of
the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled
when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and
certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel
for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters
hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by
the
Representatives, which cancellation shall be without liability on the part
of
any party to any other party, except that Section 5(i)(k), Section 7, Section
8
and Section 11 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such
cancellation. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in
writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
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The
documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at
the office of Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx PC, counsel for the Underwriters, at 0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx,
on the Closing Date or on such other date as shall be required or permitted
by
the terms of the Agreement.
7. Reimbursement
of Underwriters’ Expenses.
If the
sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any
condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6
hereof is not satisfied or because of any refusal, inability or failure on
the
part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision
hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company
will reimburse the Underwriters severally through ThinkEquity Partners LLC
on
demand for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees
and
disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection
with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities. If this Agreement is
terminated by reason of the default of one or more of the Underwriters as set
forth in Section 9 hereof, the Company shall not be obligated to reimburse
any defaulting Underwriter on account of those expenses.
8. Indemnification
and Contribution.
(a) The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors,
officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls
any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act from
and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, or any action in respect thereof, to which they or any of them may
become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or any other Federal or state
statutory law or regulation, at common law 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 a material
fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of the
Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
or
in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or in any Permitted Issuer
Information used or referred to in any Free Writing Prospectus used or referred
to by any Underwriter, or any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433) not
constituting an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (a “Non-Prospectus
Road Show”),
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 agrees to reimburse each such indemnified
party, as incurred, for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by
them
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 any such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made
therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to
the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition
to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each
Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the
Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration
Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either
the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity
to
each Underwriter, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint
or several, or any action in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such
director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Act,
the
Exchange Act or any other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at
common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon, (i) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
the
registration statement for the registration of the Securities as originally
filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment thereof
or
supplement thereto or in any Permitted Issuer Information or any Non-Prospectus
Road Show, or (ii) 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, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such
Underwriter furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf
of that Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, and shall reimburse
the
Company and any such director, officer or controlling person for any legal
or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or preparing
to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such
expenses are incurred. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges
that the statements set forth in the fifth paragraph of the cover page regarding
delivery of the Securities and, under the heading “Underwriting,” (i) the
list of Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale of the
Securities, (ii) the sentences related to concessions and reallowances and
(iii) the paragraph related to stabilization, syndicate covering
transactions and penalty bids in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus
and
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus constitute the only information furnished
in
writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus.
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(c) Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the
commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8,
notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the
failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from
liability under Section 8(a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did
not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture
by
the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will
not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any
indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in Section
8(a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint
counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense
to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification
is
sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible
for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified
party or parties except as set forth below); provided,
however,
that
such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party.
Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to
represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have
the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the
indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such
separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party
to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict
of
interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any
such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and
the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded, based on the advice
of
counsel, that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other
indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available
to
the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have
employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the
indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution
of
such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified
party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party.
An
indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified parties (which such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld),
settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to
any
pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which
indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the
indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action)
unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release
of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action,
suit or proceeding.
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(d) In
the
event that the indemnity provided in Section 8(a) or (b) is unavailable to
or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company
and the Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses,
claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively
“Losses”)
to
which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company on the one hand and by the Underwriters on the other from the offering
of the Securities; provided,
however,
that in
no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among
underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for
any
amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the
Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. If the allocation provided
by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company
and the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative
fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the other,
in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses,
as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the
Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering
(before deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the
Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts
and
commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus.
Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission
or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by
the
Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the
parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity
to
correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company and the
Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
were
determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does
not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), 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. For purposes of this Section 8, each
person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or
the
Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter
shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person
who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange
Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration
Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and
conditions of this Section 8(d).
9. Default
by an Underwriter.
If
any
one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the
Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder
and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance
of
its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall
be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions
which the amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule
I
hereto
bears to the aggregate amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of
all
the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter
or
Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided,
however,
that in
the event that the aggregate amount of Securities which the defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10%
of
the aggregate amount of Securities set forth in Schedule
I
hereto,
the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall
not
be under any obligation to purchase, any of the Securities, and if such
nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement
will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter or the
Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this
Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not
exceeding five Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in order
that the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
or in
any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this
Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any,
to
the Company and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its
default hereunder.
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10. Termination.
This
Agreement shall be subject to termination by the Representatives, by notice
given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if
at
any time prior to such time (i) trading in the Company’s Common Stock shall
have been suspended by the Commission or the American Stock Exchange, (ii)
trading in securities generally on the American Stock Exchange shall have been
suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such
Exchange, (iii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared
either by Federal or New York State authorities or (iv) there shall have
occurred any outbreak or escalation of international hostilities, declaration
by
the United States of a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis
the effect of which on United States or international financial markets is
such
as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as
contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (exclusive of
any
supplement thereto). Any termination pursuant to this Section 10(ii), (iii)
or
(iv) shall be without liability on the part of (i) the Company to any
Underwriter, except that the Company shall be obligated to reimburse the
expenses of the Representatives and the Underwriters to the extent required
by
Section 7, and (b) any Underwriter to the Company.
11. Representations
and Indemnities to Survive.
The
respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other
statements of the Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth
in
or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or
the
Company or any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling
persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and
payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 5(i)(k), 7 and 8 hereof
shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
12. Notices.
All
communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt,
and,
if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to the
ThinkEquity Partners LLC General Counsel (fax no.: (000) 000-0000) and
confirmed to ThinkEquity Partners LLC, at 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx,
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel; or, if sent to the
Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to On2 Technologies, Inc.,
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: General Counsel (fax no.:
(000) 000-0000).
13. Successors.
This
Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto
and their respective successors and the officers, directors, employees, agents
and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and no other
person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
14. Fiduciary
Duty.
The
Company hereby acknowledges that (i) the Underwriters have been retained
solely as underwriters of the offering of the Securities and not as advisors
to,
or agents of, the Company or any other person and (ii) its engagement of
the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities is as an
independent contractor and not in any other capacity, including as a fiduciary.
Furthermore, each of the Company and the Underwriters agrees that it is solely
responsible for making its own independent judgments with respect to the
offering of the Securities. In addition, the Company agrees that it will not
claim that the Underwriters or any of them, owe a fiduciary or similar duty
to
the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Underwriting Agreement or the process leading thereto.
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15. Integration.
This
Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written
or
oral) between the Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect
to
the subject matter hereof.
16. Applicable
Law.
This
Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the
State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the
State of New York.
17. Submission
to Jurisdiction.
Except
as set forth below, no claim arising under or relating to this Agreement or
the
offering of the Securities may be commenced, prosecuted or continued in any
court other than the courts of the State of New York located in the City and
County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York, which courts shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication
of such matters, and the Company and the Underwriters hereby consent to the
jurisdiction of such courts and personal service with respect thereto. Each
Underwriter and the Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates), each waive all
right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based
upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to
this
Agreement. Each Underwriter and the Company agree that a final judgment in
any
such action, proceeding or counterclaim brought in any such court shall be
conclusive and binding upon such party and may be enforced in any other courts
to the jurisdiction of which such party is or may be subject, by suit upon
such
judgment.
18. Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the
same agreement.
19. Headings.
The
section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect
the
construction hereof.
20. Definitions.
The
terms which follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings
indicated.
“Act”
shall
mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
of
the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“Business
Day”
shall
mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on
which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by
law
to close in New York, New York.
“Commission”
shall
mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Disclosure
Package”
shall
mean (i) the Statutory Prospectus, (ii) each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectuses, if any, filed or used by the Company on or before the Effective
Date and identified in Schedule II
hereto
(other than a roadshow that is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus but is not
required to be filed under Rule 433, (iii) the information contained
on Schedule III
hereto,
and (iv) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall
hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure
Package.
“Effective
Date”
shall
mean each date and time that the Registration Statement, any post-effective
amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
became or become effective.
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“Exchange
Act”
shall
mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“Execution
Time”
shall
mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the
parties hereto.
“Laws”
means
applicable securities laws and all other statutes, regulations, statutory rules,
orders, by-laws, codes, ordinances, decrees, the terms and conditions of any
grant of approval, permission, authority or license, or any judgment, order,
decision, ruling, award, policy or guideline, of any Governmental Authority,
and
the term “applicable” with respect to such Laws and in the context that refers
to one or more persons, means that such Laws apply to such person or persons
or
its or their business, undertaking, property or securities and emanate from
a
Governmental Authority, having jurisdiction over the person or persons or its
or
their business, undertaking, property or securities.
“Free
Writing Prospectus”
shall
mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.
“Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus”
shall
mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433.
“Preliminary
Prospectus”
shall
mean any preliminary prospectus referred to in paragraph l(i)(a) above and
any
preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the Effective
Date that omits Rule 430A Information.
“Prospectus”
shall
mean the prospectus relating to the Securities that is first filed pursuant
to
Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time or, if no filing pursuant to Rule 424(b)
is
required, shall mean the form of final prospectus relating to the Securities
included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date.
“Registration
Statement”
shall
mean the registration statement referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including
exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to
the
Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed
part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B, as amended at the
Effective Date and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date,
shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, as the case may be.
“Rule
158”,
“Rule
163”,
“Rule
164”,
“Rule
172”,
“Rule
405”,
“Rule
415”,
“Rule
424”,
“Rule
430B”,
“Rule
462”
and
“Rule
433”
refer
to such rules under the Act.
“Rule
430A Information”
shall
mean information with respect to the Securities and the offering thereof
permitted to be omitted from the Registration Statement when it becomes
effective pursuant to Rule 430A.
“Rule
462(b) Registration Statement”
shall
mean a registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to
Rule
462(b) relating to the offering covered by the registration statement referred
to in paragraph 1(a) hereof.
“Statutory
Prospectus”
shall
mean the preliminary prospectus relating to the Securities that is included
in
the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Execution Time, including
any document that is incorporated by reference therein.
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“Subsequent
Closing Date”
shall
mean any settlement date at which the purchase and sale of the Option Shares
is
to be settled pursuant to Section 3(b).
“Taxes”
includes all forms of taxation (including, without limitation, any net income
or
gains, minimum, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem,
value-added, transfer, franchise, profits, license, withholding, payroll,
employment, excise, severance, stamp, capital stock, occupation, property,
custom, environmental or windfall tax or duty), together with interest,
penalties and additions imposed with respect to the foregoing, imposed by any
local, municipal, state, Federal or other government, governmental entity or
political subdivision, whether of the United States or other country or
political unit.
“Tax
Return”
means
all returns, declarations, statements, reports, schedules, forms and information
returns, whether original or amended, relating to Taxes.
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If
the
foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please
sign
and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your
acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Company, and the
several Underwriters.
Very truly yours, | ||
ON2 TECHNOLOGIES, INC | ||
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|
|
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxx |
||
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
The
foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed
and accepted as of the date
first above written.
ThinkEquity
Partners LLC
Xxxxxxxx
Curhan Ford & Co.
By:
ThinkEquity Partners LLC
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel
For
themselves and the other several Underwriters
named in Schedule
I
to
the
foregoing Agreement.
SCHEDULE
I
UNDERWRITERS
Underwriters
|
Number of
Firm
Shares
to be
Purchased
|
Number of
Option
Shares
to be
Purchased
|
||
ThinkEquity
Partners LLC
|
8,450,000
|
1,267,500
|
||
Xxxxxxxx
Curhan Ford & Co
|
4,550,000
|
682,500
|
||
TOTAL:
|
SCHEDULE
II
FREE
WRITING PROSPECTUSES
None.
SCHEDULE
III
PRICING
INFORMATION
Price
Per Share:
|
$1.00
|
Offering
Size:
|
13,000,000
shares, or 14,950,000 shares if the Underwriters exercise their
over-allotment option in full.
|
Closing
Date:
|
October
23, 2007
|
ANNEX
A
SUBSIDIARIES
Name
|
Jurisdiction
|
The
Duck Corporation
|
Delaware
|
MetaVisual
Creations Limited
|
United
Kingdom
|
EXHIBIT
A-1
LOCK-UP
LETTER AGREEMENT
THINKEQUITY
PARTNERS LLC
XXXXXXXX
CURHAN FORD & CO.
As
Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o
ThinkEquity Partners LLC
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The
undersigned understands that you and certain other firms (the “Underwriters”)
propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting
Agreement”)
providing for the purchase by the Underwriters of shares (the “Shares”)
of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common
Stock”),
of
On2 Technologies Inc, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and
that the Underwriters propose to reoffer the Shares to the public (the
“Offering”).
In
consideration of the execution of the Underwriting Agreement by the
Underwriters, and for other good and valuable consideration, the undersigned
hereby irrevocably agrees that, without the prior written consent of ThinkEquity
Partners LLC, on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not, directly
or indirectly, (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of
(or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be
expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future
of) any shares of Common Stock (including, without limitation, shares of Common
Stock that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon exercise of any
option or warrant) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common
Stock (other than the Shares in the Offering), or (2) enter into any swap
or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in
part,
any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of shares of Common Stock,
whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is
to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or
otherwise, for a period of 90 days after the date of the final prospectus
relating to the Offering (such 90-day period, the “Lock-Up
Period”);
provided,
that
the foregoing shall not prohibit any sale made under contract, instruction
or
written plan for trading securities that satisfies the requirements of
Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(B) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
In addition, the undersigned agrees that without the prior written consent
of
ThinkEquity Partners LLC, on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during
the
Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to,
the
registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into
or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, the
Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating
to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period,
the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day
period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then the restrictions
imposed by this Lock-Up Letter Agreement shall continue to apply until the
expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings
release or the announcement of the material news or the occurrence of the
material event, unless ThinkEquity Partners LLC waives, in writing, such
extension. The undersigned hereby further agrees that, prior to engaging in
any
transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this
Lock-Up Letter Agreement during the period from the date of this Lock-Up Letter
Agreement to and including the 34th day following the expiration of the Lock-Up
Period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate
such
transaction or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation
from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as such may have been extended
pursuant to this paragraph) has expired.
In
furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its transfer agent are hereby
authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would
constitute a violation or breach of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement. In addition,
the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of ThinkEquity
Partners LLC, it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or
exercise any right with respect to the registration of any shares of Common
Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common
Stock.
It
is
understood that, if the Company notifies the Underwriters that it does not
intend to proceed with the Offering, if the Underwriting Agreement does not
become effective, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions
thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to
payment for and delivery of the Shares, the undersigned will be released from
its obligations under this Lock-Up Letter Agreement.
The
undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters will proceed
with the Offering in reliance on this Lock-Up Letter Agreement.
Whether
or not the Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including
market conditions. Any Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting
Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company
and
the Underwriters.
[Signature
page follows]
The
undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power
and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Letter Agreement and that, upon
request, the undersigned will execute any additional documents necessary in
connection with the enforcement hereof. Any obligations of the undersigned
shall
be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns
of
the undersigned.
Very truly yours, | ||
|
|
|
By: | ||
Name: |
||
Title: |
Dated:
October ___, 2007
EXHIBIT
A-2
LOCK-UP
LETTER AGREEMENT
([____________________])
([____________________])
([____________________])
THINKEQUITY
PARTNERS LLC
XXXXXXXX
CURHAN FORD & CO.
As
Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o
ThinkEquity Partners LLC
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The
undersigned understands that you and certain other firms (the “Underwriters”)
propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting
Agreement”)
providing for the purchase by the Underwriters of shares (the “Shares”)
of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common
Stock”),
of
On2 Technologies Inc, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and
that the Underwriters propose to reoffer the Shares to the public (the
“Offering”).
In
consideration of the execution of the Underwriting Agreement by the
Underwriters, and for other good and valuable consideration, the undersigned
hereby irrevocably agrees that, without the prior written consent of ThinkEquity
Partners LLC, on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not, directly
or indirectly, (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of
(or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be
expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future
of) any shares of Common Stock (including, without limitation, shares of Common
Stock that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon exercise of any
option or warrant) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common
Stock (other than the Shares in the Offering), or (2) enter into any swap
or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in
part,
any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of shares of Common Stock,
whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is
to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or
otherwise, for a period of 90 days after the date of the final prospectus
relating to the Offering (such 90-day period, the “Lock-Up
Period”);
provided,
that
the foregoing shall not prohibit (i) the sale of an aggregate of _____________
shares on or after the later to occur of (A) November 15, 2007 and (B) the
third
business day after the Company publicly announces its third quarter financial
results and (ii) any sale made under contract, instruction or written plan
for
trading securities that satisfies the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(B)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In addition, the
undersigned agrees that without the prior written consent of ThinkEquity
Partners LLC, on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the Lock-Up
Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the
registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into
or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, the
Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating
to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period,
the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day
period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then the restrictions
imposed by this Lock-Up Letter Agreement shall continue to apply until the
expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings
release or the announcement of the material news or the occurrence of the
material event, unless ThinkEquity Partners LLC waive, in writing, such
extension. The undersigned hereby further agrees that, prior to engaging in
any
transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this
Lock-Up Letter Agreement during the period from the date of this Lock-Up Letter
Agreement to and including the 34th day following the expiration of the Lock-Up
Period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate
such
transaction or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation
from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as such may have been extended
pursuant to this paragraph) has expired.
In
furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its transfer agent are hereby
authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would
constitute a violation or breach of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement. In addition,
the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of ThinkEquity
Partners LLC, it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or
exercise any right with respect to the registration of any shares of Common
Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common
Stock.
It
is
understood that, if the Company notifies the Underwriters that it does not
intend to proceed with the Offering, if the Underwriting Agreement does not
become effective, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions
thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to
payment for and delivery of the Shares, the undersigned will be released from
its obligations under this Lock-Up Letter Agreement.
The
undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters will proceed
with the Offering in reliance on this Lock-Up Letter Agreement.
Whether
or not the Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including
market conditions. Any Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting
Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company
and
the Underwriters.
[Signature
page follows]
The
undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power
and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Letter Agreement and that, upon
request, the undersigned will execute any additional documents necessary in
connection with the enforcement hereof. Any obligations of the undersigned
shall
be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns
of
the undersigned.
Very truly yours, | ||
|
|
|
By: | ||
Name: |
||
Title: |
Dated:
October ___, 2007
EXHIBIT
B
COMPANY
COUNSEL LEGAL OPINION
EXHIBIT
C
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY COUNSEL LEGAL OPINION
(i)
As
to the
statements under the caption “Business- Intellectual Property” and “Risk
Factors- Much of our technology relies on owned or licensed intellectual
property, and if such rights are not protected from the use of others, including
potential competitors, our business prospects may be harmed,” all contained in
the Company’s Form 10-K, dated March 23, 2007, nothing has come to the attention
of such counsel which caused them to believe that the above-mentioned sections
of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any similar section or
information contained in the General Disclosure Package)
and any
amendment or supplement thereto made available and reviewed by such counsel,
at
the time the Registration Statement became effective and at all times subsequent
thereto up to and on the Closing Date, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under
which they were made, not misleading.
(ii) Except
as
set forth in the General Disclosure Package, such counsel knows of no material
action, suit, claim or proceeding relating to patents, patent rights or
licenses, trademarks or trademark rights, copyrights, collaborative research,
licenses or royalty arrangements or agreements or trade secrets, know-how or
proprietary techniques, including processes and substances, owned by or
affecting the business or operations of the Company which are pending or
threatened against the Company or any of its officers or directors.
(iii) The
Company is listed in the records of the United States Patent and Trademark
Office as the holder of record of the patents listed on a schedule to such
opinion (the “Patents”)
and
each of the applications listed on a schedule to such opinion (the “Applications”).
To
the knowledge of such counsel, except as set forth in the General Disclosure
Package, there are no claims of third parties to any ownership interest or
lien
with respect to any of the Patents or Applications. Such counsel is not aware
of
any material defect in form in the preparation or filing of the Applications
on
behalf of the Company. To the knowledge of such counsel, the Applications are
being pursued by the Company. To the knowledge of such counsel, the Company
owns
as its sole property the Patents and pending Applications.
(iv) The
Company is listed in the records of the appropriate foreign offices as the
sole
holder of record of the foreign patents listed on a schedule to such opinion
(the “Foreign
Patents”)
and
each of the applications listed on a schedule to such opinion (the “Foreign
Applications”).
Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, such counsel knows of
no
claims of third parties to any ownership interest or lien with respect to the
Foreign Patents or Foreign Applications. Such counsel is not aware of any
material defect of form in the preparation or filing of the Foreign Applications
on behalf of the Company. To the knowledge of such counsel, the Foreign
Applications are being pursued by the Company. To the knowledge of such counsel,
the Company owns as its sole property the Foreign Patents and pending Foreign
Applications.
(v) Such
counsel knows of no reason why the Patents or Foreign Patents are not valid
as
issued. Such counsel has no knowledge of any reason why any patent to be issued
as a result of any Application or Foreign Application would not be valid or
would not afford the Company useful patent protection with respect
thereto.