4,500,000 Shares XENOPORT, INC. COMMON STOCK (PAR VALUE $0.001 PER SHARE) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
4,500,000 Shares
XENOPORT, INC.
COMMON STOCK (PAR VALUE $0.001 PER SHARE)
June 21, 2006
June 21, 2006
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Pacific Growth Equities, LLC
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Pacific Growth Equities, LLC
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
XenoPort, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the
several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) 4,500,000 shares of its Common
Stock (par value $0.001 per share) (the “Firm Shares”). The Company also proposes to issue and
sell to the several Underwriters not more than an additional 675,000 shares of its Common Stock
(par value $0.001 per share) (the “Additional Shares”) if and to the extent that you, as Managers
of the offering, shall have determined to exercise, on behalf of the Underwriters, the right to
purchase such shares of common stock granted to the Underwriters in Section 2 hereof. The Firm
Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Shares.” The
shares of Common Stock (par value $0.001 per share) of the Company to be outstanding after giving
effect to the sales contemplated hereby are hereinafter referred to as the “Common Stock.”
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a
registration statement, including a prospectus, relating to the Shares. The registration statement
as amended at the time it becomes effective, including the information (if any) deemed to be part
of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), is hereinafter referred to as the
“Registration Statement”; the prospectus in the form first used to confirm sales of Shares (or in
the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers
pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus.” If
the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement to register additional shares of Common
Stock pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”),
then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule
462 Registration Statement.
For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule
405 under the Securities Act, “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus together
with the free writing
prospectuses, if any, each identified in Schedule II hereto, and “broadly
available road show” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under
the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any person. As used herein,
the terms “Registration Statement,” “preliminary prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and
“Prospectus” shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with
each of the Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are
pending before or, to the Company’s knowledge, after due inquiry, threatened by the Commission.
(b) (i) The Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended
or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, (ii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or
supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (iii) the Time of Sale Prospectus
does not, and at the time of each sale of the Shares in connection with the offering when the
Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date (as defined in
Section 4), the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if
applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, (iv) each broadly available road show, if any, when considered together
with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (v) the Prospectus does not contain
and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and
warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus based upon information relating to any
Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use therein.
(c) The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to
Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is
required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with
the Commission in
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accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has
filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was
prepared by or behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any,
identified in Schedule II hereto, and electronic road shows, if any, each furnished to you before
first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without your prior
consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.
(d) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and
authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale
Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such
qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing
would not have a material adverse effect on the Company.
(e) The Company has no subsidiaries.
(f) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(g) The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal matters to the
description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(h) The shares of Common Stock outstanding prior to the issuance of the Shares have been duly
authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(i) The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of
such Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(j) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its
obligations under, this Agreement will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the
certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or any agreement or other instrument binding
upon the Company that is material to the Company, or any judgment, order or decree of any
governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company, and no consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for
the performance by the Company of
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its obligations under this Agreement, except such as may be
required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states or the bylaws and rules of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) in connection with the offer and sale of
the Shares.
(k) There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings,
business or operations of the Company, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(l) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened to which the Company is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company is
subject (i) other than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in the Time of
Sale Prospectus and proceedings that would not have a material adverse effect on the Company or on
the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to
consummate the transactions contemplated by the Time of Sale Prospectus or (ii) that are required
to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described; and there
are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement
that are not described or filed as required.
(m) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the registration statement as originally
filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act,
complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(n) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the
application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus will not be, required to
register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
(o) The Company (i) is 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”), (ii)
has received all permits, licenses or other approvals required under applicable Environmental Laws
to conduct its business and (iii) is in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such
permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to
receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and
conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a
material adverse effect on the Company.
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(p) There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without
limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or
compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on
operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) that would, singly or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company.
(q) Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or
understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the
Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of
the Company or to require the Company to include such securities with the Shares registered
pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(r) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in each of the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) the Company has not
incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, nor entered into any material
transaction not in the ordinary course of business; (ii) the Company has not purchased any of its
outstanding capital stock other than ordinary and customary repurchases of restricted stock from
employees upon termination of service pursuant to the terms of the Company’s equity incentive
plans, nor declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital
stock other than ordinary and customary dividends; and (iii) there has not been any material change
in the capital stock, short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company, except in each case as
described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(s) The Company has good and marketable title to all personal property owned by it that is
material to the business of the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects
except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of
such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by
the Company; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company is held 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,
except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus. The Company does not own any real property.
(t) U.S. Patent Number 6,777,239, U.S. Patent Number 6,818,787, U.S. Patent Number 6,833,140,
U.S. Patent Number 6,900,192, U.S. Patent Number 6,927,036, U.S. Patent Number 6,984,634, U.S.
Patent Number 6,992,076, U.S. Patent Number 6,955,888, U.S. Patent Number 6,972,341, U.S. Patent
Number 7,026,351, U.S. Patent Number 7,037,706, U.S. Patent Number 7,049,305, U.S. Patent Number
7,060,727, U.S. Patent Number 7,053,076, South Africa Patent Xx. 0000/00000, xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Patent No. 2003/09679 and all patent applications
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owned by the Company, including without
limitation those patent applications listed on Schedule III hereto, (the “Owned Patents”) are owned
by the Company free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, defects or other restrictions, except as
would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company; and the
Company is not aware of any valid or bona fide basis for a finding that any of the Owned Patents in
their entirety is unpatentable, invalid or unenforceable; and the Company reasonably believes that
the Owned Patents are patentable, valid and enforceable, except as would not, singly or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company.
(u) In connection with the Company’s Owned Patents, all known relevant prior art references
were disclosed to the USPTO to the extent required by and in accordance with 37 C.F.R. Section
1.56; all information submitted to the USPTO in such patent applications, and in connection with
the prosecution of such applications, was accurate; and neither the Company nor, to the Company’s
knowledge, any other person made any material misrepresentations or concealed any material
information from the USPTO in such applications, or in connection with the prosecution of such
applications, in violation of 37 C.F.R. Section 1.56.
(v) The Company owns or possesses rights to use, or can acquire on reasonable terms ownership
of or rights to use, all patents, patent applications, patent rights, licenses, inventions,
copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary
or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names and
other intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of
the Company’s business substantially as now conducted, and for the manufacture, use or sale of its
presently proposed products, as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, and the Company has not
received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to
any of the foregoing that, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding, would have a material adverse effect on the Company.
(w) There are no valid and enforceable rights of third parties to such Intellectual Property
that are or would be infringed by the business currently conducted by the Company or in the
manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or import of its presently proposed products, as described
in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(x) The Company is not subject to any judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court
or any federal, state, local, foreign or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau,
agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, or any arbitrator, nor has it entered into or is it
a party to any contract, which materially restricts or impairs its use of any Intellectual
Property.
(y) To the Company’s knowledge, after due inquiry, there are no ongoing infringements by
others of any Intellectual Property owned by the
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Company in connection with the business currently
conducted by the Company or its presently proposed products, as described in the Time of Sale
Prospectus.
(z) Other than as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus, to the Company’s knowledge, after
due inquiry, there is no U.S. patent or published U.S. patent application which contains valid and
enforceable claims that dominate or may dominate any Intellectual Property described in the Time of
Sale Prospectus as being owned by the Company or that interferes with the issued or pending claims
of any such Intellectual Property.
(aa) No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company exists, except as described
in the Time of Sale Prospectus, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent; and the Company
is not aware of any existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of
its principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors that would reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the Company.
(bb) The Company is 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 it is
engaged; the Company has not been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and the
Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage
as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be
necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a material adverse effect on the
Company, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(cc) Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Company has not sold, issued or
distributed any shares of Common Stock during the six-month period preceding the date hereof,
including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or Regulation D or S of, the Securities Act, other
than shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other
employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or warrants.
(dd) The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Such
disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed
by the Company is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified
in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the
Company’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer. Such disclosure
controls and procedures are effective in alerting the Company’s principal executive officer and
principal financial officer to material information required to be included in the Company’s
periodic reports required under the Exchange Act so as to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
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(ee) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as defined
in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act) 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 accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to
assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and
(iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(ff) There are no outstanding loans made by the Company to any executive officer (as defined
in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act) or director of the Company which are prohibited by Section 402
of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended. The Company has not since January 19, 2005 taken
any action prohibited by Section 402 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended.
(gg) The Company has all necessary consents, authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates
and permits of and from, and has made all required declarations and filings with, all federal,
state, local and other governmental authorities, all self-regulatory organizations and all courts
and other tribunals, to own, lease, license and use its properties and assets and to conduct its
business in the manner described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, including, without limitation, all
necessary U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and applicable foreign regulatory agency
approvals, except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus, and except to the extent that the
failure to obtain such consents, authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates, permits, or to
make such declarations or filings would not have a material adverse effect on the Company. The
Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of
any such consent, authorization, approval, order, certificate or permit which, singly or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a material
adverse effect on the Company, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(hh) No investigational new drug (“IND”) application filed by or on behalf of the Company with
the FDA has been terminated by the FDA, and neither the FDA nor any applicable foreign regulatory
agency has commenced, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to initiate, any action to
place a clinical hold order on, or otherwise delay or suspend, proposed or ongoing clinical
investigations conducted or proposed to be conducted by or on behalf of the Company.
(ii) To the best of the Company’s knowledge, all the operations of the Company and all the
manufacturing facilities and operations of the Company’s suppliers of products and product
candidates and the components thereof manufactured in or imported into the United States are in
compliance with
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applicable FDA regulations, including current Good Manufacturing Practices, and
meet sanitation standards set by the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, as amended, and
all the operations of the Company and all the manufacturing facilities and operations of the
Company’s suppliers of products and product candidates manufactured outside, or exported from, the
United States are in compliance with applicable foreign regulatory requirements and standards,
except to the extent that the failure to be in compliance with such regulations and standards would
not have a material adverse effect on the Company.
(jj) Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the clinical trials and the human and
animal studies that are described in the Time of Sale Prospectus were and, if still pending, are
being, conducted (to the knowledge of the Company with respect to such studies conducted by or on
behalf of third parties) in accordance in all material respects with standard medical and
scientific research procedures and all applicable rules, regulations and policies of the FDA,
including the current Good Clinical Practices and Good Laboratory Practices, and all applicable
foreign regulatory requirements and standards.
(kk) The Company has operated its business and currently is in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable rules, regulations and policies of the FDA and any applicable foreign
regulatory organization.
2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. The Company hereby agrees to sell to the several
Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein
contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Company the respective numbers of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto
opposite its name at $16.0225 a share (the “Purchase Price”).
On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to
its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters the Additional Shares, and
the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to 675,000
Additional Shares at the Purchase Price. You may exercise this right on behalf of the Underwriters
in whole or from time to time in part by giving written notice not later than 30 days after the
date of this Agreement. Any exercise notice shall specify the number of Additional Shares to be
purchased by the Underwriters and the date on which such shares are to be purchased. Each purchase
date must be at least one business day after the written notice is given and may not be earlier
than the closing date for the Firm Shares nor later than ten business days after the date of such
notice. Additional Shares may be purchased as provided in Section 4 hereof solely for the purpose
of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm Shares. On each day,
if any, that Additional Shares are to be purchased (an “Option Closing Date”), each Underwriter
agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of Additional Shares (subject to such
adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may determine) that bears the same proportion
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to the total number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such Option Closing Date as the number of
Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total
number of Firm Shares.
The Company hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co.
Incorporated on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period ending 90 days after the
date of the Prospectus, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to
purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase,
lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or
any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock; (ii) file any
registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of Common Stock
or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock; or (iii) enter
into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the
economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in
clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other
securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Shares to be
sold hereunder, (B) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an
option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and (x) reflected
in the Prospectus or (y) of which the Underwriters have been advised in writing, (C) the grant of
options or the issuance of shares of Common Stock by the Company to employees, officers, directors,
advisors or consultants of the Company pursuant to equity incentive plans described in the
Prospectus and the issuance by the Company of any shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of such
options, (D) the filing of any registration statement on Form S-8 in respect of any equity
incentive plan described in the Prospectus, or (E) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common
Stock in connection with any strategic transaction that includes a commercial relationship
involving the Company and other entities (including but not limited to joint ventures, marketing or
distribution arrangements, collaboration agreements or intellectual property license agreements),
provided that, prior to the issuance of any such shares, the Company shall cause each recipient to
execute and deliver to you a “lock-up” agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
3. Terms of Public Offering. The Company is advised by you that the Underwriters propose to
make a public offering of their respective portions of the Shares as soon after the Registration
Statement and this Agreement have become effective as in your judgment is advisable. The Company
is further advised by you that the Shares are to be offered to the public initially at $17.00 a
share (the “Public Offering Price”) and to certain dealers selected by you at a price that
represents a concession not in excess of $0.64 a share under the Public Offering Price.
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4. Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Firm Shares shall be made to the Company in Federal
or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Firm Shares for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on June 27,
2006, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than July 5, 2006, as shall
be designated in writing by you. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as
the “Closing Date.”
Payment for any Additional Shares shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds
immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Additional Shares for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date
specified in the corresponding notice described in Section 2 or at such other time on the same or
on such other date, in any event not later than August 4, 2006, as shall be designated in writing
by you.
The Firm Shares and Additional Shares shall be registered in such names and in such
denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the
Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be. The Firm Shares and
Additional Shares shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, with any transfer taxes
payable in connection with the transfer of the Shares to the Underwriters duly paid, against
payment of the Purchase Price therefor.
5. Conditions to the Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the Company to sell the
Shares to the Underwriters and the several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for
the Shares on the Closing Date are subject to the condition that the Registration Statement is
effective on the date hereof.
The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the following further conditions:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:
(i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice
have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a
possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in
the rating accorded any of the Company’s securities by any “nationally
recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for
purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and
(ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving
a prospective change, in the condition,
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financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the
Company, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus that, in your
judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in your judgment,
impracticable to market the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated
in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing
Date and signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Sections 5(a)(i)
and 5(a)(ii) above and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Company has
complied, in all material respects, with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions
on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date. The officer
signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to
proceedings threatened.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxxx Godward LLP,
outside counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with
requisite corporate power to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate
its properties and conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale
Prospectus. The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation and is in good standing in each state of the United States in which
the Company is required to be so qualified and in which the Company maintains an
office, has employees or owns or leases property, except where the failure to be
so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the Company;
(ii) the authorized capital stock of the Company was as set forth in each
of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus in the table on an actual
basis under the caption “Capitalization” as of the date stated therein;
(iii) the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for by
the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable;
(iv) the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are
not entitled to preemptive rights or, to such counsel’s knowledge, rights of
first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for the Shares;
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(v) to such counsel’s knowledge, there is (i) no action, suit or proceeding
by or before any court or other governmental agency, authority or body or any
arbitrator pending or overtly threatened against the Company or its properties
of a character required to be disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the
Prospectus that is not disclosed therein as required by the Act and the rules
thereunder, and (ii) no indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust,
note agreement, loan or other agreement or instrument of a character required to
be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, that is not filed as
required by the Act and the rules thereunder;
(vi) the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under
the headings “Description of Capital Stock” and “Shares Eligible for Future
Sale,” and in the Registration Statement in Item 14, insofar as such statements
purport to summarize legal matters, agreements or documents discussed therein,
fairly present, to the extent required by the Act and the rules thereunder, in
all material respects, such legal matters, agreements or documents;
(vii) this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Company and has been duly executed and delivered by
the Company;
(viii) the Company is not, and, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in
the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(ix) no consent, approval, authorization or filing with or order of any
court or governmental agency or body in the United States having jurisdiction
over the Company is required for the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as have been obtained
under the Act and except such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any
jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by
the Underwriters in the manner contemplated in this Agreement and in the Time of
Sale Prospectus, or under the bylaws, rules and regulations of the NASD;
(x) the issue and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement and the
execution and delivery of this Agreement will not result in a breach or
violation of (i) the charter or bylaws of
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the Company, (ii) the terms of any Material Contract listed on Exhibit A
appended to such counsel’s opinion; or (iii) any statute, law, rule, or
regulation that in such counsel’s experience is typically applicable to
transactions of the nature contemplated by this Agreement and is applicable to
the Company (collectively, “Statutes”), or any order, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree, or award that has been entered against the Company and of
which such counsel is aware (collectively, “Orders”), except for such breaches
or violations of Statutes or Orders as would not, singly or in the aggregate,
have a material adverse effect on the Company; and
(xi) the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus
(except as to the financial statements and schedules, related notes and other
financial data and statistical data derived therefrom, as to which such counsel
need not express any belief) comply as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
In addition, such counsel shall also state that, in connection with the preparation of the
Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, it has participated in
conferences with officers and representatives of the Company and with its certified public
accountants, as well as with the Representatives and counsel to the Representatives. Such counsel
has not independently verified, and accordingly, except as specified in paragraphs (ii) and (vi) of
this Section 5(c), is not confirming and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness
or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus or
the Prospectus. On the basis of the foregoing, no facts have come to the attention of such counsel
that causes such counsel to believe that (1) the Registration Statement or the prospectus included
therein (except for the financial statements and schedules, related notes and other financial data
and statistical data derived therefrom, as to which such counsel need not express any belief), at
the date and time that the Registration Statement became effective, contained any untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, (2) the Time of Sale Prospectus (except for the
financial statements and schedules, related notes and other financial and statistical data derived
therefrom, as to which such counsel need not express any belief) as of the date of this Agreement
or as of the Closing Date contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
or omits to state a material fact necessary, in order to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (3) the Prospectus (except for the
financial statements and financial schedules and other financial and statistical data included
therein, as to which such counsel need not express any belief) as of its
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date or as amended or supplemented, if applicable, as of the Closing Date contained or
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of D. Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
internal patent counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date to the effect that:
(i) after due inquiry, such counsel does not know of any legal or
governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company is a party
or to which any of the properties of the Company is subject that are required to
be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the
Prospectus and are not so described or of any statutes, regulations, contracts
or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or to be filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as
required;
(ii) the Owned Patents are owned by the Company free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, defects or other restrictions, except as would not, singly
or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company;
(iii) after due inquiry, such counsel is unaware of a basis for a finding
that the Company does not have clear title to the Owned Patents, has not
identified any basis for a finding that any of the Owned Patents in its entirety
is invalid or unpatentable and such counsel reasonably believes that the Owned
Patents are valid and patentable, except as would not, singly or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company;
(iv) other than as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus, after due
inquiry, such counsel has no reason to believe that the Company lacks or will be
unable to obtain the right to use all Intellectual Property material to the
business currently conducted by the Company or to the manufacture, use or sale
of the Company’s presently proposed products, as described in the Time of Sale
Prospectus;
(v) other than as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus, after due
inquiry, such counsel is not aware of any valid and enforceable third party
rights to Intellectual Property, including any valid pending patent claims, that
are being or would be infringed by the business currently conducted by the
Company
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or in the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or import of the Company’s
presently proposed products, as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus;
(vi) the statements relating to legal matters, documents or proceedings
included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the
Prospectus under the captions “Risk Factors—If some or all of our patents
expire, are invalidated or are unenforceable, or if some or all of our patent
applications do not yield issued patents....”, “Risk Factors—Third-Party claims of
intellectual property infringement would require us to spend significant time
and money....”, “Business—Patents and Proprietary Rights” and “Business—Legal
Proceedings” in each case fairly summarize the matters, documents or proceedings
referred to therein;
(vii) the Company and patent counsel involved in prosecution of the Owned
Patents timely disclosed all material published literature and patent references
relating to the inventions claimed in the Owned Patents and the Company’s patent
applications known to the Company and such counsel to the United States Patent
and Trademark Office (USPTO) in accordance with 37 C.F.R. Section 1.56; to the
best of such counsel’s knowledge, all material information submitted to the
USPTO in the relevant applications, and in connection with the prosecution of
the relevant applications, was believed to be accurate at the time it was
submitted; and neither the Company nor, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge,
any other person, made any material misrepresentation or concealed any material
information from the USPTO in any of such applications or in connection with the
prosecution of such applications in violation of 37 C.F.R. Section 1.56;
(viii) to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, the Company has not has
received any written communication or notice alleging any act of infringement of
any third party patents by the Company which, singly or in the aggregate, if the
subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a material
adverse effect on the Company;
(ix) to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no interference,
reexamination, opposition or other related judicial or administrative proceeding
pertaining to the validity, enforceability, or scope of the Owned Patents has
been threatened or declared; and
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(x) to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending (other than prosecution in normal course of
patent applications pending) relating to any of the Owned Patents.
(e) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxx Xxxx &
Xxxxxxxx, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, covering the matters referred to in
Sections 5(c)(iii), 5(c)(vi) (but only as to the statements in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus
and the Prospectus under “Underwriters”) and 5(c)(vii) and the last paragraph of Section 5(c)
above.
The opinion of Xxxxxx Godward LLP described in Section 5(c) above shall be rendered to the
Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.
(f) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a
letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Underwriters, from Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting
firm, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’
“comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial
information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the
Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not
earlier than the date hereof.
(g) The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between you
and each officer and director and certain stockholders of the Company relating to sales and certain
other dispositions of shares of Common Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or
before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Additional Shares hereunder are
subject to the delivery to you on the applicable Option Closing Date of such documents as you may
reasonably request with respect to the good standing of the Company, the due authorization and
issuance of the Additional Shares to be sold on such Option Closing Date and other matters related
to the issuance of such Additional Shares.
6. Covenants of the Company. In further consideration of the agreements of the Underwriters
herein contained, the Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) To furnish to you, without charge, five signed copies of the Registration Statement
(including exhibits thereto) and for delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the
Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and to furnish to you in New York City, without
charge, prior to 10:00
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a.m. New York City time on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and
during the period mentioned in Sections 6(e) and 6(f) below, as many copies of the Time of Sale
Prospectus, the Prospectus and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration
Statement as you may reasonably request.
(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus
or the Prospectus, to furnish to you a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not
to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object, and to file with
the Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act any
prospectus required to be filed pursuant to such Rule.
(c) To furnish to you a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on
behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and not to use or refer to any proposed free
writing prospectus to which you reasonably object.
(d) Not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required
to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing
prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not
have been required to file thereunder.
(e) If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Shares at a time
when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or
condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale
Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not
misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale
Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or
if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time
of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission
and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either
amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale
Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when delivered
to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(f) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as in the
opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to
in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with
sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event
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shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the
Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the
Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is
delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it
is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to
prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the
dealers (whose names and addresses you will furnish to the Company) to which Shares may have been
sold by you on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments
or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or
supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof
the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be
misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(g) To endeavor to qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws
of such jurisdictions as you shall reasonably request.
(h) To make generally available to the Company’s security holders and to you as soon as
practicable an earning statement covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the
first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement which shall satisfy
the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder.
(i) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this
Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the
Company’s counsel and the Company’s accountants in connection with the registration and delivery of
the Shares under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection with the
preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale
Prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or
referred to by the Company and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including all
printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the
Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove specified, (ii) all costs and expenses
related to the transfer and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters, including any transfer or
other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or Legal
Investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares under state securities
laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under
state securities laws as provided in Section 6(g) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in
connection with the Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum, (iv) all filing fees and the
reasonable fees and disbursements of
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counsel to the Underwriters incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the
offering of the Shares by the NASD, (v) all costs and expenses incident to listing the Shares on
the Nasdaq National Market, (vi) the cost of printing certificates representing the Shares, (vii)
the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (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 Shares, including, without limitation, expenses associated
with the preparation of dissemination of any electronic roadshow, expenses associated with the
production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in
connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company, travel and
lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and,
with the Company’s prior consent, the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road
show, (ix) all expenses in connection with any offer and sale of the Shares outside of the United
States, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with offers and sales outside of the United States, (x) the document
production charges and expenses associated with printing this Agreement and (xi) all other costs
and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder for which
provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as
provided in this Section, Section 8 entitled “Indemnity and Contribution,” and the last paragraph
of Section 10 below, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and
disbursements of their counsel, stock transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Shares by them
and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
7. Covenants of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter severally covenants with the Company not
to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission
under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that
otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the
Underwriter.
8. Indemnity and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section
15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and each affiliate of any Underwriter
within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused
by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale
Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act,
any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant
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to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or
alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished
to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.
(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any,
who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section
20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such
Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the
Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement,
any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus or the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted
involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b),
such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity
may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the
indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to
represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such
proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In
any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the
fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such
counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include
both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the
same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them.
It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any
indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to
any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be
reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co.
Incorporated, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), and by the Company, in
the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall not be
liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled
with such consent or if there be
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a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified
party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an
indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as
contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees
that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent
if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party
of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified
party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party
shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a
party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such
settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 8(a) or 8(b) is unavailable to
an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying
such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided
by clause 8(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above but also the relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with
the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on
the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Shares
shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of
the Shares (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discounts
and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover
of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate Public Offering Price of the Shares. The relative fault
of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Underwriters’ respective
obligations to
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contribute pursuant to this Section 8 are several in proportion to the respective number of
Shares they have purchased hereunder, and not joint.
(e) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the
Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that
does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 8(d). The amount paid
or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities
referred to in Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above,
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 8, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were
offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 8 are not exclusive and
shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at
law or in equity.
(f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 8 and the
representations, warranties and other statements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall
remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement,
(ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any person controlling any
Underwriter or any affiliate of any Underwriter or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or
directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the
Shares.
9. Termination. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement by notice given by you to the
Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i)
trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by, as the case may be,
any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, the
Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade,
(ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any
over-the-counter market, (iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance
services in the United States shall have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking
activities shall have been declared by Federal or New York State authorities or (v) there shall
have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial markets or any
calamity or crisis that, in
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your judgment, is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event
specified in this clause (v), makes it, in your judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed
with the offer, sale or delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus.
10. Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
If, on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the
Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares that it has or they have agreed to purchase
hereunder on such date, and the aggregate number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate
number of the Shares to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated
severally in the proportions that the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective
names in Schedule I bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of
all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as you may specify, to purchase
the Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to
purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the number of Shares that any Underwriter
has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 10 by an
amount in excess of one-ninth of such number of Shares without the written consent of such
Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase Firm Shares and the aggregate number of Firm Shares with respect to which such default
occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased on such date,
and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Firm Shares are not
made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the
part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In any such case either you or the Company
shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in
order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale
Prospectus, in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. If, on an
Option Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Additional
Shares and the aggregate number of Additional Shares with respect to which such default occurs is
more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such Option
Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the option to (i) terminate their
obligation hereunder to purchase the Additional Shares to be sold on such Option Closing Date or
(ii) purchase not less than the number of Additional Shares that such non-defaulting Underwriters
would have been obligated to purchase in the absence of such default. Any action taken under this
paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of
such Underwriter under this Agreement.
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If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, because of any
failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the
conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters
as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket
expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such
Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.
11. Entire Agreement. (a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written
agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that
relate to the offering of the Shares, represents the entire agreement between the Company and the
Underwriters with respect to the preparation of any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale
Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Shares.
(b) The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Shares: (i) the
Underwriters have acted at arms length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the
Company or any other person, (ii) the Underwriters owe the Company only those duties and
obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded
by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those of
the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may
have against the Underwriters arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with
the offering of the Shares.
12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the
same instrument.
13. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York.
14. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.
15. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt
and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered, mailed or sent to you in care of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx &
Co. Incorporated, 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Equity Capital Markets
Syndicate Desk, Fax No. (000) 000-0000; and if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent to
XenoPort, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000, Fax No. (000) 000-0000, Attention:
Chief Executive Officer.
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Very truly yours, | ||||||||||
XenoPort, Inc. | ||||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||||||||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||||||||
Title: | CEO | |||||||||
Accepted as of the date hereof | ||||||||||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated | ||||||||||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. | ||||||||||
Pacific Growth Equities, LLC | ||||||||||
Acting severally on behalf of
themselves and the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto. |
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By: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated | |||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxx | |||||||||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxx | |||||||||
Title: | Executive Director |