EXHIBIT 1.1
ENTRUST TECHNOLOGIES INC.
COMMON STOCK ($0.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE)
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
(U.S. VERSION)
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, 1998.
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation
NationsBanc Xxxxxxxxxx Securities LLC
Warburg Dillon Read LLC, a subsidiary of UBS AG
As representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto,
c/o Goldman, Xxxxx & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Entrust Technologies Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"),
proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell
to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") an aggregate
of 4,320,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value ("Stock"), of the Company,
and the Stockholders of the Company named in Schedule II hereto (the "Selling
Stockholders") propose, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to
sell the Underwriters an aggregate of 1,333,334 shares and, at the election of
the Underwriters, up to an additional 848,000 shares of Stock. The aggregate of
5,653,334 shares to be sold by the Company and the Selling Stockholders is
herein called the "Firm Shares" and the aggregate of 848,000 additional shares
to be sold by the Selling Stockholders is herein called the "Optional Shares".
The Firm Shares and the Optional Shares that the Underwriters elect to purchase
pursuant to Section 2 hereof are herein collectively called the "Shares".
It is understood and agreed to by all parties that the Company and the
Selling Stockholders are concurrently entering into an agreement (the
"International Underwriting Agreement") providing for the sale by the Company
and the Selling Stockholders of up to a total of 1,625,333 shares of Stock (the
"International Shares"), including the overallotment option thereunder, through
arrangements with certain underwriters outside the United States (the
"International Underwriters"), for whom Xxxxxxx Sachs International, Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx International, NationsBanc Xxxxxxxxxx Securities LLC and
Warburg Dillon Read, a division of UBS AG, are acting as lead managers. Anything
herein or therein to the contrary notwithstanding, the respective closings under
this Agreement and the International Agreement are hereby expressly made
conditional on one another. The Underwriters hereunder and the International
Underwriters are simultaneously entering into an Agreement between U.S. and
International Underwriting Syndicates (the "Agreement between Syndicates") which
provides, among other things, for the transfer of shares of Stock between the
two syndicates. Two forms of prospectus are to be used in connection with the
offering and sale of shares of Stock contemplated by the foregoing, one relating
to the Shares hereunder and the other relating to the International Shares. The
latter form of prospectus will be identical to the former except for certain
substitute pages as included in the registration statement and amendments
thereto as mentioned below. Except as used in Sections 2, 3, 4, 9 and 11 herein,
and except as the context may otherwise require, references hereinafter to the
Shares shall include all the shares of Stock which may be sold pursuant to
either this Agreement or the International Underwriting Agreement, and
references herein to any prospectus whether in preliminary or final form, and
whether as amended or supplemented, shall include both the U.S. and the
international versions thereof.
1. (a) The Company and Entrust Technologies Limited, a Canadian
corporation and the Company's majority-owned subsidiary ("Entrust Limited"),
jointly and severally represent and warrant to, and agree with, each of the
Underwriters that:
(i) A registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-57275)
(the "Initial Registration Statement") in respect of the Shares has
been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"); the Initial Registration Statement and any post-
effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered to
you, and, excluding exhibits thereto, to you for each of the other
Underwriters, have been declared effective by the Commission in such
form; other than a registration statement, if any, increasing the size
of the offering (a "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement"), filed
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act"), which became effective upon filing, no other document
with respect to the Initial Registration Statement has heretofore been
filed with the Commission; and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-
effective amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement,
if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been
initiated or threatened by the Commission (any preliminary prospectus
included in the Initial Registration Statement or filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the
Commission under the Act is hereinafter called a "Preliminary
Prospectus"; the various parts of the Initial Registration Statement
and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all
exhibits thereto and including the information contained in the form
of final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and deemed by
virtue of Rule 430A under the Act to be part of the Initial
Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective or such
part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became or
hereafter becomes effective, each as amended at the time such part of
the Initial Registration Statement became effective, are hereinafter
collectively called the "Registration Statement"; and such final
prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Act, is hereinafter called the "Prospectus").
(ii) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary
Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not
apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an
Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein or
by a Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the preparation of the
answers therein to Items 7 and 11(m) of Form S-1;
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(iii) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and
any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects, to the
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable
effective date as to the Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto and as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and
any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not
apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an
Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein or
by a Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the preparation of the
answers therein to Items 7 and 11(m) of Form S-1;
(iv) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included in the Prospectus any material loss or interference with its
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 Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital stock (other
than as a result of the grant or exercise of stock options pursuant to
the Company's employee stock option plans described in the Prospectus)
or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective
material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs,
management, business, properties, 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;
(v) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and valid 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
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 its subsidiaries; and any
real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its
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 its subsidiaries;
(vi) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Maryland, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus,
and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the
transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each
other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts
any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no
material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so
qualified in any such jurisdiction; and each subsidiary of the
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Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation;
(vii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth
in the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of
the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are
fully paid and non-assessable and conform to the description of the
Stock contained in the Prospectus; and all of the issued shares of
capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and
validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and
(except for directors' qualifying shares and except as set forth in
the Prospectus) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free
and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;
(viii) The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company to the
Underwriters hereunder and under the International Underwriting
Agreement have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and
delivered against payment therefor as provided herein and in the
International Underwriting Agreement, will be duly and validly issued
and fully paid and non-assessable and will conform to the description
of the Stock contained in the Prospectus;
(ix) The issue and sale of the Shares by the Company hereunder
and under the International Underwriting Agreement and the compliance
by the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the
International Underwriting Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or
result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of,
or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such
action result in any violation of the provisions of the Articles of
Incorporation or By-laws of the Company, any statute or any rule or
regulation of any governmental agency or regulatory body having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of
their properties or any order or decree of any court that specifically
names the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their
properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration or qualification of or with any such court or
governmental agency or regulatory body is required for the issue and
sale of the Shares or the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the International
Underwriting Agreement, except the registration under the Act of the
Shares and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under foreign or state securities or
Blue Sky laws and the approval by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. of the underwriting terms and arrangements in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the
Underwriters and the International Underwriters;
(x) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in
violation of its charter or By-laws or (ii) in default in the
performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or
condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a
party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, except for
such defaults which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had,
and are not
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reasonably likely to result in, any material adverse effect on the
business, properties, financial position, stockholders' equity or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole (a "Material Adverse Effect").
(xi) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption
"Description of Capital Stock", insofar as they purport to constitute
a summary of the terms of the Stock, under the caption "Certain U.S.
Tax Considerations Applicable to Non-U.S. Holders of the Common
Stock", insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws
referred to therein, and under the caption "Underwriting", insofar as
they purport to describe the provisions of the documents referred to
therein, are accurate summaries and descriptions of such terms and
provisions in all material respects;
(xii) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no
legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined
adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would
individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and,
to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are
threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened
by others;
(xiii) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, the Company and
its subsidiaries have sufficient interests in all patents,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets,
information, proprietary rights and processes ("Intellectual
Property") necessary for their business as described in the Prospectus
and, to the Company's knowledge, necessary in connection with the
products and services under development, without any conflict with or
infringement of the interests of others, except for such conflicts
which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and are not
reasonably likely to result in, a Material Adverse Effect, and have
taken all reasonable steps necessary to secure interests in such
Intellectual Property from their contractors; except as set forth in
the Prospectus, the Company is not aware of outstanding options,
licenses or agreements of any kind relating to the Intellectual
Property of the Company which are required to be set forth in the
Prospectus, and, except as set forth in the Prospectus, neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any
options, licenses or agreements with respect to the Intellectual
Property of any other person or entity which are required to be set
forth in the Prospectus; none of the technology employed by the
Company has been obtained or is being used by the Company or its
subsidiaries in violation of any contractual fiduciary obligation
binding on the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its
directors or executive officers or, to the Company's knowledge, any of
its employees or otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons;
except as disclosed in the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries has received any written or, to the Company's
knowledge, oral communications alleging that the Company or any of its
subsidiaries has violated, infringed or conflicted with, or, by
conducting its business as set forth in the Prospectus, would violate,
infringe or conflict with any of the Intellectual Property of any
other person or entity other than any such violations, infringements
or conflicts which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had,
and are not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
and the Company and its subsidiaries have taken and will maintain
reasonable measures to prevent the unauthorized dissemination or
publication of their confidential
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information and, to the extent contractually required to do so, the
confidential information of third parties in their possession;
(xiv) The Company maintains insurance of the types and in the
amounts generally deemed adequate for its business, including, but not
limited to, business interruption insurance, insurance covering real
and personal property owned or leased by the Company against theft,
damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and all other risks customarily
insured against, all of which insurance is in full force and effect;
(xv) There are no contracts, other documents or other agreements
required to be described in the Registration Statement or to be filed
as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Act or by the rules
and regulations thereunder which have not been described or filed as
required; the contracts so described in the Prospectus are in full
force and effect on the date hereof; and neither the Company nor, to
the Company's knowledge, any other party is in breach of or default
under any of such contracts other than such breaches or defaults
which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had, and are not
reasonably likely to result in, a Material Adverse Effect;
(xvi) Except as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus,
the Company and its subsidiaries possess all certificates,
authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or
foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of, or failure to obtain, any such certificate,
authorization or permit which, individually or in the aggregate, if
the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would
result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(xvii) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Shares, will not be an "investment company"
or an entity "controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms
are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"Investment Company Act");
(xviii) Each of Deloitte & Touche Chartered Accountants, who have
certified certain financial statements of the Company and its
subsidiaries, and Willi and Partner AG, who has certified financial
statements of r/3/ Security Engineering AG ("r/3/"), the Company's
Swiss subsidiary, are independent public accountants as required by
the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(xix) The Shares have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq
National Market, subject to official notice of issuance; and
(xx) Except as described in the 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, and the right of each person who is a party to any
contract, agreement or understanding so described to include such
securities pursuant to the Registration Statement has been effectively
satisfied or waived.
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(b) Each of the Selling Stockholders severally represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters and the Company
that:
(i) All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary
for the execution and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of this
Agreement, the International Underwriting Agreement and, for the
Selling Stockholders listed in Part B of Schedule II, the Power of
Attorney and the Custody Agreement hereinafter referred to, and for
the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder hereunder and under the International Underwriting
Agreement, have been obtained; and such Selling Stockholder has full
right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the
International Underwriting Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the
Custody Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares
to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and under the
International Underwriting Agreement;
(ii) The sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder hereunder and under the International Underwriting
Agreement and the compliance by such Selling Stockholder with all of
the provisions of this Agreement and the International Underwriting
Agreement, and, for the Selling Stockholders listed in Part B of
Schedule II, the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement, and the
consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will
not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement
or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which
such Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the property or
assets of such Selling Stockholder is subject, nor will such action
result in any violation of the provisions of any statute, rule or
regulation of any governmental agency or regulatory body having
jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or the property of such
Selling Stockholder or any order or decree of any court that
specifically names such Selling Stockholder or any of its subsidiaries
or any of their properties, except in each case as would not adversely
affect the ability of such Selling Stockholder to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the International
Underwriting Agreement;
(iii) Such Selling Stockholder has, and immediately prior to
each Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) such Selling
Stockholder will have, good and valid title to the Shares to be sold
by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims; and, assuming that the Underwriters
purchase the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder for value,
in good faith and without notice of any adverse claim within the
meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code, upon delivery of such Shares
and payment therefor pursuant hereto, good and valid title to such
Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims,
will pass to the several Underwriters;
(iv) During the period beginning from the date hereof and
continuing to and including the date 180 days after the date of the
Prospectus, such Selling Stockholder will not, without your prior
written consent (A) offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose
of, except as provided hereunder and under the International
Underwriting Agreement, any securities of the Company that are
substantially similar to the Shares, including but not limited to any
securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that
represent the right to receive, Stock or any such
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substantially similar securities (other than upon the conversion or
exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of
the date of this Agreement), other than transfers to such Selling
Stockholder's affiliates, as such term is defined in Rule 405
promulgated under the Securities Act, provided that each transferee
agrees in writing to be bound by the terms of this clause or (B)
engage directly or indirectly in any transaction the likely result of
which would involve a transaction prohibited by subclause (A) of this
clause (iv);
(v) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take,
directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has
constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result
in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares;
(vi) To the extent that any statements or omissions made in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto are made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such
Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein, such Preliminary
Prospectus and the Registration Statement did not, and the Prospectus
and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, when they become effective or are filed
with the Commission, as the case may be, will 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;
(vii) In order to document the Underwriters' compliance with the
reporting and withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal
Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect to the transactions herein
contemplated, such Selling Stockholder will deliver to you prior to or
at the First Time of Delivery (as hereinafter defined) a properly
completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or
other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department
regulations in lieu thereof) if such Selling Stockholder is a
corporation, partnership or other entity organized in the United
States, or a properly completed and executed United States Treasury
Department Form W-8 and Form 1001, if such Selling Stockholder is a
corporation organized outside the United States; and
(viii) For each Selling Stockholder listed on Part B of Schedule
II hereof, (A) certificates in negotiable form representing all of the
Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder have been
placed in custody under a Custody Agreement, in the form heretofore
furnished to you (the "Custody Agreement"), duly executed and
delivered by such Selling Stockholder to the Company, as custodian
(the "Custodian"), and such Selling Stockholder has duly executed and
delivered a Power of Attorney, in the form heretofore furnished to you
(the "Power of Attorney"), appointing the persons indicated in
Schedule II hereto, and each of them, as such Selling Stockholder's
attorneys-in-fact (the "Attorneys-in-Fact") with authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and the International Underwriting
Agreement on behalf of such Selling Stockholder, to determine the
purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters to the Selling
Stockholders as provided in Section 2 hereof, to authorize the
delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder
hereunder and otherwise to act on behalf of such Selling Stockholder
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
the International Underwriting Agreement and the Custody Agreement;
and
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(B) The Shares represented by the certificates held in custody
for such Selling Stockholder under the Custody Agreement, as a result
of the obligations of such Selling Stockholder under this Agreement,
are subject to the interests of the Underwriters hereunder and the
International Underwriters under the International Underwriting
Agreement; the arrangements made by such Selling Stockholder for such
custody, and the appointment by such Selling Stockholder of the
Attorneys-in-Fact by the Power of Attorney, are to that extent
irrevocable; the obligations of the Selling Stockholders hereunder and
under the International Underwriting Agreement shall not be terminated
by operation of law, whether by the dissolution of any Selling
Stockholder that is a partnership, limited liability company or
corporation, or by the occurrence of any other event; if any such
Selling Stockholder should be dissolved, or if any other such event
should occur, before the delivery of the Shares hereunder,
certificates representing the Shares shall be delivered by or on
behalf of the Selling Stockholders in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, of the International Underwriting
Agreement and of the Custody Agreements; and actions taken by the
Attorneys-in-Fact pursuant to the Powers of Attorney shall be as valid
as if such dissolution or other event had not occurred, regardless of
whether or not the Custodian, the Attorneys-in-Fact, or any of them,
shall have received notice of such dissolution or other event.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company
and each of the Selling Stockholders agree, severally and not jointly, to sell
to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and
not jointly, to purchase from the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders,
at a purchase price per share of $___, the number of Firm Shares (to be adjusted
by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying the
aggregate number of Firm Shares to be sold by the Company and each of the
Selling Stockholders as set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II
hereto by a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Firm
Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter as set forth opposite the name of
such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the
aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased by all of the Underwriters from
the Company and all of the Selling Stockholders hereunder and (b) in the event
and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase
Optional Shares as provided below, each of the Selling Stockholders agrees,
severally and not jointly, to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from each of the
Selling Stockholders, at the purchase price per share set forth in clause (a) of
this Section 2, that portion of the number of Optional Shares as to which such
election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate
fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number of Optional Shares by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares which
such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such
Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum
number of Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase
hereunder.
The Selling Stockholders, as and to the extent indicated in Schedule II
hereto, hereby grant, severally and not jointly, to the Underwriters the right
to purchase at their election up to 848,000 Optional Shares, at the purchase
price per share set forth in the paragraph above, for the sole purpose of
covering overallotments in the sale of the Firm Shares. Any such election to
purchase Optional Shares shall be made in proportion to the maximum number of
Optional Shares to be sold by each Selling Stockholder as set forth in Schedule
II hereto. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised only
by written notice from you to the Company and the Attorneys-in-Fact, given
within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement and setting
forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on
which such
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Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by you but in no event
earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or,
unless you and the Company and the Attorneys-in-Fact otherwise agree in writing,
earlier than two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Firm Shares, the
several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale upon the terms
and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
4. (a) The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in
definitive form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such
names as Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. may request upon at least forty-eight hours' prior
notice to the Company and the Selling Stockholders, shall be delivered by or on
behalf of the Company and the Selling Stockholders to Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.,
through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), for the account
of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the
purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the
account specified by the Company and each Selling Stockholder to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx
& Co. at least forty-eight hours in advance. The Company and each Selling
Stockholder will cause the certificates representing the Shares to be made
available for checking and packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to the
Time of Delivery (as defined below) with respect thereto at the office of DTC or
its designated custodian (the "Designated Office"). The time and date of such
delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm Shares, 9:30 a.m., New
York City time, on ___________, 1998 or such other time and date as Xxxxxxx,
Sachs & Co., the Company and the Selling Stockholders may agree upon in writing,
and, with respect to the Optional Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York time, on the date
specified by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. in the written notice given by Xxxxxxx, Sachs
& Co. of the Underwriters' election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such
other time and date as Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. and the Company may agree upon in
writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares is herein called
the "First Time of Delivery", such time and date for delivery of the Optional
Shares, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the "Second Time of
Delivery", and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a "Time of
Delivery".
(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf
of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 7 hereof, including the cross receipt
for the Shares and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters
pursuant to Section 7(o) hereof, will be delivered at the offices of Xxxx and
Xxxx LLP, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the "Closing
Location"), and the Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at
such Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at
______ p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding
such Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be
delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the
parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, "New York Business Day"
shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a
day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
5. The Company and Entrust Limited jointly and severally agree with each
of the Underwriters:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and to file
such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the
Commission's close of business on the second business day following the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier
time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no
further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or
Prospectus which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable
notice thereof;
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to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when
any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes
effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has
been filed and to furnish you with copies thereof; to advise you, promptly
after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any
stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus or prospectus, of the suspension of the
qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of
the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of
any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; and, in
the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or prospectus or
suspending any such qualification, promptly to use its best efforts to
obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may
reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the
securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may request and to comply with
such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in
such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the
distribution of the Shares, provided that in connection therewith the
Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to
file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(c) Prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the New York Business
Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to
furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in
such quantities as you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a
prospectus is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months
after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering
or sale of the Shares and if at such time any event shall have occurred as
a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus
is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be
necessary during such period to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order
to comply with the Act, to notify you and upon your request to prepare and
furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities
as many copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an
amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct
such statement or omission or effect such compliance, and in case any
Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus in connection with sales of
any of the Shares at any time nine months or more after the time of issue
of the Prospectus, upon your request but at the expense of such
Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many copies as
you may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with
Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as
practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c)
under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries
(which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder (including, at the option of the Company,
Rule 158);
(e) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing
to and including the date 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, (A)
not to offer, sell, contract
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to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder and under the
International Underwriting Agreement, any securities of the Company that
are substantially similar to the Shares, including but not limited to any
securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent
the right to receive, Stock or any such substantially similar securities;
provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue shares upon the exercise
of options granted pursuant to its Amended and Restated 1996 Stock
Incentive Plan and 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, (ii) issue shares
upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities
outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, (iii) issue shares in
connection with a merger or the acquisition by the Company of the assets or
capital stock of another person or entity so long as the shares so issued
by the Company may not be resold for a period of 180 days after the date of
the Prospectus and (iv) grant options and offer to sell shares of Common
Stock to its employees, consultants and directors pursuant to the plans
listed in clause (i) and (B) not to amend or waive compliance with Section
5 under each Stock Option Agreement entered into by the Company and a
holder of options granted under the Company's employee stock option plans);
(f) To furnish to its stockholders as soon as practicable after the
end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and
statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the Company
and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public
accountants);
(g) During a period of five years from the effective date of the
Registration Statement, to furnish to you at your request copies of all
reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to
stockholders, and to deliver to you (i) as soon as they are available,
copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with
the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of
securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information
concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as you may
from time to time reasonably request (such financial statements to be on a
consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its
subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its stockholders
generally or to the Commission);
(h) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the
Shares pursuant to this Agreement and the International Underwriting
Agreement in the manner specified in the Prospectus under the caption "Use
of Proceeds";
(i) To use its best efforts to list for quotation the Shares on the
Nasdaq National Market ("NASDAQ");
(j) To file with the Commission such information on Form 10-Q or Form
10-K as may be required by Rule 463 under the Act; and
(k) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall
file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance
with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this
Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the
Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or
give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule
111(b) under the Act.
6. The Company and each of the Selling Stockholders covenant and agree
with one another and with the several Underwriters that (a) the Company will pay
or cause to be paid the
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following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel and
accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act and
all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of
the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and
amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies
thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing
any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, the International Underwriting
Agreement, the Agreement between Syndicates, the Selling Agreement, the Blue Sky
Memorandum, closing documents (including compilations thereof) and any other
documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the
Shares; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares
for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b)
hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in
connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey;
(iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares on the NASDAQ;
(v) the filing fees incident to, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Underwriters in connection with, securing any required review by the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale of the
Shares; (vi) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vii) the cost and
charges of any transfer agent or registrar; and (viii) all other costs and
expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not
otherwise specifically provided for in this Section; and (b) such Selling
Stockholder will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the
performance of such Selling Stockholder's obligations hereunder and under the
International Underwriting Agreement which are not otherwise specifically
provided for in this Section, including (i) any fees and expenses of counsel for
such Selling Stockholder, (ii) for each Selling Stockholder listed in Part B of
Schedule II, such Selling Stockholder's pro rata share of fees and expenses of
the Attorneys-in-Fact and the Custodian, and (iii) all expenses and taxes
incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling
Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder. It is understood, however, that the
Company shall bear, and the Selling Stockholders shall not be required to pay or
to reimburse the Company for, the cost of any other matters not directly
relating to the sale and purchase of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement and
the International Underwriting Agreement, and that, except as provided in this
Section, and Sections 8 and 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their
own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer
taxes on resale of any of the Shares by them, and any advertising expenses
connected with any offers they may make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to be
delivered at each Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to
the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of
the Company and the Selling Stockholders herein are, at and as of such Time of
Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company and the Selling
Stockholders shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore
to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing
by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section
5(a) hereof; if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Rule
462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 P.M.,
Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part
thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall
have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for
additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been
complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Ropes & Xxxx, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished
to you such written opinion or opinions (a draft of such opinion is
attached as Annex II(a) hereto), dated
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as of such Time of Delivery, with respect to the matters covered in
paragraphs (i), (ii) (as to the Shares being delivered at such Time of
Delivery), (v), (viii) and (x) of subsection (c) below as well as such
other related matters as you may reasonably request, and such counsel shall
have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to
enable them to pass upon such matters;
(c) Xxxx and Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished
to you their written opinion (a draft of such opinion is attached as Annex
II(b) hereto), dated as of such Time of Delivery, in form and substance
satisfactory to you, 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 Maryland, with corporate power and authority to own its properties
and conduct its business, as such properties and business are
described in the Prospectus;
(ii) The Company has the authorized, issued and outstanding
capital stock as set forth in the Prospectus, and all of the issued
shares of capital stock of the Company (including the Shares being
delivered at such Time of Delivery) have been duly and validly
authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; and the
Shares conform, or when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement and the International Underwriting
Agreement will conform, in all material respects, to the description
of the Stock contained in the Prospectus;
(iii) The Company has been duly qualified as a foreign
corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing in
each of the jurisdictions listed in Schedule III hereto, which are the
only jurisdictions in the United States in which the Company owns or
leases real property or maintains an office;
(iv) To such counsel's knowledge, there are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which are required
to be described in the Prospectus which are not described in the
Prospectus;
(v) This Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement
have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(vi) The issue and sale of the Shares being delivered at such
Time of Delivery by the Company and the compliance by the Company with
all of the provisions of this Agreement and the International
Underwriting Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein
and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach
or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement
or other agreement or instrument binding upon the Company or any of
its subsidiaries that is an exhibit to the Registration Statement, nor
will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the
Articles of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or (assuming
compliance with all applicable foreign and state securities and Blue
Sky laws) any statute, rule or regulation known to such counsel of any
governmental agency or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or any
order or decree
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known to such counsel of any court specifically naming the Company or
any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties;
(vii) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or
regulatory body is required for the issue and sale of the Shares or
the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement, except
the registration under the Act of the Shares, and such consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be
required under foreign or state securities or Blue Sky laws and the
approval by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of
the underwriting terms and arrangements in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters and the
International Underwriters;
(viii) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the
caption "Description of Capital Stock", insofar as they purport to
constitute a summary of the terms of the Stock, under the caption
"Certain U.S. Tax Considerations Applicable to Non-U.S. Holders of the
Common Stock", insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of
the laws referred to therein, and under the caption "Underwriting",
insofar as they purport to describe the documents referred to therein,
are accurate summaries and descriptions of such terms and provisions
in all material respects;
(ix) The Company is not an "investment company" or an entity
"controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are defined in
the Investment Company Act; and
(x) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any
further amendments and supplements thereto made by the Company prior
to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements,
including the notes and schedules thereto, and other financial and
accounting data, as to which such counsel need express no opinion)
comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of
the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, although they do not
assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness
of the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus; they have no reason to believe that, as of its effective
date, the Registration Statement or any further amendment thereto made
by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the
financial statements, including the notes and schedules thereto, and
other financial and accounting data, as to which such counsel need
express no opinion) contained an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that, as of
its date, the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement
thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than
the financial statements, including the notes and schedules thereto,
and other financial and accounting data, as to which such counsel need
express no opinion) contained an untrue statement of a material fact
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or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading or that, as of such Time of Delivery, the Prospectus or
any further supplement thereto made by the Company prior to such Time
of Delivery (other than the financial statements, including the notes
and schedules thereto, and other financial and accounting data, as to
which such counsel need express no opinion) contains an untrue
statement of a material fact or omits 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 they do
not know of any amendment to the Registration Statement required to be
filed or of any contracts or other documents of a character required
to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to
be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are
not filed or described as required;
(d) Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxx and Bar and Xxxxxx, counsel to the Company,
shall have furnished to you its written opinion, dated as of such Time of
Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that
Entrust Limited and r/3/, respectively, has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation; and all of the issued shares of capital
stock of each such subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and (except for directors'
qualifying shares and except as otherwise set forth in the Prospectus) are
owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims (such counsel being entitled to rely in
respect of the opinion in this clause upon opinions of local counsel and in
respect to matters of fact upon certificates of officers of the Company or
its subsidiaries, provided that such counsel shall state that they believe
that both you and they are justified in relying upon such opinions and
certificates);
(e) Xxx Xxxxxx, Esq., general counsel to the Company, shall have
furnished to you his written opinion, dated as of such Time of Delivery, in
form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that the issue and
sale of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery by the Company
and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this
Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with
or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject;
(f) _________, intellectual property counsel for the Company, shall
have furnished to you their written opinion (a draft of each such opinion
is attached as Annex II(c) hereto), dated as of such Time of Delivery, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you, with respect to such
matters as you may reasonably request;
(g) The respective counsel for each of the Selling Stockholders, as
indicated in Schedule II hereto, each shall have furnished to you their
written opinion with respect to each of the Selling Stockholders for whom
they are acting as counsel, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and
substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:
(i) For each Selling Stockholder listed in Part B of Schedule
II, a Power-of-Attorney and a Custody Agreement dated as of the date
of this Agreement have been duly executed and delivered by such
Selling Stockholder and constitute valid and binding agreements of
such Selling Stockholder in accordance with their terms;
(ii) Each of this Agreement and the International Underwriting
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of such
Selling Stockholder;
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and the sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder
hereunder and thereunder and the compliance by such Selling
Stockholder with all of the provisions of this Agreement, the
International Underwriting Agreement, and, for each Selling
Stockholder listed in Part B of Schedule II, the Power-of-Attorney and
the Custody Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein
and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach
or violation of any terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any statute, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement
or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which such
Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder is
bound or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling
Stockholder is subject, nor will such action result in any violation
of the provisions of any rule or regulation known to such counsel of
any governmental agency or regulatory body having jurisdiction over
such Selling Stockholder or the property of such Selling Stockholder
or of an order or decree known to such counsel of any court
specifically naming such Selling Stockholder or any of its properties,
except in each case as would not adversely affect the ability of such
Selling Stockholder to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement;
(iii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court
or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the International
Underwriting Agreement in connection with the Shares to be sold by
such Selling Stockholder hereunder and thereunder, except the
registration under the Act of the Shares, and such consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be
required under foreign or state securities or Blue Sky laws and the
approval by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of
the underwriting terms and arrangements in connection with the
purchase and distribution of such Shares by the Underwriters and
International Underwriters;
(iv) Immediately prior to any Time of Delivery, such Selling
Stockholder (A) is the owner of record and, to such counsel's
knowledge, the beneficial owner of the Shares to be sold at such Time
of Delivery by such Selling Stockholder under this Agreement and the
International Underwriting Agreement, and (B) has the full corporate
right, power and authority to sell, assign, transfer and deliver valid
and unencumbered title to the Shares to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder hereunder; and
(v) Assuming that the Underwriters purchase the Shares to be
sold by such Selling Stockholder for value, in good faith and without
notice of any adverse claim within the meaning of the Uniform
Commercial Code, upon delivery and payment for the Shares to be sold
by such Selling Stockholder, the Underwriters will receive valid title
to such Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or
claims.
In rendering the opinion in paragraph (iv), such counsel may rely upon a
certificate of such Selling Stockholder in respect of matters of fact as to
ownership of, and liens, encumbrances, equities or claims on, the Shares sold by
such Selling Stockholder, provided that such counsel shall state that they
believe that both you and they are justified in relying upon such certificate
and that an original of such certificate is delivered to you;
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(h) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of
this Agreement, at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of
any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent
to the date of this Agreement and also at each Time of Delivery, Deloitte &
Touche Chartered Accountants shall have furnished to you a letter or
letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and
substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Annex I hereto;
(i) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have
sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included in the Prospectus any loss or interference with its 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 Prospectus,
and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock (other
than as a result of the grant or exercise of stock options pursuant to the
Company's employee stock option plans described in the Prospectus) 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, business, properties, management, financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, 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 Shares being delivered at such Time of
Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(j) On or after the date hereof (i) no downgrading shall have
occurred in the rating accorded the Company's debt securities by any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as that term is
defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, and
(ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under
surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of
any of the Company's debt securities;
(k) On or after the date hereof there shall not have occurred any of
the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or on NASDAQ; (ii) a
suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company's securities on
NASDAQ; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities
declared by either Federal or New York or Massachusetts State authorities;
or (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United
States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or
war, if the effect of any such event specified in this Clause (iv) in the
judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to
proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being
delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus;
(l) The Shares to be sold at the such Time of Delivery shall have
been duly listed for quotation on NASDAQ, subject to official notice of
issuance;
(m) The Company has obtained and delivered to the Underwriters (A)
executed copies of an agreement from each director, officer and stockholder
of the Company, substantially to the effect set forth in Subsection 5(e)
hereof in form and substance satisfactory to you and (B) executed copies of
a Stock Option Agreement from each holder
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of options granted under the Company's employee stock option plans, which
agreement shall contain a provision substantially to the effect set forth
in Subsection 5(e) hereof;
(n) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section
5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York
Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement; and
(o) The Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished or
caused to be furnished to you at such Time of Delivery certificates of
officers of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, respectively,
satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, respectively herein
at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company
and the Selling Stockholders, of all of their respective obligations
hereunder and under the International Underwriting Agreement to be
performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery and as to such other matters
as you may reasonably request and the Company shall have furnished or
caused to be furnished certificates as to the matters set forth in
subsections (a) and (i) of this Section.
8. (a) The Company, Entrust Limited and Northern Telecom Limited (the
"Indemnifying Person"), jointly and severally, will indemnify and hold harmless
each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such
expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company and the Indemnifying
Person shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment
or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
expressly for use therein; provided, further that the liability of the
Indemnifying Person pursuant to this subsection (a) shall not exceed the product
of the number of Shares sold by such Indemnifying Person and the initial public
offering price less underwriting discount of the Shares, as set forth in the
Prospectus.
(b) Each of the Selling Stockholders other than the Indemnifying Person
severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, 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, but only insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission in reliance upon and conformity with written
information relating to such Selling Stockholder furnished to the Company or the
Underwriters in writing by such Selling
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Stockholder expressly for use therein, and such Selling Stockholder will
reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the
liability of a Selling Stockholder pursuant to this subsection (b) shall not
exceed the product of the number of Shares sold by such Selling Stockholder and
the initial public offering price less the underwriting discount of the Shares,
as set forth in the Prospectus.
(c) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each
Selling Stockholder against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which
the Company or such Selling Stockholder may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, 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, in each case to the extent, but only to
the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such
Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein; and will
reimburse the Company and each Selling Stockholder for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or such Selling Stockholder in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such
expenses are incurred.
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a),
(b) or (c) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified
party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to
any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such
action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be
entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly
with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense
thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not,
except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying
party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party
of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall
not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal
expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently
incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other
than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without
the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or
compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any
pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or
contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an
actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement,
compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified
party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not
include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to
act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable
to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a),
(b) or (c) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a
result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) in such proportion
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as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and
the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from
the offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the
immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the
indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (d) above,
then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only
such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the
Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the
other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds
from the offering of the Shares purchased under this Agreement (before deducting
expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders bear to the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters with respect
to the Shares purchased under this Agreement, in each case as set forth in the
table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling
Stockholders on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission. The Company, each of the Selling
Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable
if contributions pursuant to this subsection (e) were determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (e). The amount
paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this
subsection (e) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending
any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e),
(i) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (ii)
no Selling Stockholder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of
the product of the number of Shares sold by such Selling Stockholder and the
initial public offering price less underwriting discount of the Shares as set
forth in the Prospectus. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this subsection (e) to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
(f) The obligations of the Company, Entrust Limited and the Selling
Stockholders under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which
the Company and the respective Selling Stockholders may otherwise have and shall
extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls
any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the
Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which
the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same
terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and the
Selling Stockholders (including any person who, with his or her consent, is
named in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the
Company) and to each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Selling
Stockholders within the meaning of the Act.
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9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase
the Shares which it has agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of Delivery, you
may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other parties to
purchase such Shares on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours
after such default by any Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of
such Shares, then the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall be entitled to
a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or
other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such Shares on such terms. In the
event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Company and
the Selling Stockholders that you have so arranged for the purchase of such
Shares, or the Company and the Selling Stockholders notify you that they have so
arranged for the purchase of such Shares, you or the Company shall have the
right to postpone such Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven
days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or
arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in your opinion may thereby be
made necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include
any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had
originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Shares.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company and
the Selling Stockholders as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate
number of such Shares which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of
the aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery,
then the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have the right to require
each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares which such
Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in
addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata
share (based on the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase
hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for
which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a
defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company and
the Selling Stockholders as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate
number of such Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the
aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or
if the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall not exercise the right
described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to
purchase Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement
(or, with respect to the Second Time of Delivery, the obligations of the
Underwriters to purchase and of the Selling Stockholders to sell the Optional
Shares) shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-
defaulting Underwriter, the Company or the Selling Stockholders, except for the
expenses to be borne by the Company and the Selling Stockholders and the
Underwriters as provided in Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and contribution
agreements in Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties
and other statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders and the several
Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them,
respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof)
made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any
Underwriter, or the Company, or the Selling Stockholders or any officer or
director or controlling person of the Company or the Selling Stockholders, and
shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.
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11. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof,
neither the Company nor Entrust Limited nor the Selling Stockholders shall then
be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 6 and 8
hereof; but, if for any other reason any Shares are not delivered by or on
behalf of the Company and the Selling Stockholders as provided herein, the
Company and each of the Selling Stockholders (pro rata based on the number of
Shares to be sold by the Company and such Selling Stockholders hereunder) will
reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses approved
in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably
incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and
delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company, Entrust Limited and
the Selling Stockholders shall then be under no further liability to any
Underwriter in respect of the Shares not so delivered except as provided in
Sections 6 and 8 hereof.
12. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the
Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any
statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or
given by you jointly or by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. on behalf of you as the
representatives and in all dealings with any Selling Stockholder hereunder, you
and the Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request,
notice or agreement on behalf of such Selling Stockholder made or given by any
or all of the Attorneys-in-Fact for such Selling Stockholder.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to you as the representatives in care of Xxxxxxx, Sachs &
Co., 00 Xxx Xxxx, 0/xx/ Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Registration
Department; and if to any Selling Stockholders shall be delivered or sent by
mail, telex or facsimile transmission to counsel for such Selling Stockholder at
its address set forth in Schedule II hereto; and if to the Company shall be
delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the
Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided,
however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(d) hereof shall
be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such
Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire, or
telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the
Company by you upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or
agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof.
13. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit
of, the Underwriters, the Company, Entrust Limited and the Selling Stockholders
and, to the extent provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers and
directors of the Company and Selling Stockholder and each person who controls
the Company, any Selling Stockholder or any Underwriter, and their respective
heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person
shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No
purchaser of any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor
or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
14. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the
term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in
Washington, D.C. is open for business.
15. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
16. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties
hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us eight counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you,
on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof
shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the Underwriters, the Company
and each of the Selling Stockholders. It is understood that your acceptance of
this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority
set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters (U.S. Version), the form of
which shall be submitted to the Company and the Selling Stockholders for
examination upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority
of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours,
Entrust Technologies Inc.
By:__________________________
Name:
Title:
ENTRUST TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
By:__________________________
Name:
Title:
NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED
By:__________________________
Name:
Title:
By:__________________________
Name:
Title:
XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK, AS
TRUSTEE OF THE MULTI-MARKET
SPECIAL INVESTMENT TRUST
FUND OF XXXXXX GUARANTY
TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
By: ____________________________
Name:
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XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK, AS
TRUSTEE OF THE COMMINGLED
PENSION TRUST FUND
(MULTI-MARKET SPECIAL
INVESTMENT FUND II) OF
XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK, AS
INVESTMENT MANAGER AND
AGENT FOR THE XXXXXX X.
XXXXX FOUNDATION
(MULTI-MARKET ACCOUNT)
By:__________________________
Name:
Title:
Olympus Growth Fund II, L.P.
Olmpus Executive Fund, L.P.
Orchid & Co., nominee for X. Xxxx
Price Threshold Fund III, L.P.
Societe Generale Investment Corporation
By:__________________________
Name:
As Attorney-in-Fact acting on behalf of
each of the Selling Stockholders named
in Part B of Schedule II to this Agreement.
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Accepted as of the date hereof:
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation
NationsBanc Xxxxxxxxxx Securities LLC; a subsidiary of UBS XX
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Read LLC
By:
............................
(Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.)
On behalf of each of the Underwriters
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SCHEDULE I
NUMBER OF OPTIONAL
SHARES TO BE
TOTAL NUMBER OF PURCHASED IF
FIRM SHARES MAXIMUM OPTION
UNDERWRITER TO BE PURCHASED EXERCISED
----------- --------------- ---------
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co..................................
Xxxxxxxxx Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation...
NationsBanc Xxxxxxxxxx Securities LLC................
Warburg Dillon Read LLC, a subsidiary of UBS AG......
--------- -------
Total 5,653,334 848,000
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SCHEDULE II
NUMBER OF OPTIONAL
SHARES TO BE
TOTAL NUMBER OF SOLD IF
FIRM SHARES MAXIMUM OPTION
TO BE SOLD EXERCISED
The Company ............................... 4,320,000 --
The Selling Stockholder(s):
Part A:
Northern Telecom Inc.
Northern Telecom Limited
Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust
Company of New York, as
Trustee of the Multi-Market
Special Investment Trust
Fund of Xxxxxx Guaranty
Trust Company of New York
Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust
Company of New York, as
Trustee of the Commingled
Pension Trust Fund
(Multi-Market Special
Investment Fund II) Of
Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust
Company of New York
Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust
Company of New York, As
Investment Manager and
Agent for the Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxx Foundation
(Multi-Market Account)
Part B
Olympus Growth Fund II, L.P.
Olympus Executive Fund, L.P.
Orchid & Co.
Societe Generale Investment
Corporation
Total
Northern Telecom Limited is represented by its general counsel; Each of Xxxxxx
Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Olympus Growth Fund II, L.P. and Olympus
Executive Fund, L.P. are represented by Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx LLP; and Orchid & Co.
is represented by Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Thibeaut, LLP. Each of the Selling
Stockholders listed under Part B above has appointed Xxxx Xxxx and Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, and each of them, as the Attorneys-in-Fact for such Selling
Stockholder.
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SCHEDULE III
JURISDICTIONS OF FOREIGN QUALIFICATIONS
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ANNEX I
Pursuant to Section 7(h) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants
shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that:
(i) They are independent certified public accountants with respect to
the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the
applicable published rules and regulations thereunder;
(ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and any supplementary
financial information and schedules (and, if applicable, financial
forecasts and/or pro forma financial information) examined by them and
included in the Prospectus or the Registration Statement comply as to form
in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Act and the related published rules and regulations thereunder; and they
have made a review in accordance with standards established by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the unaudited consolidated
interim financial statements, selected financial data, pro forma financial
information, financial forecasts and/or condensed financial statements
derived from audited financial statements of the Company for the periods
specified in such letter, as indicated in their reports thereon, copies of
which have been furnished to the representatives of the Underwriters (the
"Representatives") and are attached hereto;
(iii) They have made a review in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of
the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated
balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the
Prospectus as indicated in their reports thereon copies of which have been
separately furnished to the Representatives and on the basis of specified
procedures including inquiries of officials of the Company who have
responsibility for financial and accounting matters regarding whether the
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements referred to in
paragraph (vi)(A)(i) below comply as to form in all material respects with
the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published
rules and regulations, nothing came to their attention that caused them to
believe that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do
not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the related published rules and
regulations;
(iv) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to the
consolidated results of operations and financial position of the Company
for the five most recent fiscal years included in the Prospectus agrees
with the corresponding amounts (after restatements where applicable) in the
audited consolidated financial statements for such five fiscal years which
were included in the Prospectus;
(v) They have compared the information in the Prospectus under
selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K and on
the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter nothing came to
their attention as a result of the foregoing procedures that caused them to
believe that this information does not conform in all material respects
with the disclosure requirements of Items 301, 302, 402 and 503(d),
respectively, of Regulation S-K;
(vi) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an
examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards,
consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other
information referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim
financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, inspection of the
minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus, inquiries
of officials of the Company and its subsidiaries responsible for financial
and accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may be
specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that caused them
to believe that:
(A) (i) the unaudited consolidated statements of income,
consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows
included in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and
the related published rules and regulations, or (ii) any material
modifications should be made to the unaudited condensed consolidated
statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated
statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus for them to be in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles;
(B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance sheet
items included in the Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding
items in the unaudited consolidated financial statements from which
such data and items were derived, and any such unaudited data and
items were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the
basis for the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated
financial statements included in the Prospectus;
(C) the unaudited financial statements which were not included in
the Prospectus but from which were derived any unaudited condensed
financial statements referred to in Clause (A) and any unaudited
income statement data and balance sheet items included in the
Prospectus and referred to in Clause (B) were not determined on a
basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited
consolidated financial statements included in the Prospectus;
(D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial
statements included in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Act and the published rules and regulations thereunder or the pro
forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical
amounts in the compilation of those statements;
(E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the
date of such letter, there have been any changes in the consolidated
capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of
options and stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of performance
shares and upon conversions of convertible securities, in each case
which were outstanding on the date of the latest financial statements
included in the Prospectus) or any increase in the consolidated long-
term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, or any decreases in
consolidated net current assets or stockholders' equity or other items
specified by the Representatives, or any increases in any items
specified by the Representatives, in each case as compared with
amounts shown in the latest balance sheet included in the Prospectus,
except
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in each case for changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus
discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such
letter; and
(F) for the period from the date of the latest financial
statements included in the Prospectus to the specified date referred
to in Clause (E) there were any decreases in consolidated net revenues
or operating profit or the total or per share amounts of consolidated
net income or other items specified by the Representatives, or any
increases in any items specified by the Representatives, in each case
as compared with the comparable period of the preceding year and with
any other period of corresponding length specified by the
Representatives, except in each case for decreases or increases which
the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are
described in such letter; and
(vii) In addition to the examination referred to in their report(s)
included in the Prospectus and the limited procedures, inspection of minute
books, inquiries and other procedures referred to in paragraphs (iii) and
(vi) above, they have carried out certain specified procedures, not
constituting an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards, with respect to certain amounts, percentages and financial
information specified by the Representatives, which are derived from the
general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, which
appear in the Prospectus, or in Part II of, or in exhibits and schedules
to, the Registration Statement specified by the Representatives, and have
compared certain of such amounts, percentages and financial information
with the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and have
found them to be in agreement.
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