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EXHIBIT 1.1
4,000,000 SHARES
XXXXXX.XXX CORPORATION
COMMON STOCK
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
March ___, 1999
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
BANCBOSTON XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX INC.
XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX & XXXXXXXX SECURITIES CORPORATION
X.X. XXXXXXXXX, TOWBIN
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,
c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation,
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Dear Sirs:
1. Introductory. Xxxxxx.xxx Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"COMPANY"), proposes to issue and sell 3,000,000 shares of its Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per share ("SECURITIES") and the stockholders listed in Schedule A
hereto ("SELLING STOCKHOLDERS") propose severally to sell an aggregate of
1,000,000 outstanding shares of the Securities (such 4,000,000 shares of
Securities being hereinafter referred to as the "FIRM SECURITIES"). The Company
also proposes to sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an
aggregate of not more than 600,000 additional shares of its Securities as set
forth below (such 600,000 additional shares being hereinafter referred to as the
"OPTIONAL SECURITIES"). The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities are
herein collectively called the "OFFERED SECURITIES". The Company and the Selling
Stockholders hereby agree with the several Underwriters named in Schedule B
hereto ("UNDERWRITERS") as follows:
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Selling
Stockholders. (a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the
several Underwriters that:
(i) A registration statement (No. 333-74545) relating to the
Offered Securities, including a form of prospectus, has been filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission ("COMMISSION") and either (A) has
been declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933 ("ACT") and is
not proposed to be amended or (B) is proposed to be amended by amendment
or post-effective amendment. If such registration statement (the "INITIAL
REGISTRATION STATEMENT") has been declared effective, either (A) an
additional registration statement (the "ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION
STATEMENT") relating to the Offered Securities may have been filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) ("RULE 462(b)") under the Act and,
if so filed, has become effective upon filing pursuant to such Rule and
the Offered Securities all have been duly registered under the Act
pursuant to the initial registration statement and, if applicable, the
additional registration statement or (B) such an additional registration
statement is proposed to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
462(b) and will become effective upon filing pursuant to such Rule and
upon such filing the Offered Securities will all have been duly registered
under the Act pursuant to the initial registration statement and such
additional registration statement. If the Company does not propose to
amend the initial registration statement or if an additional registration
statement has been filed and the Company does not propose to amend it, and
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any post-effective amendment to either such registration statement has
been filed with the Commission prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the most recent amendment (if any) to each such registration
statement has been declared effective by the Commission or has become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c) ("RULE 462(c)") under the
Act or, in the case of the additional registration statement, Rule 462(b).
For purposes of this Agreement, "EFFECTIVE TIME" with respect to the
initial registration statement or, if filed prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the additional registration statement means
(A) if the Company has advised the Representatives that it does not
propose to amend such registration statement, the date and time as of
which such registration statement, or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereto (if any) filed prior to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, was declared effective by the Commission or has become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c), or (B) if the Company has
advised the Representatives that it proposes to file an amendment or
post-effective amendment to such registration statement, the date and time
as of which such registration statement, as amended by such amendment or
post-effective amendment, as the case may be, is declared effective by the
Commission. If an additional registration statement has not been filed
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement but the Company has
advised the Representatives that it proposes to file one, "EFFECTIVE TIME"
with respect to such additional registration statement means the date and
time as of which such registration statement is filed and becomes
effective pursuant to Rule 462(b). "EFFECTIVE DATE" with respect to the
initial registration statement or the additional registration statement
(if any) means the date of the Effective Time thereof. The initial
registration statement, as amended at its Effective Time, including all
information contained in the additional registration statement (if any)
and deemed to be a part of the initial registration statement as of the
Effective Time of the additional registration statement pursuant to the
General Instructions of the Form on which it is filed and including all
information (if any) deemed to be a part of the initial registration
statement as of its Effective Time pursuant to Rule 430A(b) ("RULE
430A(b)") under the Act, is hereinafter referred to as the "INITIAL
REGISTRATION STATEMENT". The additional registration statement, as amended
at its Effective Time, including the contents of the initial registration
statement incorporated by reference therein and including all information
(if any) deemed to be a part of the additional registration statement as
of its Effective Time pursuant to Rule 430A(b), is hereinafter referred to
as the "ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT". The Initial Registration
Statement and the Additional Registration are hereinafter referred to
collectively as the "REGISTRATION Statements" and individually as a
"REGISTRATION STATEMENT". The form of prospectus relating to the Offered
Securities, as first filed with the Commission pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 424(b) ("RULE 424(b)") under the Act or (if no such
filing is required) as included in a Registration Statement, is
hereinafter referred to as the "PROSPECTUS". No document has been or will
be prepared or distributed in reliance on Rule 434 under the Act.
(ii) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: (A) on the
Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial
Registration Statement conformed in all respects to the requirements of
the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission ("RULES AND
REGULATIONS") and did not include any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (B) on the
Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement (if any), each
Registration Statement conformed or will conform, in all respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not include,
or will not include, any untrue statement of a material fact and did not
omit, or will not omit, to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and
(C) on the date of this Agreement, the Initial Registration Statement and,
if the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement is prior to
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Additional Registration
Statement each conforms, and at the time of filing of the Prospectus
pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at the
Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement in which the
Prospectus is included, each Registration Statement and the Prospectus
will conform, in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules
and Regulations, and neither of such documents includes, or will include,
any untrue statement of a material fact or omits, or will omit, to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading. If the
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Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement: on the Effective Date of the
Initial Registration Statement, the Initial Registration Statement and the
Prospectus will conform in all respects to the requirements of the Act and
the Rules and Regulations, neither of such documents will include any
untrue statement of a material fact or will omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and no Additional Registration Statement has been
or will be filed. The two preceding sentences do not apply to statements
in or omissions from a Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon
written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through
the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and
agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section
7(c) hereof.
(iii) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with
power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other
jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct
of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to
be so qualified does not amount to a material liability or disability to
the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(iv) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and
is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, with power and authority to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and
each subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which
its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires
such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified does not
amount to a material liability or disability to the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole; all of the issued and outstanding capital
stock of each subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and
validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and the capital stock
of each subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries,
is owned free from liens, encumbrances and defects.
(v) The Offered Securities to be issued and sold by the Company to
the Underwriters hereunder have been duly authorized and, when issued and
delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to the description
thereof contained in the Prospectus, and all other outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable and conform to the description thereof
contained in the Prospectus; and the stockholders of the Company have no
preemptive rights with respect to the Securities.
(vi) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no contracts,
agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that would
give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Underwriter for a
brokerage commission, finder's fee or other like payment in connection
with this offering.
(vii) Except as disclosed 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 Act with respect to any securities of the Company
owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include
such securities in the securities registered pursuant to a Registration
Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other
registration statement filed by the Company under the Act.
(viii) The Securities are listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market's
National Market.
(ix) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing
with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required to be
obtained or made by the Company for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the sale of the Offered
Securities,
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except such as have been obtained and made under the Act and such as may
be required under state securities laws.
(x) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and
the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not result
in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any statute, any rule, regulation or order of
any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of
their properties, or any agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any such subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any such
subsidiary is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or
any such subsidiary is subject that is material to the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the charter or by-laws of the Company
or any such subsidiary.
(xi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(xii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company and its
subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and all
other properties and assets owned by them, in each case free from liens,
encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value thereof or
materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them; and
except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries
hold any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable
leases with no exceptions that would materially interfere with the use
made or to be made thereof by them.
(xiii) The Company and its subsidiaries possess adequate
certificates, authorities or permits issued by appropriate governmental
agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them
and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation
or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would
individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole ("MATERIAL
ADVERSE EFFECT").
(xiv) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any
subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that
might have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xv) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess or can acquire
on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks, trade names and other rights to
inventions, know-how, patents, copyrights, confidential information and
other intellectual property (collectively, "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS")
necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, or presently
employed by them, and have not received any notice of infringement of or
conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any intellectual
property rights that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(xvi) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, any rule,
regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any
court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of
hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration
of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances
(collectively, "ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS"), owns or operates any real property
contaminated with any substance that is subject to any environmental laws,
is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any
environmental laws, or is subject to any claim relating to any
environmental laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim
would individually or in the aggregate have Material Adverse Effect; and
the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to
such a claim.
(xvii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in
violation of any federal or state law or
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regulation relating to occupational safety and health and the Company and
its subsidiaries have received all permits, licenses or other approvals
required of them under applicable federal and state occupational safety
and health laws and regulations to conduct their respective businesses,
and the Company and each such subsidiary is in compliance with all terms
and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except any such
violation of law or regulation, failure to receive required permits,
licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and
conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals which would not, singly
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on or constitute a
materially adverse change in, or constitute a development involving a
prospective Material Adverse Effect on or change in, the condition
(financial or otherwise), earnings, properties, business affairs or
business prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in or
contemplated by the Prospectus.
(xviii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no pending
actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company, any of its
subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that, if determined
adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or
in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and
adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations
under this Agreement, or which are otherwise material in the context of
the sale of the Offered Securities; and no such actions, suits or
proceedings are threatened or, to the Company's knowledge, contemplated.
(xix) No receiver or liquidator (or similar person) has been
appointed in respect of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or in
respect of any part of the assets of the Company or any assets of any
subsidiary of the Company; no resolution, order of any court, regulatory
body, governmental body or otherwise, or petition or application for an
order, has been passed, made or presented for the winding up of the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company or for the protection of the
Company or any such subsidiary from its creditors; and the Company has
not, and no subsidiary of the Company has stopped or suspended payments of
its debts, become unable to pay its debts or otherwise become insolvent.
(xx) The Company has filed all foreign, federal, state and local
tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions
thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have
a Materially Adverse Effect) and has paid all taxes required to be paid by
it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the
extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such
assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good
faith or as described in or contemplated by Prospectus.
(xxi) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by
insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and
risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses
in which they are engaged; neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has
been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the
Company nor any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not
be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage
expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be
necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not materially and
adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
properties, business affairs or business prospects, net worth or results
of operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
except as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus.
(xxii) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with
all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder ("ERISA"); no "reportable event" (as defined in
ERISA) has occurred with respect to any "pension plan" (as defined in
ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability; the Company has not
incurred and does not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of
ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any "pension
plan" or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, including the regulations
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and published interpretations thereunder (the "Code"); and each "pension
plan" for which the Company would have any liability that is intended to
be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all
material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by
failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
(xxiii) No default exists, and no event has occurred which, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default in the due
performance and observance of any term, covenant or condition of any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease 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 or any of their respective properties
is bound.
(xxiv) Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and delivered
their report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements
and schedules included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities
Act, and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder.
(xxv) The financial statements included in each Registration
Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the financial position of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and of XxxXxxxxx.xxx, a Delaware
corporation ("BUYDIRECT"), respectively, as of the dates shown and the
results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries and of BuyDirect, respectively, for the periods shown, and
such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP")
applied on a consistent basis; the schedules included in each Registration
Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein;
and the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial statements
included in each Registration Statement and the Prospectus provide a
reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly
attributable to the transactions or events described therein, the related
pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and
the pro forma columns therein reflect the proper application of those
adjustments to the corresponding historical financial statement amounts.
(xxvi) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance
that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general
or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to
maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (iv)
the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences.
(xxvii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus there has
been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a
prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or
other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole or of BuyDirect, and, except as
disclosed in or contemplated by the Prospectus, there has been no dividend
or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any
class of its capital stock.
(xxviii) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering
and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds
thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be an "investment
company" as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940;
(xxix) The Company has reviewed its operations and making inquiries
of the Year 2000 compliance of any third parties with which the Company
has a material relationship to evaluate the extent to which the business
or operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries will be affected
by the Year 2000 Problem. As a result of such review and except to the
extent otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company has no reason to
believe, and does not believe, that the Year 2000 Problem
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will have a Material Adverse Effect or result in any material loss or
interference with the Company's business or operations. The "Year 2000
Problem" as used herein means any significant risk that computer hardware
or software used in the receipt, transmission, processing, manipulation,
storage, retrieval, retransmission or other utilization of data or in the
operation of mechanical or electrical systems of any kind will not, in the
case of dates or time periods occurring after December 31, 1999, function
at least as effectively as in the case of dates or time periods occurring
prior to January 1, 2000.
(xxx) The execution and delivery of the Agreement and Plan of Merger
dated as of February 19, 1999 (the "MERGER AGREEMENT") by and among the
Company, BuyDirect, BD Acquisition, Inc. ("BD ACQUISITION"), a Delaware
corporation and certain principal stockholders of BuyDirect was duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company
and BuyDirect. Each of the Company and BuyDirect had all corporate power
and authority to execute and deliver the Merger Agreement and has all
corporate power and authority to consummate the transactions contemplated
by the Merger Agreement, and the Merger Agreement at the time of execution
constituted a valid and binding obligation of each of the Company, BD
Acquisition and BuyDirect. Neither the Information Statement, dated March
___, 1999, nor any other documentation delivered by BuyDirect to its
stockholders in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Merger Agreement contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, as of their respective dates.
(xxxi) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does business
with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in
Cuba within the meaning of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes and the
Company agrees to comply with such Section if prior to the completion of
the distribution of the Offered Securities it commences doing such
business.
(b) Each Selling Stockholder severally represents and warrants to, and
agrees with, the several Underwriters that:
(i) Such Selling Stockholder has and on each Closing Date
hereinafter mentioned will have valid and unencumbered title to the
Offered Securities to be delivered by such Selling Stockholder on such
Closing Date and full right, power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Offered Securities
to be delivered by such Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date
hereunder; and upon the delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities
on each Closing Date hereunder the several Underwriters will acquire valid
and unencumbered title to the Offered Securities to be delivered by such
Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date.
(ii) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: (A) on the
Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial
Registration Statement conformed in all respects to the requirements of
the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, (B) on the Effective Date of the Additional Registration
Statement (if any), each Registration Statement conformed, or will
conform, in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations did not include, or will not include, any untrue statement of
a material fact and did not omit, or will not omit, to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and (C) on the date of this Agreement, the Initial
Registration Statement and, if the Effective Time of the Additional
Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement each conforms, and at the
time of filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (if no such
filing is required) at the Effective Date of the Additional Registration
Statement in which the Prospectus is included, each Registration Statement
and the Prospectus will conform, in all respects to the requirements of
the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and neither of such documents
includes, or will include, any untrue statement of a
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material fact or omits, or will omit, to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading. If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: on the
Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial
Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform in all respects to
the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, neither of such
documents will include any untrue statement of a material fact or will
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading. The two preceding sentences
apply only to the extent that any statements in or omissions from a
Registration Statement or the Prospectus are based on written information
furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholder specifically for use
therein.
(iii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no contracts,
agreements or understandings between such Selling Stockholder and any
person that would give rise to a valid claim against such Selling
Stockholder or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder's fee or
other like payment in connection with this offering.
3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities. On the basis of
the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to
the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company and each Selling
Stockholder agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to each Underwriter, and
each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company
and each Selling Stockholder, at a purchase price of $__________ per share, that
number of Firm Securities (rounded up or down, as determined by Credit Suisse
First Boston Corporation ("CSFBC") in its discretion, in order to avoid
fractions) obtained by multiplying __________ Firm Securities in the case of the
Company and the number of Firm Securities set forth opposite the name of such
Selling Stockholder in Schedule A hereto, in the case of a Selling Stockholder,
in each case by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of Firm
Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule B hereto
and the denominator of which is the total number of Firm Securities.
Certificates in negotiable form for the Offered Securities to be sold by
the Selling Stockholders hereunder have been placed in custody, for delivery
under this Agreement, under Custody Agreements made with Bank Boston, N.A. as
custodian ("CUSTODIAN"). Each Selling Stockholder agrees that the shares
represented by the certificates held in custody for the Selling Stockholders
under such Custody Agreements are subject to the interests of the Underwriters
hereunder, that the arrangements made by the Selling Stockholders for such
custody are to that extent irrevocable, and that the obligations of the Selling
Stockholders hereunder shall not be terminated by operation of law, whether by
the death of any individual Selling Stockholder or the occurrence of any other
event, or in the case of a trust, by the death of any trustee or trustees or the
termination of such trust. If any individual Selling Stockholder or any such
trustee or trustees should die, or if any other such event should occur, or if
any of such trusts should terminate, before the delivery of the Offered
Securities hereunder, certificates for such Offered Securities shall be
delivered by the Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement as if such death or other event or termination had not occurred,
regardless of whether or not the Custodian shall have received notice of such
death or other event or termination.
The Company and the Custodian will deliver the Firm Securities to the
Representatives for the accounts of the Underwriters, against payment of the
purchase price in Federal (same day) funds by official bank check or checks or
wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to CSFBC drawn to the order of
in the case of shares of Firm Securities and in the case of shares of
Firm Securities, at the office of ___________, at _______ A.M., New York time,
on ______, or at such other time not later than seven full business days
thereafter as CSFBC and the Company determine, such time being herein referred
to as the "FIRST CLOSING DATE". The certificates for the Firm Securities so to
be delivered will be in definitive form, in such denominations and registered in
such names as CSFBC requests and will be made available for checking and
packaging at the [above] office of ________________ at least 24 hours prior to
the First Closing Date.
In addition, upon written notice from CSFBC given to the Company and the
Selling Stockholders from time to time not more than 30 days subsequent to the
date of the Prospectus, the Underwriters may purchase all
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or less than all of the Optional Securities at the purchase price per Security
to be paid for the Firm Securities. The Company agrees to sell to the
Underwriters the number of Optional Securities specified in such notice and the
Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase such Optional
Securities. Such Optional Securities shall be purchased from the Company for the
account of each Underwriter in the same proportion as the number of Firm
Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter's name bears to the total number
of Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by CSFBC to eliminate fractions) and
may be purchased by the Underwriters only for the purpose of covering
over-allotments made in connection with the sale of the Firm Securities. No
Optional Securities shall be sold or delivered unless the Firm Securities
previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The right to
purchase the Optional Securities or any portion thereof may be exercised from
time to time and to the extent not previously exercised may be surrendered and
terminated at any time upon notice by CSFBC to the Company and the Selling
Stockholders.
Each time for the delivery of and payment for the Optional Securities,
being herein referred to as an "OPTIONAL CLOSING DATE", which may be the First
Closing Date (the First Closing Date and each Optional Closing Date, if any,
being sometimes referred to as a "CLOSING DATE"), shall be determined by CSFBC
but shall be not later than five full business days after written notice of
election to purchase Optional Securities is given. The Company will deliver the
Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date to the
Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment of
the purchase price therefor in Federal (same day) funds by official bank check
or checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to CSFBC drawn to
the order of ________________ in the case of [ ] Optional Securities and [ ] in
the case of [ ] Optional Securities, at the [above] office of ________________.
The certificates for the Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional
Closing Date will be in definitive form, in such denominations and registered in
such names as CSFBC requests upon reasonable notice prior to such Optional
Closing Date and will be made available for checking and packaging at the
[above] office of ________________ at a reasonable time in advance of such
Optional Closing Date.
4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several
Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public as
set forth in the Prospectus.
5. Certain Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. The
Company agrees with the several Underwriters and the Selling Stockholders that:
(a) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will
file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with
subparagraph (1) (or, if applicable and if consented to by CSFBC,
subparagraph (4)) of Rule 424(b) not later than the earlier of (A) the
second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement
or (B) the fifteenth business day after the Effective Date of the Initial
Registration Statement.
The Company will advise CSFBC promptly of any such filing pursuant to Rule
424(b). If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and an additional
registration statement is necessary to register a portion of the Offered
Securities under the Act but the Effective Time thereof has not occurred
as of such execution and delivery, the Company will file the additional
registration statement or, if filed, will file a post-effective amendment
thereto with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 462(b)
on or prior to 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement
or, if earlier, on or prior to the time the Prospectus is printed and
distributed to any Underwriter, or will make such filing at such later
date as shall have been consented to by CSFBC.
(b) The Company will advise CSFBC promptly of any proposal to
amend or supplement the initial or any additional registration statement
as filed or the related prospectus or the Initial Registration Statement,
the Additional Registration Statement (if any) or the Prospectus and will
not effect such amendment or supplementation without CSFBC's consent; and
the Company will also advise CSFBC promptly of the effectiveness of each
Registration Statement (if its Effective Time is
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subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement) and of any
amendment or supplementation of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus
and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in
respect of a Registration Statement and will use its best efforts to
prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as
possible its lifting, if issued.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered
Securities is required to be delivered under the Act in connection with
sales by any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a result of which
the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to
amend the Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company will promptly
notify CSFBC of such event and will promptly prepare and file with the
Commission, at its own expense, an amendment or supplement which will
correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such
compliance. Neither CSFBC's consent to, nor the Underwriters' delivery of,
any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the
conditions set forth in Section 6.
(d) As soon as practicable, but not later than the Availability
Date (as defined below), the Company will make generally available to its
securityholders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12
months beginning after the Effective Date of the Initial Registration
Statement (or, if later, the Effective Date of the Additional Registration
Statement) which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act.
For the purpose of the preceding sentence, "AVAILABILITY DATE" means the
45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal
quarter that includes such Effective Date, except that, if such fourth
fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company's fiscal year,
"AVAILABILITY DATE" means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal
quarter.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of each
Registration Statement (5 of which will be signed and will include all
exhibits), each related preliminary prospectus, and, so long as a
prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is required to be delivered
under the Act in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer, the
Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each
case in such quantities as CSFBC requests. The Prospectus shall be so
furnished on or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York time, on the business day
following the later of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the
Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement. All other such
documents shall be so furnished as soon as available. The Company and the
Selling Stockholders will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to
the Underwriters all such documents.
(f) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Offered
Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as CSFBC
designates and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as
required for the distribution.
(g) During the period of 2 years hereafter, the Company will
furnish to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other
Underwriters, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a
copy of its annual report to stockholders for such year; and the Company
will furnish to the Representatives (i) as soon as available, a copy of
each report and any definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with
the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or mailed to
stockholders, and (ii) from time to time, such other information
concerning the Company as CSFBC may reasonably request.
(h) For a period of 90 days after the date of the initial public
offering of the Offered Securities, the Company will not offer, sell,
contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly,
or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Act
relating to, any additional shares of its Securities or securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of its
Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer,
sale, pledge, disposition or filing, without the prior written consent of
CSFBC, except issuances of Securities pursuant to the conversion
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or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities or the exercise of
warrants or options, in each case outstanding on the date hereof, grants
of employee stock options pursuant to the terms of a plan in effect on the
date hereof, issuances of Securities pursuant to the exercise of such
options or issuances of Securities pursuant to the Company's dividend
reinvestment plan, if any.
(i) The Company and each Selling Stockholder agree with the
several Underwriters that the Company and such Selling Stockholder will
pay all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the
Company and such Selling Stockholder, as the case may be, under this
Agreement, for any filing fees and other expenses (including fees and
disbursements of counsel) in connection with qualification of the Offered
Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as CSFBC
designates and the printing of memoranda relating thereto, for the filing
fee incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to
the Underwriters in connection with, the review by the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the Offered Securities, for any
travel expenses of the Company's officers and employees and any other
expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings
with prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities, for any transfer
taxes on the sale by the Selling Stockholders of the Offered Securities to
the Underwriters and for expenses incurred in distributing preliminary
prospectuses and the Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements
thereto) to the Underwriters.
(j) Each Selling Stockholder agrees to deliver to CSFBC,
attention: Transactions Advisory Group on or prior to the First Closing
Date a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department
Form W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury
Department regulations in lieu thereof).
(k) Each Selling Stockholder, other than Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, agrees,
for a period of 90 days after the date of the initial public offering of
the Offered Securities, not to offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or
otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any additional shares of the
Securities of the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable
or exercisable for any shares of Securities, or publicly disclose the
intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge or disposition, without the
prior written consent of CSFBC. Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx agrees, for a period of 90
days after the date of the initial public offering of the Offered
Securities, not to offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise
dispose of, directly or indirectly, any additional shares of the
Securities of the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable
or exercisable for any shares of Securities, or publicly disclose the
intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge or disposition, without the
prior written consent of CSFBC, provided that Xx. Xxxxxxx shall have the
right to offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise transfer,
distribute or dispose of, directly or indirectly, up to 58,936 shares on
or after the date that is 21 days after the date of the initial public
offering of the Offered Securities and up to an additional 58,936 shares
on or after the date that is 45 days after the date of the initial public
offering of the Offered Securities.
6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations
of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities on the
First Closing Date and the Optional Securities to be purchased on each Optional
Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders herein, to
the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the
provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling
Stockholders of their obligations hereunder and to the following additional
conditions precedent:
(a) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the
date of delivery thereof (which, if the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, shall be on or prior to the date of this Agreement or, if the
Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, shall be prior to the filing of
the amendment or post-effective amendment to the registration statement to
be filed shortly prior to such Effective Time), of Ernst & Young LLP
confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning
of the Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations thereunder
and stating to the effect that:
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(i) in their opinion the financial statements and schedules
examined by them and included in the Registration Statements comply
as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the related published Rules and
Regulations;
(ii) on the basis of a reading of the latest available
interim financial statements of the Company, inquiries of officials
of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting
matters and other specified procedures, nothing came to their
attention that caused them to believe that:
(A) at the date of the latest available balance sheet
read by such accountants, or at a subsequent specified date
not more than three business days prior to the date of such
letter, there was any change in the capital stock or any
increase in short-term indebtedness or long-term debt of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries or, at the date of
the latest available balance sheet read by such accountants,
there was any decrease in consolidated net assets, as compared
with amounts shown on the latest balance sheet included in the
Prospectus; or
(B) for the period from the closing date of the latest
income statement included in the Prospectus to the closing
date of the latest available income statement read by such
accountants there were any decreases, as compared with the
corresponding period of the previous year, in consolidated net
revenues or net loss in the total or per share amounts of net
loss;
except in all cases set forth in clauses (A) and (B) above for
changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have
occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter;
(iii) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or
percentages derived from such dollar amounts) and other financial
information contained in the Registration Statements (in each case
to the extent that such dollar amounts, percentages and other
financial information are derived from the general accounting
records of the Company and its subsidiaries subject to the internal
controls of the Company's accounting system or are derived directly
from such records by analysis or computation) with the results
obtained from inquiries, a reading of such general accounting
records and other procedures specified in such letter and have found
such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information to
be in agreement with such results, except as otherwise specified in
such letter; and
(iv) they have read the unaudited pro forma condensed
consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 1998, and the
unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations
for the year ended December 31, 1998, included in the Registration
Statements (the "UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS"), inquired of certain officials of the Company
and of BuyDirect who have responsibility for financial and
accounting matters as to the basis for their determination of the
pro forma adjustments and whether the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed
Consolidated Financial Statements referred to in this subsection
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X, and proved the
arithmetic accuracy of the application of the pro forma adjustments
to the historical amounts in the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed
Consolidated Financial Statements. Such letter shall indicate that
nothing came to their attention as a result of the procedures
specified in this subsection that caused them to believe that the
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements do
not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X and that the pro forma
adjustments have not been properly applied to the
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historical amounts in the compilation of the Unaudited Pro Forma
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
For purposes of this subsection, (i) if the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statements is subsequent to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, "REGISTRATION STATEMENTS" shall mean the initial
registration statement as proposed to be amended by the amendment or
post-effective amendment to be filed shortly prior to its Effective Time,
(ii) if the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statements is prior
to the execution and delivery of this Agreement but the Effective Time of
the Additional Registration Statement is subsequent to such execution and
delivery, "REGISTRATION Statements" shall mean the Initial Registration
Statement and the additional registration statement as proposed to be
filed or as proposed to be amended by the post-effective amendment to be
filed shortly prior to its Effective Time, and (iii) "PROSPECTUS" shall
mean the prospectus included in the Registration Statements.
(b) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the
date of delivery thereof (which, if the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, shall be on or prior to the date of this Agreement or, if the
Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, shall be prior to the filing of
the amendment or post-effective amendment to the registration statement to
be filed shortly prior to such Effective Time), of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP confirming that they are independent public accountants within the
meaning of the Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations
thereunder and stating to the effect that:
(i) in their opinion the financial statements and schedules
examined by them and included in the Registration Statements comply
as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the related published Rules and
Regulations;
(ii) on the basis of a reading of the latest available
interim financial statements of BuyDirect, inquiries of officials of
BuyDirect who have responsibility for financial and accounting
matters and other specified procedures, nothing came to their
attention that caused them to believe that:
(A) at the date of the latest available balance sheet
read by such accountants, or at a subsequent specified date
not more than three business days prior to the date of such
letter, there was any change in the capital stock or any
increase in short-term indebtedness or long-term debt of
BuyDirect and its consolidated subsidiary or, at the date of
the latest available balance sheet read by such accountants,
there was any decrease in consolidated net assets, as compared
with amounts shown on the latest balance sheet included in the
Prospectus; or
(B) for the period from the closing date of the latest
income statement included in the Prospectus to the closing
date of the latest available income statement read by such
accountants there were any decreases, as compared with the
corresponding period of the previous year, in consolidated net
revenues or net loss in the total;
except in all cases set forth in clauses (A) and (B) above for
changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have
occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and
(iii) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or
percentages derived from such dollar amounts) and other financial
information contained in the Registration Statements (in each case
to the extent that such dollar amounts, percentages and other
financial information
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are derived from the general accounting records of BuyDirect and its
subsidiaries subject to the internal controls of BuyDirect's
accounting system or are derived directly from such records by
analysis or computation) with the results obtained from inquiries, a
reading of such general accounting records and other procedures
specified in such letter and have found such dollar amounts,
percentages and other financial information to be in agreement with
such results, except as otherwise specified in such letter.
For purposes of this subsection, (i) if the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statements is subsequent to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, "REGISTRATION STATEMENTS" shall mean the initial
registration statement as proposed to be amended by the amendment or
post-effective amendment to be filed shortly prior to its Effective Time,
(ii) if the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statements is prior
to the execution and delivery of this Agreement but the Effective Time of
the Additional Registration Statement is subsequent to such execution and
delivery, "REGISTRATION STATEMENTS" shall mean the Initial Registration
Statement and the additional registration statement as proposed to be
filed or as proposed to be amended by the post-effective amendment to be
filed shortly prior to its Effective Time, and (iii) "PROSPECTUS" shall
mean the prospectus included in the Registration Statements.
(c) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
not prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such Effective
Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the
date of this Agreement or such later date as shall have been consented to
by CSFBC. If the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement
(if any) is not prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
such Effective Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New
York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, the time the
Prospectus is printed and distributed to any Underwriter, or shall have
occurred at such later date as shall have been consented to by CSFBC. If
the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Prospectus shall have been
filed with the Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and
Section 5(a) of this Agreement. Prior to such Closing Date, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement shall have been
issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or,
to the knowledge of any Selling Stockholder, the Company or the
Representatives, shall be contemplated by the Commission.
(d) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event
involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or other),
business, properties or results of operations of the Company or its
subsidiaries which, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the
Underwriters including the Representatives, is material and adverse and
makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the
public offering or the sale of and payment for the Offered Securities;
(ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Company
by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined
for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement
that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of
any debt securities of the Company (other than an announcement with
positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a
possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any suspension or limitation
of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any
setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange, or any suspension
of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the
over-the-counter market; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by U.S.
Federal or New York authorities; or (v) any outbreak or escalation of
major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration
of war by Congress or any other substantial national or international
calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the
Underwriters including the Representatives, the effect of any such
outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it
impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public
offering or the sale of and payment for the Offered Securities.
(e) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such
Closing Date, of Xxxxxxxx
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& Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an
existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own its properties
and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and the
Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in
good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or
lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified does not
amount to a material liability or disability to the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(ii) The Offered Securities delivered on such Closing Date
and all other outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company
have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and
nonassessable and conform to the description thereof contained in
the Prospectus; and the stockholders of the Company have no
preemptive rights with respect to the Securities;
(iii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus or waived, there
are no contracts, agreements or understandings known to such counsel
between the Company and any person granting such person the right to
require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act
with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned
by such person or to require the Company to include such securities
in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement
or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other
registration statement filed by the Company under the Act;
(iv) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of
the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be an
"investment company" as defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940.
(v) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is
required to be obtained or made by the Company or any Selling
Stockholder for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or the Custody Agreement in connection with the sale
of the Offered Securities, except such as have been obtained and
made under the Act and such as may be required under state
securities laws;
(vi) Neither the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement or, to the knowledge of such counsel, the Custody
Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated will result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute,
any rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or
to the knowledge of such counsel any court having jurisdiction over
the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of their
properties, or any agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any such subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any such
subsidiary is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company
or any such subsidiary is subject which is attached as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement, or the charter or by-laws of the Company
or any such subsidiary;
(vii) The Initial Registration Statement was declared
effective under the Act as of the date and time specified in such
opinion, the Additional Registration Statement (if any) was filed
and became effective under the Act as of the date and time (if
determinable) specified in such opinion, the Prospectus either was
filed with the Commission pursuant to the subparagraph of Rule
424(b) specified in such opinion on the date specified therein or
was included in the Initial Registration Statement or the Additional
Registration Statement (as the case may be), and, to the best of the
knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement or any part thereof has
been issued and no
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proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or
contemplated under the Act, and each Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of their
respective effective or issue dates, complied as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations; such counsel has no reason to believe that any part of
a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, as of its
effective date or as of such Closing Date, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; or that the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, as of its issue date or as of such Closing Date,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; the descriptions in the Registration
Statements and Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental
proceedings and contracts and other documents are accurate and
fairly present the information required to be shown; and such
counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings
required to be described in a Registration Statement or the
Prospectus which are not described as required or of any contracts
or documents of a character required to be described in a
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits
to a Registration Statement which are not described and filed as
required; it being understood that such counsel need express no
opinion as to the financial statements or other financial data
contained in the Registration Statements or the Prospectus; and
(xix) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
Such counsel's opinions shall relate to California, Delaware, New
York and United States federal law.
Such counsel's opinions may include, when and where applicable, such
assumptions, qualifications, exceptions and limitations as are customary
for opinions with respect to the foregoing matters.
(f) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such
Closing Date, of Shearman & Sterling, counsel for the Company, to the
effect that:
(i) The Company had all requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into the Merger Agreement and the Transactional
Agreements (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and to consummate
the transactions contemplated thereby. The execution and delivery of
the Merger Agreement and the Transactional Agreements and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Company. The stockholders of the Company are not required to approve
the Merger Agreement, the Transactional Agreements or the
transactions contemplated thereby under applicable law. The Merger
Agreement and the Transactional Agreements have been duly executed
and delivered by the Company and constitute valid and binding
obligations of the Company;
(ii) BD Acquisition, Inc. ("SUB") had all requisite corporate
power and authority to enter into the Merger Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. The execution and
delivery of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of Sub. The Merger Agreement
has been duly executed and delivered by Sub and constitutes a valid
and binding obligation of Sub;
(iii) The securities issued by the Company pursuant to the
Merger Agreement have been duly authorized and validly issued, are
fully paid and nonaassessable and have been
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issued in compliance with the regulations and qualification
requirements of all applicable federal and state securities laws;
and
(iv) No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or
registration, declaration or filing with, any governmental entity,
is required by or with respect to the Company and Sub in connection
with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement and the
Transactional Agreements by the Company, or the Merger Agreement by
Sub, or the consummation by the Company and Sub of the transactions
contemplated thereby, except for (i) the filing of a Certificate of
Merger with the Secretary of State of Delaware, (ii) any filings as
may be required under applicable state or federal securities laws
and the laws of any foreign country, and (iii) such other consents,
authorizations, filings, approvals and registrations, which if not
obtained or made would not have a material adverse effect on the
Company.
Such counsel's opinions may include, when and where applicable, such
assumptions, qualifications, exceptions and limitations as are customary
for opinions with respect to the foregoing matters.
(g) The Representatives shall have received the opinion
contemplated in the Power of Attorney executed and delivered by each
Selling Stockholder and an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to the effect that:
(i) Each Selling Stockholder had valid and unencumbered
title to the Offered Securities delivered by such Selling
Stockholder on such Closing Date and had full right, power and
authority to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Offered
Securities delivered by such Selling Stockholder on such Closing
Date hereunder; and the several Underwriters have acquired valid and
unencumbered title to the Offered Securities purchased by them from
the Selling Stockholders on such Closing Date hereunder;
(ii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is
required to be obtained or made by any Stockholder for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Custody
Agreement or this Agreement in connection with the sale of the
Offered Securities sold by the Selling Stockholders, except such as
have been obtained and made under the Act and such as may be
required under state securities laws;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of the Custody
Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions therein and herein contemplated will not result in a
breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any statute, any rule, regulation or
order of any governmental agency or body or any court having
jurisdiction over any Selling Stockholder or any of their properties
or any agreement or instrument to which any Selling Stockholder is a
party or by which any Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any
of the properties of any Selling Stockholder is subject;
(iv) The Power of Attorney and related Custody Agreement with
respect to each Selling Stockholder has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder and constitute
valid and legally binding obligations of each such Selling
Stockholder enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles; and
(v) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by each Selling Stockholder.
(h) The Representatives shall have received from Venture Law
Group, A Professional
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Corporation, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated
such Closing Date, with respect to the incorporation of the Company, the
validity of the Offered Securities delivered on such Closing Date, the
Registration Statements, the Prospectus and other related matters as the
Representatives may require, and the Selling Stockholders and the Company
shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for
the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(i) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated
such Closing Date, of the President or any Vice President and a principal
financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers, to
the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state
that: the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement
are true and correct; the Company has complied with all agreements and
satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date; no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of any Registration Statement has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by
the Commission; the Additional Registration Statement (if any) satisfying
the requirements of subparagraphs (1) and (3) of Rule 462(b) was filed
pursuant to Rule 462(b), including payment of the applicable filing fee in
accordance with Rule 111(a) or (b) under the Act, prior to the time the
Prospectus was printed and distributed to any Underwriter; and, subsequent
to the respective dates of the most recent financial statements in the
Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, nor any development
or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition
(financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in or
contemplated by the Prospectus or as described in such certificate.
(j) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated such
Closing Date, of Ernst & Young LLP which meets the requirements of
subsection (a) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to
in such subsection will be a date not more than three days prior to such
Closing Date for the purposes of this subsection.
(k) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated such
Closing Date, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP which meets the
requirements of subsection (b) of this Section, except that the specified
date referred to in such subsection will be a date not more than three
days prior to such Closing Date for the purposes of this subsection.
The Selling Stockholders and the Company will furnish the Representatives with
such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as
the Representatives reasonably request. CSFBC may in its sole discretion waive
on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the obligations
of the Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect of an Optional Closing Date or
otherwise.
7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company will indemnify and
hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers and each
person, if any who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several,
to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary
prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter
for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the
Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such
documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for
use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such
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information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described
as such in subsection (c) below.
(b) The Selling Stockholders other than Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, jointly and
severally, will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners,
directors and officers and each person who controls such Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject,
under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in
any Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred;
provided, however, that the Selling Stockholders will not be liable in any such
case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of
or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission
or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by an Underwriter
through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood
and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists
of the information described as such in subsection (c) below; and provided
further that the liability of each Selling Stockholder pursuant to this
subsection shall not exceed the product of the number of Shares sold by such
Selling Stockholder and the public offering price of the Shares as set forth in
the Prospectus.
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its
partners, directors and officers and each person who controls such Underwriter
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages
or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject,
under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in
any Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
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
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
or any related preliminary prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholder
expressly for use therein, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as
such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that such Selling Stockholder
will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim,
damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such
documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for
use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information
furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
subsection (c) below; and provided further that the liability of such Selling
Stockholder pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed the product of the
number of Shares sold by such Selling Stockholder and the public offering price
of the Shares as set forth in the Prospectus.
(c) Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, its directors and officers and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, and 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 any untrue
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statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
or any related preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in
each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such
Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, and will
reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company and
each Selling Stockholder in connection with investigating or defending any such
loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred, it being
understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any
Underwriter consists of (i) the following information in the Prospectus
furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the information on the cover page
concerning the terms of the offering by the Underwriters, the second paragraph
on the cover page concerning over-allotments, the last paragraph under the
caption "Underwriting" regarding stabilizing and passive market making, the
concession and reallowance figures appearing in the fourth paragraph under the
caption "Underwriting" and the information contained in the ninth paragraph
under the caption "Underwriting"; and (ii) the following information in the
Prospectus furnished on behalf of X.X. Xxxxxxxxx, Towbin and Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin &
Xxxxxxxx: information in the eighth paragraph under the caption "Underwriting"
concerning the acquisition of shares of the Company's stock by such underwriters
and affiliates thereof and agreements with the National Association of
Securities Dealers regarding such shares.
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of
notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under
subsection (a), (b) or (c) above, notify the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will
not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party
otherwise than under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above. In case any such action
is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies an indemnifying party
of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to
participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the
consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and
after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be
liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other
expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying
party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect
any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims
that are the subject matter of such action.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b)
or (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid
or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages
or liabilities referred to in subsection (a), (b) or (c) above (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the
other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by
clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling 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 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 (before deducting expenses) received by the
Company and the Selling Stockholders bear to the total underwriting discounts
and commissions received by the Underwriters. The relative fault shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Selling
Stockholders or the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue
statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of
the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of
this subsection (e) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (e).
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), no
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Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in
this subsection (e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective
underwriting obligations and not joint.
(f) The obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under
this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the
Selling Stockholders may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms
and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter (as
hereinafter defined) within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the
Underwriters under this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the
respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms
and conditions, to each director of the Company, to each officer of the Company
who has signed a Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who controls
the Company within the meaning of the Act.
8. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default
in their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the
First or any Optional Closing Date and the aggregate number of shares of Offered
Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to
purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of Offered Securities
that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, CSFBC may
make arrangements satisfactory to the Company and the Selling Stockholders for
the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of the
Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by such Closing Date, the
non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their
respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such
defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date. If
any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate number of shares of
Offered Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds
10% of the total number of shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters
are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to
CSFBC, the Company and the Selling Stockholders for the purchase of such Offered
Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default,
this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter, the Company or the Selling Stockholders, except as
provided in Section 9 (provided that if such default occurs with respect to
Optional Securities after the First Closing Date, this Agreement will not
terminate as to the Firm Securities or any Optional Securities purchased prior
to such termination). As used in this Agreement, the term "Underwriter" includes
any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein
will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
9. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective
indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the
Selling Stockholders, of the Company or its officers and of the several
Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full
force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the
results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any Selling
Stockholder, the Company or any of their respective representatives, officers or
directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment
for the Offered Securities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section
8 or if for any reason the purchase of the Offered Securities by the
Underwriters is not consummated, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall
remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by them pursuant to
Section 5 and the respective obligations of the Company, the Selling
Stockholders, and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7 shall remain in effect,
and if any Offered Securities have been purchased hereunder the representations
and warranties in Section 2 and all obligations under Section 5 shall also
remain in effect. If the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters
is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination
of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8 or the occurrence of any event specified
in clause (iii), (iv) or (v) of Section 6(c), the Company and the Selling
Stockholders will, jointly and severally, reimburse the Underwriters for all
out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably
incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities.
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10. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if
sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed
to the Representatives c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Eleven
Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention: Investment Banking
Department - Transactions Advisory Group, or, if sent to the Company, will be
mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at Xxxxxx.xxx Corporation,
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, or,
if sent to the Selling Stockholders or any of them, will be mailed, delivered or
telegraphed and confirmed to Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxx at Cybersource, 000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000; provided, however, that any notice to
an Underwriter pursuant to Section 7 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed
and confirmed to such Underwriter.
11. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective personal representatives
and successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred
to in Section 7, and no other person will have any right or obligation
hereunder.
12. Representation. The Representatives will act for the several
Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
and any action under this Agreement taken by the Representatives jointly or by
CSFBC will be binding upon all the Underwriters. Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx and Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx will act for the Selling Stockholders in connection with such
transactions, and any action under or in respect of this Agreement taken by
Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx will be binding upon all the Selling
Stockholders.
13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
14. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
The Company hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the
Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in
any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Company irrevocably appoints
____________________, as its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan in The
City of New York upon which process may be served in any such suit or
proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such agent, and written
notice of said service to the Company by the person serving the same to the
address provided in Section 10, shall be deemed in every respect effective
service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding. The Company
further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such
designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect for a period
of seven years from the date of this Agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives' understanding
of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts
hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Selling
Stockholders, the Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with its
terms.
Very truly yours,
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[Insert name or names of Selling Stockholder[s]]
By: _____________________________________________
Attorney in Fact
XXXXXX.XXX CORPORATION
By: _____________________________________________
Title: __________________________________________
The foregoing Underwriting
Agreement is hereby confirmed and
accepted as of the date first above
written.
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
BANCBOSTON XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX INC.
XXXXXXXXX LUFKIN & XXXXXXXX SECURITIES
CORPORATION
X.X. XXXXXXXXX, TOWBIN
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the
Representatives of the several
Underwriters.
By CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
By ________________________________________
Title:_____________________________________
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SCHEDULE A
NUMBER OF
FIRM SECURITIES
SELLING STOCKHOLDER TO BE SOLD
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Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx 530,887
Vulcan Ventures, Inc. 179,762
Entities affiliated with X.X. Xxxxxxxxx, Towbin 103,527
Global Retail Partners, L.P and its affiliates 114,552
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx 71,272
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SCHEDULE B
NUMBER OF
FIRM SECURITIES
UNDERWRITER TO BE PURCHASED
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Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
BancBoston Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc.
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation
X.X. Xxxxxxxxx, Towbin
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Total.......................................... ===============
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