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EXHIBIT 1.1
3,500,000 Shares of Common Stock
MAXXIM MEDICAL, INC.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
March 9, 1998
BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC.
EVEREN SECURITIES, INC.
XXXXXXXXX & COMPANY, INC.
NATIONSBANC XXXXXXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
as Representatives of the
several Underwriters named in
Schedule I attached hereto
c/o Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000
Dear Sirs:
Maxxim Medical, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of Texas (the "Company"), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions
stated herein, to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I
hereto (the "Underwriters") an aggregate of 3,500,000 shares (the "Firm Shares")
of its common stock, par value $.001 per share (the "Common Stock") and, for the
sole purpose of covering over-allotments in connection with the sale of the Firm
Shares, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 525,000 shares
(the "Additional Shares") of Common Stock. The Firm Shares and any Additional
Shares purchased by the Underwriters are referred to herein as the "Shares". The
Shares are more fully described in the Registration Statement referred to below.
1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company
represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriters that:
(a) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement, and may have filed an
amendment or amendments thereto, on Form S-3 (No. 333-46249) for the
registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"). Such registration statement, including the prospectus, financial
statements and schedules, exhibits
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and all other documents filed as a part thereof, as amended at the time of
effectiveness of the registration statement, including any information deemed to
be a part thereof as of the time of effectiveness pursuant to paragraph (b) of
Rule 430A or Rule 434 of the Rules and Regulations of the Commission under the
Act (the "Regulations"), is herein called the "Registration Statement" and the
prospectus, in the form first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
of the Regulations or filed as part of the Registration Statement at the time of
effectiveness if no Rule 424(b) or Rule 434 filing is required, is herein called
the "Prospectus." The term "preliminary prospectus" as used herein means a
preliminary prospectus as described in Rule 430 or 430A of the Regulations. Any
reference herein to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or
the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were
filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")
on or before the effective date of the Registration Statement, the date of such
preliminary prospectus or the date of the Prospectus, as the case may be, and
any reference herein to the terms "amend", "amendment" or "supplement" with
respect to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include (i) the filing of any
document under the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration
Statement, the date of such preliminary prospectus or the date of the
Prospectus, as the case may be, which is incorporated therein by reference and
(ii) any such document so filed.
(b) At the time of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
or the effectiveness of any post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement, when the Prospectus is first filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) or Rule 434 of the Regulations, when any supplement to or amendment
of the Prospectus is filed with the Commission, when any document filed under
the Exchange Act is filed and at the Closing Date and the Additional Closing
Date (as hereinafter respectively defined), if any, the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto complied
or will comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the
Act and the Regulations and the Exchange Act and the respective rules and
regulations thereunder and does not or will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact and does not or will not omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading. When any related preliminary prospectus was first filed with the
Commission (whether filed as part of the Registration Statement for the
registration of the Shares or any amendment thereto or pursuant to Rule 424(a)
of the Regulations) and when any amendment thereof or supplement thereto was
first filed with the Commission, such preliminary prospectus and any amendments
thereof and supplements thereto complied in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of the Act and the Regulations and the Exchange Act and
the respective rules and regulations thereunder and did not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact and did not omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading.
No representation and warranty is made in this subsection (b), however, with
respect to any information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or any related preliminary prospectus or any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any
Underwriter through you as herein stated expressly for use in connection with
the preparation thereof. If Rule 434 is used, the Company will comply with the
requirements of Rule 434.
(c) KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP, who have certified the financial
statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement, are
independent public accountants as required by the Act and the Regulations.
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(d) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as set forth in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has been no material
adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse
change in the business, prospects, properties, operations, condition (financial
or other) or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as
a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of
business, and since the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has incurred or undertaken any liabilities or obligations, direct
or contingent, which are material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole, except for liabilities or obligations which are reflected in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(e) This Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein have
been duly and validly authorized by the Company and this Agreement has been duly
and validly executed and delivered by the Company.
(f) The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i)
conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time, or both,
would constitute a default) under, or result in the creation or imposition of
any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any agreement, instrument, franchise,
license or permit to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or
by which any of such corporations or their respective properties or assets may
be bound or (ii) violate or conflict with any provision of the certificate of
incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation of any court or any public,
governmental or regulatory agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company
or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets. No
consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing, qualification,
license or permit of or with any court or any public, governmental or regulatory
agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or any of their respective properties or assets is required for the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance, sale and delivery of
the Shares to be issued, sold and delivered by the Company hereunder, except the
registration under the Act of the Shares and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, orders, registrations, filings, qualifications, licenses and
permits as may be required by the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. ("NASD"), New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), or under state securities or
Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by
the Underwriters.
(g) All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock are duly and
validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable and were not issued,
and are not now in violation of or subject to, any preemptive rights. The
Shares, when issued, delivered and sold in accordance with this Agreement, will
be duly and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, and
will not have been issued in violation of or be subject to any preemptive
rights. The Company had, as of November 2, 1997 on an actual, pro forma and pro
forma as adjusted basis, an authorized and outstanding capitalization as set
forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Common Stock, the
Firm Shares and the Additional Shares conform to the descriptions thereof
contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(h) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation. Each of the
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Company and its subsidiaries is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of its
properties (owned, leased or licensed) or the nature or conduct of its business
makes such qualification necessary, except for those failures to be so qualified
or in good standing which will not in the aggregate have a material adverse
effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole. Each of the Company
and its subsidiaries has all requisite power and authority, and all necessary
consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, qualifications,
licenses and permits of and from all public, regulatory or governmental agencies
and bodies, to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as
now being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, except where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals,
authorizations, orders, registrations, qualifications, licenses and permits
would not, in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and no such consent, approval, authorization,
order, registration, qualification, license or permit contains a materially
burdensome restriction not adequately disclosed in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus.
(i) Except as described in the Prospectus, there is no litigation
or governmental proceeding to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a
party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
subject or which is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, contemplated
against the Company or any of its subsidiaries which might result in any
material adverse change or any development involving a material adverse change
in the business, prospects, properties, operations, condition (financial or
other) or, results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole or which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus.
(j) All of the outstanding capital stock of Maxxim Medical, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries are duly and validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable and are owned, either directly or indirectly, by the
Company free and clear of any liens, mortgages, pledges, charges, security
interests, claims, encumbrances and other defects in title whatsoever, except
for those created or imposed under the Credit Facilities (as defined in the
Prospectus).
(k) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or which constitutes or
which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or
manipulation of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale
or resale of the Shares.
(l) The financial statements, including the notes thereto, and
supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
present fairly the financial position of the Company as of the dates indicated
and the results of its operations for the periods specified. Such financial
statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a consistent basis except as otherwise stated in the
Registration Statement. The supporting schedules included in the Registration
Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein.
(m) Except as described in the Prospectus, no holder of securities
of the Company has any rights to the registration of securities of the Company
because of the filing of the Registration Statement or otherwise in connection
with the sale of the Shares contemplated hereby.
(n) The Company is not, and upon consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not be, subject to registration as an "investment
company" under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
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(o) The conditions for use of Form S-3, as set forth in the
General Instructions thereto, have been satisfied.
(p) The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with
the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the
requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
under the Exchange Act, and, when read together with the other information in
the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement, and any amendments
thereto, become effective and at the Closing Date, will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(q) Except for the 400,000 shares of Common Stock issued under the
Senior Management Stock Purchase Plan, the Common Stock currently outstanding is
included, and upon notice of issuance or sale, as the case may be, the Firm
Shares to be issued and sold by the Company will be approved for inclusion, on
the NYSE.
(r) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable
title to all the properties and assets reflected as owned in the financial
statements herein above described and elsewhere in the Prospectus, subject to no
lien, mortgage, pledge, charge, security interest, claim, encumbrance or other
defect in title of any kind except those, if any, created or imposed under the
Credit Facilities or reflected in such financial statements or elsewhere in the
Prospectus or such as are not material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken
as a whole. The Company and its subsidiaries hold their respective leased
properties that are material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as whole
under valid and binding leases, except for such imperfections in title to the
leasehold estates as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such properties by the Company and its subsidiaries.
(s) The Company, together with its subsidiaries, owns and
possesses all right, title and interest in and to, or has duly licensed from
third parties a valid and enforceable right to use, all trademarks, copyrights,
patents, trade secrets and other proprietary rights (collectively, the "Trade
Rights") presently employed by the Company and its subsidiaries in connection
with their business as described in the Prospectus, whether such Trade Rights
are registered or unregistered, except where the failure to own, possess or
license the same would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole. None of the Company or its subsidiaries have
received any notice of infringement, misappropriation or conflict from any third
party as to the material Trade Rights which has not yet been resolved or
disposed of and none of the Company or its subsidiaries have infringed,
misappropriated or otherwise conflicted with the Trade Rights of any third
parties, which infringement, misappropriation or conflict would have a material
adverse effect upon the condition (financial or otherwise) or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(t) There are no agreements, contracts, leases or other documents
of a character required to be described or referred to in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement by the Act or by the Regulations that have not been described or
referred to therein or filed as required.
(u) The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all necessary
federal and state income and franchise tax returns required to be filed through
the date hereof and have paid all taxes when due, except
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where the failure to file or pay such taxes, in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole, and there is no tax deficiency that has been, or
to the knowledge of the Company might be, asserted against the Company and its
subsidiaries, or their respective properties or assets, that would have a
material adverse effect on the Company's ability to perform its obligations
under this Agreement, the Company's condition (financial or other) or the
results of operations of the Company or its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(v) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of
internal accounting controls that, taken as a whole, are 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
generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability;
(iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general
or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
is taken with respect to any differences.
(w) The Company and 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 of its subsidiaries has been refused any
insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries 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.
(x) No labor disputes with the employees of the Company or its
subsidiaries exist or are threatened or imminent that could result in a material
adverse change that would affect the Company's ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, the Company's condition (financial or other)
or the results of operations of the Company or its subsidiaries taken as a
whole, except as described in the Prospectus.
(y) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is soliciting,
discussing or negotiating with any third party concerning the purchase or sale
of assets, stock or interests in another entity or entities, which purchase or
sale, individually or in the aggregate with other such purchases or sales, are
required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus and have not been so described or referred to therein.
(z) The Company has complied with all provisions of Section
517.075, Florida Statutes (Chapter 92-198, Laws of Florida), relating to doing
business with the Government of Cuba or any person or affiliate located in Cuba.
2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Shares.
(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters and
the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase from the Company,
at a purchase price per share of $24, the number of Firm Shares set forth
opposite the respective names of the Underwriters in Schedule I hereto plus any
additional number of Shares which such Underwriter may become obligated to
purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 hereof.
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(b) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of
certificates for, the Shares shall be made at the office of Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co.
Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or at such other place as shall
be agreed upon by you and the Company, at 10:00 A.M. on the third or fourth
business day (as permitted under Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act) (unless
postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 9 hereof) following the
date of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (or, if the Company has
elected to rely upon Rule 430A of the Regulations, the third or fourth business
day (as permitted under Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act) after the
determination of the initial public offering price of the Shares), or such other
time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by
you and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein
called the "Closing Date"). Payment shall be made to the Company by wire
transfer in same day funds, against delivery to you for the respective accounts
of the Underwriters of certificates for the Shares to be purchased by them.
Certificates for the Shares shall be registered in such name or names and in
such authorized denominations as you may request in writing at least two full
business days prior to the Closing Date. The Company will permit you to examine
and package such certificates for delivery at least one full business day prior
to the Closing Date.
(c) In addition, the Company hereby grants to the
Underwriters the option to purchase up to 525,000 Additional Shares at the same
purchase price per share to be paid by the Underwriters to the Company for the
Firm Shares as set forth in this Section 2, for the sole purpose of covering
over-allotments in the sale of Firm Shares by the Underwriters. This option may
be exercised at any time, in whole or in part, on or before the thirtieth day
following the date of the Prospectus, by written notice by you to the Company.
Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Additional Shares as to
which the option is being exercised and the date and time, as reasonably
determined by you, when the Additional Shares are to be delivered (such date and
time being herein sometimes referred to as the "Additional Closing Date");
provided, however, that the Additional Closing Date shall not be earlier than
the Closing Date or earlier than the second full business day after the date on
which the option shall have been exercised nor later than the eighth full
business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised
(unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of
Section 9 hereof). Certificates for the Additional Shares shall be registered in
such name or names and in such authorized denominations as you may request in
writing at least two full business days prior to the Additional Closing Date.
The Company will permit you to examine and package such certificates for
delivery at least one full business day prior to the Additional Closing Date.
The number of Additional Shares to be sold to each Underwriter
shall be the number which bears the same ratio to the aggregate number of
Additional Shares being purchased as the number of Firm Shares set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto (or such number
increased as set forth in Section 9 hereof) bears to the aggregate number of
Firm Shares being purchased, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate
any fractional shares as you in your sole discretion shall make.
Payment for the Additional Shares shall be made by wire
transfer in same day funds at the offices of Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc., 000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or such other location as may be mutually
acceptable, upon delivery of the certificates for the Additional Shares to you
for the respective accounts of the Underwriters.
3. Offering. Upon your authorization of the release of the Firm
Shares, the Underwriters propose to offer the Shares for sale to the public upon
the terms set forth in the Prospectus.
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4. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees
with the Underwriters that:
(a) If the Registration Statement has not yet been
declared effective, the Company will use its best efforts to cause the
Registration Statement and any amendments thereto to become effective as
promptly as possible, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus
is otherwise required under Rule 424(b) or Rule 434, the Company will file the
Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule
424(b) or Rule 434 within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence
satisfactory to you of such timely filing. If the Company elects to rely on Rule
434, the Company will prepare and file a term sheet that complies with the
requirements of Rule 434.
The Company will notify you immediately (and, if requested by
you, will confirm such notice in writing) (i) when the Registration Statement
and any amendments thereto become effective, (ii) of any request by the
Commission for any amendment of or supplement to the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iii) of the mailing or the
delivery to the Commission for filing of any amendment of or supplement to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission
of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
any post-effective amendment thereto or of the initiation, or the threatening,
of any proceedings therefor, (v) of the receipt of any comments from the
Commission, and (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that
purpose. If the Commission shall propose or enter a stop order at any time, the
Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any such
stop order and, if issued, to obtain the lifting of such order as soon as
possible. Except as required under the Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will
not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment of or
supplement to the Prospectus (including the prospectus required to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 434) that differs from the prospectus on file at
the time of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement before or after the
effective date of the Registration Statement or file any document under the
Exchange Act if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into the Prospectus to which you shall reasonably object in writing after being
timely furnished in advance a copy thereof.
(b) If at any time when a prospectus relating to the
Shares is required to be delivered under the Act, any event shall have occurred
as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would, in
the judgment of the Underwriters or the Company, include an 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, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary at any
time to amend or supplement the Prospectus or Registration Statement to comply
with the Act or the Regulations, or to file under the Exchange Act so as to
comply therewith any document incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto,
the Company will notify you promptly and prepare and file with the Commission an
appropriate amendment or supplement (in form and substance satisfactory to you)
which will correct such statement or omission or which will effect such
compliance and will use its best efforts to have any amendment to the
Registration Statement declared effective as soon as possible.
(c) The Company will promptly deliver to you two signed
copies of the Registration Statement, including exhibits and all documents
incorporated by reference therein and all amendments thereto, and the Company
will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any
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preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all
amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, without exhibits, as you may reasonably
request.
(d) The Company will endeavor in good faith, in
cooperation with you, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the
securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Shares in such
jurisdictions as you may designate and to maintain such qualification in effect
for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event
shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign
corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process.
(e) The Company will make generally available (within the
meaning of Section 11(a) of the Act) to its security holders and to you as soon
as practicable, but not later than 45 days after the end of its fiscal quarter
in which the first anniversary date of the effective date of the Registration
Statement occurs, an earning statement (in form complying with the provisions of
Rule 158 of the Regulations) covering a period of at least twelve consecutive
months beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement.
(f) During the period of 90 days from the date of the
Prospectus (the "Lock-Up Period"), the Company will not, without the prior
written consent of Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc. ("Bear Xxxxxxx"), issue, sell, offer
or agree to sell, grant any option for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of,
directly or indirectly, any Common Stock (or any securities convertible into,
exercisable for or exchangeable for Common Stock), and the Company will obtain
the undertaking of each of its officers and directors and such of its
shareholders as have been heretofore designated by you and listed on Schedule II
attached hereto (the "Designated Stockholders") not to engage, without the prior
written consent of Bear Xxxxxxx, in any of the aforementioned transactions on
their own behalf, other than (1) the Company's sale of Shares hereunder, (2) the
Company's issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of presently outstanding
stock options, and (3) the Company's issuance of Common Stock in connection with
the acquisition of a business or substantially all of the assets of a business,
provided that the recipient of any such shares of Common Stock shall agree in
writing prior to receiving such shares or any right to such shares to take the
shares subject to all of the same restrictions on transfer, offer, agreement to
offer, grant or exchange, set forth in this Section 4(f) for the remainder of
the Lock-Up Period, if any.
(g) Any registration rights with respect to Common Stock
that have previously been granted by the Company to its directors, officers, or
Designated Stockholders are not exercisable prior to the date that is 90 days
from the date of the Prospectus, or the right to make such exercise has been
waived.
(h) During a period of three years from the effective
date of the Registration Statement, the Company will furnish to you copies of
(i) all reports to its shareholders; and (ii) all reports, financial statements
and proxy or information statements filed by the Company with the Commission or
any national securities exchange.
(i) The Company will apply the proceeds from the sale of
the Shares as set forth under "Use of Proceeds" in the Prospectus.
(j) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the
Shares to be listed on the NYSE.
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(k) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is
required to be delivered under the Act or the Exchange Act, will file all
documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or
15 of the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act and
the rules and regulations thereunder.
(l) The Company will not, within one year from the date
of this Prospectus, take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or
which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale
or resale of the Shares or otherwise in violation of applicable securities laws.
5. Payment of Expenses. Whether or not the transactions
contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated,
the Company hereby agrees to pay all costs and expenses incident to the
performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder, including those in
connection with (i) preparing, printing, duplicating, filing and distributing
the Registration Statement, as originally filed and all amendments thereof
(including all exhibits thereto), any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and
any amendments or supplements thereto (including, without limitation, fees and
expenses of the Company's accountants and counsel), the underwriting documents
(including this Agreement and the Agreement Among Underwriters and the Selling
Agreement) and all other documents related to the public offering of the Shares
(including those supplied to the Underwriters in quantities as hereinabove
stated), (ii) the issuance, transfer and delivery of the Shares to the
Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the
qualification of the Shares under state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws,
including the costs of printing and mailing a preliminary and final "Blue Sky
Survey" and the fees of counsel for the Underwriters and such counsel's
disbursements in relation thereto, (iv) listing of the Shares on the NYSE, (v)
filing fees of the Commission and the NASD, (vi) the cost of printing
certificates representing the Shares, and (vii) the cost and charges of any
transfer agent or registrar.
6. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of
the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Shares and the Additional
Shares, as provided herein, shall be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company herein contained, as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date (for purposes of this Section 6 "Closing Date"
shall refer to the Closing Date for the Firm Shares and any Additional Closing
Date, if different, for the Additional Shares), to the absence of any
misstatement or omission from any certificates, opinions, written statements or
letters furnished to you or to Gardere & Xxxxx, L.L.P. ("Underwriters' Counsel")
pursuant to this Section 6, to the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder, and to the following additional conditions:
(a) The Registration Statement shall have become
effective not later than 5:30 P.M., New York time, on the date of this
Agreement, or at such later time and date as shall have been consented to in
writing by you; if the Company shall have elected to rely upon Rule 430A or Rule
434 of the Regulations, the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission
in a timely fashion in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and, at or prior to
the Closing Date no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof shall have been issued and no
proceedings therefor shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission.
(b) At the Closing Date, you shall have received the
opinion of Xxxxxxxx, Loop & Xxxxxxxx, L.L.P., counsel for the Company, dated the
Closing Date addressed to the Underwriters and in form and substance
satisfactory to Underwriters' Counsel, to the effect that:
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(i) Each of the Company and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries (the "Subsidiaries") has been duly organized and
is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
its jurisdiction of incorporation. Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of
its properties (owned, leased or licensed) or the nature or conduct of
its business makes such qualification necessary, except for those
failures to be so qualified or in good standing that would not be
likely to have in the aggregate a material adverse effect on the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Each of the Company and
its Subsidiaries has all requisite corporate authority to own, lease
and license its respective properties and conduct its business as now
being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each
Subsidiary has been duly and validly issued and is fully paid and
nonassessable and was not issued in violation of preemptive rights and
is owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any
lien, encumbrance, claim, security interest, restriction on transfer,
shareholders' agreement, voting trust or other defect of title
whatsoever, except those created or imposed under the Credit Facilities
and which would have a material adverse effect on the Company.
(ii) The Company has authorized capital stock as
set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. All of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock are duly and validly authorized and
issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and were not issued in
violation of or subject to any preemptive rights. The Shares to be
delivered on the Closing Date have been duly and validly authorized
and, when delivered by the Company in accordance with this Agreement,
will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will
not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive
rights. The Common Stock, the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares
conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus. The form of certificates for the Shares
complies with the requirements of the Company's bylaws.
(iii) Except for the 400,000 shares of Common
Stock issued under the Senior Management Stock Purchase Plan, the
Common Stock currently outstanding is listed, and the Shares to be sold
under this Agreement to the Underwriters are duly authorized for
listing, on the NYSE.
(iv) This Agreement has been duly and validly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(v) To such counsel's knowledge, there is no
litigation or governmental or other action, suit, proceeding or
investigation before any court or before or by any public, regulatory
or governmental agency or body pending or threatened against, or
involving the properties or business of, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, which is of a character required to be disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus that has not been properly
disclosed therein.
(vi) The execution, delivery, and performance of
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby by the Company and its Subsidiaries do not and will not (A)
conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms
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and provisions of, or constitute a default (or an event which with
notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or
result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance
upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
pursuant to, any material agreement, instrument, franchise, license or
permit known to such counsel to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of such corporations or their
respective properties or assets may be bound, except for the creation
or imposition of any liens, charges or encumbrances pursuant to the
Credit Facilities, or (B) violate or conflict with any provision of the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of such counsel, any judgment,
decree, order, statute, rule or regulation of any court or any public,
governmental or regulatory agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties or assets. To the knowledge of such counsel, no consent,
approval, authorization, order, registration, filing, qualification,
license or permit of or with any court or any public, governmental, or
regulatory agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets is
required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for
(1) such as may be required by the NASD or under state securities or
Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Shares by the Underwriters (as to which such counsel need express no
opinion), (2) such as have been made or obtained under the Act, and (3)
such as may be required by the NYSE.
(vii) The Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and any amendments thereof or supplements thereto (other
than the financial statements and schedules and other financial data
included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which no opinion
need be rendered) comply as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Act and the Regulations. The documents filed under
the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto (other than the financial statements and schedules and other
financial data included or incorporated by reference therein, as to
which no opinion need be rendered) when they became effective or were
filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in
all material respects with the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and they
have no reason to believe that any of such documents, when such
documents became effective or were so filed, as the case may be,
contained, in the case of a registration statement which became
effective under the Act, an untrue statement of a material fact, or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or, in the
case of other documents which were filed under the Exchange Act with
the Commission, an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made
when such documents were so filed, not misleading.
(viii) To the knowledge of such counsel, neither
the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in violation of its
certificate of incorporation or bylaws and neither the Company nor any
of the Subsidiaries is in default under (and no event has occurred
which with notice, lapse of time or both would constitutes a breach of
or a default under) any
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agreement, license, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement,
indenture or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement, which violation or default would have a material adverse
effect on the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(ix) To the knowledge of such counsel after due
inquiry, there are no agreements, contracts, leases or documents of a
character required to be described or referred to in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement by the Act or by the Regulations that are not
described or referred to therein or filed as required.
(x) The Registration Statement is effective
under the Act, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereof has been issued and no proceedings
therefor have been initiated or threatened by the Commission and all
filings required by Rule 424(b) of the Regulations have been made
within the time period required by such Rule 424(b).
(xi) In addition, such opinion shall also contain
a statement that such counsel has participated in conferences with
officers and representatives of the Company, representatives of the
independent public accountants for the Company and the Underwriters at
which the contents of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and
related matters were discussed, have participated in the preparation of
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and, although such
counsel is not passing upon, and does not assume responsibility for and
has not verified, the accuracy, completeness and fairness of, the
statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, on the basis of the
foregoing and without independent check or verification, no facts have
come to the attention of such counsel which would lead such counsel to
believe that either the Registration Statement at the time it became
effective (including the information deemed to be part of the
Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule
43OA(b) or Rule 434, if applicable, or any amendment thereof made prior
to the Closing Date as of the date of such amendment, contained an
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 as of its date (or any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto made prior to the Closing Date
as of the date of such amendment or supplement) and as of the Closing
Date contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or omits to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being
understood that such counsel need express no belief or opinion with
respect to the financial statements and schedules and other financial
data included or incorporated by reference therein).
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to
matters involving the application of laws other than the laws of the United
States and jurisdictions in which they are admitted, to the extent such counsel
deems proper and to the extent specified in such opinion, if at all, upon an
opinion or opinions (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Underwriters' Counsel) of other counsel reasonably acceptable to Underwriters'
Counsel, familiar with the applicable laws; (B) as to matters of fact, to the
extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company
and certificates or other written
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statements of officers of departments of various jurisdictions having custody of
documents respecting the corporate existence or good standing of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, provided that copies of any such statements or certificates
shall be delivered to Underwriters' Counsel. The opinion of such counsel for the
Company shall state that the opinion of any such other counsel is in form
satisfactory to such counsel and, in their opinion, you and they are justified
in relying thereon.
(c) All proceedings taken in connection with the sale of
the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares as herein contemplated shall be
satisfactory in form and substance to you and to Underwriters' Counsel, and the
Underwriters shall have received from said Underwriters' Counsel a favorable
opinion, dated as of the Closing Date with respect to the issuance and sale of
the Shares, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and such other related
matters as you may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to
Underwriters' Counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling
them to pass upon such matters.
(d) At the Closing Date, you shall have received a
certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and Controller of the Company, dated
the Closing Date, to the effect that (i) the condition set forth in subsection
(a) of this Section 6 has been satisfied, (ii) as of the date hereof and as of
the Closing Date the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in
Section 1 hereof are accurate, (iii) as of the Closing Date the obligations of
the Company to be performed hereunder on or prior thereto have been duly
performed and (iv) subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and the
Subsidiaries have not sustained any material loss or interference with their
respective businesses or properties from fire, flood, hurricane, accident or
other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute
or any legal or governmental proceeding, and there has not been any material
adverse change, or any development involving a material adverse change, in the
business prospects, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise),
or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
except in each case as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus.
(e) At the time this Agreement is executed and at the
Closing Date, you shall have received a letter from KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP,
independent public accountants for the Company, dated, respectively, as of the
date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, addressed to the Underwriters
and in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:
(i) they are independent certified public
accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act
and the Regulations;
(ii) in their opinion, the financial statements
and schedules of the Company included and incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and covered by their
opinion therein comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and
the applicable published rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder;
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(iii) on the basis of procedures consisting of a
reading of the latest available unaudited interim consolidated
financial statements of the Company and the Subsidiaries, a reading of
the minutes of meetings and consents of the shareholders and boards of
directors of the Company and the Subsidiaries and the committees of
such boards subsequent to November 2, 1997, inquiries of officers and
other employees of the Company and the Subsidiaries who have
responsibility for financial and accounting matters of the Company and
the Subsidiaries with respect to transactions and events subsequent to
November 2, 1997, and other specified procedures and inquiries to a
date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, nothing
has come to their attention that would cause them to believe that: (A)
with respect to the period subsequent to November 2, 1997, there were,
as of the date of the most recent available interim consolidated
financial statements of the Company and the Subsidiaries and as of a
specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such
letter, any changes in the capital stock or long-term indebtedness of
the Company or any decrease in the net current assets or shareholders'
equity of the Company, in each case as compared with the amounts shown
in the most recent balance sheet presented in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, except for changes or decreases which the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus disclose have occurred or may
occur or which are set forth in such letter; and (B) that during the
period from November 3, 1997 to the date of the most recent available
interim consolidated financial statements of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, and to a specified date not more than five days prior to
the date of such letter, there was any decrease, as compared with the
corresponding period in the prior fiscal year, in total revenues, or
total or per share net income, except for decreases that the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus disclose have occurred or may
occur or which are set forth in such letter; and
(iv) they have compared specific dollar amounts,
numbers of shares, percentages of revenues and earnings, and other
financial information pertaining to the Company and the Subsidiaries
set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, which have
been specified by you prior to the date of this Agreement, to the
extent that such amounts, numbers, percentages, and information may be
derived from the general accounting and financial records of the
Company and the Subsidiaries or from schedules furnished by the
Company, and excluding any questions requiring an interpretation by
legal counsel, with the results obtained from the application of
specified readings, inquiries, and other appropriate procedures
specified by you set forth in such letter, and found them to be in
agreement.
(f) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have
furnished to you such further information, certificates and documents as you may
reasonably request.
(g) You shall have received from each person who is a
director or officer of the Company or such shareholder as have been heretofore
designated by you and listed on Schedule II hereto an agreement to the effect
that such person will not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written
consent of Bear Xxxxxxx, offer, sell, offer or agree to sell, grant any option
to purchase or otherwise dispose (or announce any offer, sale, grant of an
option to purchase or other disposition) of any shares of Common Stock (or any
securities convertible into, exercisable for or exchangeable or exercisable for
shares of Common Stock) for a period of 90 days after the date of the
Prospectus.
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(h) At the Closing Date, the Shares shall have been
approved for listing on the NYSE upon notice of issuance.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not
have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement, or if any of the
certificates, opinions, written statements or letters furnished to you or to
Underwriters' Counsel pursuant to this Section 6 shall not be in all material
respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to you and to
Underwriters' Counsel, all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be
canceled by you at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date and the
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Additional Shares may be
canceled by you at, or at any time prior to, the Additional Closing Date. Notice
of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing, or by telephone,
telex or telegraph, confirmed in writing.
7. Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act,
against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever
as incurred (including but not limited to attorneys' fees and any and all
expenses whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against
any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and
all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to
which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or any related
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any supplement thereto or
amendment thereof, 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; provided, however, that
the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent but only to the
extent that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or
is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through
you expressly for use therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to
any liability which the Company may otherwise have including under this
Agreement.
(b) Each Underwriter severally, and not jointly, agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of the directors of the
Company, each of the officers of the Company who shall have signed the
Registration Statement, and each other person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange
Act, against any losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever as
incurred (including but not limited to attorneys' fees and any and all expenses
whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any
litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all
amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to
which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or any related
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the
extent, but only to the
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extent, that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or
is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through
you expressly for use therein; provided, however, that in no case shall any
Underwriter be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the
underwriting discount applicable to the Shares purchased by such Underwriter
hereunder. This indemnity will be in addition to any liability which any
Underwriter may otherwise have including under this Agreement. The Company
acknowledges that the statements set forth in the last paragraph of the cover
page and in the paragraphs under the caption "Underwriting" in the Prospectus
constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of any
Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement relating to the
Shares as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, any related preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto,
as the case may be.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such
indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under such subsection, notify each party against whom
indemnification is to be sought in writing of the commencement thereof (but the
failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability which it may have to any indemnified party under this Section 7 to the
extent it is not materially prejudiced as a proximate result of such failure).
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 it may elect by
written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the
aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with
counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own
counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at
the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless (i) the employment of
such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by one of the indemnifying
parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the indemnifying
parties shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such
action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, or
(iii) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that
there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from or
additional to those available to one or all of the indemnifying parties (in
which case the indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the
defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of
which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by the indemnifying parties.
Anything in this subsection to the contrary notwithstanding, an indemnifying
party shall not be liable for any settlement of any claim or action effected
without its written consent; provided, however, that such consent was not
unreasonably withheld.
8. Contribution. In order to provide for contribution in
circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in Section 7 hereof is
for any reason held to be unavailable from any indemnifying party or is
insufficient to hold harmless a party indemnified thereunder, the Company and
the Underwriters shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnification
provision (including any investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in
connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or
proceeding or any claims asserted, but after deducting in the case of losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and expenses suffered by the Company any
contribution received by the Company from persons, other than the Underwriters,
who may also be liable for contribution, including persons who control the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the
Exchange Act, officers of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and
directors of the Company) as incurred to which the Company and one or more
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of the Underwriters may be subject, in such proportions as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Underwriters from
the offering of the Shares or, if such allocation is not permitted by applicable
law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative
benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of the Company and the
Underwriters in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company
and the Underwriters shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (x) the
total proceeds from the offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions
but before deducting expenses) received by the Company and (y) the underwriting
discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, respectively, in each
case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative
fault of the Company and of the Underwriters shall be determined by reference
to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the
parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were
treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation
which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, (i) in no case shall any
Underwriter be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the
underwriting discount applicable to the Shares purchased by such Underwriter
hereunder, and (ii) 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. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section 8 and the preceding sentence, no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public
were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. For purposes of this
Section 8, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act shall have the
same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section
20(a) of the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the
Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same
rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to clauses (i) and
(ii) of this Section 8. Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after
receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such
party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another
party or parties, notify each party or parties from whom contribution may be
sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve
the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any obligation it
or they may have under this Section 8 or otherwise. No party shall be liable for
contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its consent;
provided, however, that such consent was not unreasonably withheld.
9. Default by an Underwriter.
(a) If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall default in
its or their obligation to purchase Firm Shares or Additional Shares hereunder,
and if the Firm Shares or Additional Shares with respect to which such default
relates do not (after giving effect to arrangements, if any, made by you
pursuant to subsection (b) below) exceed in the aggregate 10% of the Firm Shares
or Additional Shares, as the case may be, the Firm Shares or Additional Shares
to which the default relates shall be purchased by the non-defaulting
Underwriters in proportion to the respective proportions which the numbers of
Firm Shares set forth opposite
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their respective names in Schedule I hereto bear to the aggregate number of Firm
Shares set forth opposite the names of the non-defaulting Underwriters.
(b) In the event that such default relates to more than
10% of the Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, you may in your
discretion arrange for yourself or for another party or parties (including any
nondefaulting Underwriter or Underwriters who so agree) to purchase such Firm
Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, to which such default relates
on the terms contained herein. In the event that within 5 calendar days after
such a default you do not arrange for the purchase of the Firm Shares or
Additional Shares, as the case may be, to which such default relates as provided
in this Section 9, this Agreement or, in the case of a default with respect to
the Additional Shares, the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and of
the Company to sell the Additional Shares, shall thereupon terminate, without
liability on the part of the Company with respect thereto (except in each case
as provided in Section 5, 7(a) and 8 hereof) or the Underwriters, but nothing in
this Agreement shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters of its or
their liability, if any, to the other Underwriters and the Company for damages
occasioned by its or their default hereunder.
(c) In the event that the Firm Shares or Additional
Shares to which the default relates are to be purchased by the non-defaulting
Underwriters, or are to be purchased by another party or parties as aforesaid,
you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date or
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be for a period, not exceeding five
business days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any other documents and
arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendment or
supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which, in the opinion
of Underwriters' Counsel, may thereby be made necessary or advisable. The term
"Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include any party substituted
under this Section 9 with like effect as if it had originally been a party to
this Agreement.
10. Survival of Representations and Agreements. All
representations and warranties, covenants and agreements of the Underwriters and
the Company contained in this Agreement, including the agreements contained in
Section 5, the indemnity agreements contained in Section 7 and the contribution
agreements contained in Section 8, shall remain operative and in full force and
effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter
or any controlling person thereof or by or on behalf of the Company, any of its
officers and directors or any controlling person thereof, and shall survive
delivery of and payment for the Shares to and by the Underwriters. The
representations contained in Section 1 and the agreements contained in Sections
5, 7, 8 and 11(d) hereof shall survive the termination of this Agreement,
including termination pursuant to Section 9 or 11 hereof.
11. Effective Date of Agreement; Termination.
(a) This Agreement shall become effective, upon the later
of when (i) you and the Company shall have received notification of the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or (ii) the execution of this
Agreement. If the purchase price per Share has not been agreed upon prior to
5:00 P.M., New York time, on the fifth full business day after the Registration
Statement shall have become effective, this Agreement shall thereupon terminate
without liability to the Company or the Underwriters except as herein expressly
provided. Until this Agreement becomes effective as aforesaid, it may be
terminated by the Company by notifying you or by you notifying the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 11 and of Sections
1, 5, 7 and 8 hereof shall at all times be in full force and effect.
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(b) You shall have the right to terminate this Agreement
at any time prior to the Closing Date or the obligations of the Underwriters to
purchase the Additional Shares at any time prior to the Additional Closing Date,
as the case may be, by notice to the Company from you, if (A) the Company shall
have failed, refused or been unable to perform in any material respect any
agreement on its part to be performed hereunder; (B) any domestic or
international event or act or occurrence has materially disrupted, or in your
opinion will in the immediate future materially disrupt, the market for the
Company's securities or securities in general; or (C) trading on the New York or
American Stock Exchanges shall have been suspended for more than 24 hours, or
minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges
for prices for securities shall have been required, on the New York or American
Stock Exchanges by the New York or American Stock Exchanges or by order of the
Commission or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction; or (D) a
banking moratorium has been declared by a state or federal authority or if any
new restriction materially adversely affecting the distribution of the Firm
Shares or the Additional Shares, as the case may be, shall have become
effective; or (E) trading in the Common Stock shall have been suspended for more
than 24 hours or materially limited on the NYSE or the listing of the Common
Stock on the NYSE shall have been terminated or the Company shall have been
notified that such suspension or termination is being contemplated; or (F) any
downgrading occurs in the rating of the Company's debt securities by any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined for purposes
of Rule 436(g) under the Act, or (G) (i) the United States becomes engaged in
hostilities or there is an escalation of hostilities involving the United States
or there is a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or
(ii) there shall have been such change in political, financial or economic
conditions, if the effect of any such event in (i) or (ii) as in your judgment
makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale and
delivery of the Firm Shares or the Additional Shares, as the case may be, on the
terms contemplated by the Prospectus.
(c) Any notice of termination pursuant to this Section 11
shall be by telephone, telex, or telegraph, confirmed in writing by letter.
(d) If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to any
of the provisions hereof other than pursuant to (i) notification by you as
provided in Section 11(a) hereof or (ii) Section 9(b) or 11(b) hereof, or if the
sale of the Shares provided for herein is not consummated because any condition
to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth herein is not satisfied or
because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to
perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof, the Company
will, subject to demand by you, reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket
expenses (including the fees and expenses of Underwriters' Counsel), incurred by
the Underwriters in connection herewith.
12. Notices. All communications hereunder, except as may be
otherwise specifically provided herein, shall be in writing and, if sent to any
Underwriter, shall be mailed, delivered, or telexed or telegraphed and confirmed
in writing, to such Underwriter c/o Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000, Attention: Corporate Finance; if sent to the Company,
shall be mailed, delivered, or telegraphed and confirmed in writing to the
Company, 00000 00xx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Chief
Executive Officer.
13. Parties. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of,
and shall be binding upon, the Underwriters and the Company and the controlling
persons, directors, officers, employees and agents referred to in Section 7 and
8, and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall have
or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or
in respect of or by virtue of this
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Agreement or any provision herein contained. The term "successors and assigns"
shall not include a purchaser, in its capacity as such, of Shares from any of
the Underwriters.
14. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT
REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between you and
the Company, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose,
whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement among us.
Very truly yours,
MAXXIM MEDICAL, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Accepted as of the date first above written.
BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO., INC.
EVEREN SECURITIES, INC.
XXXXXXXXX & COMPANY, INC.
NATIONSBANC XXXXXXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: Managing Director, Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Title: Managing Director, EVEREN Securities, Inc.
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By: /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Managing Director, Xxxxxxxxx & Company, Inc.
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: Senior Managing Director, NationsBanc Xxxxxxxxxx Securities LLC
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On behalf of themselves and the other
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto.
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SCHEDULE I
NUMBER OF
FIRM SHARES
TO BE
NAME OF UNDERWRITER PURCHASED
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Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc..................................... 568,750
EVEREN Securities, Inc...................................... 568,750
Xxxxxxxxx & Company, Inc.................................... 568,750
NationsBanc Xxxxxxxxxx Securities LLC....................... 568,750
ABN AMRO Chicago Corporation................................ 70,000
BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated................................. 70,000
Xxxxx & Company............................................. 70,000
Credit Lyonnaise Securities (USA) Inc....................... 70,000
Deutsche Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc................................ 70,000
Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation......... 70,000
X.X. Xxxxxxx & Sons, Inc.................................... 70,000
Xxxxxx Xxxx LLC............................................. 70,000
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated.......... 70,000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated........................... 70,000
SBC Warburg Dillon Read Inc................................. 70,000
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx & Co. Incorporated.......................... 35,000
Baringtron Capital Group, L.P............................... 35,000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Associates, Inc............................ 35,000
Chatsworth Securities, Llc.................................. 35,000
Commonwealth Associates..................................... 35,000
HSBC Securities, Inc........................................ 35,000
X.X. Xxxx & Associates, Inc................................. 35,000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Company, Inc................................ 35,000
Xxxxxxx & Company, Inc...................................... 35,000
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Incorporated.................................. 35,000
Scotia Capital Markets (USA) Inc............................ 35,000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Incorporated................................. 35,000
Vector Securities International, Inc........................ 35,000
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Total................................................... 3,500,000
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SCHEDULE II
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Ph.D.
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx III
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, M.D.
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Ph.X.
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Ing.
Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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