• Shares ALLOT COMMUNICATIONS LTD. Ordinary Shares, nominal value NIS 0.10 UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
• Shares
Ordinary
Shares, nominal value NIS 0.10
[Insert date]
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
As Representative of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule 1 attached hereto,
c/x Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
As Representative of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule 1 attached hereto,
c/x Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Allot Communications Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the State of Israel (the
“Company”), proposes to sell an aggregate of • Ordinary Shares (the “Firm Shares”), nominal value
NIS 0.10 per share, of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”). The Company proposes to grant to the
underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named in Schedule 1 attached to this agreement (this
“Agreement”) an option to purchase up to • additional Ordinary Shares on the terms set forth in
Section 2 (the “Option Shares”). The Firm Shares and, if purchased, the Option Shares, are
hereinafter collectively called the “Shares.” This is to confirm the agreement concerning the
purchase of the Shares from the Company by the Underwriters.
1. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company. The Company represents,
warrants and agrees that:
(a) A registration statement on Form F-1 relating to the Shares has (i) been prepared
by the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”), and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) thereunder; (ii) been filed with the
Commission under the Securities Act; and (iii) become effective under the Securities Act.
Copies of such registration statement and any amendment thereto have been delivered by the
Company to you as the representative (the “Representative”) of the Underwriters. As used in
this Agreement:
(i) “Applicable Time” means [ ] [a.m.] [p.m.] (New York City time) on
, 2006;
(ii) “Effective Date” means the date and time as of which such registration
statement, or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto, was declared
effective by the Commission;
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(iii) “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means each “issuer free writing
prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations) prepared by or on
behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection with the
offering of the Shares;
(iv) “Preliminary Prospectus” means any preliminary prospectus relating to the
Shares included in such registration statement or filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations;
(v) “Pricing Disclosure Package” means, as of the Applicable Time, the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus, together with each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
filed or used by the Company on or before the Applicable Time, other than a road
show that is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus but is not required to be filed under
Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations.
(vi) “Prospectus” means the final prospectus relating to the Shares, as filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations; and
(vii) “Registration Statement” means such registration statement, as amended as
of the Effective Date, including any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and
all exhibits to such registration statement.
Any reference to the “most recent Preliminary Prospectus” shall be deemed to refer to the
latest Preliminary Prospectus included in the Registration Statement or filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b) prior to or on the date hereof. Any reference herein to the term “Registration
Statement” shall be deemed to include the abbreviated registration statement to register
additional Ordinary Shares under Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations, if any (the “Rule
462(b) Registration Statement”). The Commission has not issued any order preventing or
suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and no proceeding or examination for such
purpose has been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission.
(b) The Company was not at the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement and
at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona
fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Rules and Regulations) of the
Shares, is not on the date hereof and will not be on the applicable Delivery Date (as
defined below) an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405).
(c) The Registration Statement conformed and will conform in all material respects on
the Effective Date and on the applicable Delivery Date, and any amendment to the
Registration Statement filed after the date hereof will conform in all material respects
when filed, to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. The
Preliminary Prospectus conformed, and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects
when filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the
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applicable Delivery Date to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations.
(d) The Registration Statement did not, as of the Effective Date, contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided that no representation
or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company through the Representative by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for
inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 8(e).
(e) The Prospectus will not, as of its date and on the applicable Delivery Date,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that no representation or
warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Prospectus in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through the
Representative by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which
information is specified in Section 8(e).
(f) The Pricing Disclosure Package did not, as of the Applicable Time, contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading except that the price of the Shares and disclosures
relating directly thereto will be included on the cover page of the Prospectus; provided
that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from
the Pricing Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company through the Representative by or on behalf of any Underwriter
specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 8(e).
(g) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including without limitation, any road show
that is a free writing prospectus under Rule 433) when considered together with the Pricing
Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, except that the price of the Shares and disclosures directly relating
thereto will be included on the cover page of the Prospectus.
(h) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conformed or will conform in all material
respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations as of the
date of first use or as otherwise provided for in Rule 433, and the Company has complied
with all prospectus delivery and any filing requirements applicable to such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus pursuant to the Rules and Regulations. The Company has not made any
offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without
the prior written consent of the Representative[, except as set forth on Schedule 2
hereto]. The Company has retained in accordance with the Rules and
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Regulations all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses that were not required to be filed
pursuant to the Rules and Regulations. The Company has taken all actions on its part
necessary so that any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations), or
its equivalent with respect to presentations in the State of Israel, in connection with the
offering of the Shares will not be required to be filed pursuant to the Rules and
Regulations.
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing under the laws of
the State of Israel, is duly qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which its
ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its businesses requires such qualification,
and has all power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct the
businesses in which it is engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified, individually
or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, shareholders’ equity,
properties, business or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a
“Material Adverse Effect”). No proceeding has been instituted by the Registrar of Companies
in Israel for the dissolution of the Company. Each of the Company’s subsidiaries (as defined
in Section 17) has been duly organized, is validly existing and in good standing, where
applicable, as a corporation or other business entity under the laws of its jurisdiction of
organization and is duly qualified to do business and in good standing, where applicable, as
a foreign corporation or other business entity in each jurisdiction in which its ownership
or lease of property or the conduct of its businesses requires such qualification, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each subsidiary of the Company
has all power and authority necessary to own or hold its respective properties and to
conduct the businesses in which it is engaged. The Company does not own or control,
directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the
subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement. None of the subsidiaries
of the Company (other than Allot Communications, Inc. and Allot Communications Europe SARL)
is a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations).
(j) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in each of the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of the
Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and, except as set forth in the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus, are fully paid and non-assessable, conform to the description
thereof contained in each of the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and
were issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws, including the laws of the
State of Israel, and not in violation of any preemptive right, resale right, right of first
refusal or similar right. All of the Company’s options, warrants and other rights to
purchase or exchange any securities for Ordinary Shares have been duly authorized and
validly issued, conform to the description thereof contained in each of the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and were issued in compliance with the laws of the
State of Israel. All of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the
Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and
are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
equities or claims, except for such liens,
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encumbrances, equities or claims as could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company to the Underwriters hereunder have
been duly authorized and, upon payment and delivery in accordance with this Agreement, will
be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, will conform to the description thereof
contained in each of the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, will be
issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws, including the laws of the State
of Israel, and will be free of statutory and contractual preemptive rights, rights of first
refusal and similar rights.
(l) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and validly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(m) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the application of the proceeds
from the sale of the Shares as described under “Use of Proceeds” in each of the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach
or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, impose any lien, charge or encumbrance
upon any property or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, or constitute a default
under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; (ii) result in any violation of the
provisions of the Articles of Association or Memorandum of Association of the Company or
charter or by-laws (or similar organizational documents) of any of its subsidiaries; or
(iii) result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court
or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets; except, in the case of clauses (i) and
(ii), for such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults as would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with,
any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets is required for the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement by the Company, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Shares as
described under “Use of Proceeds” in each of the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus, except for (i) the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act and such
consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and applicable
state or foreign securities laws, including Israeli securities law, in connection with the
purchase and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or (ii) under the rules and regulations
of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”). Subject to the
Underwriters’ compliance with their obligations in Section
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3 hereof, the Company is not required to publish a prospectus in Israel under the laws
of the State of Israel.
(o) Except as identified in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, there are no
contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such
person the right (other than rights which have been waived in writing or otherwise
satisfied) to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities 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 Securities Act.
(p) The Company has not sold or issued any securities that would be integrated with the
offering of the Shares contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to the Securities Act, the
Rules and Regulations or the interpretations thereof by the Commission, nor has the Company
issued or offered any Ordinary Shares or securities convertible or exercisable into Ordinary
Shares to any persons during the 12 months preceding the date of the Delivery Date, other
than (i) as described in the Prospectus or (ii) the issuance of options pursuant to the
Company’s stock option plans or the issuance of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the exercise of
such options.
(q) The Company does not have outstanding any debt securities or preferred stock that
are rated by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as that term is
defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) of the Rules and Regulations).
(r)
Neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained, since the date of the latest audited
financial statements included in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, any loss or
interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not
covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or
decree, and since such date, except as described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus,
there has not been any change in the share capital of the Company (other than (i) the grant
of stock options pursuant to the Company’s stock option plans described in the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus or (ii) the exercise of outstanding options, convertible securities,
warrants or other rights described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus) or long-term
debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any adverse change, or any development
involving a prospective adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial or
otherwise), results of operations, shareholders’ equity, properties, management, business or
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case except as would
not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(s) Since the date as of which information is given in the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus, and except as may otherwise be disclosed therein, the Company has not (i) issued
or granted any securities other than the grant of options or the exercise
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of outstanding options pursuant to the Company’s stock option plans, (ii) incurred any
liability or obligation, direct or contingent, other than liabilities and obligations that
were incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iii) entered into any material
transaction not in the ordinary course of business, (iv) purchased any shares of its
outstanding share capital or (v) declared or paid any dividend on its share capital.
(t) The historical consolidated financial statements of the Company (including the
related notes and supporting schedules) included in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus
comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act and present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown thereby at the dates and
for the periods indicated and have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
involved.
(u) Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global, who has certified
certain financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, whose report
appears in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and who has delivered the initial letter
referred to in Section 7(i) hereof, are an independent registered public accounting firm as
required by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations.
(v) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real
property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects, except such as are described in the
most recent Preliminary Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such
property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property by the Company and its subsidiaries; and all assets held under lease by the Company
and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, with
such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of
such assets by the Company and its subsidiaries.
(w) The Company and each of its subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance from
insurers of recognized financial responsibility in such amounts and covering such risks as
is adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective
properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar
industries. All policies of insurance of the Company and its subsidiaries are in full force
and effect, except where the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in
compliance with the terms of such policies in all material respects; and neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer
that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in
order to continue such insurance; there are no claims by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is
denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause, except where such
claims would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it
will not be able to renew its existing insurance
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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 reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) The statistical and market-related data included under the captions “Summary,”
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and
“Business” in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the consolidated financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included in the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and
accurate in all material respects.
(y) The Company is not, and as of the applicable Delivery Date and, after giving effect
to the offer and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds therefrom as
described under “Use of Proceeds” in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus, will not be, (i) an “investment company” within the meaning of such term under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder or (ii) a “business development company” (as
defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act).
(z)
There are no legal
or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a
party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the
subject that would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect or would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby; and to the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated
by governmental authorities or others.
(aa) There are no legal or governmental proceedings or contracts or other documents of
a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus or, in the case of documents to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement, that are not described and filed as required. Statements made in
the most recent Preliminary Prospectus under the captions “Management Discussion & Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results” and “Business" insofar as they purport to constitute
summaries of the terms of statutes, rules or regulations, legal or governmental proceedings
or contracts and other documents, constitute accurate summaries of the terms of such
statutes, rules and regulations, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other
documents in all material respects.
(bb) Except as described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, no relationship,
direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or its subsidiaries, on the one
hand, and the directors, officers, shareholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, on the other hand, that is required to be described in the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus which is not so described. Since July 30,
2002, the Company has not, directly or indirectly, including through any subsidiary,
extended or maintained credit, or arranged for the extension of credit, or
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renewed or amended any extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for
any of the Company’s current directors or executive officers other than such loans as have
been repaid in full to the Company.
(cc) Except as described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus,] no labor
disturbance by the employees of the Company or its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge
of the Company, is imminent that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance, in all material respects, with
the labor and employment laws and collective bargaining agreements applicable to its
employees in Israel, except where non compliance would not be reasonably expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(dd) (i) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect or as set forth in or contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus, each “employee
benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Security Act of
1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) for which the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group”
(defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within
the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”))
would have any liability (each a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms
and with the requirements of all applicable statutes, rules and regulations including ERISA
and the Code; (ii) with respect to each Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA (a) no “reportable
event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events with respect to
which the 30-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA have been waived by the
United States Department of Labor) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, (b) no
“accumulated funding deficiency” (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412
of the Code), whether or not waived, has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, and
(c) neither the Company or any member of its Controlled Group has incurred, or reasonably
expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the
Plan or premiums to the PBGC in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a
Plan (including a “multiemployer plan”, within the meaning of Section 4001(c)(3) of ERISA);
and (iii) each Plan maintained by the Company that is intended to be qualified under Section
401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter or is comprised of a master
prototype plan that has received an opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service
covering all tax law changes prior to the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act
of 2001 (or has submitted, or is within the remedial amendment period for submitting, an
application for a determination letter and is awaiting a response from the Internal Revenue
Service), and, to the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred and no condition
exists that would result in the revocation or failure to issue any such determination letter
or opinion letter.
(ee) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all material Israeli and
United States federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns required to
be filed through the date hereof, subject to permitted extensions, and have paid all taxes
due thereon, and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, nor does the Company have any knowledge of any
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tax deficiencies that would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(ff) There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under Israeli or
Federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be
paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance by the
Company or sale by the Company of the Shares. Assuming that none of the Underwriters is
otherwise subject to taxation in Israel, the issuance, delivery and sale to the Underwriters
of the Shares to be sold by the Company are not subject to any tax imposed by the State of
Israel or any political subdivision thereof.
(gg) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (i) is in violation of its
articles of association, memorandum of association, charter or by-laws (or similar
organizational documents), as applicable, (ii) is in default, and no event has occurred
that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due
performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which
it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject
or (iii) is in violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or its property or assets or has
failed to obtain any license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental
authorization or permit necessary to the ownership of its property or to the conduct of its
business, except to the extent any such conflict, breach, violation, failure or default
would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(hh) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (B) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the Company’s financial statements in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and to
maintain accountability for its assets, (C) access to the Company’s assets is permitted only
in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (D) the recorded
accountability for the Company’s assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. To the best of
the Company’s knowledge, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year,
there has been no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting (whether or not remediated).
(ii) (i) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have established and maintain
disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the
Exchange Act), (ii) such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that the
information required to be disclosed by the Company and its subsidiaries in the reports they
will file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management of
the Company and its subsidiaries, including their respective principal executive officers
and principal financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure to be made and (iii) such disclosure
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controls and procedures are effective in all material respects to perform the functions
for which they were established.
(jj) Since the date of the most recent balance sheet of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries reviewed or audited by Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx & Kasierer, a member of
Ernst & Young Global, (i) the Company has not been advised of (A) any significant
deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls that could adversely affect the
ability of the Company and each of its subsidiaries to record, process, summarize and report
financial data, or any material weaknesses in internal controls and (B) any fraud, whether
or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in
the internal controls of the Company and each of its subsidiaries, and (ii) since that date,
there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could
significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
(kk) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the
Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with the provisions
of Section 402 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002.
(ll) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have such permits, licenses, consents,
approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, qualifications, filings, franchises,
certificates of need and other approvals or authorizations of governmental or regulatory
authorities (“Permits”) as are necessary under applicable law to own their properties and
conduct their businesses in the manner described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus
and the Prospectus, except for any of the foregoing the lack of which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
each such Permit is valid and in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries has received notice of any investigation or proceedings which results in
or, if decided adversely to the Company or any subsidiary, would reasonably be expected to
result in, the revocation of, or imposition of a materially burdensome restriction on, any
Permit; each of the Company and its subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed all of its
material obligations with respect to the Permits, and no event has occurred that allows, or
after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in
any other impairment of the rights of the holder or any such Permits, except for any of the
foregoing that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(mm) Except as described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Registration
Statement, the Company and each of its subsidiaries own or, to the Company’s knowledge,
possess a valid and enforceable right to use all: (i) patents and patent applications, (ii)
registered and unregistered trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark applications
and service xxxx applications, (iii) registered and unregistered copyrights and copyright
applications, and (iv) other intellectual property (including trade secrets and other
unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or
procedures) (the “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of their respective
businesses as currently being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement and
the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and,
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to the Company’s knowledge, the conduct of their respective businesses does not
conflict with any Intellectual Property rights of any third party, except such conflict as
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, nor have they received
any notice of any claim or conflict with, any such Intellectual Property rights of any third
party, which claim, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or judgment, would
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as described in the
most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Registration Statement, (i) the Company is not
aware of any infringement by third parties of any of its Intellectual Property; (ii) there
is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim
by others challenging the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ rights in or to any such
Intellectual Property; and (iii) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or its subsidiaries
infringe or otherwise violate any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other
proprietary rights of others.
(nn) Except as described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, (A) there are no
proceedings that are pending, or known to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its
subsidiaries under any laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, orders, judgments, decrees,
permits or other legal requirements of any governmental authority, including without
limitation any international, national, state, provincial, regional, or local authority,
relating to the protection of human health or safety, the environment, or natural resources,
or to hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental
Laws”) in which a governmental authority is also a party which would, singly or in the
aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (B) the
Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any issues regarding compliance with
Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or
concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(oo) Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in violation of or has received notice
of any violation with respect to any Israeli, federal or state law relating to
discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees, nor any applicable federal or
state wage and hour laws, nor any state law precluding the denial of credit due to the
neighborhood in which a property is situated, the violation of any of which would reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Affect.
(pp) No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from
paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s
capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from
the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company
or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in or contemplated by the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus.
(qq) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company that is
controlled by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, has (i) used any corporate funds for
any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to
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political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or
domestic government official or employee from corporate funds of the Company; (iii) violated
or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other
unlawful payment in connection with Company activities.
(rr) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at
all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements
of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money
laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any
related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any
governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or
proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any
arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money
Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, except, in each
case, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ss) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of
Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not
directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise
make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or
entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person that, to the Company’s
knowledge, is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(tt) The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of any Delivery
Date and completion of the distribution of the Shares, will not distribute any offering
material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other than any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which the Representative
has consented in accordance with Section 1(h) or 6(a)(vi) [and any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus set forth on Schedule [2] hereto].
(uu) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result
in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares. The Company will use its best efforts to cause
its affiliates not to take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which
has constituted or which would 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.
(vv) The Shares have been approved for listing, subject to official notice of issuance
and evidence of satisfactory distribution, on The NASDAQ Global Market.
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(ww) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all conditions and
requirements stipulated by the instruments of approval granted to it with respect to the
“Approved Enterprise” status of any of the facilities of the Company as well as with respect
to the other tax benefits received by the Company as set forth under the caption “Israeli
Government Programs” in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and by Israeli laws and
regulations relating to such “Approved Enterprise” status and the aforementioned other tax
benefits received by the Company. The Company has not received any notice of any proceeding
or investigation relating to revocation or modification of any “Approved Enterprise” status
granted with respect to any of the Company’s facilities.
(xx) The Company has satisfied and will continue to satisfy in all material respects
all conditions and requirements of the instruments of approval granted to it by the Office
of Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Industry and Trade and any applicable laws and
regulations, including the Law for the Encouragement of Industrial Research and Development,
1984, with respect to any research and development grants given to it by such office, and is
in full compliance with the repayment of all royalties, interest and penalties due under
such laws and regulations. All information supplied by the Company with respect to such
applications was true, correct and complete in all material respects when supplied to the
appropriate authorities.
(yy) The Company was not, for the taxable year ended December 31, 2005, and upon the
consummation of the transactions described hereby and the application of the proceeds as
described in the Registration Statement under the caption “Use of Proceeds” is not expected
to become for the taxable year ending December 31, 2006 or any taxable year thereafter, a
Passive Foreign Investment Company within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code.
(zz) The Company believes based on its current ownership that it is not a Controlled
Foreign Corporation within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code. No shareholder of the
Company is, as of the date of this Agreement, considered a United States shareholder within
the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representative or
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Shares shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
2. Purchase of the Shares by the Underwriters. On the basis of the representations and
warranties contained in, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement, the Company
agrees to sell • Firm Shares to the several Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters, severally
and not jointly, agrees to purchase the number of shares of the Firm Shares set forth opposite that
Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto. Each Underwriter shall be obligated to purchase
from the Company that number of Firm Shares that represents the same proportion of the number of
Firm Shares to be sold by the Company as the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of
such Underwriter in Schedule 1 represents of the total number of Firm Shares to be
purchased by all of the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement.
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The respective purchase obligations of the Underwriters with respect to the Firm Shares shall
be rounded among the Underwriters to avoid fractional shares, as the Representative may determine.
In addition, the Company grants to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to • additional
Option Shares. Such option is exercisable in the event that the Underwriters sell more Ordinary
Shares than the number of Firm Shares in the offering and as set forth in Section 4 hereof. Each
Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of Option Shares (subject to
such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the Representative may determine) that bears the
same proportion to the total number of Option Shares to be sold on such Delivery Date as the number
of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule 1 hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears
to the total number of Firm Shares.
The price of both the Firm Shares and any Option Shares purchased by the Underwriters shall be
$ • per share.
The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any of the Firm Shares or Option Shares, to be
delivered on the applicable Delivery Date, except upon payment for all such Shares to be purchased
on such Delivery Date as provided herein.
3. Offering of Shares by the Underwriters. Upon authorization by the Representative of the
release of the Firm Shares, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale upon
the terms and conditions to be set forth in the Prospectus. Each of the Underwriters hereby
covenants and agrees that it will not offer the Shares in Israel, except that such Underwriter may
offer for sale and sell Shares to entities which qualify under Section 15A(b)(1) of the Israeli
Securities Law, 1968 and appear in the Addendum thereto.
4. Delivery of and Payment for the Shares. Delivery of and payment for the Firm
Shares shall be made at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the third full business day following
the date of this Agreement or at such other date or place as shall be determined by agreement
between the Representative and the Company. This date and time are sometimes referred to as the
“Initial Delivery Date.” Delivery of the Firm Shares shall be made to the Representative for the
account of each Underwriter against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representative
and of the respective aggregate purchase prices of the Firm Shares being sold by the Company to or
upon the order of the Company of the purchase price by wire transfer in immediately available funds
to the accounts specified by the Company. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time
and place specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the obligation of each
Underwriter hereunder. The Company shall deliver the Firm Shares through the facilities of the
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) unless the Representative shall otherwise instruct.
The option granted in Section 2 will expire 30 days after the date of this Agreement and may
be exercised in whole or from time to time in part by written notice being given to the Company by
the Representative; provided that if such date falls on a day that is not a business day, the
option granted in Section 2 will expire on the next succeeding business day. Such notice shall set
forth the aggregate number of Option Shares as to which the option is being exercised, the names in
which the Option Shares are to be registered, the denominations in which
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the Option Shares are to be issued and the date and time, as determined by the Representative,
when the Option Shares are to be delivered; provided, however, that this date and time shall not be
earlier than the Initial Delivery Date nor earlier than the second business day after the date on
which the option shall have been exercised nor later than the fifth business day after the date on
which the option shall have been exercised. Each date and time the Option Shares are delivered is
sometimes referred to as an “Option Shares Delivery Date,” and the Initial Delivery Date and any
Option Shares Delivery Date are sometimes each referred to as a “Delivery Date.”
Delivery of the Option Shares by the Company and payment for the Option Shares by the several
Underwriters through the Representative shall be made at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the
date specified in the corresponding notice described in the preceding paragraph or at such other
date or place as shall be determined by agreement between the Representative and the Company. On
the Option Shares Delivery Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered the Option
Shares to the Representative for the account of each Underwriter against payment by the several
Underwriters through the Representative and of the respective aggregate purchase prices of the
Option Shares being sold by the Company to or upon the order of the Company of the purchase price
by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Company. Time
shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to this Agreement is
a further condition of the obligation of each Underwriter hereunder. The Company shall deliver the
Option Shares through the facilities of DTC unless the Representative shall otherwise instruct.
5. Further Agreements of the Company and the Underwriters. (a) The Company agrees:
(i) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representative (which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld) and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Securities Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second
business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; to make no further
amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus prior to the
last Delivery Date except as permitted herein; to advise the Representative, promptly after
it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any
amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Representative with copies thereof; to
advise the Representative, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the
Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of
the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding or examination for any such purpose or of any request by the Commission for the
amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any
stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to use promptly its reasonable
best efforts to obtain its withdrawal;
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(ii) To furnish promptly to the Representative and to counsel for the Underwriters a
signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission, and each
amendment thereto filed with the Commission, including all consents and exhibits filed
therewith;
(iii) To deliver promptly to the Representative such number of the following documents
as the Representative shall reasonably request: (A) conformed copies of the Registration
Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each amendment thereto (in each case
excluding exhibits other than this Agreement and the computation of per share earnings), (B)
each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amended or supplemented Prospectus and
(C) each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus; and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at
any time after the date hereof in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares or any
other securities relating thereto and if at such time any events shall have occurred as a
result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when
such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be
necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act,
to notify the Representative and, upon its request, to file such document and to prepare and
furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies as
the Representative may from time to time reasonably request of an amended or supplemented
Prospectus that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance;
(iv) To file promptly with the Commission any amendment or supplement to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any supplement to the Prospectus, that may, in
the reasonable judgment of the Company or the Representative, be required by the Securities
Act or requested by the Commission;
(v) Prior to filing with the Commission any amendment to the Registration Statement or
supplement to the Prospectus or any Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 of the Rules and
Regulations, to furnish a copy thereof to the Representative and counsel for the
Underwriters and obtain the consent of the Representative to the filing;
(vi) Not to make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus without the prior written consent of the Representative which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld;
(vii) To retain in accordance with the Rules and Regulations all Issuer Free Writing
Prospectuses not required to be filed pursuant to the Rules and Regulations; and if at any
time after the date hereof any events shall have occurred as a result of which any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would conflict with the
information in the Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it
shall be necessary to amend or supplement any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to notify
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the Representative and, upon its request, to file such document and to prepare and
furnish without charge to each Underwriter as many copies as the Representative may from
time to time reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
that will correct such conflict, statement or omission or effect such compliance;
(viii) As soon as practicable after the Effective Date (it being understood that the
Company shall have until at least 410 or, if the fourth quarter following the fiscal quarter
that includes the Effective Date is the last fiscal quarter of the Company’s fiscal year,
455 days after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter), to make generally available
to the Company’s security holders and to deliver to the Representative an earnings statement
of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a)
of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the
Company, Rule 158);
(ix) For a period of two years following the Effective Date, to furnish to the
Representative copies of all materials furnished by the Company to its shareholders
generally and all public reports and all reports and financial statements furnished by the
Company to the principal national securities exchange or market upon which the Shares may be
listed pursuant to requirements of or agreements with such exchange or to the Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation of the Commission thereunder (it
being understood that filing on XXXXX shall be deemed to constitute delivery hereunder);
(x) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Representative may reasonably
request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such
jurisdictions as the Representative may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit
the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be
necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares; provided that in connection therewith,
the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation in any
jurisdiction in which it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file a general
consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation
in any jurisdiction in which it would not otherwise be subject;
(xi) For a period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the 180th day after the
date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”), not to, directly or indirectly, (1) offer for
sale, sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is
designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in
the future of) any Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for
Ordinary Shares (other than the Shares), or sell or grant options, rights or warrants with
respect to any Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Ordinary
Shares, (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another,
in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of such Ordinary
Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled
by delivery of Ordinary Shares or other securities, in cash or otherwise, (3) file or cause
to be filed a registration statement, including any amendments, with respect to the
registration of any Ordinary Shares or securities convertible, exercisable or
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exchangeable into Ordinary Shares or any other securities of the Company or (4)
publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, in each case without the prior
written consent of Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. on behalf of the Underwriters, and to cause each
officer, director and shareholder of the Company set forth on Schedule 3 hereto to
furnish to the Representative, prior to the Initial Delivery Date, a letter or letters,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the “Lock-Up Agreements”) (provided
that the foregoing shall not apply to (u) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (v) the grant of
options to purchase Ordinary Shares pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock
option plans or other employee compensation plans described in the Prospectus, (w) the
issuance of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Company’s employee benefit plans, employee stock
purchase plan, qualified stock option plans or other employee compensation plans described
in the Prospectus, (x) the filing of a registration statement on
Form S-8 not earlier than the 90th day after the date of the
Prospectus with respect to
employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other employee compensation plans
described in the Prospectus, (y) the issuance of Ordinary Shares or securities convertible
into Ordinary Shares, pursuant to the exercise of warrants or conversion of convertible
securities described in the Prospectus), or (z) the issuance of up to • Ordinary Shares (as
adjusted for any stock split, stock consolidation or similar event) in connection with a
merger, acquisition or joint venture and the filing of any registration statement in
connection therewith, provided that the holders of any Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to
this subclause (z) shall agree to be bound by an agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto for a period that shall not exceed the remainder of the Lock-up Period (as
the same may be extended pursuant hereto); notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the
last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news
or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the
Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the
16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then the restrictions imposed
in the preceding paragraph shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period
beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the announcement of the material news
or the occurrence of the material event, unless Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., on behalf of the
Underwriters, waives such extension in writing;
(xii) During the Lock-Up Period to cause each person that exercises awards granted
under the Company’s Key Employee Share Incentive Plan (2003) or the Company’s 2006 Incentive
Compensation Plan (together, the “Restricted Plans”) to enter into a Lock-Up Agreement for the remainder of the Lock-Up Period
with respect to the securities of the Company received in connection with such exercises
prior to the issuance and receipt thereof.
(xiii) Not to, during the Lock-Up Period, remove the restrictive legend set forth on
any stock certificate issued by the Company in connection with the
exercise of share options
granted by the Company under the Restricted Plans or otherwise facilitate the resale of Ordinary
Shares underlying awards granted under such plans or any other Ordinary Shares which are
subject to or are otherwise bound by Lock-Up Agreements; provided,
however, that the foregoing shall not prevent the Company from filing
a Form S-8 with respect to the Restricted Plans to the extent
permitted by section 5(xi); and
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(xiv) To apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares being sold by the Company
as set forth in the Prospectus.
(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees that such Underwriter shall not include any “issuer
information” (as defined in Rule 433) in any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405)
used or referred to by such Underwriter without the prior consent of the Company (any such issuer
information with respect to whose use the Company has given its consent, “Permitted Issuer
Information”); provided that (i) no such consent shall be required with respect to any such issuer
information contained in any document filed by the Company with the Commission prior to the use of
such free writing prospectus and (ii) “issuer information,” as used in this Section 5(b), shall not
be deemed to include information prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter on the basis of or
derived from issuer information.
6. Expenses. The Company agrees, whether or not the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay all costs, expenses and fees
incident to and in connection with (a) the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares
and any stamp duties or other similar taxes imposed by Israel or the United States in that
connection, and the preparation and printing of certificates for the Shares; (b) the preparation,
printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement (including any exhibits
thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto; (c) the distribution of the Registration Statement (including any
exhibits thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
and any amendment or supplement thereto, all as provided in this Agreement; (d) the production and
distribution of this Agreement, any supplemental agreement among Underwriters and any other related
documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (e) any
required review by the NASD of the terms of sale of the Shares (including related fees and expenses
of counsel to the Underwriters, together with subparagraph (g) below, not to exceed $20,000 in the
aggregate); (f) the inclusion of the Shares on The NASDAQ Global Market and/or any other exchange;
(g) the qualification of the Shares under the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as
provided in Section 5(a)(x) and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum
(including related fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters, together with subparagraph (e)
above, not to exceed $20,000 in the aggregate); (h) any Independent Underwriter (as defined in
Section 8(g)); (i) the investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the
marketing of the Shares, including, without limitation, expenses associated with any electronic
road show, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and the
cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show; provided, however, that the
Underwriters agree to pay 40% of the cost of any such aircraft; and (j) all other costs and
expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement;
provided that, except as provided in this Section 6 and in Section 11, the Underwriters shall pay
their own costs and expenses, including the costs and expenses of their counsels, any transfer
taxes on the Shares which they may sell and the expenses of advertising any offering of the Shares
made by the Underwriters.
7. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The respective obligations of the Underwriters
hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and on each Delivery Date, of the representations
and warranties of the Company contained herein, to the performance by the
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Company of its obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and
conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission in accordance with
Section 5(a)(i); the Company shall have complied with all filing requirements applicable to
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus used or referred to after the date hereof; no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the
use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued and no
proceeding or examination for such purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the
Commission; and any request of the Commission for inclusion of additional information in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise shall have been complied with or
resolved to the Commission’s satisfaction.
(b) No Underwriter shall have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to
such Delivery Date that the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure
Package, or any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of a fact
which, in the opinion of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, is material
or omits to state a fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is required
to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(c) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization,
form and validity of this Agreement, the Shares, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all
material respects to counsel for the Underwriters, and the Company shall have furnished to
such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them
to pass upon such matters.
(d) White & Case LLP shall have furnished to the Representative its written opinion, as
counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and dated such Delivery Date,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-1.
(e) Xxx Xxxxx & Co., Law Offices, shall have furnished to the Representative its
written opinion, as Israeli counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and dated
such Delivery Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-2(a) and
Shohat, Locker, Law Office, shall have furnished to the Representative its written opinion,
as special Israeli tax counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and dated such
Delivery Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-2(b).
(f) The Representative shall have received from Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for
the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such Delivery Date, with respect to the
issuance and sale of the Shares, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing
Disclosure Package and other related matters as the Representative may reasonably require,
and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such
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documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such
matters.
(g) The Representative shall have received from Xxxxxx, Fox & Xxxxxx, Israeli counsel
for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such Delivery Date, with respect to
the issuance and sale of the Shares, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the
Pricing Disclosure Package and other related matters as the Representative may reasonably
require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they
reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(h) At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received
from Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global a letter, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Representative, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the
date hereof (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning
of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the
qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, and (ii)
stating, as of the date hereof (or, with respect to matters involving changes or
developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given
in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, as of a date not more than five days prior to the
date hereof), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial
information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” to
underwriters in connection with registered public offerings.
(i) With respect to the letter of Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx & Kasierer, a member of Ernst &
Young Global referred to in the preceding paragraph and delivered to the Representative
concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “initial letter”), the Company shall
have furnished to the Representative a letter (the “bring-down letter”) of such accountants,
addressed to the Underwriters and dated such Delivery Date (i) confirming that they are
independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in
compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants
under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, (ii) stating, as of the date of the
bring-down letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the
respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Prospectus, as
of a date not more than five days prior to the date of the bring-down letter), the
conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other
matters covered by the initial letter and (iii) confirming in all material respects the
conclusions and findings set forth in the initial letter.
(j) The Company shall have furnished to the Representative a certificate, dated such
Delivery Date, of its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer stating that:
(i) The representations, warranties and agreements of the Company in Section 1
are true and correct on and as of such Delivery Date, and the Company
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has complied with all its agreements contained herein and satisfied all the
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such
Delivery Date;
(ii) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
has been issued; and no proceedings or examination for that purpose have been
instituted or, to the knowledge of such officers, threatened; and
(iii) They have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
and the Pricing Disclosure Package, and, in their opinion, (A) (1) the Registration
Statement, as of the Effective Date, (2) the Prospectus, as of its date and on the
applicable Delivery Date or (3) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable
Time, did not and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and did not
and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein (except in
the case of the Registration Statement, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made), or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading except,
in the case of the Pricing Disclosure Package, that the price of the Shares and
disclosures directly relating thereto are included on the cover page of the
Prospectus and (B) since the Effective Date, no event has occurred that should have
been set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that has not been so set forth.
(k) Except as described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, (i) neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained, since the date of the latest
audited financial statements included in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, any loss or
interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not
covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or
decree or (ii) since such date there shall not have been any change in the share capital or
long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development
involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise),
results of operations, shareholders’ equity, properties, management, business or prospects
of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, the effect of which, in any such case
described in clause (i) or (ii), is, in the judgment of the Representative, so material and
adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or
the delivery of the Shares being delivered on such Delivery Date on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(l) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have
occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock
Exchange or the American Stock Exchange or in the over-the-counter market, or trading in any
securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been
suspended or materially limited or the settlement of such trading generally shall have been
materially disrupted or minimum prices shall have been established on any such exchange or
such market by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or
governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been
declared by Israeli, federal or state authorities, (iii)
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the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities, there shall have been an
escalation in hostilities involving the United States or there shall have been a declaration
of a national emergency or war by the United States or Israel or (iv) there shall have
occurred such a material adverse change in general economic, political or financial
conditions, including, without limitation, as a result of terrorist activities after the
date hereof (or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the
United States shall be such), as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative,
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or delivery of the Shares
being delivered on such Delivery Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus.
(m)
The NASDAQ Global Market, Inc. shall have approved the Shares for listing,
subject only to official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory distribution.
(n) The Lock-Up Agreements between the Representative and the officers, directors and
shareholders of the Company set forth on Schedule 3, delivered to the Representative
on or before the date of this Agreement, shall be in full force and effect on such Delivery
Date.
All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
8. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors,
officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or
liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof (including, but not limited
to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and sales of Shares),
to which that Underwriter, director, officer, employee or controlling person may become
subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in (A) any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, (B) any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, (C) any Permitted
Issuer Information used or referred to in any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule
405) used or referred to by any Underwriter or (D) any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433)
or its equivalent with respect to presentations in the State of Israel, not constituting an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (“Non-Prospectus Road Show”), (ii) the omission or alleged
omission to state in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus,
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any
Permitted Issuer Information or any Non-Prospectus Road Show, any material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (iii) any
act or failure to act or any alleged act or failure to act by any Underwriter in connection
with, or relating in any manner to, the Shares or the offering contemplated hereby, and
which is included as part of or referred to in any loss,
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claim, damage, liability or action arising out of or based upon matters covered by
clause (i) or (ii) above (provided that the Company shall not be liable under this clause
(iii) to the extent that it is determined in a final judgment by a court of competent
jurisdiction that such loss, claim, damage, liability or action resulted directly from any
such acts or failures to act undertaken or omitted to be taken by such Underwriter through
its gross negligence or willful misconduct), and shall reimburse each Underwriter and each
such director, officer, employee or controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by that Underwriter, director, officer, employee or
controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend
against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that
any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any Permitted Issuer Information
or any Non-Prospectus Road Show, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
concerning such Underwriter furnished to the Company through the Representative by or on
behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information consists
solely of the information specified in Section 8(e). The foregoing indemnity agreement is
in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to any Underwriter or to
any director, officer, employee or controlling person of that Underwriter.
(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, its respective directors (including any person who, with his or her consent, is
named in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company), officers
and employees, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability,
joint or several, or any action in respect thereof, to which the Company, or any such
director, officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities
Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or
is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any
Non-Prospectus Road Show, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any Non-Prospectus Road Show, any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information concerning such Underwriter furnished to the Company through the
Representative by or on behalf of that Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which
information is limited to the information set forth in Section 8(e) and shall reimburse the
Company and any such director, officer or controlling person for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend
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against any claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred. The
foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability that any Underwriter may
otherwise have to the Company or any such director, officer, employee or controlling person.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of
any claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in
respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify
the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided,
however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability which it may have under this Section 8 except to the extent it has been materially
prejudiced by such failure and, provided, further, that the failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to an
indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 8. If any such claim or action shall be
brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof,
the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it
wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense
thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from
the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of
such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party
under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of
investigation; provided, however, that the indemnified party shall have the right to employ
its own counsel to represent jointly the indemnified party (and in the case of the
Representative, the other Underwriters) and its or their respective directors, officers,
employees and controlling persons who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim
in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the indemnified party against the
indemnifying party under this Section 8 , but the fees and
expenses of such counsel
shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have so mutually agreed; (ii) the indemnifying party has failed
within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party;
(iii) the indemnified party and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and
controlling persons shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses
available to them that are different from or in addition to those available to the
indemnified party; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded
parties) include both the indemnified party or its or their respective directors, officers,
employees or controlling persons, on the one hand, and the indemnifying party, on the other
hand, and representation of both sets of parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate
due to actual or potential differing interests between them, and in any such event the fees
and expenses of such separate counsel shall be paid by the indemnifying party. No
indemnifying party shall (i) without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or consent to the
entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or
proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder
(whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or
action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of
each indemnified party from all liability
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arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and does not include any findings
of fact or admissions of fault or culpability as to the indemnified party, or (ii) be liable
for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with the consent of the indemnifying
party or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying
party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss
or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 shall for any reason be
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 8(a),
8(b) or 8(f) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect
thereof, referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying
such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party
as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in
such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, from the offering of the
Shares 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, on the one hand, and the
Underwriters, on the other, with respect to the statements or omissions that resulted in
such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the
one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, with respect to such offering shall be deemed
to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Shares
purchased under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, as set
forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus, on the one hand, and the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters with respect to the
Shares purchased under this Agreement, as set forth in the table on the cover page of the
Prospectus, on the other hand. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the
Underwriters, the intent of the parties and their relative 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 contributions pursuant to this
Section 8(d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were
treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not
take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or
payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or
action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 8(d) shall be deemed to
include, for purposes of this Section 8(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or
claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), no Underwriter shall be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds from the
sale of the Shares underwritten by it exceeds the amount of any damages that such
Underwriter has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any 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
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Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of
such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute as provided
in this Section 8(d) are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations
and not joint.
(e) The Underwriters severally confirm and the Company acknowledges and agrees that the
statements regarding delivery of shares by the Underwriters set forth on the cover page of
and the following information under the caption “Underwriting,” in the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) concession and reallowance figures, (ii) the
first paragraph under the subheading “Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty Bids,”
(iii) the information under the subheading “Discretionary Sales” and (iv) the first
paragraph under the subheading “Electronic Distribution,” are correct and constitute the
only information concerning such Underwriters furnished in writing to the Company by or on
behalf of the Underwriters specifically for inclusion in any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or in any Non-Prospectus Road Show.
(f) Without limitation of and in addition to its obligations under the other paragraphs
of this Section 8, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
(in the capacity described in this Section 8(f), the “Independent Underwriter”), its
directors, officers and employees and each person who controls Independent Underwriter
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act from and against any and all loss,
claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof (including,
but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and
sales of Shares) to which the Independent Underwriter, director, officer, employee or
controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, the
Independent Underwriter’s acting as a “qualified independent underwriter” (within the
meaning of NASD Conduct Rule 2720) in connection with the offering contemplated by this
Agreement, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party promptly upon demand for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending or preparing to defend any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that
it is determined in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action resulted directly from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Independent Underwriter. The relative benefits received by the
Independent Underwriter with respect to the offering contemplated by this Agreement shall,
for purposes of Section 10(e), be deemed to be equal to the compensation received by the
Independent Underwriter for acting in such capacity. In addition, notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 10(e), the Independent Underwriter shall not be required to contribute
any amount in excess of the compensation received by the Independent Underwriter for acting
in such capacity.
9. Defaulting Underwriters. If, on any Delivery Date, any Underwriter defaults in the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters
shall be obligated to purchase the Shares that the defaulting Underwriter agreed but
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failed to purchase on such Delivery Date in the respective proportions which the number of
Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of each remaining non-defaulting Underwriter in
Schedule 1 hereto bears to the total number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of
all the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters in Schedule 1 hereto; provided, however, that
the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters shall not be obligated to purchase any of the Shares on
such Delivery Date if the total number of Shares that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters
agreed but failed to purchase on such date exceeds 9.09% of the total number of Shares to be
purchased on such Delivery Date, and any remaining non-defaulting Underwriter shall not be
obligated to purchase more than 110% of the number of Shares that it agreed to purchase on such
Delivery Date pursuant to the terms of Section 2. If the foregoing maximums are exceeded, the
remaining non-defaulting Underwriters, or those other underwriters satisfactory to the
Representative who so agree, shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to purchase, in such
proportion as may be agreed upon among them, all the Shares to be purchased on such Delivery Date.
If the remaining Underwriters or other underwriters satisfactory to the Representative do not elect
to purchase the Shares that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to
purchase on such Delivery Date, this Agreement (or, with respect to any Option Shares Delivery
Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase, and of the Company to sell, the Option
Shares) shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriters, the
Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses to the
extent set forth in Sections 6 and 11. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes,
for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise, any party not listed in
Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 9, purchases Shares that a defaulting
Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have
to the Company for damages caused by its default. If other Underwriters are obligated or agree to
purchase the Shares of a defaulting or withdrawing Underwriter, either the Representative or the
Company may postpone the Delivery Date for up to seven full business days in order to effect any
changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be
necessary in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement.
10. Termination. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the
Representative by notice given to and received by the Company prior to delivery of and payment for
the Firm Shares if, prior to that time, any of the events described in Sections 7(k) and 7(l) shall
have occurred or if the Underwriters shall decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted
under this Agreement.
11. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses. If (a) the Company shall fail to tender the
Shares for delivery to the Underwriters by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part
of the Company to perform any agreement on its part to be performed, or because any other condition
to the Underwriters’ obligations hereunder required to be fulfilled by the Company is not fulfilled
for any reason or (b) the Underwriters shall decline to purchase the Shares for any reason
permitted under this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel) incurred by
the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the proposed purchase of the Shares, and
upon demand the Company shall pay the full
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amount thereof to the Representative. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9
by reason of the default of one or more Underwriters, the Company shall not be obligated to
reimburse any defaulting Underwriter on account of those expenses.
12. Research Analyst Independence. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters’ research
analysts and research departments are required to be independent from their respective investment
banking divisions and are subject to certain regulations and internal policies, and that such
Underwriters’ research analysts may hold views and make statements or investment recommendations
and/or publish research reports with respect to the Company and/or the offering that differ from
the views of their respective investment banking divisions. The Company acknowledges that each of
the Underwriters is a full service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to
applicable securities laws, may effect transactions for its own account or the account of its
customers and hold long or short positions in debt or equity securities of the companies that may
be the subject of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
13. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company acknowledges and agrees that in connection with this
offering, sale of the Shares or any other services the Underwriters may be deemed to be providing
hereunder, notwithstanding any preexisting relationship, advisory or otherwise, between the parties
or any oral representations or assurances previously or subsequently made by the Underwriters: (i)
no fiduciary or agency relationship between the Company and any other person, on the one hand, and
the Underwriters, on the other, exists; (ii) the Underwriters are not acting as advisors, expert or
otherwise, to the Company including, without limitation, with respect to the determination of the
public offering price of the Shares, and such relationship between the Company, on the one hand,
and the Underwriters, on the other, is entirely and solely commercial, based on arms-length
negotiations; (iii) any duties and obligations that the Underwriters may have to the Company shall
be limited to those duties and obligations specifically stated herein; and (iv) the Underwriters
and their respective affiliates may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The
Company hereby waives any claims that the Company may have against the Underwriters with respect to
any breach of fiduciary duty in connection with this offering.
14. Notices, Etc. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and:
(a) if to the Underwriters, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile
transmission to Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Syndicate Registration (Fax: 000-000-0000), with a copy, in the case of
any notice pursuant to Section 8(c), to the Director of Litigation, Office of the
General Counsel, Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (Fax: 000-000-0000); and
(b) if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile
transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement,
Attention: Chief Executive Officer (Fax:x000-0-000-0000).
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Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt
thereof. The Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any request, consent, notice or
agreement given or made on behalf of the Underwriters by Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
15. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors. This Agreement
and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that (A)
the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company contained in this
Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the directors, officers and employees of
the Underwriters and each person or persons, if any, who control any Underwriter within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act and (B) the indemnity agreement of the Underwriters contained
in Section 8(b) of this Agreement shall be deemed to be for the benefit of the directors of the
Company, the officers of the Company who have signed the Registration Statement and any person
controlling the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act. Nothing in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to
in this Section 15, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this
Agreement or any provision contained herein.
16. Survival. The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and agreements of the
Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them,
respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Shares
and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of
any of them or any person controlling any of them.
17. Definition of the Terms “Business Day” and “Subsidiary”. For purposes of this Agreement,
(a) “business day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that is not a day on
which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive
order to close and (b) “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 of the Rules and
Regulations.
18. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
19. Submission to Jurisdiction, Etc. The Company hereby submits to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby. The parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the
laying of venue of any lawsuit, action or other proceeding in such courts, and hereby further
irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any
such lawsuit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum. The Company designated and appoints Allot Communications, Inc., which
currently maintains an office at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000, as its
authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, 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 14 shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the
Company in any such suit or
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proceeding. Such designation and appointment shall be irrevocable, unless and until a
successor authorized agent shall have been appointed by the Company, such successor shall have
accepted such appointment and written notice thereof shall have been given to the Underwriters.
The Company further agrees to take any and all actions as may be necessary to maintain such
designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect for a period of three years from
the date of this Agreement.
20. Waiver of Immunity. With respect to any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, each party irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all immunity (whether on the basis of sovereignty or
otherwise) from jurisdiction, service of process, attachment (both before and after judgment) and
execution to which it might otherwise be entitled, and with respect to any such suit or proceeding,
each party waives any such immunity in any court of competent jurisdiction, and will not raise or
claim or cause to be pleaded any such immunity at or in respect of any such suit or proceeding,
including, without limitation, any immunity pursuant to the U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
of 1976, as amended.
21. Judgment Currency. The obligation of the Company in respect of any sum due to any
Underwriter under this Agreement shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than U.S.
dollars or any other applicable currency (the “Judgment Currency”), not be discharged until the
first business day, following receipt by such Underwriter of any sum adjudged to be so due in the
Judgment Currency, on which (and only to the extent that) such Underwriter may in accordance with
normal banking procedures purchase U.S. dollars or any other applicable currency with the Judgment
Currency; if the U.S. dollars or other applicable currency so purchased are less than the sum
originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, the Company agrees, as a separate obligation and
notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Underwriter against such loss. If the U.S.
dollars or other applicable currency so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such
Underwriter hereunder, such Underwriter agrees to pay to the Company an amount equal to the excess
of the U.S. dollars or other applicable currency so purchased over the sum originally due to such
Underwriter hereunder.
22. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed
in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but
all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
23. Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not
intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between the Company and the Underwriters,
please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below.
Very truly yours, ALLOT COMMUNICATIONS LTD. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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Accepted:
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
For itself and as Representative
of the several Underwriters named
in Schedule 1 hereto
of the several Underwriters named
in Schedule 1 hereto
By: |
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Authorized Representative |
SCHEDULE 1
Number of Firm | ||||
Underwriters | Shares | |||
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. |
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[Insert other underwriters] |
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Total |
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SCHEDULE 2
ISSUER FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS(ES)
SCHEDULE 3
PERSONS DELIVERING LOCK-UP AGREEMENTS
Directors
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Shai Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx Elihav
Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Shai Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx Elihav
Officers
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Azi Ronen
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Shenig
Azi Ronen
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Shenig
Shareholders
Certain Shareholders and Optionholders.
Exhibit A
LOCK-UP LETTER AGREEMENT
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
As Representative of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule 1 of the Underwriting Agreement,
c/x Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
As Representative of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule 1 of the Underwriting Agreement,
c/x Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you and certain other firms (the “Underwriters”) propose to
enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) providing for the purchase by
the Underwriters of Ordinary Shares (the “Shares”), nominal value NIS 0.10 per share (the
“Ordinary Shares”), of Allot Communications Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Israel
(the “Company”), and that the Underwriters propose to reoffer the Shares to the public (the
“Offering”).
In consideration of the execution of the Underwriting Agreement by the Underwriters, and for
other good and valuable consideration, the undersigned hereby irrevocably agrees that, without the
prior written consent of Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned will
not, directly or indirectly, (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter
into any transaction or device that is designed to, or would reasonably be expected to, result in
the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any Ordinary Shares (including, without
limitation, Ordinary Shares that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Ordinary
Shares that may be issued upon exercise of any options or warrants) or securities convertible into
or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares, (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives
transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks
of ownership of Ordinary Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above
is to be settled by delivery of Ordinary Shares or other securities, in cash or otherwise, (3) make
any demand for or exercise any right or file or cause to be filed a registration statement,
including any amendments thereto, with respect to the registration of any Ordinary Shares or
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares or any other
securities of the Company or (4) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, for a
period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the 180th day after the date of the Prospectus
relating to the Offering (such 180-day period, the “Lock-Up Period”).
The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to: (a) any sale of Ordinary Shares to the
Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; (b) the exercise of warrants or the conversion
of convertible securities, or the exercise of stock options granted pursuant to the Company’s stock
option/incentive plans or otherwise outstanding on the date hereof; provided, that it shall
apply to any Ordinary Shares issued upon such exercise or conversion; (c) the establishment of any
contract, instruction or plan (a “Plan”) that satisfies all of the requirements of Rule
10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”);
provided, however, that no sales of Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into,
or exchangeable or exercisable for, Ordinary Shares, shall be made pursuant to a Plan prior to the
expiration of the Lock-up Period (as the same may be extended pursuant to the provisions hereof);
or (d) bona fide gifts, sales or other dispositions of shares of any class of the Company’s capital
stock, in each case that are made exclusively between and among the undersigned or members of the
undersigned’s family (or a trust to their benefit), or affiliates of the undersigned, including its
partners (if a partnership) or members (if a limited liability company); provided, that it
shall be a condition to any such transfer that (i) the transferee/donee agrees to be bound by the
terms of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement (including, without limitation, the restrictions set forth
in the preceding paragraph) to the same extent as if the transferee/donee were a party hereto, (ii)
no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act, shall be
required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer or distribution (other than
a filing on a Form 5, Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G (or 13D-A or 13G-A) made after the expiration of
the 180-day period referred to above), (iii) each party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee)
shall not be required by law (including without limitation the disclosure requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Exchange Act) to make, and shall agree to not
voluntarily make, any public announcement of the transfer or disposition, and (iv) the undersigned
notifies Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. at least two business days prior to the proposed transfer or
disposition.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, the
Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company
occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will
release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period,
then the restrictions imposed by this Lock-Up Letter Agreement shall continue to apply until the
expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the
announcement of the material news or the occurrence of the material event, unless you waive such
extension in writing. The undersigned hereby further agrees that, prior to engaging in any
transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this Lock-Up Letter
Agreement during the period from the date of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement to and including the
34th day following the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, it will give notice thereof to
the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless it has received
written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as such may have been extended
pursuant to this paragraph) has expired.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its transfer agent are hereby authorized to
decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach
of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement.
It is understood that, if (i) the Company notifies the Underwriters that it does not intend to
proceed with the Offering, (ii) the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective or if the
Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall
terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Shares, or (iii) the offering
is not completed by December 31, 2006, the undersigned will be released from its obligations under
this Lock-Up Letter Agreement.
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The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters will proceed with
the Offering in reliance on this Lock-Up Letter Agreement.
Whether or not the Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market
conditions. Any Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of
which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Underwriters.
[Signature page follows]
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The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and
authority to enter into this Lock-Up Letter Agreement and that, upon request, the undersigned will
execute any additional documents necessary in connection with the enforcement hereof. Any
obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives,
successors and assigns of the undersigned.
Very truly yours, |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Dated:
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EXHIBIT B-1
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 9(d)
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 9(d)
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EXHIBIT B-2(a)
FORM OF OPINION BY ISRAELI COUNSEL FOR COMPANY
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 7(e)
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 7(e)
B-2(a)-1
EXHIBIT B-2(b)
FORM OF OPINION BY ISRAELI TAX COUNSEL FOR COMPANY
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 7(e)
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 7(e)
B-2(b)-1