] Shares of Common Stock THE FILM DEPARTMENT HOLDINGS, INC. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
[ ] Shares of Common Stock
, 2010
XXXXXX SECURITIES, INC.,
As Representative of the Several Underwriters
Named in Schedule I Hereto
c/o Girard Securities, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx X
Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
As Representative of the Several Underwriters
Named in Schedule I Hereto
c/o Girard Securities, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx X
Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Dear Sir:
The Film Department Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
Delaware (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and
sell to the underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), acting severally and not
jointly, an aggregate of [ ] shares (the “Firm Shares”) of the Company’s common
stock, par value $ per share (the “Common Stock”). The Company also proposes to issue and sell
to the Underwriters, for the sole purpose of covering over-allotments in connection with the sale
of the Firm Shares, and at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional
shares (the “Additional Shares”) of Common Stock. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are
referred to herein collectively as the “Shares.” The Shares are more fully described in the
Registration Statement referred to below.
1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and
agrees with, the Underwriters that:
(a) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a
registration statement, and may have filed an amendment or amendments thereto, on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-___), and related preliminary prospectuses, as amended, for the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Shares
(including the Additional Shares) of Common Stock, which registration statement, as so amended, has
been declared effective by the Commission on the date hereof and copies of which have heretofore
been delivered to the Underwriters. The registration statement, as amended at the time it became
effective, including the exhibits and information (if any) deemed to be a part of the registration
statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 430A or Rule 434 of the
rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act (the “Securities Act
Regulations”), and any post-effective amendments thereto under Rule 462(d) through the Closing Date
(as defined below) is hereinafter called the “Registration Statement.” If the Company has filed or
is required pursuant to the terms hereof to file a registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act Regulations registering additional shares of Common Stock (a “Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement”), then, and unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to the term
“Registration Statement” shall be
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deemed to include such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. Other than a Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, if any, which became effective upon filing, no other document with respect
to the Registration Statement has heretofore been filed with the Commission (other than
prospectuses filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act Regulations, each in the form
heretofore delivered to the Underwriters). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) has been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the
Commission. The prospectus relating to the Shares, in the form in which it is to be filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act Regulations, is hereinafter referred to as
the “Prospectus,” except that, subject to Sections 4(a) and 4(b) below, if any revised prospectus
or prospectus supplement shall be provided to the Underwriters by the Company for use in connection
with the offering and sale of the Shares (the “Offering”) which differs from the Prospectus
(whether or not such revised prospectus or prospectus supplement is required to be filed by the
Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act Regulations), the term “Prospectus” shall
refer to such revised prospectus or prospectus supplement, as the case may be, from and after the
time it is first provided to the Underwriters for such use. Any preliminary prospectus or
prospectus subject to completion included in the Registration Statement or filed with the
Commission as described in Rule 430A or Rule 424 of the Securities Act is hereafter called a
“Preliminary Prospectus.” All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Rule
462(b) Registration Statement, a Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, or any amendments or
supplements to any of the foregoing, shall be deemed to include any copy thereof filed with the
Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“XXXXX”).
(b) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any amendments thereof or supplements
thereto, at the time the Registration Statement became effective, at the time any post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement is filed with the Commission, at the time the Prospectus is
first filed with the Commission, at the time any supplement or amendment to the Prospectus is filed
with the Commission, and as of the Closing Date, and Additional Closing Date, if any (as
hereinafter respectively defined), and the Preliminary Prospectus, and any amendments thereof or
supplements thereto, as of the date thereof, complied and comply in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations, and did not and as of the
Closing Date, and Additional Closing Date, if any, will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus, as of the date hereof (unless the term
“Prospectus” refers to a prospectus which has been provided to the Underwriters by the Company for
use in connection with the offering of the Shares which differs from the Prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act Regulations, in which case at the time it
is first provided to the Underwriters for such use) and on the Closing Date, and Additional Closing
Date, if any, does not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the representations and warranties in
this Section 1(b) shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or
Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by any Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus. Each Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus filed as part of the
Registration Statement, as part of any amendment thereto or
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pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act Regulations, if filed by electronic transmission
pursuant to Regulation S-T under the Securities Act, was identical to the copy thereof delivered to
the Underwriters for use in connection with the offer and sales of the Shares (except as may be
permitted by Regulation S-T under the Securities Act). There are no contracts or other documents
required to be described in the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement
under the Securities Act that have not been described or filed therein as required, and, except as
it may relate to the Underwriters, there are no business relationships or related-party
transactions directly or indirectly involving the Company or any other person required to be
described in the Prospectus that have not been described therein as required.
(c) BDO Xxxxxxx, LLP, who has certified certain financial statements of the Company and has
delivered its reports with respect to the Company’s audited financial statements included in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus, are independent registered
public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations.
(d) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change or any development
involving a prospective material adverse change in the business, prospects, properties, operations,
condition (financial or otherwise), affairs or management of the Company, whether or not arising
from transactions in the ordinary course of business, and since the date of the latest balance
sheet presented in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company has not incurred or
undertaken any liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, which are material to the Company,
except for liabilities or obligations which are reflected in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus.
(e) The Company (i) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (ii) has all requisite corporate power and
authority, and all necessary consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations,
qualifications, licenses and permits of and from all public, regulatory or governmental agencies
and bodies, to carry on its business as it is currently being conducted and as described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and to own, lease and operate its properties, except to
the extent a violation, non-compliance or failure would not have a Material Adverse Effect (as
defined below), and (iii) is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation
authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or its ownership
or leasing of property requires such qualification except, with respect to clauses (i) (as it
relates to good standing) and (iii), where the failure to be in good standing or so qualified does
not and could not reasonably be expected to (x) individually or in the aggregate, result in a
material adverse effect on the business, prospects, properties, operations, condition (financial or
otherwise), affairs or management of the Company, (y) interfere with or adversely affect the
issuance or marketability of the Shares pursuant hereto or (z) in any manner draw into question the
validity of this Agreement or the transactions described in the Prospectus under the caption “Use
of Proceeds” (any of the events set forth in clauses (x), (y) or (z), being referred to as a
“Material Adverse Effect”).
(f) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company, and is the legal, valid, binding agreement of the Company.
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(g) The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement, the issuance, offering and
sale of the Shares, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and in the
Prospectus do not and will not (i) violate, conflict with or constitute a breach of any of the
terms and provisions of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time,
or both, would constitute a default) or require consent under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Company, or
result in an acceleration of any indebtedness of the Company pursuant to (A) the Certificate of
Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company, in each case as amended through the date hereof (B) any
bond, debenture, note, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement or instrument
to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets are or may be bound, (C) any statute, rule or
regulation applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties or assets (D) any judgment, order or decree of any court or governmental agency or
authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties or assets. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing,
qualification, license or permit of or with any court or any governmental agency or authority
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties or assets is required for (A) the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
this Agreement, (B) the issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares to be issued, sold and delivered
by the Company hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except such
as have been obtained under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations,
orders, registrations, filings, qualifications, licenses and permits as may be required under state
securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the
Underwriters.
(h) All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, are duly authorized and validly issued, and
are fully paid and nonassessable and were not issued and are not now in violation of or subject to
any preemptive or similar rights. The Shares being sold by the Company under this Agreement are
duly authorized, and, when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with this Agreement, will
be validly issued, and fully paid and nonassessable, and will not have been issued in violation of
or be subject to any preemptive or similar rights. The Company has the pro forma capitalization as
set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization.” The capital stock of the Company
conforms to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus, or if the Prospectus is not in
existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus.
(i) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are not currently, and will not be as a
result of the Offering, any outstanding subscriptions, rights, warrants, calls, commitments of sale
or options to acquire or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any capital stock or
other equity interest of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than options issued pursuant
to the Company’s stock option plans).
(j) There is (i) no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court, arbitrator or
governmental agency, body or official, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened or contemplated to which the Company is a party or to which the business or
property of the Company is subject, (ii) no statute, rule, regulation or order that has been
enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency to the Company’s knowledge and (iii) no
injunction, restraining order or order of any nature by a federal or state court or foreign
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court of competent jurisdiction to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be
subject or to which the business, assets, or property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries are
or may be subject, that, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, is required to be
disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and which could, individually or in the
aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) The Company has not directly or indirectly (a) taken (other than through the actions, if
any, of the Underwriters) any action designed to, or that might reasonably be expected to, cause or
result in or which constitutes or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or
resale of the Shares or (b) since the filing of the Preliminary Prospectus (i) sold, bid for,
purchased or paid any person any compensation for soliciting purchases of, shares of Common Stock
or (ii) paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any
other securities of the Company.
(l) The financial statements, together with the related notes, included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) present fairly in all
material respects the financial position, results of operations, cash flows, and changes in
stockholders’ equity of the Company or its predecessors, as applicable, as of and at the dates
indicated and for the periods specified (subject in the case of interim financial statements to
normal recurring year-end adjustments). Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
involved (except as otherwise noted therein), and comply with Regulation S-X of the Securities Act
Regulations. The financial data set forth in the Prospectus under the captions “Prospectus
Summary-Summary Financial Data,” “Selected Consolidated Financial Data” and “Capitalization” fairly
present the information set forth therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial
statements contained in the Prospectus.
(m) Except for the Underwriters and certain members of The Film Department Holdings, LLC,
there are no holders of securities of the Company who, by reason of the execution by the Company of
this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby, have the
right to request or demand that the Company register under the Securities Act or analogous foreign
laws and regulations securities held by them, other than such that have been duly exercised or
waived.
(n) The Company is not, and upon consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not
be, (i) an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), or be
subject to registration under the Investment Company Act, or (ii) a “holding company” or a
“subsidiary company” or an “affiliate” of a holding company within the meaning of the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
(o) The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and is listed for quotation on the Nasdaq Global Market, and
the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the
registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Stock from the
Nasdaq Global Market, nor has the Company received any
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notification that the Commission or the Nasdaq Global Market is contemplating terminating such
registration or listing.
(p) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby, including, without limitation, with respect to the Company, the corporate power and
authority to issue, sell and deliver the Shares as provided herein and the corporate power to
effect the use of proceeds from the Offering as described in the Prospectus.
(q) The Company is not (i) in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, (ii)
in breach or default (nor, as it relates to this parenthetical, to the knowledge of the Company,
does any condition exist that with notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute a breach
or default) in the performance of any obligation, agreement or condition contained in any bond,
debenture, note, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement or instrument to
which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties is subject, or (iii)
in violation, in any material respect, of any local, state or federal law, statute, ordinance,
rule, regulation, requirement, judgment or court decree applicable to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of their respective assets or properties (whether owned or leased).
(r) No action has been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order has been enacted,
adopted or issued by any governmental agency that prevents the issuance of the Shares or prevents
or suspends the use of the Prospectus; no injunction, restraining order or order of any kind by a
federal or state court of competent jurisdiction has been issued that prevents the issuance of the
Shares, prevents or suspends the sale of the Shares in any jurisdiction or that could adversely
affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Prospectus; and
every request of any securities authority or agency of any jurisdiction for additional information
has been complied with in all material respects.
(s) There is (i) no significant unfair labor practice complaint pending against the Company
nor, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against it, before the National Labor Relations
Board, any state or local labor relations board or any foreign labor relations board, and no
significant grievance or significant arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective
bargaining agreement is so pending against the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against it, (ii) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending against the
Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against it and (iii) to the knowledge of
the Company, no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of the
Company. To the knowledge of the Company, no collective bargaining organizing activities are taking
place with respect to the Company. The Company has not violated, in any material respect, (A) any
federal, state or local law or foreign law relating to discrimination in hiring, promotion or pay
of employees, (B) any applicable wage or hour laws or (C) any provision of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder (collectively, “ERISA”).
(t) The Company is not in violation of any federal or state law or regulation relating to
occupational safety and health or to the storage, handling or transportation of hazardous or toxic
materials and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Company has received all permits, licenses and
other approvals required of it under applicable federal and state
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occupational safety and health and environmental laws and regulations to conduct its business,
and the Company is in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or
approval, except any such violation of law or regulation, failure to receive required permits,
licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits,
licenses or approvals which would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no storage, disposal, generation, transportation,
handling or treatment of hazardous substances or solid wastes by the Company (or to the knowledge
of the Company any of its predecessors in interest) at, upon or from any of the property now or
previously owned or leased by the Company in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit which would require remedial action by the Company
under any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit except for
those which have already been remedied, have been provided for through escrow of a portion of the
acquisition consideration, have been assumed by a third party, or which would not result in, or
which would not be reasonably likely to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material
Adverse Effect. There has been no spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape, dumping or
release of any kind onto such property or into the environment surrounding such property of any
solid wastes or hazardous substances due to or caused by the Company, except for any such spill,
discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape, dumping or release which has already been remedied,
has been assumed by a third party, or which would not result, or which would not be reasonably
expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect. The terms
“hazardous substances” and “solid wastes” shall have the meanings set forth in any currently
applicable local, state, and federal laws or regulations with respect to environmental protection.
(u) The Company has (i) good and marketable title in fee simple to all items of real property
and defensible title to all personal property owned by it, free and clear of all security
interests, liens, charges, encumbrances, equities, restrictions, claims and other defects, except
such as are described in the Prospectus, including obligations owing to Eton Park or as would not
have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) peaceful and undisturbed possession of its properties
under all material leases to which it is a party as lessee. All material leases to which the
Company is a party are valid and binding, and no default by the Company has occurred and is
continuing thereunder and, to the knowledge of the Company, no material defaults by the landlord
are existing under any such lease that could result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) The Company has (i) all licenses, certificates, permits, authorizations, approvals,
franchises and other rights from, and has made all declarations and filings with, all federal,
state and local authorities, all self-regulatory authorities and all courts and other tribunals
(each an “Authorization”) necessary to engage in the business conducted by it in the manner
described in the Prospectus, except as described in the Prospectus or where failure to hold such
Authorizations would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii)
no reason to believe that any governmental body or agency is considering limiting, suspending or
revoking any such Authorization. Except where the failure to be in full force and effect would not
have a Material Adverse Effect, all such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect, and
the Company is in compliance in all material respects with the terms and conditions of all such
Authorizations and with the rules and regulations of the regulatory authorities having jurisdiction
with respect thereto.
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(w) Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of its officers, directors,
partners, employees, agents or affiliates or any other person acting on behalf of the Company, has,
directly or indirectly, given or agreed to give any money, gift or similar benefit (other than
legal price concessions to customers in the ordinary course of business) to any customer, supplier,
employee or agent of a customer or supplier, official or employee of any governmental agency
(domestic or foreign), instrumentality of any government (domestic or foreign) or any political
party or candidate for office (domestic or foreign) or other person who was, is or may be in a
position to help or hinder the business of the Company (or assist the Company in connection with
any actual or proposed transaction), which (i) might subject the Company, or any other individual
or entity, to any damage or penalty in any civil, criminal or governmental litigation or proceeding
(domestic or foreign), (ii) if not given in the past, might have had a Material Adverse Effect or
(iii) if not continued in the future, might have a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) All material tax returns required to be filed by the Company in all jurisdictions have
been so filed. All taxes, including withholding taxes, penalties and interest, assessments, fees
and other charges due or claimed to be due from such entities or that are due and payable have been
paid, other than those being contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings diligently
pursued and for which adequate reserves have been provided or those currently payable without
penalty or interest. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no material proposed additional tax
assessments against the Company or the assets or property of the Company. The Company has made
adequate (in the opinion of the Company) charges, accruals and reserves in the applicable financial
statements included in the Prospectus in respect of all federal, state and foreign income and
franchise taxes for all periods presented therein as to which the tax liability of the Company has
not been finally determined.
(y) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain
accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences thereto.
(z) The Company maintains insurance covering its properties, operations, personnel and
businesses with institutions it believes to be financially responsible. Such insurance insures
against such losses and risks as are adequate in accordance with customary industry practice to
protect the Company and its business. The Company has not received notice from any insurer or agent
of such insurer that substantial capital improvements or other expenditures will have to be made in
order to continue such insurance. All such insurance is outstanding and duly in force on the date
hereof, subject only to changes made in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past
practice, which do not, either individually or in the aggregate, materially alter the coverage
thereunder or the risks covered thereby. The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be
able (a) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (b) to obtain
comparable coverage from similar institutions as
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may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted or as presently
contemplated and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) The Company and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under ERISA) established or
maintained by the Company or its “ERISA Affiliates” (as defined below) are in compliance in all
material respects with ERISA. “ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company, any member of
any group of organizations described in Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”)
of which the Company is a member. No “reportable event” (as defined under ERISA) has occurred or is
reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit plan” established or maintained
by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates. No “employee benefit plan” established or maintained
by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates, if such “employee benefit plan” were terminated,
would have any “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined under ERISA). Neither the
Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability
under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee
benefit plan” or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code. Each “employee benefit plan”
established or maintained by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by
action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
(bb) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus and
up to the Closing Date, except as set forth in the Prospectus, (i) the Company has not incurred any
liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, that are or will be material, either individually
or in the aggregate, to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, nor entered into any
transaction not in the ordinary course of business, (ii) there has not been, either individually or
in the aggregate, any change or development that could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect; (iii) the Company has not purchased any of its outstanding capital stock,
nor declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital stock;
and (iv) there has been no material change in the capital stock, short-term debt or long-term debt
of the Company, except in each case as described in the Prospectus, or if the Prospectus is not in
existence the most recent Preliminary Prospectus.
(cc) Except pursuant to this Agreement, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings
between the Company and any other person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company
or any of the Underwriters for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection
with the issuance, purchase and sale of the Shares.
(dd) The statements (including the assumptions described therein) included in the Prospectus
(i) are within the coverage of Rule 175(b) under the Securities Act to the extent such data
constitute forward looking statements as defined in Rule 175(c) and (ii) were made by the Company
with a reasonable basis and reflect the Company’s good faith estimate of the matters described
therein.
(ee) The Company does not have any debt securities or preferred stock which is rated by any
“nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)
under the Securities Act.
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(ff) The Company has the power to submit, and pursuant to this Agreement has legally, validly,
effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the jurisdiction of any federal or state court in the
State of California, County of Los Angeles, and has the power to designate, appoint and empower and
pursuant to this Agreement has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably designated, appointed
and empowered an agent for service of process in any suit or proceeding based on or arising under
this Agreement in any federal or state court in the State of California, County of Los Angeles, as
provided in Section 13 hereof.
(gg) Each certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Underwriters
or counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation
and warranty by the Company to the Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.
(hh) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002.
The Company acknowledges that each of the Underwriters and, for purposes of the opinions to be
delivered to the Underwriters pursuant to Sections 6(b) and 6(c) hereof, counsel to the Company and
counsel to the Underwriters, will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the foregoing representations
and hereby consents to such reliance.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of
an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Shares
contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as
a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person.
Additionally, Underwriters are not advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax,
investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with
its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent
investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall
have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the
Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such
transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on
behalf of the Company.
2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Shares.
(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein
contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (i) the Company agrees to
issue and sell [ ] of the Firm Shares to the Underwriters and the Underwriters,
severally and not jointly, agree to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price per share of
$___, the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the respective names of the Underwriters in
Schedule I hereto plus any additional number of Shares which such Underwriter may become obligated
to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 hereof.
(b) Delivery of the Firm Shares to the Underwriters shall be made, against payment of the
purchase price therefore, at the offices of Xxxxxx Securities, Inc. in San Diego, California
(“Xxxxxx”), or such other location as may be mutually acceptable. Such delivery and payment shall
be made at 8:00 a.m., San Diego time, on , 2010, or at such other
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time as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriters and the Company. The time and date of such
delivery and payment are herein called the “Closing Date.” On the Closing Date, one or more Firm
Shares in definitive global form, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The
Depositary Trust Company, New York, New York (“DTC”), having an aggregate amount corresponding to
the aggregate principal amount of the Shares sold to the Underwriters (the “Global Shares”) shall
be delivered by the Company to Xxxxxx Securities, Inc. (“Xxxxxx”), as agent for the Underwriters,
against payment by the Underwriters of the purchase price therefor, by wire transfer, in same-day
funds to an account designated by the Company, provided that the Company shall give at least two
business days’ prior written notice to Xxxxxx of the information required to effect such wire
transfer. The Global Shares shall be made available to Xxxxxx for inspection not later than 9:30
a.m. on the business day immediately preceding the Closing Date.
(c) In addition, the Company hereby grants to the Underwriters the option to purchase up to
[ ] Additional Shares at the same purchase price per share to be paid by the
Underwriters to the Company for the Firm Shares as set forth in Section 2(a) hereof, for the sole
purpose of covering over-allotments, if any, in the sale of Firm Shares by the Underwriters. This
option may be exercised at any time, in whole or in part, on or before the forty-fifth day
following the date of the Prospectus, by written notice to the Company from Xxxxxx on behalf of the
Underwriters. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Additional Shares as to which the
option is being exercised and the date and time, as reasonably determined by Xxxxxx on behalf of
the Underwriters, when the Additional Shares are to be delivered (such date and time being herein
sometimes referred to as the “Additional Closing Date”); provided, however, that the Additional
Closing Date shall not be earlier than the Closing Date or, if thereafter, earlier than the third
full business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised nor later than the
eighth full business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised (unless such
time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 9 hereof). Certificates
for the Additional Shares shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized
denominations as you may request in writing at least two full business days prior to the Additional
Closing Date. The Company will permit you to examine and package such certificates for delivery at
least one full business day prior to the Additional Closing Date.
The number of Additional Shares to be sold to each Underwriter shall be the number which bears
the same ratio to the aggregate number of Additional Shares being purchased as the number of Firm
Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto (or such number
increased as set forth in Section 9 hereof) subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate any
fractional shares as Xxxxxx on behalf of the Underwriters in its sole discretion shall make.
Delivery of the Additional Shares to the Underwriters shall be made, against payment of the
purchase price therefore, at the offices of Xxxxxx in San Diego, California, or such other location
as may be mutually acceptable. Such delivery and payment shall be made at 10:00 am, San Diego time,
on the Additional Closing Date or at such other time as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriters
and the Company. On the Additional Closing Date, one or more Additional Shares in definitive global
form, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, having an aggregate amount
corresponding to the aggregate principal amount of the Shares sold to the Underwriters (the
“Additional Global Shares”) shall be delivered by the Company to
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Xxxxxx, as agent for the Underwriters, against payment by the Underwriters of the purchase
price therefore, by wire transfer, in same-day funds to an account designated by the Company,
provided that the Company shall give at least two business days’ prior written notice to Xxxxxx of
the information required to effect such wire transfer. The Additional Global Shares shall be made
available to Xxxxxx for inspection not later than 9:30 a.m. on the business day immediately
preceding the Additional Closing Date.
3. Offering. Upon your authorization of the release of the Firm Shares, the Underwriters
propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale to the public upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.
4. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriters that:
(a) If the Registration Statement has not yet been declared effective on the date of this
Agreement, the Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement and any
amendments thereto to become effective as promptly as possible, and if Rule 430A is used or the
filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b) or Rule 434, the Company will file
the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 434
within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to you of such timely
filing. If the Company elects to rely on Rule 434, the Company will prepare and file a term sheet
that complies with the requirements of Rule 434.
The Company will notify you immediately (and, if requested by you, will confirm such notice in
writing) (i) when the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto become effective, (ii) of
any request by the Commission for any amendment of or supplement to the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iii) of the mailing or the delivery to the
Commission for filing of any amendment of or supplement to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of the initiation, or the
threatening, of any proceedings therefore, (v) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission
and (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for that purpose. If the Commission shall propose or enter a stop order at any time, the
Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if issued, to
obtain the lifting of such order as soon as possible. The Company will not file any amendment to
the Registration Statement or any amendment of or supplement to the Prospectus (including the
prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 434) that differs from the
prospectus on file at the time of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement before or after
the effective date of the Registration Statement to which you shall reasonably object in writing
after being timely furnished in advance a copy thereof.
(b) If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under
the Securities Act, any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then
amended or supplemented would, in the judgment of the Underwriters or the Company, include an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary at any
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time to amend or supplement the Prospectus or Registration Statement to comply with the
Securities Act or the Securities Act Regulations, the Company will notify you promptly and prepare
and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment or supplement (in form and substance
satisfactory to you) which will correct such statement or omission and will use its best efforts to
have any amendment to the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as possible.
(c) The Company will promptly deliver to you two signed copies of the Registration Statement,
including exhibits and all amendments thereto, and the Company will promptly deliver to each of the
Underwriters such number of copies of any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration
Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, as you may reasonably
request.
(d) The Company will endeavor in good faith, in cooperation with you, at or prior to the time
of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under
the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Shares of such jurisdictions as you may
designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution
thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify
as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process.
(e) The Company will make generally available (within the meaning of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act) to its security holders and to you as soon as practicable, but not later than 45
days after the end of its fiscal quarter in which the first anniversary date of the effective date
of the Registration Statement occurs, an earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions
of Rule 158 of the Securities Act Regulations) covering a period of at least twelve consecutive
months beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement.
(f) Other than the Company’s sale of Shares hereunder, the Company’s issuance of Common Stock
pursuant to any existing employee benefit plans or upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of any
currently outstanding stock options or warrants and as otherwise described in the Prospectus,
during the period of 180 days from the date hereof, the Company will not, and will not permit any
of its affiliates, directly or indirectly, to (i) offer, pledge, sell, or contract to sell, sell
any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option right
or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, or (ii) enter into any
swap, derivative transaction or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part,
any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock (whether any such transaction is
to be settled by delivery of Common Stock, other securities, cash or other consideration) or
otherwise dispose of, any Common Stock (or any securities convertible into, exercisable for or
exchangeable for Common Stock) or any interest therein or announce any intention to do any of the
foregoing without the prior written consent of the Underwriters. The Company will obtain the
undertaking of each of its officers and directors and such of its other stockholders as have been
heretofore designated by you and listed in Schedule II-A attached hereto not to engage in any of
the aforementioned transactions or to announce their intention to do any of the foregoing on their
own behalf.
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(g) During a period of three years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, the
Company will furnish to you copies of (i) all reports to its stockholders; and (ii) all reports,
financial statements and proxy or information statements filed by the Company with the Commission
or any national securities exchange.
(h) The Company will apply its net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as set forth under the
caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.
(i) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Shares to be listed on the Nasdaq
Global Market.
(j) In the event the Common Stock becomes delisted on the Nasdaq Global Market, [then the
Company will register and remain covered by Standard & Poor’s Corporation Records Guide or another
recognized securities manual for a period of three years commencing on the Closing Date.]
(k) The Company shall at all times prior to the completion of the Offering allow, or take such
actions as are necessary to facilitate, the Underwriters and their representatives to conduct all
due diligence on the Company and the Shares which the Underwriters may reasonably require.
(l) The Company shall maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of
incorporation of the Company, a registrar for the Common Stock and to cause such transfer agent to
furnish upon request of the Underwriters a duplicate copy of the daily transfer sheets prepared by
the transfer agent during the 12-month period commencing on the effective date of the Registration
Statement and instruct the transfer agent to timely provide, upon the request of the Underwriters,
from time to time, duplicate copies of such transfer sheets and/or a duplicate copy of a list of
stockholders, all at the Company’s expense, for a period of four years after such 12-month period.
(m) At the time of purchase of the Firm Shares, the Company agrees to sell to Xxxxxx for a
total purchase price of $100.00, a Warrant (the “Firm Share Warrant”) entitling Xxxxxx or its
assigns to purchase [___] shares of Common Stock at a price equal to $ per share. At the
time of purchase of the Additional Shares, if any, the Company agrees to sell to Xxxxxx for a total
purchase price of $100.00, an additional Warrant (the “Additional Shares Warrant” and along with
the Firm Shares Warrant, the “Warrants”) entitling Xxxxxx or its assigns to purchase [___]
shares of Common Stock at a price equal to $ per share. The Warrants shall be exercisable for
four years commencing six months from the time of purchase and shall contain cashless exercise
provisions and anti-dilution provisions as are reasonably acceptable to Xxxxxx. If the Company
shall at any time during the period in which the Warrants are exercisable register an offering of
its securities on Form X-0, X-0, X-0 or the equivalent (including a post-effective amendment to
Form S-1, but not a Registration Statement on Forms S-4 or S-8), the holders of a Warrant shall
have the option of choosing to have included therein without any cost to themselves, any or all of
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such Warrant. In connection therewith, the
Company shall give such holders at least 30 days’ written notice prior to the filing of a
Registration Statement. Such notice shall be given each time a Registration Statement is
contemplated until such time as all of the Warrants have been exercised. A holder of a Warrant
shall exercise its Warrant by giving written notice within 15
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days of the receipt of the aforesaid notice of the Company’s intent to file a Registration
Statement. In addition, holders of a majority of the Warrants shall also have a one time right to
compel the Company to register for public sale the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
such Warrant. Immediately after the receipt of the written notice demanding registration, the
Company shall give a notice to the other holders of such Warrants who shall have 20 days to elect
to include their shares of Common Stock in such Registration Statement. The Company shall promptly
file such Registration Statement and use its best efforts to have it declared effective and keep it
current and accurate for a period of 180 days thereafter (or 12 months if on Form S-3). No holders
of a Warrant shall be required to exercise a Warrant as a condition of registration. All costs
associated with the Registration Statements shall be paid by the Company, except for attorney’s
fees of counsel to the holders of the Warrant. Until the earlier of the expiration or exercise of
a Warrant, the Company shall keep reserved sufficient shares of Common Stock for issuance upon
exercise of such Warrant.
(n) The Company hereby agrees to afford the Underwriters the right, but not the obligation,
commencing on the effective date and terminating three years thereafter, to designate one
non-voting advisor to the Board of Directors of the Company. The designee, if any, and Xxxxxx will
receive notice of, and the designee, if any, will be entitled to attend each meeting of the Board
of Directors in according with Delaware law, at such designee’s own expense.
(o) The Company hereby agrees to afford Xxxxxx the right, but not the obligation, commencing
on the effective date and terminating three years thereafter, to sell for the account of the
Company’s current and future officers and directors (collectively, the “144 Sellers”) any
securities sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, and the Company shall require each
of the 144 Sellers to execute an agreement containing the terms contained in this subsection. Each
of the 144 Sellers agrees to give notice to Xxxxxx of 144 Seller’s intent to offer for sale any
shares of Common Stock. Xxxxxx will have 48 hours excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays when
the Nasdaq Global Market is closed (“48 Hours”) to make an offer for the entire number of shares
covered by the notice. Assuming that Xxxxxx makes such an offer within 48 Hours, the 144 Seller
will have 48 Hours to sell the entire number of shares through or to another broker-dealer for the
net price which is better than the price offered by Xxxxxx (the “Net Price”). If 144 Seller does
so, then Xxxxxx shall have no rights to purchase for its account or sell for the account of the 144
Seller the shares covered by the notice. The Net Price shall be adjusted during the 48 Hours by the
amount of any change upwards or downwards in the last sales price. If the 144 Seller gives notice
to Xxxxxx that it is unable to obtain a better Net Price, Xxxxxx may purchase all the shares
contained in the notice for its own account or sell all of the shares contained in the notice for
the account of the 144 Seller at the Net Price, subject to adjustment as provided in this
subsection, or the 144 Seller may thereafter sell such shares through another broker-dealer.
(p) In the event the Department of Corporate Financing of the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (“FINRA”) shall determine that any common stock of the Company or stock options issued
to, or financial consulting or other agreements of the Company, with any person or persons who are
unaffiliated with the Underwriters are nevertheless considered underwriting compensation, the
Company will take such action as FINRA may require to prevent such stock options or agreements from
having any adverse effect on the Underwriters allowable compensation. In the event that FINRA still
deems the Underwriters compensation to be
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unacceptable, the Underwriters shall, in their sole discretion, make such further adjustments
to the form of their compensation as they deem necessary to obtain FINRA clearance, so long as such
compensation adjustments do not increase the amount of total compensation provided for in this
Agreement.
5. Payment of Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are
consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company hereby agrees to pay all costs and
expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder, including those
in connection with (i) preparing, printing, duplicating, filing and distributing the Registration
Statement, as originally filed and all amendments thereof (including all exhibits thereto), any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto (including,
without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and counsel), the underwriting
documents (including this Agreement) and all other documents related to the public offering of the
Shares (including those supplied to the Underwriters in quantities as herein above stated), (ii)
the issuance, transfer and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters, including any transfer or
other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the qualification of the Shares under state or foreign
securities or blue sky laws, including the costs of printing and mailing a preliminary and final
“Blue Sky Survey” and the fees of counsel for the Underwriters and such counsel’s disbursements in
relation thereto, (iv) listing the Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market, (v) filing fees of the
Commission and FINRA, (vi) the cost of printing certificates representing the Shares, (vii) the
cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar for the Common Stock, (viii) the costs and
expenses of the Company relating to presentations or meetings undertaken in connection with the
marketing of the offering and sale of the Shares to prospective investors and the Underwriters’
sales forces, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show
slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged by the Company in connection with
the road show presentations, travel, lodging and other expenses incurred by the officers of the
Company and any such consultants, and (ix) the Underwriters non-accountable expense allowance equal
to 2% of the gross proceeds raised in the Offering from all sources with credit given for $50,000
that has previously been remitted to Xxxxxx and is non-refundable.
6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase
and pay for the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares (as the case may be), as provided herein,
shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein
contained, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (for purposes of this Section 6,
“Closing Date” shall refer to the Closing Date for the Firm Shares and any Additional Closing Date,
if different, for the Additional Shares), to the absence from any certificates, opinions, written
statements or letters furnished to you or to the Law Office of Xxxx X. Agron (“Underwriters’
Counsel”) pursuant to this Section 6 of any material misstatement or omission, to the performance
by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to the following additional conditions:
(a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective not later than 1:00 p.m., San Diego
time, on the date of this Agreement, or at such later time and date as shall have been consented to
in writing by you; if the Company shall have elected to rely upon Rule 430A or Rule 434 of the
Securities Act Regulations, the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in a timely
fashion in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and, at or prior to the Closing Date no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
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post-effective amendment thereof shall have been issued and no proceedings therefore shall
have been initiated or threatened by the Commission.
(b) At the Closing Date, you shall have received the opinions of Squire, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
L.L.P., counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date addressed to the Underwriters and in form
and substance satisfactory to Underwriters’ Counsel, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly organized and the Company and each of its subsidiaries,
as the case may be, is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of
its organization. The Company and each of its subsidiaries is duly qualified and in good
standing as a foreign corporation or limited liability company, as the case may be, in each
jurisdiction in which the character or location of its properties (owned, leased or
licensed) or the nature or conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary,
except for those failures to be so qualified or in good standing which will not in the
aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its subsidiaries has all
requisite corporate authority to own, lease and license its respective properties and
conduct its business as now being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, all of the outstanding shares of
capital stock or equity interests of the Company’s subsidiaries are owned beneficially and
of record by the Company and have been validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable.
(ii) The Company has an authorized capital stock as set forth in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus. All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock are duly and
validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are not subject to any
preemptive rights, and no preemptive rights of stockholders exist with respect to any of the
Company’s Common Stock. The Shares to be delivered by the Company on the Closing Date have
been duly and validly authorized and, when delivered by the Company against payment
therefore in accordance with this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or
similar rights. The certificates for the Common Stock are in due and proper form. The Common
Stock, the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares conform in all material respects to the
descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(iii) The Shares (including the Additional Shares) have been approved for listing, on
the Nasdaq Global Market, subject only to notice of issuance.
(iv) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
(v) There is no litigation or governmental or other action, suit, proceeding or
investigation before any court or before or by any public, regulatory or governmental agency
or body pending or to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened against, or involving the
properties or business of, the Company, which is of a character required to be disclosed in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus which has not been properly disclosed therein.
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(vi) The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement, the issuance, offering
and sale of the Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the
Company do not and will not violate, conflict with or constitute a breach of any of the
terms and provisions of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of
time, or both, would constitute a default), or result in the creation or imposition of any
lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or result in any acceleration of any indebtedness of the Company pursuant to
(A) any bond, debenture, note, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other Material
agreement known to such counsel to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party
or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets
are or may be bound (B) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets or (C) to the knowledge of
such counsel, any judgment, order or decree of any court or governmental agency or authority
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties or assets. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing,
qualification, license or permit of or with any court or any governmental agency or
authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties or assets is required for the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for (1)
such as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters (as to which such counsel need
express no opinion) and (2) such as have been made or obtained under the Securities Act.
(vii) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendments thereof or
supplements thereto (other than the financial statements and other financial, reserve,
production or other statistical data included therein, as to which no opinion need be
rendered) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations.
(viii) The Registration Statement is effective under the Securities Act, and, to the
knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof has been issued and no proceedings
therefore have been initiated or threatened by the Commission and all filings required by
Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act Regulations have been made.
(ix) To the knowledge of such counsel, other than the Underwriters and certain members
of The Film Department Holdings, LLC, there are no holders of securities of the Company who,
by reason of the execution by the Company of this Agreement or the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated hereby, have the right to request or demand that
the Company register under the Securities Act or analogous foreign laws and regulations
securities held by them, other than those such that have been duly exercised or waived.
(x) The statements in the Prospectus under the sections “Our Business” and “Description
of Capital Stock and Related Shareholder Matters,” which purport to summarize the provisions
of the statutes, regulations, contracts, and other
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documents, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of documents referred to
therein or matters of law, are, in all material respects, accurate and fair summaries of
such matters and documents.
(xi) Such counsel does not know of any contracts or documents required to be filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus which are not so filed or described as required.
(xii) To the knowledge of such counsel, the documents incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus (other than the financial statements and related scheduled therein, as to which
such counsel need express no opinion), when they were filed with the Commission complied as
to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act, as applicable,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and they have no reason to
believe that any of such documents, when such documents were so filed contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made when such
documents were so filed, not misleading.
In addition, such opinion shall also contain a statement that such counsel has participated in
conferences with officers and representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent
registered public accountants for the Company and the Underwriters at which the contents of the
Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, no facts have come to the attention of such
counsel which would lead such counsel to believe that either the Registration Statement at the time
it became effective (including the information deemed to be part of the Registration Statement at
the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A(b) or Rule 434, if applicable), or any amendment
thereof made prior to the Closing Date as of the date of such amendment, contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus as of its date (or
any amendment thereof or supplement thereto made prior to the Closing Date as of the date of such
amendment or supplement) and as of the Closing Date contained or contains an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading (it being understood that such counsel need express no belief or opinion with
respect to the financial statements and other financial, reserve, production or other statistical
data included therein).
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application
of laws other than the federal laws of the United States and jurisdictions in which they are
admitted, to the extent such counsel deems proper and to the extent specified in such opinion, if
at all, upon an opinion or opinions (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Underwriters’
Counsel) of other counsel reasonably acceptable to Underwriters’ Counsel, familiar with the
applicable laws; and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of
responsible officers of the Company and certificates or other written statements of officers of
departments of various jurisdictions having custody of documents respecting the corporate existence
or good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries, provided that copies of any such statements
or certificates shall be delivered to Underwriters’ Counsel. The opinion of
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such counsel for the Company shall state that the opinion of any such other counsel is being
relied upon and for what purpose.
(c) All proceedings taken in connection with the sale of the Firm Shares and the Additional
Shares as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to you and to
Underwriters’ Counsel, and the Underwriters shall have received from said Underwriters’ Counsel a
favorable opinion, dated as of the Closing Date with respect to the issuance and sale of the
Shares, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and such other related matters as you may
reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to Underwriters’ Counsel such documents as
they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(d) At the Closing Date, you shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that (i) the
condition set forth in subsection (a) of this Section 6 has been satisfied, (ii) as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in
Section 1 hereof are accurate, (iii) as of the Closing Date the obligations of the Company to be
performed hereunder on or prior thereto have been duly performed and (iv) subsequent to the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
the Company has not sustained a Material Adverse Effect as a result of any material loss or
interference with its business or properties from fire, flood, hurricane, accident or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or any legal or
governmental proceeding, and the Company has not sustained a Material Adverse Effect, or any
development involving a Material Adverse Effect, in the business, prospects, properties,
operations, condition (financial or otherwise), affairs or management of the Company, except in
each case as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus.
(e) At the time this Agreement is executed and at the Closing Date, you shall have received a
letter from BDO Xxxxxxx, LLP, independent registered public accountants for the Company, dated,
respectively, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date addressed to the
Underwriters and in form and substance satisfactory to you, stating that, among other things: (i)
they are independent certified public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of
the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and stating that the information provided in
response to Item 10 of Form S-1 is correct insofar as it relates to them; (ii) in their opinion,
the financial statements and schedules of the Company included in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus and covered by their opinion therein comply as to form in all material respects with
the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable published rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder; (iii) on the basis of procedures consisting of a reading
of the latest available unaudited interim financial statements of the Company, a reading of the
minutes of meetings and consents of the stockholders and Board of Directors of the Company and the
committees of such Board of Directors subsequent to December 31, 2008, inquiries of officers and
other employees of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters of the
Company with respect to transactions and events subsequent to December 31, 2008, a review of
interim financial information in accordance with the standards established by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and other specified procedures and inquiries to a date
not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, nothing has come to their attention that
would cause them to believe that: (A) the unaudited financial statements and schedules of the
Company
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presented in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including the quarterly
information set forth under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations,” do not comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and, if applicable, the Exchange Act and
the applicable published rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or that such unaudited
consolidated financial statements are not fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a basis substantially consistent with that of the audited
financial statements included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; (B) with respect to
the period subsequent to September 30, 2009, there were, as of the date of the most recently
available monthly consolidated financial statements of the Company, if any, and as of a specified
date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, any changes in the capital stock or
long-term indebtedness of the Company or any decrease in the net current assets or shareholders’
equity of the Company, in each case as compared with the amounts shown in the most recent balance
sheet presented in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except for changes or decreases
which the Registration Statement and the Prospectus disclose have occurred or may occur or which
are set forth in such letter; (C) that during the period from September 30, 2009 to the date of the
most recent available monthly financial statements of the Company, if any, and to a specified date
not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, there was any decrease, as compared with
the corresponding period in the prior fiscal year, in total revenues, or total or per share net
income, except for decreases which the Registration Statement and the Prospectus disclose have
occurred or may occur or which are set forth in such letter; (D) the unaudited pro forma income
statements and balance sheets presented in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus do not
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Securities Act and, if applicable, the Exchange Act and the applicable published rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, that such unaudited pro forma income statements and
balance sheets are not fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
applied on a basis substantially consistent with that of the audited financial statements included
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or that the pro forma adjustments have not been
properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements; or (E) any other
unaudited pro forma income statement data or balance sheet items included in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding amounts in the pro forma income
statements or balance sheets included in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; and (iv) they
have compared specific dollar amounts, numbers of shares, percentages of revenues and earnings, and
other financial information pertaining to the Company set forth in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, which have been specified by you prior to the date of this Agreement, to the extent
that such amounts, numbers, percentages, and information may be derived from the general accounting
and financial records of the Company or from schedules furnished by the Company, and excluding any
questions requiring an interpretation by legal counsel, with the results obtained from the
application of specified readings, inquiries, and other appropriate procedures specified by you set
forth in such letter, and found them to be in agreement.
(f) Prior to the Closing Date the Company shall have furnished to you such further
information, certificates and documents as you may reasonably request.
(g) You shall have received from each person who is a director or officer of the Company and
from such other stockholders as have been heretofore designated by you and listed
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in Schedule II-A hereto a lock-up agreement substantially similar to the lock-up agreement
listed in Schedule II-B for a period of up to 180 days.
(h) FINRA, upon review of the terms of the Offering, shall not have objected to your
participation in such offering.
(i) At the Closing Date, all of the Shares (including the Additional Shares) shall have been
approved for listing on the Nasdaq Global Market, subject only to notice of issuance.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled or waived
when and as required by this Agreement, or if any of the certificates, opinions, written statements
or letters furnished to you or to Underwriters’ Counsel pursuant to this Section 6 shall not be in
all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to you and to Underwriters’
Counsel, all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled by you at, or at any time
prior to, the Closing Date and the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Additional
Shares may be canceled by you at, or at any time prior to, the Additional Closing Date. Notice of
such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing, or by telephone, telex or telegraph,
confirmed in writing.
7. Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if
any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section
20(a) of the Exchange Act, against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees and any and all expenses
whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or
litigation), jointly or severally, to which they or any of them may become subject under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages
or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the
registration of the Shares, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or any related
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or
arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided,
however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent, but only to the
extent, that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any
such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf
of any Underwriter through you expressly for use therein. This indemnity agreement will be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have, including under this Agreement.
(b) Each Underwriter severally, and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, each of the directors of the Company, each of the officers of the Company who shall have
signed the Registration Statement and each other person, if any, who controls the Company within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, against any
and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
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whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees and any and all expenses
whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or
litigation), jointly or severally, to which they or any of them may become subject under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages
or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the
registration of the Shares, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or any related
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or
arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each
case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense
arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through you expressly for use therein; provided,
however, that in no case shall any Underwriter be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of
the underwriting discount applicable to the Shares purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. This
indemnity will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have, including
under this Agreement. The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth in the [PARAGRAPHS TO
BE IDENTIFIED] paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus constitute the only
information furnished in writing by or on behalf of any Underwriter expressly for use in the
Registration Statement relating to the Shares as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, any
related Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto,
as the case may be.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsections (a) and (b) above of
notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify each party
against whom indemnification is to be sought in writing of the commencement thereof (but the
failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may
have under this Section 7, except to the extent such failure prejudiced the indemnifying party). In
case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying
party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein,
and to the extent it may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after
receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with
counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnified
party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the
fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties
unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by one of the
indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the indemnifying parties
shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such action within a reasonable
time after notice of commencement of the action, or (iii) such indemnified party or parties shall
have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different
from or additional to those available to one or all of the indemnifying parties (in which case the
indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the
indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by the
indemnifying parties. Anything in this subsection to the contrary notwithstanding, an
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indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any claim or action effected
without its written consent; provided, however, that such consent was not unreasonably withheld. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or
could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party,
unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
liability or claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
8. Contribution. In order to provide for contribution in circumstances in which the
indemnification provided for in Section 7 hereof is for any reason held to be unavailable from any
indemnifying party or is insufficient to hold harmless a party indemnified thereunder, the Company
and the Underwriters shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnification provision (including any investigation,
legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any
action, suit or proceeding or any claims asserted, but after deducting in the case of losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and expenses suffered by the Company any contribution received by the
Company from persons, other than the Underwriters, who may also be liable for contribution,
including persons who control the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, officers of the Company who signed the Registration Statement
and directors of the Company) as incurred to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters
may be subject, in such proportions as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by
the Company and the Underwriters from the offering of the Shares or, if such allocation is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative
benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Underwriters in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Company and the Underwriters shall be deemed to be in the same proportion
as (x) the total proceeds from the offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions but
before deducting expenses) received by the Company and (y) the underwriting discounts and
commissions received by the Underwriters, respectively, in each case as set forth in the table on
the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company and of the Underwriters shall
be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were
treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 8, (i) in no case shall any Underwriter be liable or responsible for any amount in excess
of the underwriting discount applicable to the Shares purchased by such Underwriter hereunder, and
(ii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8 and the preceding
sentence, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were
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offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise
been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. For purposes of this Section 8, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act shall have the
same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, each
officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the
Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to clauses
(i) and (ii) of this Section 8. Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of
notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a
claim for contribution may be made against another party or parties, notify each party or parties
from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not
relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any obligation it or they
may have under this Section 8 or otherwise, except to the extent such failure prejudiced such
party. No party shall be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled
without its consent; provided, however, that such consent was not unreasonably withheld.
9. Default by an Underwriter.
(a) If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall default in its or their obligation to purchase
Firm Shares or Additional Shares hereunder, and if the Firm Shares or Additional Shares with
respect to which such default relates do not (after giving effect to arrangements, if any, made by
you pursuant to subsection (b) below) exceed in the aggregate 10% of the number of Firm Shares or
Additional Shares, the Firm Shares or Additional Shares to which the default relates shall be
purchased by the non-defaulting Underwriters in proportion to the respective proportions which the
numbers of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I hereto bear to the
aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of the non-defaulting Underwriters.
(b) In the event that such default relates to more than 10% of the Firm Shares or Additional
Shares, as the case may be, you may in your discretion arrange for yourself or for another party or
parties (including any non-defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters who so agree) to purchase such
Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, to which such default relates on the terms
contained herein. In the event that within five calendar days after such a default you do not
arrange for the purchase of the Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, to which such
default relates as provided in this Section 9, this Agreement or, in the case of a default with
respect to the Additional Shares, the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and of the
Company to sell the Additional Shares shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of
the Company with respect thereto or the Underwriters (except in each case as provided in Sections
5, 7 and 8 hereof), but nothing in this Agreement shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters of its or their liability, if any, to the other Underwriters and the Company for
damages occasioned by its or their default hereunder.
(c) In the event that the Firm Shares or Additional Shares to which the default relates are to
be purchased by the non-defaulting Underwriters, or are to be purchased by another party or parties
as aforesaid, you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing
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Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be for a period, not exceeding five business
days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or in any other documents and arrangements, and the Company agrees to
file promptly any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which, in
the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, may thereby be made necessary or advisable. The term
“Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any party substituted under this Section 9
with like effect as if it had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Firm
Shares and Additional Shares.
10. Survival of Representations and Agreements. All representations and warranties, covenants
and agreements of the Underwriters and the Company contained in this Agreement, including
representations of the Company in Section 1, the agreements contained in Section 5, the indemnity
agreements contained in Section 7, the contribution agreements contained in Section 8 and the
agreements contained in Section 13, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless
of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person thereof or
by or on behalf of the Company, any of its officers and directors or any controlling person thereof
and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares to and by the Underwriters. The agreements
contained in Sections 5, 7, 8, 11(d) and 13 hereof shall survive the termination of this Agreement,
including termination pursuant to Sections 9 or 11 hereof.
11. Effective Date of Agreement; Termination.
(a) This Agreement shall become effective, upon the later of when (i) you and the Company
shall have received notification of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or (ii) the
execution of this Agreement. If either the public offering price or the purchase price per Share
has not been agreed upon prior to 5:00 p.m., San Diego time, on the fifth full business day after
the Registration Statement shall have become effective, this Agreement shall thereupon terminate
without liability to the Company or the Underwriters except as herein expressly provided. Until
this Agreement becomes effective as aforesaid, it may be terminated by the Company by notifying you
or by you by notifying the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section
11 and of Sections 5, 7, 8 and 13 hereof shall at all times be in full force and effect.
(b) You shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time prior to the Closing
Date, or the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Additional Shares at any time prior to
the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, (A) if trading in the Company’s securities or
securities in general on the Nasdaq Global Market shall have been suspended, or minimum or maximum
prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have
been required, on the Nasdaq Global Market by the Nasdaq Global Market or by order of the
Commission or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction; or (B) if a banking moratorium
has been declared by a state or federal authority; or (C) if the United States becomes engaged in
hostilities or there is an escalation of hostilities involving the United States or there is a
declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States, as in your judgment, makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale and delivery of the Firm Shares or
the Additional Shares, as the case may be, on the terms contemplated by the Prospectus.
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(c) Any notice of termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be by telephone, telex, or
telegraph, confirmed in writing by letter.
(d) If the sale of the Shares provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to
the obligations of the Underwriters set forth herein is not satisfied or because of any refusal,
inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any
provision hereof, the Company will, subject to demand by you, reimburse the Underwriters for all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of their counsel),
incurred by the Underwriters in connection herewith up to $100,000 (of which $50,000 has been
previously paid).
12. Notices. All communications hereunder, except as may be otherwise specifically provided
herein, shall be in writing and, if sent to any Underwriter, shall be mailed or delivered and
confirmed in writing, to such Underwriter c/o Girard Securities, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx X,
Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, with a copy to: Law Office of Xxxx X.
Agron, 0000 XXX Xxxx., Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000; if sent to the Company, shall
be mailed or delivered and confirmed in writing to the Company, The Film Department Holdings, Inc.,
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx., 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxx
with a copy to Squire, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
00000, Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx.
13. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities; Appointment of Agent for Service.
(a) Each of the Company and the Underwriters:
(i) irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any California State or
federal court sitting in the State of California, County of Los Angeles and any appellate
court from any thereof in any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or any other document delivered in connection herewith and irrevocably waives any
immunity from such action or proceeding it may otherwise enjoy in the aforementioned courts;
(ii) irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may
be heard and determined in such California State court or in such federal court;
(iii) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an
inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding; and
(iv) irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers , [Address], as
its designee, appointee and authorized agent to receive for and on its behalf service of any
and all legal process, summons, notices and documents that may be served in any action, suit
or proceeding brought against it, with respect to its obligations, liabilities or any other
matter arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other document delivered in
connection herewith and that such service may be made on such designee, appointee and
authorized agent in accordance with legal procedures prescribed for such courts, and it
being understood that the designation and appointment of CT Corporation System as such
authorized agent shall become effective
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immediately without any further action; and further agrees that to the extent permitted
by law, proper service of process upon CT Corporation System (or its successors as agent for
service of process), shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it
in any such action, suit or proceeding.
(b) Nothing in this Section 13 shall affect the right of any person to serve legal process in
any other manner permitted by law or affect the right of any person to bring any action or
proceeding against the Company or the Underwriters or its properties in the courts of other
jurisdictions.
(c) The provisions of this Section 13 shall survive any termination of this Agreement, in
whole or in part.
14. Parties. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon,
the Underwriters and the Company and the controlling persons, directors, officers and others
referred to in Sections 7 and 8, and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person
shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. The term “successors
and assigns” shall not include a purchaser, in its capacity as such, of Shares from any of the
Underwriters.
15. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of California for contracts made and to be fully performed in such state without
regard to principles of conflicts of law.
16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile
transmission) in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original but all
of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between you, the Underwriters and the
Company, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter
shall constitute a binding agreement among us.
Very truly yours, THE FILM DEPARTMENT HOLDINGS, INC. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
ACCEPTED AND AGREED
AS OF THE DATE
FIRST ABOVE WRITTEN
AS OF THE DATE
FIRST ABOVE WRITTEN
xxxxxx securities, inc.
As Representative of the Several Underwriters
Named in Schedule I Hereto
c/o Girard Securities, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx X
Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
As Representative of the Several Underwriters
Named in Schedule I Hereto
c/o Girard Securities, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx X
Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
By: | ||||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Chief Executive Officer |
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriters
Total Number of Firm | ||||
Name of Underwriter | Shares to be Purchased | |||
Xxxxxx Securities, Inc. |
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TOTAL |
[____________] |
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SCHEDULE II-A
Lock-Up Individuals
[Individuals to be listed along with share amounts]
Name | Number of Shares |
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SCHEDULE II-B
Lock-Up Agreement
This Lock-Up Letter Agreement is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed
Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) to be entered into by The Film Department
Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) and you, as Representative of the several Underwriters named
therein, with respect to the public offering (the “Offering”) of Common Stock, par value $ per
share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.
In consideration of the Underwriters’ agreement to purchase and make the Offering of the
Common Stock, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxx
Securities, Inc. (“Xxxxxx”) on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not, during the
period ending 180 days after the date of the prospectus relating to the Offering (the
“Prospectus”), (1) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any
option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or
warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of
Common Stock of the Company, or any securities of the Company which are substantially similar to
the Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common
Stock (including, but not limited to, Common Stock which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by
the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant) or (2)
enter into any swap, option, future, forward or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in
part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or any securities of the
Company which are substantially similar to the Common Stock, including, but not limited to, any
security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, whether any such
transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or
such other securities, in cash or otherwise. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the
prior written consent of Xxxxxx on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period
ending 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, make any demand for or exercise any right with
respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any substantially similar securities
of the Company, including but not limited to, any security convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and any duly appointed transfer agent for the
registration or transfer of the securities described herein are hereby authorized to decline to
make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this
Lock-Up Agreement.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and
authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be
conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns,
heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.
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The undersigned understands that the Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting Agreement
and proceeding with the Offering in reliance upon this Lock-Up Agreement.
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