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EXHIBIT 1.1
_____________ SHARES
SYMYX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
COMMON STOCK
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
_____________, 1999
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX & XXXXXXXX SECURITIES CORPORATION
INVEMED ASSOCIATES LLC
XXXXXXXX & CO. INC.
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,
c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation,
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Ladies and Gentlemen:
1. Introductory. Symyx Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("COMPANY"), proposes to issue and sell ___________ shares ("FIRM SECURITIES")
of its Common Stock, par value $0.001, per share, ("Securities") and also
proposes to issue and sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the
Underwriters, an aggregate of not more than _________ additional shares
("OPTIONAL SECURITIES") of its Securities as set forth below. The Firm
Securities and the Optional Securities are herein collectively called the
"OFFERED SECURITIES". The Company hereby agrees with the several Underwriters
named in Schedule A hereto ("Underwriters") as follows:
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company
represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement (No. 333- ) relating to the
Offered Securities, including a form of prospectus, has been filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission ("COMMISSION") and either (i) has
been declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933 ("ACT") and is
not proposed to be amended or (ii) is proposed to be amended by
amendment or post-effective amendment. If such registration statement
("INITIAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT") has been declared effective, either
(i) an additional registration statement ("ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION
STATEMENT") relating to the Offered Securities may have been filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) ("RULE 462(b)") under the Act
and, if so filed, has become effective upon filing pursuant to such Rule
and the Offered Securities all have been duly registered under the Act
pursuant to the initial registration statement and, if applicable, the
additional registration statement or (ii) such an additional
registration statement is proposed to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 462(b) and will become effective upon filing pursuant
to such Rule and upon such filing the Offered Securities will all have
been duly registered under the Act pursuant to the initial registration
statement and such additional registration statement. If the Company
does not propose to amend the initial registration statement or if an
additional registration statement has been filed and the Company does
not propose to amend it, and if any post-effective amendment to either
such registration statement has been filed with the Commission prior to
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the most recent amendment
(if any) to each such registration statement has been declared effective
by the Commission or has become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule
462(c) ("RULE 462(c)") under the Act or, in the case of the additional
registration statement,
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Rule 462(b). For purposes of this Agreement, "EFFECTIVE TIME" with
respect to the initial registration statement or, if filed prior to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the additional registration
statement means (i) if the Company has advised the Representatives that
it does not propose to amend such registration statement, the date and
time as of which such registration statement, or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereto (if any) filed prior to the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, was declared effective by the Commission
or has become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c), or (ii) if
the Company has advised the Representatives that it proposes to file an
amendment or post-effective amendment to such registration statement,
the date and time as of which such registration statement, as amended by
such amendment or post-effective amendment, as the case may be, is
declared effective by the Commission. If an additional registration
statement has not been filed prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement but the Company has advised the Representatives that it
proposes to file one, "EFFECTIVE TIME" with respect to such additional
registration statement means the date and time as of which such
registration statement is filed and becomes effective pursuant to Rule
462(b). "EFFECTIVE DATE" with respect to the initial registration
statement or the additional registration statement (if any) means the
date of the Effective Time thereof. The initial registration statement,
as amended at its Effective Time, including all information contained in
the additional registration statement (if any) and deemed to be a part
of the initial registration statement as of the Effective Time of the
additional registration statement pursuant to the General Instructions
of the Form on which it is filed and including all information (if any)
deemed to be a part of the initial registration statement as of its
Effective Time pursuant to Rule 430A(b) ("RULE 430A(b)") under the Act,
is hereinafter referred to as the "INITIAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT". The
additional registration statement, as amended at its Effective Time,
including the contents of the initial registration statement
incorporated by reference therein and including all information (if any)
deemed to be a part of the additional registration statement as of its
Effective Time pursuant to Rule 430A(b), is hereinafter referred to as
the "ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT". The Initial Registration
Statement and the Additional Registration Statement are herein referred
to collectively as the "REGISTRATION STATEMENTS" and individually as a
"REGISTRATION STATEMENT". The form of prospectus relating to the Offered
Securities, as first filed with the Commission pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 424(b) ("RULE 424(b)") under the Act or (if no such
filing is required) as included in a Registration Statement, is
hereinafter referred to as the "PROSPECTUS". No document has been or
will be prepared or distributed in reliance on Rule 434 under the Act.
(b) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration
Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: (i)
on the Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial
Registration Statement conformed in all respects to the requirements of
the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission ("RULES AND
REGULATIONS") and did not include any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) on the
Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement (if any), each
Registration Statement conformed, or will conform, in all respects to
the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not
include, or will not include, any untrue statement of a material fact
and did not omit, or will not omit, to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading and (iii) on the date of this Agreement, the Initial
Registration Statement and, if the Effective Time of the Additional
Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement each conforms, and at
the time of filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (if no
such filing is required) at the Effective Date of the Additional
Registration Statement in which the Prospectus is included, each
Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all respects
to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and
neither of such documents includes, or will include, any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits, or will omit, to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading. If the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement: on the Effective Date of the Initial Registration
Statement, the Initial Registration Statement and the Prospectus will
conform in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations, neither of such documents will include any untrue statement
of a material fact or will
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omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and no
Additional Registration Statement has been or will be filed. The two
preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from a
Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon written information
furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the
only such information is that described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(c) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an
existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and
the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in
good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease
of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification;
and the Company has no subsidiaries.
(d) The Offered Securities and all other outstanding shares
of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized; all
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are, and, when the
Offered Securities have been delivered and paid for in accordance with
this Agreement on each Closing Date (as defined below), such Offered
Securities will have been, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
and will conform to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus;
and the stockholders of the Company have no preemptive rights with
respect to the Securities.
(e) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no
contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any
person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any
Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder's fee or other like
payment in connection with this offering.
(f) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no
contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any
person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a
registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of
the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the
Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant
to a Registration Statement or in any securities being registered
pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under
the Act which have not been validly satisfied or waived.
(g) The Offered Securities have been approved for listing on
Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market subject to notice of issuance.
(h) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or
filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required
for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
in connection with the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities by
the Company, except such as have been obtained and made under the Act
and such as may be required under state securities laws.
(i) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, and the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities will not
result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of,
or constitute a default under, any statute, any rule, regulation or
order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or
foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties,
or any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which the Company is bound or to which any of the properties of the
Company are subject, or the charter or by-laws of the Company, and the
Company has full power and authority to authorize, issue and sell the
Offered Securities as contemplated by this Agreement.
(j) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
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(k) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company has
good and marketable title to all real properties and all other
properties and assets owned by it, in each case free from liens,
encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value thereof
or materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by it;
and except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company holds any leased
real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no
exceptions that would materially interfere with the use made or to be
made thereof by the Company.
(l) The Company possess adequate certificates, authorities
or permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies
necessary to conduct the business now operated by it and has not
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if
determined adversely to the Company, would individually or in the
aggregate have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company
("MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT").
(m) The Company is not in violation of its charter or
by-laws or in default in the performance or observance of any
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note,
lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by which it may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets
of the Company is subject except for such defaults that would not be
reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company
exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that might have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) The Company owns or possesses adequate licenses or other
rights to use all patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade
names, technology and know-how necessary (in any material respect) to
conduct its business in the manner described in the Prospectus, the
Company is not obligated to pay a royalty, grant a license, or provide
other consideration to any third party in connection with its patents,
copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, or technology other
than as disclosed in the Prospectus, and, except as disclosed in the
Prospectus, the Company has not received any notice of infringement or
conflict with (and the Company knows of any infringement or conflict
with) asserted rights of others with respect to any patents, copyrights,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, technology or know-how which
could result in any material adverse effect upon the Company and, except
as disclosed in the Prospectus, the discoveries, inventions, products or
processes of the Company referred to in the Prospectus do not, to the
best knowledge of the Company, infringe or conflict with any right or
patent of any third party, or any discovery, invention, product or
process which is the subject of a patent application filed by any third
party, known to the Company which could have a material adverse effect
on the Company. No third party, including any academic or governmental
organization, possesses rights to the Company's patents, copyrights,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, or technology which, if
exercised, could enable such third party to develop products competitive
to those of the Company or could have a material adverse effect on the
ability of the Company to conduct its business in the manner described
in the Prospectus.
(p) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company (i)
is not in violation of any statute, any rule, regulation, decision or
order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or
foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic
substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the
environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances
(collectively, "ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS"), (ii) does not own or operate any
real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any
environmental laws and (iii) is not liable for any off-site disposal or
contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or is subject to any
claim relating to any environmental laws, which violation,
contamination, liability or claim would individually or in the aggregate
have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of any
pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.
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(q) The Company is not in violation of any federal or state
law or regulation relating to occupational safety and health and the
Company has received all permits, licenses or other approvals required
of it under applicable federal and state occupational safety and health
laws and regulations to conduct its businesses, and the Company is in
compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, licenses or
other approval, except any such violation of law or regulation, failure
to receive required permits, licenses or approvals or failure to comply
with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals
which would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect on or constitute a materially adverse change in, or constitute a
development involving a prospective Material Adverse Effect on or change
in, the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, properties,
business affairs or business prospects, net worth or results of
operations of the Company, except as described in or contemplated by the
Prospectus.
(r) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no
pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company,
or any of its properties that, if determined adversely to the Company,
would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect,
or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, or which are otherwise
material in the context of the sale of the Offered Securities; and no
such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or, to the Company's
knowledge, contemplated.
(s) The Company has filed all foreign, federal, state and
local tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested
extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file
would not have a Material Adverse Effect) and has paid all taxes
required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty
levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and
payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is
currently being contested in good faith or as described in or
contemplated by the Prospectus.
(t) The financial statements included in each Registration
Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the financial position of
the Company as of the dates shown and their results of operations and
cash flows for the periods shown, and, except as otherwise disclosed in
the Prospectus, such financial statements have been prepared in
conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States applied on a consistent basis and the schedules included
in each Registration Statement present fairly the information required
to be stated therein and the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma
financial statements included in each Registration Statement and the
Prospectus provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant
effects directly attributable to the transactions or events described
therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to
those assumptions, and the pro forma columns therein reflect the proper
application of those adjustments to the corresponding historical
financial statement amounts; and to the Company's knowledge, Ernst &
Young LLP, who certified the financial statements and supporting
schedules included in the Registration Statement, are independent public
accountants as required by the Act and the Act Regulations.
(u) 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 GAAP and
to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization;
and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the
existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken
with respect to any differences.
(v) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, since the date of
the latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus there
has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event
involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition
(financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of
the Company except as disclosed in or
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contemplated by the Prospectus, there has been no dividend or
distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any
class of its capital stock.
(w) The Company is insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such
amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which it is
engaged; the Company has not been refused any insurance coverage sought
or applied for; and the Company has no reason to believe that it will
not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such
coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as
may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not
materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise),
earnings, properties, business affairs or business prospects, net worth
or results of operations of the Company, except as described in or
contemplated by the Prospectus.
(x) The Company is in compliance in all material respects
with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and
published interpretations thereunder ("ERISA"); no "reportable event"
(as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any "pension Plan"
(as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have liability; the
Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability under
(i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal
from, any "pension Plan" or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and
published interpretations thereunder (the "CODE"); and each "pension
plan" for which the Company would have any liability that is intended to
be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all
material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by
failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
(y) The Company has reviewed its operations and is making
inquiries of the Year 2000 compliance of any third parties with which
the Company has a material relationship to evaluate the extent to which
the business or operations of the Company will be affected by the Year
2000 Problem. As a result of such review and except to the extent
otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company has no reason to
believe, and does not believe, that the Year 2000 Problem will have a
Material Adverse Effect or result in any material loss or interference
with the Company's business or operations. The "Year 2000 Problem" as
used herein means any significant risk that computer hardware or
software used in the receipt, transmission, processing, manipulation,
storage, retrieval, retransmission or other utilization of data or in
the operation of mechanical or electrical systems of any kind will not,
in the case of dates or time periods occurring after December 31, 1999,
function at least as effectively as in the case of dates or times
periods occurring prior to January 1, 2000.
(z) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the
proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be an
"investment company" as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities. On the basis
of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject
to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the
Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase
from the Company, at a purchase price of $________ per share, the respective
numbers of shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite the names of the
Underwriters in Schedule A hereto.
(a) The Company will deliver the Firm Securities to the
Representatives for the accounts of the Underwriters, against payment of
the purchase price in Federal (same day) funds by official bank check or
checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to Credit
Suisse First
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Boston Corporation ("CSFBC") drawn to the order of the Company at the
office of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Professional Corporation
("WSGR"), 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, at [6:30]
A.M., local time, on ________________, or at such other time not later
than seven full business days thereafter as CSFBC and the Company
determine, such time being herein referred to as the "FIRST CLOSING
DATE". For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the First Closing Date (if later than the otherwise applicable
settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of funds and
delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to
the offering. The certificates for the Firm Securities so to be
delivered will be in definitive form, in such denominations and
registered in such names as CSFBC requests and will be made available
for checking and packaging at the above office of WSGR at least 24 hours
prior to the First Closing Date.
(b) In addition, upon written notice from CSFBC given to the
Company from time to time not more than 30 days subsequent to the date
of the Prospectus, the Underwriters may purchase all or less than all of
the Optional Securities at the purchase price per Security to be paid
for the Firm Securities. The Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters
the number of shares of Optional Securities specified in such notice and
the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase such
Optional Securities. Such Optional Securities shall be purchased for the
account of each Underwriter in the same proportion as the number of
shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter's name
bears to the total number of shares of Firm Securities (subject to
adjustment by CSFBC to eliminate fractions) and may be purchased by the
Underwriters only for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in
connection with the sale of the Firm Securities. No Optional Securities
shall be sold or delivered unless the Firm Securities previously have
been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The right to purchase
the Optional Securities or any portion thereof may be exercised from
time to time and to the extent not previously exercised may be
surrendered and terminated at any time upon notice by CSFBC to the
Company.
(c) Each time for the delivery of and payment for the
Optional Securities, being herein referred to as an "OPTIONAL CLOSING
DATE", which may be the First Closing Date (the First Closing Date and
each Optional Closing Date, if any, being sometimes referred to as a
"CLOSING DATE"), shall be determined by CSFBC but shall be not later
than five full business days after written notice of election to
purchase Optional Securities is given. The Company will deliver the
Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date to the
Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters, against
payment of the purchase price therefor in Federal (same day) funds by
official bank check or checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank
acceptable to CSFBC drawn to the order of the Company, at the above
office of WSGR. The certificates for the Optional Securities being
purchased on each Optional Closing Date will be in definitive form, in
such denominations and registered in such names as CSFBC requests upon
reasonable notice prior to such Optional Closing Date and will be made
available for checking and packaging at the above office of WSGR at a
reasonable time in advance of such Optional Closing Date.
4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several
Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public as
set forth in the Prospectus.
5. Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the
several Underwriters that:
(a) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration
Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Company will file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to and in
accordance with subparagraph (1) (or, if applicable and if consented to
by CSFBC, subparagraph (4)) of Rule 424(b) not later than the earlier of
(A) the second business day following the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or (B) the fifteenth business day after the Effective Date of
the Initial Registration Statement. The Company will advise CSFBC
promptly of any such filing pursuant to Rule 424(b). If the Effective
Time of the Initial Registration
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Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
an additional registration statement is necessary to register a portion
of the Offered Securities under the Act but the Effective Time thereof
has not occurred as of such execution and delivery, the Company will
file the additional registration statement or, if filed, will file a
post-effective amendment thereto with the Commission pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 462(b) on or prior to 10:00 P.M., New York time, on
the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, on or prior to the time the
Prospectus is printed and distributed to any Underwriter, or will make
such filing at such later date as shall have been consented to by CSFBC.
(b) The Company will advise CSFBC promptly of any proposal
to amend or supplement the initial or any additional registration
statement as filed or the related prospectus or the Initial Registration
Statement, the Additional Registration Statement (if any) or the
Prospectus and will not effect such amendment or supplementation without
CSFBC's consent; and the Company will also advise CSFBC promptly of the
effectiveness of each Registration Statement (if its Effective Time is
subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement) and of any
amendment or supplementation of a Registration Statement or the
Prospectus and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order
proceedings in respect of a Registration Statement and will use its best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as
soon as possible its lifting, if issued.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the
Offered Securities is required to be delivered under the Act in
connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as
a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it
is necessary at any time to amend the Prospectus to comply with the Act,
the Company will promptly notify CSFBC of such event and will promptly
prepare and file with the Commission, at its own expense, an amendment
or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an
amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither CSFBC's consent to,
nor the Underwriters' delivery of, any such amendment or supplement
shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section
6.
(d) As soon as practicable, but not later than the
Availability Date (as defined below), the Company will make generally
available to its securityholders an earnings statement covering a period
of at least 12 months beginning after the Effective Date of the Initial
Registration Statement (or, if later, the Effective Date of the
Additional Registration Statement) which will satisfy the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Act. For the purpose of the preceding sentence,
"AVAILABILITY DATE" means the 45th day after the end of the fourth
fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes such Effective
Date, except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of
the Company's fiscal year, "AVAILABILITY DATE" means the 90th day after
the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies
of each Registration Statement (five of which will be signed and will
include all exhibits), each related preliminary prospectus, and, so long
as a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is required to be
delivered under the Act in connection with sales by any Underwriter or
dealer, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such
documents, in each case in such quantities as CSFBC requests. The
Prospectus shall be so furnished on or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York
time, on the business day following the later of the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement. All other documents shall be so furnished as
soon as available. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and
distributing to the Underwriters all such documents.
(f) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the
Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as
CSFBC designates and will continue such qualifications in effect so long
as required for the distribution.
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(g) During the period of five years hereafter, the Company
will furnish to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the
other Underwriters, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal
year, a copy of its annual report to stockholders for such year; and the
Company will furnish to the Representatives (i) as soon as available, a
copy of each report and any definitive proxy statement of the Company
filed with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or
mailed to stockholders, and (ii) from time to time, such other
information concerning the Company as CSFBC may reasonably request.
(h) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, for any filing fees
and other expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel)
incurred in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities for
sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as CSFBC designates and the
printing of memoranda relating thereto, for the filing fee incident to,
and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters
in connection with, the review by the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") of the Offered Securities, for any travel
expenses of the Company's officers and employees and any other expenses
of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with
prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities and for expenses
incurred in distributing preliminary prospectuses and the Prospectus
(including any amendments and supplements thereto) to the Underwriters.
(i) For a period of 180 days after the date of the initial
public offering of the Offered Securities, the Company will not offer,
sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under
the Act relating to, any additional shares of its Securities or
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any
shares of its Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to make any
such offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, without the prior
written consent of CSFBC, except issuances of Securities pursuant to the
conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities or the
exercise of warrants or options, in each case outstanding on the date
hereof, or grants of employee stock options pursuant to the terms of a
plan in effect on the date hereof, issuances of Securities pursuant to
the exercise of such options.
6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The
obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm
Securities on the First Closing Date and the Optional Securities to be purchased
on each Optional Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the
accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions
hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to
the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated
the date of delivery thereof (which, if the Effective Time of the
Initial Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, shall be on or prior to the date of this Agreement or,
if the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, shall be
prior to the filing of the amendment or post-effective amendment to the
registration statement to be filed shortly prior to such Effective
Time), of Ernst & Young LLP confirming that they are independent public
accountants within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published
Rules and Regulations thereunder and stating to the effect that:
(i) in their opinion the financial statements and
schedules examined by them and included in the Registration
Statements comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related
published Rules and Regulations;
(ii) they have performed the procedures specified by
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a
review of interim financial information as described in
Statement of Auditing Standards No. 71, Interim Financial
Information, on the unaudited financial statements included in
the Registration Statements;
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(iii) the basis of the review referred to in clause
(ii) above, a reading of the latest available interim financial
statements of the Company, inquiries of officials of the Company
who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters and
other specified procedures, nothing came to their attention that
caused them to believe that:
(A) the unaudited financial statements
included in the Registration Statements do not comply as
to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the related
published Rules and Regulations or any material
modifications should be made to such unaudited financial
statements for them to be in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles;
(B) at the date of the latest available
balance sheet read by such accountants, or at a
subsequent specified date not more than three business
days prior to the date of such letter, there was any
change in the capital stock or any increase in
short-term indebtedness or long-term debt of the Company
or, at the date of the latest available balance sheet
read by such accountants, there was any decrease in net
assets, as compared with amounts shown on the latest
balance sheet included in the Prospectus; or
(C) for the period from the closing date of
the latest income statement included in the Prospectus
to the closing date of the latest available income
statement read by such accountants there were any
decreases, as compared with the corresponding period of
the previous year and with the period of corresponding
length ended the date of the latest income statement
included in the Prospectus, in net sales or net
operating income or in the total or per share amounts of
net income
except in all cases set forth in clauses B and C above for
changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses
have occurred or may occur or which are described in such
letter; and
(iv) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or
percentages derived from such dollar amounts) and other
financial information contained in the Registration Statements
(in each case to the extent that such dollar amounts,
percentages and other financial information are derived from the
general accounting records of the Company the internal controls
of the Company's accounting system or are derived directly from
such records by analysis or computation) with the results
obtained from inquiries, a reading of such general accounting
records and other procedures specified in such letter and have
found such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial
information to be in agreement with such results, except as
otherwise specified in such letter.
For purposes of this subsection 6(a), (i) if the Effective Time
of the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, "REGISTRATION
STATEMENTS" shall mean the initial registration statement as
proposed to be amended by the amendment or post-effective
amendment to be filed shortly prior to its Effective Time, (ii)
if the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement but the
Effective Time of the Additional Registration is subsequent to
such execution and delivery, "REGISTRATION STATEMENTS" shall
mean the Initial Registration Statement and the additional
registration statement as proposed to be filed or as proposed to
be amended by the post-effective amendment to be filed shortly
prior to its Effective Time, and (iii) "PROSPECTUS" shall mean
the prospectus included in the Registration Statements.
(b) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration
Statement is not prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
such Effective Time shall have occurred not later than
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10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or such later
date as shall have been consented to by CSFBC. If the Effective Time of
the Additional Registration Statement (if any) is not prior to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, such Effective Time shall have
occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this
Agreement or, if earlier, the time the Prospectus is printed and
distributed to any Underwriter, or shall have occurred at such later
date as shall have been consented to by CSFBC. If the Effective Time of
the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Prospectus shall have been filed with
the Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section
5(a) of this Agreement. Prior to such Closing Date, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement shall have been
issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted
or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Representatives, shall be
contemplated by the Commission.
(c) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any
development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition
(financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of
the Company which, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the
Underwriters including the Representatives, is material and adverse and
makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the
public offering or the sale of and payment for the Offered Securities;
(ii) any material suspension or material limitation of trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of
minimum prices for trading on such exchange, or any suspension of
trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the
over-the-counter market; (iii) any banking moratorium declared by U.S.
Federal or New York authorities; or (iv) any outbreak or escalation of
major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any
declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or
international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of a majority in
interest of the Underwriters including the Representatives, the effect
of any such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency
makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the
public offering or the sale of and payment for the Offered Securities.
(d) The Representatives shall have received an opinion,
dated such Closing Date, of WSGR, counsel for the Company, to the effect
that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an
existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as
a foreign corporation in good standing in all other
jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification; and the
Company has no subsidiaries;
(ii) The Offered Securities delivered on such Closing
Date and all other outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the
Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully
paid and nonassessable and conform to the description thereof
contained in the Prospectus; and the stockholders of the Company
have no preemptive rights with respect to the Securities;
(iii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus and which
such rights have been waived, there are no contracts, agreements
or understandings known to such counsel between the Company and
any person granting such person the right to require the Company
to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to
any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such
person or to require the Company to include such securities in
the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement
or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other
registration statement filed by the Company under the Act;
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(iv) The Company is not and, after giving effect to
the offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the
application of the proceeds thereof as described in the
Prospectus, will not be an "investment company" as defined in
the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(v) No consent, approval, authorization or order of,
or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is
required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement in connection with the issuance or sale of the
Offered Securities by the Company, except such as have been
obtained and made under the Act and such as may be required
under state securities laws;
(vi) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities
will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, any
rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or
any court having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
properties, or any agreement or instrument to which the Company
is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of
the properties of the Company is subject, or the charter or
by-laws of the Company, and the Company has full power and
authority to authorize, issue and sell the Offered Securities as
contemplated by this Agreement;
(vii) The Initial Registration Statement was declared
effective under the Act as of the date and time specified in
such opinion, the Additional Registration Statement (if any) was
filed and became effective under the Act as of the date and time
(if determinable) specified in such opinion, the Prospectus
either was filed with the Commission pursuant to the
subparagraph of Rule 424(b) specified in such opinion on the
date specified therein or was included in the Initial
Registration Statement or the Additional Registration Statement
(as the case may be), and, to the best of the knowledge of such
counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement or any part thereof has been issued and
no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are
pending or contemplated under the Act, and each Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement
thereto, as of their respective effective or issue dates,
complied as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations;
(viii) The descriptions in the Registration Statements
and Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings
and contracts and other documents are accurate and fairly
present the information required to be shown;
(ix) Such counsel do not know of any legal or
governmental proceedings required to be described in a
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are not described
as required or of any contracts or documents of a character
required to be described in a Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to a Registration
Statement which are not described and filed as required; it
being understood that such counsel need express no opinion as to
the financial statements or other financial data contained in
the Registration Statements or the Prospectus; and
(x) This Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company.
In addition, such counsel shall state that they have no reason
to believe that any part of a Registration Statement or any
amendment thereto, as of its effective date or as of such
Closing Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto, as of its issue date or as of such Closing Date,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading;
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(e) The Representatives shall have received such opinion or
opinions with regard to patent matters dated on such Closing
Date that is or are in form and substance satisfactory to
counsel for the Representatives.
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(f) The Representatives shall have received from Pillsbury
Madison & Sutro LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or
opinions, dated such Closing Date, with respect to the incorporation of
the Company, the validity of the Offered Securities delivered on such
Closing Date, the Registration Statements, the Prospectus and other
related matters as the Representatives may require, and the Company
shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for
the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. In rendering
such opinion, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP may rely as to the
incorporation of the Company and all other matters governed by Delaware
law upon the opinion of WSGR referred to above.
(g) The Representatives shall have received a certificate,
dated such Closing Date, of the President or any Vice President and a
principal financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such
officers, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation,
shall state that: the representations and warranties of the Company in
this Agreement are true and correct; the Company has complied with all
agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date; no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement has been
issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are
contemplated by the Commission; the Additional Registration Statement
(if any) satisfying the requirements of subparagraphs (1) and (3) of
Rule 462(b) was filed pursuant to Rule 462(b), including payment of the
applicable filing fee in accordance with Rule 111(a) or (b) under the
Act, prior to the time the Prospectus was printed and distributed to any
Underwriter; and, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial
statements in the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change,
nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse
change, in the condition (financial or other), business, properties or
results of operations of the Company except as set forth in or
contemplated by the Prospectus or as described in such certificate.
(h) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated
such Closing Date, of Ernst & Young LLP which meets the requirements of
subsection (a) of this Section, except that the specified date referred
to in such subsection will be a date not more than three days prior to
such Closing Date for the purposes of this subsection.
The Company will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies
of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives
reasonably request. CSFBC may in its sole discretion waive on behalf of the
Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect of an Optional Closing Date or
otherwise.
7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company will
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, directors and
officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject,
under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in
any Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred;
provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged
omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for use
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therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished
by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection
(b) below.
(b) Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers and
each person, if any who controls the Company within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in
any Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, or arise out
of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent,
but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and
in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such
Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein,
and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred, it
being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by
any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus
furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession and reallowance
figures appearing in the _____ paragraph under the caption
"Underwriting" and the information regarding stabilizing, over-allotment
and penalty bids contained in the ____ paragraph under the caption
"Underwriting."
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under
this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such
indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made
against the indemnifying party under subsection (a) or (b) above, notify
the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so
to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability
which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under
subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against
any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to
participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with
any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense
thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall
not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the
indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to
such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof,
the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party
under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other
than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall,
without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have
been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement
(i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and
(ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault,
culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in
subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand
and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only
the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the
relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on
the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted
in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the
offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the
total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the
Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
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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 untrue statement or omission. The
amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this
subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of
this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection
(d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess
of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities
underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the
public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has
otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters'
obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in
proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section shall
be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and
shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if
any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the
obligations of the Underwriters under this Section shall be in addition
to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have
and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each director
of the Company, to each officer of the Company who has signed a
Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Act.
8. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters
default in their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either
the First or any Optional Closing Date and the aggregate number of shares of
Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but
failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of Offered
Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date,
CSFBC may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such
Offered Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if
no such arrangements are made by such Closing Date, the non-defaulting
Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective
commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting
Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date. If any
Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate number of shares of
Offered Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds
10% of the total number of shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters
are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to
CSFBC and the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other
persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will
terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the
Company, except as provided in Section 9 (provided that if such default occurs
with respect to Optional Securities after the First Closing Date, this Agreement
will not terminate as to the Firm Securities or any Optional Securities
purchased prior to such termination). As used in this Agreement, the term
"Underwriter" includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this
Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for
its default.
9. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The
respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other
statements of the Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters set
forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof,
made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Company or any of their respective
representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will
survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities. If this Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Section 8 or if for any reason the purchase of the
Offered Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated, the Company shall
remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to
Section 5 and the respective obligations of the Company and the Underwriters
pursuant to Section 7 shall remain in effect, and if any Offered Securities have
been purchased hereunder the representations and warranties in Section 2 and all
obligations under Section 5 shall also remain in effect. If the purchase of the
Offered Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other
than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8
or the occurrence of
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any event specified in clause (iii), (iv) or (v) of Section 6(c), the Company
will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees
and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the
offering of the Offered Securities.
10. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if
sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed
to the Representatives c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Eleven
Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention: Investment Banking
Department--Transactions Advisory Group with a copy to Pillsbury Madison & Sutro
LLP, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, or,
if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed
to it at Symyx Technologies, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, XX
00000, Attention: Chief Executive Officer with a copy to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
& Xxxxxx, Professional Corporation, 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000,
Attention: Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx; provided, however, that any notice to an
Underwriter pursuant to Section 7 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and
confirmed to such Underwriter.
11. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7, and no other
person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
12. Representation of Underwriters. The Representatives will act for
the several Underwriters in connection with this financing, and any action under
this Agreement taken by the Representatives or CSFBC will be binding upon all
the Underwriters.
13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
14. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD
TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
The Company hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the
Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in
any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives'
understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the
counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the
Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
SYMYX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By _______________________________________
Its ___________________________________
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed
and accepted as of the date first above written.
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX & XXXXXXXX SECURITIES
CORPORATION
INVEMED ASSOCIATES LLC
XXXXXXXXX & CO. INC.
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the Representatives of
the several Underwriters
By CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
CORPORATION
By _______________________________________
Its ___________________________________
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SCHEDULE A
NUMBER OF
UNDERWRITER FIRM SECURITIES
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Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation......................... $
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation............
Invemed Associates LLC.........................................
Xxxxxxxx & Co. Inc.............................................
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Total.................................... [$]
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