Shares HANSEN MEDICAL, INC. COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.0001 PER SHARE UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
Shares
XXXXXX MEDICAL, INC.
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.0001 PER SHARE
November , 2006
November , 2006
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated | ||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. | ||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC | ||
Leerink Xxxxx & Co., Inc. | ||
c/o
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Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated | |
0000 Xxxxxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 | ||
and | ||
c/o
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X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. | |
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 | ||
Ladies and Gentlemen: |
Xxxxxx Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to
the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the
“Underwriters”) shares of its
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Firm Shares”). The Company also proposes to issue
and sell to the several Underwriters not more than an additional
shares of its
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Additional Shares”) if and to the extent that you,
as Managers of the offering, shall have determined to exercise, on behalf of the Underwriters, the
right to purchase such shares of common stock granted to the Underwriters in Section 2 hereof. The
Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Shares.” The
shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share of the Company to be outstanding after giving
effect to the sales contemplated hereby are hereinafter referred to as the “Common Stock.”
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a
registration statement, including a prospectus, relating to the Shares. The registration statement
as amended at the time it becomes effective, including the information (if any) deemed to be part
of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), is hereinafter referred to as the
“Registration Statement”; the prospectus in the form first used to confirm sales of Shares (or in
the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers
pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus.” If
the Company has filed an
abbreviated registration statement to register additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference
herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration
Statement.
For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule
405 under the Securities Act, “issuer free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule
433 of the Securities Act, relating to the Shares that (i) is required to be filed with the
Commission by the Company, (ii) is a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning
of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) whether or not required to be filed with the Commission or (iii) is exempt
from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Shares or of the
offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be
filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s
records pursuant to Rule 433(g), “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus
together with the free writing prospectuses, if any, each identified in Schedule II hereto, and
“broadly available road show” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5)
under the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any person. As used
herein, the terms “Registration Statement,” “preliminary prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and
Prospectus shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein. The terms
“supplement,” “amendment,” and “amend” as used herein with respect to the Time of Sale Prospectus
or any free writing prospectus shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with
the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
that are incorporated by reference therein.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated (“Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx”) has agreed to reserve a portion of the
Shares to be purchased by it under this Agreement for sale to the Company’s directors, officers,
employees and business associates and other parties related to the Company (collectively,
“Participants”), as set forth in the Prospectus under the heading “Underwriting” (the “Directed
Shares Program”). The Shares to be sold by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and its affiliates pursuant to the
Directed Share Program are referred to hereinafter as the “Directed Shares”. Any Directed Shares
not orally confirmed for purchase by any Participant by the end of the business day on which this
Agreement is executed will be offered to the public by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx as set forth in the
Prospectus.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with
each of the Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no
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proceedings for such purpose are
pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission.
(b) (i) The Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended
or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, (ii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or
supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (iii) the Time of Sale Prospectus
does not, and at the time of each sale of the Shares in connection with the offering when the
Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date (as defined in
Section 4), the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if
applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, (iv) each broadly available road show, if any, when considered together
with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (v) the Prospectus does not contain
and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and
warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus based upon information relating to any
Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use
therein.
(c) The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to
Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is
required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with
the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has
filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was
prepared by or behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any,
identified in Schedule II hereto, and electronic road shows, if any, furnished to you before first
use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without your prior
consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.
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(d) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and
authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale
Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such
qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing
would not have a material adverse effect on the Company.
(e) The Company does not, directly or indirectly, own any capital stock or other equity or
ownership or proprietary interest in any corporation, partnership, association, trust or other
entity. The Company is not a participant in any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement.
(f) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(g) The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal matters to the
description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(h) The shares of Common Stock outstanding prior to the issuance of the Shares have been duly
authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(i) The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of
such Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(j) The Shares have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Global Market upon official notice
of issuance and, on the date the Registration Statement became or becomes effective, the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A or other applicable form under the Exchange Act became or will
become effective. Except as disclosed in the questionnaires delivered by the Company to the
Underwriters or their counsel, to the Company’s knowledge, none
of the Company’s officers or directors are affiliated with any member firm of the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the “NASD”).
(k) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its
obligations under, this Agreement will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of
any of the terms or provisions of,
or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed
of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or
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instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject,
(ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the
Company or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or
regulation of any court or arbitrator or federal, state, local or foreign governmental or
regulatory authority (each a, “Governmental Authority”), except, in the case of clause (i), for any
such contravention, violation or breach that would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company; and no consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the performance by the Company of
its obligations under this Agreement, except such as may be required under applicable state
securities laws or the bylaws, rules and regulations of the NASD in connection with the purchase
and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters.
(l) There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings,
business or operations of the Company from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(m) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened to which the Company is a party or to which any of the properties of the
Company is subject (i) other than proceedings accurately described in the Time of Sale Prospectus
or proceedings that would not have a material adverse effect on the Company or on the power or
ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Time of Sale Prospectus or (ii) that are required to be described
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; and there are no statutes, regulations,
contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus or filed as required.
(n) No order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus has been issued to
the Company, and each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as
originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the
Securities Act,
complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
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(o) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the
application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus will not be, required to
register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
(p) Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the
Prospectus, the Company: (A) is and at all times has been in material compliance with all
statutes, rules, regulations, or guidances applicable to the ownership, testing, development,
manufacture, packaging, processing, use, distribution, marketing, labeling, promotion, sale, offer
for sale, storage, import, export or disposal of any product manufactured or distributed by the
Company (“Applicable Laws”); (B) has not received any FDA Form 483, notice of adverse finding,
warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration or any other Governmental Authority alleging or asserting noncompliance with any
Applicable Laws or any licenses, certificates, approvals, authorizations, permits and supplements
or amendments thereto required by any such Applicable Laws necessary for the conduct of the
Company’s business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus (“Authorizations”); (C) possesses
all Authorizations and such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and are not in
violation of any term of any such Authorizations; (D) has not received notice of any claim, action,
suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any
Governmental Authority or third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in
violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and has no knowledge that any such Governmental
Authority or third party is considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit,
investigation or proceeding; (E) has not received notice that any Governmental Authority has taken,
is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any Authorizations and has
no knowledge that any such Governmental Authority is considering such action; (F) has filed,
obtained, maintained or submitted all reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records,
claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Applicable Laws or
Authorizations and that all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims,
submissions and supplements or amendments were complete and correct, in all material respects, on
the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission); and (G) has not,
either voluntarily or involuntarily, initiated, conducted, or issued or caused to be initiated,
conducted or issued, any recall, market withdrawal or replacement, safety alert, post sale warning,
“dear doctor” letter, or other notice or action relating to the alleged lack of safety or efficacy
of any product or any alleged product defect or violation and, to the
Company’s knowledge, no third party has initiated, conducted or intends to initiate any such
notice or action.
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(q) The studies, tests and preclinical and clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the
Company were and, if still pending, are being conducted in material accordance with experimental
protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to accepted professional scientific standards and all
Applicable Laws and Authorizations, including, without limitation, the Federal Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, “FFDCA”); the
descriptions of the results of such studies, tests and trials contained in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus are accurate and complete in all material
respects and fairly present the data derived from such studies, tests and trials; except to the
extent disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the
Company is not aware of any studies, tests or trials, the results of which the Company believes
reasonably call into question the study, test, or trial results described or referred to in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus when viewed in the context
in which such results are described and the clinical state of development; and the Company has not
received any notices or correspondence from any Governmental Authority requiring the termination,
suspension or material modification of any studies, tests or preclinical or clinical trials
conducted by or on behalf of the Company.
(r) The Company (A) is in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and
local laws, rules, regulations, treaties, statutes and codes promulgated by any and all
Governmental Authorities (including pursuant to the Occupational Health and Safety Act) relating to
the protection of human health and safety in the workplace (“Occupational Laws”); (B) has received
all material permits, licenses or other approvals required of it under applicable Occupational Laws
to conduct its business as currently conducted; and (C) is in compliance with all material terms
and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals. No action, proceeding, revocation
proceeding, writ, injunction or claim is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against
the Company relating to Occupational Laws, and the Company does not have knowledge of any facts,
circumstances or developments relating to its operations or cost accounting practices that could
reasonably be expected to form the basis for or give rise to such actions, suits, investigations or
proceedings.
(s) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), that is maintained, administered or contributed
to by the Company or any of its affiliates for employees or former employees of the Company has
been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes,
orders, rules and regulations, including ERISA and the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). No prohibited transaction, within the meaning of
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any such plan
excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or
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administrative exemption; and for each
such plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA,
no “accumulated funding deficiency” as defined in Section 412 of the Code has been incurred,
whether or not waived, and the fair market value of the assets of each such plan (excluding for
these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued
under such plan determined using reasonable actuarial assumptions.
(t) Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe
that the statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and
accurate in all material respects.
(u) The Company (i) is in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and
local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment
or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii)
has received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable
Environmental Laws to conduct its businesses and (iii) is in compliance with all terms and
conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with
Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to
comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in
the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company.
(v) There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without
limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or
compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on
operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company.
(w) Except as described in the Time of Sale 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 Securities Act with respect to any securities of
the Company or to require the Company to include such securities with the Shares registered
pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(x) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in each of the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the
Prospectus, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or
the Prospectus collectively, (i) the Company has not incurred any material liability or obligation,
direct or contingent, nor entered into any material
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transaction; (ii) the Company has not purchased
any of its outstanding capital stock (other than from its employees or service providers in
connection with the termination of their service to the Company), nor declared, paid or otherwise
made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital stock other than ordinary and
customary dividends; and (iii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock,
short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company.
(y) The Company does not own any real property. The Company has good and marketable title to
all personal property owned by it which is material to the business of the Company, free and clear
of all liens, encumbrances and defects of title except such as are described in the Time of Sale
Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with
the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and any real property and
buildings held under lease by the Company are held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable
leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed
to be made of such property and buildings by the Company, in each case except as described in the
Time of Sale Prospectus.
(z) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Company owns, possesses rights to
use, or can acquire on reasonable terms rights to use all Intellectual Property (as defined below)
necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company as described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus as now conducted or now proposed to be
conducted, and (i) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement, misappropriation or
violation by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (ii) there is no pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the
rights of the Company in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any
facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (iii) the Intellectual Property owned
by the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property licensed to the
Company have not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and there is no
pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope
of any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would be
reasonably likely to form a basis for any such claim; (iv) there is no pending or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company infringes,
misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property or other proprietary rights of
others, and except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Company has not received any
written notice of such claim that has not been resolved and the Company is unaware of any other
facts which would form a reasonable basis for any other such claim; and (v) to the Company’s
knowledge, no current employee of the Company is in or has ever been in violation of any term of
any employment contract, patent disclosure
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agreement, invention assignment agreement,
non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure agreement or any restrictive
covenant to or with a former employer where the basis of such violation relates to such employee’s
employment with the Company, or actions undertaken by the employee while employed with the Company
except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the Company. The term “Intellectual Property” as used herein means all patents,
patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service xxxx registrations, trade names,
copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, know-how and other intellectual property.
(aa) No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company exists, except as described
in the Time of Sale Prospectus, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent; and the Company
has not received any notice of any existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the
employees of any of its principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors that could be reasonably
likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.
(bb) 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 have a material adverse effect on the
Company, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(cc) The Company possesses all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the
appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its businesses,
and the Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if
the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a material adverse effect on
the Company, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(dd) 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
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
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intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences. Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s
most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weakness in the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
(ee) Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Company has not sold, issued or
distributed any shares of Common Stock during the six-month period preceding the date hereof,
including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or Regulation D or S of, the Securities Act, other
than shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other
employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or warrants.
(ff) The Company maintains a system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in
Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be
disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is
accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decision
regarding required disclosure. The Company has utilized such controls and procedures in preparing
and evaluating the disclosures in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the
Prospectus.
(gg) Neither
the Company nor any director, officer, agent, employee, other person
acting on behalf of the Compay or, to the Company’s knowledge,
other person associated
with the Company has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful
contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii)
made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or
employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback
or other unlawful payment.
(hh) None
of the Company or any director, officer, agent, employee, controlled
affiliated of the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge,
non-controlled affiliate of the Company
is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of
the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use
the proceeds of the offering of the Shares hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make
available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or
entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person that the Company is aware is
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
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(ii) The Company is not a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person
(other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any
Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the
offering and sale of the Shares.
(jj) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could
reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the
Shares.
(kk) The Company has complied with all provisions of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes
(Chapter 92-198, Laws of Florida) relating to doing business with the Government of Cuba or with
any person or affiliate located in Cuba.
(ll) Furthermore, the Company represents and warrants to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx that (i) the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus
comply, and any amendments or supplements thereto will comply, with any applicable laws or
regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or any
preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, are distributed in connection
with the Directed Share Program and (ii) the Company has not offered, or caused Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx to
offer, Shares to any person pursuant to the Directed Share Program with the specific intent to
unlawfully influence (A) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or
supplier’s level or type of business with the Company, or (B) a trade journalist or publication to
write or publish favorable information about the Company or its products.
(mm) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental
body or agency, other than those obtained, is required in connection with the offering of the
Directed Shares in any jurisdiction where the Directed Shares are being offered.
2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. The Company hereby agrees to sell to the several
Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein
contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Company the respective numbers of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto
opposite its name at $ a share (the “Purchase Price”).
On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to
its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters the Additional Shares, and
the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to
Additional Shares at the Purchase Price. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
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(“JPMorgan”) may exercise this right on behalf of the Underwriters in whole or from time to time in
part by giving written notice not later than 30 days after the date of this Agreement. Any
exercise notice shall specify the number of Additional Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters
and the date on which such shares are to be purchased. Each purchase date must be at least one
business day after the written notice is given and may not be earlier than the closing date for the
Firm Shares nor later than ten business days after the date of such notice. Additional Shares may
be purchased as provided in Section 4 hereof solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments
made in connection with the offering of the Firm Shares, if any. On each day, if any, that
Additional Shares are to be purchased (an “Option Closing Date”), each Underwriter agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of Additional Shares (subject to such adjustments
to eliminate fractional shares as you may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total
number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such Option Closing Date as the number of Firm
Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total
number of Firm Shares.
3. Terms of Public Offering. The Company is advised by you that the Underwriters propose to
make a public offering of their respective portions of the Shares as soon after the Registration
Statement and this Agreement have become effective as in your judgment is advisable. The Company
is further advised by you that the Shares are to be offered to the public initially at
$ a share (the “Public Offering Price”) and to certain dealers selected by you at a
price that represents a concession not in excess of $ a share under the Public Offering
Price, and that any Underwriter may allow, and such dealers may reallow, a concession, not in
excess of $ a share, to any Underwriter or to certain other dealers. The Public Offering
Price is not in excess of the price recommended by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, acting as a “qualified
independent underwriter” within the meaning of Rule 2720 of the Rules of Conduct of the NASD.
4. Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Firm Shares shall be made to the Company in Federal
or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Firm Shares for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on ,
2006, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than , 2006, as
shall be designated in
writing by you. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the “Closing
Date.”
Payment for any Additional Shares shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds
immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Additional Shares for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date
specified in the corresponding notice described in Section 2 or at such other time on the same or
on such other
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date, in any event not later than , 2006, as shall be designated in writing by
you.
The Firm Shares and Additional Shares shall be registered in such names and in such
denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the
Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be. The Firm Shares and
Additional Shares shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, with any transfer taxes
payable in connection with the transfer of the Shares to the Underwriters duly paid, against
payment of the Purchase Price therefor.
5. Conditions to the Company’s and Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the Company
to sell the Shares to the Underwriters and the several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase
and pay for the Shares on the Closing Date are subject to the condition that the Registration
Statement shall have become effective not later than [ ] (New York City time) on the date
hereof.
The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the following further conditions:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:
(i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice
have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible
change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded
any of the securities of the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating
organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities
Act; and
(ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving
a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings,
business or operations of the Company, from
that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus that, in your judgment, is material and
adverse and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the Shares on the
terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing
Date and signed by the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and one
additional senior executive officer of the Company, (i) to effect that such officers have carefully
reviewed the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and the
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representations in Section 1(b) hereof are true and correct as of the Closing Date, (ii) to the
effect set forth in Section 5(a)(i) above and (iii) to the effect that the other representations
and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing
Date and that the Company has complied, in all material respects, with all of the agreements and
satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the
Closing Date. The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or
her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxxx Godward
Kronish LLP, outside counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date, the opinion of Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx
LLP, special regulatory counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B.
(e) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date, the opinion of VistaIP Law
Group, special intellectual property counsel for the Company, dated such Closing Date, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C.
(f) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the
Underwriters may reasonably request.
The opinions described in Section 5(c), 5(d) and 5(e) above shall be rendered to the
Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.
(g) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a
letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Underwriters, from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public
accounting firm, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in
accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and
certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus
and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off
date” not earlier than the date hereof.
(h) The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, between you
and all stockholders, optionholders, officers and directors of the Company, other than those
stockholders and optionholders identified on Schedule III attached hereto, relating to sales and
certain other
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dispositions of shares of Common Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you
on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.
(i) No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been
enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority
that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares; and no injunction
order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing
Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares.
(j) The Underwriters shall have received on and as of the Closing Date satisfactory evidence
of the good standing of the Company in its jurisdiction of organization and its good standing as a
foreign entity in such other jurisdictions as the Underwriters may reasonably request, in each case
in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate Governmental Authorities
of such jurisdictions.
(k) The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date shall have been approved for listing on the
Nasdaq Global Market, subject to official notice of issuance.
(l) No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect,
and no proceeding for such purpose pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending
before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each issuer free writing prospectus
shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an issuer
free writing prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in
accordance with Section 6(d) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information
shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and JPMorgan.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Additional Shares hereunder are
subject to the delivery to you on the applicable Option Closing Date of such documents as you may
reasonably request with respect to the good
standing of the Company, the due authorization and issuance of the Additional Shares to be
sold on such Option Closing Date and other matters related to the issuance of such Additional
Shares.
6. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) To furnish to you, without charge, five (5) signed copies of the Registration Statement
(including exhibits thereto) and for delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the
Registration Statement (without exhibits
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thereto) and to furnish to you in New York City, without
charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the business day next succeeding the date of this
Agreement and during the period mentioned in Section 6(f) and 6(g) below, as many copies of the
Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the
Registration Statement as you may reasonably request.
(b) The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods
specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A or 430C under the
Securities Act, and will file any issuer free
writing prospectus or other free writing prospectus known to the
Company to the extent required to be filed by the Company by Rule 433 under the
Securities Act.
(c) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus
or the Prospectus, to furnish to you a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not
to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object, and to file with
the Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act any
prospectus required to be filed pursuant to such rule.
(d) To furnish to you a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on
behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and not to use or refer to any proposed free
writing prospectus to which you reasonably object.
(e) Not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required
to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing
prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not
have been required to file thereunder.
(f) If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Shares at a time
when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or
condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale
Prospectus in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale
Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or
if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time
of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission
and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either
amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale
Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when delivered
to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or
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supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law, as the case may be.
(g) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as in the
opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to
in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with
sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it
is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule
173(a) under the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion
of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply
with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own
expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses you will furnish to the
Company) to which Shares may have been sold by you on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other
dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in
the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the
Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is
delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will
comply with applicable law.
(h) To endeavor to qualify the Shares for offer, sale and distribution under the securities or
Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you shall reasonably request; provided, however, that
nothing contained herein shall require the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction,
to execute a general consent to service of process in any state or to subject itself to taxation in
any jurisdiction in which it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) To make generally available to the Company’s security holders and to you as soon as
practicable an earning statement covering a period of at
least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the
date of this Agreement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(j) To comply with all applicable securities and other laws, rules and regulations in each
jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share
Program.
(k) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this
Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement,
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including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the
Company’s counsel and the Company’s accountants in connection with the registration and delivery of
the Shares under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection with the
preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale
Prospectus, the Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus and amendments and supplements to
any of the foregoing, including all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and
delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove
specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Shares to the
Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or
producing any Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the
Shares under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the
Shares for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 6(h) hereof, including
filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection
with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum, (iv)
all filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters incurred
in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Shares by the NASD, (v) all
fees and expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the registration statement on
Form 8-A relating to the Common Stock and all costs and expenses incident to listing the Shares on
the Nasdaq Global Market, (vi) the cost of printing certificates representing the Shares, (vii) the
costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (viii) the costs and expenses of
the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the
marketing of the offering of the Shares, including, without limitation, expenses associated with
the preparation or dissemination of any electronic roadshow, expenses associated with the
production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in
connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company, travel and
lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and,
with the prior approval of the Company, fifty percent (50%) of
the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show, (ix) the document
production charges and expenses associated with printing this Agreement, (x) all fees and
disbursements of counsel incurred by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx in connection with the Directed Share Program
and stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx in
connection with the Directed Share Program and (xi) all other costs and expenses incident to the
performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made
in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section, Section 8
entitled “Indemnity and Contribution”, Section 9 entitled “Directed Share Program Indemnification”
and the last paragraph of Section 11 below, the Underwriters
will pay all of their costs and
expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, stock transfer taxes
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payable on resale
of any of the Shares by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
(l) The Company also covenants with each Underwriter that, without the prior written consent
of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and JPMorgan on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period
beginning on the date of this Agreement and ending 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, (1)
offer, pledge, 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, lend, or otherwise transfer or
dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into
or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (2) enter into any swap 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 described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be
settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) file any
registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of Common Stock
or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (other than on
Form S-8).
The restrictions contained in the preceding paragraph shall not apply to (a) the Shares to be
sold hereunder, (b) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an
option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and described in
the Registration Statement, (c) the grant of options or the issuance of shares of Common Stock by
the Company pursuant to equity incentive plans described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, (d) the
issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock in connection with any strategic transaction that
includes a commercial relationship involving the Company and other entities (including but not
limited to joint ventures, marketing or distribution arrangements, collaboration agreements or
intellectual property license agreements) or (e) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common
Stock in connection with any equipment loan or leasing
arrangement, real property leasing arrangement or debt financing from a bank or similar
financial institution; provided, however, that, in the case of issuances pursuant to clauses (d)
and (e), the total aggregate number of shares issued pursuant such clauses shall not exceed three
percent (3%) of the total shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately following the Closing Date and any
recipients of such shares shall execute a lock-up agreement in substantially the form set forth in
Exhibit D hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 180-day
restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event
relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period,
the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on
the last day of the 180 -day period, the restrictions imposed by this Section 6(1) shall continue
to apply until the expiration
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of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings
release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The Company shall promptly
notify Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and JPMorgan of any earnings release, news or event that may give rise to an
extension of the initial 180-day restricted period.
(m) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as described in the
Time of Sale Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds”.
(n) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could
reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the
Shares.
(o) For a period of two years after the date of this Agreement, so long as the Shares are
outstanding, the Company will furnish to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and JPMorgan, as soon as they are
available, copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders
of the Shares.
(p) The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies
of each issuer free writing prospectus, if any, that is not filed with the Commission in accordance
with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
(q) The Company will file with the Commission such reports as may be required by Rule 463
under the Securities Act.
7. Covenants of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter severally covenants with the Company not
to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission
under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that
otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the
Underwriter
8. Indemnity and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section
15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and each affiliate of any Underwriter
within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused
by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale
Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus, any Company information that the Company has filed,
or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act, or the Prospectus or
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any
amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such
untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information
relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you
expressly for use therein.
(b) The Company also agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, its
directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, and each affiliate of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx within the meaning
of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages and liabilities incurred as a result of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx’x participation as a
“qualified independent underwriter” within the meaning of
the Rules of Conduct of the NASD in connection with the offering of the Shares; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage or liability (or expense relating thereto) are finally judicially determined to have
resulted from the bad faith or gross negligence of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx.
(c) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any,
who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section
20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such
Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the
Company in writing by such Underwriter through Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx or JPMorgan expressly for use in the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free
writing prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.
(d) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted
involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a), 8(b) or
8(c), such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such
indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon
request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified
party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in
such proceeding and shall pay the reasonably incurred fees and disbursements of such counsel
related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to
retain its own counsel, but the reasonably incurred fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at
the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party
shall have mutually agreed to the
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retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such
proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due
to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying
party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any
proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonably incurred
fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such
indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred;
provided, however that if indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) above in respect of such
proceeding, then in addition to such separate firm of the Underwriters, their affiliates and such
control persons of the Underwriters the indemnifying party shall be liable for the reasonably
incurred fees and expenses of not more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel)
for Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx in its capacity as a “qualified independent
underwriter”, its affiliates within the meaning of Rule 405
under the Securities Act, and all
persons, if any, who control Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx within the meaning of either Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act. Such firm shall be designated in writing by
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and JPMorgan, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), by Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b) and by the Company, in the case
of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(c). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for
any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such
consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to
indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement
or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall
have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of
counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party
agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such
indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have
reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement. 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 on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(e) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 8(a), 8(b) or 8(c) is
unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying
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party under such paragraph, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one
hand and the Underwriters or Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx in its capacity as a “qualified independent
underwriter,” as the case may be, on the other hand from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the
allocation provided by clause 8(e)(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 8(e)(i) above but
also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters or Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx in
its capacity as a “qualified independent underwriter,” as the case may be, on the other hand in
connection with the statements or omissions that 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 or Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx in its capacity as a
“qualified independent underwriter,” as the case may be, on the other hand in connection with the
offering of the Shares shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds
from the offering of the Shares (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in
the table on the cover of the Prospectus, or the fee received by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx in its capacity as
a “qualified independent underwriter,” as the case may be, bear to the aggregate Public Offering
Price of the Shares. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters or
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx in its capacity as a “qualified independent underwriter,” as the case may be, on the
other hand 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 by the Underwriters or Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx in its
capacity as a “qualified independent underwriter,” as the case may be, and the parties’ relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8
are several in proportion to the respective number of Shares they have purchased hereunder, and not
joint.
(f) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or 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 that
does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 8(e). The amount paid
or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities
referred to in Section 8(e) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above,
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 8, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were
offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. 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. The remedies provided for in this Section 8 are not exclusive and
shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at
law or in equity.
(g) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 8 and the
representations, warranties and other statements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall
remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement,
(ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any person controlling any
Underwriter or any affiliate of any Underwriter or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or
directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the
Shares.
9. Directed Share Program Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, each person, if any, who controls Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx within the meaning of
either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each affiliate of
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities Act (“Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities”)
from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without
limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or
investigating any such action or claim) (i) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a
material fact contained in any material prepared by or with the consent of the Company for
distribution to Participants in connection with the Directed Share Program or caused by any
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, when considered in conjunction with the Time of Sale
Prospectus, not misleading; (ii) caused by the failure of any Participant to pay for and accept
delivery of Directed Shares that the Participant agreed to purchase; or (iii) related to, arising
out of, or in connection with the Directed Share Program, other than losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or expenses relating thereto) that are finally judicially determined to have resulted
from the bad faith or gross negligence of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities.
(b) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted
involving any Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section
9(a), the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity
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seeing indemnity, shall promptly notify the Company in writing and
the Company, upon request of the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity, shall retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity to represent the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity and any others the
Company may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonably incurred fees and
disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Entity shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel shall be at the expense of such Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity unless (i) the Company shall have
agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including
any impleaded parties) include both the Company and the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity and representation of
both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing
interests between them. The Company shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of the Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Entities in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction,
be liable for the reasonably incurred fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition
to any local counsel) for all Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities. Any such separate firm for the Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Entities shall be designated in writing by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx. The Company shall not be liable
for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such
consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Company agrees to indemnify the
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or
judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time a Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity shall
have requested the Company to reimburse it for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the
second and third sentences of this paragraph, the Company agrees that it shall be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered
into more than 30 days after receipt by the Company of the aforesaid request and (ii) the Company
shall not have reimbursed the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity in accordance with such request prior to the
date of
such settlement. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Entity is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of the Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Entities from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(c) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 9(a) is unavailable to a Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Entity or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to
therein, then the Company in lieu of indemnifying the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity thereunder, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity as a result of such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities on the other hand
from the offering of the Directed Shares or (ii)
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if the allocation provided by clause 9(c)(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 9(c)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on
the one hand and of the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities on the other hand in connection with any statements
or omissions that 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 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Directed
Shares shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the
offering of the Directed Shares (before deducting expenses) and the total underwriting discounts
and commissions received by the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities for the Directed Shares, bear to the
aggregate Public Offering Price of the Directed Shares. If the loss, claim, damage or liability is
caused by an untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact, the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Entities on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement or the omission or alleged omission relates to information
supplied by the Company or by the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities and the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(d) The Company and the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities agree that it would not be just or equitable
if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of
allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 9(c).
The amount paid or payable by the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities as a result of the losses, claims,
damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to
include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Entity shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the Directed Shares distributed to the Participants were offered to the
Participants exceeds the amount of any damages that such Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity has otherwise been
required to pay. No Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity 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. The remedies provided for in this Section
9 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to
any indemnified party at law or in equity.
(e) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 9 shall remain
operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any
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termination of this Agreement, (ii)
any investigation made by or on behalf of any Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity or the Company, its officers or
directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the
Directed Shares.
10. Termination. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement by notice given by you to the
Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i)
trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by, as the case may be,
any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Global Market, (ii)
trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any
over-the-counter market, (iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance
services in the United States shall have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking
activities shall have been declared by Federal or New York State authorities or (v) there shall
have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial markets or any
calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and that, singly or together
with any other event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in your judgment, impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus.
11. Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
If, on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the
Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares that it has or they have agreed to purchase
hereunder on such date, and the aggregate number of Shares that such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate
number of the Shares to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated
severally in the proportions that the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective
names in Schedule I bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of
all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as you may specify, to purchase
the Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to
purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the number of Shares that any Underwriter
has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 11 by an
amount in excess of one-ninth of such number of Shares without the written consent of such
Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase Firm Shares and the aggregate number of Firm Shares with respect to that such default
occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased on such date,
and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase
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of such Firm Shares are not
made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the
part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In any such case either you or the Company
shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in
order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale
Prospectus, in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. If, on an
Option Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Additional
Shares and the aggregate number of Additional Shares with respect to which such default occurs is
more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such Option
Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the option to (i) terminate their
obligation hereunder to purchase the Additional Shares to be sold on such Option Closing Date or
(ii) purchase not less than the number of Additional Shares that such non-defaulting Underwriters
would have been obligated to purchase in the absence of such default. Any action taken under this
paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of
such Underwriter under this Agreement.
If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, because of any
failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the
conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters
as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket
expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel)
reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering
contemplated hereunder.
12. Entire Agreement. (a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written
agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that
relate to the offering of the Shares, represents the entire agreement between the Company and the
Underwriters with respect to the preparation of any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale
Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Shares.
(b) The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Shares: (i) the
Underwriters have acted at arms length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the
Company or any other person, (ii) the Underwriters owe the Company only those duties and
obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded
by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those of
the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by
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applicable law any claims it may
have against the Underwriters arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with
the offering of the Shares.
13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the
same instrument.
14. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York.
15. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.
16. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt
and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered, mailed or sent to you in care of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx &
Co. Incorporated, 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a
copy to the Legal Department; and in care of X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk; and if to the Company shall be
delivered, mailed or sent to 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of
this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, XXXXXX MEDICAL, INC. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President and Chief Operating Officer | |||
Accepted as of the date hereof
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
Leerink Xxxxx & Co., Inc.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
Leerink Xxxxx & Co., Inc.
Acting severally on behalf of themselves and the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto. |
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By:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated | |||
By: |
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Title: | ||||
By:
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X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. | |||
By: |
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Name: | ||||
Title: |
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SCHEDULE I
Number of Firm Shares | ||||
Underwriter | To Be Purchased | |||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated |
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X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC |
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Leerink Xxxxx & Co., Inc. |
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Total: |
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SCHEDULE II
Time of Sale Prospectus
1. | Preliminary Prospectus issued October 31, 2006 | |
2. | [identify all free writing prospectuses filed by the Company under Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act] | |
3. | [Final term sheet attached hereto as Exhibit ___] |
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Exhibit D
[FORM OF LOCK-UP LETTER]
July ___, 2006
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
Leerink Xxxxx & Co., Inc.
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
Leerink Xxxxx & Co., Inc.
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Re: Xxxxxx Medical, Inc.—Initial Public Offering
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. (“X.X. Xxxxxx”) and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated (“Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx”) propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the
“Underwriting Agreement”) with Xxxxxx Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
providing for the public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 as filed with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Public Offering”) by the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement, including X.X. Xxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx (the
“Underwriters”), of shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common
Stock”).
To induce the Underwriters that may participate in the Public Offering to continue their
efforts in connection with the Public Offering, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the
prior written consent of X.X. Xxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not,
during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of the final
prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “Prospectus”) (the “Lock-Up Period”), (1) offer,
pledge, sell, announce the intention to 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,
lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or
any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including without
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limitation, Common Stock which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in
accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities that may be
issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant) or (2) enter into any swap 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 described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be
settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing
sentence shall not apply to transactions relating to shares of Common Stock or other securities
acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering, provided that no
filing under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with subsequent sales of Common Stock
or other securities acquired in open market transactions.
In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of X.X. Xxxxxx and
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period commencing on the date
hereof and 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 security convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock. The undersigned also agrees and consents to
the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the
transfer of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock except in compliance with the foregoing
restrictions.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer shares of Common Stock or any
security convertible into shares of Common Stock (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts; (ii) as a
distribution to general or limited partners, stockholders or members of the undersigned; (iii) if
the undersigned is a corporation, to an affiliate or affiliates of the corporation; or (iv) by will
or intestate succession to the undersigned’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiaries of
which are exclusively the undersigned or members of the undersigned’s immediate family; provided,
however, that in the case of any transfer pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv):
(a) the undersigned provides prior written notice of such gift, pledge, distribution or
transfer to X.X. Xxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx;
(b) each donee, pledgee, distributee or transferee (as the case may be) executes an agreement
stating that such party is bound by the restrictions set forth herein;
(c) any such transfer does not involve a disposition for value; and
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(d) such transfer is not required to be reported, and the undersigned does not otherwise
voluntarily report such transfer, in any public report or filing with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (except for transfers which may be reported by the undersigned on an annual
statement on Form 5).
For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by
blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin. The undersigned now has, and,
except as contemplated by clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, for the duration of this Lock-Up
Agreement will have, good and marketable title to the undersigned’s Common Stock, free and clear of
any liens, encumbrances and claims whatsoever.
If:
(1) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings
release or material news or a material event relating to the Company is publicly announced; or
(2) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it
will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day
restricted period;
the Lock-Up Period shall be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the
issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The
Lock-Up Period may only be extended once for material news or a material event relating to the
Company, which material news or material event is publicly announced by a person or entity other
than the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Lock-Up Period extend past 214
days after the date of the Prospectus.
The undersigned shall not engage in any transaction that may be restricted by this agreement
during the 34-day period beginning on the last day of the initial restricted period unless the
undersigned requests and receives prior written confirmation from the Company or X.X. Xxxxxx and
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx that the restrictions imposed by this agreement have expired.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and
authority to enter into this agreement. The undersigned understands that the Company and the
Underwriters are relying upon this agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Public
Offering. The undersigned further understands that this agreement is irrevocable and shall be
binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
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Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including
market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement,
the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Underwriters.
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
This agreement shall automatically terminate upon the earliest to occur, if any, of:
(a) either X.X. Xxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx on the one hand, or the Company, on the other
hand, advising the other in writing, prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, that it
has determined not to proceed with the Public Offering, (b) termination of the Underwriting
Agreement entered into between the Company and the Underwriters before the sale of any Common Stock
to the Underwriters or (c) January 31, 2007, in the event that the Underwriting Agreement has not
been executed by that date.
(Signature) | ||||
(Print Name) | ||||
(Print Address of Securityholder) | ||||
(City, State and Zipcode) |
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