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EXHIBIT 1
Draft dated 2/20/96
2,000,000 SHARES(1)
XXXXX MEDICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.
COMMON STOCK
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
____________________, 1996
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXX & COMPANY LLC
XXXXXXXXX & XXXXX LLC
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/x Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies/Gentlemen:
Xxxxx Medical Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
addresses you as the Representatives of each of the persons, firms and
corporations listed in Schedule A hereto (herein collectively called the
"Underwriters") and hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters
as follows:
1. Description of Shares. The Company proposes to issue and sell
2,000,000 shares of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, par value $.04
per share (the "Firm Shares"), to the several Underwriters. The Company also
proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to 300,000
additional shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.04 per share (the
"Option Shares"), as provided in Section 7 hereof. As used in this Agreement,
the term "Shares" shall include the Firm Shares and the Option Shares. All
shares of Common Stock, par value $.04 per share, of the Company to be
outstanding after giving effect to the sales contemplated hereby, including the
Shares, are hereinafter referred to as "Common Stock."
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(1) Plus an option to purchase up to 300,000 additional shares from the Company
to cover over-allotments.
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2. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company.
I. The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each Underwriter
that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 33-________) with
respect to the Shares, including a prospectus subject to completion, has been
prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and the applicable rules and regulations
(the "Rules and Regulations") of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Act and has been filed with the Commission; such
amendments to such registration statement, such amended prospectuses subject to
completion and such abbreviated registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b)
of the Rules and Regulations as may have been required prior to the date hereof
have been similarly prepared and filed with the Commission; and the Company
will file such additional amendments to such registration statement, such
amended prospectuses subject to completion and such abbreviated registration
statements as may hereafter be required. Copies of such registration statement
and amendments, of each related prospectus subject to completion (the
"Preliminary Prospectuses"), including all documents incorporated by reference
therein, and of any abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b)
of the Rules and Regulations have been delivered to you. The Company and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement meet the requirements for using
Form S-3 under the Act.
If the registration statement relating to the Shares has been declared
effective under the Act by the Commission, the Company will prepare and
promptly file with the Commission the information omitted from the registration
statement pursuant to Rule 430A(a) or, if Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC, on
behalf of the several Underwriters, shall agree to the utilization of Rule 434
of the Rules and Regulations, the information required to be included in any
term sheet filed pursuant to Rule 434(b) or (c), as applicable, of the Rules
and Regulations pursuant to subparagraph (1), (4) or (7) of Rule 424(b) of the
Rules and Regulations or as part of a post-effective amendment to the
registration statement (including a final form of prospectus). If the
registration statement relating to the Shares has not been declared effective
under the Act by the Commission, the Company will prepare and promptly file an
amendment to the registration statement, including a final form of prospectus,
or, if Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC, on behalf of the several
Underwriters, shall agree to the utilization of Rule 434 of the Rules and
Regulations, the information required to be included in any term sheet filed
pursuant to Rule 434(b) or (c), as applicable, of the Rules and Regulation.
The term "Registration Statement" as used in this Agreement shall mean such
registration statement, including financial statements, schedules and exhibits,
in the form in which it became or becomes, as the case may be, effective
(including, if the Company omitted information from the registration statement
pursuant to Rule 430A(a) or files a term sheet pursuant to Rule 434 of the
Rules and Regulations, the information deemed to be a part of the registration
statement at the time it became effective pursuant to Rule 430A(b) or Rule
434(d) of the Rules and Regulations) and, in the event of any amendment thereto
or the filing of any abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b)
of the Rules and Regulations relating thereto after the effective date of such
registration statement, shall also mean (from and after the effectiveness of
such amendment
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or the filing of such abbreviated registration statement) such registration
statement as so amended, together with any such abbreviated registration
statement. The term "Prospectus" as used in this Agreement shall mean the
prospectus relating to the Shares as included in such Registration Statement at
the time it becomes effective (including, if the Company omitted information
from the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A(a) of the Rules and
Regulations, the information deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement
at the time it became effective pursuant to Rule 430A(b) of the Rules and
Regulations); provided, however, that if in reliance on Rule 434 of the Rules
and Regulations and with the consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC, on
behalf of the several Underwriters, the Company shall have provided to the
Underwriters a term sheet pursuant to Rule 434(b) or (c), as applicable, prior
to the time that a confirmation is sent or given for purposes of Section
2(10)(a) of the Act, the term "Prospectus" shall mean the "prospectus subject
to completion" (as defined in Rule 434(g) of the Rules and Regulations) last
provided to the Underwriters by the Company and circulated by the Underwriters
to all prospective purchasers of the Shares (including the information deemed
to be a part of the Registration Statement at the time it became effective
pursuant to Rule 434(d) of the Rules and Regulations). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any revised prospectus shall be provided to the Underwriters by
the Company for use in connection with the offering of the Shares that differs
from the prospectus referred to in the immediately preceding sentence (whether
or not such revised prospectus is required to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations), the term "Prospectus"
shall refer to such revised prospectus from and after the time it is first
provided to the Underwriters for such use. If in reliance on Rule 434 of the
Rules and Regulations and with the consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company
LLC, on behalf of the several Underwriters, the Company shall have provided to
the Underwriters a term sheet pursuant to Rule 434(b) or (c), as applicable,
prior to the time that a confirmation is sent or given for purposes of Section
2(10)(a) of the Act, the Prospectus and the term sheet, together, will not be
materially different from the prospectus in the Registration Statement. Any
reference to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to
refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant
to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act, as of the date of the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to any
amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall
be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), which, upon
filing, are incorporated by reference therein, as required by paragraph (b) of
Item 12 of Form S-3. As used in this Agreement, the term "Incorporated
Documents" means the documents which at the time are incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto.
(b) The Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending the
use of any Preliminary Prospectus or instituted proceedings for that purpose,
and each such Preliminary Prospectus has conformed in all material respects to
the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and, as of its date,
has not included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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 at the time the
Registration Statement became or becomes, as the case may be, effective and at
all times subsequent thereto up to and on the Closing Date (hereinafter
defined) and on any later date on which Option Shares
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are to be purchased, (i) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any
amendments or supplements thereto, contained and will contain all material
information required to be included therein by the Act and the Rules and
Regulations and will in all material respects conform to the requirements of
the Act and the Rules and Regulations, (ii) the Registration Statement, and any
amendments or supplements thereto, did not and will not include 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, and
(iii) the Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements thereto, did not and
will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however,
that none of the representations and warranties contained in this subparagraph
(b) shall apply to information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance
upon, and in conformity with, written information relating to any Underwriter
furnished to the Company by such Underwriter specifically for use in the
preparation thereof.
The Incorporated Documents heretofore filed, when they were filed (or, if
any amendment with respect to any such document was filed, when such amendment
was filed), conformed in all material respects with the requirements of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; any
further Incorporated Documents so filed will, when they are filed, conform in
all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder; no such document when it was
filed (or, if an amendment with respect to any such document was filed, when
such amendment was filed), contained any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading; and no such further amendment
will 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.
(c) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly incorporated
and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation with full power and authority (corporate and
other) to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Prospectus; except as described in the Prospectus, the Company
owns all of the outstanding capital stock of its subsidiaries free and clear of
any pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest;
each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business requires
such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or be in good
standing would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial
or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects of the
Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise; no proceeding has
been instituted in any such jurisdiction, revoking, limiting or curtailing, or
seeking to revoke, limit or curtail, such power and authority or qualification;
each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in possession of and operating in
compliance with all authorizations, licenses, certificates, consents, orders
and permits from state, federal and other regulatory authorities, including,
without limitation, the United States Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA"),
the Federal Trade Commission (the "FTC"), the Consumer Product
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Safety Commission, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Drug
Enforcement Agency (the "DEA") and the United States Environment Protection
Agency (the "EPA"), which are material to the conduct of its business, all of
which are valid and in full force and effect; there are no FDA, FTC, DEA or EPA
enforcement actions pending or threatened against the Company or any of its
subsidiaries; the Company and its subsidiaries are conducting their business in
compliance with all the laws, rules and regulations of the jurisdictions in
which they are conducting business, except where failure to be so in compliance
would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects of the Company
and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise; neither the Company nor any
of its subsidiaries is in violation of its respective charter or bylaws or in
default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement,
covenant or condition contained in any material bond, debenture, note or other
evidence of indebtedness, or in any material lease, contract, indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, joint venture or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by
which it or any of its subsidiaries or their respective properties may be
bound; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in material
violation of any law, order, rule, regulation, writ, injunction, judgment or
decree of any court, government or governmental agency or body, domestic or
foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
over their respective properties of which it has knowledge. The Company does
not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or
other entity other than those subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission and incorporated
by reference into the Registration Statement ("Exhibit 21"), and does not have
any significant investment in any other corporation, association or other
entity except for Abana Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation, in
which the Company has an approximately 16.7% ownership interest.
(d) The Company has full legal right, power and authority to enter into
this Agreement and perform the transactions contemplated hereby. This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and
is a valid and binding agreement on the part of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnification hereunder may be
limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement hereof may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by general
equitable principles; the performance of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions herein contemplated will not result in (i) a violation of the
charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (ii) a material
breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a
default under, (a) any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness,
or under any lease, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its subsidiaries
or their respective properties may be bound, (or (b) any law, order, rule,
regulation, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court, government or
governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or over their respective properties. No
consent, approval, authorization or order of or qualification with any court,
government or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or over their
respective properties is required for the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the
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consummation by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of the transactions
herein contemplated, except such as may be required under the Act or under
state or other securities or Blue Sky laws, all of which requirements have been
satisfied in all material respects.
(e) There is not any pending or, to the best of the Company's knowledge,
threatened action, suit, claim or proceeding against the Company, any of its
subsidiaries or any of their respective officers or any of their respective
properties, assets or rights before any court, government or governmental
agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or
any of its subsidiaries or over their respective officers or properties or
otherwise which (i) might result in any material adverse change in the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise or
might materially and adversely affect their properties, assets or rights
(except as disclosed in the Prospectus), (ii) might prevent consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or (iii) is required to be disclosed in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus and is not so disclosed; and there are no
statutes, government regulations, agreements, contracts, leases or documents of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries of a character required to be described
or referred to in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any Incorporated
Document or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or any
Incorporated Document by the Act or the Rules and Regulations or by the
Exchange Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder which
have not been accurately described in all material respects in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any Incorporated Document or filed as exhibits to
the Registration Statement or any Incorporated Document.
(f) All outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, have been
issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, were not
issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive rights or other rights to
subscribe for or purchase securities, and the authorized and outstanding
capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus under the
caption "Capitalization" and conforms in all material respects to the
statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and any Incorporated Document (and such statements correctly state
the substance of the instruments defining the capitalization of the Company);
the Firm Shares and the Option Shares have been duly authorized for issuance
and sale to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and
delivered by the Company against payment therefor in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and
nonassessable, and will be sold free and clear of any pledge, lien, security
interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest; and no preemptive right,
co-sale right, registration right, right of first refusal or other similar
right of shareholders exists with respect to any of the Firm Shares or Option
Shares or the issuance and sale thereof other than those that have been
expressly waived prior to the date hereof and those that will automatically
expire upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated on the Closing
Date. No further approval or authorization of any shareholder, the Board of
Directors of the Company or others is required for the issuance and sale or
transfer of the Shares except as may be required under the Act or under state
or other securities or Blue Sky laws. All issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly authorized and
validly issued and, are fully paid and nonassessable, and were not issued in
violation of or
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subject to any preemptive right, or other rights to subscribe for or purchase
shares and are owned by the Company free and clear of any pledge, lien,
security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest. Except as
disclosed in or contemplated by the Prospectus and the consolidated financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, and the related schedules and
notes thereto, included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, neither
the Company nor any subsidiary has outstanding any options to purchase, or any
preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, any
securities or obligations convertible into, or any contracts or commitments to
issue or sell, shares of its capital stock or any such options, rights,
convertible securities or obligations. The description of the Company's stock
option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or
other rights granted and exercised thereunder, set forth or incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus accurately and fairly presents the information
required to be shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and
rights.
(g) Ernst & Young LLP, which has audited the consolidated financial
statements of the Company, together with the related schedules and notes, as of
December 31, 1994 and 1995 and for each of the years in the three (3) year
period ended December 31, 1995 filed with the Commission as a part of or
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, which are included
or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, are independent accountants
within the meaning of the Act and the Rules and Regulations; the audited
consolidated financial statements of the Company, together with the related
schedules and notes, and the unaudited consolidated financial information,
forming part of or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement
and Prospectus, fairly present the financial position and the results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries at the respective dates
and for the respective periods to which they apply. The selected and summary
financial and statistical data included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement present fairly the information shown therein and have
been compiled on a basis consistent with the audited consolidated financial
statements presented therein. No other financial statements or schedules are
required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.
(h) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in
the Registration Statement and Prospectus, there has not been (i) any material
adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations,
business or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered
as one enterprise, (ii) any transaction that is material to the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, except transactions entered into in
the ordinary course of business, (iii) any obligation, direct or contingent,
that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise, incurred by the Company or its subsidiaries, except obligations
incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iv) any change in the capital
stock or outstanding indebtedness of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise, (v) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made
on the capital stock of the Company, or (vi) any
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loss or damage (whether or not insured) to the property of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries which has been sustained or will have been sustained which
has a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
earnings, operations, business or business prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise.
(i) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus and
any Incorporated Document, (i) each of the Company and its subsidiaries has
good and marketable title to all properties and assets described in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus and any Incorporated Document as owned by
it, free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance, claim
or equitable interest, other than such as would not have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations,
business or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered
as one enterprise, (ii) the agreements to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
and any Incorporated Document are valid agreements, enforceable by the Company
any its subsidiaries (as applicable), except as the enforcement thereof may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by
general equitable principles and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, the
other contracting party or parties thereto are not in material breach or
material default under any of such agreements, and (iii) each of the Company
and its subsidiaries has valid and enforceable leases for all properties
described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Incorporated
Document as leased by it, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by general
equitable principles. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and any Incorporated Document, the Company and its subsidiaries own
or lease all such properties as are necessary to their operations as now
conducted or as proposed to be conducted.
(j) The Company and its subsidiaries have timely filed all necessary
federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and have paid all
taxes shown thereon as due, and there is no tax deficiency that has been or, to
the best of the Company's knowledge, might be asserted against the Company or
any of its subsidiaries that might have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise; and
all tax liabilities are adequately provided for on the books of the Company and
its subsidiaries.
(k) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain insurance with insurers of
recognized financial responsibility of the types and in the amounts generally
deemed adequate for their respective businesses and consistent with insurance
coverage maintained by similar companies in similar businesses, including, but
not limited to, insurance covering real and personal property owned or leased
by the Company or its subsidiaries against theft, damage, destruction, acts of
vandalism and all other risks customarily insured against, all of which
insurance is in full force and effect; neither the Company nor any such
subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and
neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it
will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such
coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers
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as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not
materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise),
earnings, operations, business or business prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise.
(l) To the best of Company's knowledge, no labor disturbance by the
employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or is imminent; and
the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the
employees of any of its principal suppliers, subcontractors or manufacturers
that might be expected to result in a material adverse change in the condition
(financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects
of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise. No
collective bargaining agreement exists with any of the Company's employees or
employees of any of its subsidiaries and, to the best of the Company's
knowledge, no such agreement is imminent.
(m) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries owns or possesses adequate
rights to use all patents, patent applications, patent rights, inventions,
trade secrets, know-how, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks,
service xxxx applications, trade names, copyrights or other information
(collectively, "Intellectual Property") which are necessary to conduct its
business as now or as proposed to be conducted by it as described in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Incorporated Document; the
expiration of any Intellectual Property would not have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations,
business or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered
as one enterprise; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received
any notice of, and has knowledge of, any infringement of or conflict with
asserted rights of the Company or its subsidiaries by others with respect to
any Intellectual Property; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
received any notice of, and has knowledge of, any infringement of or conflict
with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property which
singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling
or finding, would have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects of the Company
and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise.
(n) The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Exchange Act and is listed on the Nasdaq National Market, and the Company has
taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the
registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common
Stock from the Nasdaq National Market, nor has the Company received any
notification that the Commission or the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") is contemplating terminating such registration or
listing.
(o) The Company has been advised concerning the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and the rules and regulations thereunder,
and has in the past conducted, and intends in the future to conduct, its
affairs in such a manner as to ensure that it will not become an "investment
company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company" within the
meaning of the 1940 Act and such rules and regulations.
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(p) The Company has not distributed and will not distribute prior to the
later of (i) the Closing Date, or any date on which Option Shares are to be
purchased, as the case may be, and (ii) completion of the distribution of the
Shares, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the
Shares other than any Preliminary Prospectuses, the Prospectus, the
Registration Statement and other materials, if any, permitted by the Act.
(q) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has at any time during
the last five years (i) made any unlawful contribution to any candidate for
foreign office or failed to disclose fully any contribution in violation of
law, or (ii) made any payment to any federal or state governmental officer or
official, or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duties,
other than payments required or permitted by the laws of the United States or
any jurisdiction thereof.
(r) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result
in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Stock to facilitate
the sale or resale of the Shares.
(s) Each executive officer and director of the Company has agreed in
writing that such person will not, for a period of 90 days from the date that
the Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission (the
"Lock-up Period"), sell, offer, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to
purchase or otherwise dispose of (collectively, a "Disposition") any shares of
Common Stock, any options or warrants to purchase any shares of Common Stock or
any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock
(collectively, "Securities") now owned or hereafter acquired directly by such
person or with respect to which such person has or hereafter acquires the power
of disposition, otherwise than (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided the
donee or donees thereof agree in writing to be bound by this restriction, (ii)
as a distribution to limited partners or shareholders of such person, provided
that the distributees thereof agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this
restriction, or (iii) with the prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx &
Company LLC. The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude the
holder of the Securities from engaging in any hedging or other transaction
which is designed to or reasonably expected to lead to or result in a
Disposition of Securities during the Lock-up Period, even if such Securities
would be disposed of by someone other than such holder. Such prohibited
hedging or other transactions would include, without limitation, any short sale
(whether or not against the box) or any purchase, sale or grant of any right
(including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any
Securities or with respect to any security (other than a broad-based market
basket or index) that includes, relates to or derives any significant part of
its value from Securities. Furthermore, such person will also agree and
consent to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company's transfer
agent against the transfer of the Securities held by such person except in
compliance with this restriction. The Company has provided to counsel for the
Underwriters a complete and accurate list of all securityholders of the Company
and the number and type of securities held by each securityholder. The Company
has provided to counsel for the Underwriters true, accurate and complete copies
of all of the agreements pursuant to which its officers, directors and
shareholders have agreed to such or similar restrictions (the "Lock-up
Agreements") presently in effect or effected hereby. The Company hereby
represents and warrants that it will not release any of its
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officers, directors or other shareholders from any Lock-up Agreements currently
existing or hereafter effected without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC.
(t) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and
any Incorporated Document, (i) each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in
compliance in all material respects with all rules, laws and regulations
relating to the use, treatment, storage and disposal of toxic substances and
protection of health or the environment ("Environmental Laws") which are
applicable to their respective businesses, (ii) neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries has received any notice from any governmental authority or
third party of an asserted claim under Environmental Laws, which claim is
required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and/or
any Incorporated Document, (iii) neither the Company nor its subsidiaries will
be required to make future material capital expenditures to comply with
Environmental Laws and (iv) no property which is owned, leased or occupied by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries has been designated as a Superfund site
pursuant to the Comprehensive Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et seq.), or otherwise designated as
a contaminated site under applicable state or local law.
(u) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i)
transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific
authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access
to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific
authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences.
(v) There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for
business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of
indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or
directors of the Company or any of the members of the families of any of them,
except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
Incorporated Document.
(w) The Company has complied with all provisions of Section 517.075,
Florida Statutes relating to doing business with the Government of Cuba or with
any person or affiliate located in Cuba.
3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Shares. On the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the
terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the
Underwriters, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of $__________ per share, the
respective number of Firm Shares as hereinafter set forth. The obligation of
each Underwriter to the Company shall be to purchase from the Company that
number of Firm Shares which is set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter
in Schedule A hereto (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10).
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Delivery of definitive certificates for the Firm Shares to be purchased by
the Underwriters pursuant to this Section 3 shall be made against payment of
the purchase price therefor by the several Underwriters by certified or
official bank check or checks drawn in next-day funds, payable to the order of
the Company (and the Company agrees not to deposit any such check in the bank
on which it is drawn, and not to take any other action with the purpose or
effect of receiving immediately available funds, until the business day
following the date of its delivery to the Company, and, in the event of any
breach of the foregoing, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for the
interest lost and any other expenses borne by them by reason of such breach),
at the offices of Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxx, P.C., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xx.
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 (or at such other place as may be agreed upon among the
Representatives and the Company), at 7:00 A.M., San Francisco time, (a) on the
third (3rd) full business day following the first day that Shares are traded,
(b) if this Agreement is executed and delivered after 1:30 P.M., San Francisco
time, the fourth (4th) full business day following the day this Agreement is
executed and delivered or (c) or at such other time and date not later than
seven (7) full business days following the first day that Shares are traded as
the Representatives and the Company may determine (or at such time and date to
which payment and delivery shall have been postponed pursuant to Section 10
hereof), such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the
"Closing Date;" provided, however, that if the Company has not made available
to the Representatives copies of the Prospectus within the time period provided
in Section 4(d) hereof, the Representatives may, in their sole discretion,
postpone the Closing Date until no later than two (2) full business days
following delivery of copies of the Prospectus to the Representatives. The
certificates for the Firm Shares to be so delivered will be made available to
you at such office or such other location including, without limitation, in New
York City, as you may reasonably request for checking at least one (1) full
business day prior to the Closing Date and will be in such names and
denominations as you may request, such request to be made at least two (2) full
business days prior to the Closing Date. If the Representatives so elect,
delivery of the Firm Shares may be made by credit through full fast transfer to
the accounts at The Depository Trust Company designated by the Representatives.
It is understood that you, individually, and not as the Representatives of
the several Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of
the purchase price on behalf of any Underwriter or Underwriters whose check or
checks shall not have been received by you prior to the Closing Date for the
Firm Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters. Any such
payment by you shall not relieve any such Underwriter or Underwriters of any of
its or their obligations hereunder.
After the Registration Statement becomes effective, the several
Underwriters intend to make an initial public offering (as such term is
described in Section 11 hereof) of the Firm Shares at an initial public
offering price of $______ per share. After the initial public offering, the
several Underwriters may, in their discretion, vary the public offering price.
The information set forth in the last paragraph on the front cover page
(insofar as such information relates to the Underwriters), in the _____ and
_____ paragraphs on the inside front cover page of the Prospectus concerning
stabilization and over-allotment by the
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Underwriters, and in the ____________________ and ___________ paragraphs under
the caption "Underwriting" in any Preliminary Prospectus and in the final form
of Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) constitutes the only information
furnished by the Underwriters to the Company for inclusion in any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement or any Incorporated
Document, and you, on behalf of the respective Underwriters, represent and
warrant to the Company that the statements made therein do not include 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, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the several
Underwriters that:
(a) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration
Statement and any amendment thereof, if not effective at the time and date that
this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto, to become
effective as promptly as possible; the Company will use its best efforts to
cause any abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the
Rules and Regulations as may be required subsequent to the date the
Registration Statement is declared effective to become effective as promptly as
possible; the Company will notify you, promptly after it shall receive notice
thereof, of the time when the Registration Statement, any subsequent amendment
to the Registration Statement or any abbreviated registration statement has
become effective or any supplement to the Prospectus has been filed; if the
Company omitted information from the Registration Statement at the time it was
originally declared effective in reliance upon Rule 430A(a) of the Rules and
Regulations, the Company will provide evidence satisfactory to you that the
Prospectus contains such information and has been filed, within the time period
prescribed, with the Commission pursuant to subparagraph (1) or (4) of Rule
424(b) of the Rules and Regulations or as part of a post-effective amendment to
such Registration Statement as originally declared effective which is declared
effective by the Commission; if the Company files a term sheet pursuant to Rule
434 of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will provide evidence
satisfactory to you that the Prospectus and term sheet meeting the requirements
of Rule 434(b) or (c), as applicable, of the Rules and Regulations, have been
filed, within the time period prescribed, with the Commission pursuant to
subparagraph (7) of Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations; if for any reason
the filing of the final form of Prospectus is required under Rule 424(b)(3) of
the Rules and Regulations, it will provide evidence satisfactory to you that
the Prospectus contains such information and has been filed with the Commission
within the time period prescribed; it will notify you promptly of any request
by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information; promptly upon your
request, it will prepare and file with the Commission any amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus which, in the opinion
of Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, counsel for the several Underwriters
("Underwriters' Counsel"), may be necessary or advisable in connection with the
distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters; it will promptly prepare and
file with the Commission, and promptly notify you of the filing of, any
amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus which may
be necessary to correct any statements or omissions, if, at any time when a
prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered
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under the Act, any event shall have occurred as a result of which the
Prospectus or any other prospectus relating to the Shares as then in effect
would include 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; in case any
Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus nine (9) months or more after
the effective date of the Registration Statement in connection with the sale of
the Shares, it will prepare promptly upon request, but at the expense of such
Underwriter, such amendment or amendments to the Registration Statement and
such prospectus or prospectuses as may be necessary to permit compliance with
the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Act; and it will file no amendment
or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Incorporated
Documents or, prior to the end of the period of time in which a prospectus
relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the Act, file any
document which upon filing becomes an Incorporated Document, which shall not
previously have been submitted to you a reasonable time prior to the proposed
filing thereof or to which you shall reasonably object in writing, subject,
however, to compliance with the Act and the Rules and Regulations, the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and the
provisions of this Agreement.
(b) The Company will advise you, promptly after it shall receive notice or
obtain knowledge, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the initiation
or threat of any proceeding for that purpose; and it will promptly use its best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal
at the earliest possible moment if such stop order should be issued.
(c) The Company will use its best efforts to qualify the Shares for
offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may
designate and to continue such qualifications in effect for so long as may be
required for purposes of the distribution of the Shares, except that the
Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereof
to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service
of process in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise required to be so
qualified or to so execute a general consent to service of process. In each
jurisdiction in which the Shares shall have been qualified as above provided,
the Company will make and file such statements and reports in each year as are
or may be reasonably required by the laws of such jurisdiction.
(d) The Company will furnish to you, as soon as available, and, in the
case of the Prospectus and any term sheet or abbreviated term sheet under Rule
434, in no event later than the first (1st) full business day following the
first day the Shares are traded, copies of the Registration Statement (four of
which will be signed and which will include all exhibits), each Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements to such documents,
including any prospectus prepared to permit compliance with Section 10(a)(3) of
the Act, and the Incorporated Documents (four of which will include all
exhibits) all in such quantities as you may from time to time reasonably
request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC,
on behalf of the several Underwriters, shall agree to the utilization of Rule
434 of the Rules and Regulations, the Company shall provide to you copies of a
Preliminary Prospectus updated in all respects through the date specified by
you in such quantities as you may from time to time reasonably request.
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(e) The Company will make generally available to its securityholders as
soon as practicable, but in any event not later than the forty-fifth (45th) day
following the end of the fiscal quarter first occurring after the first
anniversary of the effective date of the Registration Statement, an earnings
statement (which will be in reasonable detail but need not be audited)
complying with the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and covering a twelve
(12) month period beginning after the effective date of the Registration
Statement.
(f) During a period of five (5) years after the date hereof, the
Company will furnish to its shareholders as soon as practicable after the end
of each respective period, annual reports (including financial statements
audited by independent certified public accountants) and will make available to
its shareholders unaudited quarterly reports of operations for each of the first
three quarters of the fiscal year, and will furnish to you and the other
several Underwriters hereunder, upon request (i) concurrently with furnishing
such reports to its shareholders, statements of operations of the Company for
each of the first three (3) quarters in the form furnished to the Company's
shareholders, (ii) concurrently with furnishing to its shareholders, a balance
sheet of the Company as of the end of such fiscal year, together with
statements of operations, of shareholders' equity, and of cash flows of the
Company for such fiscal year, accompanied by a copy of the certificate or
report thereon of independent certified public accountants, (iii) as soon as
they are available, copies of all reports (financial or other) mailed to
shareholders, (iv) as soon as they are available, copies of all reports and
financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission, any securities
exchange or the NASD, (v) every material press release and every material news
item or article in respect of the Company or its affairs which was generally
released to shareholders or prepared by the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
and (vi) any additional information of a public nature concerning the Company
or any of its subsidiaries, or their respective businesses which you may
reasonably request. During such five (5) year period, if the Company shall
have active subsidiaries, the foregoing financial statements shall be on a
consolidated basis to the extent that the accounts of the Company and its
subsidiaries are consolidated, and shall be accompanied by similar financial
statements for any significant subsidiary which is not so consolidated.
(g) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares
being sold by it in the manner set forth under the caption "Use of Proceeds" in
the Prospectus.
(h) The Company will maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the
jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, a registrar (which may be the
same entity as the transfer agent) for its Common Stock.
(i) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result
in manipulation of the price of the Common Stock to facilitate the sale or
resale of the Shares.
(j) If the transactions contemplated hereby are not consummated by reason
of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to perform any
agreement on its part to be performed hereunder or to fulfill any condition of
the Underwriters' obligations hereunder, or if the Company shall terminate this
Agreement pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, or if the
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Underwriters shall terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 11(b)(i), the
Company will reimburse the several Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses
(including fees and disbursements of Underwriters' Counsel) incurred by the
Underwriters in investigating or preparing to market or marketing the Shares.
(k) If at any time during the ninety (90) day period after the
Registration Statement becomes effective, any rumor, publication or event
relating to or affecting the Company shall occur as a result of which in your
opinion the market price of the Common Stock has been or is likely to be
materially affected (regardless of whether such rumor, publication or event
necessitates a supplement to or amendment of the Prospectus), the Company will,
after written notice from you advising the Company to the effect set forth
above, forthwith prepare, consult with you concerning the substance of and
disseminate a press release or other public statement, reasonably satisfactory
to you, responding to or commenting on such rumor, publication or event.
(l) During the Lock-up Period, the Company will not, without the prior
written consent of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC, effect the Disposition of,
directly or indirectly, any Securities other than the sale of the Firm Shares
and the Option Shares hereunder and the Company's issuance of options or Common
Stock under the Company's presently authorized 1989 Incentive Stock Option
Plan, 1994 Incentive Stock Plan and 1994 Formula Stock Option Plan (the "Option
Plan").
5. Expenses.
(a) The Company agrees with each Underwriter that:
(i) The Company will pay and bear all costs and expenses in connection
with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement
(including financial statements, schedules and exhibits), Preliminary
Prospectuses, Prospectus and the Incorporated Documents and any amendments or
supplements thereto; the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among
Underwriters, the Selected Dealer Agreement, the Preliminary Blue Sky Survey
and any Supplemental Blue Sky Survey, the Underwriters' Questionnaire and Power
of Attorney, and any instruments related to any of the foregoing; the issuance
and delivery of the Shares hereunder to the several Underwriters, including
transfer taxes, if any, the cost of all certificates representing the Shares
and transfer agents' and registrars' fees; the fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company; all fees and other charges of the Company's
independent certified public accountants; the cost of furnishing to the several
Underwriters copies of the Registration Statement (including appropriate
exhibits), Preliminary Prospectus, Prospectus and the Incorporated Documents,
and any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing; NASD filing fees and
the cost of qualifying the Shares under the laws of such jurisdictions as you
may designate (including filing fees and fees and disbursements of
Underwriters' Counsel in connection with such NASD filings and Blue Sky
qualifications); and all other expenses directly incurred by the Company in
connection with the performance of their obligations hereunder.
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(ii) In addition to its other obligations under Section 8(a) hereof, the
Company agrees that, as an interim measure during the pendency of any claim,
action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding described in Section 8(a)
hereof, it will reimburse the Underwriters on a monthly basis for all
reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or
defending any such claim, action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding,
notwithstanding the absence of a judicial determination as to the propriety and
enforceability of the Company's obligation to reimburse the Underwriters for
such expenses and the possibility that such payments might later be held to
have been improper by a court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent that
any such interim reimbursement payment is so held to have been improper, the
Underwriters shall promptly return such payment to the Company together with
interest, compounded daily, determined on the basis of the prime rate (or other
commercial lending rate for borrowers of the highest credit standing) listed
from time to time in The Wall Street Journal which represents the base rate on
corporate loans posted by a substantial majority of the nation's thirty (30)
largest banks (the "Prime Rate"). Any such interim reimbursement payments
which are not made to the Underwriters within thirty (30) days of a request for
reimbursement shall bear interest at the Prime Rate from the date of such
request.
(b) In addition to their other obligations under Section 8(b) hereof, the
Underwriters severally and not jointly agree that, as an interim measure during
the pendency of any claim, action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding
described in Section 8(b) hereof, they will reimburse the Company on a monthly
basis for all reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with
investigating or defending any such claim, action, investigation, inquiry or
other proceeding, notwithstanding the absence of a judicial determination as to
the propriety and enforceability of the Underwriters' obligation to reimburse
the Company for such expenses and the possibility that such payments might
later be held to have been improper by a court of competent jurisdiction. To
the extent that any such interim reimbursement payment is so held to have been
improper, the Company shall promptly return such payment to the Underwriters
together with interest, compounded daily, determined on the basis of the Prime
Rate. Any such interim reimbursement payments which are not made to the
Company within thirty (30) days of a request for reimbursement shall bear
interest at the Prime Rate from the date of such request.
(c) It is agreed that any controversy arising out of the operation of the
interim reimbursement arrangements set forth in Sections 5(a)(ii) and 5(b)
hereof, including the amounts of any requested reimbursement payments, the
method of determining such amounts and the basis on which such amounts shall be
apportioned among the reimbursing parties, shall be settled by arbitration
conducted under the provisions of the Constitution and Rules of the Board of
Governors of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or pursuant to the Code of
Arbitration Procedure of the NASD. Any such arbitration must be commenced by
service of a written demand for arbitration or a written notice of intention to
arbitrate, therein electing the arbitration tribunal. In the event the party
demanding arbitration does not make such designation of an arbitration tribunal
in such demand or notice, then the party responding to said demand or notice is
authorized to do so. Any such arbitration will be limited to the operation of
the interim reimbursement provisions contained in Sections 5(a)(ii) and 5(b)
hereof and will not resolve the
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ultimate propriety or enforceability of the obligation to indemnify for
expenses which is created by the provisions of Sections 8(a) and 8(b) hereof or
the obligation to contribute to expenses which is created by the provisions of
Section 8(d) hereof.
6. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of the
several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Shares as provided herein
shall be subject to the accuracy, as of the date hereof and the Closing Date
and any later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may
be, of the representations and warranties of the Company herein, to the
performance by the Company of their respective obligations hereunder and to the
following additional conditions:
(a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective not later than
2:00 P.M., San Francisco time, on the date following the date of this
Agreement, or such later date as shall be consented to in writing by you; and
no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof shall have been issued and
no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge
of the Company or any Underwriter, threatened by the Commission, and any
request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied
with to the satisfaction of Underwriters' Counsel.
(b) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters in connection with
this Agreement, the form of Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and the
registration, authorization, issue, sale and delivery of the Shares, shall have
been reasonably satisfactory to Underwriters' Counsel, and such counsel shall
have been furnished with such papers and information as they may reasonably
have requested to enable them to pass upon the matters referred to in this
Section.
(c) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior
to the Closing Date there shall not have been any change in the condition
(financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects
of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise from that set
forth in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, which, in your sole
judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in your sole judgment,
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering of the Shares
as contemplated by the Prospectus.
(d) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later date on
which Option Shares are purchased, as the case may be, the following opinion of
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxx, P.C., counsel for the Company, dated the Closing
Date or such later date on which Option Shares are purchased addressed to the
Underwriters and with reproduced copies or signed counterparts thereof for each
of the Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) The Company and each subsidiary has been duly incorporated
and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation;
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(ii) The Company and each subsidiary has the corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus;
(iii) The Company and each subsidiary is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in [list
each jurisdiction, if any, in which the ownership or leasing of its
properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification,
except where the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing
would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial
or otherwise), earnings, operations or business of the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise]. To such counsel's
knowledge, other than those subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 the
Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any
corporation, association or other entity and does not have any
significant investment in any other corporation, association or other
entity other than Abana Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
in which the Company has approximately 16.7% ownership interest;
(iv) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the
Company is as set forth in the Prospectus under the caption
"Capitalization" as of the dates stated therein, the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and
validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, to such
counsel's knowledge, have not been issued in violation of or subject
to any preemptive right, co-sale right, registration right, right of
first refusal or other similar right;
(v) All issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each
subsidiary of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued
and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, to such counsel's
knowledge, have not been issued in violation of or subject to any
preemptive right, co-sale right, registration right, right of first
refusal or other similar right and are owned by the Company free and
clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance, claim or
equitable interest;
(vi) The Firm Shares or the Option Shares, as the case may be, to
be issued by the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement have
been duly authorized and, upon issuance and delivery against payment
therefor in accordance with the terms hereof, will be duly and validly
issued and fully paid and nonassessable, and will not have been issued
in violation of or subject to any preemptive right, co-sale right,
registration right, right of first refusal or other similar right of
shareholders;
(vii) The Company has the corporate power and authority to enter
into this Agreement and to issue, sell and deliver to the Underwriters
the Shares to be issued and sold by it hereunder;
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(viii) This Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Company and has been duly executed
and delivered by the Company;
(ix) The Registration Statement has become effective under the
Act and, to such counsel's knowledge, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or
threatened under the Act;
(x) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and each
amendment or supplement thereto (other than the financial statements
(including supporting schedules) and financial data derived therefrom
as to which such counsel need express no opinion), as of the effective
date of the Registration Statement, complied as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the Act and the applicable
Rules and Regulations and each of the Incorporated Documents (other
than the financial statements (including supporting schedules) and the
financial data derived therefrom as to which such counsel need express
no opinion) complied when filed pursuant to the Exchange Act as to
form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the
Rules and Regulations and the Exchange Act and the applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(xi) The terms and provisions of the capital stock of the Company
conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and the Incorporated
Documents, and the statements in or incorporated by reference into the
Prospectus under the captions "______, _______ and ______", to the
extent that they constitute summaries of matters of law or legal
conclusions, have been reviewed by such counsel and are accurate and
complete statements or summaries of the matters set forth therein, and
the form of certificate evidencing the Common Stock complies with
Delaware law;
(xii) The description in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus of the charter and bylaws of the Company and of statutes
are accurate and fairly present the information required to be
presented by the Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations;
(xiii) To such counsel's knowledge, there are no agreements,
contracts, leases or documents to which the Company is a party of a
character required to be described or referred to in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any Incorporated Document or to be filed as
an exhibit to the Registration Statement or any Incorporated Document
which are not described or referred to therein or filed as required;
(xiv) The performance of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions herein contemplated (other than performance of the
Company's indemnification obligations hereunder, concerning which no
opinion need be
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expressed) will not (a) result in any violation of the Company's
charter or bylaws or (b) to such counsel's knowledge, result in a
material breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any bond, debenture, note or other
evidence of indebtedness, or under any lease, contract, indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, joint venture or other
agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company is
a party or by which its properties are bound, or any applicable
statute, rule or regulation known to such counsel or, to such
counsel's knowledge, any order, writ or decree of any court,
government or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, or over any of their properties or
operations;
(xv) No consent, approval, authorization or order of or
qualification with any court, government or governmental agency or
body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
or over any of their respective properties or operations is necessary
in connection with the consummation by the Company of the transactions
herein contemplated, except such as have been obtained under the Act
or such as may be required under state or other securities or Blue Sky
laws in connection with the purchase and the distribution of the
Shares by the Underwriters;
(xvi) To such counsel's knowledge, there are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending or threatened against the Company of
a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus or any Incorporated Document by the Act or the Rules
and Regulations or by the Exchange Act or the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, other than those described
therein;
(xvii) To such counsel's knowledge, neither the Company nor any
of its subsidiaries is presently (a) in violation of its respective
charter or bylaws, or (b) in material breach of any applicable
statute, rule or regulation known to such counsel or, to such
counsel's knowledge, any order, writ or decree of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, or over any of their properties or
operations; and
(xviii) To such counsel's knowledge, except as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Incorporated Document,
no holders of Common Stock or other securities of the Company have
registration rights with respect to securities of the Company and,
except as set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, all
holders of securities of the Company having rights known to such
counsel to registration of such shares of Common Stock or other
securities, because of the filing of the Registration Statement by the
Company have, with respect to the offering contemplated thereby,
waived such rights or such rights have expired by reason of lapse of
time following notification of the Company's intent to file the
Registration Statement or have included securities in the Registration
Statement pursuant to the exercise of and in full satisfaction of such
rights.
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In addition, such counsel shall state that such counsel has participated
in conferences with officials and other representatives of the Company, the
Representatives, Underwriters' Counsel and the independent certified public
accountants of the Company, at which such conferences the contents of the
Registration Statement and Prospectus and related matters were discussed, and
although they have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the statements
contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, nothing has come to
the attention of such counsel which leads them to believe that, at the time the
Registration Statement became effective and at all times subsequent thereto up
to and on the Closing Date and on any later date on which Option Shares are to
be purchased, the Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement
thereto and any Incorporated Document, when such documents become effective or
were filed with the Commission (other than the financial statements including
supporting schedules and other financial and statistical information derived
therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no comment) contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, or at the Closing Date or any later date on which the Option Shares
are to be purchased, as the case may be, the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and any Incorporated
Document (except as aforesaid) contained any untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. Such counsel shall also state that the conditions for the use of
Form S-3 set forth in the General Instructions thereto have been satisfied.
Counsel rendering the foregoing opinion may rely as to questions of law
not involving the laws of the United States or the States of Missouri and
Delaware upon opinions of local counsel, and as to questions of fact upon
representations or certificates of officers of the Company, and of government
officials, in which case their opinion is to state that they are so relying and
that they have no knowledge of any material misstatement or inaccuracy in any
such opinion, representation or certificate. Copies of any opinion,
representation or certificate so relied upon shall be delivered to you, as
Representatives of the Underwriters, and to Underwriters' Counsel.
(e) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later date on
which Option Shares are purchased, as the case may be, the following opinion of
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx and Xxxxx, P.C., special regulatory counsel to the Company, dated
the Closing Date or such later date on which Option Shares are purchased,
addressed to the Underwriters and with reproduced copies or signed counterparts
thereof for each of the Underwriters to the effect that they serve as special
regulatory counsel to the Company and that:
(i) The statements in the Registration Statement and Prospectus
under the captions "Risk Factors -- Government Regulation" and
"Business -- Government Regulation," insofar as such statements
purport to summarize applicable provisions of regulatory law, have
been reviewed by such counsel and are accurate and complete
statements or summaries of the matters set forth therein.
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(ii) To such counsel's knowledge, there are no FDA, DEA or EPA
enforcement actions pending against the Company and no such actions
are threatened.
In addition, counsel shall state that no facts have come to their
attention which cause them to believe that the statements in the Prospectus
under the captions "Risk Factors -- Government Regulation" and "Business --
Government Regulation," insofar as such statements relate to regulatory
matters, at the time the Registration Statement became effective, contained an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, or at the Closing date or at any later date on which Option Shares
are purchased, as the case may be, contains an untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
(f) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later date on
which Option Shares are purchased, as the case may be, the following opinion of
King & Spalding, special regulatory counsel to Company, dated the Closing Date
or such later date on which Option Shares are purchased, addressed to the
Underwriters and with reproduced copies or signed counterparts thereof for each
of the underwriters, to the effect that they serve as special regulatory
counsel to the Company and that:
(i) The statements in the Registration Statement and Prospectus
under the captions "Risk Factors -- Government Regulation" and
"Business -- Government Regulation," insofar as such statements
purport to summarize applicable provisions of regulatory law, have
been reviewed by such counsel and are accurate and complete
statements or summaries of the matters set forth therein.
(ii) To such counsel's knowledge, there are no FDA, DEA or
EPA enforcement actions pending against the Company and no such
actions are threatened.
In addition, counsel shall state that no facts have come to their
attention which cause them to believe that the statements in the Prospectus
under the captions "Risk Factors -- Government Regulation" and Business --
Government Regulation," insofar as such statements relate to regulatory matters
, at the time the Registration Statement became effective, contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or
at the Closing date or at any later date on which Option Shares are purchased,
as the case may be, contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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(g) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later date on
which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, an opinion of
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, in form and substance satisfactory to you, with
respect to the sufficiency of all such corporate proceedings and other
legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby as you may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to
such counsel such documents as they may have requested for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(h) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later date on
which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, a letter from
Ernst & Young LLP addressed to the Company and the Underwriters, dated the
Closing Date or such later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as
the case may be, confirming that they are independent certified public
accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the
applicable published Rules and Regulations and based upon the procedures
described in such letter delivered to you concurrently with the execution of
this Agreement (herein called the "Original Letter"), but carried out to a date
not more than five (5) business days prior to the Closing Date or such later
date on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, (i)
confirming, to the extent true, that the statements and conclusions set forth
in the Original Letter are accurate as of the Closing Date or such later date
on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, and (ii)
setting forth any revisions and additions to the statements and conclusions set
forth in the Original Letter which are necessary to reflect any changes in the
facts described in the Original Letter since the date of such letter, or to
reflect the availability of more recent financial statements, data or
information. The letter shall not disclose any change in the condition
(financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects
of the Company from that set forth in the Registration Statement or Prospectus,
which, in your sole judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in
your sole judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public
offering of the Shares as contemplated by the Prospectus. The Original Letter
from Ernst & Young LLP shall be addressed to or for the use of the Underwriters
in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters and shall (i) represent,
to the extent true, that they are independent certified public accountants with
respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the applicable
published Rules and Regulations, (ii) set forth their opinion with respect to
their examination of the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of
December 31, 1994 and 1995, and related consolidated statements of operations,
shareholders' equity, and cash flows for the three years ended December 31,
1995 and (iii) address other matters agreed upon by Ernst & Young LLP and you.
In addition, if applicable, you shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP a
letter addressed to the Company and made available to you for the use of the
Underwriters stating that their review of the Company's system of internal
accounting controls, to the extent they deemed necessary in establishing the
scope of their examination of the Company's financial statements as of December
31, 1994 and 1995, did not disclose any weaknesses in internal controls that
they considered to be material weaknesses.
(i) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later date on
which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, a certificate of
the Company, dated the Closing Date or such later date on which Option Shares
are to be purchased, as the case may
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be, signed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, to the effect that, and you shall be satisfied that:
(i) The representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement are true and correct, as if made on and as of the Closing
Date or any later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as
the case may be, and the Company has complied with all the agreements
and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date or any later date on which
Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be;
(ii) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the
Act;
(iii) When the Registration Statement became effective and at all
times subsequent thereto up to the delivery of such certificate, the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any amendments or
supplements thereto, and the Incorporated Documents, when such
Incorporated Documents became effective or were filed with the
Commission, contained all material information required to be included
therein by the Act and the Rules and Regulations or the Exchange Act
and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder,
as the case may be, and in all material respects conformed to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations or the Exchange
Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, as the case may be, the Registration Statement, and any
amendment or supplement thereto, did not and does not include 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, the Prospectus, and any amendment or
supplement thereto, did not and does not include 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, since the effective date of the
Registration Statement, there has occurred no event required to be set
forth in an amended or supplemented Prospectus which has not been so
set forth; and
(iv) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information
is given in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, there has not
been (a) any material adverse change in the condition (financial or
otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects of
the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, (b) any
transaction that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, except transactions entered into in the
ordinary course of business, (c) any obligation, direct or contingent,
that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise, incurred by the Company or its subsidiaries, except
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (d) any
change in the capital stock or outstanding indebtedness of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one
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enterprise, (e) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared,
paid or made on the capital stock of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, or (f) any loss or damage (whether or not insured) to
the property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which has been
sustained or will have been sustained which has a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
operations, business or business prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise.
(j) The Company shall have obtained and delivered to you an agreement from
each executive officer and director of the Company in writing prior to the date
hereof that such person will not, during the Lock-up Period, effect the
Disposition of any Securities now owned or hereafter acquired directly by such
person or with respect to which such person has or hereafter acquires the power
of disposition, otherwise than (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided the
donee or donees thereof agree in writing to be bound by this restriction, (ii)
as a distribution to limited partners or shareholders of such person, provided
that the distributees thereof agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this
restriction, or (iii) with the prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx &
Company LLC. The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude the
holder of the Securities from engaging in any hedging or other transaction
which is designed to or reasonably expected to lead to or result in a
Disposition of Securities during the Lock-up Period, even if such Securities
would be disposed of by someone other than the such holder. Such prohibited
hedging or other transactions would including, without limitation, any short
sale (whether or not against the box) or any purchase, sale or grant of any
right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to
any Securities or with respect to any security (other than a broad-based market
basket or index) that includes, relates to or derives any significant part of
its value from Securities. Furthermore, such person will have also agreed and
consented to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company's
transfer agent against the transfer of the Securities held by such person
except in compliance with this restriction.
(j) The Company shall have furnished to you such further certificates and
documents as you shall reasonably request (including certificates of officers
of the Company) as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the
Company herein, as to the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder and as to the other conditions concurrent and precedent to the
obligations of the Underwriters hereunder.
All such opinions, certificates, letters and documents will be in
compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory
to Underwriters' Counsel. The Company will furnish you with such number of
conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you
shall reasonably request.
7. Option Shares.
(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein
contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Company hereby grants to the several Underwriters, for the purpose of covering
over-allotments in connection with the distribution and sale of the Firm Shares
only, a nontransferable option to purchase up to an aggregate of 300,000 Option
Shares at the purchase price per share for the Firm Shares set forth
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in Section 3 hereof. Such option may be exercised by the Representatives on
behalf of the several Underwriters on one (1) or more occasions in whole or in
part during the period of thirty (30) days after the date on which the Firm
Shares are initially offered to the public, by giving written notice to the
Company. The number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter upon
the exercise of such option shall be the same proportion of the total number of
Option Shares to be purchased by the several Underwriters pursuant to the
exercise of such option as the number of Firm Shares purchased by such
Underwriter (set forth in Schedule A hereto) bears to the total number of Firm
Shares purchased by the several Underwriters (set forth in Schedule A hereto),
adjusted by the Representatives in such manner as to avoid fractional shares.
Delivery of definitive certificates for the Option Shares to be purchased
by the several Underwriters pursuant to the exercise of the option granted by
this Section 7 shall be made against payment of the purchase price therefor by
the several Underwriters by certified or official bank check or checks drawn in
next-day funds, payable to the order of the Company (and the Company agrees not
to deposit any such check in the bank on which it is drawn, and not to take any
other action with the purpose or effect of receiving immediately available
funds, until the business day following the date of its delivery to the
Company). In the event of any breach of the foregoing, the Company shall
reimburse the Underwriters for the interest lost and any other expenses borne
by them by reason of such breach. Such delivery and payment shall take place
at the offices of Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxx, P.C., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xx.
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 or at such other place as may be agreed upon among the
Representatives and the Company (i) on the Closing Date, if written notice of
the exercise of such option is received by the Company at least two (2) full
business days prior to the Closing Date, or (ii) on a date which shall not be
later than the third (3rd) full business day following the date the Company
receives written notice of the exercise of such option, if such notice is
received by the Company less than two (2) full business days prior to the
Closing Date.
The certificates for the Option Shares to be so delivered will be made
available to you at such office or such other location including, without
limitation, in New York City, as you may reasonably request for checking at
least one (1) full business day prior to the date of payment and delivery and
will be in such names and denominations as you may request, such request to be
made at least two (2) full business days prior to such date of payment and
delivery. If the Representatives so elect, delivery of the Option Shares may
be made by credit through full fast transfer to the accounts at The Depository
Trust Company designated by the Representatives.
It is understood that you, individually, and not as the Representatives of
the several Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of
the purchase price on behalf of any Underwriter or Underwriters whose check or
checks shall not have been received by you prior to the date of payment and
delivery for the Option Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter or
Underwriters. Any such payment by you shall not relieve any such Underwriter
or Underwriters of any of its or their obligations hereunder.
(b) Upon exercise of any option provided for in Section 7(a) hereof, the
obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase such Option Shares will be
subject (as of the
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date hereof and as of the date of payment and delivery for such Option Shares)
to the accuracy of and compliance with the representations, warranties and
agreements of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of the
Company and officers of the Company made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to
the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to the
condition that all proceedings taken at or prior to the payment date in
connection with the sale and transfer of such Option Shares shall be
satisfactory in form and substance to you and to Underwriters' Counsel, and you
shall have been furnished with all such documents, certificates and opinions as
you may request in order to evidence the accuracy and completeness of any of
the representations, warranties or statements, the performance of any of the
covenants or agreements of the Company or the compliance with any of the
conditions herein contained.
8. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such Underwriter may become subject (including, without limitation, in its
capacity as an Underwriter or as a "qualified independent underwriter" within
the meaning of Schedule E of the Bylaws of the NASD), under the Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise, specifically including, but not limited to, losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i)
any breach of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant of the
Company herein contained, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment
or supplement thereto, including any Incorporated Document or the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (iii) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and
agrees to reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the
Registration Statement, such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any
such amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon, and in conformity with,
written information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company by
such Underwriter, directly or through you, specifically for use in the
preparation thereof and, provided further, that the indemnity agreement
provided in this Section 8(a) with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus shall
not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter from whom the person asserting any
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of material fact or omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact purchased Shares, if a copy of the Prospectus in
which such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission was corrected had not been sent or given to such person within the
time required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations, unless such failure is
the result of noncompliance by the Company with Section 4(d) hereof.
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The indemnity agreement in this Section 8(a) shall extend upon the same
terms and conditions to, and shall inure to the benefit of, each person, if
any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange
Act. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liabilities which
the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities,
joint or several, to which the Company may become subject under the Act or
otherwise, specifically including, but not limited to, losses, claims, damages
or liabilities, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any breach of
any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant of such Underwriter herein
contained, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement thereto, including any Incorporated Document or the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (iii) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, in the case of subparagraphs (ii)
and (iii) of this Section 8(b) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by such Underwriter, directly or through you, specifically for
use in the preparation thereof, and agrees to reimburse the Company for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action.
The indemnity agreement in this Section 8(b) shall extend upon the same
terms and conditions to, and shall inure to the benefit of, each officer of the
Company who signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company,
and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act
or the Exchange Act. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any
liabilities which each Underwriter may otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of
notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under
this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement
thereof but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve
it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than
under this Section 8. In case any such action is brought against any
indemnified party, and it notified the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to
the extent that it shall elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified
party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified
party, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to
such indemnified party; provided, however, that if the defendants in any such
action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have
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reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or
other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those
available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall
have the right to select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to
otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such
indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying
party to such indemnified party of the indemnifying party's election so to
assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of
counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party
under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by
such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the
indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the
proviso to the next preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the
indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one
separate counsel (together with appropriate local counsel) approved by the
indemnifying party representing all the indemnified parties under Section 8(a)
or 8(b) hereof who are parties to such action), (ii) the indemnifying party
shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified
party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice
of commencement of the action or (iii) the indemnifying party has authorized
the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the
indemnifying party. In no event shall any indemnifying party be liable in
respect of any amounts paid in settlement of any action unless the indemnifying
party shall have approved the terms of such settlement; provided that such
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No indemnifying party shall,
without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnification 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.
(d) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in any action
in which a claim for indemnification is made pursuant to this Section 8 but it
is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by a court
of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the denial of
the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be enforced in such
case notwithstanding the fact that this Section 8 provides for indemnification
in such case, all the parties hereto shall contribute to the aggregate losses,
claims, damages or liabilities to which they may be subject (after contribution
from others) in such proportion so that the Underwriters severally and not
jointly are responsible pro rata for the portion represented by the percentage
that the underwriting discount bears to the initial public offering price, and
the Company are responsible for the remaining portion, provided, however, that
(i) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
underwriting discount applicable to the Shares purchased by such Underwriter in
excess of the amount of damages which such Underwriter is otherwise required to
pay and (ii) no person guilty of a fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
contribution agreement in this Section 8(d) shall extend upon the same terms
and conditions to, and shall inure to the benefit of, each person, if any, who
controls the Underwriters or the Company within the meaning of the Act or the
Exchange Act and each officer of the Company who signed the Registration
Statement and each director of the Company.
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(e) The parties to this Agreement hereby acknowledge that they are
sophisticated business persons who were represented by counsel during the
negotiations regarding the provisions hereof including, without limitation, the
provisions of this Section 8, and are fully informed regarding said provisions.
They further acknowledge that the provisions of this Section 8 fairly allocate
the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company and
its business in order to assure that adequate disclosure is made in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus as required by the Act and the Exchange
Act.
9. Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements to Survive
Delivery. All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the
Company and the Underwriters herein or in certificates delivered pursuant
hereto, and the indemnity and contribution agreements contained in Section 8
hereof shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person
within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, or by or on behalf of the
Company or any of its officers, directors or controlling persons within the
meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, and shall survive the delivery of the
Shares to the several Underwriters hereunder or termination of this Agreement.
10. Substitution of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters
shall fail to take up and pay for the number of Firm Shares agreed by such
Underwriter or Underwriters to be purchased hereunder upon tender of such Firm
Shares in accordance with the terms hereof, and if the aggregate number of Firm
Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters so agreed but failed
to purchase does not exceed 10% of the Firm Shares, the remaining Underwriters
shall be obligated, severally in proportion to their respective commitments
hereunder, to take up and pay for the Firm Shares of such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters.
If any Underwriter or Underwriters so defaults and the aggregate number of
Firm Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed
to take up and pay for exceeds 10% of the Firm Shares, the remaining
Underwriters shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to take up and
pay for (in such proportions as may be agreed upon among them) the Firm Shares
which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters so agreed but failed to
purchase. If such remaining Underwriters do not, at the Closing Date, take up
and pay for the Firm Shares which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters so
agreed but failed to purchase, the Closing Date shall be postponed for
twenty-four (24) hours to allow the several Underwriters the privilege of
substituting within twenty-four (24) hours (including non-business hours)
another underwriter or underwriters (which may include any nondefaulting
Underwriter) satisfactory to the Company. If no such underwriter or
underwriters shall have been substituted as aforesaid by such postponed Closing
Date, the Closing Date may, at the option of the Company, be postponed for a
further twenty-four (24) hours, if necessary, to allow the Company the
privilege of finding another underwriter or underwriters, satisfactory to you,
to purchase the Firm Shares which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters so
agreed but failed to purchase. If it shall be arranged for the remaining
Underwriters or substituted underwriter or underwriters to take up the Firm
Shares of the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters as provided in this
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Section 10, (i) the Company shall have the right to postpone the time of
delivery for a period of not more than seven (7) full business days, in order
to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the
Company agrees promptly to file any amendments to the Registration Statement or
supplements to the Prospectus which may thereby be made necessary, and (ii) the
respective number of Firm Shares to be purchased by the remaining Underwriters
and substituted underwriter or underwriters shall be taken as the basis of
their underwriting obligation. If the remaining Underwriters shall not take up
and pay for all such Firm Shares so agreed to be purchased by the defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters or substitute another underwriter or underwriters
as aforesaid and the Company shall not find or shall not elect to seek another
underwriter or underwriters for such Firm Shares as aforesaid, then this
Agreement shall terminate.
In the event of any termination of this Agreement pursuant to the
preceding paragraph of this Section 10, the Company shall not be liable to any
Underwriter (except as provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof) nor shall any
Underwriter (other than an Underwriter who shall have failed, otherwise than
for some reason permitted under this Agreement, to purchase the number of Firm
Shares agreed by such Underwriter to be purchased hereunder, which Underwriter
shall remain liable to the Company and the other Underwriters for damages, if
any, resulting from such default) be liable to the Company (except to the
extent provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof).
The term "Underwriter" in this Agreement shall include any person
substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.
11. Effective Date of this Agreement and Termination.
(a) This Agreement shall become effective at the earlier of (i) 6:30
A.M., San Francisco time, on the first full business day following the
effective date of the Registration Statement, or (ii) the time of the initial
public offering of any of the Shares by the Underwriters after the Registration
Statement becomes effective. The time of the initial public offering shall
mean the time of the release by you, for publication, of the first newspaper
advertisement relating to the Shares, or the time at which the Shares are first
generally offered by the Underwriters to the public by letter, telephone,
telegram or telecopy, whichever shall first occur. By giving notice as set
forth in Section 12 before the time this Agreement becomes effective, you, as
Representatives of the several Underwriters, or the Company, may prevent this
Agreement from becoming effective without liability of any party to any other
party, except as provided in Sections 4(j), 5 and 8 hereof.
(b) You, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, shall have the
right to terminate this Agreement by giving notice as hereinafter specified at
any time at or prior to the Closing Date or on or prior to any later date on
which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, (i) if the Company
shall have failed, refused or been unable to perform any agreement on its part
to be performed, or because any other condition of the Underwriters'
obligations hereunder required to be fulfilled is not fulfilled, including,
without limitation, any
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change in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations,
business or business prospects of the Company from that set forth in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus, which, in your sole judgment, is material
and adverse, or (ii) if additional material governmental restrictions, not in
force and effect on the date hereof, shall have been imposed upon trading in
securities generally or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally
established on the New York Stock Exchange or on the American Stock Exchange or
in the over the counter market by the NASD, or trading in securities generally
shall have been suspended on either such exchange or in the over the counter
market by the NASD, or if a banking moratorium shall have been declared by
federal, New York or California authorities, or (iii) if the Company shall have
sustained a loss by strike, fire, flood, earthquake, accident or other calamity
of such character as to interfere materially with the conduct of the business
and operations of the Company regardless of whether or not such loss shall have
been insured, or (iv) if there shall have been a material adverse change in the
general political or economic conditions or financial markets as in your
reasonable judgment makes it inadvisable or impracticable to proceed with the
offering, sale and delivery of the Shares, or (v) if there shall have been an
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or of any other insurrection or armed
conflict or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency which,
in the reasonable opinion of the Representatives, makes it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering of the Shares as contemplated
by the Prospectus. In the event of termination pursuant to subparagraph (i)
above, the Company shall also remain obligated to pay costs and expenses
pursuant to Sections 4(j), 5 and 8 hereof. Any termination pursuant to any of
subparagraphs (ii) through (v) above shall be without liability of any party to
any other party except as provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof.
If you elect to prevent this Agreement from becoming effective or to
terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 11, you shall promptly
notify the Company by telephone, telecopy or telegram, in each case confirmed
by letter. If the Company shall elect to prevent this Agreement from becoming
effective, the Company shall promptly notify you by telephone, telecopy or
telegram, in each case, confirmed by letter.
12. Notices. All notices or communications hereunder, except as herein
otherwise specifically provided, shall be in writing and if sent to you shall
be mailed, delivered, telegraphed (and confirmed by letter) or telecopied (and
confirmed by letter) to you c/x Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC, 000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, telecopier
number (000) 000-0000, Attention: General Counsel; if sent to the Company,
such notice shall be mailed, delivered, telegraphed (and confirmed by letter)
or telecopied (and confirmed by letter) to 0000 Xxxxx Xxxx, Xx. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000, telecopier number (000) 000-0000, Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Chief
Executive Officer.
13. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the several Underwriters and the Company and their respective executors,
administrators, successors and assigns. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person or corporation,
other than the parties hereto and their respective executors, administrators,
successors and assigns, and the controlling persons within the meaning of the
Act or the Exchange Act, officers and directors referred to in Section 8
hereof, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in respect of this
Agreement or any provisions herein contained, this
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Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and
being for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective executors, administrators, successors and assigns and said
controlling persons and said officers and directors, and for the benefit of no
other person or corporation. No purchaser of any of the Shares from any
Underwriter shall be construed a successor or assign by reason merely of such
purchase.
In all dealings with the Company under this Agreement, you shall act on
behalf of each of the several Underwriters, and the Company shall be entitled
to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement made or given
by you jointly or by Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC on behalf of you.
14. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of California.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in several counterparts,
each of which will constitute an original.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding among the Company
and the several Underwriters, please so indicate in the space provided below
for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement
among the Company and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
XXXXX MEDICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
Accepted as of the date first above written:
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXX & COMPANY LLC
XXXXXXXXX & XXXXX LLC
On their behalf and on behalf of each of the
several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto.
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXX & COMPANY LLC
By: XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXX & COMPANY, INC.
By:_______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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Draft dated 2/20/96
SCHEDULE A
Number of
Firm Shares
To Be
Underwriters Purchased
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Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC.............
Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC.........................
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2,000,000
Total......................................... =====================
