4,900,000 Shares VALUEVISION MEDIA, INC. Common Stock PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION COPY
4,900,000 Shares
VALUEVISION MEDIA, INC.
Common Stock
December 17, 2010
XXXXX XXXXXXX & CO.
U.S. Bancorp Center
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
U.S. Bancorp Center
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
ValueVision Media, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), proposes to sell to Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. (the “Underwriter”) an aggregate of 4,900,000 shares (the “Securities”) of Common
Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company.
The Company hereby confirms its agreement with respect to the sale of the Securities to the
Underwriter.
1. Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company has prepared and filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File
No. 333-168312) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act” or “Act”) and
the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Commission thereunder, and such
amendments to such registration statement as may have been required to the date of this Agreement.
Such registration statement has been declared effective by the Commission. Such registration
statement, at any given time, including amendments thereto to such time, the exhibits and any
schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12
of Form S-3 under the Securities Act at such time and the documents and information otherwise
deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by Rule 430B under the Securities Act (the “Rule
430B Information”) or otherwise pursuant to the Rules and Regulations at such time, is herein
called the “Registration Statement.” The Registration Statement at the time it originally became
effective is herein called the “Original Registration Statement.” Any registration statement filed
by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act is called the “Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement” and, from and after the date and time of filing of the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, the term “Registration Statement” shall include the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement.
The prospectus in the form in which it appeared in the Original Registration Statement is
herein called the “Base Prospectus.” Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Company will prepare and file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement to the Base
Prospectus relating to the Securities and the offering thereof in accordance with the provisions of
Rule 430B and Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations. Such final supplemental form of prospectus
(including the Base Prospectus as so supplemented), in the form filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) is herein called the “Prospectus.” Any reference herein to the Base Prospectus or
the Prospectus shall be
deemed to refer to include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12
of Form S-3 under the Securities Act as of the date of such prospectus.
For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any
of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“XXXXX”). All references in this
Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “described,”
“contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, or the
Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such
financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated by reference in or
otherwise deemed by the Rules and Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration
Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this
Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the
Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the subsequent filing of any document under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and which is deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference therein or otherwise deemed by the Rules and Regulations to be a
part thereof.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and
agrees with, the Underwriter as follows:
(i) The Statutory Prospectus (as defined below) at the Time of Sale (as defined below) will
comply with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and will not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
(ii) The Original Registration Statement was initially declared effective by the Commission
under the Securities Act on August 16, 2010 and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has become
effective or will become effective upon filing with the Commission. The Company has complied, to
the Commission’s satisfaction, with all requests of the Commission for additional or supplemental
information. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect
and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the best knowledge
of the Company, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission.
(iii) Each part of the Original Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time such part became effective (including each
deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriter pursuant to Rule 430B or otherwise under the
Securities Act), at all other subsequent times until the expiration of the Prospectus Delivery
Period (as defined below), and at the Closing Date (as defined below) and the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement to the Prospectus), at the time of filing or the time of first use within
the meaning of the Rules and Regulations, at all subsequent times until expiration of the
Prospectus Delivery Period, and at the Closing Date, complied and will comply in all material
respects with the applicable requirements and provisions of the Securities Act, the Rules and
Regulations and the Exchange Act and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as of its date,
or the time of first use within the meaning of the Rules and Regulations, at all subsequent times
until the expiration of the Prospectus Delivery Period, and at the Closing Date, did not and will
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit 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. The representations and warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding
sentences do
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not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus, or any
amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for use
therein; it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter
consists of information described as such in Section 6(f).
(iv) Neither (A) the Issuer General Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Time
of Sale and set forth on Schedule II, the information set forth on Schedule III and
the Statutory Prospectus at the Time of Sale, all considered together (collectively, the “Time of
Sale Disclosure Package”), nor (B) any individual Issuer Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus, when
considered together with the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, includes or included as of the Time
of Sale any untrue statement of a material fact or omit or omitted as of the Time of Sale to state
any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to
statements in or omissions from any Statutory Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter
specifically for use therein; it being understood and agreed that the only such information
furnished by the Underwriter consists of information described as such in Section 6(f). As
used in this paragraph and elsewhere in this Agreement:
(1) “Time of Sale” means 8:46 am (Central time) on the date of this Agreement, or such
other time as agreed to by the Company and the Underwriter.
(2) “Statutory Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus, as amended and supplemented
immediately prior to the Time of Sale, including any document incorporated by reference
therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof. For purposes of this
definition, information contained in a form of prospectus that is deemed retroactively to be
a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act shall be
considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus as of the actual time that form of
prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act.
(3) “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as
defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to the Securities that (A) is
required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, or (B) is exempt from filing
pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) under the Securities Act because it contains a description of
the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, or is a “bona fide
electronic roadshow,” as defined in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations, in each case in
the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed,
in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Securities
Act.
(4) “Issuer General Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its
being specified in Schedule II hereto.
(5) “Issuer Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Free Writing Prospectus.
(v) (A) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times
through the Prospectus Delivery Period or until any earlier date that the Company notified or
notifies the Underwriter as described in Section 4(iii)(B), did not, does not and will not
include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained
in the Registration
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Statement, any Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus. The foregoing sentence does not apply
to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for use therein;
it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists
of information described as such in Section 6(f).
(B)(1) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or
another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the
Securities Act) of the Securities and (2) at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an
“ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, in the preceding three years
not having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or having been made the subject of a judicial
or administrative decree or order as described in Rule 405 (without taking account of any
determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be
considered an ineligible issuer), nor an “excluded issuer” as defined in Rule 164 under the
Securities Act.
(C) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus satisfied, as of its issue date and at all subsequent
times through the Prospectus Delivery Period, all other conditions to use thereof as set forth in
Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act.
(vi) The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, together with
the related notes, set forth or incorporated by reference, in the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the requirements
of the Securities Act and fairly present the financial condition of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of operations and changes in
cash flows for the periods therein specified in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States consistently applied throughout the periods involved; and the
supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus have been derived from the accounting records of the Company and present fairly
the information required to be stated therein. To the Company’s knowledge, no other schedules or
financial statements are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. To the Company’s knowledge, Deloitte & Touche LLP
(“Deloitte”) which has expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements filed as a
part of the Registration Statement and included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is (x) an independent public accounting firm within the
meaning of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, (y) a registered public accounting
firm (as defined in Section 2(a)(12) of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”))
and (z) in the performance of its work for the Company, not in violation of the auditor
independence requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. Except as described in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no material off-balance sheet transactions,
arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations), or any other relationships with
unconsolidated entities or other persons, that may have a material current or, to the Company’s
knowledge, future effect on the Company’s financial condition, changes in financial condition,
results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources or significant components
of revenue or expenses. All non-GAAP financial information included in the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus complies with the requirements of Regulation
G and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Act.
(vii) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation. Each of the
Company and its subsidiaries has full corporate power and authority to own its properties and
conduct its business as currently being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation in
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good standing in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases real property or in which the
conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary and in which the failure to so qualify
would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change in the general affairs,
condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, property, operations or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (“Material Adverse Change”). All
of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly by the Company or a
wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims.
(viii) Except as contemplated in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package, (a) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any material liabilities
or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions, or declared or
paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock; and (b)
there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than a change in the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding
options or warrants), or any material change in the short term or long term debt, or any issuance
of options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to purchase the capital stock, of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than issuances of options under the Company’s existing
stock option plans), or any Material Adverse Change or any development that could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
(ix) Except as set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is
not pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated, any action, suit or
proceeding to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or
assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject before or by any court or
governmental agency, authority or body, or any arbitrator, which, individually or in the aggregate,
could reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse Change. There are no current or
pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings that are required to be
described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
that have not been so described.
(x) There are no statutes, regulations, contracts or documents that are required to be
described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or
to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Act or by the Rules and Regulations
that have not been so described or filed.
(xi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and
constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnity hereunder may be limited by federal or
state securities laws and except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and subject to general
principles of equity. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not (A) conflict with or result in a
breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result
in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries are a
party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries are bound or to which any of the property
or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, except for any such conflict,
breach, violation, default or imposition of a lien, charge or encumbrance that would not reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, (B) result in any violation of the provisions
of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (C) result in the violation
of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or
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governmental agency or regulatory authority, except for any such violation that would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. To the Company’s knowledge, no
consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any court or governmental agency or
body is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance or sale of the
Securities by the Company, except (i) such as may be required under the Act, the rules of the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) or state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) for
any consent, approval, authorization, order or filing the failure of which to make or obtain would
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; and the Company has full power
and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
including the authorization, issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement.
(xii) All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, including the
outstanding shares of Common Stock, are duly authorized and validly issued, 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 that have not been waived in writing (a copy of which has been delivered to
counsel to the Underwriter); the Securities which may be sold hereunder by the Company have been
duly authorized and, when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, will have been validly issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable, and the holders
thereof will not be subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such holders; and the
capital stock of the Company, including the Common Stock, conforms to the description thereof in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Except as
otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, there are no preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any
restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s
charter, by laws or any agreement or other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which
the Company is bound, other than options to purchase common stock under the Company’s existing
stock option plans. Except as described in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the
offering or sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights for
or relating to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company
that have not been fully complied with or previously waived. All of the issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock of each of the Company’s subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized
and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise described in the
Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, the Company
owns of record and beneficially, free and clear of any security interests, claims, liens, proxies,
equities or other encumbrances, all of the issued and outstanding shares of such stock. Except as
described or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, there are no options, warrants, agreements, contracts or other rights in existence
to purchase or acquire from the Company any shares of the capital stock of the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company (other than issuances of options under the Company’s existing stock
option plans). The Company has an authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Common Stock
(including the Securities) conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained
in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The description of the Company’s stock
option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other rights granted
thereunder, set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus accurately and
fairly presents the information required to be shown with respect to such plans, arrangements,
options and rights. Except as set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Company is not
a participant in any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement.
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(xiii) The Company and each of its subsidiaries holds, and is operating in compliance in all
material respects with, all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements,
consents, certificates and orders of any Governmental Authority or self-regulatory body required
for the conduct of its business, and all such franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses,
permits, easements, consents, certifications and orders are valid and in full force and effect; and
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or
modification of any such franchise, grant, authorization, license, permit, easement, consent,
certification or order or has reason to believe that any such franchise, grant, authorization,
license, permit, easement, consent, certification or order will not be renewed in the ordinary
course; and the Company and each of its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with
all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, regulations, orders and decrees.
(xiv) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all property (whether
real or personal) described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus as being owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, claims, security
interests, other encumbrances or defects except as described in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except those that could not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. The property
held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries is held by them under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases with only such exceptions with respect to any particular lease as do not
interfere in any material respect with the conduct of the business of the Company or and its
subsidiaries.
(xv) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, all
Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of their business as now conducted or as described
in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be
conducted, except as such failure to own, possess, or acquire such rights would not result in a
Material Adverse Change. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (A) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no
infringement, misappropriation or violation by third parties of any such Intellectual Property,
except as such infringement, misappropriation or violation would not result in a Material Adverse
Change; (B) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit,
proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ rights in or to any
such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable
basis for any such claim; (C) the Intellectual Property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries
and to the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property licensed to the Company and its
subsidiaries have not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and there is no
pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope
of any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a
reasonable basis for any such claim; (D) there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding
or claim by others that the Company or any of its subsidiaries infringe, misappropriate or
otherwise violate any Intellectual Property or other proprietary rights of others, neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice of such claim and the Company
is unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; and (E) to the
Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in or has ever been in violation of any term of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention
assignment agreement, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure
agreement or any restrictive covenant to or with a former employer where the basis of such
violation relates to such employee’s employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
actions undertaken by the employee while employed with the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
except as such violation would not result in a Material Adverse Change. “Intellectual Property”
shall mean all patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service xxxx
registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how
and other intellectual property.
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(xvi) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries are (A) in violation of their charter or
by laws; (B) in breach of or otherwise in default, and no event has occurred which, with notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default in the performance or observance of any
term, covenant, obligation, agreement or condition contained in any bond, debenture, note,
indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or any other contract, lease or other instrument
to which it is subject or by which it may be bound, or to which any of the material property or
assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries are subject; or (C) in violation of any law or
statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or
regulatory authority, except in the case of (B) and (C) above, as could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
(xvii) The Company and its subsidiaries have timely filed all federal, state, local and
foreign income and franchise tax returns required to be filed and are not in default in the payment
of any material taxes which were payable pursuant to said returns or any assessments with respect
thereto, other than any which the Company or any of its subsidiaries are contesting in good faith.
There is no pending material dispute with any taxing authority relating to any of such returns and
the Company has no knowledge of any proposed liability for any tax to be imposed upon the
properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries for which there is not an adequate
reserve reflected in the Company’s financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xviii) Other than the subsidiaries of the Company listed in Exhibit 21 to the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2010, the Company, directly or
indirectly, owns no capital stock or other equity or ownership or proprietary interest in any
corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity.
(xix) The Company has not distributed and will not distribute any prospectus or other offering
material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or other materials permitted by the Securities Act to be
distributed by the Company; provided, however, that, except as set forth on Schedule II,
the Company has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would
constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, except in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4(xvii) of this Agreement.
(xx) The Common Stock of the Company is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange
Act and is listed on The NASDAQ Global Market (“NASDAQ”) under the ticker symbol “VVTV.” 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 NASDAQ
nor has the Company received any notice that it is not in compliance with the listing or
maintenance requirements of NASDAQ. The Company believes that it is, and has no reason to believe
that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in material compliance with all such
listing and maintenance requirements. Except for Xxxxxxx Kosci or as otherwise described in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, to the knowledge of
the Company, there are no affiliations among the Company’s directors and officers and members of
the FINRA. A Registration Statement relating to the Common Stock on Form 8-A or other applicable
form under the Exchange Act has become effective.
(xxi) [Reserved]
(xxii) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to
provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s
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general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in
the United States and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only
in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate
action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting is effective and none of the Company, its board of directors and
audit committee is aware of any “significant deficiencies” or “material weaknesses” (each as
defined by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) in its internal control over financial
reporting, or any fraud that involves management or other employees of the Company who have a
significant role in the Company’s internal controls; and since the end of the latest audited fiscal
year, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether
or not remediated) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company’s board of directors has, subject
to the exceptions, cure periods and the phase in periods specified in the applicable stock exchange
rules (“Exchange Rules”), validly appointed an audit committee to oversee internal accounting
controls whose composition satisfies the applicable requirements of the Exchange Rules and the
Company’s board of directors and/or the audit committee has adopted a charter that satisfies the
requirements of the Exchange Rules.
(xxiii) The Company’s board of directors has validly appointed an audit committee whose
composition satisfies the applicable requirements of the NASDAQ Global Market and the Company’s
board of directors and/or the audit committee has adopted a charter that satisfies the applicable
requirements of the NASDAQ Global Market. Neither the Company’s board of directors nor the audit
committee has been informed, nor is the Company aware, of (A) any significant deficiencies in the
design or operation of the Company’s internal controls which could adversely affect the Company’s
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any material weakness in the
Company’s internal controls; or (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees of the Company who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls.
(xxiv) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company and its
subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of
the Company, on the other hand, which is required to be described in the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus which is not so described. The Company has
not, directly or indirectly, extended or maintained credit, or arranged for the extension of
credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any of its
directors or executive officers in violation of applicable laws, including Section 402 of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
(xxv) Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus and to the Company’s knowledge, the Company and its subsidiaries: (A) are and at
all times have been in full compliance with all statutes, rules, regulations, or guidances
applicable to Company and its subsidiaries and the ownership, testing, development, manufacture,
packaging, processing, use, distribution, marketing, labeling, promotion, sale, offer for sale,
storage, import, export or disposal of any product manufactured or distributed by the Company
(“Applicable Laws”), except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Change; (B) have not received any notice of adverse finding,
warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration or any other federal, state or foreign governmental authority having authority over
the Company (“Governmental Authority”) alleging or asserting noncompliance with any Applicable Laws
or any licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, authorizations, permits and supplements or
amendments thereto required by any such Applicable Laws (“Authorizations”); (C) possess all
material Authorizations and such Authorizations are valid and in full
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force and effect and are not in violation of any term of any such Authorizations; (D) have not
received notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation,
arbitration or other action from any Governmental Authority or third party alleging that any
product operation or activity is in violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and have no
knowledge that any such Governmental Authority or third party is considering any such claim,
litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; (E) have not received notice
that any Governmental Authority has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend,
modify or revoke any Authorizations and the Company has no knowledge that any such Governmental
Authority is considering such action; and (F) have filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all
material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and
supplements or amendments as required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and that all such
reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or
amendments were complete and correct in all material respects on the date filed (or were corrected
or supplemented by a subsequent submission).
(xxvi) [Reserved]
(xxvii) The Company and its subsidiaries (A) are in compliance with any and all applicable
federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, decisions and orders relating to the
protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes,
pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (B) have received and are in
material compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable
Environmental Laws to conduct their business; and (C) have not received notice of any actual or
potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or
toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except in any such case for any such
failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or liability as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change.
(xxviii) The documents incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in
the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be,
conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act,
as applicable, and were filed on a timely basis with the Commission (or if not timely filed, the
failure to timely file was waived by the staff of the Commission), and none of such documents
contained an 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; any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package or in the Prospectus, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will
conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and will not contain an
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.
(xxix) The Company and its subsidiaries (A) are in compliance, in all material respects, with
any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations, treaties,
statutes and codes promulgated by any and all governmental authorities (including pursuant to the
Occupational Health and Safety Act) relating to the protection of human health and safety in the
workplace (“Occupational Laws”); (B) have received all material permits, licenses or other
approvals required of it under applicable Occupational Laws to conduct their business as currently
conducted; and (C) are in compliance, in all material respects, with all terms and conditions of
such permit, license or approval. No action, proceeding, revocation proceeding, writ, injunction or
claim is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its
subsidiaries relating to Occupational Laws, and the Company does not have knowledge of any facts,
circumstances or developments relating to its
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operations or cost accounting practices that could reasonably be expected to form the basis
for or give rise to such actions, suits, investigations or proceedings.
(xxx) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), that is maintained, administered or
contributed to by the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any of their affiliates for employees or
former employees of the Company and its subsidiaries has been maintained in material compliance
with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations,
including but not limited to, ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).
No prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code,
has occurred with respect to any such plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory
or administrative exemption; and for each such plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section
412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no “accumulated funding deficiency” as defined in Section
412 of the Code has been incurred, whether or not waived, and the fair market value of the assets
of each such plan (excluding for these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) exceeds the
present value of all benefits accrued under such plan determined using reasonable actuarial
assumptions.
(xxxi) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any subsidiary has entered into any material agreement
under which it has granted rights to develop, manufacture, produce, assemble, distribute, license,
market or sell their products to any other person and is not bound by any agreement that affects
either the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ exclusive right to develop, manufacture, produce,
assemble, distribute, license, market or sell their products.
(xxxii) Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to
believe that the statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are
reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(xxxiii) Other than as contemplated by this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has incurred any liability for any finder’s or broker’s fee or agent’s commission in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(xxxiv) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is presently doing business with the
government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba.
(xxxv) The Company and its subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance issued by insurers
of nationally recognized financial responsibility in such amounts and covering such risks as the
Company reasonably believes is adequate for the conduct of their business and the value of their
properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries;
and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (A) received notice from any insurer or
agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to
be made in order to continue such insurance or (B) 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 at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.
All such insurance is outstanding and duly in force on the date hereof.
(xxxvi) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries exists that could be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Change or is,
to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or imminent.
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(xxxvii) Neither the Company, any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the best knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf
of the Company or its subsidiaries has (A) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution,
gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (B) made any direct
or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from
corporate funds; (C) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act of 1977; or (D) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful
payment.
(xxxviii) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Securities, will not be an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended.
(xxxix) Except as described in the Prospectus or otherwise obtained by the Company, no
approval of the shareholders of the Company is required for the Company to issue and deliver to the
Underwriter the Securities, including such as may be required pursuant to the rules and regulations
of any trading market.
(xl) The conditions for use of Form S-3, set forth in the General Instructions thereto, have
been satisfied.
(xli) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(xlii) The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act) and such controls and procedures are
effective in ensuring that material information relating to the Company is made known to the
principal executive officer and the principal financial officer. The Company has utilized such
controls and procedures in preparing and evaluating the disclosures in the Registration Statement,
in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus.
(xliii) The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in
order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill
(including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision
under the Company’s charter documents or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could
reasonably be expected to become applicable to the Underwriter as a result of the Underwriter and
the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Agreement, including,
without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Underwriter’s ownership of the
Securities.
3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Securities.
On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject
to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Firm Shares
to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Company the Firm Shares. The
purchase price for each Firm Share shall be $3.525 per share.
The Firm Shares will be delivered by the Company to the Underwriter against payment of
the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of same day funds payable to the order of the Company
at the offices of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co., U.S. Bancorp Center, 800 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, or such other location as may be mutually acceptable, at 9:00 am Central time on the
third (or if the Firm Shares are priced, as contemplated by Rule 15c6-1(c)
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under the Exchange Act, after 4:30 p.m. Eastern time, the fourth) full business day following
the date hereof, or at such other time and date as the Underwriter and the Company determine
pursuant to Rule 15c6-1(a) under the Exchange Act, such time and date of delivery being herein
referred to as the “Closing Date.” If the Underwriter so elects, 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 Underwriter.
4. Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriter as follows:
(i) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Second
Closing Date and such date, as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter, the Prospectus is no
longer required by law to be delivered (assuming the absence of Rule 172 under the Securities Act),
in connection with sales by the Underwriter (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending
or supplementing the Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement), the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Underwriter for
review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any
such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Underwriter or its counsel reasonably objects.
Subject to this Section 4(i), immediately following execution of this Agreement, the
Company will prepare the Prospectus containing the Rule 430B Information and other selling terms of
the Securities, the plan of distribution thereof and such other information as may be required by
the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations or as the Underwriter and the Company may deem
appropriate, and if requested by the Underwriter, an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus containing the
selling terms of the Securities and such other information as the Company and the Underwriter may
deem appropriate, and will file or transmit for filing with the Commission, in accordance with Rule
424(b) or Rule 433, as the case may be, copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus.
(ii) The Company will advise the Underwriter, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain
knowledge thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment thereto, or preventing or suspending
the use of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose; and the
Company will promptly use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain
its withdrawal if such a stop order should be issued. Additionally, the Company agrees that it
shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A or 430B, as applicable, under the Act and
will use its reasonable efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b),
Rule 433 or Rule 462 were received in a timely manner by the Commission.
(iii) (A) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply as far as it is able
with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by
the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as
necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by
the provisions hereof, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If during such
period any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus (or if
the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package)
would include an 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 then existing, not misleading, or if
during such period it is necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus
(or, if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which
would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the
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Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will
promptly notify the Underwriter and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the
Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such
statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(B) If, at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, there occurred
or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any
Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus relating to the Securities or included or would include an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that
subsequent time, not misleading, the Company promptly will notify the Underwriter and will promptly
amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or
correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(iv) The Company shall take or cause to be taken all necessary action to qualify the
Securities for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriter shall
reasonably designate and to continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the
distribution of the Securities, except that the Company shall not be required in connection
therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process
in any state.
(v) The Company will furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriter and counsel for the
Underwriter copies of the Registration Statement (which will include three complete manually signed
copies of the Registration Statement and all consents and exhibits filed therewith), and to the
Underwriter and any dealer the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, the Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as
available and in such quantities as the Underwriter may from time to time reasonably request.
(vi) During a period of one year commencing with the date hereof, the Company will furnish to
the Underwriter copies of all periodic and special reports furnished to the stockholders of the
Company and all information, documents and reports filed with the Commission, the FINRA or any
securities exchange (other than any such information, documents and reports that are filed with the
Commission electronically via XXXXX or any successor system).
(vii) The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as
practicable, but in no event later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal
quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall
satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and
Regulations.
(viii) The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated or
this Agreement is prevented from becoming effective under the provisions of Section 8(a)
hereof or is otherwise terminated (but subject to clause (I) below), will pay or cause to be paid
(A) all expenses (including transfer taxes allocated to the respective transferees) incurred in
connection with the delivery to the Underwriter of the Securities, (B) all expenses and fees
(including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and counsel) in
connection with the preparation, printing, filing, delivery, and shipping of the Registration
Statement (including the financial statements therein and all amendments, schedules, and exhibits
thereto), the Securities, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus and any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, and the printing, delivery, and
shipping of this Agreement and other underwriting documents, including Blue Sky Memoranda (covering
the states and other applicable jurisdictions), (C) all reasonable filing fees and reasonable fees
and disbursements of the Underwriter’s counsel incurred
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in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale by the Underwriter or by dealers under
the securities or blue sky laws of the states and other jurisdictions which the Underwriter shall
designate, (D) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar, (E) the reasonable filing
fees and fees and disbursements of Underwriter’s counsel incident to any required review and
approval by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities, (F) listing fees, if any, (G) the
costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations or any “roadshow” undertaken
in connection with the marketing of the Securities, (H) all other costs and expenses of the Company
incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder that are not otherwise specifically
provided for herein and (I) all other documented costs and expenses of the Underwriter (including
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) incident to the performance of its obligations
hereunder not otherwise specifically provided for herein, provided however such costs and expenses
provided for in this clause (I) shall not exceed $125,000 in the aggregate. If this Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Section 8(a) hereof or if the sale of the Securities provided for
herein is not consummated by reason of action by the Company pursuant to Section 9 hereof
which prevents this Agreement from becoming effective, or by reason of any failure, refusal or
inability on the part of the Company to perform any agreement on its part to be performed, or
because any other condition of the Underwriter’s obligations hereunder required to be fulfilled by
the Company is not fulfilled, the Company will reimburse the Underwriter for all out-of-pocket
disbursements (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel
expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges) incurred by the Underwriter in connection with
their investigation, preparing to market and marketing the Securities or in contemplation of
performing their obligations hereunder, provided, however, that such reimbursed expenses shall not
exceed $125,000. The Company shall not in any event be liable to the Underwriter for loss of any
anticipated profits from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(ix) The Company intends to apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities to be sold
by it hereunder for the purposes set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the
Prospectus.
(x) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, from the date
of execution of this Agreement and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of
the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”), (A) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell,
contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell,
grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or
indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock or (B) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in
whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any
such transaction described in clause (A) or (B) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock
or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, except for (A) sales of the Securities to the
Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement, (B) grants of options or the issuance of shares of Common
Stock by the Company pursuant to equity incentive plans described in the Time of Sale Prospectus,
(C) issuance of shares upon exercise or conversion of securities outstanding as of the date hereof
and (D) a private placement of Common Stock to NBC Universal, Inc. (“NBCU”). The Company agrees not
to accelerate the vesting of any option or warrant or the lapse of any repurchase right prior to
the expiration of the Lock-Up Period. If (1) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, (a) the
Company issues an earnings release, (b) the Company publicly announces material news or (c) a
material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up
Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period
beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then the restrictions in this Agreement, unless
otherwise waived by the Underwriter in writing, shall continue to apply until the expiration of the
date that is 18 calendar days after the date on which (a) the Company issues the earnings release,
(b) the Company publicly announces material news or (c) a material event relating to the Company
occurs; provided, however, that this sentence shall not apply if the research published or
distributed on the Company is compliant under Rule 139 of the Securities
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Act,and the Company’s
securities are actively traded as defined in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M of the
Exchange Act. The Company will provide the Underwriter and each person subject to the Lock-Up
Agreement (as defined below) with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to the
extension of the Lock-Up Period.
(xi) The Company has caused to be delivered to the Underwriter prior to the date of this
Agreement a letter, in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), from each of
the Company’s directors and officers identified on Schedule IV. The Company will issue
stop-transfer instructions to the transfer agent for the Common Stock with respect to any
transaction or contemplated transaction that would constitute a breach of or default under the
applicable Lock-Up Agreement.
(xii) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to or which would reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or which has constituted, the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or
resale of the Securities, and has not effected any sales of Common Stock which are required to be
disclosed in response to Item 701 of Regulation S-K under the Act which have not been so disclosed
in the Registration Statement, provided, however, that the Company is obligated to conduct a
private placement of its Common Stock to NBCU after the date of the Prospectus.
(xiii) Other than as contemplated by this Agreement, the Company will not incur any liability
for any finder’s or broker’s fee or agent’s commission in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(xiv) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will file with the Commission such
periodic and special reports as required by the Rules and Regulations.
(xv) The Company and its subsidiaries will maintain such controls and other procedures,
including without limitation those required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and
the applicable regulations thereunder, that are designed to ensure that information required to be
disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s
rules and forms, including without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under
the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its
principal executive officer and its principal financial officer, or persons performing similar
functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, to ensure that
material information relating to the Company is made known to them by others within those entities.
(xvi) The Company will comply with all applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
(xvii) The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of
the Underwriter, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would
constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, or
that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act, required to be filed with the Commission; provided that the prior written consent
of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the free writing
prospectuses included in Schedule II. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the
Company and the Underwriter is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.”
The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and
will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to
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any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required,
legending and record keeping.
5. Conditions of Underwriter’s Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriter hereunder are
subject to the accuracy, as of the date hereof and at the Closing Date (as if made at such closing
date), of and compliance with all representations, warranties and agreements of the Company
contained herein, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the
following additional conditions:
(a) If filing of the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, is required under the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations, the Company
shall have filed the Prospectus (or such amendment or supplement) or such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus with the Commission in the manner and within the time period so required (without
reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)); the Registration Statement shall remain effective; no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof, any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement, or any amendment thereof, nor suspending or preventing the use of
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall
have been issued; no proceedings for the issuance of such an order shall have been initiated or
threatened; and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of the
Underwriter.
(b) The Underwriter shall not have advised the Company that (i) the Registration Statement or
any amendment thereof or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a material fact which,
in the opinion of the Underwriter, is material or omits to state a material fact which, in the
opinion of the Underwriter, is required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, or (ii) the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus contains an untrue
statement of fact which, in the opinion of the Underwriter, is material, or omits to state a fact
which, in the opinion of the Underwriter, is material and is required to be stated therein, or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading.
(c) Except as contemplated in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus,
subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package, neither the Company nor any subsidiary shall have incurred any material liabilities or
obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions, or declared or paid
any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock; and there
shall not have been any change in the capital stock (other than a change in the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding
options or warrants), or any material change in the short-term or long-term debt of the Company, or
any issuance of options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to purchase the capital
stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any Material Adverse Change or any development
reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change (whether or not arising in the ordinary
course of business), that, in the judgment of the Underwriter, makes it impractical or inadvisable
to offer or deliver the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus.
(d) On the Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to the Underwriter, the opinion and
letter of negative assurance of Faegre & Xxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, dated such closing
date and addressed to the Underwriter in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter.
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(e) On the Closing Date, as the case may be, there shall have been furnished to the
Underwriter, the opinion of Xxxxxxx Procter LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, dated such closing
date with respect to the formation of the Company, the validity of the Securities, the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and other related matters as the
Underwriter reasonably may request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and
information as they request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(f) On the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received a
letter of Deloitte, dated such date and addressed to the Underwriter and the Company’s board of
directors, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the
Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the
qualifications of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, and stating, as
of the date of such letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the
respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package, as of a date not prior to the date hereof or more than five days prior to the
date of such letter), the conclusions and findings of said firm with respect to the financial
information and other matters covered by its letter delivered to the Underwriter concurrently with
the execution of this Agreement, and the effect of the letter so to be delivered on the Closing
Date, shall be to confirm the conclusions and findings set forth in such prior letter.
(g) On the Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to the Underwriter, a certificate,
dated such closing date and addressed to the Underwriter, signed by the chief executive officer and
by the chief financial officer of the Company, to the effect that:
(i) The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and
correct, as if made at and as of such closing date, 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 such closing date;
(ii) No stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any part thereof or any amendment thereof or the qualification of the
Securities for offering or sale, nor suspending or preventing the use of the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, has been issued,
and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the best of their knowledge,
is contemplated by the Commission or any state or regulatory body; and
(iii) The signers of said certificate have carefully examined the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and any amendments
thereof or supplements thereto, and
(A) each part of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any
amendments thereof or supplements thereto contain, and contained when such part of
the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereof, became effective, all
statements and information required to be included therein, the Registration
Statement, or any amendment thereof, does not contain and did not contain when such
part of the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereof, became effective, any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except
that such statement shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the
Registration Statement, or any amendment thereof, based upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for
use therein, and the Prospectus, as
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amended or supplemented, does not include and did not include as of its date or
the time of first use within the meaning of the Rules and Regulations, any untrue
statement of material fact or omit to state and did not omit to state as of its date
or the time of first use within the meaning of the Rules and Regulations a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, except that such statement shall not apply to
statements in or omissions from the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, based
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the
Underwriter specifically for use therein,
(B) neither (1) the Time of Sale Disclosure Package nor (2) any individual
Issuer Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package, include, nor included as of the Time of Sale any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits, or omitted as of the Time of Sale, to state
any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that such
statement shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package or any Individual Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus based upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the
Underwriter specifically for use therein,
(C) since the Time of Sale there has occurred no event required to be set forth
in an amended or supplemented prospectus which has not been so set forth,
(D) subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and Prospectus, the
Company has not incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or
contingent, or entered into any material transactions, not in the ordinary course of
business, or declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind
with respect to its capital stock, and except as disclosed in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, there has not been any change in the
capital stock (other than a change in the number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding options or
warrants), or any material change in the short term or long term debt, or any
issuance of options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to purchase
the capital stock, of the Company (other than issuances of options under the
Company’s existing stock option plans) or any Material Adverse Change or any
development involving a prospective Material Adverse Change (whether or not arising
in the ordinary course of business), and
(E) except as stated in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package and in the Prospectus, there is not pending, or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened or contemplated, any action, suit or proceeding to which the
Company is a party before or by any court or governmental agency, authority or body,
or any arbitrator, which could reasonably be expected to result in any Material
Adverse Change.
(h) The Underwriter shall have received all the Lock-Up Agreements referenced in Section
4(xi).
(i) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter such additional documents,
certificates and evidence as the Underwriter may have reasonably requested.
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(j) At the Closing Date, the Company shall have submitted to NASDAQ a Notification Form:
Listing of Additional Shares related to the Securities.
(k) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate of the Secretary of
the Company.
(l) The Underwriter shall not have received any unresolved objection from FINRA as to the
fairness and reasonableness of the amount of compensation allowable or payable to the Underwriter
in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities.
(m) At the Closing Date, counsel for the Underwriter shall have been furnished with such
information, certificates and documents as it may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling it
to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated herein and related
proceedings, or to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the
fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained, or otherwise in connection with the
offering of the Securities contemplated hereby.
All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents mentioned above and elsewhere in
this Agreement will be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are satisfactory in
form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter. The Company will furnish the
Underwriter with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents
as the Underwriter shall reasonably request.
6. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter, its affiliates,
directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Underwriter may become subject, under the
Act or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation if such settlement is effected with the
written consent of the Company), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, including the 430B Information and any
other information deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness
and at any subsequent time pursuant to the Rules and Regulations, if applicable, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or in any materials or information provided to investors by, at the instruction of, the
Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Common Stock ( “Marketing
Materials” ), including any roadshow or investor presentations made to investors by the Company
(whether in person or electronically), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Underwriter for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending against such
loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package, the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or
in any Marketing Materials, in reliance upon and in conformity with information provided in writing
to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for use therein; it being understood and agreed
that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of information described as
such in Section 6(f).
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In addition to its other obligations under this Section 6(a), the Company agrees that,
as an interim measure during the pendency of any claim, action, investigation, inquiry or other
proceeding arising out of or based upon any statement or omission, or any alleged statement or
omission, described in this Section 6(a), it will reimburse the Underwriter on a monthly
basis for all reasonable legal fees 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 Underwriter 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 Underwriter shall
promptly return it to the party or parties that made such payment, 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) announced from time to time by U.S. Bank (the “Prime
Rate”). Any such interim reimbursement payments which are not made to the Underwriter within 30
days of a request for reimbursement shall bear interest at the Prime Rate from the date of such
request. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liabilities which the Company may
otherwise have.
(b) The Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, directors
and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise (including in
settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the
Underwriter), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or arise
out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to
the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package, the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
in reliance upon and in conformity with information provided in writing to the Company by the
Underwriter specifically for use therein; it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by the Underwriter consists of information described as such in Section
6(f), and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the
Company in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under Section 6(a) or 6(b)
above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in
respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the
indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have to
any indemnified party except to the extent such indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced
by such failure. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party, and it
shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be
entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to
such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of
the indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall
not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than
reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that if, in the sole judgment of the
Underwriter, it is advisable for the Underwriter to be represented by separate counsel, the
Underwriter shall have the right to employ a single
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counsel (in addition to local counsel) to
represent it, in which event the reasonable fees and expenses of
such separate counsel shall be borne by the indemnifying party or parties and reimbursed to
the Underwriter as incurred. An indemnifying party shall not be obligated under any settlement
agreement relating to any action under this Section 6 to which it has not agreed in
writing. In addition, no indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding unless such settlement includes an unconditional
release of such indemnified party for all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such
proceeding and does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a
failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Sections (a) or (b) above,
then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in Sections (a)
or(b) above, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other from the offering of the
Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable
law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in
clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriter on
the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other shall be deemed
to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting
expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received
by the Underwriter, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus.
The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material
fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriter and the parties’ relevant
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue
statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 6(d) were to be determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in the first sentence of this Section 6(d). The amount paid by
an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the
first sentence of this Section 6(d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending against
any action or claim which is the subject of this Section 6(d). Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 6(d), the Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any
amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by
them and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages
that the Underwriter have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 6 shall be in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and
conditions, to each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and
the obligations of the Underwriter under this Section 6 shall be in addition to any
liability that the Underwriter may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and
conditions, to each director of the Company (including any person who, with his consent, is named
in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company), to each officer of the
Company who has signed the Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Act.
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(f) The Underwriter confirms and the Company acknowledges that the statements with respect to
the public offering of the Securities by the Underwriter set forth in the [third, sixth and twelth
through sixteenth paragraphs] under the caption “Underwriting” in the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package and in the Prospectus are correct and constitute the only information concerning the
Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for use in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus.
7. Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties, and
agreements of the Company herein or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto, including but not
limited to the agreements of the Underwriter and the Company contained in Section 6 hereof,
shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on
behalf of the Underwriter or any controlling person thereof, or the Company or any of its officers,
directors, or controlling persons, or any controlling person thereof, and shall survive delivery
of, and payment for, the Securities to and by the Underwriter hereunder.
8. Termination of this Agreement.
(a) The Underwriter shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by giving notice to the
Company as hereinafter specified at any time at or prior to the Closing Date, if (i) the Company
shall have failed, refused or been unable, at or prior to such closing date, to perform any
agreement on its part to be performed hereunder, (ii) any other condition of the Underwriter’s
obligations hereunder is not fulfilled, (iii) trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market, New York Stock
Exchange or the NYSE Amex shall have been suspended, (iv) minimum or maximum prices for trading
shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, on the
NASDAQ Stock Market, New York Stock Exchange or the NYSE Amex, by such Exchange or by order of the
Commission or any other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction, (v) a banking moratorium shall
have been declared by federal or state authorities, or (vi) there shall have occurred any outbreak
or escalation of hostilities, any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in
the Underwriter’s judgment, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to
proceed with the completion of the sale of and payment for the Securities. Any such termination
shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of
Section 4(viii) and Section 6 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall
survive such termination.
(b) If the Underwriter elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section
8, the Company shall be notified promptly by the Underwriter by telephone, confirmed by letter.
9. Default by the Company.
If the Company shall fail at the Closing Date to sell and deliver the number of Securities
which it is obligated to sell hereunder, then this Agreement shall terminate without any liability
on the part of the Underwriter or, except as provided in Section 4(viii) and Section
6 hereof, any non defaulting party.
No action taken pursuant to this Section 9 shall relieve the Company from liability,
if any, in respect of such default.
10. Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, all communications hereunder shall be in
writing and, if to the Underwriter, shall be mailed or delivered to Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co., U.S.
Bancorp Center, 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel; and if
to the Company, shall be mailed or delivered to ValueVison Media, Inc., 0000 Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Chief Executive Officer. Any party to this Agreement may
change such
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address for notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new
address for such purpose.
11. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and the
controlling persons, officers and directors referred to in Section 6. Nothing in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give to any other person, firm or corporation any
legal or equitable remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein
contained. The term “successors and assigns” as herein used shall not include any purchaser, as
such purchaser, of any of the Securities from the Underwriter.
12. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that: (a) the
Underwriter has been retained solely to act as an underwriter in connection with the sale of the
Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and the
Underwriter has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is advising the Company on other matters;
(b) the price and other terms of the Securities set forth in this Agreement were established by the
Company following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Underwriter and the Company is
capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (c) it has been advised that the Underwriter
and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that
differ from those of the Company and that the Underwriter has no obligation to disclose such
interest and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency
relationship; (d) it has been advised that the Underwriter is acting, in respect of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, solely for the benefit of the Underwriter, and not on
behalf of the Company; (e) it waives to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have
against the Underwriter for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty in respect
of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and agrees that the Underwriter shall
have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty
claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of
the Company.
13. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed
in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original and
all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
15. General Provisions. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this
Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements,
understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may not
be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein
(express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is
meant to benefit. The Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall
not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
[Signature Page Follows]
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Please sign and return to the Company the enclosed duplicates of this Agreement whereupon this
Agreement will become a binding agreement between the Company and the Underwriter in accordance
with its terms.
Very truly yours, VALUEVISION MEDIA, Inc. |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: Senior Vice President and General Counsel | ||||
The foregoing Purchase Agreement
is hereby confirmed and accepted as
of the date first above written.
is hereby confirmed and accepted as
of the date first above written.
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. |
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By | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: Managing Director | ||||
SCHEDULE I
Number of Firm Shares | ||||
Underwriter | to be Purchased(1) | |||
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. |
4,900,000 | |||
Total: |
4,900,000 |
SCHEDULE II
Issuer General Free Writing Prospectuses
Pricing Term Sheet, dated December 17, 2010
SCHEDULE III
Pricing Information
Number of Firm Shares to be Issued: 4,900,000
Offering
Price: $3.75 per share
Underwriting Discounts and Commissions: 6.0%
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SCHEDULE
IV
Executive Officers and Directors Subject to Lockup
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx XxXxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxx-Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx XxXxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxx-Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
EXHIBIT A
Form of Lockup Agreement
December
, 2010
XXXXX XXXXXXX & CO.
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Re: Public Offering of Shares of Common Stock
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co (the “Underwriter”) proposes to enter into
the Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with ValueVision Media, Inc., a Minnesota
corporation (the “Company”), providing for the offering (the “Offering”) of shares (the “Shares”)
of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company. Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
In order to induce the Underwriter to enter in to the Purchase Agreement, the undersigned
hereby agrees that, commencing on the date hereof and continuing until the ninetieth (90th) day
following the date of the final prospectus filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission in connection with such Offering (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not,
without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, directly or indirectly, (1) offer, sell,
contract to sell, pledge, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract
to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of
any shares of the Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable
for the Common Stock; (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in
whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable for the Common Stock, regardless of whether any such
transaction described herein is to be settled by delivery of the Common Stock or such other
securities, or by delivery of cash or otherwise; (3) make any demand for, or exercise any right
with respect to, the registration of any shares of the Common Stock or any security convertible
into or exercisable of exchangeable for the Common Stock; or (4) publicly announce any intention to
do any of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions set forth in clause (1) and (2) above shall
not apply to (a) transfers (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees
thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein for the remainder of the
Lock-Up Period, (ii) by will or intestate succession, (iii) to any trust for the direct or
indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, (iv) to any
partner, member or stockholder of the undersigned, (v) with the prior written consent of the
Underwriter or (vi) effected pursuant to any exchange of “underwater” options with the Company,
provided that in connection with transactions described in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, the
recipient (as applicable) agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein for
the remainder of the Lock-Up Period and the related transfer shall not involve a disposition for
value; (b) the acquisition or exercise of any stock option issued pursuant to the Company’s
existing stock
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option plan as described in the Registration Statement, including any exercise effected by the
delivery of Shares of the Company held by the undersigned; or (c) the establishment of any
contract, instruction or plan that satisfies all of the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)
under the Exchange Act, provided that no sales of Common Stock shall be made pursuant to such plan
prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period (as such may have been extended pursuant to the terms
of this Lock-Up Agreement). For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean
any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin. None of the
restrictions set forth in this Lock-Up Agreement shall apply to Common Stock acquired in open
market transactions.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if
(1) | during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period the Company issues an earnings release or other material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or |
(2) | prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, |
the Lock-Up Period shall be extended and the restrictions imposed by this letter shall continue to
apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of issuance of the earnings
release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, unless the Underwriter waives, in
writing, such extension.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that written notice of any extension of the
Lock-Up Period pursuant to the previous paragraph will be delivered by Xxxxx Xxxxxxx to the Company
(in accordance with the notice provision in the Purchase Agreement) and that any such notice
properly delivered will be deemed to have been given to, and received by, the undersigned. The
undersigned hereby further agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other
action that is subject to the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement during the period from the date of
this Lock-Up Agreement to and including the 34th day following the expiration of the initial
Lock-Up Period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction
or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the
Lock-Up Period (as such may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company has “actively traded securities” within the meaning
of Rule 139 of the Securities Act of 1933, or otherwise satisfies the requirements set forth in
Rule 139 that would permit Xxxxx Xxxxxxx or any underwriter to publish issuer-specific research
reports pursuant to Rule 139, the Lock-Up Period shall not be extended upon the occurrence of (1)
or (2) above.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that written notice of any extension of the
Lock-Up Period pursuant to the previous paragraph will be delivered by the Underwriter to the
Company (in accordance with the notice provision in the Purchase Agreement) and that any such
notice properly delivered will be deemed to have been given to, and received by, the undersigned.
The undersigned further agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other
action that is subject to the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement during the period from the date of
this Lock-Up Agreement to and including the 34th day following the expiration of the Lock-Up
Period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take
any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up
Period (as may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired.
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The undersigned hereby agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the
Company’s transfer agent against the transfer of securities of the Company held by the undersigned
during the Lock-Up Period (as may have been extended pursuant hereto), except in compliance with
this Lock-Up Agreement.
Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, if (i) the Purchase Agreement does not become
effective by December 31, 2010, (ii) after becoming effective, the Purchase Agreement (other than
the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment
for and delivery of the Shares to be sold thereunder, (iii) prior to the Purchase Agreement
becoming effective, the Company notifies the Underwriter in writing that it does not intend to
proceed with the Offering, or (iv) the Offering is not completed by January 7, 2011, this Lock-Up
Agreement shall lapse and become null and void and the undersigned shall be released from all
obligations under this Lock-Up Agreement.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and
authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement. This Lock-Up Agreement may not be revoked by the
undersigned or the Company. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred shall survive
the death or incapacity of the undersigned and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding
upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.
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This Lock-Up Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
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