EXHIBIT 1.1
GeoCities
Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value Per Share
Underwriting Agreement
(U.S. Version)
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, 1998
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co.,
Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation,
Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC,
As representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto,
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
GeoCities, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes, subject to the
terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named
in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") an aggregate of _____ shares (the
"Firm Shares") and, at the election of the Underwriters, up to ______ additional
shares (the "Optional Shares") of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
("Stock") of the Company (the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares that the
Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof being collectively
called the "Shares").
1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the
Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-56659) (the
"Initial Registration Statement") in respect of the Shares has been filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"); the Initial
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in
the form heretofore delivered to you, and, excluding exhibits thereto, to
you for each of the other Underwriters, have been declared effective by the
Commission in such form; other than a registration statement, if any,
increasing the size of the offering (a "Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement"), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act"), which became effective upon filing, no other
document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement has heretofore
been filed with the Commission; and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective
amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has
been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or, to
the Company's knowledge, threatened by the Commission (any preliminary
prospectus included in the Initial Registration Statement or filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the
Commission under the Act is hereinafter called a "Preliminary
Prospectus"; the various parts of the Initial Registration Statement and
the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits
thereto and including the information contained in the form of final
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act
in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A
under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement at the time
it was declared effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective, each as amended
at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement became
effective, are hereinafter collectively called the "Registration
Statement"; and such final prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Act, is hereinafter called the "Prospectus".
(b) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary
Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder, and did 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 the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided,
however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein;
(c) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any
further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of
the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do
not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to the
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the applicable
filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto,
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 not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and
warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company
by an Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein.
(d) The Company has not sustained since the date of the latest
audited financial statements included in the Prospectus any material loss
or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or
court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term
debt of the Company or any material adverse change, or any development
involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the
general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders' equity or
results of operations of the Company, otherwise than as set forth or
contemplated in the Prospectus;
(e) The Company has good and marketable title to all personal property
owned by it, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and
defects except such as
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are described in the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the
value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed
to be made of such property by the Company; the Company does not own any
real property; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the
Company are held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with
such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made
and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company;
(f) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as
a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and has been duly
qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is
in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns
or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such
qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by
reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction; and
GeoCities Japan Corporation ("GeoCities Japan") has been duly incorporated
and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
its jurisdiction of incorporation;
(g) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company
have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-
assessable and conform to the description of the Stock contained in the
Prospectus; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of GeoCities
Japan (except as set forth in the Prospectus) are owned directly or
indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
equities or claims;
(h) The unissued Shares to be issued and sold by the Company to the
Underwriters hereunder have been duly and validly authorized and, when
issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, will be
duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable and will conform
to the description of the Stock contained in the Prospectus;
(i) The issue and sale of the Shares by the Company hereunder and the
compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict
with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions
of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a
party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or
assets of the Company is subject, nor will such action result in any
violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws
of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court
or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any
of its properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental
agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Shares or the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, except the registration under the Act of the Shares and such
consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may
be required under state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the
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Shares by the Underwriters;
(j) The Company is not in violation of its Certificate of
Incorporation or By-laws or in default in any material respect in the
performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant
or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or
by which it or any of its properties may be bound;
(k) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption
"Description of Capital Stock", insofar as they purport to constitute a
summary of the terms of the Stock and under the caption "Underwriting",
insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and
documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair;
(l) Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, there
are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company is a
party or of which any property of the Company is the subject which, if
determined adversely to the Company, would individually or in the aggregate
have a material adverse effect on the current or future financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company; and, to the
best of the Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or
contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(m) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Shares, will not be an "investment company" or an entity
"controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act");
(n) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does business with
the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba
within the meaning of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes;
(o) Coopers & Xxxxxxx, L.L.P., who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company, are independent public accountants as required
by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(p) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus or as would not have a
material adverse effect on the current or future financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company, the Company
has sufficient interests in all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade
names, copyrights, trade secrets, information, proprietary rights and
processes ("Intellectual Property") necessary for the conduct of its
business as described in the Prospectus, and, to the Company's knowledge,
necessary in connection with the products and services under development,
in each case, to the knowledge of the Company after due inquiry, without
any conflict with or infringement of the interests of others, and have
taken all reasonable steps necessary to secure interests in such
Intellectual Property from their contractors; except as set forth in the
Prospectus, the Company is not aware of outstanding options, licenses or
agreements of any kind relating to the Intellectual Property of the Company
which are required to be set forth in the Prospectus, and, except as set
forth in the Prospectus, the Company is not a party to or bound by any
options, licenses or agreements with respect to the Intellectual Property
of any other person or entity which are required to be set forth in the
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Prospectus; none of the technology employed by the Company has been
obtained or is being used by the Company in violation in any material
respect of any contractual or fiduciary obligation binding on the Company
or any of its directors or executive officers or, to the Company's
knowledge, any of its employees or otherwise in violation of the rights of
any persons; except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company has not
received any written or, to the Company's knowledge, oral communications
alleging that the Company has violated, infringed or conflicted with, or,
by conducting its business as set forth in the Prospectus, would violate,
infringe or conflict with any of the Intellectual Property of any other
person or entity other than any such violation, infringement or conflict
which would not have a material adverse effect on the current or future
financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the
Company; neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement, nor the
operation of the Company's business by the employees of the Company, nor
the conduct of the Company's business as described in the Prospectus will
result in any breach or violation of the terms, conditions or provisions
of, or constitute a default under, any material contract, covenant or
instrument known to the Company under which any of such employees is now
obligated; and the Company has taken and will maintain reasonable measures
to prevent the unauthorized dissemination or publication of its
confidential information and, to the extent contractually required to do
so, the confidential information of third parties in its possession;
(q) The Company maintains insurance of the types and in the amounts
generally deemed adequate for its business, including, but not limited to,
insurance covering real and personal property owned or leased by the
Company against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and all other
risks customarily insured against, all of which insurance is in full force
and effect;
(r) There are no contracts, other documents or other agreements
required to be described in the Registration Statement or to be filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Act or by the rules and
regulations thereunder which have not been described or filed as required;
the contracts so described in the Prospectus are in full force and effect
on the date hereof; and neither the Company nor, to the best of the
Company's knowledge, any other party is in breach of or default in any
material respect under any of such contracts; and
(s) The Company has not been advised, and has no reason to believe,
that it is not conducting business in compliance with all applicable laws,
rules and regulations of the jurisdictions in which it is conducting
business, including, without limitation, all applicable local, state and
federal environmental laws and regulations, except where failure to be so
in compliance would not have a material adverse effect on the current or
future financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of
the Company.
(t) The Company does not have any subsidiaries and, except as set
forth in the Prospectus, does not own or control, directly or indirectly,
any interest in any other corporation, association or other business
entity.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company
agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at
a purchase price per share of $__________, the
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number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in
Schedule I hereto and (b) in the event and to the extent that the Underwriters
shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares as provided below, the
Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at
the purchase price per share set forth in clause (a) of this Section 2, that
portion of the number of Optional Shares as to which such election shall have
been exercised (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares)
determined by multiplying such number of Optional Shares by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares which such
Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such
Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum
number of Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase
hereunder.
The Company hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at
their election up to ________ Optional Shares, at the purchase price per share
set forth in the paragraph above, for the sole purpose of covering
overallotments in the sale of the Firm Shares. Any such election to purchase
Optional Shares may be exercised only by written notice from you to the Company,
given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement,
setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the
date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by you but
in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4
hereof) or, unless you and the Company otherwise agree in writing, earlier than
two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Firm Shares, the
several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale upon the terms
and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
4. (a) The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in
definitive form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in
such names as Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. may request upon at least forty-eight
hours' prior notice to the Company, shall be delivered by or on behalf of
the Company to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., through the facilities of the
Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), for the account of such Underwriter,
against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price
therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the account
specified by the Company to Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. at least forty-eight hours
in advance. The Company will cause the certificates representing the
Shares to be made available for checking and packaging at least twenty-four
hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) with respect thereto
at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the "Designated Office").
The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be 9:30 a.m., New York
City time, on _______, 1998 or such other time and date as Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx &
Co. and the Company may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the
Optional Shares, 9:30 a.m. New York City time, on the date specified by
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co in the written notice given by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. of
the Underwriters' election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such other
time and date as Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. and the Company may agree upon in
writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares is herein
called the "First Time of Delivery", such time and date for delivery of the
Optional Shares, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the
"Second Time of Delivery", and each such time and date for delivery is
herein called a "Time of Delivery".
(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on
behalf of
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the parties hereto pursuant to Section 7 hereof, including the cross
receipt for the Shares and any additional documents requested by the
Underwriters pursuant to Section 7(m) hereof, will be delivered at the
offices of Venture Law Group, 0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000 (the "Closing Location"), and the Shares will be delivered at the
Designated Office, all at each Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at
the Closing Location at 6 p.m., New York City time, on the New York
Business Day next preceding each Time of Delivery, at which meeting the
final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding
sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. For the
purposes of this Section 4, "New York Business Day" shall mean each Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking
institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close.
5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and to file
such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the
Commission's close of business on the second business day following the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier
time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no
further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or
Prospectus which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable
notice thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof,
of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed
or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended
Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you with copies thereof; to advise
you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the
use of any Preliminary Prospectus or prospectus, of the suspension of the
qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of
the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of
any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; and, in
the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or prospectus or
suspending any such qualification, promptly to use its best efforts to
obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may
reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the
securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may request and to comply with
such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in
such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the
distribution of the Shares, provided that in connection therewith the
Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to
file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(c) Prior to 10:00 A.M. New York City time, on the New York Business
Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to
furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in
such quantities as you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a
prospectus is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months
after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering
or sale of the Shares and if at such time any event shall have occurred as
a result of which
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the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not
misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such
period to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the
Act, to notify you and upon your request to prepare and furnish without
charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies
as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or
a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or
omission or effect such compliance, and in case any Underwriter is required
to deliver a prospectus in connection with sales of any of the Shares at
any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus,
upon your request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and
deliver to such Underwriter as many copies as you may request of an amended
or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as
practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c)
under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of
the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder (including, at the option
of the Company, Rule 158);
(e) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to
and including the date 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, not to
offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided
hereunder and under the International Underwriting Agreement, any
securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Shares,
including but not limited to any securities that are convertible into or
exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such
substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to employee stock
option or stock purchase plans existing on, or upon the conversion or
exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the
date of this Agreement), without your prior written consent;
(f) To furnish to its stockholders as soon as practicable after the
end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and
statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the Company
and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public
accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first
three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter
ending after the effective date of the Registration Statement),
consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its
subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail;
(g) During a period of five years from the effective date of the
Registration Statement, to furnish to you copies of all reports or other
communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders, and to
deliver to you (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and
financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any
national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the
Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the
business and financial condition of the Company as you may from time to
time reasonably request (such financial
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statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the
Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its
stockholders generally or to the Commission);
(h) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Shares
pursuant to this Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement in
the manner specified in the Prospectus under the caption "Use of Proceeds";
(i) To use its best efforts to list for quotation the Shares on the
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations National
Market System ("NASDAQ");
(j) To file with the Commission such information on Form 10-Q or Form
10-K as may be required by Rule 463 under the Act; and
(k) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall
file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance
with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this
Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the
Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or
give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule
111(b) under the Act.
6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that
(a) the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees,
disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in
connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act and all other
expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and
amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies
thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing
any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, the Selling Agreement, the
Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including compilations thereof) and any
other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of
the Shares; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the
Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section
5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters (not to exceed $5,000) in connection with such qualification and in
connection with the Blue Sky surveys; (iv) all fees and expenses in connection
with listing the Shares on NASDAQ; and (v) the filing fees incident to, and the
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with,
securing any required review by the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. of the terms of the sale of the Shares; (vi) the cost of preparing stock
certificates; (vii) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; and
viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this
Section. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section,
and Sections 8 and 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs
and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on
resale of any of the Shares by them, and any advertising expenses connected with
any offers they may make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to be
delivered at each Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to
the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of
the Company herein are, at and as of
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such Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall
have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and
the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing
by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section
5(a) hereof; if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Rule
462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 P.M.,
Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part
thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall
have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for
additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been
complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Venture Law Group, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have
furnished to you such written opinion or opinions dated such Time of
Delivery, with respect to the matters covered in paragraphs (i), (ii),
(vi), (x) and (xii) of subsection (c) below as well as such other related
matters as you may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received
such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them
to pass upon such matters;
(c) Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, shall
have furnished to you their written opinion (a draft of such opinion is
attached as Annex II hereto), dated such Time of Delivery, in form and
substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, with requisite corporate power and authority (corporate
and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described
in the Prospectus;
(ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth
in, and as of the respective dates set forth in, the Prospectus, and
all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company (including
the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery) have been duly
and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable; and the Shares conform to the description of the Stock
contained in the Prospectus;
(iii) The Company has been duly qualified as a foreign
corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing
under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases
properties or conducts any business so as to require such
qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by
reason of failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction (such
counsel being entitled to rely in respect of the opinion in this
clause upon opinions of local counsel and in respect of matters of
fact upon certificates of officers of the Company, provided that such
counsel shall state that they believe that both you and they are
justified in relying upon such opinions and certificates);
(iv) Any real property and buildings held under lease by the
Company are
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held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases;
(v) To such counsel's knowledge and other than as set forth in
the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending
to which the Company is a party or of which any property of the
Company is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company,
would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect
on the current or future consolidated financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company; and, to
such counsel's knowledge, except as set forth in the Prospectus, no
such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental
authorities or threatened by others;
(vi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company;
(vii) The issue and sale of the Shares being delivered at such
Time of Delivery by the Company and the compliance by the Company with
all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a
breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company
is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the
property or assets of the Company is subject which is filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement or is identified by you or in a
certificate of an officer of the Company as being material to the
Company, nor will such action result in any violation of the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the
Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation known to such
counsel of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties;
(viii) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration
or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or
body is required for the issue and sale of the Shares or the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, except the registration under the Act of the Shares and
under the Exchange Act of the Stock, and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required
under any foreign laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the
Underwriters and the International Underwriters;
(ix) To the knowledge of such counsel, the Company is not in
violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or in default
in the performance or observance of any material obligation,
agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument
to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be
bound (such counsel being entitled to rely in respect of the opinion
in this clause upon an opinion of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Vice President,
Legal Affairs and General Counsel of the Company, provided that such
counsel shall state that both you and they are justified in relying
upon such opinion);
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(x) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the
caption "Description of Capital Stock", insofar as they purport to
constitute a summary of the terms of the Stock, and under the caption
"Underwriting", insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of
the laws and documents referred to therein, constitute an accurate,
fair and reasonable summary;
(xi) The Company is not an "investment company" or an entity
"controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are defined in
the Investment Company Act; and
(xii) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any
further amendments and supplements thereto made by the Company prior
to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and
related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder,
although they do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, except for those referred to
in the opinion in subsection (x) of this Section 7(c); they have no
reason to believe that, as of its effective date, the Registration
Statement or any further amendment thereto made by the Company prior
to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and
related statements and related schedules therein, as to which such
counsel need express no opinion) contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or that, as of its date, the Prospectus or any further
amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to such Time
of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules
therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) 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 or that, as
of such Time of Delivery, either the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the
Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial
statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel
need express no opinion) contains an untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; and they do not know of any amendment to
the Registration Statement required to be filed or of any contracts or
other documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement or required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are not filed or
described as required.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that they express no
opinion as to any laws other than the laws the States of California and New
York, the Delaware General Corporation law and the federal laws of the
United States;
(d) Each of Seyfarth, Shaw, Xxxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, special counsel
to the Company, and Piper & Marbury, LLP, special counsel to the Company,
shall have
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furnished to you their written opinion (drafts of such opinions
are attached hereto as Annex II(b) and Annex II(c), respectively), dated
such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the
effect that:
(i) The statements set forth under the caption "Risk Factors--
Government Regulation and Legal Uncertainties" in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus, or any further amendment or supplement
thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery, insofar as
such statements purport to constitute a summary of legal matters,
documents or proceedings referred to therein, constitute an accurate,
fair and reasonable summary; and
(ii) Such counsel has represented the Company in connection with
specific proceedings before the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and
has reviewed the statements set forth under the caption "Risk Factors-
-Government Regulation and Legal Uncertainties" in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus and all amendments or supplements thereto
made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery. Such counsel has
not independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
the statements made or the information contained in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement
thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery, and,
except with respect to the statements referred to in the previous
paragraph, such counsel is unable to offer and does not assume any
responsibility therefor. On the basis of the information gained by
such counsel in the course of representation of the Company in
connection with the FTC proceedings described, nothing has come to the
attention of such counsel that leads such counsel to believe that, as
of the effective date of the Registration Statement and as of such
Time of Delivery, the statements set forth under the caption "Risk
Factors--Government Regulation and Legal Uncertainties" in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any further amendment or
supplement thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery
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, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that they express no
opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States;
(e) Nagauhima & Ohno, counsel to GeoCities Japan, shall have furnished
to you their written opinion (a draft of such opinion is attached hereto as
Annex II(d)), dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance
satisfactory to you, to the effect that GeoCities Japan has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; and all of the issued
shares of capital stock of GeoCities Japan have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and (except as
otherwise set forth in the Prospectus) are owned by the Company, and, to
the knowledge of such counsel, such shares are owned free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;
(f) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of
this Agreement, at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of
any post-effective
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amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of
this Agreement and also at each Time of Delivery, Coopers & Xxxxxxx, L.L.P.
shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates
of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the
effect set forth in Annex I hereto (the executed copy of the letter
delivered prior to the execution of this Agreement is attached as Annex
I(a) hereto and a draft of the form of letter to be delivered on the
effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement and as of each Time of Delivery is attached as Annex I(b)
hereto);
(g) (i) The Company shall not have sustained since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus any loss or
interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or
court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Prospectus, and (ii) since the respective dates as
of which information is given in the Prospectus there shall not have been
any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any
change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting
the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders' equity
or results of operations of the Company, otherwise than as set forth or
contemplated in the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case
described in Clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the Representatives
so material and adverse to the Company as to make it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the
Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(h) On or after the date hereof (i) no downgrading shall have occurred
in the rating accorded the Company's debt securities or preferred stock by
any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as that term
is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act,
and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has
under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its
rating of any of the Company's debt securities or preferred stock;
(i) On or after the date hereof there shall not have occurred any of
the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ; (ii) a
suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company's securities on
NASDAQ; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities
declared by either Federal or New York or California State authorities; or
(iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States
or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, if
the effect of any such event specified in this Clause (iv) in the judgment
of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed
with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at
such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus;
(j) The Shares to be sold by the Company at such Time of Delivery
shall have been duly listed for quotation on NASDAQ;
(k) The Company has obtained and delivered to the Underwriters
executed copies of an agreement from each securityholder of the Company to
the effect set forth in Subsection 5(e) hereof in form and substance
satisfactory to you; provided, however,
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that such agreement with Xxxx Xxxxxx may allow Xx. Xxxxxx to sell shares of
Stock on Nasdaq resulting in gross proceeds to Xx. Xxxxxx of not more than
$1,000,000 during the period commencing on the date 91 days after the date
of the Prospectus and terminating on the date 180 days after the date of
the Prospectus;
(l) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section
5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York
Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement;
(m) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you
at such Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company
satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Company herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to
the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be
performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth
in the introductory paragraph to this Section and subsection (g) of this
Section and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.
8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to
which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any amendment
or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and
will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending
any such action or claim 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 or liability arises out of or is based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any
Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may
become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or
are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent,
that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by
such Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein;
and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses
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reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or
defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection
(a) or (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 it from any liability
which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such
subsection. 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 therein 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 (who shall not, except
with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying
party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified
party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying
party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection
for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No
indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified
party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of
any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in
respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder
(whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to
such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i)
includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a
statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act,
by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares.
If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence
is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to
give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying
party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such
relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Shares
purchased under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the
Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received
by the Underwriters with respect to the Shares
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purchased under this Agreement, 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 on the one
hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would
not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d)
were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were
treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an
indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d)
shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection
(d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of
the amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it
and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount
of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
Underwriters' obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several
in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall
extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who
controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations
of the Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any
liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall
extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of
the Company (including any person who, with his or her consent, is named in
the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company)
and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of
the Act.
9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase
the Shares which it has agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of Delivery,
you may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other
parties to purchase such Shares on the terms contained herein. If within
thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter you do not arrange
for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company shall be entitled to a
further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or
other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such Shares on such terms.
In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the
Company that you have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, or the
Company notifies you that it has so arranged for the purchase of such
Shares, you or the Company shall have the right to postpone such Time of
Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect
whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and
the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus which in your
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opinion may thereby be made necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in
this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with
like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement
with respect to such Shares.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of
the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the
Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such
Shares which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the
aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of
Delivery, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-
defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares which such
Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in
addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro
rata share (based on the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to
purchase hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing
herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its
default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of
the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the
Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such
Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate
number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery or if the
Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to
require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Shares of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement (or, with respect to the
Second Time of Delivery, the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase
and of the Company to sell the Optional Shares) shall thereupon terminate,
without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the
Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the
Underwriters as provided in Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and
contribution agreements in Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein shall
relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties
and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth
in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to
this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company,
or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall
survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.
11. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof,
the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as
provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof; but, if for any other reason, any Shares
are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company
will reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses
approved in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel,
reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase,
sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company shall then be
under no further liability to any Underwriter in respect of the Shares not so
delivered except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof.
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12. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the
Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any
statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or
given by you jointly or by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. on behalf of you as the
representatives.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to you as the representatives in care of Xxxxxxx, Sachs &
Co., 00 Xxx Xxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Registration
Department; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the
Registration Statement, Attention: Chief Operating Officer; provided, however,
that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof shall be
delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter
at its address set forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire, or telex
constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company
by you upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall
take effect at the time of receipt thereof.
13. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit
of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 8 and
10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who
controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or
have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the
Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason
merely of such purchase.
14. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the
term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in
Washington, D.C. is open for business.
15. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York.
16. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties
hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us seven counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you,
on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof
shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters and the
Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each
of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of
Agreement among Underwriters (U.S. Version), the form of which shall be
submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on
your part as to the authority of the signers thereof. Very truly yours,
GEOCITIES
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Accepted as of the date hereof
at New York, New York:
XXXXXXX, XXXXX & CO.
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX & XXXXXXXX SECURITIES CORPORATION
XXXXXXXXX & XXXXX LLC
By: Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
By:
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(Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.)
On behalf of each of the Underwriters
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SCHEDULE I
Number of Optional
Shares to be
Total Number of Purchased if
Firm Shares Maximum Option
Underwriter to be Purchased Exercised
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Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. .....................................
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation.......
Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC.....................................
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Total.............................................
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ANNEX I
FORM OF COMFORT LETTER OF COOPERS & XXXXXXX, L.L.P.
Pursuant to Section 7(d) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants
shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that:
(i) They are independent certified public accountants with respect
to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published
rules and regulations thereunder;
(ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and any
supplementary financial information and schedules (and, if applicable,
financial forecasts and/or pro forma financial information) examined by
them and included in the Prospectus or the Registration Statement comply as
to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the related published rules and regulations
thereunder; and, if applicable, they have made a review in accordance with
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants of the unaudited interim financial statements, selected
financial data, pro forma financial information, financial forecasts and/or
condensed financial statements derived from audited financial statements of
the Company for the periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their
reports thereon, copies of which have been furnished to the representatives
of the Underwriters (the "Representatives") and are attached hereto;
(iii) They have made a review in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of
the unaudited condensed statements of income, balance sheets and statements
of cash flows included in the Prospectus as indicated in their reports
thereon copies of which are attached hereto; and on the basis of specified
procedures including inquiries of officials of the Company who have
responsibility for financial and accounting matters regarding whether the
unaudited condensed financial statements referred to in paragraph
(vi)(A)(i) below comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published
rules and regulations, nothing came to their attention that caused them to
believe that the unaudited condensed financial statements do not comply as
to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the related published rules and regulations;
(iv) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to
the results of operations and financial position of the Company for each of
the fiscal years included in the Prospectus agrees with the corresponding
amounts (after restatements where applicable) in the audited financial
statements for such fiscal years, copies of which have been furnished to
the Representatives and are attached hereto;
(v) They have compared the information in the Prospectus under
selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K and on
the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter nothing came to
their attention as a result of the foregoing procedures that caused them to
believe that this information does not conform in all material respects
with the disclosure requirements of Items 301, 302, 402 and 503(d),
respectively, of Regulation S-K;
(vi) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an
examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards,
consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other
information referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim
financial statements of the Company, inspection of the minute books of the
Company since the date of the latest audited financial statements included
in the Prospectus, inquiries of officials of the Company responsible for
financial and accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as
may be specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that
caused them to believe that:
(A) (i) the unaudited statements of income, balance sheets and
statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus do not comply as
to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the related published rules and
regulations, or (ii) any material modifications should be made to the
unaudited condensed statements of income, balance sheets and
statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus for them to be in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles;
(B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance sheet
items included in the Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding
items in the unaudited financial statements from which such data and
items were derived, and any such unaudited data and items were not
determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the
corresponding amounts in the audited financial statements included in
the Prospectus;
(C) the unaudited financial statements which were not included in
the Prospectus but from which were derived any unaudited condensed
financial statements referred to in Clause (A) and any unaudited
income statement data and balance sheet items included in the
Prospectus and referred to in Clause (B) were not determined on a
basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited
financial statements included in the Prospectus;
(D) any unaudited pro forma condensed financial statements
included in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and
the published rules and regulations thereunder or the pro forma
adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical amounts
in the compilation of those statements;
(E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the
date of such letter, there have been any changes in the capital stock
(other than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of options and
stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of performance shares and
upon conversions of convertible securities, in each case which were
outstanding on the date of the latest financial statements included in
the Prospectus) or any increase in the long-term debt of the Company,
or any decreases in net current assets or stockholders' equity or
other items specified by the Representatives, or any increases in any
items specified by the Representatives, in each case as compared with
amounts shown in the latest balance sheet included in the Prospectus,
except in each case for changes, increases or decreases which the
Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described
in such letter; and
(F) for the period from the date of the latest financial
statements included in the Prospectus to the specified date referred
to in Clause (E) there were any decreases in net revenues or operating
profit or the total or per share amounts of net income or other items
specified by the Representatives, or any increases in any items
specified by the Representatives, in each case as compared with the
comparable period of the preceding year and with any other period of
corresponding length specified by the Representatives, except in each
case for decreases or increases which the Prospectus discloses have
occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and
(vii) In addition to the examination referred to in their report(s)
included in the Prospectus and the limited procedures, inspection of minute
books, inquiries and other procedures referred to in paragraphs (iii) and
(vi) above, they have carried out certain specified procedures, not
constituting an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards, with respect to certain amounts, percentages and financial
information specified by the Representatives, which are derived from the
general accounting records of the Company, which appear in the Prospectus,
or in Part II of, or in exhibits and schedules to, the Registration
Statement specified by the Representatives, and have compared certain of
such amounts, percentages and financial information with the accounting
records of the Company and have found them to be in agreement.
