] Shares TOWN SPORTS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC. Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
[ ] Shares
TOWN SPORTS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Common Stock
[ ], 2006
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,
c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000-0000
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,
c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000-0000
Dear Sirs:
1. Introductory. Town Sports International Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the Underwriters [ ] shares (the “Firm Primary
Shares”) of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Securities”), and the stockholders
listed in Schedule A hereto (“Selling Stockholders”) propose severally to sell to the Underwriters
an aggregate of [ ] outstanding shares of the Securities (the “Firm Secondary Shares”
and, together with the Firm Primary Shares, the “Firm Securities”). Certain of the Selling
Stockholders also propose to sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an
aggregate of not more than [ ] additional outstanding shares of the Securities, as set
forth below (such [ ] additional shares being hereinafter referred to as the “Optional
Securities”). The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities are herein collectively called the
“Offered Securities.” The Selling Stockholders that are also management of the Company are
referred to herein as “Management Selling Stockholders.” As part of the offering contemplated by
this Agreement, [ ] (the “Designated Underwriter”) has agreed to reserve
out of the Firm Securities purchased by it under this Agreement, up to [ ] shares,
for sale to the Company’s directors, officers, employees and other parties associated with the
Company (collectively, “Participants”), as set forth in the Prospectus (as defined herein) under
the heading “Underwriting” (the “Directed Share Program”). The Firm Securities to be sold by the
Designated Underwriter pursuant to the Directed Share Program (the “Directed Shares”) will be sold
by the Designated Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement at the public offering price. Any
Directed Shares not subscribed for by the end of the business day on which this Agreement is
executed will be offered to the public by the Underwriters as set forth in the Prospectus. The
Company and the Selling Stockholders hereby agree with the several Underwriters named in Schedule B
hereto (“Underwriters”) as follows:
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders.
(a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:
(i) A registration statement (No. 333-126428) (“initial registration statement”)
relating to the Offered Securities, including a form of prospectus, has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) and an additional registration statement
(“additional registration statement”) relating to the Offered Securities may have been or
may be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) (“Rule 462(b)”) under the
Securities Act of 1933 (“Act”). “Initial Registration Statement” as of any time means the
initial registration statement, in the form then filed with the Commission, including all
information contained in the additional registration statement (if any) and then deemed to
be a part of the initial registration statement pursuant to the General Instructions of the
Form on which it is filed and all information (if any) included in a prospectus then deemed
to be a part of the initial registration statement pursuant to Rule 430C (“Rule 430C”)
under the Act or retroactively deemed to be a part of the initial registration statement
pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 430A (“Rule 430A”) under the Act and that in any case has
not then been superseded or modified. “Additional Registration Statement” as of any time
means the additional registration statement, in the form then filed with the Commission,
including the contents of the Initial Registration Statement incorporated by reference
therein and including all information (if any) included in a prospectus then deemed to be a
part of the additional registration statement pursuant to Rule 430C or retroactively deemed
to be a part of the additional registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A(b) and that in
any case has not then been superseded or modified. The Initial Registration Statement and
the Additional Registration Statement are herein referred to collectively as the
“Registration Statements” and individually as a “Registration Statement.” “Registration
Statement” as of any time means the Initial Registration Statement and any Additional
Registration Statement as of such time. For purposes of the foregoing definitions,
information contained in a form of prospectus that is deemed retroactively to be a part of
a Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A shall be considered to be included in such
Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430A. As of the time of execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the Initial Registration Statement has been declared
effective under the Act and is not proposed to be amended. Any Additional Registration
Statement has or will become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule
462(b) and is not proposed to be amended. The Offered Securities all have been or will be
duly registered under the Act pursuant to the Initial Registration Statement and, if
applicable, the Additional Registration Statement. For purposes of this Agreement,
“Effective Time” with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or, if filed prior to
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement means
the date and time as of which such Registration Statement was declared
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effective by the
Commission or has become effective upon filing pursuant to
Rule 462(c) (“Rule 462(c)”) under the Act. If an Additional Registration Statement
has not been filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement but the Company
has advised the Representatives that it proposes to file one, “Effective Time” with respect
to such Additional Registration Statement means the date and time as of which such
Registration Statement is filed and becomes effective pursuant to Rule 462(b). “Effective
Date” with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or the Additional Registration
Statement (if any) means the date of the Effective Time thereof. A “Registration
Statement” without reference to a time means such Registration Statement as of its
Effective Time. “Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the prospectus included in a
Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including any information in a
prospectus deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430A or 430C that has not been
superseded or modified. For purposes of the preceding sentence, information contained in a
form of prospectus that is deemed retroactively to be a part of a Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 430A 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) (“Rule 424(b)”) under the Act. “Prospectus” means the Statutory Prospectus that
discloses the public offering price and other final terms of the Offered Securities and
otherwise satisfies Section 10(a) of the Act. “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any
“issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 (“Rule 433”) under the Act,
relating to the Offered Securities 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). “General Use Issuer 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 a schedule to this Agreement. “Limited Use Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. “Applicable Time” means [ ] (Eastern time) on the
date of this Agreement.
(ii) (A) On the Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial
Registration Statement conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act
and the rules and regulations of the Commission (“Rules and Regulations”) and did not
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (B) on the
Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement (if any), each Registration
Statement conformed, or will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the
Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not include, or will not include, any untrue
statement of a material fact and did not omit, or will not omit, to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading
and (C) on the date of this Agreement, the Initial Registration Statement and, if the
Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement is prior to the
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execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement, each conforms, and at
the time of filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b)
or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective Date of the Additional
Registration Statement in which the Prospectus is included, each Registration Statement and
the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and
the Rules and Regulations, and neither of such documents includes, or will include, any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits, or will omit, to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from a Registration
Statement or the Prospectus based upon written information furnished to the Company by any
Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood
and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(c) hereof.
(iii) (A) At the time of initial filing of the Initial Registration Statement and (B)
at the date of this Agreement, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as
defined in Rule 405 (“Rule 405”) under the Act, including (x) the Company or any other
subsidiary 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 and (y) the Company in the preceding three years not having been
the subject of a bankruptcy petition or insolvency or similar proceeding, not having had a
registration statement be the subject of a proceeding under Section 8 of the Act and not
being the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Act in connection with the
offering of the Offered Securities, all as described in Rule 405.
(iv) As of the Applicable Time, neither (A) the General Use Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus issued at or prior to the Applicable Time and the preliminary prospectus, dated
[ ], 2006 (which is the most recent Statutory Prospectus distributed to
investors generally), and the documents attached to this Agreement all considered together
(collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (B) any individual Limited Use Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package,
included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements
in or omissions from any prospectus included in the Registration Statement or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for
use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any
Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(c) hereof.
(v) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent
times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the
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Offered Securities or
until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies Credit Suisse Securities (USA)
LLC (“Credit Suisse”) as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not
include any information that conflicted,
conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration
Statement. 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 then contained in the
Registration Statement 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, (i) the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify Credit Suisse and
(ii) the Company has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
The foregoing two sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it
being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter
consists of the information described as such in Section 8(c) hereof.
(vi) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and
other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and
the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in
all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its
business requires such qualification.
(vii) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing
corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with
power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Prospectus; and each subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its
ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification;
all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company has been
duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable and were not issued
in violation of any preemptive or similar rights; and the capital stock of each subsidiary
owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens,
encumbrances, defects and claims or restrictions on transferability (other than those
imposed by the Act or “Blue Sky” laws of certain jurisdictions) or voting.
(viii) The Offered Securities and all other outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company have been duly authorized; all outstanding shares of capital
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stock of the Company
are, and, when the Firm Primary Shares have been delivered and paid for in accordance with
this Agreement on the First Closing Date (as defined below), such Offered Securities will
have been, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to the description
thereof contained
in the General Disclosure Package; and the stockholders of the Company have no
preemptive rights with respect to the Securities.
(ix) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no contracts,
agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that would give rise to a
valid claim against the Company or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee
or other like payment in connection with this offering.
(x) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no contracts,
agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the
right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to
any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company
to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to a Registration
Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration
statement filed by the Company under the Act.
(xi) The Securities have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ National Market.
(xii) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with, any
governmental agency or body or any court is required to be obtained or made by the Company
for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with
the sale of the Offered Securities, except such as have been obtained and made under the
Act and such as may be required under state securities laws.
(xiii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the consummation
of the transactions herein contemplated will not result in a breach or violation of any of
the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, any rule,
regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign,
having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of their
properties, or any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a
party or by which the Company or any such subsidiary is bound or to which any of the
properties of the Company or any such subsidiary is subject, or the charter or by-laws of
the Company or any such subsidiary, and the Company has full power and authority to
authorize, issue and sell the Firm Primary Shares as contemplated by this Agreement.
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(xiv) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(xv) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company and its
subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and all other properties
and assets owned by them, in each case free from liens,
encumbrances and defects except such as do not materially and adversely affect the
value thereof or materially and adversely interfere with the use made or to be made thereof
by them; and except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company and its
subsidiaries hold any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases
except such as do not materially and adversely interfere with the use made or to be made
thereof by them.
(xvi) The Company and its subsidiaries possess adequate certificates, authorities or
permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the
business now operated by them and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to
the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in
the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other),
business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as
a whole (“Material Adverse Effect”).
(xvii) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any subsidiary exists or,
to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that might have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xviii) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries carries insurance in such amounts and
covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of its business and the value of its
properties.
(xix) None of the Company or its subsidiaries has any liability for any prohibited
transaction or funding deficiency or any complete or partial withdrawal liability with
respect to any pension, profit sharing or other plan which is subject to the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries makes or ever has made a contribution and in which any employee of the
Company or of any subsidiary is or has ever been a participant. With respect to such
plans, the Company and each subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable provisions of ERISA.
(xx) Each of the Company and the subsidiaries (A) makes and keeps accurate books and
records and (B) maintains internal accounting controls which provide reasonable assurance
that (w) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s authorization, (x)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of its financial statements
and to maintain accountability for its
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assets, (y) access to its assets is permitted only
in accordance with management’s authorization and (z) the reported accountability for its
assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals.
(xxi) None of the Company or the subsidiaries (each on a consolidated basis) is, nor
will any of the Company or the subsidiaries (each on a consolidated basis) be, after giving
effect to the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, (A) left with
unreasonably small capital with which to carry on its business as it is proposed to be
conducted, (B) unable to pay its debts (contingent or otherwise) as they mature or (C)
otherwise insolvent.
(xxii) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess or can acquire on reasonable
terms, adequate trademarks, trade names and other rights to inventions, know-how, patents,
copyrights, confidential information and other intellectual property (collectively,
“intellectual property rights”) necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, or
presently employed by them, and have not received any notice of infringement of or conflict
with asserted rights of others with respect to any intellectual property rights that, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in
the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxiii) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, any rule, regulation, decision or
order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the
use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or
restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances
(collectively, “environmental laws”), owns or operates any real property contaminated with
any substance that is subject to any environmental laws, is liable for any off-site
disposal or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or is subject to any claim
relating to any environmental laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim
would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is
not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.
(xxiv) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no pending
actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company, any of its subsidiaries or
any of their respective properties or assets that, if determined adversely to the Company
or any of its subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate have, a Material
Adverse Effect or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, or which are otherwise material in the
context of the sale of the Offered Securities; and no such actions, suits or proceedings
are threatened to, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated.
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(xxv) The financial statements included in each Registration Statement and the General
Disclosure Package present fairly the financial position of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and their results of operations and cash
flows for the periods shown, and, except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure
Package, such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis; and the
assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial statements included in each
Registration Statement and the
General Disclosure Package provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant
effects directly attributable to the transactions or events described therein, the related
pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma
columns therein reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the corresponding
historical financial statement amounts.
(xxvi) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package there has
been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective
material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business, properties or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and, except as
disclosed in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package, there has been no dividend
or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its
capital stock.
(xxvii) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has filed all necessary federal,
state and foreign income and franchise tax returns, except where the failure to so file
such returns would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect,
and has paid all taxes shown as due thereon; and other than tax deficiencies which the
Company or such subsidiary has provided adequate reserves, there is no tax deficiency that
has been asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries that would have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxviii) The statistical and market related data included in the Final Memorandum are
based on or derived from sources which the Company and the subsidiaries believe to be
reliable and accurate.
(xxix) The statements set forth in the (A) Prospectus under the caption “Description
of Capital Stock,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the
Offered Securities, and (B) under the caption “Material United States Federal Income and
Estate Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders,” insofar as they purport to describe the
provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair
in all material respects.
(xxx) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who has certified certain financial statements of
the Company and its subsidiaries, is a registered public accounting firm as required by the
Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder
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adopted by the Commission and the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
(xxxi) The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and files reports
with the Commission on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (XXXXX)
system.
(xxxii) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the
Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940.
(xxxiii) None of the Company or its subsidiaries has taken, nor will any of them take,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that might be reasonably expected to,
cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Offered Securities.
(xxxiv) 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 and the Company agrees to comply with such Section if
prior to the completion of the distribution of the Offered Securities it commences doing
such business.
(xxxv) Solely to the extent that the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act has been applicable to the
Company, there is and has been no failure on the part of the Company to comply in all
material respects with any provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and
regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”).
(xxxvi) The Company has prepared a plan to comply with the requirements of Section 404
of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act on the date by which it is required to comply with such
requirements, and is not aware of any reason that it will not comply with the requirements
of Section 404 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act on the date on which it becomes subject thereto
and on all applicable compliance dates thereafter.
(xxxvii) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been
conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended,
the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder
and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or
enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no
action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body
or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the
Money
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Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(xxxviii) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, no material
indebtedness (actual or contingent) and no material contract or arrangement is outstanding
between the Company or any of its subsidiaries and any director or executive officer of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any person connected with such director or executive
officer (including his/her spouse, children, any company or undertaking in which he/she
holds a controlling
interest). There are no relationships or transactions between the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and its affiliates, officers and directors or their
shareholders, customers or suppliers, on the other hand, which, although required to be
disclosed, are not disclosed in the General Disclosure Package.
(xxxix) There are no material contracts or documents that are required to be described
in the Registration Statements or the General Disclosure Package or to be filed as exhibits
thereto that have not been so described and filed as required.
(xl) (A) The Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and any
preliminary prospectus comply, and any further amendments or supplements thereto will
comply, with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the
General Disclosure Package or any preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if
applicable, are distributed in connection with the Directed Share Program, and (B) no
authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration or qualification of or with
any government, governmental instrumentality or court, other than such as have been
obtained, is necessary under the securities law and regulations of foreign jurisdictions in
which the Directed Shares are offered outside the United States.
(xli) The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to offer, any Securities
to any person pursuant to the Directed Share Program with the specific intent to unlawfully
influence (A) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s
level or type of business with the Company or (B) a trade journalist or publication to
write or publish favorable information about the Company or its products.
(b) Each Selling Stockholder severally represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the
several Underwriters that:
(i) Such Selling Stockholder has and on each Closing Date hereinafter mentioned will
have valid and unencumbered title to the Offered Securities to be delivered by such Selling
Stockholder on such Closing Date and full right, power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Offered Securities to be delivered
by such Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date hereunder; and upon the delivery of and
payment for the Offered
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Securities on each Closing Date hereunder the several Underwriters
will acquire valid and unencumbered title to the Offered Securities to be delivered by such
Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date.
(ii) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement: (A) on the Effective Date of the Initial
Registration Statement, the Initial Registration Statement conformed in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not include
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, (B) on the Effective Date of the Additional Registration
Statement (if any), each Registration Statement conformed, or will conform, in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not include,
or will not include, any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit, or will not
omit, to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and (C) on the date of this Agreement, the Initial
Registration Statement and, if the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement
is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Additional Registration
Statement each conforms, and at the time of filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule
424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective Date of the Additional
Registration Statement in which the Prospectus is included, each Registration Statement and
the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and
the Rules and Regulations, and neither of such documents includes, or will include, any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits, or will omit, to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution
and delivery of this Agreement: on the Effective Date of the Initial Registration
Statement, the Initial Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform in all
material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, neither of
such documents will include any untrue statement of a material fact or will omit to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading. Other than with respect to Management Selling Stockholders, the two
preceding sentences apply only to the extent that any statements in or omissions from a
Registration Statement or the General Disclosure Package are based on written information
furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholder specifically for use therein and for
all purposes in this Agreement such information means the information set forth under the
section “Principal and Selling Stockholders” (consisting of name, number of shares and
related footnotes to the table) insofar as such information relates to such Selling
Stockholder.
(iii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or
understandings between such Selling Stockholder and any person that would give rise to a
valid claim against such Selling Stockholder or any
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Underwriter for a brokerage commission,
finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with this offering.
(iv) All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary for the execution
and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of this Agreement and, to the extent applicable,
the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement (hereinafter referred to) and for the sale
and delivery of the Offered Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder,
have been obtained; such Selling Stockholder has full right, power and authority to enter
into, to the extent applicable, the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement and to
sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Offered Securities to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder hereunder.
(v) The sale of the Offered Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder
hereunder and the compliance by such Selling Stockholder with all of the provisions of this
Agreement and, to the extent applicable, the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein 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, any statute, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement
or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which
such Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling
Stockholder is subject, (B) result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation or By-laws of such Selling Stockholder if such Selling Stockholder is a
corporation, or the Partnership Agreement of such Selling Stockholder if such Selling
Stockholder is a partnership or (C) result in any violation of any statute or any order,
rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over
such Selling Stockholder or the property of such Selling Stockholder except, in the case of
clauses (A) and (C) above, for such violations that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the ability of the Selling Stockholder to
perform its obligations hereunder.
(vi) [Such Selling Stockholder has reviewed the Registration Statement and the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Section 2 and has no reason
to believe that such representations and warranties are not true and correct and the sale
of the Offered Securities by such Selling Stockholder pursuant hereto is not prompted by
any information concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries which is not set forth in
the Prospectus or any supplement thereto.]
(vii) Such Selling Stockholder has, and immediately prior to each time of delivery
will have, entered into a Lock-Up Agreement (a “Lock-Up Agreement”) in the form attached
hereto as Annex I.
(viii) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which
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might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of
any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
(ix) In order to document the Underwriters’ compliance with the reporting and
withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect
to the transactions herein contemplated, such Selling Stockholder will deliver to you prior
to or at the first Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) a properly completed and executed
United States Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or other
applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
(x) Certificates in negotiable form representing all of the Offered Securities to be
sold by such Selling Stockholder have been placed in custody under a Custody Agreement, in
the form heretofore furnished to you (the “Custody Agreement”), duly executed and delivered
by such Selling Stockholder to a custodian to be agreed (the “Custodian”), and such Selling
Stockholder has duly executed and delivered a Power of Attorney, in the form heretofore
furnished to you (the “Power of Attorney”), appointing the persons indicated in Schedule A
thereto, and each of them, as such Selling Stockholder’s attorneys-in-fact (the
“Attorneys-in-Fact”) with authority to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of such
Selling Stockholder, to determine the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters to the
Selling Stockholders as provided in [Section 3] hereof, to authorize the delivery of the
Offered Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and otherwise to act on
behalf of such Selling Stockholder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Custody Agreement.
3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities. On the basis of the representations,
warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, the Company and each Selling Stockholder agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to each
Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company
and the Selling Stockholders, at a purchase price of $[ ] per share, the respective
number of shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name on Schedule B
hereto.
Certificates in negotiable form for the Offered Securities to be sold by the Selling
Stockholders hereunder have been placed in custody, for delivery under this Agreement, under
Custody Agreements made with [ ], as Custodian. Each Selling Stockholder agrees
that the shares represented by the certificates held in custody for the Selling Stockholders under
such Custody Agreements are subject to the interests of the Underwriters hereunder, that the
arrangements made by the Selling Stockholders for such custody are to that extent irrevocable, and
that the obligations of the Selling Stockholders hereunder shall not be terminated by operation of
law, whether by the death of any individual Selling Stockholder or the occurrence of any other
event, or in the case of a trust, by the death of any trustee or trustees or the termination of
such trust. If any individual
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Selling Stockholder or any such trustee or trustees should die, or
if any other such event should occur, or if any of such trusts should terminate, before the
delivery of the Offered Securities hereunder, certificates for such Offered Securities shall be
delivered by the Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement as if such
death or other event or termination had not occurred, regardless of whether or not the Custodian
shall have received notice of such death or other event or termination.
The Company and the Custodian will deliver the Firm Securities to the Representatives for the
accounts of the Underwriters, against payment of the purchase price in Federal (same day) funds by
official bank check or checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to Credit Suisse
drawn to the order of the Company in the case of the Firm Primary Shares and the Custodian in the
case of the Firm Secondary Shares, at the office of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, at 10:00 A.M., New
York time, on May , 2006, or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as
Credit Suisse and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the “First Closing
Date.” For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, the First Closing Date (if later than
the otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of funds and
delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to the offering. The
certificates for the Firm Securities so to be delivered will be in definitive form, in such
denominations and registered in such names as Credit Suisse requests and will be made available for
inspection at the office of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx llp at least 24 hours prior to the
First Closing Date.
In addition, upon written notice from Credit Suisse given to the Company and the Selling
Stockholders from time to time not more than 30 days subsequent to the date of the Prospectus, the
Underwriters may purchase all or less than all of the Optional Securities at the purchase price per
Security to be paid for the Firm Securities. The Selling Stockholders agree, severally and not
jointly, to sell to the Underwriters the respective number of shares of Optional Securities
obtained by multiplying the number of Optional Securities specified in such notice by a fraction
the numerator of which is the number of shares set forth opposite the names of such Selling
Stockholders in Schedule A hereto under the caption “Number of Optional Securities to be Sold” and
the denominator of which is the total number of Optional Securities (subject to adjustment by
Credit Suisse to eliminate fractions). Such Optional Securities shall be purchased from each
Selling Stockholder for the account of each Underwriter in the same proportion as the number of
shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name bears to the total number of
shares of Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by Credit Suisse to eliminate fractions) and may
be purchased by the Underwriters only for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in
connection with the sale of the Firm Securities. No Optional Securities shall be sold or delivered
unless the Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The
right to purchase the Optional Securities or any portion thereof may be exercised from time to time
and to the extent not previously exercised may be surrendered and terminated at any time upon
notice by Credit Suisse to the Company and the Selling Stockholders.
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Each time for the delivery of and payment for the Optional Securities, being herein referred
to as an “Optional Closing Date,” which may be the First Closing Date (the First Closing Date and
each Optional Closing Date, if any, being sometimes referred to as a “Closing Date”), shall be
determined by Credit Suisse but shall be not later than five full business days after written
notice of election to purchase Optional Securities is given. The Custodian will deliver the
Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date to the Representatives for the
accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment of the purchase price therefor in Federal
(same day) funds by official bank check or checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank
acceptable to Credit Suisse drawn to the order of the Custodian, at the office of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxxx llp. The certificates for the Optional Securities being purchased on each
Optional Closing Date will be in definitive form, in such denominations and registered in such
names as Credit Suisse requests upon reasonable notice prior to such Optional Closing Date and will
be made available for inspection at the office of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx llp at a
reasonable time in advance of such Optional Closing Date.
4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer
the Offered Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.
5. Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Company will file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to
and in accordance with subparagraph (1) (or, if applicable and if consented to by Credit Suisse,
subparagraph (4)) of Rule 424(b) not later than the earlier of (A) the second business day
following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or (B) the fifteenth business day after the
Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement. The Company will advise Credit Suisse
promptly of any such filing pursuant to Rule 424(b). If the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and an additional
registration statement is necessary to register a portion of the Offered Securities under the Act
but the Effective Time thereof has not occurred as of such execution and delivery, the Company will
file the additional registration statement or, if filed, will file a post-effective amendment
thereto with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 462(b) on or prior to 10:00
P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, on or prior to the time the
Prospectus is printed and distributed to any Underwriter, or will make such filing at such later
date as shall have been consented to by Credit Suisse, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
(b) The Company will advise Credit Suisse promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the
initial or any additional registration statement as filed or the related prospectus or the Initial
Registration Statement, the Additional Registration Statement (if any) or the Prospectus and will
not effect such amendment or supplementation without Credit Suisse’s consent, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld; and the Company will also advise Credit Suisse promptly of the
effectiveness of each
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Registration Statement (if its Effective Time is subsequent to the execution
and delivery of this Agreement) and of any amendment or supplementation of a Registration Statement
or any statutory Prospectus and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings
in respect of a Registration Statement and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any
such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if issued.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the
exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act in connection with sales by
any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Prospectus to comply with
the Act, the Company will promptly notify Credit Suisse of such event and will promptly prepare and
file with the Commission, at its own expense, an amendment or supplement which will correct such
statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither
Credit Suisse’s consent to, nor the Underwriters’ delivery of, any such amendment or
supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.
(d) As soon as practicable, but not later than the Availability Date (as defined below), the
Company will make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement covering a
period of at least 12 months beginning after the Effective Date of the Initial Registration
Statement (or, if later, the Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement) which will
satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act. For the purpose of the preceding sentence,
“Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the
fiscal quarter that includes such Effective Date, except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the
last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of
such fourth fiscal quarter.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of each Registration Statement
(three of which will be signed and will include all exhibits), each related preliminary prospectus,
and, so long as a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption in
Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act in connection with sales by any
Underwriter or dealer, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each
case in such quantities as Credit Suisse requests. The Prospectus shall be so furnished on or
prior to 3:00 P.M., New York time, on the business day following the later of the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement. All other
such documents shall be so furnished as soon as available. The Company will pay the expenses of
printing and distributing to the Underwriters all such documents.
(f) The Company will furnish such information as may be required and otherwise cooperate in
qualifying the Offered Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such
states or other jurisdictions as Credit Suisse designates and will continue such qualifications in
effect so long as required for the distribution; pro-
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vided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to consent to the service of process under the laws
of any such jurisdiction (except service of process with respect to the offering and sale of the
Offered Securities).
(g) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the
Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement, for any filing fees and other expenses
(including fees and disbursements of counsel (“Company Counsel Fees”) subject to the
proviso below) in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws
of such jurisdictions as Credit Suisse designates and the printing of memoranda relating thereto,
for the filing fee incident to the review by NASD, Inc. (“NASD”) of the Offered Securities, all
fees and expenses, if any, in connection with the initial listing of the Offered Securities on The
Nasdaq Stock Market’s National Market System, for any travel expenses of the Company’s officers and
employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings
with prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities, including the cost of any aircraft chartered
in connection with attending or hosting such meetings (“Aircraft Fees”) subject to the
proviso below, for any transfer taxes on the sale by the Selling Stockholders of any of the Offered
Securities to the Underwriters, for expenses incurred in distributing preliminary prospectuses and the Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements thereto) to
the Underwriters and for expenses incurred for preparing, printing and distributing any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectuses to investors or prospective investors; provided, however, that
in connection with the Firm Securities, Underwriters shall pay the Company Counsel Fees and the
Aircraft Fees up to an aggregate amount not to exceed $[1.1] million less fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Underwriters; provided further that such amount shall be increased on a pro
rata basis to reflect any Option Securities purchased by the Underwriter.
(h) In connection with the Directed Share Program, the Company will ensure that the Directed
Shares will be restricted to the extent required by NASD or the NASD rules from sale, transfer,
assignment, pledge or hypothecation for a period of three months following the date of the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Designated Underwriter will notify the Company as
to which Participants will need to be so restricted. The Company will direct the transfer agent to
place stop transfer restrictions upon such securities for such period of time.
(i) The Company will pay all fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Underwriters in
connection with the Directed Share Program and stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other
taxes, if any, incurred by the underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program.
Furthermore, the Company covenants with the Underwriters that the Company will comply with all
applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction
in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program.
(j) The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Firm Primary
Shares pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Prospectus under the caption “Use
of Proceeds.”
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6. Certain Agreements of the Selling Stockholders. The Company and each Selling Stockholder
agree with the several Underwriters that:
The Selling Stockholders agree with the Underwriters that for the period specified below (the
“Lock-Up Period”), each of the Company and the persons or entities listed on Schedule A hereto will
not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any
additional shares of its Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for any shares of its Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale,
pledge, disposition or filing, without the prior written consent of Credit Suisse except, grants of
employee stock options pursuant to the terms of a plan in effect on the date hereof, or issuances
of Securities pursuant to the exercise of such options or the exercise of any other employee stock
options outstanding on the date hereof. In addition, without the prior written consent of Credit
Suisse, the Company will not file with the Commission, or publicly disclose the intention to make
any such filing of, a registration statement under the Act, other than (1) registration statement
on Form S-8 and (2) registration statements related to offerings in which (x) the stated use of
proceeds is the acquisition of another business or substantially all of the assets of another
business and (y) such proceeds shall not exceed $[ ]. The initial Lock-Up Period will
commence on the date hereof and will continue and include the date 180
days after the date hereof or such earlier date that Credit Suisse consents to in writing;
provided, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company
releases earnings results or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or
(2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will
release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up
Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day
period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the material
news or material event, as applicable, unless Credit Suisse waives, in writing, such extension;
provided, however, that if after any announcement described in clause (2) of this sentence the
Company announces that it will not release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on
the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Lock-Up Period shall expire at the later of the
initial Lock-Up Period end date and the end of any extension of the Lock-Up Period pursuant to
clause (1) of this sentence. The Company will provide Credit Suisse with notice of any
announcement described in this paragraph that gives rise to an extension of the Lock-Up Period.
7. Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the
prior consent of Credit Suisse, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains
the prior consent of the Company and Credit Suisse, it has not made and will not make any offer
relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that
would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be
filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and Credit
Suisse is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents
that it has treated and 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
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the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including
timely Commission filing where required, legending and record keeping. The Company represents that
it has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 to avoid a requirement
to file with the Commission any electronic road show.
8. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several
Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities on the First Closing Date and the Optional
Securities to be purchased on each Optional Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders herein, to
the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the
performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their obligations hereunder and to the
following additional conditions precedent:
(a) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the date of delivery thereof
(which shall be on or prior to the date of this Agreement), of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the
Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations and the applicable rules and regulations adopted under the Act by the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (“PCAOB”) and stating to the effect that:
(i) in their opinion the consolidated financial statements audited by them and
included in the Registration Statements and the General Disclosure
Package comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the related Rules and Regulations;
(ii) they have performed the procedures specified by the PCAOB for a review of
interim financial information as described in Statement of Auditing Standards No.
100, Interim Financial Information, on the unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements included in the Registration Statements and the General
Disclosure Package;
(iii) on the basis of the review referred to in clause (ii) above, a reading
of the latest available interim financial statements of the Company, inquiries of
officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting
matters and other specified procedures, nothing came to their attention that caused
them to believe that:
(A) the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
included in the Registration Statements or the General Disclosure Package
do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the related Rules and Regulations
or any material modifications should be made to such unaudited condensed
consolidated
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financial statements for them to be in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles;
(B) at the date of the latest available consolidated balance sheet
read by such accountants, or at a subsequent specified date not more than
three business days prior to the date of this Agreement, there was any
change in the capital stock or any increase in consolidated short-term
debt or consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries or, at the date of the latest available balance sheet read by
such accountants, there was any decrease in consolidated net assets, as
compared with amounts shown on the latest balance sheet included in the
General Disclosure Package;
(C) for the period from the closing date of the latest consolidated
income statement included in the Prospectus to the closing date of the
latest available consolidated income statement read by such accountants
there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period of the
previous year and with the period of corresponding length ended the date
of the latest
consolidated income statement included in the General Disclosure
Package, in consolidated net revenues or net operating income, or in the
total or per share amounts of consolidated net income; or
(D) The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
included in the General Disclosure Package do not comply with Regulation
S-X under the Act and applicable accounting requirements and the pro forma
adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the
computation of those statements,
except in all cases set forth in clauses (B) and (C) above for changes, increases
or decreases which the General Disclosure Package discloses have occurred or may
occur or which are described in such letter; and
(iv) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or percentages derived from
such dollar amounts) and other financial information contained in the Registration
Statements, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (other than any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus that is an “electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433(h)) and the
General Disclosure Package (in each case to the extent that such dollar amounts,
percentages and other financial information are derived from the general accounting
records of the Company and its subsidiaries subject to the internal controls of the
Company’s accounting system or are derived directly from such records by analysis
or computation) with the results obtained from inquiries, a reading of such general
accounting records and
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other procedures specified in such letter and have found
such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information to be in agreement
with such results, except as otherwise specified in such letter.
For purposes of this subsection, (i) if the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, “Registration Statements” shall mean the initial registration statement
as proposed to be amended by the amendment or post-effective amendment to be filed
shortly prior to its Effective Time, (ii) if the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement but
the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement is subsequent to such
execution and delivery, “Registration Statements” shall mean the Initial
Registration Statement and the additional registration statement as proposed to be
filed or as proposed to be amended by the post-effective amendment to be filed
shortly prior to its Effective Time, and (iii) “Prospectus” shall mean the
prospectus included in the Registration Statements.
(b) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is not prior to the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, such Effective Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M.,
New York time, on the date of this Agreement or such later date as shall have been consented to by Credit Suisse. If the Effective Time of the
Additional Registration Statement (if any) is not prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, such Effective Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the
date of this Agreement or, if earlier, the time the Prospectus is printed and distributed to any
Underwriter, or shall have occurred at such later date as shall have been consented to by Credit
Suisse. If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance
with the Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) of this Agreement. Prior to such Closing Date, no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of any Selling
Stockholder, the Company or the Representatives, shall be contemplated by the Commission.
(c) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred
(i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition
(financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as one enterprise which, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the
Underwriters including the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public offering or the sale of and payment for the
Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Company by any
“nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)
under the Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or
review its rating of any debt securities of the Company (other than an announcement with positive
implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such
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ing); (iii) any change in U.S. or international financial, political or economic conditions or
currency exchange rates or exchange controls as would, in the judgment of a majority in interest of
the Underwriters including the Representatives, be likely to prejudice materially the success of
the proposed issue, sale or distribution of the Offered Securities, whether in the primary market
or in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iv) any material suspension or material
limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ National
Market, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on any such exchange; (v) any suspension of
trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (vi)
any banking moratorium declared by U.S. Federal or New York authorities; (vii) any major disruption
of settlements of securities or clearance services in the United States; or (viii) any attack on,
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, any
declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in
the judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters including the Representatives, the
effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it
impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public offering or the sale of and
payment for the Offered Securities.
(d) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Proskauer
Rose LLP, counsel for the Company, to the effect that:
(i) The Company is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of
the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and the Company is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in those
jurisdictions listed on a schedule attached to such opinion;
(ii) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is an
existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties
and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and each subsidiary of the
Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing
in those jurisdictions listed on a schedule attached to such opinion; all of the
issued and outstanding capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company has been
duly authorized and validly issued and to our knowledge is fully paid and
nonassessable; and to our knowledge the capital stock of each subsidiary owned by
the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens,
encumbrances and defects except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure
Package;
(iii) The Offered Securities delivered on such Closing Date and all other
outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company have been duly authorized and
validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and conform to the description
thereof contained in the Prospectus; and
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the stockholders of the Company have no
preemptive rights with respect to the Securities other than those contained in the
Stockholders’ Agreement;
(iv) Except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there
are no contracts, agreements or understandings known to such counsel between the
Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to
file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the
Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include
such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement
or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement
filed by the Company under the Act;
(v) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of
the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in
the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940;
(vi) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any
governmental agency or body or any court is required to be obtained or made by the
Company or any Selling Stockholder for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Custody
Agreement in connection with the sale of the Offered Securities, except such as
have been obtained and made under the Act and such as may be required under state
securities laws;
(vii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the Custody
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated
will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any statute, any rule, regulation or order known to us
of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of their properties, or any
agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, or the
charter or by-laws of the Company or any such subsidiary;
(viii) The Initial Registration Statement was declared effective under the Act
as of the date and time specified in such opinion, the Additional Registration
Statement (if any) was filed and became effective under the Act as of the date and
time (if determinable) specified in such opinion, the Prospectus either was filed
with the Commission pursuant to the subparagraph of Rule 424(b) specified in such
opinion on the date specified therein or was included in the Initial Registration
Statement or the Additional Registration Statement (as the case may be), and, to
the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
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a Registration Statement or any part thereof has been issued and no proceedings for
that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act, and
each Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement
thereto, as of their respective effective or issue dates, complied as to form in
all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations; and
(ix) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
(x) During the course of the preparation of the Registration Statement,
Prospectus and the General Disclosure Statement, such counsel participated in
conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives
of the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company and
representatives of the Representatives and counsel to the Representatives, at which
the contents of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General
Disclosure Package and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel is
not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, on the basis of the foregoing,
nothing has come to such counsel’s attention which would lead
such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement, as of its date and as
of the date of the opinion, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading; or that the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package or any
amendment or supplement thereto, as of the Applicable Time or as of such Closing
Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
omits 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
provided that, in making the foregoing statements, such counsel is not expressing
any statement of belief as to the financial statements or other financial or
accounting information and data included in or omitted from the Registration
Statement.
(e) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Proskauer
Rose LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to the effect that:
(i) Each Selling Stockholder had valid and unencumbered title to the Offered
Securities delivered by such Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date and had full
right, power and authority to see, assign, transfer and deliver the Offered
Securities delivered by such Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date hereunder;
and the several Underwriters
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have acquired valid and unencumbered title to the
Offered Securities purchased by them from the Selling Stockholders on such Closing
Date hereunder;
(ii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any
governmental agency or body or any court is required to be obtained or made by any
Selling Stockholder for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Custody Agreement or this Agreement in connection with the sale of the Offered
Securities sold by the Selling Stockholders, except such as have been obtained and
made under the Act and such as may be required under state securities laws;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of the Custody Agreement and
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions therein and herein
contemplated will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, any rule, regulation or
order known to us of any governmental agency or body or any court having
jurisdiction over any Selling Stockholder or any of their properties or any
agreement or instrument to which any Selling Stockholder is a party or by which any
Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the properties of any Selling
Stockholder is subject or the charter or by-laws of any Selling Stockholder which
is a corporation;
(iv) The Power of Attorney and related Custody Agreement with respect to each
Selling Stockholder has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such
Selling Stockholder and constitute valid and legally binding obligations of each
such Selling Stockholder enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar
laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to
general equity principles; and
(v) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each
Selling Stockholder.
(f) The Representatives shall have received from Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx llp, counsel
for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such Closing Date, with respect to the
incorporation of the Company, the validity of the Offered Securities delivered on such Closing
Date, the Registration Statements, the Prospectus and other related matters as the Representatives
may require, and the Selling Stockholders and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such
documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(g) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated such Closing Date, of the
President or any Vice President and a principal financial or accounting off-
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icer of the Company in
which such officers, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state
that: the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct; the
Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed
or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date; no stop order suspending the effectiveness
of any Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or are contemplated by the Commission; the Additional Registration Statement (if any)
satisfying the requirements of subparagraphs (1) and (3) of Rule 462(b) was filed pursuant to Rule
462(b), including payment of the applicable filing fee in accordance with Rule 111(a) or (b) under
the Act, prior to the Applicable Time; and, subsequent to the dates of the most recent financial
statements in the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or
event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other),
business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole
except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package or as described in such certificate.
(h) Each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished, or caused to be furnished to you, on the
Closing Date, a certificate of such Selling Stockholder, satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of
the representations and warranties of such Selling Stockholder herein at and as of the Closing
Date, as to the performance of such Selling Stockholder of all of its obligations hereunder to be
performed and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.
(i) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated such Closing Date, of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP which meets the requirements of [subsection (a)] of this
Section, except that the specified date referred to in such subsection will be a date not more
than three days prior to such Closing Date for the purposes of this subsection.
(j) On or prior to the date of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received Lock-Up
Agreements from each of (1) the executive officers and directors of the Company and (2) the
principal stockholders (including, without limitation, the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule
A hereto) and certain other stockholders and option holders, all of whom are listed on Annex II
hereto.
(k) The Custodian will deliver to Credit Suisse a letter stating that it will deliver to each
Selling Stockholder a United States Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Form 1099
(or other applicable form or statement specified by the United States Treasury Department
regulations in lieu thereof) on or before January 31 of the year following the date of this
Agreement.
(l) The Selling Stockholders and the Company will furnish the Representatives with such
conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives
reasonably request. Credit Suisse may in its sole discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters
compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect
of an Optional Closing Date or otherwise.
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(m) The Credit Agreement dated as of April 16, 2003 by and among Town Sports International,
Inc., the financial institutions referred to therein and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as
amended (the “Credit Agreement”), and the Guaranty of all of the obligations under the Credit
Agreement made by the Company dated as of February 24, 2004 (the “Guaranty”) shall have been
amended or waived in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(n) The Indenture dated as of April 16, 2003 (the “Indenture”) by and among Town Sports
International, Inc., as issuer, The Bank of New York, as trustee, and the Subsidiary Guarantors
party thereto, under which the 9 5/8% senior notes due 2011 were issued, shall have been amended in
form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.
9. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, members,
directors, officers, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of
any Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Prospectus 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, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred;
provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any
Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and
agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information
described as such in subsection (c) below.
The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Designated Underwriter and its
affiliates and each person, if any, who controls the Designated Underwriter within the meaning of
either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (the “Designated Entities”), from
and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such
action or claim) (i) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any material prepared by or with the consent of the Company for distribution to
Participants in connection with the Directed Share Program or caused by any omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; (ii) caused by the failure of any Participant to pay
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for and
accept delivery of Directed Shares that the Participant agreed to purchase; or (iii) related to,
arising out of, or in connection with the Directed Share Program, other than losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or expenses relating thereto) that are finally judicially determined to
have resulted from the bad faith or gross negligence of the Designated Entities.
(b) The Selling Stockholders, jointly and severally, will indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, its partners, members, directors officers and its affiliates and each person who
controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the
Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained in any Registration Statement, at any time the Prospectus or an 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, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that
such Selling Stockholder (other than Management Selling Stockholders) shall only be subject to such
liability to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission is based upon information provided by such Selling Stockholder or contained in a
representation or warranty given by such Selling Stockholder in this Agreement or the Custody
Agreement; provided, further, that the Selling Stockholders will not be liable in
any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from
any of such documents in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by an Underwriter
through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the
only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
subsection (c) below.
(c) Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
its directors and officers and each person, if any who controls the Company within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may
become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any
time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Prospectus, or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other ex-
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penses
reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed
that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information
in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: (i) the marketing names of each
Underwriter appearing on the cover page, and (ii) the concession and reallowance figures in the
paragraph under the caption “Underwriting.”
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the
commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be
made against the indemnifying party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above, notify the indemnifying
party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not
relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above except to the
extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or
defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party
shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than
under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified
party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party
will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to
such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel
to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party
of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such
indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of
investigation. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if indemnity may be
sought pursuant to the last para
graph in Section 9(a) hereof in respect of such action or proceeding, then in addition to such
separate firm for the indemnified parties, the indemnifying party shall be liable for the
reasonable fees and expenses of not more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel)
for the Designated Underwriter for the defense of any losses, claims, damages and liabilities
arising out of the Directed Share Program, and all persons, if any, who control the Designated
Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act of Section 20 of the Exchange Act.
No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or
could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party
unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a
statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an
indemnified party.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold
harmless an indemnified party under subsections (a), (b) or (c) above, then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemni-
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fied party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsections (a), (b) or (c) above (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company or the
Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the
Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable
law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in
clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the
total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the
Selling Stockholders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the
Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (e)
shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of
this subsection (e). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), no Underwriter shall
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the
Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the
amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (e) to contribute are several
in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(f) The obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Section shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company and the Selling Stockholders may otherwise have and
shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this
Section shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have
and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each director of the Company, to each
officer of the Company who has signed a Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
10. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations
to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the First Closing Date or any Optional Closing
Date and the aggregate number of shares of Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed
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10% of the total number of shares of
Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, Credit
Suisse may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company and the Selling Stockholders for the
purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no
such arrangements are made by such Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated
severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered
Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date.
If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate number of shares of Offered
Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total number of
shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date
and arrangements satisfactory to Credit Suisse, the Company and the Selling Stockholders for the
purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such
default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting
Underwriter, the Company or the Selling Stockholders, except as provided in Section 11 (provided
that if such default occurs with respect to Optional Securities after the First Closing Date, this
Agreement will not terminate as to the Firm Securities or any Optional Securities purchased prior
to such termination). As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person
substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default.
11. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities,
agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Selling Stockholders, of the
Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this
Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to
the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any Selling Stockholder, the Company
or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and
will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities. If this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to Section 10 or if for any reason the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters is
not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by
it pursuant to Section 5 and the respective obligations of the Company, the Selling Stockholders
and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 9 shall remain in effect, and if any Offered Securities
have been purchased hereunder the representations and warranties in Section 2 and all obligations
under Sections 5 and 6 shall also remain in effect. If the purchase of the Offered Securities by
the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of
this Agreement pursuant to Section 10 or the occurrence of any event specified in clause (iii),
(iv), (vi), (vii) or (viii) of Section 8(c), the Company and the Selling Stockholders will, jointly
and severally, reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and
disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the
Offered Securities.
12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the
Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to the Representatives, c/o
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention:
IBD-Legal, or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed,
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delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it
at Proskauer Rose LLP, Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx, or, if sent to the Selling Stockholders or any of
them, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to [ ] at [
]; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to
Section 9 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such Underwriter.
13. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties
hereto and their respective personal representatives and successors and the officers and directors
and controlling persons referred to in [Section 8], and no other person will have any right or
obligation hereunder.
14. Representation. The Representatives will act for the several Underwriters in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and any action under this Agreement taken by
the Representatives jointly or by Credit Suisse will be binding upon all the Underwriters.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the
same Agreement.
16. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders
acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) the Representatives have been retained solely to act as underwriters in connection with
the sale of the Offered Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between
the Company or the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Representatives, on the other,
has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement,
irrespective of whether the Representatives have advised or are advising the Company or the Selling
Stockholders on other matters;
(b) the price of the Offered Securities set forth in this Underwriting Agreement was
established by the Company and the Selling Stockholders following discussions and arm’s-length
negotiations with the Representatives and the Company and the Selling Stockholders are capable of
evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the
transactions contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement;
(c) the Company and the Selling Stockholders have been advised that the Representatives and
their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that
differ from those of the Company or the Selling Stockholders and that the Representatives have no
obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company or the Selling Stockholders
by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and
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(d) the Company and the Selling Stockholders waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
any claims they may have against the Representatives for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach
of fiduciary duty and agree that the Representatives shall have no liability (whether direct or
indirect) to the Company or the Selling Stockholders in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or
to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including
stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company.
17. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
The Company hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts
in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives’ understanding of our agreement,
kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a
binding agreement among the Selling Stockholders, the Company and the several Underwriters in
accordance with its terms.
| Very truly yours, | ||||
| TOWN SPORTS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
| By | ||||
| [Insert title] | ||||
| Selling Stockholders | ||||
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby
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confirmed and accepted as of the date first |
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above written. |
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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
| Acting on behalf of themselves and as the | ||||
| Representatives of the several | ||||
| Underwriters. |
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| By Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | ||||
By |
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| [Insert title] | ||||
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SCHEDULE A
| Number of | ||||||||
| Firm Securities | Number of Optional Securities to | |||||||
| Selling Stockholder | to Be Sold | Be Sold | ||||||
SCHEDULE B
| Number of | ||||
| Firm Securities | ||||
| Underwriter | to be Purchased | |||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Company, LLC |
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. |
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RBC Capital Markets Corporation |
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Total |
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ANNEX I
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
[ ], 2006
Town Sports International Holdings, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
| Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | ||
| Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. | ||
c/o
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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | |
| Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
| Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000 | ||
Dear Sirs:
As an inducement to the Underwriters to execute the Underwriting Agreement, pursuant to which
an offering will be made that is intended to result in the establishment of a public market for the
common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Securities”), of Town Sports International Holdings,
Inc., and any successor (by merger or otherwise) thereto (the “Company”), the undersigned hereby
agrees that during the period specified in the following paragraph (the “Lock-Up Period”), the
undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly, any shares of Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for any shares of Securities, enter into a transaction which would have the same effect, or enter
into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic
consequences of ownership of the Securities, whether any such aforementioned transaction is to be
settled by delivery of the Securities or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, or publicly
disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any
such transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement, without, in each case, the prior written
consent of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“CS”). In addition, the undersigned agrees that,
without the prior written consent of CS, it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand
for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any Securities or any security
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for the Securities.
The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this Lock-Up Agreement and continue
and include the date 180 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus used
to sell the Securities (the “Public Offering Date”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, to
which you are or expect to become parties; provided, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days
of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or material news or a material
event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period,
the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on
the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended
until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results
or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless CS waives, in
writing, such extension; provided, however, that if after any announcement
described in clause (2) of this sentence, the Company announces that it will not release
earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period,
the Lock-Up Period shall expire at the later of the initial Lock-Up Period end date and the end of
any extension of the Lock-Up Period pursuant to clause (1) of this sentence.
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 CS to the Company (in
accordance with Section 1[2] of the Underwriting 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
prohibited by 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 may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired.
Any Securities received upon exercise of options granted to the undersigned will also be
subject to this Agreement. Any sale or surrender to the Company of any of the Securities received
by the undersigned upon the exercise of undersigned’s stock options may be made in order to pay the
exercise price or taxes associated with the exercise of such stock options. Any Securities
acquired by the undersigned in the open market unless (i) the Stockholder would be subject
to proposed NASD Rule 2712(e)(1)(B) or (ii) the Stockholder is also a participant in the Directed
Share Program and is receiving a disproportionate number of shares will not be subject to this
Agreement. A transfer of Securities to a family member or trust may be made, provided the
transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this Agreement prior to such transfer and
no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than
a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period).
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its transfer agent and registrar are hereby
authorized to decline to make any transfer of shares of Securities if such transfer would
constitute a violation or breach of this Agreement.
This Agreement shall be binding on the undersigned and the successors, heirs, personal
representatives and assigns of the undersigned. This Agreement shall lapse and become null and
void if the Public Offering Date shall not have occurred on or before July 31, 2006. This
agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| [Name of stockholder] |
