Exhibit 1.1
3,250,000 Shares
PILOT NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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August __, 1998
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
BANCAMERICA XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXX & XXXXX LLC
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,
c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation,
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Dear Sirs:
1. Introductory. Pilot Network Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Company") proposes to issue and sell 3,110,000 shares of its Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), and the stockholders listed in Schedule
A hereto ("Selling Stockholders") propose severally to sell an aggregate of
140,000 outstanding shares of Common Stock (such 3,250,000 shares of Common
Stock being hereinafter referred to as the "Firm Securities"). The Company also
proposes to sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an
aggregate of not more than 487,500 additional shares of Common Stock as set
forth below (such 487,500 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 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. 333-57453) relating to the Offered
Securities, including a form of prospectus, has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") and either (A) has been
declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Act"),
and is not proposed to be amended or (B) is proposed to be amended by
amendment or post-effective amendment. If such registration statement (the
"initial registration statement") has been declared effective, either (A)
an additional registration statement (the "additional registration
statement") relating to the Offered Securities may have been filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) ("Rule 462(b)") under the Act and, if so
filed, has become effective upon filing pursuant to such Rule and the
Offered Securities all have been duly registered under the Act pursuant to
the initial registration statement and, if applicable, the additional
registration statement or (B) such an additional registration statement is
proposed to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) and will
become effective upon filing pursuant to such Rule and upon such filing the
Offered Securities will all have been duly registered under the Act
pursuant to the initial registration statement and such additional
registration statement. If the Company does not propose to amend the
initial registration statement or if an additional registration statement
has been filed and the Company does not propose to amend it, and if any
post-effective amendment to either such registration statement has been
filed with the Commission prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the most recent amendment (if any) to each such registration
statement has been declared effective by the Commission or has become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c) ("Rule 462(c)") under the Act
or, in the case of the additional registration statement, Rule 462(b). 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 (A) if the
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Company has advised the Representatives that it does not propose to amend
such registration statement, the date and time as of which such
registration statement, or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto
(if any) filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, was
declared effective by the Commission or has become effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(c), or (B) if the Company has advised the
Representatives that it proposes to file an amendment or post-effective
amendment to such registration statement, the date and time as of which
such registration statement, as amended by such amendment or post-effective
amendment, as the case may be, is declared effective by the Commission. 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. The initial registration statement, as
amended at its Effective Time, including all information contained in the
additional registration statement (if any) and deemed to be a part of the
initial registration statement as of the Effective Time of the additional
registration statement pursuant to the General Instructions of the Form on
which it is filed and including all information (if any) deemed to be a
part of the initial registration statement as of its Effective Time
pursuant to Rule 430A(b) ("Rule 430A(b)") under the Act, is hereinafter
referred to as the "Initial Registration Statement." The additional
registration statement, as amended at its Effective Time, including the
contents of the initial registration statement incorporated by reference
therein and including all information (if any) deemed to be a part of the
additional registration statement as of its Effective Time pursuant to Rule
430A(b), is hereinafter referred to as the "Additional Registration
Statement." The Initial Registration Statement and the Additional
Registration Statement are hereinafter referred to collectively as the
"Registration Statements" and individually as a "Registration Statement."
The form of prospectus relating to the Offered Securities, as first filed
with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) ("Rule
424(b)") under the Act or (if no such filing is required) as included in a
Registration Statement, is hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus." No
document has been or will be prepared or distributed in reliance on Rule
434 under the Act.
(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 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
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,
and no Additional Registration Statement has been or will be filed. The two
preceding sentences do 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 7(c) hereof.
(iii) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing
corporation in good standing under the
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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 and the failure to be so qualified would have a material
adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(iv) 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 and the failure to be so qualified would have a material
adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; 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 the capital stock of each subsidiary owned by the
Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens,
encumbrances and defects, other than liens and encumbrances arising out of
credit agreements described in the Prospectus.
(v) The Company has an authorized, outstanding and issued capitalization
as set forth in the Prospectus. The Offered Securities and all other
outstanding shares of capital 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 the
stockholders of the Company have no preemptive rights with respect to the
Securities. Each holder of shares of Capital Stock of the Company or of
securities or other rights convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for shares of such capital stock is subject to an obligation in favor of
the Company that prevents such holder from selling or otherwise disposing
of such shares of Capital Stock or the shares of Capital Stock issuable
upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of such securities or other
rights for a period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus
(vi) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, 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.
(vii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no contracts,
agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting
such person the right to require the Company to file a registration
statement under the 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.
(viii) The Securities have been approved for listing subject to notice of
issuance on the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market.
(ix) 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 and by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD").
(x) 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.
(xi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company.
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(xii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, 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 that would materially affect the value thereof or
materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them; and
except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries
hold any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable
leases with no exceptions that would materially interfere with the use made
or to be made thereof by them.
(xiii) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all material
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
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(xiv) 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 on the Company and its subsidiaries
taken as a whole.
(xv) 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 on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(xvi) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no pending
actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company, any of its
subsidiaries or any of their respective properties 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, 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, to the Company's best knowledge, no such actions, suits or
proceedings are threatened or contemplated.
(xvii) The financial statements included in each Registration Statement
and the Prospectus 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 such financial
statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis
and the schedules included in each Registration Statement present fairly
the information required to be stated therein.
(xviii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included 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, and, except as disclosed in or contemplated
by the Prospectus, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind
declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.
(xix) 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.
(xx) 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
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commences doing such business.
(xxi) The Agreement and Plan of Merger dated ________ (the "Plan of
Merger") by and between the Company and Pilot Network Services, Inc., a
California corporation ("Pilot"), has been duly authorized by all necessary
board of directors and stockholder action on the part of the Company and
Pilot and has been duly executed and delivered by each of the parties
thereto. The execution and delivery of the Plan of Merger and the
consummation of the merger contemplated thereby does not contravene any
provision of applicable Federal, California or Delaware corporate law or
the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or the
certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Pilot or any agreement or other
instrument binding upon Pilot, the Company or any subsidiary that is
material to Pilot, the Company or any subsidiary, taken as a whole and that
is set forth as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any judgment or decree of any governmental body,
agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or Pilot, except for
any such contravention that would not have a material adverse effect on the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and no consent, approval,
authorization or order of or qualification with any governmental body or
agency is required for the performance by the Company and Pilot of its
obligations under the Plan of Merger except such as have been obtained,
except such consent, approval, authorization, order or qualification which
if not obtained would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The merger contemplated by the Plan of
Merger is effective under the laws of the State of California and the State
of Delaware.
(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 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 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 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) (xx) 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, do not
include and (yy) 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, no
such Registration Statement or the Prospectus included 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 not 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. The two preceding sentences apply only to statements in or
omissions from a Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon
written information furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholder
specifically for use therein.
(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 Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder's fee or
other like payment in connection with this offering.
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(iv) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder and is a valid and binding
agreement of such Selling Stockholder, enforceable in accordance with its
terms, except as rights to indemnification and contribution hereunder may
be limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement hereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors
or by general equitable principles.
(v) Each of the (a) Custody Agreement signed by such Selling Stockholder
and U.S. Stock Transfer Corporation, as custodian (the "Custodian"),
relating to the deposit of the Securities to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder (the "Custody Agreement") and (b) power of attorney ("Power of
Attorney") appointing certain individuals named therein as such Selling
Stockholder's attorneys-in-fact (each, an "Attorney-in-Fact") to the extent
set forth therein relating to the transactions contemplated hereby and by
the Prospectus, of such Selling Stockholder has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder and is a valid and
binding agreement of such Selling Stockholder, enforceable in accordance
with its terms, except as rights to indemnification and contribution
hereunder may be limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement
hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of
creditors or by general equitable principles.
(vi) The execution and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of, and the
performance by such Selling Stockholder of its obligations under, this
Agreement, the Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney or the
consummation by any Selling Stockholder or any of the other transactions
contemplated hereby, will not contravene or conflict with, result in a
breach of, or constitute a default under, or require the consent of any
other party to, the charter or by-laws, partnership agreement, trust
agreement or other organizational documents of such Selling Stockholder or
any other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is
bound or under which it is entitled to any right or benefit, any provision
of applicable law or any judgment, order, decree or regulation applicable
to such Selling Stockholder of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency, governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over such
Selling Stockholder. No consent, approval, authorization or other order
of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental
authority or agency, is required for the consummation by such Selling
Stockholder of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, except such
as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect under the
Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws and from the NASD.
(vii) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly
or indirectly, any action designed to or that might reasonably be expected
to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the
Securities to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
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
each Selling Stockholder, at a purchase price of $ per share, that
number of Firm Securities (rounded up or down, as determined by Credit Suisse
First Boston Corporation ("CSFBC") in its discretion, in order to avoid
fractions) obtained by multiplying 3,110,000 Firm Securities in the case of the
Company and the number of Firm Securities set forth opposite the name of such
Selling Stockholder in Schedule A hereto, in the case of a Selling Stockholder,
in each case by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of Firm
Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule B hereto
and the denominator of which is the total number of Firm Securities.
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 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
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or trustees or the termination of such trust. If any individual 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 CSFBC drawn to the order of
the Company in the case of 3,110,000 shares of Firm Securities and U.S. Stock
Transfer Corporation in the case of 140,000 shares of Firm Securities, at the
office of Venture Law Group, A Professional Corporation, at 10:00 A.M., New York
time, on_______________________, or at such other time not later than seven full
business days thereafter as CSFBC and the Company determine, such time being
herein referred to as the "First Closing Date." The certificates for the Firm
Securities so to be delivered will be in definitive form, in such denominations
and registered in such names as CSFBC requests and will be made available for
checking and packaging at the above office of_______________________at least 24
hours prior to the First Closing Date.
In addition, upon written notice from CSFBC 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 Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters the number of
Optional Securities specified in such notice and the Underwriters agree,
severally and not jointly, to purchase such Optional Securities. Such Optional
Securities shall be purchased for the account of each Underwriter in the same
proportion as the number of Firm Securities set forth opposite such
Underwriter's name bears to the total number of Firm Securities (subject to
adjustment by CSFBC 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 CSFBC to the Company.
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 CSFBC
but shall be not later than five full business days after written notice of
election to purchase Optional Securities is given. The Company 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 CSFBC drawn to
the order of the Company in the case all of the Optional Securities, at the
office of Venture Law Group, A Professional Corporation. 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 CSFBC
requests upon reasonable notice prior to such Optional Closing Date and will be
made available for checking and packaging at the above office of
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 and the Selling Stockholders. The
Company agrees with the several Underwriters and the Selling Stockholders 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 CSFBC,
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 CSFBC 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
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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 CSFBC.
(b) The Company will advise CSFBC 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 CSFBC's consent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and the Company will also
advise CSFBC promptly of the effectiveness of each 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 the 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 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 CSFBC
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 CSFBC'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 6.
(d) As soon as practicable, but not later than the Availability Date (as
defined below), the Company will make generally available to its
securityholders 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 (four (4) 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 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 CSFBC 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 and the
Selling Stockholders will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to
the Underwriters all such documents.
(f) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Offered
Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as CSFBC
designates and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as
required for the distribution.
(g) During the period of five years hereafter, the Company will furnish
to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other
Underwriters, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a
copy of its annual report to stockholders for such year; and the Company
will furnish to the Representatives (i) as soon as available, a copy of
each report and any definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with
the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or mailed to
stockholders, and (ii) from time to time, such other
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publicly available information concerning the Company as CSFBC may
reasonably request.
(h) For a period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, the
Company will not (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, announce its intention
to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file,
or cause to be filed with the Commission a registration statement under the
Act relating to, any additional shares of its capital stock or securities
or other rights convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any
shares of its capital stock, (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement
that transfers in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of
ownership of such shares of its capital stock, in each case, or publicly
disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge, disposition or
filing, or (iii) allow any stockholder of the Company who may be subject to
similar obligations to the Company to (A) offer, sell, contract to sell,
announce its intention to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly, or file, or cause to be filed with the Commission a
registration statement under the Act relating to, any additional shares of
its capital stock or securities or other rights convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of its capital stock or (B)
enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers in whole or in part,
any of the economic consequences of ownership of such shares of Securities,
in each case, without the prior written consent of CSFBC; provided,
however, that this subsection (h) shall not apply to shares of Common Stock
issued by the Company pursuant to options or warrants to acquire Common
Stock outstanding on the date hereof or pursuant to employee, consultant
and director plans of the Company (provided in each case that such shares
of Common Stock or any interest therein cannot be directly or indirectly
transferred for a period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus).
(i) The Company and each Selling Stockholder agree with the several
Underwriters that (A) the Company will pay all expenses incident to the
performance of the obligations of the Company and such Selling Stockholder,
as the case may be, under this Agreement, for any filing fees and other
expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) in connection with
qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such
jurisdictions as CSFBC designates and the printing of memoranda relating
thereto, for the filing fee incident to, and the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review
by the NASD of the Offered Securities, 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, for any transfer taxes on the sale by the
Selling Stockholders of the Offered Securities to the Underwriters and for
expenses incurred in distributing preliminary prospectuses and the
Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements thereto) to the
Underwriters and (B) such Selling Stockholder will pay or cause to be paid
taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Offered Securities to be
sold by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters hereunder. CSFBC
agrees to promptly reimburse each Selling Stockholder for any such taxes
paid by such Selling Stockholder that are rebated to CSFBC by any
applicable taxing authority.
(j) Each Selling Stockholder agrees to deliver to CSFBC, attention:
Transactions Advisory Group on or prior to the First Closing Date a
properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9
(or other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department
regulations in lieu thereof).
(k) Each Selling Stockholder agrees, for a period of 180 days after the
date of the initial public offering of the Offered Securities, not to (i)
offer, sell, contract to sell, announce its intention to sell, pledge or
otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any additional shares of it's
the Company's capital stock or securities or other rights convertible into
or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of it's the Company's capital
stock or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers in
whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such
shares of Securities, in each case, or publicly disclose the intention to
make any such offer, sale, or pledge, without the prior written consent of
CSFBC.
6. 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
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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, if the Effective Time of the Initial Registration
Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, shall
be on or prior to the date of this Agreement or, if the Effective Time of
the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, shall be prior to the filing of the amendment
or post-effective amendment to the registration statement to be filed
shortly prior to such Effective Time), of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP confirming
that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act
and the applicable published Rules and Regulations thereunder and stating
to the effect that:
(i) in their opinion the financial statements and schedules
examined by them and included in the Registration Statements comply as
to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the related published Rules and
Regulations;
(ii) they have performed the procedures specified by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a review of interim
financial information as described in Statement of Auditing Standards
No. 71, Interim Financial Information, on the unaudited financial
statements included in the Registration Statements;
(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 financial statements included in the
Registration Statements do not comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act
and the related published Rules and Regulations or any material
modifications should be made to such unaudited financial
statements for them to be in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles;
(B) the unaudited consolidated net sales, net operating income,
net income and net income per share amounts for the six-month
period ended June 30, 1998 included in the Prospectus do not
agree with the amounts set forth in the unaudited consolidated
financial statements for those same periods or were not
determined on a basis substantially consistent with that of the
corresponding amounts in the audited statements of income;
(C) at the date of the latest available 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 short-term
indebtedness or 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 current assets or net assets, as compared with
amounts shown on the latest balance sheet included in the
Prospectus; or
(D) for the period from the closing date of the latest income
statement included in the Prospectus to the closing date of the
latest available income statement read by such accountants there
were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period of
the previous year, in consolidated net sales or net operating
income in the total or per share amounts of consolidated net
income;
except in all cases set forth in clauses(C) and (D) above for changes,
increases or decreases which the Prospectus 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
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amounts) and other financial information contained in the Registration
Statements (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 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 Statements 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 Statements 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 CSFBC. 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 CSFBC. 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 or its subsidiaries 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 suspension or limitation of trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or any setting of minimum
prices for trading on such exchange, or any suspension of trading of any
securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market;
(iii) any banking moratorium declared by U.S. Federal or New York authorities;
or (iv) any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United
States is involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial
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 outbreak, escalation, 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 Venture Law Group, A Professional Corporation, counsel for the
Company, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and 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
all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or
the conduct of its business requires such qualification and the
failure to be so qualified would have a material adverse effect on the
Company and its subsidiaries,
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taken as a whole;
(ii) The Company has an authorized, issued and outstanding
capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus. 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 the stockholders
of the Company have no preemptive rights with respect to the
Securities;
(iii) Except as described in the Prospectus, 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;
(iv) 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.
(v) 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 or the NASD;
(vi) 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 material 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 having jurisdiction over the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of their properties,
or any agreement or instrument known to counsel 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 and which is filed as an exhibit to
the Initial Registration Statement, nor will any such action result in
a breach or violation of any of the terms and conditions of, or
constitute a default under, the charter or by-laws of the Company or
any such subsidiary;
(vii) 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 best of the knowledge of
such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of 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; such counsel have no reason to believe that any part of a
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, as of its effective
date or as of such Closing Date, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; or that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
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thereto, as of its issue date or as of such Closing Date, contained
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 descriptions in the Registration Statements and
Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and
contracts and other documents are accurate in all material respects
and fairly present in all material respects the information required
to be shown; and such counsel does not know of any legal or
governmental proceedings required to be described in a Registration
Statement or the Prospectus which are not described as required or of
any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in
a Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits
to a Registration Statement which are not described and filed as
required; it being understood that such counsel need express no
opinion as to the financial statements or other financial data
contained in the Registration Statements or the Prospectus; and
(viii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(ix) The Agreement and Plan of Merger dated ________ (the "Plan of
Merger") by and between the Company and Pilot Network Services, Inc.,
a California corporation ("Pilot"), has been duly authorized by all
necessary board of directors and stockholder action on the part of the
Company and Pilot and has been duly executed and delivered by each of
the parties thereto. The execution and delivery of the Plan of Merger
and the consummation of the merger contemplated thereby does not
contravene any provision of applicable federal, California or Delaware
corporate law or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the
Company or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Pilot, or, to
the knowledge of such counsel, any judgment or decree of any
governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the
Company or Pilot, except for any such contravention that would not
have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of
or qualification with any governmental body or agency is required for
the performance by the Company and Pilot of its obligations under the
Plan of Merger except such as have been obtained, except such consent,
approval, authorization, order or qualification which if not obtained
would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The merger contemplated by the Plan of
Merger is effective under the laws of the State of California and the
State of Delaware.
(x) all of the Securities have been duly authorized and accepted
for quotation on the Nasdaq National Market, subject to official
notice of issuance;
(e) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing
Date, of Venture Law Group, A Professional Corporation, counsel for the
Selling Stockholders, to the effect that:
(i) Each Selling Stockholder had full right, power and authority
to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Offered Securities delivered
by such Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date hereunder; and,
assuming that the several Underwriters are acquiring the Offered
Securities in good faith without notice of any adverse claims, the
several Underwriters have acquired ownership of the Offered Securities
purchased by them from the Selling Stockholders on such Closing Date
hereunder free of any adverse claim;
(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 or the NASD;
(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 of any
governmental agency or body or any court having
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jurisdiction over any Selling Stockholder or any of his or her
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;
and
(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, except as rights to
indemnification and contribution hereunder may be limited by
applicable law and except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or
by general equitable principles; and
(v) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by each Selling Stockholder.
(f) The Representatives shall have received from Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxxx, 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 reasonably request for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon such matters. In rendering such opinion, from
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxxx, LLP may rely as
to the incorporation of the Company and all other matters governed by
Delaware law upon the opinion of Venture Law Group, A Professional
Corporation, referred to above.
(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 officer 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 time the
Prospectus was printed and distributed to any Underwriter; 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 or
contemplated by the Prospectus or as described in such certificate.
(h) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated such
Closing Date, of KPMG Peat Marwick 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 business days prior
to such Closing Date for the purposes of this subsection.
The Company and the Selling Stockholders will furnish the Representatives with
such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as
the Representatives reasonably request. CSFBC 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.
7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company will indemnify and
hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject,
under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in
any Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any related preliminary 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
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necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each
Underwriter as incurred 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; and provided, further,
that with respect to any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or
omission or alleged omission from any preliminary prospectus the indemnity
agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any
Underwriter form whom the person asserting any such loses, claims, damages or
liabilities purchased the Offered Securities concerned, to the extent that a
prospectus relating to such Offered Securities was required to be delivered by
such Underwriter under the Act in connection with such purchase and any such
loss, claim, damage or liability of such Underwriter results from the fact that
there was not sent or given to such person, at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of such Offered Securities to such person, a copy of
the Prospectus if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to such
Underwriter.
(b) The Selling Stockholders, jointly and severally, will indemnify and hold
harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities,
joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement,
the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related
preliminary 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 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; and provided, further,
that with respect to any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or
omission or alleged omission from any preliminary prospectus the indemnity
agreement contained in this subsection (b) shall not inure to the benefit of any
Underwriter form whom the person asserting any such loses, claims, damages or
liabilities purchased the Offered Securities concerned, to the extent that a
prospectus relating to such Offered Securities was required to be delivered by
such Underwriter under the Act in connection with such purchase and any such
loss, claim, damage or liability of such Underwriter results from the fact that
there was not sent or given to such person, at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of such Offered Securities to such person, a copy of
the Prospectus if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to such
Underwriter.
(c) Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold
harmless the Company and each Selling Stockholder against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities to which the Company or such Selling Stockholder 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, the Prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any related preliminary 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 expenses reasonably incurred by
the Company and each Selling Stockholder 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: the last paragraph at the
bottom of the cover page concerning the terms of the offering by the
Underwriters; the legend concerning over-allotments and, stabilizing on the
inside front cover page; the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the
fourth paragraph under the caption "Underwriting"; the fifth paragraph under the
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caption "Underwriting"; and the first sentence of the tenth 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 an indemnifying party under
subsection (a), (b) or (c) above, notify the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will
not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party
otherwise than under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above. In case any such action
is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies an 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. 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 includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims
that are the subject matter of such action.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or
(c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to in subsection (a), (b) or (c) above (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company and 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, the Selling
Stockholders 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 (as hereinafter
defined) 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.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 7, the liability of
each Selling
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Stockholder under the indemnity and contribution agreements contained in
subsections (b), (d), and (e) shall be limited to an amount equal to the net
proceeds received by such Selling Stockholder from the sale of the Offered
Securities to the Underwriters hereunder. In addition, no Selling Stockholder
shall be liable under such indemnity and contribution agreements unless and
until the Underwriters have made written demand on the Company for payment under
subsection (a), (d), and (e) above, as appropriate, which shall not have been
paid by the Company within forty-five (45) days after receipt of such demand.
8. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in
their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the First
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 10% of the total number of shares of Offered Securities
that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, CSFBC 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
CSFBC, 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 9 (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.
9. 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
8 or if for any reason the purchase of the Offered Securities by the
Underwriters is not consummated, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall
remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by them pursuant to
Section 5 and the respective obligations of the Company, the Selling
Stockholders, and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7 shall remain in effect,
and if any Offered Securities have been purchased hereunder the representations
and warranties in Section 2 and all obligations under Section 5 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 8 or the occurrence of any event specified
in clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) of Section 6(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.
10. 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 First Boston Corporation, Eleven Madison
Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention: Investment Banking Department
Transactions Advisory Group, or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed,
delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, 00000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxx, or, if sent to the Selling
Stockholders or any of them, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and
confirmed to Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, 00000; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant
to Section 7 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such
Underwriter.
11. 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 7, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
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12. 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
CSFBC will be binding upon all the Underwriters M. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx or Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, as Attorneys-in-fact, will act for the Selling Stockholders in
connection with such transactions, and any action under or in respect of this
Agreement taken by M. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx or Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, as Attorneys-in-
fact, will be binding upon all the Selling Stockholders.
13. 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.
14. 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.
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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,
_____________________________________________
Attorney-in-fact for the Selling Stockholders
PILOT NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
By___________________________________________
M. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
President and Chief Executive Officer
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
BANCAMERICA XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXX & XXXXX LLC
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the
Representatives of the several
Underwriters.
By CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
By ______________________________
Name ____________________________
Title ___________________________
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT]
SCHEDULE A
Number of
Firm Securities
Selling Stockholder to be Sold
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M. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx 60,000
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx 80,000
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Total.................................. 140,000
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SCHEDULE B
Number of
Firm Securities
Underwriter to be Purchased
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Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation...................
BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx...........................
Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC....................................
Total.......................................... 3,250,000
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