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EXHIBIT 1.1
C2i SOLUTIONS, INC.
One Million Shares of Common Stock ($.001 Par Value)
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One Million Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Warrants
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
January __, 0000
XxxxxXxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Gentlemen:
C2i Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
proposes to sell to the several underwriters (the "Underwriters") named in
Schedule I hereto for whom you are acting as representative (the
"Representative") shares of the Company's Common Stock, $.001 par value ("Common
Stock") and Redeemable Warrants ("Warrants") to purchase such shares to be
issued pursuant to a Warrant Agreement between the Company and American Stock
Transfer and Trust Company dated ________, 1997 ("Warrant Agreement"). The
aggregate number of such shares that the Company proposes to sell is One Million
(the "Firm Shares") and the aggregate number of such warrants that the Company
proposes to sell is likewise One Million (the "Firm Warrants"). These are
collectively referred to in this agreement as the "Firm Securities." The
respective amounts of the Firm Securities to be so purchased by the several
Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto. The
Company also proposes to grant the Underwriters an option to purchase an
aggregate of up to 150,000 additional shares and a like number of warrants (the
"Option Shares" and "Option Warrants" respectively) as set forth below, and
these are collectively referred to in this agreement as the "Option Securities."
As the Representative, you have advised the Company that (a) you are
authorized to enter into this Agreement on behalf of the several Underwriters,
and (b) the several Underwriters are willing, acting severally and not jointly,
to purchase the numbers of Firm Securities set forth opposite their respective
names in Schedule I, plus their pro rata portion of the Option Securities if you
elect to exercise the over-allotment option in whole or in part for the accounts
of the several Underwriters. The Firm Shares and the Option Shares (to the
extent the aforementioned option is exercised) are herein collectively called
the "Shares." The Firm Warrants and the Option Warrants (to the extent the
aforementioned option is exercised) are herein collectively called the
"Warrants."
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In consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and of
the interests of the parties in the transactions contemplated hereby, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
The Company represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters as
follows:
(a) A registration statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 333-39425) with
respect to the Shares and Warrants has been carefully prepared by the Company in
conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), and the Rules and Regulations (the "Rules and Regulations") of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder and has been
filed with the Commission. The Company has complied with the conditions for the
use of Form SB-2. Copies of such registration statement, including any
amendments thereto, the preliminary prospectuses (meeting the requirements of
the Rules and Regulations) contained therein and the exhibits, financial
statements and schedules, as finally amended and revised, have heretofore been
delivered by the Company to you. Such registration statement, together with any
registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462 (b) of the Act,
herein referred to as the "Registration Statement," which shall be deemed to
include all information omitted therefrom in reliance upon Rule 430A and
contained in the Prospectus referred to below, has become effective under the
Act and no post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed
as of the date of this Agreement. "Prospectus" means (a) the form of prospectus
first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (b) if none is thus
filed, the last preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement
filed prior to the time it becomes effective or filed pursuant to Rule 424(a)
under the Act that is delivered by the Company to the Underwriters for delivery
to purchasers of the Shares and Warrants, together with the term sheet or
abbreviated term sheet filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(7)
under the Act. Each preliminary prospectus included in the Registration
Statement prior to the time it becomes effective is herein referred to as a
"Preliminary Prospectus."
(b) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with
corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Registration Statement.
(c) The outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company have been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the
Common Stock and Warrants to be issued and sold by the Company have been duly
authorized and when issued and paid for as contemplated herein will be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance
upon exercise of the Warrants and will when issued as contemplated by the
instrument evidencing the Warrants be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable; and no preemptive rights of stockholders exist with respect to
any shares of Common Stock or the issue and sale thereof.
(d) The Warrant Agreement and Warrants have been duly authorized;
and when the Warrants are delivered and paid for pursuant to this Agreement, the
Warrant Agreement and the Warrants will have been duly executed and delivered.
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(e) The information set forth under the caption "Capitalization" in
the Prospectus is true and correct as of the date appearing thereunder, giving
effect to the pro forma and other adjustments specified. All of the Shares and
Warrants conform to the description thereof contained in the Registration
Statement. The form of certificates for the Shares and Warrants conform to the
corporate law of the jurisdiction of the Company's incorporation. There are no
securities of the Company convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of the
Company's capital stock, nor is the Company obligated to issue any such shares
or securities, except as disclosed in the Prospectus.
(f) The Commission has not issued an order preventing or suspending
the use of any Prospectus relating to the proposed offering of the Shares and
Warrants nor instituted proceedings for that purpose. The Registration Statement
contains, and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto will
contain, all statements which are required to be stated therein by, and will
conform, to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations. The
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto do not contain, and will not
contain, any untrue statement of a material fact and do not omit, and will not
omit, to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus and any amendments
and supplements thereto do not contain, and will not contain, any untrue
statement of material fact; and do not omit, and will not omit, to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or
warranties as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance
upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or
on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative, specifically for use in
the preparation thereof.
(g) The financial statements of the Company, together with related
notes and schedules as set forth in the Registration Statement, present fairly
the financial position and the results of operations and cash flows of the
Company, at the indicated dates and for the indicated periods. Such financial
statements and related schedules have been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted principles of accounting, consistently applied throughout the periods
involved, except as disclosed herein, and all adjustments necessary for a fair
presentation of results for such periods have been made. The pro forma financial
statements and other pro forma financial information included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown
therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission's rules and
guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements, have been properly
compiled on the pro forma bases described therein, and, in the opinion of the
Company, the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the
adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions or
circumstances referred to therein.
(h) Ernst & Young LLP, who have audited certain of the financial
statements filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement, are
independent public accountants as required by the Act and the Rules and
Regulations.
(i) There is no action, suit, claim or proceeding pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company before any court or
administrative agency or otherwise
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which if determined adversely to the Company might result in any material
adverse change in the earnings, business, management, properties, assets,
rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the
Company or which might prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, except as set forth in the Registration Statement.
(j) The Company has good and marketable title to all of the
properties and assets reflected in the financial statements (or as described in
the Registration Statement) described above, subject to no lien, mortgage,
pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind except those reflected in such
financial statements (or as described in the Registration Statement), or with
respect to licensed properties and assets, the rights of the respective
licensors, or which are not material in amount. The Company occupies its leased
properties under valid and binding leases.
(k) The Company has filed all Federal, State, local and foreign
income tax returns which have been required to be filed (subject to allowable
extensions of time to file) and has paid all taxes indicated by said returns and
all assessments received by it to the extent that such taxes have become due.
All tax liabilities have been adequately provided for in the financial
statements of the Company.
(l) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in
the Registration Statement, as it may be amended or supplemented, and otherwise
than as may be described therein, there has not been any material adverse change
or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in or
affecting the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights,
operations, condition (financial or otherwise), or prospects of the Company,
whether or not occurring in the ordinary course of business, and there has not
been any material transaction entered into or any material transaction that is
probable of being entered into by the Company, other than transactions in the
ordinary course of business and changes and transactions described in the
Registration Statement, as it may be amended or supplemented. The Company has no
material contingent obligations disclosure of which would be required by
generally accepted accounting principles, that are not disclosed in the
Company's financial statements which are included in the Registration Statement.
(m) The Company is not, and with the giving of notice or lapse of
time or both, will not be, in violation of or in default under its Certificate
of Incorporation or By-Laws or under any agreement, lease, contract, indenture
or other instrument or obligation to which it is a party or by which it, or any
of its properties, is bound and which default is of material significance in
respect of the Company or the business, management, properties, assets, rights,
operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions herein contemplated and the fulfillment of the terms hereof will
not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party, or of the Certificate
of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company or any order, rule or regulation,
applicable to the Company, of any court or of any regulatory body or
administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction, except for
such additional steps as may be necessary to qualify the Shares and Warrants for
public offering by the Underwriters under state securities or Blue Sky laws.
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(n) Each approval, consent, order, authorization, designation,
declaration or filing by or with any regulatory, administrative or other
governmental body necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by the
Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated (except such additional steps as may be required by the Commission,
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") or such
additional steps as may be necessary to qualify the Shares and Warrants for
public offering by the Underwriters under state securities or Blue Sky laws) has
been obtained or made and is in full force and effect.
(o) The Company holds all material licenses, certificates and
permits from governmental authorities which are necessary to the conduct of its
business; and the Company has not infringed any patents, patent rights, trade
names, trademarks or copyrights, which infringement would have a material
adverse effect on the Company or the business, management, properties, assets,
rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the
Company. The Company knows of no material infringement by others of patents,
patent rights, trade names, trademarks or copyrights owned by or licensed to the
Company.
(p) Neither the Company, nor to the Company's best knowledge, any of
its affiliates, has taken or may take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might
reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the
price of the Shares and Warrants to facilitate the sale or resale thereof. The
Company acknowledges that the Underwriters may engage in passive market making
transactions in the Shares on The Nasdaq Stock Market in accordance with
Regulation M under the Exchange Act.
(q) The Company has caused each officer and director and specific
shareholders of the Company to furnish to you, on or prior to the date of this
agreement, a letter or letters, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriters, pursuant to which each such person shall agree not to offer, sell
or otherwise dispose of any Common Stock, or any other securities convertible,
exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock owned by such person for a period
of 18 months after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, except
with the prior written consent of SouthWall Capital Corp. pursuant to transfers
exempt from the registration requirements of the Act, so long as the transferee
executes and delivers to SouthWall Capital Corp. an agreeemnt to be bound.
("Lockup Agreements").
(r) The Company is not an "investment company" within the meaning of
such term under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder ("1940 Act").
(s) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed
in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to
maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
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(t) The Company carries, or is covered by, insurance in such amounts
and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of its business and the
value of its properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar
industries.
(u) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all
presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder ("ERISA"); no "reportable event" (as defined in ERISA) has occurred
with respect to any "pension plan" (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company
would have any liability; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to
incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or
withdrawal from, any "pension plan" or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder (the "Code"); and each "pension plan" for which the
Company would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section
401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has
occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of
such qualification.
(v) No holder of any outstanding securities issued by the Company
has any right (i) to require the Company to register such securities under the
Act at any time prior to the end of the eighteenth month following the month
that includes the date on which the Registration Statement becomes effective
("Effective Date"), or (ii) to elect to participate in any registration by the
Company of such securities.
(w) The Company is not obligated to pay a fee (such as a finders'
fee or consulting fee) to any person in connection with the introduction of the
Company to the Representative, or to any other person who will purchase
securities directly from the Company in connection with the offering to which
the Registration Statement relates.
(x) During the period of twelve months ending on the date of this
Agreement, the Company has not paid any compensation of any nature to any person
other than the Representative in consideration of obtaining or arranging funding
for the Company from any source, or rendering consulting services to it.
(y) The Company confirms as of the date hereof that it is in
compliance with all provisions of Section 1 of Laws of Florida, Chapter 92-198,
An Act Relating to Disclosure of doing Business with Cuba, and the Company
further agrees that if it commences engaging in business with the government of
Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba after the date the
Registration Statement becomes or has become effective with the Commission or
with the Florida Department of Banking and Finance (the "Department"), whichever
date is later, or if the information reported or incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus, if any, concerning the Company's business with Cuba or with any
person or affiliate located in Cuba changes in any material way, the Company
will provide the Department notice of such business or change, as appropriate,
in a form acceptable to the Department.
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2. PURCHASE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF THE FIRM SECURITIES.
(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants
herein contained, and subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Company
agrees to sell to the Underwriters and each Underwriter agrees, severally and
not jointly, to purchase, at a price of $_____ per Share and $_____ per Warrant,
less an underwriting discount of 10% in each case, the number of Firm Securities
set forth opposite the name of each Underwriter in Schedule I hereof, subject to
adjustments in accordance with Section 9 hereof.
(b) Payment for the Firm Securities to be sold hereunder is to be
made in same day funds via wire transfer to the order of the Company against
delivery of certificates therefor to the Representative for the several accounts
of the Underwriters. Such payment and delivery are to be made at the offices of
SouthWall Capital Corp., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, at
10:00 a.m., New York time, on the third business day after the date of this
Agreement or at such other time and date not later than five business days
thereafter as you and the Company shall agree upon, such time and date being
herein referred to as the "Closing Date." (As used herein, "business day" means
a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading and on which
banks in New York are open for business and not permitted by law or executive
order to be closed.) The certificates for the Firm Securities will be delivered
in such denominations and in such registrations as the Representative requests
in writing not later than the second full business day prior to the Closing
Date, and will be made available for inspection by the Representative at least
one business day prior to the Closing Date.
(c) In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties
herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase the
Option Shares and/or Option Warrants at the price per Share and per Warrant as
set forth in the first paragraph of this Section 2. The option granted hereby
may be exercised in whole or in part by giving written notice at any time before
the close of business on the 45th day after the date of this Agreement, by you,
as Representative of the several Underwriters, to the Company, setting forth the
number of Option Shares and/or Option Warrants as to which the several
Underwriters are exercising the option, the names and denominations in which the
Option Shares and/or Option Warrants are to be registered and the time and date
at which such certificates are to be delivered. The time and date at which
certificates for Option Securities are to be delivered shall be determined by
the Representative but shall not be earlier than three nor later than 10 full
business days after the exercise of such option, nor in any event prior to the
Closing Date (such time and date being herein referred to as the "Option Closing
Date"). If the date of exercise of the option is three or more days before the
Closing Date, the notice of exercise shall set the Closing Date as the Option
Closing Date. The number of Option Shares and/or Option Warrants to be purchased
by each Underwriter shall be in the same proportion to the respective total
numbers thereof being purchased as the respective numbers of Firm Shares and/or
Firm Warrants being purchased by such Underwriter bears to the respective total
numbers thereof, adjusted by you in such manner as to avoid fractional Shares or
Warrants. The option with respect to the Option Shares and/or Option Warrants
granted hereunder may be exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sale of
the Firm Shares and/or Firm Warrants by the Underwriters. You, as Representative
of the several Underwriters, may cancel such option at any time prior to its
expiration by giving written notice of such cancellation to the Company. To the
extent, if any, that
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the option is exercised, payment for the Option Shares and/or Option Warrants
shall be made on the Option Closing Date in New York Clearing House funds by
certified or bank cashier's check drawn to the order of the Company against
delivery of certificates therefor at the offices of SouthWall Capital Corp., 000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx.
3. OFFERING BY THE UNDERWRITERS.
It is understood that the several Underwriters are to make a public
offering of the Firm Securities as soon as the Representative deems it advisable
to do so. The Firm Securities are to be initially offered to the public at the
initial public offering price set forth in the Prospectus. The Representative
may from time to time thereafter change the public offering price and other
selling terms. To the extent, if at all, that any Option Securities are
purchased pursuant to Section 2 hereof, the Underwriters will offer them to the
public on the foregoing terms.
It is further understood that you will act as the Representative for
the Underwriters in the offering and sale of the Shares and Warrants in
accordance with a Master Agreement Among Underwriters entered into by you and
the several other Underwriters.
4. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) The Company will (A) use its best efforts to cause the
Registration Statement to become effective or, if the procedure in Rule 430A of
the Rules and Regulations is followed, to prepare and timely file with the
Commission under Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations a Prospectus in a form
approved by the Representative containing information previously omitted at the
time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 430A of
the Rules and Regulations, and (B) not file any amendment to the Registration
Statement or supplement to the Prospectus of which the Representative shall not
previously have been advised and timely furnished with a copy or to which the
Representative shall have reasonably and timely objected in writing or which is
not in compliance with the Rules and Regulations.
(b) The Company will advise the Representative promptly (A) when the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto shall have become
effective, (B) of receipt of any comments from the Commission, (C) of any
request of the Commission for amendment of the Registration Statement or for
supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information, and (D) of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or the use of the Prospectus or of the institution of any
proceedings for that purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent
the issuance of any such stop order preventing or suspending the use of the
Prospectus and to obtain as soon as possible the lifting thereof, if issued.
(c) The Company will cooperate with the Representative in
endeavoring to qualify the Shares and Warrants for sale under the securities
laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably have designated
in writing and will make such applications, file such documents, and furnish
such information as may be reasonably required for that purpose, provided the
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Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a
general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so
qualified or required to file such a consent. The Company will, from time to
time, prepare and file such statements, reports, and other documents, as are or
may be required to continue such qualifications in effect for so long a period
as the Representative may reasonably request for distribution of the Shares and
Warrants.
(d) The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the
Representative, from time to time, as many copies of any Preliminary Prospectus
as the Representative may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to, or
upon the order of, the Representative during the period when delivery of a
Prospectus is required under the Act, as many copies of the Prospectus in final
form, or as thereafter amended or supplemented, as the Representative may
reasonably request. The Company will deliver to the Representative at or before
the Closing Date, four signed copies of the Registration Statement and all
amendments thereto including all exhibits filed therewith, and will deliver to
the Representative such number of copies of the Registration Statement
(including such number of copies of the exhibits filed therewith that may
reasonably be requested), and of all amendments thereto, as the Representative
may reasonably request.
(e) The Company will comply with the Act and the Rules and
Regulations, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to permit the
completion of the distribution of the Shares and Warrants as contemplated in
this Agreement and the Prospectus. If during the period in which a prospectus is
required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall
occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable
opinion of the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the
Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser,
not misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the
Prospectus to comply with any law, the Company promptly will prepare and file
with the Commission an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement or
supplement to the Prospectus so that the Prospectus as so amended or
supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when it is so
delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with the law.
(f) The Company will make generally available to its security
holders, as soon as it is practicable to do so, but in any event not later than
15 months after the effective date of the Registration Statement, an earning
statement (which need not be audited) in reasonable detail, covering a period of
at least 12 consecutive months beginning after the effective date of the
Registration Statement, which earning statement shall satisfy the requirements
of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations and will
advise you in writing when such statement has been so made available.
(g) The Company will, within 120 days after the Registration
Statement becomes effective, file Form 8-A or another appropriate form with the
Securities and Exchange Commission to register the Common Stock under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company will use its best
efforts to maintain that registration in effect for at least five years, to
comply with the reporting requirements of Section 15 of that Act, and otherwise
to make available
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current public information about the Company within the meaning of Rule
15c(2)(11) under that Act.
(h) The Company will, for a period of five years from the Closing
Date, deliver to the Representative copies of annual reports and copies of all
other documents, reports and information furnished by the Company to its
stockholders or filed with any securities exchange pursuant to the requirements
of such exchange or with the Commission pursuant to the Act or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(i) The Company will, for a period of two years from the Closing
Date, provide to the Representative on a timely basis copies of all internal
financial and operating reports (including information regarding outstanding
purchase orders) that are prepared on a monthly basis for Company management.
(j) Other than sales of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of
stock options, no offering, sale, short sale or other disposition of any Common
Stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for,
or derivative of, Common Stock (or agreement for such) will be made for a period
of 180 days after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, by the
Company otherwise than hereunder or with the prior written consent of SouthWall
Capital Corp.
(k) The Company will use its best efforts, subject to notice of
issuance, to arrange that the Shares and Warrants be listed for trading on the
NASDAQ National Market or the NASDAQ Small-Cap Market.
(l) The Company will use its best efforts to register with the
Corporate Record Savings and Annual Report Information Service published by
Standard & Poor's Corporation, and maintain that registration until at least the
fifth anniversary of the Effective Date.
(m) The Company shall apply the net proceeds of its sale of the
Shares and Warrants as set forth in the Prospectus.
(n) The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds
received by the Company from its sale of the Securities in such a manner as
would require the Company to register as an investment company under the 0000
Xxx.
(o) The Company will, during the five-year period following the date
on which the Registration Statement becomes effective, maintain a transfer agent
reasonably satisfactory to the Representative and, if necessary under the
jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, a registrar for the Common Stock.
At the Representative's written request, the Company will instruct the transfer
agent to provide copies of the Company's stock transfer sheets to the
Underwriter once each month.
(p) The Company shall retain as its independent certified public
accountants the firm of Ernst & Young LLP or another accounting firm of
recognized national standing acceptable to the Representative, and as its legal
counsel the firm of Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx & Freidenrich or another firm acceptable to
the Representative expert in securities law matters and in regulatory matters
applicable to the Company's business. The Company shall give the accounting firm
so retained the
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responsibility to examine and report on the financial statements and financial
exhibits to be included in the Registration Statement. The Company shall at its
expense cause that accounting firm to review (but not audit) the Company's
regularly prepared financial statements for each of its first three fiscal
quarters in each fiscal year, prior to the time at which the Company makes any
public announcement of quarterly operating results and prior to the time the
Company files its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or 10-QSB.
(q) Upon request of the Representative, the Company will use its
best efforts to (i) cause the election of a person designated by the
Representative to serve as a member of the Company's Board of Directors, or (ii)
cause a person so designated to be appointed as a non-voting advisor to the
Board of Directors who is invited to attend all meetings of the Board of
Directors, whichever is requested by the Representative. The Company shall not
be obligated to maintain the service of any such person in either capacity
beyond the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date. In the case of the person
serving as a Director, the Company will cause that person to be covered by the
same officers' and directors' liability insurance policy as covers the other
members of the Company's Board of Directors.
(r) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be
expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
securities of the Company.
(s) Prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date, the
Company will not file a registration statement under the Securities Act on Form
S-8 (or a similar or successor form) in respect of any shares of Common Stock,
options or warrants to acquire shares of the Common Stock or securities
exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock.
(t) Prior to the second anniversary of the Effective Date, the
Company will not sell, offer for sale or offer to sell any securities of which
it is the issuer in reliance on the exemption from registration under the Act
afforded by Regulation S promulgated under the Act.
(u) The Company will obtain, and maintain in effect at all times
until the earlier of (i) the second anniversary of the Effective Date and (ii)
the termination of his employment with the Company, a policy of "key-man" life
insurance on the life of Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xx. providing a death benefit to
the Company of at least $100,000.
5. COSTS AND EXPENSES.
The Company agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation (i) all
expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Shares and Warrants
(including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all fees and expenses of the
registrar and transfer agent of the Common Stock, (iii) all necessary issue,
transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the
Shares and Warrants to the Underwriters, (iv) all fees and expenses of the
Company's counsel, independent public or certified public
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accountants and other advisors, (v) all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the
Registration Statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules,
consents and certificates of experts), each preliminary prospectus and the
Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and this Agreement, (vi)
all filing fees, attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by the Company or the
Underwriters (including fees and disbursements of the Representative's legal
counsel) in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions
from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Common Shares
for offer and sale under the Blue Sky laws, and, if requested by the
Representatives, preparing and printing a "Blue Sky Survey" or memorandum, and
any supplements thereto, advising the Underwriters of such qualifications,
registrations and exemptions, (vii) the filing fees incident to, and the
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with,
the NASD's review and approval of the Underwriters' participation in the
offering and distribution of the Shares and Warrants, (viii) the listing fees of
the Nasdaq Stock Market, if applicable, and (ix) all other fees, costs and
expenses referred to in Item 25 of Part II of the Registration Statement. Except
as provided in this Section 5 and in Section 8 hereof, the Underwriters shall
pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel,
provided that if this Agreement shall not be consummated because the conditions
in Section 6 hereof are not satisfied, or because this Agreement is terminated
by the Representative pursuant to Section 11 hereof, or by reason of any
failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to perform any
undertaking or satisfy any condition of this Agreement or to comply with any of
the terms hereof on its part to be performed, unless such failure to satisfy
said condition or to comply with said terms be due to the default or omission of
any Underwriter, for all out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably
incurred by the Representatives and the Underwriters in connection with the
proposed purchase and the offering and sale of the Common Shares, including but
not limited to fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel
expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges. To the date of this
Agreement the Company has paid the Underwriter a total of $45,000 against its
obligation to pay expenses as provided in this Section 5.
6. CONDITIONS OF OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNDERWRITERS.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm
Securities on the Closing Date and the Option Securities, if any, on the Option
Closing Date are subject to the accuracy, as of the Closing Date or the Option
Closing Date, as the case may be, of the representations and warranties of the
Company contained herein, and to the performance by the Company of its covenants
and obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) The Registration Statement and all post-effective amendments
thereto shall have become effective and any and all filings required by Rule 424
and Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations shall have been made, and any request
of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration
Statement or otherwise) shall have been disclosed to the Representatives and
complied with to their reasonable satisfaction. No stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, shall
have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been taken or,
to the knowledge of the Company, shall be contemplated by the Commission and no
injunction, restraining order, or order of any nature by a Federal or state
court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Closing Date
which would prevent the issuance of the Common Stock or Warrants.
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(b) The Representative shall have received on the Closing Date or
the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the opinion of Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx &
Freidenrich, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or the Option
Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters (and stating
that it may be relied upon by counsel to the Underwriters) to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own or
lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Registration Statement; the Company is duly qualified to transact
business in each jurisdiction in which such counsel has been
informed by an appropriate officer of the Company that the Company
has employees, operates facilities or has assets.
(ii) The Company has authorized and outstanding capital
stock as set forth under the caption "Capitalization" in the
Prospectus; the outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable;
the Common Stock and Warrants conform to the description thereof
contained in the Prospectus; the certificates for the Common Stock
and Warrants, assuming they are in the form filed with the
Commission, are in due and proper form; the Firm Shares, and the
Option Shares if any, have been duly authorized and will be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable when issued and paid for as
contemplated by this Agreement, and the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants have been duly authorized and
will when issued as contemplated by the instrument evidencing the
Warrants be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and no
preemptive rights of stockholders exist with respect to any shares
of Common Stock or the issue or sale thereof.
(iii) Except as described in or contemplated by the
Prospectus, to the knowledge of such counsel, there are no
outstanding securities of the Company convertible or exchangeable
into or evidencing the right to purchase or subscribe for any shares
of capital stock of the Company and there are no outstanding or
authorized options, warrants or rights of any character obligating
the Company to issue any shares of its capital stock or any
securities convertible or exchangeable into or evidencing the right
to purchase or subscribe for any shares of such stock; and except as
described in the Prospectus, to the knowledge of such counsel, no
holder of any securities of the Company or any person other than the
Representative has the right, contractual or otherwise, which has
not been satisfied or effectively waived, to cause the Company to
sell or otherwise issue to them, or to permit them to underwrite the
sale of, any shares of Common Stock or the right to have any Common
Stock or other securities of the Company included in the
Registration Statement or the right, as a result of the filing of
the Registration Statement, to require registration under the Act of
any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company.
(iv) The Registration Statement has become effective
under the Act and, to the knowledge of such counsel no stop order
proceedings with respect thereto have been instituted or are pending
or threatened under the Act.
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(v) The Registration Statement, the Prospectus and each
amendment or supplement thereto and document incorporated by
reference therein comply as to form in all material respects with
the requirements of the Act and the applicable rules and regulations
thereunder (except that such counsel need express no opinion as to
the financial statements and related schedules therein).
(vi) The statements under the captions "Description of
Securities" and "Shares Eligible for Future Sale" in the Prospectus,
insofar as such statements constitute a summary of documents
referred to therein or matters of law, fairly summarize in all
material respects the information called for with respect to such
documents and matters.
(vii) Such counsel does not know of any contracts or
documents required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement or described in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus which are not so filed or described as required, and such
contracts, and summaries of documents in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, are accurate in all material respects.
(viii) Such counsel knows of no material legal or
governmental proceedings pending or threatened against the Company
except as set forth in the Prospectus.
(ix) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated do not and
will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Certificate of
Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company, or any agreement or
instrument known to such counsel to which the Company is a party or
by which the Company may be bound.
(x) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company.
(xi) No approval, consent, order, authorization,
designation, declaration or filing by or with any regulatory,
administrative or other governmental body is necessary in connection
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (other than as
may be required by the NASD or as required by State securities and
Blue Sky laws as to which such counsel need express no opinion)
except such as have been obtained or made, specifying the same.
(xii) The Company is not, and will not become, as a
result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, and application of the net proceeds therefrom as
described in the Prospectus, required to register as an investment
company under the 1940 Act.
In addition to the matters set forth above, such opinion shall also
include a statement to the effect that nothing has come to the attention of such
counsel which leads them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, at the
time it became effective under the Act (but after giving effect to any
modifications incorporated therein pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act),
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or
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necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and (ii) the
Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, on the date it was filed pursuant to the
Rules and Regulations and as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as
the case may be, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements, in the light of
the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading (except that such
counsel in each instance need express no view as to financial statements,
schedules and statistical information therein). With respect to such statement,
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx & Freidenrich may state that their belief is based upon the
procedures set forth therein, but is without independent check and verification
and without responsibility for the contents of the Registration Statement or
Prospectus, except as set forth in such opinion.
(c) The Representative shall have received from Piper & Marbury
L.L.P., counsel for the Underwriters, an opinion dated the Closing Date or the
Option Closing Date, as the case may be, substantially to the effect specified
in subparagraphs (ii), (iii), (iv) and (x) of Paragraph (b) of this Section 6,
and that the Company is a duly organized and validly existing corporation under
the laws of the State of Delaware. In rendering such opinion, Piper & Marbury
L.L.P. may rely as to all matters governed other than by the laws of the State
of Delaware or Federal laws on the opinion of counsel referred to in Paragraph
(b) of this Section 6. In addition to the matters set forth above, such opinion
shall also include a statement to the effect that nothing has come to the
attention of such counsel which leads them to believe that (i) the Registration
Statement, or any amendment thereto, as of the time it became effective under
the Act (but after giving effect to any modifications incorporated therein
pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act) as of the Closing Date or the Option
Closing Date, as the case may be, contained an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and (ii) the
Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, on the date it was filed pursuant to the
Rules and Regulations and as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as
the case may be, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact, necessary in order to make the statements, in the light
of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading (except that such
counsel need express no view as to financial statements, schedules and
statistical information therein). With respect to such statement, Piper &
Marbury L.L.P. may state that their belief is based upon the procedures set
forth therein, but is without independent check and verification.
(d) The Representative shall have received at or prior to the
Closing Date from Piper & Marbury L.L.P. a memorandum or summary, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Representative, with respect to the qualification
for offering and sale by the Underwriters of the Common Stock and Warrants under
the State securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the
Representative may reasonably have designated to the Company.
(e) The Representative shall have received, on each of the dates
hereof, the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a
letter dated the date hereof, the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as
the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, of
Ernst & Young LLP confirming that they are independent public accountants within
the meaning of the Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations
thereunder and stating that in their opinion the financial statements and
schedules examined by them and included in the Registration Statement comply in
form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
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requirements of the Act and the related published Rules and Regulations; and
containing such other statements and information as is ordinarily included in
accountants' "comfort letters" to Underwriters with respect to the financial
statements and certain financial and statistical information contained in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus.
(f) The Representative shall have received on the Closing Date or
the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate or certificates
executed on behalf of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company to the effect that, as of the Closing Date or
the Option Closing Date, as the case may be:
(i) The Registration Statement has become effective
under the Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued, and no proceedings for such
purpose have been taken or are, to his knowledge, contemplated by
the Commission;
(ii) The representations and warranties of the Company
contained in Section 1 hereof are true and correct as of the Closing
Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be;
(iii) All filings required to have been made pursuant
to Rules 424 or 430A under the Act have been made;
(iv) He or she has carefully examined the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and, in his or her opinion, as of the
effective date of the Registration Statement, the statements
contained in the Registration Statement were true and correct, and
such Registration Statement and Prospectus did not omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein not misleading, and since the effective
date of the Registration Statement, no event has occurred which
should have been set forth in a supplement to or an amendment of the
Prospectus which has not been so set forth in such supplement or
amendment; and
(v) Since the respective dates as of which information
is given in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, there has not
been any material adverse change or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change in or affecting the condition,
financial or otherwise, of the Company or the earnings, business,
management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company, whether or not
arising in the ordinary course of business, other than operating
losses reasonably to be anticipated in light of the disclosures
contained in the Registration Statement.
(g) The Company shall have furnished to the Representative such
further certificates and documents confirming the representations and
warranties, covenants and conditions contained herein and related matters as the
Representative may reasonably have requested.
(h) The Firm Securities and Option Securities, if any, have been
approved for designation upon notice of issuance on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market.
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(i) The Lockup Agreements described in Section 3 (m) have been
delivered and are in full force and effect.
The opinions and certificates mentioned in this Agreement shall be
deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in all
material respects satisfactory to the Representative and to Piper & Marbury
L.L.P., counsel for the Underwriters.
If any of the conditions in this Section 6 shall not have been
fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be fulfilled, the
obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the
Representative by notifying the Company of such termination in writing or by
telegram at or prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case
may be.
In such event, the Company and the Underwriters shall not be under
any obligation to each other (except to the extent provided in Sections 5 and 8
hereof).
7. CONDITIONS OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY.
The obligations of the Company to sell and deliver the Common Stock
and Warrants to be delivered as and when specified in this Agreement are subject
to the conditions that at the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement shall have been issued and in effect or proceedings therefor initiated
or threatened.
8. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the
meaning of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which
such Underwriter or any such controlling person may become subject under the Act
or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or (ii) 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 and
each such controlling person upon demand for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such controlling person in connection
with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage or liability,
action or proceeding or in responding to a subpoena or governmental inquiry
related to the offering of the Common Stock and Warrants, whether or not such
Underwriter or controlling person is a party to any action or proceeding;
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, or omission or alleged
omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus, or such amendment or supplement, (i) in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or through the
Representative specifically for use in the preparation thereof, or (ii) which
was corrected in an amendment or supplement thereto subsequently filed, the
prior uncorrected version thereof not having been distributed by the
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Representative. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability
which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly will indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who have
signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling
person may become subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto,
or (ii) 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 the light of the circumstances under which they were made; and
will reimburse on demand any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the
Company or any such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or
proceeding; provided, however, that each Underwriter will be liable in each case
to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission has been made in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or such
amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by or through the Representative
specifically for use in the preparation thereof. This indemnity agreement will
be in addition to any liability which such Underwriter may otherwise have.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental
investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which
indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Section 8, such person (the
"indemnified party") shall promptly notify the person against whom such
indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying party") in writing. No
indemnification provided for in Section 8(a) or (b) shall be available to any
party who shall fail to give notice as provided in this Section 8(c) if the
party to whom notice was not given was unaware of the proceeding to which such
notice would have related and was materially prejudiced by the failure to give
such notice, but the failure to give such notice shall not relieve the
indemnifying party or parties from any liability which it or they may have to
the indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than on account of the
provisions of Section 8(a) or (b). In case any such proceeding shall be brought
against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate
therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party and shall pay as incurred the
fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such
proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel
at its own expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnifying party shall
pay as incurred (or within 30 days of presentation) the fees and expenses of the
counsel retained by the indemnified party in the event (i) the indemnifying
party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of
such counsel, (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any
impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party
and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate
due to actual or potential differing interests between them or (iii) the
indemnifying
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party shall have failed to assume the defense and employ counsel acceptable to
the indemnified party within a reasonable period of time after notice of
commencement of the action. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall
not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one
separate firm for all such indemnified parties. Such firm shall be designated in
writing by you in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a) and
by the Company in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The
indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent but if settled with such consent or if
there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to
indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason
of such settlement or judgment. In addition, the indemnifying party will not,
without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, settle or compromise
or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim,
action or proceeding of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether
or not any indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such claim,
action or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an
unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out
of such claim, action or proceeding.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
Section 8(a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to therein,
then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Common Stock
and Warrants. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding
sentence is not permitted by applicable law then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also
the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the
other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, (or actions or proceedings in respect
thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the
other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds
from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to
the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters,
in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The
relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 8(d). The amount paid
or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
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liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to above in
this Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
subsection (d), (i) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the shares of
Common Stock and Warrants purchased by such Underwriter, and (ii) 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 Section
8(d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
(e) In any proceeding relating to the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any supplement or amendment thereto,
each party against whom contribution may be sought under this Section 8 hereby
consents to the jurisdiction of any court having jurisdiction over any other
contributing party, agrees that process issuing from such court may be served
upon him or it by any other contributing party and consents to the service of
such process and agrees that any other contributing party may join him or it as
an additional defendant in any such proceeding in which such other contributing
party is a party.
(f) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which
an indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this
Section 8 shall be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified party as
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are incurred. The
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 8 and the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall
remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling
any Underwriter, the Company, its directors or officers or any persons
controlling the Company, (ii) acceptance of any Common Stock and/or Warrants and
payment therefor hereunder, and (iii) any termination of this Agreement. A
successor to any Underwriter, or to the Company, its directors or officers, or
any person controlling the Company, shall be entitled to the benefits of the
indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this Section
8.
9. DEFAULT BY UNDERWRITERS.
If on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, any Underwriter shall fail to purchase and pay for the portion of the Common
Stock and/or Warrants which such Underwriter has agreed to purchase and pay for
on such date (otherwise than by reason of any default on the part of the
Company), you, as Representative of the Underwriters, shall use your reasonable
efforts to procure within 36 hours thereafter one or more of the other
Underwriters, or any others, to purchase from the Company such amounts as may be
agreed upon and upon the terms set forth herein, the Firm Securities or Option
Securities, as the case may be, which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters
failed to purchase. If during such 36 hours you, as such Representative, shall
not have procured such other Underwriters, or any others, to purchase the Firm
Securities or Option Securities, as the case may be, agreed to be purchased by
the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then (a) if the aggregate number of
shares of Common Stock or Warrants with respect to which such default shall
occur does not exceed 10% respectively of the Firm Shares or Firm Warrants, or
of the Option Shares or Option Warrants, as the case may be,
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covered hereby, the other Underwriters shall be obligated, severally, in
proportion to the respective numbers of Firm Securities or Option Securities, as
the case may be, which they are obligated to purchase hereunder, to purchase the
Firm Securities or Option Securities, as the case may be, which such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase, or (b) if the 10% limitation in
clause (a) is exceeded, the Company or you as the Representative of the
Underwriters will have the right, by written notice given within the next
36-hour period to the parties to this Agreement, to terminate this Agreement
without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters or of the
Company except to the extent provided in Section 8 hereof. In the event of a
default by any Underwriter or Underwriters, as set forth in this Section 9, the
Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, may be postponed for
such period, not exceeding seven days, as you, as Representative, may determine
in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement or in the
Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. The term
"Underwriter" includes any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter. Any
action taken under this Section 9 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter
from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this
Agreement.
10. NOTICES.
All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, except as
otherwise provided herein, will be mailed, delivered, telecopied or telegraphed
and confirmed as follows: If to the Underwriters, to SouthWall Capital Corp, 000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, with a copy to Piper &
Marbury L.L.P., attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq., 1251 Avenue of the Americas,
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000; if to the Company,
to C2i Solutions, Inc., attention: President, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, with a copy to Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx & Freidenrich,
attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq., 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000. Any of the parties just identified may change its address
to which communications hereunder are to be directed, by communicating notice of
the address change in the manner set forth above, which notice shall be
effective upon receipt.
11. TERMINATION.
This Agreement may be terminated by you by notice to the Company as
follows:
(a) at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the time the Firm Shares
and Firm Warrants are released by you for sale by notice to the Underwriters, or
(ii) 11:30 a.m. on the first business day following the date of this Agreement;
(b) at any time prior to the Closing Date if any of the following
has occurred: (i) since the respective dates as of which information is given in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, any material adverse change or
any development involving a prospective material adverse change in or affecting
the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company or the earnings, business,
management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or
otherwise) or prospects of the Company, whether or not arising in the ordinary
course of business; (ii) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or
declaration of war or national emergency or other national or international
calamity or crisis or change in economic or political conditions if the effect
of such
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outbreak, escalation, declaration, emergency, calamity, crisis or change on the
financial markets of the United States would, in your reasonable judgment, make
it impracticable to market the Common Stock or Warrants or to enforce contracts
for the sale thereof; (iii) suspension of trading in securities generally on the
New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange or limitation on prices
(other than limitations on hours or numbers of days of trading) for securities
on either such Exchange; (iv) the enactment, publication, decree or other
promulgation of any statute, regulation, rule or order of any court or other
governmental authority which in your opinion materially and adversely affects or
may materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company;
(v) declaration of a banking moratorium by United States or New York State
authorities, (vi) the suspension by the Commission of trading in the Common
Stock or (vii) the taking of any action by any governmental body or agency in
respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs which in your reasonable opinion has a
material adverse effect on the securities markets in the United States; or
(c) as provided in Sections 6 and 9 of this Agreement.
12. SUCCESSORS.
This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the
Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors, executors,
administrators, heirs and assigns, and the officers, directors and controlling
persons referred to herein, and no other person will have any right or
obligation hereunder. No purchaser of any shares of Common Stock or Warrants
from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign merely because of
such purchase.
13. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY UNDERWRITERS.
The Company and the Underwriters acknowledge and agree that the only
information furnished or to be furnished by any Underwriter to the Company for
inclusion in any Prospectus or the Registration Statement consists of the
information set forth in the last paragraph on the front cover page (insofar as
such information relates to the Underwriters), legends required by Item 502(d)
of Regulation S-K under the Act and the information under the caption
"Underwriting" in the Prospectus.
14. MISCELLANEOUS.
The reimbursement, indemnification and contribution agreements
contained in this Agreement and the representations, warranties and covenants in
this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of (a) any
termination of this Agreement, (b) any investigation made by or on behalf of any
Underwriter or controlling person thereof, or by or on behalf of the Company or
its directors or officers and (c) delivery of and payment for the Common Stock
and Warrants under this Agreement.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of New York.
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If the foregoing letter is in accordance with your understanding of
our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicates hereof,
whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Company and the several
Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
C2I SOLUTIONS, INC.
By ________________________________
President
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement
is hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date first above written.
SOUTHWALL CAPITAL CORP.
____________________________________
____________________________________
As Representative[s] of the several
Underwriters listed on Schedule I
By:_________________________________
Authorized Officer
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SCHEDULE I
SCHEDULE OF UNDERWRITERS
Number of Firm Shares
and Firm Warrants
Underwriter to be Purchased
SouthWall Capital Corp.
__________
Total __________
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