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EXHIBIT 1.1
[Draft--11/4/99]
Alamosa PCS Holdings, Inc.
10,714,000 Shares
Common Stock
($.01 par value)
Underwriting Agreement
New York, New York
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
As Representatives of the several Underwriters,
c/o Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Alamosa PCS Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized under the
laws of Delaware (the "Company"), proposes to sell to the several underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters"), for whom you (the
"Representatives") are acting as representatives, 10,714,000 shares of Common
Stock, $.01 par value ("Common Stock") of the Company (said shares to be issued
and sold by the Company being hereinafter called the "Underwritten Securities").
The Company also proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up
to 1,607,100 additional shares of Common Stock to cover over-allotments (the
"Option Securities"; the Option Securities, together with the Underwritten
Securities, being hereinafter called the "Securities"). To the extent there are
no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule I other than you, the term
Representatives as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters, and the terms
Representatives and Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural as the
context requires. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 17 hereof.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this
Section 1.
(a) The Company has prepared and filed with the Commission a
registration statement (file number 333-89995) on Form S-1, including a
related preliminary prospectus, for registration under the Act of the
offering and sale of the Securities. The Company may have filed one or
more amendments thereto, including a related preliminary prospectus,
each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will
next file with the Commission either (1) prior to the Effective Date of
such registration statement, a further amendment to such registration
statement (including the form of final prospectus) or (2) after the
Effective Date of such registration statement, a final prospectus in
accordance with Rules 430A and 424(b). In the case of clause (2), the
Company has included in such registration statement, as amended at the
Effective Date, all information (other than Rule 430A Information)
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required by the Act and the rules thereunder to be included in such
registration statement and the Prospectus. As filed, such amendment and
form of final prospectus, or such final prospectus, shall contain all
Rule 430A Information, together with all other such required
information, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree
in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in
the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent
not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific
additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the
latest Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to
the Execution Time, will be included or made therein.
(b) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did or
will, and when the Prospectus is first filed (if required) in
accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined herein)
and on any date on which Option Securities are purchased, if such date
is not the Closing Date (a "settlement date"), the Prospectus (and any
supplements thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder; on the
Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement
did not or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and,
on the Effective Date, the Prospectus, if not filed pursuant to Rule
424(b), will not, and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b)
and on the Closing Date and any settlement date, the Prospectus
(together with any supplement thereto) will not, include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided,
however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to
the information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement, or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus (or any supplement thereto).
(c) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or
organized with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as
the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business
as described in the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as
a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction which requires such qualification;
(d) All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each
subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are
fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the
Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock of the subsidiaries
are owned by the Company either directly or through wholly owned
subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security interest or any
other security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances;
(e) The Company's authorized equity capitalization is as set
forth in the Prospectus; the capital stock of the Company conforms in
all material respects to the description thereof contained in the
Prospectus; the outstanding shares of Common
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Stock have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully
paid and nonassessable; the Securities have been duly and validly
authorized, and, when issued and delivered to and paid for by the
Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will be fully paid and
nonassessable; the Securities are duly included for quotation, and
admitted and authorized for trading, subject to official notice of
issuance, on the Nasdaq National Market; the certificates for the
Securities are in valid and sufficient form; the holders of outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to preemptive
or other rights to subscribe for the Securities; and, except as set
forth in the Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to
purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to
convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of
capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company are outstanding.
(f) There is no franchise, contract or other document of a
character required to be described in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not
described or filed as required; and the statements in the Prospectus
under the heading "Important United States Federal Tax Consequences of
Our Common Stock to Non-U.S. Holders" and "Regulation of the Wireless
Telecommunications Industry" fairly summarize the matters therein
described.
(g) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding obligation
of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(h) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the 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, as amended.
(i) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order
of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection
with the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been
obtained under the Act and such as may be required under the blue sky
laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner
contemplated herein and in the Prospectus.
(j) Neither the issue and sale of the Securities nor the
consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor
the fulfillment of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a
breach or violation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance
upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease,
mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other
agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its
or their property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule,
regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any
of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its
or their properties.
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(k) No holders of securities of the Company have rights to the
registration of such securities under the Registration Statement.
(l) The consolidated historical financial statements and
schedules of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included in
the Prospectus and the Registration Statement present fairly in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
cash flows of the Company as of the dates and for the periods
indicated, comply as to form with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and have been prepared in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein).
The selected financial data set forth under the caption "Selected
Financial Data" in the Prospectus and Registration Statement fairly
present, on the basis stated in the Prospectus and the Registration
Statement, the information included therein.
(m) No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property is pending
or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i) could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) could reasonably be expected
to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in
or contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto).
(n) Each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries owns or
leases all such properties as are necessary to the conduct of its
operations as presently conducted.
(o) Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in violation or
default of (i) any provision of its charter or bylaws, (ii) the terms
of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note
agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition,
covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its
property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation,
judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having
jurisdiction over the Company or such subsidiary or any of its
properties, as applicable.
(p) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have certified certain
financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
and delivered their report with respect to the audited consolidated
financial statements and schedules included in the Prospectus, are
independent public accountants with respect to the Company within the
meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations
thereunder.
(q) There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or
charges under Federal law or the laws of any state, or any political
subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance by the Company
or sale by the Company of the Securities.
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(r) The Company has filed all foreign, federal, state and
local tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested
extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file
would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in
or contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto)) and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any
other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that
any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such
assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good
faith or as would not have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties
of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not
arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as
set forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto).
(s) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or is threatened or imminent,
and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor
disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries'
principal suppliers, contractors or customers, that could have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in
or contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto).
(t) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by
insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and
risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the
businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance
insuring the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective
businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force
and effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the
terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and
there are no claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any
such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying
liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; neither
the Company nor any such subsidiary has been refused any insurance
coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor any such
subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew
its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to
obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to
continue its business at a cost that would not have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings,
business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course
of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(u) No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited,
directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from
making any other distribution on such subsidiary's capital stock, from
repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from
the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary's property or
assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as
described in or contemplated by the Prospectus.
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(v) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses (or
in the case of the PCS spectrum licenses issued by the Federal
Communications Commission ("FCC"), have the right to use the spectrum
licensed to Sprint Corporation or the PCS Group of Sprint Corporation),
certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the
appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary
to conduct their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any
such subsidiary has received (or in the case of the PCS spectrum
licenses, to the Company's knowledge, neither Sprint nor the PCS Group
of Sprint has received) any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or
permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings,
business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course
of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(w) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system
of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management's general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to
maintain asset accountability; (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 the
existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken
with respect to any differences.
(x) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably
be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, in
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(y) The Company and its subsidiaries are (i) in compliance
with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and
regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the
environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants ("Environmental Laws"), (ii) have received and are in
compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of
them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective
businesses and (iii) have not received notice of any actual or
potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any
disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes,
pollutants or contaminants, except where such non-compliance with
Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or
other approvals, or liability would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse change in the condition (financial
or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising
from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set
forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto) . Except as set forth in the Prospectus, neither the Company
nor any of the subsidiaries has been named as a "potentially
responsible party" under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
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(z) In the ordinary course of its business, the Company
periodically reviews the effect of Environmental Laws on the business,
operations and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, in the
course of which it identifies and evaluates associated costs and
liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating
expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance
with Environmental Laws, or any permit, license or approval, any
related constraints on operating activities and any potential
liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such review, the Company
has reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities
would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect
on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings,
business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course
of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(aa) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has fulfilled
its obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Xxxxxxx
000 xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 ("ERISA") and the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder with respect to each "plan" (as defined in Section 3(3) of
ERISA and such regulations and published interpretations) in which
employees of the Company and its subsidiaries are eligible to
participate and each such plan is in compliance in all material
respects with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and such
regulations and published interpretations. The Company and its
subsidiaries have not incurred any unpaid liability to the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation (other than for the payment of premiums in
the ordinary course) or to any such plan under Title IV of ERISA.
(ab) The subsidiaries listed on Annex A attached hereto are
the only significant subsidiaries of the Company as defined by Rule
1-02 of Regulation S-X (the "Subsidiaries").
(ac) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or
have other rights to use, on reasonable terms, all patents, patent
applications, trade and service marks, trade and service xxxx
registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade
secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property
(collectively, the "Intellectual Property") necessary for the conduct
of the Company's business as now conducted or as proposed in the
Prospectus to be conducted. Except as set forth in the Prospectus under
the caption "Business--Intellectual Property," (a) to the Company's
knowledge, there are no rights of third parties to any such
Intellectual Property; (b) to the Company's best knowledge, there is no
material infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual
Property; (c) there is no pending or, to the Company's best knowledge,
threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the
Company's rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the
Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for
any such claim; (d) to the Company's best knowledge, there is no
pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others
challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property,
and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable
basis for any such claim; (e) there is no pending or, to the Company's
knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that
the Company infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark,
copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, and the
Company is unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable
basis for any such claim; (f) to the Company's
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knowledge, there is no U.S. patent or published U.S. patent application
which contains claims that dominate or may dominate any Intellectual
Property described in the Prospectus as being owned by or licensed to
the Company or that interferes with the issued or pending claims of any
such Intellectual Property; and (g) there is no prior art of which the
Company is aware that may render any U.S. patent held by the Company
invalid or any U.S. patent application held by the Company unpatentable
which has not been disclosed to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
(ad) The statements contained in the Prospectus under the
caption "Business--Intellectual Property," insofar as such statements
summarize legal matters, agreements, documents, or proceedings
discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal
matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.
(ae) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, the Company (i) does not have any material lending or other
relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney
Holdings Inc. and (ii) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from
the sale of the Securities hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed
to any affiliate of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Holding Inc.
(af) The Company and its subsidiaries have implemented a
comprehensive, detailed program to analyze and address the risk that
their computer hardware and software may be unable to recognize and
properly execute date-sensitive functions involving certain dates prior
to and any dates after December 31, 1999 (the "Year 2000 Problem") and
has determined that their computer hardware and software are and will
be able to process all date information prior to and after December 31,
1999 without any errors, aborts, delays or other interruptions in
operations associated with the Year 2000 Problem; and the Company
believes, after due inquiry, that each supplier, vendor, customer or
financial service organization used or serviced by the Company and its
subsidiaries has remedied or will remedy on a timely basis the Year
2000 Problem, except to the extent that a failure to remedy by any such
supplier, vendor, customer or financial service organization would not
have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole. The Company is in compliance with the Commission's
Release No. 33-7558 related to Year 2000 compliance.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and
delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection
with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and
warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
2. Purchase and Sale. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions
and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the
Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of
$ per share, the amount of the Underwritten Securities set forth opposite
such Underwriter's name in Schedule I hereto.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon
the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company hereby grants
an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up
to 1,607,100 Option Securities at the same purchase price per share as the
Underwriters shall pay for the Underwritten Securities. Said option may be
exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sale of the
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Underwritten Securities by the Underwriters. Said option may be exercised in
whole or in part at any time (but not more than once) on or before the 30th day
after the date of the Prospectus upon written or telegraphic notice by the
Representatives to the Company setting forth the number of shares of the Option
Securities as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and
the settlement date. The number of Option Securities to be purchased by each
Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total number of shares of the
Option Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters as such
Underwriter is purchasing of the Underwritten Securities, subject to such
adjustments as you in your absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any
fractional shares.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the
Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities (if the option provided for in
Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the third Business
Day prior to the Closing Date) shall be made at 10:00 AM, New York City time,
on , 19 , or at such time on such later date not more than three Business
Days after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate, which date
and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representatives and the
Company or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and
payment for the Securities being herein called the "Closing Date"). Delivery of
the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts
of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through
the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the
Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by
the Company. Delivery of the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities
shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the
Representatives shall otherwise instruct.
If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised
after the third Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the Company will deliver
the Option Securities (at the expense of the Company) to the Representatives, at
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, xx the date specified by the
Representatives (which shall be within three Business Days after exercise of
said option) for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against
payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase
price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in
same-day funds to an account specified by the Company. If settlement for the
Option Securities occurs after the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to the
Representatives on the settlement date for the Option Securities, and the
obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities shall be
conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions, certificates and letters
confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates and letters delivered on
the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6 hereof.
4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several
Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth
in the Prospectus.
5. Agreements. The Company agrees with the several
Underwriters that:
(a) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the
Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, and any
amendment thereof, to become effective. Prior to the termination of the
offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of
the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished you a
copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such
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proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object.
Subject to the foregoing sentence, if the Registration Statement has
become or becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A, or filing of the
Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will
cause the Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to
be filed with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of
Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence
satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company
will promptly advise the Representatives (1) when the Registration
Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, shall have become
effective, (2) when the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall
have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been
filed with the Commission, (3) when, prior to termination of the
offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement
shall have been filed or become effective, (4) of any request by the
Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration
Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any
supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information, (5) of
the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or
threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (6) of the receipt
by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of
the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the
institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The
Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such
stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued,
to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the
Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs
as a result of which the Prospectus as then supplemented would include
any 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 shall
be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the
Prospectus to comply with the Act or the rules thereunder, the Company
promptly will (1) notify the Representatives of any such event, (2)
prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of
paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement which will
correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and (3)
supply any supplemented Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may
reasonably request.
(c) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally
available to its security holders and to the Representatives an
earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries
which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule
158 under the Act.
(d) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and
counsel for the Underwriters signed copies of the Registration
Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a
copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so
long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be
required by the Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus and
the Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may
reasonably request.
(e) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the
qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such
jurisdictions as the Representatives may
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designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as
required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no
event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any
jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action
that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those
arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any
jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(f) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or
otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed
to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition
(whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to
cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the
Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of
the Company) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or
participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the
Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent
position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the
meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other shares of Common
Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or
exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an
intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days
after the date of the Underwriting Agreement, provided, however, that
the Company may issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee
stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan
of the Company in effect at the Execution Time and the Company may
issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the
exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time.
(g) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably
be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, in
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(h) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating
to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction
and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including
financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of
them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including
postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of
such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus,
the Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as
may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with
the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation,
printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the
Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with
the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or
reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum
and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and
delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the
registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act and the quotation
of the Securities on the Nasdaq National Market; (vi) any registration
or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the
securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing
fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the
Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification); (vii)
any filings required to be made with the National
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Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (including filing fees and the
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating
to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred
by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with
presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the
fees and expenses of the Company's accountants and the fees and
expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the
Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the
performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.
6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the
Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein as of
the Execution Time, the Closing Date and any settlement date pursuant to Section
3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any
certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the
Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) If the Registration Statement has not become effective
prior to the Execution Time, unless the Representatives agree in
writing to a later time, the Registration Statement will become
effective not later than (i) 6:00 PM New York City time on the date of
determination of the public offering price, if such determination
occurred at or prior to 3:00 PM New York City time on such date or (ii)
9:30 AM on the Business Day following the day on which the public
offering price was determined, if such determination occurred after
3:00 PM New York City time on such date; if filing of the Prospectus,
or any supplement thereto, is required pursuant to Rule 424(b), the
Prospectus, and any such supplement, will be filed in the manner and
within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have
been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been
instituted or threatened.
(b) The Company shall have requested and caused Xxxxxx and
Xxxxx, LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the
Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to
the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) each of the Company and Alamosa PCS, Inc.,
Alamosa Texas, LP, Alamosa Wisconsin, LP and [Alamosa
Partners, Inc.] individually a "Subsidiary" and collectively
the "Subsidiaries" has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized, with
full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the
case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus, and is duly qualified
to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good
standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires
such qualification;
(ii) all the outstanding shares of capital stock of
each Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as
otherwise set forth in the Prospectus, all outstanding shares
of capital stock of the Subsidiaries are owned by the Company
either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and
clear of any perfected security interest and, to the knowledge
of such counsel, after due inquiry, any other security
interest, claim, lien or encumbrance;
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(iii) the Company's authorized equity capitalization
is as set forth in the Prospectus; the capital stock of the
Company conforms in all material respects to the description
thereof contained in the Prospectus; the outstanding shares of
Common Stock have been duly and validly authorized and issued
and are fully paid and nonassessable; the Securities have been
duly and validly authorized, and, when issued and delivered to
and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement,
will be fully paid and nonassessable; the Securities are duly
included for quotation, and admitted and authorized for
trading, subject to official notice of issuance, on the Nasdaq
National Market; the certificates for the Securities are in
valid and sufficient form; the holders of outstanding shares
of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to preemptive
or other rights to subscribe for the Securities; and, except
as set forth in the Prospectus, no options, warrants or other
rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue,
or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any
securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership
interests in the Company are outstanding;
(iv) to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no
pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before
any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any
arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
its or their property of a character required to be disclosed
in the Registration Statement which is not adequately
disclosed in the Prospectus, and there is no franchise,
contract or other document of a character required to be
described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to
be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or
filed as required; and the statements included in the
Prospectus under the headings "Regulation of the Wireless
Telecommunications Industry" and "Important United States
Federal Tax Consequences of Our Common Stock to Non-U.S.
Holders" fairly summarize the matters therein described;
(v) the Registration Statement has become effective
under the Act; any required filing of the Prospectus, and any
supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in
the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b);
to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued,
no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or
threatened and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
(other than the financial statements and other financial
information contained therein, as to which such counsel need
express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects
with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules
thereunder; and such counsel has no reason to believe that on
the Effective Date or the date the Registration Statement was
last deemed amended the Registration Statement 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 as of its date and on the Closing Date included or
includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
omits to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than
the financial statements and other financial information
contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion);
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(vi) this Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company;
(vii) the Company is not and, after giving effect to
the offering and sale of the 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, as amended;
(viii) no consent, approval, authorization, filing
with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is
required in connection with the transactions contemplated
herein, except such as have been obtained under the Act and
such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any
jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution
of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner
contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus and such
other approvals (specified in such opinion) as have been
obtained;
(ix) neither the issue and sale of the Securities,
nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein
contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof will
conflict with, result in a breach or violation of or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant
to, (i) the charter or by-laws of the Company or its
subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract,
lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement
or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or
instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party
or bound or to which its or their property is subject, or
(iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or
decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental
body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over
the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their
properties; and
(x) no holders of securities of the Company have
rights to the registration of such securities under the
Registration Statement.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters
involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the
State of Texas, the Federal laws of the United States (except with
respect to regulatory matters) or the Delaware General Corporation Law,
to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the
opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be
reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and
(B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on
certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public
officials. References to the Prospectus in this paragraph (b) include
any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.
(c) The Company shall have requested and caused Blooston,
Mordkofsky, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, special regulatory counsel to the
Company, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion dated
the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, to the effect
that:
(i) statements regarding telecommunications
regulatory matters included in the Prospectus under the
headings "Regulation of the Wireless
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Telecommunications Industry," "Risk Factors--Risks Related to
our Relationship with Sprint PCS--If Sprint PCS does not
maintain control over its licensed spectrum, the Sprint PCS
Agreements may be terminated" and "-- Non-renewal or
revocation by the FCC of the Sprint PCS licenses would
significantly harm our business" are accurate in all material
respects and fairly summarize the matters therein described;
(ii) no filing with, or authorization, approval,
consent, license, permit, order, registration, qualification
or decree of, the FCC or of any other federal or state
regulatory agency, is necessary or required for the due
authorization, execution or delivery by the Company of this
Agreement or for the performance by the Company of the
transactions contemplated under the Prospectus or this
Agreement; specifically, that the Company and its Subsidiaries
have the right to operate a wireless PCS network utilizing the
spectrum licenses issued by the FCC and held by Sprint
Corporation or the PCS Group of Sprint without the need to
acquire any further order, license, permit or other
authorization from the FCC or any other federal or state
regulatory agency;
(iii) to the best of such counsel's knowledge,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
violation of, or in default under, any federal or state
telecommunications laws or regulations, the effect of which,
singly or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects,
earnings, business or properties of the Company; specifically,
that the arrangement contained in the Management Agreement (as
defined in the Prospectus) between the Company and the PCS
Group of Sprint Corporation permitting the Company to
construct and operate a wireless PCS network utilizing the
spectrum licenses issued by the FCC and held by Sprint
Corporation or the PCS Group of Sprint, is in compliance with
all applicable federal and state telecommunications rules and
regulations, including federal rules and regulations regarding
licensee control of the licensed spectrum; and
(iv) to the best of such counsel's knowledge, (A) no
unsatisfied decree or order of the FCC or of any state
regulatory agency is outstanding against the Company or its
Subsidiaries and (B) with regard to the Company's and its
Subsidiaries' construction and operation of a wireless PCS
network, no litigation, proceeding, inquiry or investigation
has been commenced or threatened, no complaints filed, no
notice of violation or order to show cause has been issued,
against the Company or its Subsidiaries or against Sprint
Corporation or the PCS Group of Sprint Corporation before or
by the FCC or any other federal or state regulatory agency
which would have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or
properties of the Company.
(d) The Representatives shall have received from Cravath,
Swaine & Xxxxx, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions,
dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, with
respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and
other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require,
and
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the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they
request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(e) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a
certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the
President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the
Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such
certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, any supplements to the Prospectus and this Agreement and
that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company
in this Agreement are true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as
if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with
all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its
part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing
Date;
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company's
knowledge, threatened; and
(iii) since the date of the most recent financial
statements included in the Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse effect
on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects,
earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set
forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto).
(f) The Company shall have requested and caused
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to have furnished to the Representatives, at
the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, letters, dated respectively
as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Representatives, confirming that they are
independent accountants within the meaning of the Act and the
applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder
and that they have performed an examination of the financial
information of the Company for the nine-month period ended September
30, 1999, and as at September 30, 1999, and further stating in effect
that:
(i) in their opinion the audited financial statements
and financial statement schedules and pro forma financial
statements included in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and reported on by them comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements
of the Act and the related rules and regulations adopted by
the Commission;
(ii) on the basis of a reading of the latest
unaudited financial statements made available by the Company
and its Subsidiaries; carrying out certain specified
procedures (but not an examination in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards) which would not
necessarily reveal matters of significance with respect to the
comments set forth in such letter; a reading
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of the minutes of the meetings of the members and managers of
Alamosa PCS, LLC and of the stockholders, directors and
executive, audit and compensation committees of the Company
and its Subsidiaries; and inquiries of certain officials of
the Company who have responsibility for financial and
accounting matters of the Company and its subsidiaries as to
transactions and events subsequent to September 30, 1999,
nothing came to their attention which caused them to believe
that:
[(1) any unaudited financial statements
included in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements of
the Act and with the related rules and regulations
adopted by the Commission with respect to
registration statements on Form S-1; and said
unaudited financial statements are not in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles
applied on a basis substantially consistent with that
of the audited financial statements included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus;]
(2) with respect to the period subsequent to
September 30, 1999, there were any changes, at a
specified date not more than five days prior to the
date of the letter, in the long-term debt or capital
lease obligations of the Company and its subsidiaries
or capital stock of the Company or decreases in the
stockholders' equity of the Company as compared with
the amounts shown on the September 30, 1999
consolidated balance sheet included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, or for the
period from October 1, 1999 to such specified date
there were any decreases, as compared with [THE
COMPARABLE PERIOD IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER] in total
revenue or any increases in loss from operations, net
loss or per share amounts of net loss of the Company
and its subsidiaries, except in all instances for
changes or decreases set forth in such letter, in
which case the letter shall be accompanied by an
explanation by the Company as to the significance
thereof unless said explanation is not deemed
necessary by the Representatives;
(3) the information included in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus in response to
Regulation S-K, Item 301 (Selected Financial Data),
Item 302 (Supplementary Financial Information) and
Item 402 (Executive Compensation) is not in
conformity with the applicable disclosure
requirements of Regulation S-K; and
(4) the unaudited amounts of [DESCRIBE THE
CAPSULE INFORMATION AND ITS LOCATION] do not agree
with the amounts set forth in the unaudited financial
statements for the same periods or were not
determined on a basis substantially consistent with
that of the corresponding amounts in the audited
financial statements included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus; and
(iii) they have performed certain other specified
procedures as a result of which they determined that certain
information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature
(which is limited to accounting, financial or statistical
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information derived from the general accounting records of the
Company and its subsidiaries) set forth in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, agrees with the accounting
records of the Company and its subsidiaries, excluding any
questions of legal interpretation.
(iv) on the basis of a reading of the unaudited pro
forma financial statements included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (the "pro forma financial
statements"); carrying out certain specified procedures;
inquiries of certain officials of the Company who have
responsibility for financial and accounting matters; and
proving the arithmetic accuracy of the application of the pro
forma adjustments to the historical amounts in the pro forma
financial statements, nothing came to their attention which
caused them to believe that the pro forma financial statements
do not comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation
S-X or that the pro forma adjustments have not been properly
applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of such
statements.
References to the Prospectus in this paragraph (f) include any
supplement thereto at the date of the letter.
(g) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates
as of which information is given in the Registration Statement
(exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Prospectus (exclusive of
any supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or
decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph
(f) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving
a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or
otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions
in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or
contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto)
the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii)
above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and
adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the
offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the
Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(h) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have
furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates
and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(i) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have
been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company's debt securities
by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as
defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act) or any notice given
of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a
possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction
of the possible change.
(j) The Securities shall have been included for quotation and
admitted and authorized for trading on the Nasdaq National Market, and
satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the
Representatives.
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(k) At the Execution Time, the Company shall have furnished to
the Representatives a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto from each officer and director of the Company and from Rosewood
Telecommunications, L.L.C., South Plains Advanced Communications &
Electronics, Inc., West Texas PCS, LLC, Xxxxxx Telecommunications,
Inc., Tregan International Corp., Plateau Telecommunications,
Incorporated, XIT Telecommunications & Technology, Inc., LEC
Development, Inc. and Xxx-Xxx Telecommunications, Inc. addressed to the
Representatives.
[INSERT ADDITIONAL CLOSING CONDITIONS, IF ANY, SUCH AS ANY CONCURRENT OFFERING
CLOSING, REPAYMENT OF DEBT, RECAPITALIZATION, REORGANIZATION, CREDIT FACILITY
CLOSING, ADDITIONAL BORROWING, ACQUISITION CLOSING AND STOCK SPLIT.]
[(l) Prior to the Execution Time, Sprint Corporation or the
PCS Group of Sprint Corporation and the Company shall have entered into
an amended Management Agreement that contains the terms described in
the Prospectus in "The Sprint PCS Agreements--The Management
Agreement," and which provides for the expansion of the territory in
which the Company is responsible for constructing and operating a
wireless PCS network, to include all of the markets listed in the
Prospectus in "Business--Markets and Network Build-Out Plan."
(m) As of the Execution Time, the closing of the amended
credit agreement between the Company and Nortel Networks, Inc. shall
occur, and such amended credit agreement shall provide for total
available credit of $250,000,000 and other terms as described in the
Prospectus in "Description of the Nortel Financing."
(n) As of the Execution Time, the Company shall have committed
equity financing of at least $148,000,000 and shall have received funds
in that amount, including previously contributed equity capital of
$37,500,000 from the shareholders of the Company who were members of
Alamosa PCS, LLC, as described in the Prospectus in "Description of the
Nortel Financing--The Nortel Credit Facility--Minimum Equity
Requirements."]
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not
have been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this
Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or
elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the
Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder
may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the
Representatives. Notice of such cancelation shall be given to the Company in
writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall
be delivered at the office of Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx, counsel for the
Underwriters, at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, on the Closing
Date.
7. Reimbursement of Underwriters' Expenses. If the sale of the
Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the
obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied,
because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any
refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any
agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than
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by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse
the Underwriters severally through Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney Inc. on demand for all
out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel)
that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase
and sale of the Securities.
8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees
and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter
within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any
of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or
state statutory law or regulation, at common law 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 a
material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of
the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse
each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; 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 any such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made
therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition
to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its
officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the
Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same
extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only
with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to
the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing
indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which
any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that the statements
set forth in the last paragraph of the cover page regarding delivery of the
Securities and, under the heading "Underwriting" or "Plan of Distribution", (i)
the list of Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale of the
Securities, (ii) the sentences related to concessions and reallowances and (iii)
the paragraph related to stabilization, syndicate covering transactions and
penalty bids in any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus constitute the
only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several
Underwriters for inclusion in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party
under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i)
will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and
to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results
in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses
and (ii) will not,
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in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any
indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in
paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint
counsel of the indemnifying party's choice at the indemnifying party's expense
to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is
sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible
for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified
party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such
counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the
indemnifying party's election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified
party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ
separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall
bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the
use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified
party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or
potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall
have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it
and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those
available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have
employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the
indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of
such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party
to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An
indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any
judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or
proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential
parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent
includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability
arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a)
or (b) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally
agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities
(including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with
investigating or defending same) (collectively "Losses") to which the Company
and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one
hand and by the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities;
provided, however, that in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be
provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the
Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount
or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter
hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is
unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally shall
contribute 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
of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to
the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by
it, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the
total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the
cover page of the Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference
to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information provided by the Company on the one hand or the
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Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata
allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of
this paragraph (d), 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. For purposes of
this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of
either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and
agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such
Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of
either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have
signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have
the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the
applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
9. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters
shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased
by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall
constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this
Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up
and pay for (in the respective proportions which the amount of Securities set
forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of
Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the
Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to
purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of
Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to
purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Securities set forth in
Schedule I hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase
all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities,
and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this
Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter or
the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this
Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding
five Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the
required changes in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any
other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this
Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to
the Company and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its
default hereunder.
10. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to
termination in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given
to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any
time prior to such time (i) trading in the Company's Common Stock shall have
been suspended by the Commission or the Nasdaq National Market or trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National
Market shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been
established on such Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, (ii) a banking
moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal or New York State
authorities or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of
hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, or
other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to
make it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable
to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by
the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
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11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective
agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the
Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to
this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of
the officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in
Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.
The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or
cancelation of this Agreement.
12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing
and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be
mailed, delivered or telefaxed to the Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc. General Counsel
(fax no.: (000) 000-0000) and confirmed to the General Counsel, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Barney Inc., at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention:
General Counsel; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or
telefaxed to (000) 000-0000 and confirmed to it at 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, attention of the Legal Department.
13. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the
officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons referred to in
Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation
hereunder.
14. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to
contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
16. Headings. The section headings used herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
17. Definitions. The terms which follow, when used in this
Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.
"Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a
Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or
trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York
City.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
"Effective Date" shall mean each date and time that the
Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment or amendments
thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became or become
effective.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
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"Execution Time" shall mean the date and time that this
Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.
"Preliminary Prospectus" shall mean any preliminary prospectus
referred to in paragraph 1(a) above and any preliminary prospectus
included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date that omits
Rule 430A Information.
"Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus relating to the
Securities that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the
Execution Time or, if no filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) is required,
shall mean the form of final prospectus relating to the Securities
included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date.
"Registration Statement" shall mean the registration statement
referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial
statements, as amended at the Execution Time (or, if not effective at
the Execution Time, in the form in which it shall become effective)
and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing
Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or such
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be. Such term shall
include any Rule 430A Information deemed to be included therein at the
Effective Date as provided by Rule 430A.
"Rule 424", "Rule 430A" and "Rule 462" refer to such rules
under the Act.
"Rule 430A Information" shall mean information with respect to
the Securities and the offering thereof permitted to be omitted from
the Registration Statement when it becomes effective pursuant to Rule
430A.
"Rule 462(b) Registration Statement" shall mean a registration
statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b)
relating to the offering covered by the registration statement referred
to in Section 1(a) hereof.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of
our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof,
whereupon this letter and your
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acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company and the several
Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
Alamosa PCS Holdings, Inc.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
By: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney Inc.
By:
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Name:
Title:
By: Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
By:
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Name:
Title:
By: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
By:
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Name:
Title:
For themselves and the other
several Underwriters named in
Schedule I to the foregoing
Agreement.
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