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EXHIBIT 1.1
MOBIUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
, 1998
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.,
BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
NationsBanc Xxxxxxxxxx Securities, Inc.
As representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto,
c/o Goldman, Xxxxx & Co.,
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Mobius Management Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell
to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") an aggregate
of 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Stock"), of the
Company and the stockholders of the Company named in Schedule II hereto (the
"Selling Stockholders") propose, subject to the terms and conditions stated
herein, to sell to the Underwriters an aggregate of 400,000 shares and, at the
election of the Underwriters, up to 435,000 additional shares of Stock. The
aggregate of 2,900,000 shares to be sold by the Company and the Selling
Stockholders is herein called the "Firm Shares" and the aggregate of 435,000
additional shares to be sold by the Company and the Selling Stockholders is
herein called the "Optional Shares." The Firm Shares and the Optional Shares
that the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof are herein
collectively called the "Shares".
1. (a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of
the Underwriters that:
(i) A registration statement on Form S-1
(File No. 333-47117) (including all pre-effective amendments thereto) (the
"Initial Registration Statement") in respect of the Shares has been filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"); the Initial
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the
form heretofore delivered to you, and, excluding exhibits thereto, to you for
each of the other Underwriters, have
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been declared effective by the Commission in such form; other than a
registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a "Rule
462(b) Registration Statement"), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), which became effective upon filing, no
other document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement has heretofore
been filed with the Commission; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or
the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission
(any preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration Statement and
the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, or filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the
Act, is hereinafter called a "Preliminary Prospectus"; the various parts of the
Initial Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if
any, including all exhibits thereto and including the information contained in
the form of final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and deemed by virtue of
Rule 430A under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement at the
time it was declared effective, each as amended at the time such part of the
Initial Registration Statement became effective or such part of the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective, are
hereinafter collectively called the "Registration Statement"; and such final
prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, is
hereinafter called the "Prospectus");
(ii) No order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary
Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to
the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty
shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an
Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein;
(iii) The Registration Statement conforms, and any
further amendments to the Registration Statement will conform, in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective
date as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, and any
amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus conforms, and any
further amendments or supplements to the Prospectus will conform, in all
material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable
filing date contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The representations and warranties in this paragraph (iii) shall not
apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein;
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(iv) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included
in the Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire,
explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from
any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, which has
had, or would be reasonably likely to have, a material adverse effect on the
general affairs, management, business, properties, financial condition or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a
"Material Adverse Effect"), otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as a result of the
exercise of stock options, there has not been any change in the capital stock or
long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any
development involving a prospective adverse change, which has had, or would be
reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Prospectus;
(v) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable
title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Prospectus
or such as do not materially affect the use made and proposed to be made of such
property by the Company and its subsidiaries; and any real property and
buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them
under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as do not
materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property
and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;
(vi) The Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified
as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing
under the laws of New York and each other jurisdiction in which it owns or
leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification,
except where the failure to so qualify would not have, or would not be
reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect; and each subsidiary of the
Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation;
(vii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as
set forth in the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of
the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and
non-assessable and conform to the description of the capital stock contained in
the Prospectus; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary
of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid
and non-assessable and (except for directors' qualifying shares) are owned
directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims (and no person has any option, right or claim
to acquire any stock of any subsidiary);
(viii) The Shares to be issued and sold by the
Company to the Underwriters hereunder have been duly and validly authorized and,
when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, will be
duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable and will conform to
the description of the Stock contained in the Prospectus;
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(ix) The issue and sale of the Shares by the Company
and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict
with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or any
statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or
body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of
their properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration
or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is
required for the issue and sale of the Shares or the consummation by the Company
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except the registration
under the Act and under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, of the
Shares and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters;
(x) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
is (i) in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws (or other
charter documents) or (ii) in default in the performance or observance of any
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument
to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound,
except for such violations or defaults that would not result in, or be
reasonably likely to result in, a Material Adverse Effect;
(xi) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under
the caption "Description of Capital Stock", insofar as they purport to
constitute a summary of the terms of the Stock, and under the caption
"Underwriting", insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws
and documents referred to therein, are accurate and complete in all material
respects;
(xii) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus,
there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have
a Material Adverse Effect and, to the Company's knowledge, no such proceedings
are threatened by governmental authorities or by others;
(xiii) The Company is not and, after giving effect to
the offering and sale of the Shares, will not be an "investment company" or an
entity "controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act");
(xiv) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates
does business with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate
located in Cuba within the meaning of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes;
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(xv) KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, who have certified
certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are
independent public accountants as required by the Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(xvi) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, the
Company and its subsidiaries have sufficient interests in all patents,
trademarks, servicemarks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, information,
proprietary rights and processes ("Intellectual Property") necessary for and
material to their business as now conducted and to the Company's knowledge
necessary in connection with the products and services under development and
described in the Prospectus without any conflict with or infringement of the
interests of others and have taken all reasonable steps necessary to secure
interests in such Intellectual Property from their contractors; except as set
forth in the Prospectus, the Company is not aware of outstanding options,
licenses or agreements of any kind relating to such Intellectual Property, and,
except as set forth in the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any material options, licenses or
agreements under which the Company has any ongoing obligations with respect to
the Intellectual Property of any other person or entity; except as disclosed in
the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any of its
employees has received any written or, to the Company's knowledge, oral
communications alleging that the Company or any of its subsidiaries has
violated, infringed or conflicted with, or, by conducting its business as
proposed, would violate, infringe or conflict with any of the Intellectual
Property of any other person or entity and which, if the subject of any
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding or the voluntary agreement of the
Company, would have a Material Adverse Effect; neither the execution nor
delivery of this Agreement, nor the operation of the Company's business by the
employees of the Company, nor the conduct of the Company's business as proposed,
or the business of any of its subsidiaries as proposed, will result in any
breach or violation of the terms, conditions or provisions of, constitute a
default under, any contract, covenant or instrument known to the Company under
which any of such employees is now obligated, which breach, violation or default
would have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company and its subsidiaries have
taken and will maintain reasonable measures to prevent the unauthorized
dissemination or publication of their confidential information;
(xvii) The Company maintains insurance of the types
and in the amounts generally deemed adequate for its business, including, but
not limited to, business interruption insurance, insurance covering real and
personal property owned or leased by the Company against theft, damage,
destruction, acts of vandalism and all other risks customarily insured against,
all of which insurance is in full force and effect;
(xviii) There are no contracts, other documents or
other agreements required to be described in the Registration Statement or to be
filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Act or by the rules and
regulations thereunder which have not been described or filed as required; the
contracts so described in the Prospectus are in full force and effect on the
date hereof; and neither the Company nor, to the Company's knowledge, any other
party is in breach of or default under any of such contracts other than such
breaches or defaults which would not have a Material Adverse Affect; and
(xix) The Company has not been advised, and has no
reason to believe, that it is not conducting business in compliance with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations of
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the jurisdictions in which its is conducting business, including, without
limitation, all applicable local, state and federal environmental laws and
regulations, except where failure to be so in compliance would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each of the Selling Stockholders severally represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters and the Company that:
(i) All consents, approvals, authorizations and
orders necessary for the execution and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of
this Agreement and the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement hereinafter
referred to, and for the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such
Selling Stockholder hereunder, have been obtained; and such Selling Stockholder
has the right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the
Power-of-Attorney and the Custody Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and
deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder;
(ii) The sale of the Shares to be sold by such
Selling Stockholder hereunder and the compliance by such Selling Stockholder
with the provisions of this Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the Custody
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein
contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of
the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to
which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder
is bound or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling Stockholder
is subject, other than such breaches or defaults that, individually or in the
aggregate, would not prevent or delay the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, nor will such action result in any violation of the
provisions of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body applicable to or having jurisdiction over such
Selling Stockholder or the property of such Selling Stockholder;
(iii) Immediately prior to each Time of Delivery (as
defined in Section 4 hereof) such Selling Stockholder will have good and valid
title to the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims; and, upon delivery of such
Shares and payment therefor pursuant hereto, good and valid title to such
Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, other
than those resulting from acts of the Underwriters, will pass to the several
Underwriters;
(iv) During the period beginning from the date hereof
and continuing to and including the date 180 days after the date of the
Prospectus, such Selling Stockholder will not offer, sell, contract to sell or
otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, any securities of the
Company that are substantially similar to the Shares, including but not limited
to any Stock or any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or
that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such substantially similar
securities (other than pursuant to employee stock option plans existing on the
date of this Agreement), without your prior written consent; provided, however,
that notwithstanding the foregoing, such Selling Stockholder may transfer
securities (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees
thereof agree to be bound by the restrictions set forth in this subsection, (ii)
to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of such Selling Stockholder or
the immediate family of such Selling Stockholder, provided that the trustee of
the trust agrees to be bound by the restrictions set forth in this subsection,
and provided further
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that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, or (iii) with
the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. on behalf of the Underwriters.
For purposes of this Lock-up Agreement, "immediate family" shall mean any
relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.
(v) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will
not take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has
constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares;
(vi) To the extent that any statements or omissions
made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto are made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Selling
Stockholder expressly for use therein, such Preliminary Prospectus and the
Registration Statement did, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they become
effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in
all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(vii) In order to document the Underwriters'
compliance with the reporting and withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect to the transactions herein
contemplated, such Selling Stockholder will deliver to you prior to or at the
First Time of Delivery (as hereinafter defined) a properly completed and
executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other applicable form or
statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof);
(viii) Certificates in negotiable form representing
all of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder have been
placed in custody under a Custody Agreement, in the form heretofore furnished to
you (the "Custody Agreement"), duly executed and delivered by such Selling
Stockholder to the Company in its capacity as custodian (the "Custodian"), and
such Selling Stockholder has duly executed and delivered a Power of Attorney, in
the form heretofore furnished to you (the "Power of Attorney"), appointing the
persons indicated in Schedule II hereto, and each of them, as such Selling
Stockholder's attorneys-in-fact (the "Attorneys-in-Fact") with authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of such Selling Stockholder, to
determine the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters to the Selling
Stockholders as provided in Section 2 hereof, to authorize the delivery of the
Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and otherwise to act on
behalf of such Selling Stockholder in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Custody Agreement; and
(ix) The Shares represented by the certificates held
in custody for such Selling Stockholder under the Custody Agreement are subject
to the interests of the Underwriters hereunder; the arrangements made by such
Selling Stockholder for such custody, and the appointment by such Selling
Stockholder of the Attorneys-in-Fact by the Power of Attorney, are to that
extent irrevocable; the obligations of the Selling Stockholders hereunder shall
not be terminated by operation of law, whether by the death or incapacity of any
individual Selling
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Stockholder or, in the case of an estate or trust, by the death or incapacity of
any executor or trustee or the termination of such estate or trust, or in the
case of a partnership or corporation, by the dissolution of such partnership or
corporation, or by the occurrence of any other event; if any individual Selling
Stockholder or any such executor or trustee should die or become incapacitated,
or if any such estate or trust should be terminated, or if any such partnership
or corporation should be dissolved, or if any other such event should occur,
before the delivery of the Shares hereunder, certificates representing the
Shares shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholders in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and of the Custody
Agreements; and actions taken by the Attorneys-in-Fact pursuant to the Powers of
Attorney shall be as valid as if such death, incapacity, termination,
dissolution or other event had not occurred, regardless of whether or not the
Custodian, the Attorneys-in-Fact, or any of them, shall have received notice of
such death, incapacity, termination, dissolution or other event.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the
Company and each of the Selling Stockholders agree, severally and not jointly,
to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and each of the Selling
Stockholders, at a purchase price per share of $................, the number of
Firm Shares (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares)
determined by multiplying the aggregate number of Shares to be sold by the
Company and each of the Selling Stockholders as set forth opposite their
respective names in Schedule II hereto by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter as set
forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the
denominator of which is the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased by
all of the Underwriters from the Company and all of the Selling Stockholders
hereunder and (b) in the event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall
exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares as provided below, the Selling
Stockholders agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to each of the
Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Selling Stockholders, at the purchase price per share set
forth in clause (a) of this Section 2, that portion of the number of Optional
Shares as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by
you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number
of Optional Shares by a fraction, the numerator of which is the maximum number
of Optional Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator
of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters
are entitled to purchase hereunder.
The Selling Stockholders, as and to the extent indicated in Schedule II
hereto, hereby grant, severally and not jointly, to the Underwriters the right
to purchase at their election up to 435,000 Optional Shares, at the purchase
price per share set forth in the paragraph above, for the sole purpose of
covering overallotments in the sale of the Firm Shares. Any such election to
purchase Optional Shares shall be made in proportion to the maximum number of
Optional Shares to be sold by each Selling Stockholder as set forth in Schedule
II hereto in proportion to the maximum number of Optional Shares to be sold by
each Selling Stockholder as set forth in Schedule II hereto. Any such election
to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised only by written notice from you to
the Company and the Attorneys-in-Fact, given within a period of 30 calendar days
after the date of this Agreement, and setting forth the aggregate number of
Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Shares are
to be delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than the First
Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or, unless you and the
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Company and the Attorneys-in-Fact otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two
or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Firm Shares, the
several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale upon the terms
and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
4. (a) The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in
definitive form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such
names as Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. may request upon at least forty-eight hours' prior
notice to the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall be delivered by or on
behalf of the Company and the Selling Stockholders to Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.,
through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), for the account
of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the
purchase price therefor by wire transfer or certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders, as
their interests may appear, in same day funds. The Company will cause the
certificates representing the Shares to be made available for checking and
packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined
below) with respect thereto at the office of [DTC or its designated custodian]
(the "Designated Office"). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall
be, with respect to the Firm Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on
............., 1998 or such other time and date as Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., the
Company and the Selling Stockholders may agree upon in writing, and, with
respect to the Optional Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York time, on the date specified
by Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. in the written notice given by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. of
the Underwriters' election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such other time
and date as Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., the Company and the Selling Stockholders may
agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares is
herein called the "First Time of Delivery", such time and date for delivery of
the Optional Shares, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the
"Second Time of Delivery", and each such time and date for delivery is herein
called a "Time of Delivery".
(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by
or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 7 hereof, including the
cross receipt for the Shares and any additional documents requested by the
Underwriters pursuant to Section 7(k) hereof, will be delivered at the offices
of Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Xxxxxxx, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
(the "Closing Location"), and the Shares will be delivered at the Designated
Office, all at such Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing
Location at 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next
preceding such Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the
documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available
for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4 and Section
5(c), "New York Business Day" shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York
are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and if
required, to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not
later than the Commission's close of business on the second business day
following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or,
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if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the
Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration
Statement or Prospectus which shall be disapproved by you promptly after
reasonable notice thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice
thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been
filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended
Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you with copies thereof; to advise you,
promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of
any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of
the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the
Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or
Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of
any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or suspending any such qualification,
promptly to use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may
reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the
securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may request and to comply with such
laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such
jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of
the Shares, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be
required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to
service of process in any jurisdiction;
(c) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York
Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time,
to furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in
such quantities as you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a
prospectus is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after
the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of
the Shares and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of
which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if
for any other reason it shall be necessary during such period to amend or
supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act, to notify you and
upon your request to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and
to any dealer in securities as many copies as you may from time to time
reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus
which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, and in
case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus in connection with
sales of any of the Shares at any time nine months or more after the time of
issue of the Prospectus, upon your request but at the expense of such
Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many copies as you
may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section
10(a)(3) of the Act;
(d) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the
Company shall file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in
compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M. Washington, D.C. time, on the date of
this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the
Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give
irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b)
under the Act;
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(e) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon
as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under
the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need
not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);
(f) During the period beginning from the date hereof and
continuing to and including the date 180 days after the date of the Prospectus,
not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided
hereunder any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the
Shares, including but not limited to any securities that are convertible into or
exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such
substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to employee benefit plans
existing on, or upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable
securities outstanding as of, the date of this Agreement), without your prior
written consent;
(g) To furnish to its stockholders as soon as practicable
after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet
and statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the Company and
its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and,
as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each
fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the effective date
of the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of
the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail;
(h) During a period of five years from the effective date of
the Registration Statement, to furnish to you copies of all reports or other
communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders generally, and to
deliver to you (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and
financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national
securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed;
and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial
condition of the Company as you may from time to time reasonably request (such
financial statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of
the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its
stockholders generally or to the Commission);
(i) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of
the Shares pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Prospectus
under the caption "Use of Proceeds";
(j) To use its best efforts to list for quotation the Shares
on the Nasdaq National Market System ("NASDAQ"); and
(k) To file with the Commission such information on Form 10-Q
or Form 10-K as may be required by Rule 463 under the Act.
6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that
(a) the Company will jointly and severally pay or cause to be paid the
following: (i) the fees, disburse ments and expenses of the Company's counsel
and accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act
and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing
of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and
amendments
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and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the
Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement
among Underwriters, this Agreement, the Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents
(including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with
the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iii) all expenses in
connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under
state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection
with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey; (iv) all
fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares on the NASDAQ; (v) the
filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
for the Underwriters in connection with, securing any required review by the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale of the
Shares; and (b) the Company will pay or cause to be paid (i) the cost of
preparing stock certificates; (ii) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or
registrar; and (iii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of
its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in
this Section. Each Selling Stockholder will pay or cause to be paid all costs
and expenses incident to the performance of such Selling Stockholder's
obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this
Section, including (i) any fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling
Stockholder, (ii) such Selling Stockholder's pro rata share of the fees and
expenses of the Attorneys-in-Fact and the Custodian, and (iii) all expenses and
taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder to the Underwriters hereunder. In connection with the preceding
sentence, Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. agrees to pay New York State stock transfer tax,
and the Selling Stockholder agrees to reimburse Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. for
associated carrying costs if such tax payment is not rebated on the day of
payment and for any portion of such tax payment not rebated. It is understood,
however, that the Company shall bear, and the Selling Stockholders shall not be
required to pay or to reimburse the Company for, the cost of any other matters
not directly relating to the sale and purchase of the Shares pursuant to this
Agreement, and that except as provided in this Section, and Sections 8 and 11
hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including
the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares
by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to
be delivered at each Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to
the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of
the Company and of the Selling Stockholders herein are, at and as of such Time
of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company and the Selling
Stockholders shall have performed all of its and their obligations hereunder
theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b), if required, within the applicable time period
prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in
accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; if the Company has elected to rely upon
Rule 462(b), the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective
by 10:00 P.M. Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part
thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have
been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional
information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your
reasonable satisfaction;
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(b) Xxxx and Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall
have furnished to you such written opinion (a draft of such opinion is attached
as Annex II(a) hereto), dated such Time of Delivery, with respect to the matters
covered in paragraphs (i), (ii), (vi), (x) and (xi) of subsection (c) below as
well as such other related matters as you may reasonably request, and
such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may
reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(c) Kramer, Levin, Naftalis and Xxxxxxx, counsel for the
Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion (a draft of such
opinion is attached as Annex II(b) hereto), dated such Time of Delivery, in form
and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;
(ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as
set forth in the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of
the Company (including the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery
subject to payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) have
been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable; and the Shares conform as to legal matters to the description of
the Stock contained in the Prospectus;
(iii) The Company has been duly qualified as a
foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing
under the laws of New York and each other state of the United States in which it
owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such
qualification except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing in
any such jurisdiction would not be reasonably expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect;
(iv) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; and all of the issued shares of
capital stock of each such subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and (except for directors' qualifying
shares) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, equities or claims (in respect of the matters set forth in
this paragraph relating to non-United States subsidiaries, such opinion may be
provided to the Underwriters by local counsel to the Company);
(v) To such counsel's knowledge and other than as set
forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending
to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any
property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, are
reasonably likely, individually or in the aggregate to have a Material Adverse
Effect and, to such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened by
governmental authorities or others;
(vi) This Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company;
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(vii) The issue and sale of the Shares being
delivered at such Time of Delivery to be sold by the Company and the performance
by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated do not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of
the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument known
to such counsel to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the
property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, except
for any such conflict, breach, violation or default that would not result in a
Material Adverse Effect, nor will such action result in any violation of the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or any
statute or any order, rule or regulation known to such counsel of any court or
governmental agency or body applicable to or having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties;
(viii) No consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or
body is required for the issue and sale of the Shares or the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except the
registration under the Act of the Shares, and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state
securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of
the Shares by the Underwriters;
(ix) To such counsel's knowledge, neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation
or By-laws or in default in the performance or observance of any material
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument
to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound (in
respect of the matters set forth in this paragraph relating to non-United States
subsidiaries, such opinion may be provided to the Underwriters by local counsel
to the Company);
(x) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under
the caption "Description of Capital Stock", insofar as they purport to
constitute a summary of the terms of the Stock and the provisions of the laws
and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair;
(xi) The Company is not an "investment company" or an
entity "controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are defined in the
Investment Company Act; and
(xii) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus
and any further amendments and supplements thereto made by the Company prior to
such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules
therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in
all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder. Although such counsel has not undertaken to determine
independently the accuracy and completeness of the statements contained in the
Registration Statement or in the Prospectus, such counsel has obtained
information as a result of discussions and meetings with officers and other
representatives of the Company and discussions with representatives of the
independent public accountants for the Company in connection with the
preparation of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, responses to
various questions raised by such counsel regarding the business of the Company
and the examination of other
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information and documents requested by such counsel and nothing has come to the
attention of such counsel during the course of the above described procedures
that has caused such counsel to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, at
the time it became effective or at such Time of Delivery, contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading, or (ii) the Prospectus, as of its date or at such Time of Delivery,
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being understood
that in making the foregoing comments, such counsel need not address any
financial data, including the financial statements and notes thereto and related
schedules, contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus). Such counsel does not know of any amendment to the Registration
Statement required to be filed or of any contracts or other documents of a
character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which
are not filed or described as required;
In rendering the opinion, such counsel may rely upon a
certificate of the Company in respect of matters of fact, provided that such
counsel shall state that they believe that both you and they are justified in
relying upon such certificate.
(d) The respective counsel for each of the Selling
Stockholders, as indicated in Schedule II hereto, each shall have furnished to
you their written opinion with respect to each of the Selling Stockholders for
whom they are acting as counsel, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and
substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:
(i) A Power-of-Attorney and a Custody Agreement have
been duly executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder and constitute
valid and binding agreements of such Selling Stockholder in accordance with
their terms;
(ii) This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder; and the sale of the
Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and the compliance by
such Selling Stockholder with all of the provisions of this Agreement, the
Power-of-Attorney and the Custody Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in
a breach or violation of any terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement
or instrument known to such counsel to which such Selling Stockholder is a party
or by which such Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the property or
assets of such Selling Stockholder is subject other than such conflicts,
breaches, violations or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, would
not prevent or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of any
order, rule or regulation known to such counsel of any court or governmental
agency or body having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or the property
of such Selling Stockholder;
(iii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of
any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the Shares to be
sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, except such as have been obtained
under the Act and such as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky
laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of such Shares by the
Underwriters;
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(iv) Immediately prior to such Time of Delivery,
such Selling Stockholder was the sole registered owner of the Shares to be sold
at such Time of Delivery by such Selling Stockholder under this Agreement; and
(v) Upon registration of the Shares in the names of
the Underwriters in the stock records of the Company, the Underwriters will have
acquired the rights of the Selling Stockholders in the Shares free and clear of
any adverse claims (assuming that the Underwriters are without notice of any
adverse claim, as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code and are otherwise
protected purchasers for the purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code).
In rendering the opinion, such counsel may rely upon a certificate of
such Selling Stockholder in respect of matters of fact, provided that such
counsel shall state that they believe that both you and they are justified in
relying upon such certificate;
(e) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the
execution of this Agreement, at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective
date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed
subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at each Time of Delivery, KPMG
Peat Marwick shall have furnished to you and to the Company's Board of Directors
a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and
substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Annex I hereto (the
executed copy of the letter delivered prior to the execution of this Agreement
is attached as Annex I(a) hereto and a draft of the form of letter to be
delivered on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement and as of each Time and Delivery is attached as Annex
I(b) hereto;
(f) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall
have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included in the Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire,
explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from
any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, and (ii) since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus there shall
not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial
position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, the
effect of which, in any such case described in Clause (i) or (ii), is in the
judgment of the Representatives so material and adverse as to make it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery
of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(g) On or after the date hereof there shall not have occurred
any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ National Market;
(ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company's securities
on NASDAQ National Market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking
activities declared by either Federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) the
outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the
declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, if the effect
of any such event specified in this Clause (iv) in the judgment of the
Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public
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offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of
Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(h) The Shares to be sold at such Time of Delivery shall have
been duly listed for quotation on NASDAQ National Market;
(i) The Company shall have obtained and delivered to the
Underwriters executed copies of an agreement from all of the stockholders and
optionholders of the Company, substantially to the effect that during the period
beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 180 days
after the date of the Prospectus, such stockholder or optionholder shall not
offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided
hereunder, any Stock, or any securities of the Company that are substantially
similar to the Shares, including but not limited to any securities that are
convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive,
Stock or any such substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to
employee stock option plans existing on the date of this Agreement), without
your prior written consent;
(j) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of
Section 5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New
York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement; and
(k) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished
to you at such Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company
satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of
the Company herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by
the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to
such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (f) of
this Section and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.
8. (a) The Company and each of the Selling Stockholders, jointly and
severally, will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may
become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the
Company and the Selling Stockholders shall not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter
through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein; provided, further, that
the liability of a Selling Stockholder pursuant to this subsection (a) shall not
exceed the product of the number of Shares sold by such Selling Stockholder
(including any Optional Shares) and the initial public offering price of the
Shares as set forth in the Prospectus.
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(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the
Company and each Selling Stockholder against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities to which the Company or such Selling Stockholder may become subject,
under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case
to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment
or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with the written information
furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company and each Selling
Stockholder for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company
or such Selling Stockholder in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such
indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to
any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such
action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be
entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly
with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense
thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who
shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the
indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the
indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such
subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in
each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with
the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No
indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party,
effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment
with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which
indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the
indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim)
unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional
release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action
or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling
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Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering
of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding
sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed
to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying
party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits
but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling
Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed
to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders bear to
the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters,
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 or the Selling Stockholders 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, each
of the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just
and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined
by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for
such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account
of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above
in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten
by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the
amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay
by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters'
obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to
their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company and the Selling
Stockholders under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which
the Company and the respective Selling Stockholders may otherwise have and shall
extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls
any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the
Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which
the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same
terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each
person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling Stockholder within the
meaning of the Act.
9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase
the Shares which it has agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of Delivery, you
may in your discretion arrange for
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you or another party or other parties to purchase such Shares on the terms
contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any
Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company
and the Selling Stockholders shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six
hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you
to purchase such Shares on such terms. In the event that, within the respective
prescribed periods, you notify the Company and the Selling Stockholders that you
have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, or the Company and the Selling
Stockholders notify you that they have so arranged for the purchase of such
Shares, you or the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have the right to
postpone such Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in
order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or
arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in your opinion may thereby be
made necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include
any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had
originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Shares.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the
purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and
the Company and the Selling Stockholders as provided in subsection (a) above,
the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased does not exceed
one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such
Time of Delivery, then the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have the
right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of
Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of
Delivery and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to
purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of Shares which such
Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but
nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its
default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the
purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and
the Company and the Selling Stockholders as provided in subsection (a) above,
the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds
one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such
Time of Delivery, or if the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall not
exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting
Underwriters to purchase Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters,
then this Agreement (or, with respect to the Second Time of Delivery, the
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Company and the Selling
Stockholders to sell the Optional Shares) shall thereupon terminate, without
liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company or the
Selling Stockholders, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the
Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters as provided in Section 6 hereof and
the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 8 hereof; but nothing
herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties
and other statements of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the several
Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them,
respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof)
made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any
Underwriter, or
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the Company, or any of the Selling Stockholders, or any officer or director or
controlling person of the Company, or any controlling person of any Selling
Stockholder, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.
11. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof,
neither the Company nor the Selling Stockholders shall then be under any
liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof; but,
if for any other reason any Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the
Company and the Selling Stockholders as provided herein, the Company will
reimburse the Underwriters through you for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
approved in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel,
reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase,
sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company and the
Selling Stockholders shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter
in respect of the Shares not so delivered except as provided in Sections 6 and 8
hereof.
12. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the
Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any
statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or
given by you jointly or by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. on behalf of you as the
representatives; and in all dealings with any Selling Stockholder hereunder, you
and the Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request,
notice or agreement on behalf of such Selling Stockholder made or given by any
or all of the Attorneys-in-Fact for such Selling Stockholder.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to you as the representatives in care of Xxxxxxx, Sachs &
Co., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Registration
Department; if to any Selling Stockholder shall be delivered or sent by mail,
telex or facsimile transmission to counsel for such Selling Stockholder at its
address set forth in Schedule II hereto; and if to the Company shall be
delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the
Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: President and to the
Company's counsel at the address set forth in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c)
hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to
such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire, or
telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the
Company or the Selling Stockholders by you upon request. Any such statements,
requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
13. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the
benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Stockholders and, to
the extent provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers and directors of
the Company and each person who controls the Company, any Selling Stockholder or
any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right
under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Shares from any
Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such
purchase.
14. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the
term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in
Washington, D.C. is open for business.
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15. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
16. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties
hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign
and return to us seven counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by
you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance
hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the Underwriters, the
Company and each of the Selling Stockholders. It is understood that your
acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to
the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of
which shall be submitted to the Company and the Selling Stockholders for
examination upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority
of the signers thereof.
Any person executing and delivering this Agreement as Attorney-in-Fact
for a Selling Stockholder represents by so doing that he has been duly appointed
as Attorney-in-Fact by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to a validly existing
and binding Power-of-Attorney which authorizes such Attorney-in-Fact to take
such action.
Very truly yours,
MOBIUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
THE SELLING STOCKHOLDERS WHOSE NAMES
APPEAR ON SCHEDULE II TO THIS AGREEMENT
By:
Name:
Title:
As Attorney-in-Fact acting on
behalf of each of the Selling
Stockholders named in Schedule II
to this Agreement.
Accepted as of the date hereof at
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Xx.
XxxxXxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
NationsBanc Xxxxxxxxxx Securities, Inc.
By:
(Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.)
On behalf of each of the Underwriters
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SCHEDULE I
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF
TOTAL NUMBER OF OPTIONAL SHARES TO BE
FIRM SHARES PURCHASED IF OPTION
UNDERWRITER TO BE PURCHASED EXERCISED
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx. . . . . . . .
NationsBanc Xxxxxxxxxx Securities, Inc. . . .
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Total 2,900,000 435,000
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SCHEDULE II
NUMBER OF OPTIONAL
TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES TO BE PURCHASED
FIRM SHARES IF MAXIMUM
TO BE PURCHASED OPTION EXERCISED
The Company
The Selling Stockholders
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx(a) 200,000 217,500
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx(a) 200,000 217,500
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Total 400,000 435,000
(a) This Selling Stockholder is represented by Kramer, Levin, Naftalis &
Xxxxxxx, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx and has appointed E. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, and each of them, as the Attorneys-in-Fact for such
Selling Stockholder.
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ANNEX I
COMFORT LETTER
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FORM OF ANNEX I DESCRIPTION OF COMFORT LETTER
FOR REGISTRATION STATEMENTS ON FORM S-1
Pursuant to Section 7(e) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants
shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that:
(i) They are independent certified public accountants with
respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the
Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder;
(ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and schedules
examined by them and included in the Prospectus or the Registration
Statement comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published
rules and regulations thereunder;
(iii) They have made a review in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
of the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income,
consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows
included in the Prospectus as indicated in their reports thereon copies
of which have been separately furnished to the Representatives and are
attached hereto and on the basis of specified procedures including
inquiries of officials of the Company who have responsibility for
financial and accounting matters regarding whether the unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements referred to in paragraph
(vi)(A)(i) below comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published
rules and regulations, nothing came to their attention that cause them
to believe that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements do not comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published
rules and regulations;
(iv) The unaudited selected financial information with respect
to the consolidated results of operations and financial position of the
Company for the five most recent fiscal years included in the
Prospectus agrees with the corresponding amounts (after restatements
where applicable) in the audited consolidated financial statements for
such five fiscal years.
(v) They have compared the information in the Prospectus under
selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K
and on the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter nothing
came to their attention as a result of the foregoing procedures that
caused them to believe that this information does not conform in all
material respects with the disclosure requirements of Items 301 and
402, respectively, of Regulation S-K;
(vi) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an
examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards,
consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other
information referred to below, a reading of the latest available
interim financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries,
inspection of the minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries
since the date of the latest audited
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financial statements included in the Prospectus, inquiries of officials
of the Company and its subsidiaries responsible for financial and
accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may be
specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that caused
them to believe that:
(A) (i) the unaudited consolidated statements of
income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated
statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus do not
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the related published
rules and regulations, or (ii) any material modifications
should be made to the unaudited condensed consolidated
statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and
consolidated statements of cash flows included in the
Prospectus for them to be in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles;
(B) any other unaudited income statement data and
balance sheet items included in the Prospectus do not agree
with the corresponding items in the unaudited consolidated
financial statements from which such data and items were
derived, and any such unaudited data and items were not
determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis
for the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated
financial statements included in the Prospectus;
(C) the unaudited financial statements which were not
included in the Prospectus but from which were derived any
unaudited condensed financial statements referred to in Clause
(A) and any unaudited income statement data and balance sheet
items included in the Prospectus and referred to in Clause (B)
were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with
the basis for the audited consolidated financial statements
included in the Prospectus;
(D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed
financial statements included in the Prospectus do not comply
as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the published rules and
regulations thereunder or the pro forma adjustments have not
been properly applied to the historical amounts in the
compilation of those statements;
(E) as of a specified date not more than five days
prior to the date of such letter, there have been any changes
in the consolidated capital stock (other than issuances of
capital stock upon exercise of options and stock appreciation
rights, upon earn-outs of performance shares and upon
conversions of convertible securities, in each case which were
outstanding on the date of the latest financial statements
included in the Prospectus) or any increase in the
consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its
subsidiaries, or any decreases in consolidated net current
assets or stockholders' equity or other items specified by the
Representatives, or any increases in any items specified by
the Representatives, in each case as compared with amounts
shown in the latest balance sheet included in the Prospectus,
except in each case for changes, increases or decreases which
the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which
are described in such letter; and
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(F) for the period from the date of the latest
financial statements included in the Prospectus to the
specified date referred to in Clause (E) there were any
decreases in consolidated net revenues or operating profit or
the total or per share amounts of consolidated net income or
other items specified by the Representatives, or any increases
in any items specified by the Representatives, in each case as
compared with the comparable period of the preceding year and
with any other period of corresponding length specified by the
Representatives, except in each case for decreases or
increases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may
occur or which are described in such letter; and
(vii) In addition to the examination referred to in their
report(s) included in the Prospectus and the limited procedures,
inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures referred to
in paragraphs (iii) and (vi) above, they have carried out certain
specified procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance
with generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to certain
amounts, percentages and financial information specified by the
Representatives, which are derived from the general accounting records
of the Company and its subsidiaries, which appear in the Prospectus, or
in Part II of, or in exhibits and schedules to, the Registration
Statement specified by the Representatives, and have compared certain
of such amounts, percentages and financial information with the
accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and have found
them to be in agreement.
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ANNEX II(a)
OPINION OF XXXX AND XXXX LLP
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ANNEX II(b)
OPINION OF KRAMER, LEVIN, NAFTALIS & XXXXXXX
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