DEALERTRACK HOLDINGS, INC. 10,000,000 Shares of Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
10,000,000 Shares of Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share
October 5, 2006
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
As Representative of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule I hereto
As Representative of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule I hereto
c/x Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
DealerTrack Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell
to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are
acting as representative (the “Representative”), an aggregate of 2,750,000 shares of common stock,
par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company, and the stockholders of the Company
listed in Schedule II hereto (the “Selling Stockholders”) propose to sell to the Underwriters an
aggregate of 7,250,000 shares of the Common Stock. In addition, certain of the Selling
Stockholders propose to grant to the Underwriters options to purchase up to an aggregate of
1,500,000 additional shares of the Common Stock on the terms set forth in Section 2. The aggregate
of 10,000,000 shares of the Common Stock to be sold by the Company and the Selling Stockholders is
herein called the “Underwritten Shares” and the aggregate of 1,500,000 additional shares of the
Common Stock to be sold by certain of the Selling Stockholders at the Underwriters’ option is
herein called the “Option Shares”. The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein
referred to as the “Shares”.
The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the
purchase and sale of the Shares, as follows:
1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration
statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-136929), including a prospectus, relating to the Shares. Such
registration statement, as amended at the time it becomes effective, including the information, if
any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement
at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred to herein as the
“Registration Statement”; and as used herein, the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means each
prospectus that is included in such registration statement (and any amendments thereto)
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before it becomes effective and the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time of its
effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information; and the term “most recent Preliminary Prospectus”
means the latest Preliminary Prospectus included in the Registration Statement on or prior to the
date hereof; and the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form first used (or made
available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection
with confirmation of sales of the Shares and that is filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein
to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration
Statement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such
terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
At or prior to 10:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of this Agreement (the “Applicable
Time”), the Company prepared the following information: (i) the most recent Preliminary Prospectus
and (ii) “free writing prospectuses” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act and
including, without limitation, any “road show” that is a free writing prospectus pursuant to Rule
433) prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection
with the offering of the Shares (“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”), including any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectuses that were filed by the Company with the Commission on or before the Applicable
Time (“Filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses”) as set out on Annex F. In addition, you have
informed us that the Underwriters have or will orally provide the pricing information set out on
Annex E to prospective purchasers prior to confirming sales (the “Oral Pricing Information” and,
collectively with the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and each Filed Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”). If, subsequent to the date of this Agreement, the
Company and the Underwriters have determined that such Pricing Disclosure Package included an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted a statement of material fact necessary to make the
information therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading and
have agreed to provide an opportunity to purchasers of the Shares to terminate their old purchase
contracts and enter into new purchase contracts, then “Pricing Disclosure Package” will refer to
the information available to purchasers at the time of entry into the first such new purchase
contract.
2. Purchase of the Shares by the Underwriters. (a) The Company and each of the
Selling Stockholders agree, severally and not jointly, to sell the number of Shares set forth under
the column “Underwritten Shares” opposite its name in Schedule II hereto to the several
Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and each of the Selling
Stockholders at a purchase price per share of $22.667 (the “Purchase Price”) the number of
Underwritten Shares (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by
multiplying the aggregate number of Underwritten 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 Underwritten Shares to be purchased by
such Underwriter as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I
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hereto and the
denominator of which is the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares to be purchased by all the
Underwriters from the Company and all the Selling Stockholders hereunder.
In addition, each of the Selling Stockholders, as and to the extent indicated in Schedule II
hereto, agrees, severally and not jointly, to sell the Option Shares to the several Underwriters in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such Underwriters shall have the option to purchase
at their election up to a maximum of 1,500,000 Option Shares, at the Purchase Price, in the event
that the Underwriters sell more shares of Common Stock than the number of Underwritten Shares. The
Underwriters, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to
the conditions hereinafter stated, shall have the option to purchase, severally and not jointly,
from each of the Selling Stockholders, as and to the extent indicated in Schedule II hereto, at the
Purchase Price, that portion of the number of Option Shares as to which such election shall have
been exercised (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the Representative
may determine) determined by multiplying such number of Option Shares by a fraction the numerator
of which is the maximum number of Option Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase and
the denominator of which is the maximum number of Option Shares which all of the Underwriters are
entitled to purchase hereunder. Any such election to purchase Option Shares shall be made in
proportion to the maximum number of Option Shares to be sold by each Selling Stockholder as set
forth in Schedule II hereto.
The Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase the Option Shares at any time and from
time to time on or before the thirtieth day following the date of this Agreement, by written notice
from the Representative to the Company and an Attorney-in-Fact (as defined below). Such notice
shall set forth the aggregate number of Option Shares as to which the option is being exercised and
the date and time when the Option Shares are to be delivered and paid for, which may be the same
date and time as the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the
Closing Date nor later than the tenth full business day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of
such notice (unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section
12 hereof). Any such notice shall be given at least three Business Days prior to the date and time
of delivery specified therein, unless otherwise agreed by the parties hereto.
(b) The Company and the Selling Stockholders understand that the Underwriters intend to make a
public offering of the Shares as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment
of the Representative is advisable, and initially to offer the Shares on the terms set forth in the
most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus. The Company and the Selling Stockholders
acknowledge and agree that the Underwriters may offer and sell Shares to or through any affiliate
of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Shares purchased by it to or
through any Underwriter.
(c) Payment for the Shares shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to
the account specified by the Company to the Representative with regard to payment to the Company
and by the Attorneys-in-Fact (as defined below), or any of them, to the Representative with regard
to payment to the Selling Stockholders, in the case of the Underwritten Shares, at the offices of
Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx at 10:00 A.M. New York City
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time on October 12, 2006, or at such other time
or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the
Representative and the Company and an Attorney-in-Fact may agree upon in writing or, in the case of
the Option Shares, on the date and at the time and place specified by the Representative in the
written notice of the Underwriters’ election to purchase such Option Shares. The time and date of
such payment for the Underwritten Shares are referred to herein as the “Closing Date” and any time
and date for such payment for the Option Shares, if other than the Closing Date, are herein
referred to as an “Additional Closing Date”.
Payment for the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or an Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be, shall be made against delivery to the Representative for the respective accounts
of the several Underwriters of the Shares to be purchased on such date in such form and registered
in such names and in such denominations as the Representative shall request in writing not later
than two full business days prior to the Closing Date or an Additional Closing Date, as the case
may be, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Shares duly paid by the
Company or the Selling Stockholders, as the case may be. The certificates, if any, for the Shares
will be made available for inspection and packaging by the Representative at the office of Xxxxxx
Brothers Inc. set forth above not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the business day
prior to the Closing Date or an Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(d) Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders acknowledges and agrees that the
Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the
Company and the Selling Stockholders with respect to the offering of Shares contemplated hereby
(including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor
or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company, the Selling Stockholders or any other person.
Additionally, neither the Representative nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company, the
Selling Stockholders or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or
regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company and the Selling Stockholders shall consult
with their own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own
independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby and, unless and to
the extent otherwise expressly set forth herein, the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or
liability to the Company or the Selling Stockholders with respect thereto. Any review by the
Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such
transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on
behalf of the Company or the Selling Stockholders.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to each Underwriter that:
(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, at the
time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company
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makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon
and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing
by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus.
(b) Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing Disclosure Package, at the Applicable Time did
not, and as of the Closing Date and as of any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will
not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes
no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon
and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing
by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in the Pricing Disclosure Package.
(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including, without
limitation, any “road show” that is a free writing prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 under the
Securities Act), when considered together with the Pricing Disclosure Package at the Applicable
Time, did not and as of the Closing Date and as of any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be,
will not contain 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. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conformed or will conform in all
material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act on the date of first use, and the
Company has complied with all prospectus delivery and any filing requirements applicable to each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to the Securities Act. The Company has not made any offer
relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior
written consent of the Representative. The Company has retained in accordance with the Securities
Act all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses that were not required to be filed pursuant to the
Securities Act.
(d) Ineligible Issuer Status. The Company was not at the time of initial filing of the
Registration Statement and at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering
participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act)
of the Shares, is not on the date hereof and will not be on the Closing Date or any Additional
Closing Date, as the case may be, an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act).
(e) Registration Statement and Prospectus. No order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or
pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering has
been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; as of the
applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration
Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did not
and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading;
and as of the applicable date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
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thereto and as of the Closing Date and as of any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes
no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon
and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing
by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
(f) Financial Statements. The financial statements and the related notes thereto included in
each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all
respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and present fairly the financial
position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their
operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements
have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and the supporting schedules included in
the Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein; the other
financial information included in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its
subsidiaries and presents fairly the information shown thereby; and the pro forma
financial information and the related notes thereto included in each of the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have been prepared in accordance with the
applicable requirements of the Securities Act, and the assumptions underlying such pro
forma financial information are reasonable and are set forth in each of the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, in each case, in all material
respects.
(g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the
Company included in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, (i) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind
declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or
any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse
change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position,
stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction
or agreement that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred
any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or
other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute
or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory
authority, except with respect to each of the foregoing clauses, as disclosed in each of the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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(h) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its significant
subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the
conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and
authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in
which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or have such power or authority
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect, or a prospective
material adverse effect, on the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’
equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material
Adverse Effect”). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation,
association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21.1 to the Registration
Statement.
(i) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in each of the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading
“Capitalization”; all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company (including the Shares
to be sold by the Selling Stockholders) have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are
fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights; except as
described in or expressly contemplated by each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding rights (including, without
limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or
exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind
relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such
convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock
of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of
the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all the
outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company
have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except, in the
case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares) and are owned directly or
indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest,
restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party (collectively, “Liens”),
except for Liens (i) pursuant to or contemplated by that certain Credit Agreement dated as of April
15, 2005 among DealerTrack, Inc., the Company, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as Administrative Agent and LC Issuing Bank (the “Credit Agreement”) or (ii) the foreclosure
of which would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; and all action required to be taken for
the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly and validly taken.
(k) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company.
(l) The Shares. The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder have been duly
authorized by the Company and, when issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein,
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will be duly and validly issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to
the descriptions thereof in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus; and the issuance of the Shares is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(m) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in
violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no
event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in
the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any of its significant subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its significant
subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its
significant subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment,
order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority,
except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement
and the issuance and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company hereunder will not (i) conflict
with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or assets of the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries pursuant to, any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the
Company or any of its significant subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
significant subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any
of its significant subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the
charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its significant
subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or
regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority applicable to the
Company or any of its significant subsidiaries, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above,
for any such conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults, liens, charges or encumbrances as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company
to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(o) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification (collectively, “Consents”) of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or
regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company hereunder, except for
(i) the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act, (ii) such Consents as may be required
under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Shares by the Underwriters, and (iii) such Consents as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
(p) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory
investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of
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its significant subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of
its significant subsidiaries is or may be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially and adversely affect the ability of the
Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement; to the best knowledge of the Company, no
such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated by any
governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others; and (i) there are no current or
pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings that are required under the
Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that
are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or
described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are
not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(q) Independent Accountants. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public accountants with respect to
the Company and its subsidiaries as required by the Securities Act. KPMG LLP, who have certified
certain financial statements of Global Fax, L.L.C. and Chrome Systems, Inc., were independent
public accountants with respect to each of Global Fax, L.L.C. and Chrome Systems, Inc. at the time
of each such certification, as required by the Securities Act.
(r) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its significant subsidiaries have
good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all
items of real and personal property that are material to the respective businesses of the Company
and its significant subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens (other than liens
pursuant to or contemplated by the Credit Agreement), encumbrances, claims and defects and
imperfections of title except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its significant subsidiaries or (ii) could
not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(s) Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and its significant subsidiaries own or
possess adequate rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service
marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service xxxx registrations, copyrights, licenses and
know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or
confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective
businesses as presently conducted; and the conduct of their respective businesses as presently
conducted will not conflict in any material respect with any such rights of others, and the Company
and its subsidiaries have not received any notice of any claim of infringement or conflict with any
such rights of others, in each case, except as disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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(t) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or
among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers,
stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that
is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and that is not so described in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(u) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be required to register as
an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).
(v) Public Utility Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a
“holding company” or a “subsidiary company” of a holding company or an “affiliate” thereof within
the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
(w) Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and foreign
taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof; and except as
disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
there is no tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, in each
case, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses,
certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and
filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory
authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the
conduct of their respective businesses as described in each of the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as
described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
or would not have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or
authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or
authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course.
(y) No Labor Disputes. No material labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the best knowledge of the Company, is contemplated
or threatened.
(z) Compliance With Environmental Laws. The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in
compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations,
decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or
hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively,
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“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 in any such case for any such failure to comply, or failure to
receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or liability as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Compliance With ERISA. Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), that is maintained,
administered or contributed to by the Company or any of its affiliates for employees or former
employees of the Company and its affiliates has been maintained in compliance with its terms and
the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not
limited to ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); no prohibited
transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred
with respect to any such plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or
administrative exemption; and for each such plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section
412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no “accumulated funding deficiency” as defined in Section
412 of the Code has been incurred, whether or not waived, and the fair market value of the assets
of each such plan (excluding for these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) exceeds the
present value of all benefits accrued under such plan determined using reasonable actuarial
assumptions, except, in each case, as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems 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.
(cc) Insurance. Except as disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and its significant subsidiaries have insurance
covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business
interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as
are adequate to protect the Company and its significant subsidiaries and their respective
businesses; and neither the Company nor any of its significant subsidiaries has (i) received notice
from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are
required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) 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 at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to
continue its business.
(dd) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the best
knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated
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with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds
for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political
activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government
official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of
the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence
payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
(ee) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited,
directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is
subject, 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 properties or assets to the Company
or any other subsidiary of the Company, other than any prohibition pursuant to or contemplated by
the Credit Agreement.
(ff) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any
contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give
rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any Underwriter for a
brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the
Shares.
(gg) No Registration Rights. Except as disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no person has the right to require the Company or
any of its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of
the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the Shares
to be sold by the Company hereunder or, to the best knowledge of the Company, the sale of the
Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders hereunder.
(hh) No Stabilization. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of
the price of the Shares in violation of any state or federal laws.
(ii) Business With Cuba. The Company has complied with all provisions of Section 517.075,
Florida Statutes (Chapter 92-198, Laws of Florida) relating to doing business with the Government
of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba.
(jj) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial
recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of
1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations
thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or
enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit
or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator
involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, except, in each case, as would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(kk) OFAC. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign
Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or
indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such
proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of
financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by
OFAC.
(ll) Margin Rules. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares nor the application
of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in each of the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.
(mm) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”)),
contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been
made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(nn) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has
caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in each of the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not based on or
derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(oo) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any
of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with Section 402 of
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002.
(pp) No NASD Affiliation. Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no officer, director, nominee for director or 5% or
greater stockholder of the Company or Selling Stockholder has a direct or indirect affiliation or
association with any member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(qq) Exchange Listing. To the extent not previously approved for listing pursuant to the
Company’s Nasdaq Stock Market listing application filed in connection with the Company’s initial
public offering, the Company has filed a notice of listing of the Shares on the National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations Global Market (the “Nasdaq Global Market”).
4. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Stockholders. Each of the Selling
Stockholders, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to each Underwriter and the
Company that:
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(a) Required Consents; Authority. All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders
necessary for the execution and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of this Agreement and the
Power of Attorney (the “Power of Attorney”) and the Custody Agreement (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, except as may be required under applicable state
securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters
and except for any such consents, approvals, authorizations or orders the failure of which to
obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the ability of
such Selling Stockholder to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and such Selling
Stockholder has full 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; this Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement have
each been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder.
(b) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by such Selling Stockholder of this
Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement and the sale of the Shares to be sold by
such Selling Stockholder will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of
the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition
of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of such Selling Stockholder pursuant
to, 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, (ii) result in any violation
of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of such Selling
Stockholder or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or
regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory agency applicable to such
Selling Stockholder, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflicts,
breaches, violations, defaults, liens, charges or encumbrances as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, materially and adversely affect the ability of such Selling Stockholder to perform its
obligations under this Agreement.
(c) Title to Shares. Such Selling Stockholder has valid title to the Shares to be sold at the
Closing Date, by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
equities or adverse claims; such Selling Stockholder will have, immediately prior to the Closing
Date, valid title to the Shares to be sold at the Closing Date, by such Selling Stockholder, free
and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or adverse claims; and, upon delivery of the
certificates representing such Shares and payment therefor pursuant hereto, valid title to such
Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or adverse claims, will pass to the
several Underwriters.
(d) No Stabilization. Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any
stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares in violation of any state or federal laws.
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(e) Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package, Prospectus and Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus. As of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements therein not misleading; as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, the
Pricing Disclosure Package did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
as of the applicable date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the
Closing Date, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and as of
the Applicable Time, to the knowledge of such Selling Stockholder, each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus (including, without limitation, any “road show” that is a free writing prospectus under
Rule 433), when considered together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided that the representations and warranties set forth
in this Section 4(e) are limited to (i) statements made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information relating to such Selling Stockholder furnished to the Company in writing by such
Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendments or supplements
thereto (it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by such Selling
Stockholder to the Company consists of the information specifically relating to such Selling
Stockholder set forth in the table and notes thereto under the caption “Principal and Selling
Stockholders” in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus) and (ii) omissions
relating specifically to such Selling Stockholder.
(f) Material Information. As of the date hereof, as of the Closing Date, and as of any
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the sale of the Shares by such Selling Stockholder is
not and will not be prompted by any material information concerning the Company (i) which is not
set forth in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
and (ii) the failure of which to be set forth in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus constitutes a violation of any federal securities laws.
Each of the Selling Stockholders represents and warrants that certificates in negotiable form
representing all of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders hereunder have been placed
in custody under a Custody Agreement relating to such Shares, in the form heretofore furnished to
you, duly executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder to American Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, as custodian (the “Custodian”), and that such Selling Stockholder has duly executed and
delivered Powers of Attorney, in the form heretofore furnished to you, appointing the person or
persons specified therein, and each of them, as such Selling Stockholder’s Attorneys-in-Fact (the
“Attorneys-in-Fact” or any one of them the “Attorney-in-Fact”) with authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement on behalf of such Selling
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Stockholder, to determine the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters to the Selling
Stockholders as provided herein, 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.
Each of the Selling Stockholders specifically agrees that 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, and that 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. Each of the Selling
Stockholders specifically agrees that the obligations of such Selling Stockholder hereunder shall
not be terminated by operation of law, whether by the death or incapacity of any individual Selling
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, corporation or
similar organization, by the dissolution of such partnership, corporation or organization, 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, corporation or similar organization should be dissolved, or if any other
such event should occur, before the delivery of the Shares hereunder, certificates representing
such Shares shall be delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder in accordance with the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Custody Agreement, 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.
5. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each
Underwriter that:
(a) Effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Company will use all commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective at the earliest possible
time and will file (i) the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified
by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A under the Securities Act, and (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and the Company will furnish copies of
the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to
the Underwriters in New York City on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in
such quantities as the Representative may reasonably request.
(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge (i) upon request, to the
Representative, two signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each
amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith; and (ii) to
each Underwriter, upon request, (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally
filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) and (B) subject to Section 5(e) below, during
the Prospectus Delivery Period, as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and
supplements thereto) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the
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Representative may reasonably request. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means
such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as in the opinion of
counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Shares is required by law to be delivered
(or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of
the Shares by any Underwriter or dealer.
(c) Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before preparing, using,
authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before
filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company
will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not prepare, use, authorize,
approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed
amendment or supplement to which the Representative reasonably objects promptly after receipt
thereof. The Company shall not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written consent of the Representative.
(d) Notice to the Representative. The Company will advise the Representative promptly, and
confirm such advice in writing upon request, (i) when the Registration Statement has become
effective; (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes
effective; (iii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any
amendment to the Prospectus has been filed; (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment
to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of
any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the
Commission for any additional information; (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of
any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (vi) of the occurrence of any event
within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure
Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing
when the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is
delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice
with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company
will use all commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Shares and, if
any such order is issued, will use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain as soon as
practicable the withdrawal thereof.
(e) Ongoing Compliance. If (1) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall
occur or condition shall exist 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 a material fact
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required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii)
if in the written advice of counsel to the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the
Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters
thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and
furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representative may designate, such
amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the
Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when
the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply
with applicable law, (2) at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or
condition shall exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or
supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances, not misleading or (ii) if in the written advice of counsel to the Underwriters,
it is necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with applicable
law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and,
subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to
the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representative may designate, such amendments or
supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package as may be necessary so that the statements in the
Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the
circumstances, be misleading or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with applicable
law, or (3) at any time after the date hereof any events shall have occurred as a result of which
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would conflict with the
information in the Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and,
subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to
the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representative may designate, such amendments or
supplements to such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that will correct such conflict;
provided that the preparation, filing and furnishing of any such amendments or supplements
on or prior to the date that is nine months after the first date of the public offering of the
Shares shall be at the expense of the Company and shall thereafter be at the expense of the
Underwriters.
(f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of Canada and such other jurisdictions as the Representative shall
reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for
distribution of the Shares; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify
as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction
where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of
process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it
is not otherwise so subject.
(g) Earnings Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and
the Representative as soon as practicable an earnings statement that satisfies the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering
a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of
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the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158 under the Securities Act)
of the Registration Statement.
(h) Clear Market. For a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement, without the prior
written consent of the Representative, the Company will not (i) offer, pledge, announce the
intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any
option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or
dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of the Stock or any securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for the Stock, (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that
transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock,
whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of
the Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, (iii) file or cause to be filed a
registration statement, including any amendments, with respect to the registration of any shares of
Common Stock or securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into Common Stock or any other
securities of the Company or (iv) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, in
each case, without the prior written consent of the Representative, other than (A) the Shares to be
sold hereunder, (B) any shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of options granted under
existing employee stock option plans, (C) grants by the Company of employee stock options or
restricted stock in accordance with the terms of a plan in effect on the date hereof, (D) the
filing by the Company of any registration statement with the Commission on Form S-8 relating to the
offering of securities pursuant to the terms of a plan in effect on the date hereof and (E) shares
of Common Stock (or options, warrants or convertible securities in respect thereof) issued in
connection with a bona fide merger or acquisition transaction, provided that the Common
Stock (or options, warrants or convertible securities in respect thereof) so issued is subject to
the terms of a duplicate form of the “lock-up agreement” set forth in Exhibit D hereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period, the
Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company
occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the Company announces that
it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day
period, the restrictions imposed by this Section 5(h) shall continue to apply until the expiration
of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the
material news or material event.
(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as
described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
under the heading “Use of Proceeds”.
(j) No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of
the price of the Shares.
(k) Reports. To the extent not available on the Commission’s XXXXX system, for a period of
two years from the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Representative, as soon as they are
available, copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders
of the Shares, and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished
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to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange or automatic quotation system.
(l) Record Retention. The Company will retain in accordance with the Securities Act all
Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not required to be filed pursuant to the Securities Act.
6. Further Agreements of the Selling Stockholders. Each of the Selling Stockholders
covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:
(a) Clear Market. For a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement, without the prior
written consent of the Representative, such Selling Stockholder will not (i) offer, pledge,
announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase,
purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or
otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of the Common Stock or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for the Common Stock or (ii) enter into
any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences
of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii)
above is to be settled by delivery of the Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise or (iii) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of
any shares of the Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
the Common Stock without the prior written consent of the Representative in each case other than
(A) Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, (B) transactions relating to shares of
Common Stock acquired in open market transactions after the Closing Date, (C) transfers of shares
of Common Stock as a bona fide gift, provided that (x) the Common Stock so transferred is
subject to the terms of a duplicate form of the “lock-up agreement” set forth in Exhibit D hereto
and (y) no party, including such Selling Stockholder, shall be required to, nor shall it
voluntarily, file a report under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act in connection with such transfer
(other than a filing on Form 5 made after the expiration of the 90-day restricted period referred
to above), (D) dispositions to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of such Selling
Stockholder and/or the immediate family members of such Selling Stockholder, provided that
(x) the Common Stock so disposed of is subject to the terms of a duplicate form of the “lock-up
agreement” set forth in Exhibit D hereto and (y) no party, including such Selling Stockholder,
shall be required to, nor shall it voluntarily, file a report under Section 16(a) of the Exchange
Act in connection with such disposition (other than a filing on Form 5 made after the expiration of
the 90-day restricted period referred to above), (E) pledges to any financial institution as
collateral and foreclosures of such pledges, provided that the Common Stock so pledged is
subject to the terms of a duplicate form of the “lock-up agreement” set forth in Exhibit D hereto,
(F) transfers by such Selling Stockholder to its affiliates, provided that the Common Stock
so transferred is subject to the terms of a duplicate form of the “lock-up agreement” set forth in
Exhibit D hereto, (G) dispositions or sales of shares of Common Stock under a written trading plan
pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act (a “10b5-1 Plan”) adopted prior to August 1, 2006 or
(H) the adoption of a 10b5-1 Plan, provided that (x) no dispositions or sales are made
pursuant to such 10b5-1 Plan during the 90-day restricted period referred to above and (y) no
party, including the undersigned, shall be required to, nor shall it voluntarily, file a report
under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act in connection with the adoption of such 10b5-1 Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during
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the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or
material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of
the 90-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during
the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day period, the restrictions imposed by this
Section 6(a) shall continue to apply with respect to each Selling Stockholder until the expiration
of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the
material news or material event. Any discretionary release, waiver or termination by the
Representative of the provisions set forth in this Section 6(a) or in any “lock-up agreement”
substantially in the form of Annex D hereto shall be applied to all persons subject to such
provisions (including the Selling Stockholders) pro rata based on the number of shares of Common
Stock held by such persons.
The restrictions set forth in this Section 6(a) shall lapse and become null and void if (i)
the registration statement filed with the Commission with respect to the offering of the Shares is
withdrawn prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement, (ii) the Company notifies the
Representative, prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement, that it does not intend to proceed
with the offering of the Shares, or (iii) this Agreement (other than the provisions hereof which
survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the
Shares to be sold hereunder.
(b) Tax Form. It will deliver to the Representative prior to or at the Closing Date a
properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other applicable
form or statement specified by the Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof) in order to
facilitate the Underwriters’ documentation of their compliance with the reporting and withholding
provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect to the transactions
herein contemplated.
(c) Free Writing Prospectus. No Selling Stockholder nor any person acting on behalf of such
Selling Stockholder (other than, if applicable, the Company and the Underwriters) shall use or
refer to any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), relating
to the Shares, other than any Filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
7. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter severally represents and
agrees that:
(a) It has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning
for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which
term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the
Company) other than (i) any Filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus prepared pursuant to Section 5(c) above, or (ii) any free writing prospectus prepared by
such underwriter and consented to by the Company in advance, including any such free writing
prospectus that is consented to by the Company in advance that contains “issuer information” (as
defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through
incorporation by reference) in the most Preliminary Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus (each such free writing prospectus referred to in
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clause (ii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus,” and any such “issuer information”
referred to in cause (ii) with respect to whose use the Company has given its consent, “Permitted
Issuer Information”).
(b) It will retain copies of each free writing prospectus used or referred to by it to the
extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
8. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to
purchase the Underwritten Shares on the Closing Date or the Option Shares on any Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is subject to the performance by, with respect to the
Closing Date, the Company and, with respect to the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be, each of the Selling Stockholders of their respective covenants and other
obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. The Registration Statement (or if a
post-effective amendment thereto is required to be filed under the Securities Act, such
post-effective amendment) shall have become effective, and the Representative shall have received
notice thereof, not later than 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date hereof; no order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding
for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or
threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have
been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, only to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in
accordance with Section 5(a) hereof.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The respective representations and warranties of the
Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof
and on and as of the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be; and the
statements of the Company and its officers and of each of the Selling Stockholders made in any
certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the
Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(c) No Material Adverse Change. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
no event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall
exist, which event or condition is not described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package
(excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or
supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Representative makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the
Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner
contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(d) Officer’s Certificate of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. The Representative
shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may
be, a certificate (i) of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and
one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is satisfactory to the Representative
(A) confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed each of the
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Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, to the best
knowledge of such officers, the representations of the Company set forth in Section 3(b), 3(c) and
3(d) hereof are true and correct, (B) confirming that the other representations and warranties of
the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied in all
material respects with all agreements and satisfied in all material respects all conditions on its
part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date or Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, and (C) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) above and (ii)
from each Selling Stockholder, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative,
(A) confirming that the representation of such Selling Stockholder set forth in Section 4(e) hereof
is true and correct and (B) confirming that the other representations and warranties of such
Selling Stockholder in this Agreement are true and correct and that such Selling Stockholder has
complied in all material respects with all agreements and satisfied in all material respects all
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date or
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(e) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or any Additional
Closing Date, as the case may be, each of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and KPMG LLP shall have
furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates
of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representative, (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants
within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements
relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission,
and (ii) containing other statements and information of the type customarily included in
accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain
financial information contained in the Registration Statement, most recent Preliminary Prospectus
(with respect to the letters delivered on the date of this Agreement) and the Prospectus (with
respect to the letters delivered on the Closing Date and any Additional Closing Date);
provided that the letters delivered on the Closing Date or an Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be, shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to such Closing
Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be. With respect to the letters of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and KPMG LLP delivered to the Representative on the Closing Date or an
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, such letters shall confirm in all material respects
the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial statements, financial
information and other matters covered by the letter of such firm dated and delivered the date of
this Agreement.
(f) Opinion of Xxxxxxx Procter LLP. Xxxxxxx Procter LLP, outside counsel for the Company,
shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, (i) its written opinion,
dated the Closing Date or an Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the
Underwriters, in the form attached as Annex A-I hereto, and (ii) its disclosure letter, dated the
Closing Date or an Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters,
in the form attached as Annex A-II hereto.
(g) Opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxx, LLP. Xxxxxx Xxxx, LLP, outside counsel for the Company, shall
have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, its written
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opinion, dated the Closing Date or an Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to
the Underwriters, in the form attached as Annex B hereto.
(h) Opinion of Xxxx Xxxxxx, Esq. Xxxx Xxxxxx, Esq., General Counsel of the Company, shall
have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, his written opinion, dated the
Closing Date or an Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters,
in the form attached as Annex C hereto.
(i) Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Stockholders. Each of O’Melveny & Xxxxx (counsel for
X.X. Xxxxxx Partners (23A SBIC), L.P.), J. Xxxxxxx Xxx, Esq. (counsel for AmeriCredit Corp.),
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP (counsel for GRP II Partners, L.P. and GRP II, L.P.), Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
(counsel for GRP II Investors, L.P.), Guy Du Bose (counsel for Wachovia Corporation and related
entities, and Seed Xxxxxxx LLP (counsel for Xxxx X. Xxxxx and Xxx Xxxxxxxx), each counsel for a
Selling Stockholder, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of such Selling
Stockholder, its written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
(j) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representative shall have received on and as
of the Closing Date or an Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion of Xxxxx Xxxx &
Xxxxxxxx, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representative may
reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as it may
reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(k) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule,
regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign
governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date or an Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares; and no injunction or order of
any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date or an
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares.
(l) Good Standing. The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or an
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the
Company and its significant subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization and
their good standing as foreign entities in such other jurisdictions as the Representative may
reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the
appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
(m) Lock-up Agreements. The “lock-up” agreements between you and certain stockholders,
officers and directors of the Company, each substantially in the form of Annex D hereto relating to
sales and certain other dispositions of shares of the Common Stock or certain other securities,
delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing
Date or an Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(n) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date or, with respect to the Company, an
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company and the Selling
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Stockholders shall have furnished to the Representative such further certificates and
documents as the Representative may reasonably request and that are customarily delivered in
connection with transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement.
9. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who
controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including,
without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with
any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred),
joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in (A) the Registration Statement, the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, (B) any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (C) any Permitted Issuer
Information used or referred to in any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) by any Underwriter or (D) any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433) not constituting
an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (a “Non-Prospectus Road Show”), or (ii) the omission or alleged
omission to state therein any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out
of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished
to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use therein,
it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists
of the information described as such in subsection (c) below.
(b) Indemnification of the Underwriters by the Selling Stockholders. Each of the Selling
Stockholders, severally and not jointly, in proportion to the number of Shares to be sold by such
Selling Stockholder, hereunder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its
affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against
any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, the reasonable
legal fees and other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding
or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out
of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus,
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any Permitted
Issuer Information, any Non-Prospectus Road Show or any “free writing
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prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) prepared by or on behalf of such
Selling Stockholder or used or referred to by such Selling Stockholder in connection with the
offering of the Shares in violation of Section 6(c) hereof (a “Selling Stockholder Free Writing
Prospectus”), (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement, the
most recent Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in
any Permitted Issuer Information, any Non-Prospectus Road Show or any Selling Stockholder Free
Writing Prospectus any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided that the indemnity agreement of such Selling Stockholder set forth in this
paragraph 9(b) shall be limited (other than in respect of any Selling Stockholder Free Writing
Prospectus) to such statements or omissions that are made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information relating to such Selling Stockholder furnished to the Company in writing by such
Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus or in the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any Permitted Issuer Information (it being understood and agreed that the
only such information furnished by such Selling Stockholder to the Company consists of the
information specifically relating to such Selling Stockholder set forth in the table and notes
thereto under the caption “Principal and Selling Stockholders” in the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus). The aggregate liability of each such Selling Stockholder under the
indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph 9(b) and the contribution agreement contained in
paragraph 9(e) shall be limited in an amount equal to the aggregate net proceeds of the Shares sold
by such Selling Stockholder under this Agreement.
(c) Indemnification of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. Each Underwriter agrees,
severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers
who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each of the
Selling Stockholders, its respective affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any,
who controls such Selling Stockholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in the first paragraph
of Section 9(a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that
arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for
use in the Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any Non-Prospectus Road Show, it being understood and agreed upon that the
only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information furnished
on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the fifth
paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus and the information contained in the
nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first and twenty-second paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting”
in each of the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(d) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against
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any person in
respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to the preceding paragraphs of this Section
9, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such
indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the
failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have
under this Section 9 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the
forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided,
further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any
liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under this Section 9. If any
such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have
notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled
to indemnification pursuant to this Section 9 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such
proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as
incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own
counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified
Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to
the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have
reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in
addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such
proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the
Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate
due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the
Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to
one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such
fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any
Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter
shall be designated in writing by Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., any such separate firm for the Company, its
directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the
Company shall be designated in writing by the Company, any such separate firm for the Selling
Stockholders shall be designated in writing by an Attorney-in-Fact. The Indemnifying Person shall
not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if
settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying
Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason
of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an
Indemnified Person shall have requested in writing that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the
Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of
counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered
into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the
Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such
request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written
consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in
respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could
have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an
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release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such
proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a
failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(e) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above is
unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of
indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company or the
Selling Stockholders, as the case may be, on the one hand and the Underwriters, on the other hand,
from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted
by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company or the Selling Stockholders,
as the case may be, on the one hand and the Underwriters, on the other hand in connection with the
statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company or the
Selling Stockholders, as the case may be, on the one hand and the Underwriters, on the other hand
shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting
expenses) received by the Company or the Selling Stockholders, as the case may be, from the sale of
the Shares and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in
connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear
to the aggregate offering price of the Shares. The relative fault of the Company or the Selling
Stockholders, as the case may be, on the one hand and the Underwriters, on the other hand, 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, or by the Underwriters and the parties’
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The aggregate liability of each such Selling Stockholder under the
contribution agreement contained in this paragraph 9(e) and the indemnity agreement contained in
paragraph 9(b) shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate net proceeds of the
Underwritten Shares sold by such Selling Stockholder under this Agreement.
(f) Limitation on Liability. The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree
that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined
by pro rata allocation (even if the Selling Stockholders or the Underwriters
were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not
take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (e) above. The amount paid
or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities
referred to in paragraph (e) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, in no event shall an
Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the
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offering of
the Shares exceeds the amount of any damages that 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
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section
9 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
(g) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 9 are not exclusive and
shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person
at law or in equity.
10. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the later
of (i) the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto and (ii) receipt by the Company and
the Representative of notice of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (or, if applicable,
any post-effective amendment thereto).
11. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the
Representative, by written notice to the Company and the Selling Stockholders, if after the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the
Option Shares, prior to an Additional Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended
or materially limited on or by any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade; (ii) trading of any securities issued or
guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter
market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by
federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation
of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, including, without
limitation, as a result of terrorist activities after the date hereof, either within or outside the
United States, that, in the judgment of the Representative, is material and adverse and makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the
Closing Date or an Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner
contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
12. Defaulting Underwriter. (a) If, on the Closing Date or an Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Shares that it
has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their
discretion arrange
for the purchase of such Shares by other persons satisfactory to the Company and the Selling
Stockholders on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default
by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares,
then the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours
within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase
such Shares on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Shares of a
defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company and the Selling
Stockholders may postpone the Closing Date or an Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for
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up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the
Company, counsel for the Selling Stockholders or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the
Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus or any such other document that effects any such changes. As used in this
Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context
otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule I hereto that, pursuant to this Section 12,
purchases Shares that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters, the Company and the Selling
Stockholders as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain
unpurchased on the Closing Date or an Additional Closing Date, as the case may be does not exceed
one-eleventh of the aggregate number of Shares to be purchased on such date, then the Company and
the Selling Stockholders shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to
purchase the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus
such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to
purchase on such date) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such
arrangements have not been made.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters, the Company and the Selling
Stockholders as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain
unpurchased on the Closing Date or an Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, exceeds
one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of Shares to be purchased on such date, or if the Company and
the Selling Stockholders shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this
Agreement or, with respect to any Additional Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to
purchase Shares on an Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall terminate without
liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement
pursuant to this Section 12 shall be without liability on the part of the Company and the Selling
Stockholders, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set
forth in Section 13 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 9 hereof shall not terminate
and shall remain in effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may
have to the Company, the Selling Stockholders or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused
by its default.
13. Payment of Expenses. (a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company (and solely with respect to
clause (ix) below, each Selling Stockholder) will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses
incident to the performance of their obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the
costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Shares and any
taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing
under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
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(including all exhibits,
amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof (except that the Underwriters
shall pay or cause to be paid one-half of the costs attributable to the distribution via courier or
other shipping service of such documents); (iii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and
independent accountants; (iv) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or
qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Shares under the laws of
Canada and such other jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and the preparation,
printing and distribution of a Canadian wrapper and Blue Sky Memorandum (including the reasonable
related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters); (v) the cost of preparing stock
certificates; (vi) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (vii) all
expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the
offering by, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; (viii) all expenses and
application fees related to the quotation of the Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market; and (ix) the
fees and expenses of each Selling Stockholder’s separate counsel.
(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 11, (ii) the Company or the
Selling Stockholders for any reason fail to tender the Shares for delivery to the Underwriters or
(iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement
(other than a termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 12 hereof), the Company agrees to
reimburse the Underwriters for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in
connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.
14. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 9 hereof. Nothing in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No
purchaser of Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such
purchase.
15. Research Independence. Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders
acknowledge that the Underwriters’ research analysts and research departments are required to be
independent from their respective investment banking divisions and are subject to certain
regulations and internal policies, and that such Underwriters’ research analysts may hold and make
statements or investment recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the
Company and/or the offering of the Shares that differ from the views of its investment bankers.
The Company and the Selling Stockholders hereby waive and release, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company or the Selling Stockholders may have
against the Underwriters solely with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from the
fact that the views expressed by their independent research analysts and research departments may
be different from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the Company or the
Selling Stockholders by such Underwriters’ investment banking divisions. The Company and the
Selling Stockholders acknowledge that each of the Underwriters is a full service securities firm
and as such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may effect transactions for
its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or short positions in debt or equity
securities of the Company.
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16. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations,
warranties and agreements of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters contained
in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company, the Selling Stockholders or the
Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive
the delivery of and payment for the Shares and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of
any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, the
Selling Stockholders or the Underwriters.
17. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise
expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or
required to be closed in New York City; (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule
405 under the Securities Act; and (d) the term “significant subsidiary” has the meaning set forth
in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.
18. Miscellaneous. (a) Authority of the Representative. Any action by the
Underwriters hereunder may be taken by the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters, and any
such action taken by the Representative shall be binding upon the Underwriters.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of
telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representative at Xxxxxx
Brothers Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (Fax: (000) 000-0000), Attention:
Syndicate Registration, with a copy, in the case of any notice pursuant to Section 9(d) hereof, to
the Director of Litigation, Office of the General Counsel, Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (Fax: (000) 000-0000). Notices to the Company
shall be given to it at DealerTrack Holdings, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx X00, Xxxx Xxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000 (Fax: (000) 000-0000), Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq. Notices to the Selling
Stockholders shall be given to the Attorneys-in-Fact at DealerTrack Holdings, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx XX0, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, (Fax: (000) 000-0000), Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxx,
III and Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include
counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an
original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(e) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any
consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(f) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not
intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of
this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, | ||||||
DEALERTRACK HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. X’Xxxx
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
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SELLING STOCKHOLDERS | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxx III | |||||
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxx III | ||||||
Title: Attorney-in-Fact | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Attorney-in-Fact | ||||||
As Attorneys-in-Fact acting on behalf of each of the Selling Stockholders named in Schedule II to this Agreement. |
Accepted: October 5, 2006
XXXXXX BROTHERS INC.
For itself and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule I hereto. | ||||||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President |
Schedule I
Underwriter | Number of Underwritten Shares | |||
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. |
4,500,000 | |||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Company, L.L.C. |
1,300,000 | |||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
1,300,000 | |||
Xxxxx and Company, LLC |
1,000,000 | |||
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC |
1,000,000 | |||
JMP Securities LLC. |
450,000 | |||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC |
450,000 | |||
Total |
10,000,000 |
Schedule II
Number of | ||||
Underwritten Shares: | ||||
Company: |
2,750,000 | |||
Selling Stockholders: |
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X.X. Xxxxxx Partners (23A SBIC), L.P. |
3,314,011 | |||
AmeriCredit Corp. and related parties |
1,561,256 | |||
GRP II, L.P. and GRP II Partners, L.P. |
1,045,913 | |||
GRP II Investors, L.P. |
71,688 | |||
Wachovia Corporation and related entities |
1,082,132 | |||
Xxx Xxxxxxxx |
10,000 | |||
Xxxx X. Xxxxx |
165,000 |