3,800,000 Shares COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP, INC. COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
3,800,000 Shares
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE
March 18, 2010
March 18, 2010
XXXXXX X. XXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and
sell to the Underwriter named in Schedule I hereto (the
“Underwriter”) 3,800,000 shares of the
common stock, par value $.01 per share of the Company (the “Firm Shares”).
The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the Underwriter up to an additional 570,000
shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share of the Company (the “Additional Shares”), if and
to the extent that Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx & Co. Incorporated (“Baird”), as manager of the offering (the
“Manager”), shall have determined to exercise the right to purchase such shares of common stock
granted to the Underwriters in Section 2 hereof. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are
hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Shares.” The shares of common stock, par value $.01
per share of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sales contemplated hereby are
hereinafter referred to as the “Common Stock.”
The Company has prepared and filed, in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”), and the rules and regulations thereunder, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (file number 333-163276),
including a prospectus, relating to the Shares, which registration statement and prospectus
incorporate or are deemed to incorporate by reference documents that the Company has filed, or will
file, with the Commission in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations thereunder. The registration statement as amended
at the time it became effective for purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act (as such section
applies to the Underwriter), including the documents filed as part thereof and information
contained or incorporated by reference in the prospectus or otherwise deemed to be part of the
registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the
Securities Act, is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement.” If the Company files
an abbreviated registration statement to register additional shares of Common Stock 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. The Company has also filed with, or transmitted for filing to, or shall promptly after
the date of this Agreement file with or transmit for filing to, the Commission a prospectus
supplement (in the form first used to confirm sales of the Shares (or in the form first made
available to the Underwriter by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173
under the Securities Act), the “Prospectus Supplement”) pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities
Act. The term “Base Prospectus” means the prospectus dated February 4, 2010, relating to the
Shares, in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission as part of the
Registration Statement on or prior to the date of this Agreement. The term “Prospectus” means the
Base Prospectus as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement. The term “Preliminary Prospectus”
means any preliminary form of Prospectus (including, without limitation, the preliminary
Prospectus Supplement dated March 18, 2010, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424).
For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule
405 under the Securities Act; “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus and the
Preliminary Prospectus, together with the free writing prospectuses, if any, each identified in
Schedule II hereto (each, a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”), and other information conveyed to
purchasers of the Shares at or prior to the Time of Sale as set forth in Schedule II hereto; “Time
of Sale” means 9:00 p.m. (Central Time) on the date of this Agreement; and “road show” has the
meaning set forth in Rule 433(h)(4) under the Securities Act. As used herein, the terms
“Registration Statement,” “Base Prospectus,” “Preliminary Prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus”
and “Prospectus” shall include the documents, if any, deemed to be incorporated by reference
therein, including, unless the context otherwise requires, the documents, if any, filed as exhibits
to such incorporated documents. The terms “supplement,” “amendment” and “amend” as used herein
with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any free writing prospectus shall include all documents
subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act that are deemed
to be incorporated by reference therein.
1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to and
agrees with the Underwriter on the date hereof, on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4) and
on each Option Closing Date (as defined in Section 5), if any, that:
(a) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act; no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of
any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are
pending before or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission.
(b) The Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus filed as part of the registration
statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424
under the Securities Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act
and the rules and regulations thereunder (including, without limitation, Rule 430B(a) or 430A(b)).
(c) (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and
incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus complied or will comply
when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder; (ii) each part of the Registration Statement, when such
part became effective, did not contain and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if
applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(iii) the Registration Statement, as of the date hereof, does not contain and, as amended or
supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; (iv) the Registration Statement complies and, as amended or supplemented, if
applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act; the conditions to the use
of Form S-3 in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares as contemplated hereby have been
satisfied; the Registration Statement meets, and the offering and sale of the Shares as
contemplated hereby complies with, the requirements of Rule 415 under the Securities Act (including
without limitation Rule 415(a)(5)); (v) at no time during the
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period that begins on the earlier of the date of the Preliminary Prospectus and the date on
which the Preliminary Prospectus was filed with the Commission and ends immediately prior to the
execution of this Agreement did any Preliminary Prospectus contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; (vi) the Time of Sale
Prospectus does not, and at the Time of Sale, at the Closing Date and, if applicable, each Option
Closing Date, the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if
applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; (vii) each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus does not conflict with the
information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus;
(viii) each presentation or other information provided at any road show (the “Road Show
Information”), when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
and (ix) the Prospectus, as of the date it is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424, at
the Closing Date and at each Option Closing Date, if any, will comply in all material respects with
the Securities Act (including without limitation Section 10(a) of the Securities Act) and, as then
amended or supplemented by the Company, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 1(c) do not apply to statements or
omissions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus,
any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, the Road Show Information or the Prospectus or any
amendments or supplements thereto based upon information relating to the Underwriter furnished to
the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use therein, it being agreed that the only
information furnished by the Underwriter to the Company expressly for use therein are the
statements contained in the underwriter table in, and the fourth,
eleventh and twelfth paragraphs of the “Underwriting” section of
the Prospectus Supplement (and preliminary Prospectus Supplement).
(d) Prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Company has not, directly or indirectly,
offered or sold any Shares by means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Securities Act)
or used any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or
sale of the Shares, in each case other than the Preliminary Prospectus and/or the Permitted Free
Writing Prospectuses; the Company has not, directly or indirectly, prepared, used or referred to
any free writing prospectuses, without the prior written consent of Baird, other than the Permitted
Free Writing Prospectuses and Road Show Information furnished or presented to the Manager before
first use. Each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus has been prepared, used or referred to in
compliance with Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act; assuming that such Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus is so sent or given after the Registration Statement was filed with the
Commission (and after such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus was, if required pursuant to Rule
433(d) under the Securities Act, filed with the Commission), the sending or giving, by the
Underwriter, of any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus will satisfy the provisions of Rule 164 and
Rule 433 (without reliance on subsections (b), (c) and (d) of Rule 164); the conditions set forth
in one or more of subclauses (i) through (iv), inclusive, of Rule 433(b)(1) under the Securities
Act are satisfied, and the registration statement relating to the offering of the Shares
contemplated hereby, as initially filed with the Commission, includes a prospectus that, other than
by reason of Rule 433 or Rule 431 under the Securities Act, satisfies the requirements of Section
10 of the Securities Act;
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neither the Company nor the Underwriter is disqualified, by reason of subsection (f) or (g) of
Rule 164 under the Securities Act, from using, in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares,
free writing prospectuses pursuant to Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act; each Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d)
under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or behalf of or used or referred to by the Company
complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act; no
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus; and, to the Company’s
knowledge, no free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of or used by the Underwriter
contains any “issuer information” within the meaning of Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act.
(e) The Company was, at the time the Registration Statement was initially filed and when it
became effective, eligible to use Form S-3 to register the offering of the Shares contemplated
hereby. The Company was not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act) as of the eligibility determination date for purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act with
respect to the offering of the Shares contemplated by the Registration Statement.
(f) The Common Stock is listed for quotation on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (“NASDAQ”),
and the Company has not received any notice from NASDAQ regarding the delisting of such shares from
NASDAQ. The Shares are duly listed for quotation, and admitted and authorized for trading, subject
to official notice of issuance, on NASDAQ. To the Company’s knowledge, there are no affiliations
or associations between (i) any member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and
(ii) the Company or any of the Company’s officers, directors or 5% or greater security holders or
any beneficial owner of the Company’s unregistered equity securities that were acquired at any time
on or after the 180th day immediately preceding the date the Registration Statement was initially
filed with the Commission, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement (excluding the
exhibits thereto), the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(g) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and
authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale
Prospectus and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property
requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good
standing would not (i) have a material adverse effect on the assets, business, condition (financial
or otherwise), results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, (ii) prevent or materially interfere with the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, or (iii) result in the delisting of shares of Common Stock from NASDAQ (the occurrence of
any such effect, prevention, interference or result described in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) or
(iii) being herein referred to as a “material adverse effect”).
(h) Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a complete and accurate list of all of the subsidiaries of
the Company, identifying each subsidiary that is a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of
Regulation S-X (each, a “Significant Subsidiary”). Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly
organized, is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has the corporate power and authority to own its
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property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the
Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such
qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing
would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect; all of the issued shares of
capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued,
are fully paid and non-assessable and, except as set forth on Exhibit C hereto, are owned directly
or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, other
than liens or encumbrances granted to secure borrowings under those agreements listed on Exhibit D
attached hereto or such other such liens or encumbrances that do not interfere with the ownership
or operations of such subsidiary; there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights of any
description, contractual or otherwise, entitling any person to subscribe for or to purchase any
shares of capital stock or other equity interests of any Significant Subsidiary.
(i) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(j) The authorized and outstanding capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the Time
of Sale Prospectus and will be as set forth in the Prospectus, subject, in each case, to the
issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of stock options and warrants disclosed as
outstanding in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, as the case may be, and the grant of
options under existing stock option plans described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the
Prospectus. The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms and will conform as to legal
matters to the description thereof contained in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(k) The shares of Common Stock outstanding prior to the issuance of the Shares to be sold by
the Company have been duly authorized, are validly issued, fully paid and non assessable, have been
issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable securities laws and were not issued
in violation of any preemptive or similar rights. All prior offers and sales of securities by the
Company were made in compliance in all material respects with the Securities Act and all other
applicable laws and regulations.
(l) The Shares to be sold by the Company have been duly authorized and, when issued and
delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and
non assessable, and the issuance of such Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar
rights.
(m) Neither the execution and delivery by the Company of, nor the performance by the Company
of its obligations under, this Agreement will conflict with, contravene, result in a breach or
violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, or constitute a default under (i) any statute, law, rule,
regulation, judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, regulatory or administrative agency
or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary; (ii) the charter of incorporation
or bylaws of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; or (iii) any contract, agreement,
obligation, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or any of their
respective assets) is subject or bound other than, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), such
conflicts, breaches or violations that would not have a material adverse effect.
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(n) Neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary is, nor with the giving of notice or
passage of time or both, would be, in violation or in breach of its respective charter or bylaws.
Neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary is, nor with the giving of notice or passage of
time or both, would be, in violation or in breach of (i) any statute, ordinance, order, rule or
regulation applicable to the Company or such Significant Subsidiary; (ii) any order or decree of
any court, regulatory body, arbitrator, administrative agency or other instrumentality of the
United States or other country or jurisdiction having jurisdiction over the Company or such
Significant Subsidiary; or (iii) any provision of any agreement, lease, franchise, license,
indenture, permit, mortgage, deed of trust, evidence of indebtedness or other instrument to which
the Company or such Significant Subsidiary is a party or by which any property owned or leased by
the Company or such Significant Subsidiary is bound or affected, except, in each case, for such
violations or breaches as do not or would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect.
(o) No approval, authorization, consent or order of or filing with any federal, state, local
or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency, or of or with
any self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority (including, without
limitation, NASDAQ) or approval of the Company’s shareholders, is required in connection with the
issuance and sale of the Shares or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, other
than (i) registration of the Shares under the Securities Act, which has been effected (or, with
respect to any Rule 462 Registration Statement, will be effected in accordance Rule 462(b) under
the Securities Act), (ii) any necessary qualification under the securities or blue sky laws of the
various jurisdictions in which the Shares are being offered by the Underwriter, (iii) the filing of
a notice of listing of additional shares and related materials with NASDAQ, (iv) under the FINRA
Rules or (v) any filings required under the Exchange Act.
(p) There are no actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the
Company’s knowledge, threatened or contemplated to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
any of their respective directors or officers is or would be a party or of which any of their
respective properties is or would be subject at law or in equity, before or by any federal, state,
local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency, or before
or by any self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority (including,
without limitation, NASDAQ) (i) other than any such action, suit, claim, investigation or
proceeding accurately described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or which, if resolved adversely to
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect or (ii) that are required to be described in the Time of
Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and are not so described. There are no statutes, regulations,
transactions, obligations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to
the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.
(q) 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 Prospectus will not be, required to
register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
(r) The financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, together with the related notes and
schedules, present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries
as of
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the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations, cash flows and changes in
shareholders’ equity of the Company for the periods specified and have been prepared in compliance
in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and Exchange Act and in
conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during
the periods involved; all pro forma financial statements or data included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, if any,
comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
and the assumptions used in the preparation of such pro forma financial statements and data are
reasonable, the pro forma adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the
transactions or circumstances described therein and the pro forma adjustments have been properly
applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements and data; the other
financial and statistical data contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus are accurately and fairly presented and
prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements and books and records of the Company;
there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the
Prospectus that are not included or incorporated by reference as required; the Company and its
subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including
any off-balance sheet obligations), not described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the
Prospectus; and all disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale
Prospectus and the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by
the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G
under the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, to the extent
applicable.
(s) All statistical or market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Time
of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company
reasonably believes to be reliable and accurate, and the Company has obtained the written consent
to the use of such data from such sources to the extent required. Each “forward-looking statement”
(within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act or Section 21E of the Exchange Act)
contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus,
the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses has been made or reaffirmed with a
reasonable basis and in good faith.
(t) The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable
foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health
and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants
(“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of
them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in
compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such
noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other
approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals
would not have a material adverse effect. There are no costs or liabilities associated with
Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required
for clean up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or
approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third
parties) which would have a material adverse effect.
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(u) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, neither the Company
nor any Significant Subsidiary is a party to a letter of intent, accepted term sheet or similar
instrument or any binding agreement that contemplates an acquisition, disposition, transfer or sale
of the assets (as a going concern) or capital stock of the Company or of any subsidiary or business
unit or any similar business combination transaction which would be material to the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(v) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in each of the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) there has not occurred
any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in
the assets, business, condition (financial or otherwise), management, operations or earnings of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries have not
incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, nor entered into any material
transaction; (iii) the Company has not purchased any of its outstanding capital stock, nor
declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital stock
other than ordinary and customary dividends; and (iv) there has not been any material change in the
capital stock, short term debt or long term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, except in
each case as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the
Prospectus, respectively.
(w) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real
property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to
the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the
Prospectus or liens or encumbrances granted to secure borrowings under the agreements listed on
Exhibit D attached hereto, or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do
not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its
subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its
subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions
as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property
and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case except as described in the Time of
Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(x) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries owns or possesses all inventions, patent
applications, patents, trademarks (both registered and unregistered), trade names, service names,
copyrights, trade secrets and other proprietary information described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus as being owned or licensed by it or which
is necessary for the conduct of, or material to, its businesses (collectively, the “Intellectual
Property”), and the Company is unaware of any claim to the contrary or any challenge by any other
person to the rights of the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Intellectual
Property that would, individually or with such other claims, have a material adverse effect.
Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has infringed or is infringing in any material
respect the intellectual property of a third party, and neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has received notice of a claim by a third party to the contrary.
(y) No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
exists, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, or, to the knowledge
of the Company, is imminent; and the Company is not aware of any existing, threatened
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or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its principal suppliers,
manufacturers or contractors that could have a material adverse effect. Neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, except for such
violations as would not have a material adverse effect.
(z) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of national standing
against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in
which they are engaged; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been refused any
insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when
such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to
continue its business at a cost that would not have a material adverse effect.
(aa) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits
issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct
their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate,
authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding, would have a material adverse effect.
(bb) Except as otherwise would not have a material adverse effect, no subsidiary of the
Company is subject to any material direct or indirect prohibition on paying any dividends to the
Company, on making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, on repaying to the
Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or on transferring any of such
subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as
described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(cc) The Company maintains “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule
13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) in compliance with the requirements of the Exchange Act. The
Company’s internal control over financial reporting has been designed under the supervision of the
Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and is
effective in performing the functions for which it was established. Except as described in the
Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited
fiscal year, there has been (i) no significant deficiency or material weakness in the design or
operation of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated)
that is reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize
and report financial information, and (ii) no change in the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
(dd) The Company maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in
Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) designed to ensure that material information relating to the
Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Company’s principal
executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities, and such
disclosure controls and procedures are effective in performing the functions for which they were
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established; the principal executive officers (or their equivalents) and principal financial
officers (or their equivalents) of the Company have made all certifications required by the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and any related rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission (the
“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”), and the statements made in each such certification are accurate; the
Company, its subsidiaries and its directors and officers are each in compliance in all material
respects with the applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
(ee) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sent or received any communication
regarding termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the contracts or agreements referred to or
described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, or referred to or described in, or
filed as an exhibit to, the Registration Statement, and no such termination or non-renewal has been
threatened by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other
party to any such contract or agreement, in each case that would be reasonably expected to have a
material adverse effect.
(ff) Since January 1, 2007, all tax returns required to be filed by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries have been timely filed, and all taxes and other assessments of a similar nature
(whether imposed directly or through withholding) including any interest, additions to tax or
penalties applicable thereto due or claimed to be due from such entities have been timely paid,
other than those being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided.
(gg) Since January 1, 2007, 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 aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result
in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the
rules and regulations thereunder; and the Company and its subsidiaries have instituted and maintain
policies and procedures designed to ensure continued compliance therewith, including without
limitation a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances
that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain
accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(hh) Other than pursuant to that Warrant and Unit Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2009, by
and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association as unit agent and warrant agent, 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 or the
Prospectus Supplement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the Shares.
(ii) Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company has
not sold, issued or distributed any shares of Common Stock during the six-month period preceding
the date hereof, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or Regulation D or S of, the
Securities Act, other than shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option
plans or other employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or warrants.
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(jj) 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 the Underwriter for a brokerage commission,
finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares.
(kk) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any of their respective directors,
officers, affiliates or controlling persons has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed,
or which has constituted or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Shares.
2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. The Company hereby agrees to issue and sell 3,800,000
Shares to the Underwriter at a price of
$5.875 per share (the “Purchase Price”), and the
Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to
the conditions herein set forth, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company at
the Purchase Price the number of Firm Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional
shares as the Manager may determine) set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter set forth in
Schedule I hereto.
Moreover,
the Company hereby agrees to issue and sell up to 570,000 Additional Shares to the
Underwriter at the Purchase Price, and the Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and
warranties contained herein, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, shall have
the right (but not the obligation) to purchase, up to the Additional Shares at the Purchase Price.
The Manager may exercise this right on behalf of the Underwriter in whole or from time to time in
part by giving written notice not later than 30 days after the date of this Agreement. Any
exercise notice shall specify the number of Additional Shares to be purchased by the Underwriter
and the date on which such shares are to be purchased. Each purchase date must be at least one
business day after the written notice is given and may not be earlier than the closing date for the
Firm Shares or later than ten business days after the date of such notice. Additional Shares may
be purchased as provided in Section 4 hereof solely for the purpose of covering over allotments
made in connection with the offering of the Firm Shares. On each day, if any, that Additional
Shares are to be purchased (an “Option Closing Date”), the Underwriter agrees to purchase the
number of Additional Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the
Manager may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Additional Shares to
be purchased on such Option Closing Date as the number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I
hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares.
3. Terms of Public Offering. The Company is advised by the Manager that the Underwriter
proposes to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Shares as soon after this
Agreement have become effective as in the Manager’s judgment is advisable. The Company is further
advised by the Manager that the Shares are to be offered to the
public initially at $6.25 per
share (the “Public Offering Price”).
4. Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Firm Shares to be sold by the Company shall be made
to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in Milwaukee, Wisconsin against
delivery of such Firm Shares for the account of the Underwriter at 10:00 a.m., Central Time, on
March 24, 2010, or at such other time on the same or such other date,
not later than March 31,
2010, as shall be designated in writing by the Manager. The time and date of such payment are
hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.”
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Payment for any Additional Shares shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds
immediately available in Milwaukee, Wisconsin against delivery of such Additional Shares for the
account of the Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., Central Time, on the date specified in the corresponding
notice described in Section 2 or at such other time on the same or on such other date, in any event
not later than ten business days after the expiration of such notice, as shall be designated in
writing by the Managers.
The Firm Shares and Additional Shares shall be registered in such names and in such
denominations as the Manager shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to
the Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be. The Firm Shares and
Additional Shares shall be delivered to the Manager on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date,
as the case may be, for the account of the Underwriter, with any transfer taxes payable in
connection with the transfer of the Shares to the Underwriter duly paid, against payment of the
Purchase Price therefor.
5. Conditions to the Underwriter’s Obligations. The several obligations of the Underwriter
are subject to the condition that all representations and warranties on the part of the Company
contained in this Agreement are, on the date hereof, on the Closing Date and on each Option Closing
Date, if any, true and correct, the condition that the Company has performed its obligations
required to be performed prior to the Closing Date and the following further conditions:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date
and each Option Closing Date, if any:
(i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given
of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does
not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the
securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized
statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2)
under the Securities Act; and
(ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in the assets, business, condition (financial or otherwise), management,
operations, earnings or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus that makes it, in the Manager’s judgment,
impracticable or inadvisable to offer or sell the Shares on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(b) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, if
any, a certificate, dated the Closing Date or such Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and
signed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, to the effect
that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and
correct as of the Closing Date or such Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and that the
Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to
be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date or such Option Closing Date, as
the case may be, and as to such other matters as the Manager may reasonably request. The delivery
of the certificate provided for in this Section 5(b) shall constitute a representation and warranty
of the Company as to the statements made in such certificate.
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(c) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, if
any, an opinion of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, outside counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or
such Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
counsel for the Underwriter to the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto. The opinion of Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxx LLP shall be rendered to the Underwriter at the request of the Company and shall so state
therein.
(d) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, if
any, an opinion of Xxxxxxx & Xxxx, S.C., counsel for the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date or
such Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriter. In rendering such opinion, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx, S.C. may rely as to matters of fact (but
not as to legal conclusions), to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible
officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and of public officials.
(e) The Underwriter shall have received, on each of the date hereof, the Closing Date and each
Option Closing Date, if any, a letter dated the date hereof, the Closing Date or the Option Closing
Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, from Deloitte &
Touche LLP, independent public accountants, containing statements and information of the type
ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial
statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall
use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof.
(f) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or
suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus
shall have been issued, and no proceedings for such purpose shall have been instituted or
threatened by the Commission; no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the
Registration Statement shall have been received; and all requests for additional information on the
part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the Manager’s reasonable satisfaction.
(g) The “lock up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, between the
Manager and certain officers and directors of the Company relating to sales and certain other
dispositions of shares of Common Stock or certain other securities, delivered to Manager on or
before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.
(h) The Shares shall have been approved for quotation on NASDAQ.
(i) FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness or reasonableness
of the underwriting, or other arrangements of the transactions, contemplated hereby.
The several obligations of the Underwriter to purchase Additional Shares hereunder are subject
to the delivery to the Manager on the applicable Option Closing Date of such documents as the
Manager may reasonably request, including certificates of officers of the Company, legal opinions
and an accountants’ comfort letter, and other matters related to the issuance of such Additional
Shares.
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6. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with the Underwriter as follows:
(a) To furnish to the Manager, without charge, two conformed copies of the Registration
Statement (including exhibits thereto) and for delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy
of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and to furnish to the Manager in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, without charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. Central Time on the business day next
succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period mentioned in Section 6(f) or 6(g)
below, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and any supplements and
amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as the Manager may reasonably request to
complete the distribution of the Shares.
(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus
or the Prospectus, to furnish to the Manager a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement
and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Manager objects, and to file
with the Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act
any prospectus required to be filed pursuant to such Rule.
(c) To furnish to the Manager a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared
by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and not to use or refer to any proposed
free writing prospectus to which the Manager objects in its reasonable discretion.
(d) Not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required
to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing
prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not
have been required to file thereunder.
(e) To advise the Manager promptly of any request by the Commission for amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement, Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus, Prospectus Supplement or Prospectus or for additional information with
respect thereto, or of notice of institution of proceedings for, or the entry of a stop order,
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of
any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus; and if the Commission
should enter such a stop order, to use its best efforts to obtain the lifting or removal of such
order as soon as possible.
(f) If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Shares at a time
when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or
condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale
Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not
misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale
Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or
if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time
of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission
and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriter and to any dealer upon request, either
amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale
Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when delivered
to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or
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supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of
Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(g) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as in the
opinion of counsel for the Underwriter after consultation with counsel for the Company the
Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is
required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event
shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the
Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the
Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is
delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter
after consultation with counsel for the Company, it is necessary to amend or supplement the
Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and
furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriter and to the dealers (whose names and addresses
Manager will furnish to the Company) to which Shares may have been sold by Manager on behalf of the
Underwriter and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the
Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the
light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule
173(a) under the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(h) If, at any time during the period when a prospectus is required by the Securities Act to
be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act or
any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Shares, the Registration Statement shall cease to
comply with the requirements of the Securities Act with respect to eligibility for the use of the
form on which the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission, to (i) promptly notify the
Manager, (ii) promptly file with the Commission a new registration statement under the Securities
Act, relating to the Shares, or a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, which new
registration statement or post-effective amendment shall comply with the requirements of the
Securities Act and shall be in a form satisfactory to the Manager, (iii) use its best efforts to
cause such new registration statement or post-effective amendment to become effective under the
Securities Act as soon as reasonably practicable, (iv) promptly notify the Manager of such
effectiveness and (v) take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering
and sale of the Shares to continue as contemplated in the Prospectus; all references herein to the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to include each such new registration statement or
post-effective amendment, if any;
(i) In the event that the third anniversary of the initial effective date of the Registration
Statement occurs before all the Shares have been sold by the Underwriter and the Underwriter has
provided notice to the Company of such fact at least 60 days prior to such date, prior to the third
anniversary to file a new shelf registration statement and to take any other action necessary to
permit the public offering of the Shares to continue without interruption; references herein to the
Registration Statement shall include the new registration statement declared effective by the
Commission.
(j) To file within the time period required by the Commission all reports and any definitive
proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the
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date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or, in lieu thereof,
the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required in connection with the
offering or sale of the Shares.
(k) Promptly to furnish such information or to take such action as the Manager may reasonably
request and otherwise to qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky”
laws of such jurisdictions as the Manager shall reasonably request, and to comply with such laws so
as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may
be necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a consent to service of process in
any jurisdiction (excluding service of process with respect to the offer and sale of the Shares);
and to promptly advise the Manager of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect
to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offer or sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(l) To make generally available to the Company’s security holders and to the Manager as soon
as practicable an earning statement covering a period of at least twelve months beginning after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Securities Act),
which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder.
(m) To use its best efforts to cause the Shares to be listed for quotation on NASDAQ and to
maintain the listing of the Common Stock, including the Shares, for quotation on NASDAQ.
(n) During the period beginning on the date of this Agreement and continuing to and including
90 days after the date of the Prospectus, and without the prior written consent of the Underwriter
with the authorization to release the lock-up letter, not to (1) to issue, offer, pledge, 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, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly
or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock, (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to
another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock,
whether such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of the
Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, (3) file any registration statement
with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of Common Stock or any securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock
(other than on Form S-8 relating to employee awards), or (4) publicly announce an
intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (1), (2) or (3). The restrictions
contained in the preceding sentence shall not apply to (i) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (ii)
the grant of options to purchase shares of Common Stock or shares of
restricted stock pursuant to the Company’s stock incentive
plans under the terms of such plans in effect on the date hereof,
provided such options or stock awards are granted
at fair market value and in amounts and with exercise or vesting terms consistent with the Company’s past
practice, or (iii) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an
option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date of the Underwriting
Agreement. 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 agreement 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
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event. The Company shall promptly notify Xxxxx of any earnings release, news or event that
may give rise to an extension of the initial 90-day restricted period.
(o) To prepare, if the Manager so requests, a final term sheet relating to the offering of the
Shares, containing only information that describes the final terms of the Shares or the offering in
a form consented to by the Manager, and to file such final term sheet within the period required by
Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) under the Securities Act following the date the final terms have been
established for the offering of the Shares.
(p) To comply with Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act (without reliance on Rule 164(b) under
the Securities Act) and with Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act.
(q) Not to take, directly or indirectly, any action designed, or which will constitute, or has
constituted, or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Shares.
(r) Not, at any time at or after the execution of this Agreement, to offer or sell any Shares
by means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Securities Act) or use any “prospectus”
(within the meaning of the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares,
except in each case other than the Prospectus.
(s) To maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of incorporation of
the Company, a registrar for the Common Stock.
(t) To apply the net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Shares in the manner set
forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus Supplement.
7. Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated
or this Agreement is terminated, the Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid all expenses
incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees,
disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and the Company’s accountants in connection
with the registration and delivery of the Shares under the Securities Act and all other fees or
expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus
prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and amendments and supplements
to any of the foregoing, including all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing,
shipping and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriter and dealers, in the quantities
hereinabove specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the
Shares to the Underwriter, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of
printing or producing any securities or blue sky memorandum in connection with the offer and sale
of the Shares under the securities laws of the jurisdictions in which the Shares may be offered or
sold and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under
such securities laws as provided in Section 6(k) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection with such qualification and in
connection with the Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum, (iv) all filing fees and the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriter incurred in connection with the
review and qualification of the offering of the Shares by FINRA, (v) all costs and expenses
incident to listing the Shares for quotation on NASDAQ, (vi) the cost of printing certificates
representing the
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Shares, (vii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (viii) the
costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken
in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Shares, including, without limitation,
expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any Road Show Information, expenses
associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any
consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the
Company, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any
such consultants, (ix) the document production charges and expenses associated with printing this
Agreement, (x) all expenses in connection with any offer and sale of the Shares outside of the
United States, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriter in connection with offers and sales outside of the United States, and (xi) except as
set forth in the next paragraph, all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the
obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section.
The Underwriter will pay all of its costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of
its counsel (except as provided in subsection (iv) of this Section, above) (including but not
limited to any travel and lodging expenses of the Underwriter’s representatives in connection with
the road show, with the Underwriter to bear a reasonable pro rata share of the direct costs of the
use of any Company aircraft by the Underwriter’s representatives in connection therewith), stock
transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Shares by them and any advertising expenses
connected with any offers they may make. Notwithstanding the above, if the sale of the Shares
provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriter
set forth in Section 5 is not satisfied, because of any termination of this Agreement by the
Underwriter pursuant to Section 9 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the
part of the Company to perform any obligation or covenant hereunder or comply with any provision
hereof other than by reason of a default by the Underwriter, the Company will reimburse the
Underwriter through the Manager on demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriter in connection with this
Agreement or the offering contemplated hereby.
The provisions of this Section shall not supersede or otherwise affect any agreement that the
Sellers may otherwise have for the allocation of such expenses among themselves.
8. Indemnity and Contribution (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of either Section
15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and each affiliate of the Underwriter
within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused
by, arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, or any omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free
writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any issuer information that
the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act, any
Road Show Information not constituting a free writing prospectus, or the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required
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to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances in which there were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be liable under this Section 8(a) to the extent that such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities are caused by, arise out of or are based upon any such untrue statement or omission or
alleged untrue statement or omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with
information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter
through the Manager expressly for use therein.
(b) The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the directors and
executive officers of the Company, the officers of the Company who sign the Registration Statement
and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either 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, any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by, arising
from or based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof or any omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free
writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that
the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act, any
road show not constituting a free writing prospectus, or the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in
which there were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that
such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made therein in
reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the
Company in writing by the Underwriter through the Manager expressly for use therein.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted
involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b)
such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity
may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the
indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to
represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such
proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In
any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the
fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such
counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include
both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the
same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them in
the opinion of such counsel. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of
the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related
proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for (i) the fees and expenses of more than one
separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Underwriter and all persons, if any, who
control the Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act or who are affiliates of the Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under
the
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Securities Act, and (ii) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to
any local counsel) for the Company, its directors and executive officers, its officers who sign the
Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of
either such Section, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred.
In the case of any such separate firm for the Underwriter and such control persons and affiliates
of the Underwriter, such firm shall be designated in writing by Baird. In the case of any such
separate firm for the Company, and such directors and executive officers, officers and control
persons of the Company, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Company. The indemnifying
party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the
indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability
by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time
an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party
for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this
paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it 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 such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying
party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the
date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of
which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought
hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of
such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in 8(a) or 8(b) is unavailable to an
indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred
to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party 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 indemnifying party or parties on the
one hand and the indemnified party or parties on the other hand from the offering of the Shares or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and of the
indemnified party or parties 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 on the one hand and the Underwriter
on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Shares shall be deemed to be in the same
respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Shares (before deducting
expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by
the Underwriter, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the
aggregate Public Offering Price of the Shares. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand
and the Underwriter 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 by the
Underwriter and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission.
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(e) The Company and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just or equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other
method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in
Section 8(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include, subject to
the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, the Underwriter shall not be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares
underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of
any damages that the 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 remedies
provided for in this Section 8 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which
may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
(f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 8 shall remain
operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii)
any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriter, any person controlling the Underwriter
or any affiliate of the Underwriter, or the Company, its officers or directors or any person
controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Shares.
9. Termination. The Underwriter may terminate this Agreement by notice given by the Manager
to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date
(a) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited or minimum prices shall have
been established on, or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ or the
NYSE AMEX Equities, (b) trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended or
materially limited on any exchange or in any over the counter market, (c) a material disruption in
securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred, (d)
any moratorium or material limitation on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by
Federal, Wisconsin or New York state authorities, (e) there shall have occurred any outbreak or
escalation of hostilities, act of terrorism involving the United States or declaration by the
United States of a national emergency or war, or (f) any other calamity or crisis or any change in
financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any
such event specified in clause (e) or (f), makes it, in the Manager’s judgment, impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto).
10. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery
hereof by the parties hereto.
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11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements, representations,
warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company and the Underwriter set forth or made
pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of the Underwriter or the Company or any of the officers, directors,
employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery
of and payment for the Shares. The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall survive the
termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
12. Entire Agreement. (a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written
agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that
relate to the offering of the Shares, represents the entire agreement between the Company, on the
one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other, with respect to the preparation of any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the
purchase and sale of the Shares.
(b) The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Shares: (i) the
Underwriter has acted at arm’s length and is not an agent of, and owes no fiduciary duties to, the
Company or any other person in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is advising the Company on other matters;
(ii) the Underwriter owes the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement
and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement), if any; (iii) the
Underwriter may have interests that differ from those of the Company and (iv) the Purchase Price
and the Public Offering Price of the Shares set forth in this Agreement were established and agreed
to by the Company following arm’s length discussions with the Underwriter, and the Company
understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may
have against the Underwriter arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with
the offering of the Shares.
13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original,
but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an
executed counterpart by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be equally as effective as
delivery of an original counterpart of this Agreement. The failure by a party to deliver an
original executed counterpart to this Agreement shall not affect the validity, enforceability and
binding effect of this Agreement.
14. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York.
15. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.
16. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt
and if to the Underwriter shall be delivered, mailed or sent to the Manager at Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx &
Co. Incorporated, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Fax: (000) 000-0000,
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, with a copy to the Legal Department, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx &
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Co. Incorporated, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Fax: (000) 000-0000;
and if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent to Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc., Attention:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000, Fax:
(000) 000-0000, with a copy to Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, 000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Fax: (000) 000-0000.
[Signature page follows]
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[Signature page to Underwriting Agent]
Very truly yours, COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
Accepted as of the date hereof
XXXXXX X. XXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
By: |
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: Director |
SCHEDULE I
Number of Firm | Number of | |||||||
Shares To Be | Additional Shares | |||||||
Underwriter | Purchased | To Be Purchased | ||||||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx & Co. Incorporated |
3,800,000 | 570,000 | ||||||
Total: |
3,800,000 | 570,000 | ||||||
SCHEDULE II
Time of Sale Prospectus
1.
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Preliminary Prospectus, including Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated March 18 and Base Prospectus dated February 4, 2010 | |
2.
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Orally communicated pricing information: | |
Number of Shares to be Sold: 3,800,000 | ||
Offering size: $23,750,000 | ||
Estimated net proceeds to the Company (after underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses): $22,050,000 | ||
Price per share: $6.25 | ||
Underwriting discount and commissions per share: 6.00% | ||
Trade date: March 18, 2010 | ||
Closing date: March 24, 2010 |
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(c)
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(c)
1. | The Company is validly existing as a corporation and in good standing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. | |
2. | The Company has the corporate power to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in those jurisdictions set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, and such counsel has been informed by representatives of the Company that those are the only jurisdictions in which the Company conducts its business or owns or leases property. | |
3. | Each of CVS Holdings, Inc. (“CVS”), Monona Corporation (“Monona”), National Seating Company (“NSC”), Xxxxxxx Devices, Inc. (“Xxxxxxx”), Trim Systems, Inc. (“Trim”) and Trim Systems Operating Corp. (“Trim Operating”) (collectively, the “Delaware Corporations”) is validly existing as a corporation and in good standing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Each of CVG European Holdings, LLC (“CVG European”) and Mayflower Vehicle Systems, LLC (“Mayflower”) (collectively, the “Delaware LLCs”) is validly existing as a limited liability company and in good standing under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act. Monona Wire Corporation (“Monona Wire”) is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the Iowa Business Corporations Act. | |
4. | Based solely on such counsel’s review of the minute books and stock records of such entities, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or limited liability company interests of CVG European, CVS, Mayflower, Monona, Monona Wire, Xxxxxxx, Trim and Trim Operating (collectively, the “Wholly Owned Significant Subsidiaries”) are owned of record by the Company or one of the other Wholly Owned Significant Subsidiaries. Based solely on such counsel’s review of stock records of NSC, 99.9% of the shares of NSC are owned of record by the Company. | |
5. | Each of the Delaware Corporations, the Delaware LLCs and Monona Wire (collectively, for purposes of this opinion, the “Significant Subsidiaries”) has the corporate or limited liability company power to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. | |
6. | The issuance and sale of the Firm Shares to be sold by the Company on the date hereof pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and when such Firm Shares are delivered against payment of the agreed consideration therefor in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement, such Firm Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. |
7. | The issuance and sale of the Firm Shares is not subject to any preemptive rights under the terms of the statute under which the Company is incorporated, under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or under any contractual provision of which such counsel has no knowledge. | |
8. | The Company’s authorized capital stock is as set forth under the heading “Description of Capital Stock” in the Base Prospectus. The statements set forth under the heading “Description of Capital Stock” in the Base Prospectus, to the extent that such statements purport to summarize certain terms and provisions of the Company’s capital stock, are correct in all material respects. | |
9. | The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. | |
10. | The Company is not required to obtain approval of the Company’s stockholders or any consent, approval, authorization or order of any governmental agency or any court or of any self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority (including, without limitation, NASDAQ) for the Company’s execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement and the sale of the Firm Shares under the Underwriting Agreement, except for the order by the Commission declaring the Registration Statement effective, which is addressed in paragraph 12 below. | |
11. | Such counsel does not know about any legal or governmental proceeding that is pending or threatened against the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries that has caused such counsel to conclude that such proceeding is required by Item 103 of Regulation S K to be described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus but that is not so described. Such counsel does not know about any contract or document to which the Company or one of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party or to which any of its property is subject that has caused such counsel to conclude that such contract or document is required to be described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus but is not so described or is required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement but has not been so filed. | |
12. | A “Notice of Effectiveness” has been issued by the Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance, pursuant to authority delegated to it by the Commission, declaring the Registration Statement effective under the Securities Act on February 4, 2010 (the “effective date”), and such counsel has no knowledge of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued or that any proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or overtly threatened by, the Commission. | |
13. | The execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement by the Company, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby by the Company do not (i) violate the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company or the certificate of incorporation or the certificate of formation, as applicable, or bylaws or operating agreement, as applicable, of the Significant Subsidiaries, (ii) constitute a violation by the Company of any applicable provision of any law, statute or regulation (except that such counsel expresses no opinion in this paragraph as to compliance with any disclosure requirement or any prohibition against fraud or misrepresentation), (iii) contravene any judgment, order or decree, in each case which have been identified to such counsel by the |
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Company, of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or (iv) breach, or result in a default under, any existing obligation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries under any of the agreements set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto (provided that in each case such counsel expresses no opinion as to compliance with any financial test or cross-default in any such agreement). Certain of these agreements contain debt incurrence tests and/or other financial covenants and tests; such counsel has not attempted to independently apply any of those covenants or tests. Representatives of the Company have, however, advised such counsel that they have applied all of those tests and covenants and have determined that none of those tests and covenants will be breached by the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, and such counsel has assumed without investigation that such advice and determination are correct. | ||
14. | The statements in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Final Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences,” insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters or documents referred to therein, are accurate in all material respects. | |
15. | The Company is not and, immediately after the sale of the Firm Shares to the Underwriter and application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Final Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Use of Proceeds,” will not be an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. | |
16. | Such counsel has no knowledge of any contract or agreements between the Company or any of its subsidiaries and any person granting such person the right to require the Company or such subsidiary to include any securities with the Shares registered pursuant to the Registration Statement that has not been otherwise complied with or waived. | |
17. | The Registration Statement, on February 4, 2010, and the Prospectus, as of March [19], 2010, appeared on their faces to have complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. | |
18. | Nothing has come to the attention of such counsel that has caused such counsel to conclude that (a) the Registration Statement, when it became effective, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (b) the Time of Sale Information as of 9:00 p.m. (Central time) on the date of the Underwriting Agreement, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (c) the Prospectus as of its date or the date hereof, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. |
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF LOCK-UP LETTER TO BE SIGNED BY OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
March 18, 2010
XXXXXX X. XXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
c/o Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx & Co. Incorporated
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
c/o Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx & Co. Incorporated
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx & Co. Incorporated (“Baird”) (the “Manager”)
proposes to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Commercial
Vehicle Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the
“Public Offering”) by the several Underwriters (the “Underwriters”), including the Managers, of
3,800,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (the
“Common Stock”).
To induce the Underwriters that may participate in the Public Offering to continue their
efforts in connection with the Public Offering, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the
prior written consent of Baird on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period
commencing on the date hereof and ending 90 days after the date of the final prospectus relating to
the Public Offering (the “Restricted Period”),
(1) offer, pledge, 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, lend, or otherwise
transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock;
(2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part,
any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction
described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other
securities, in cash or otherwise; or
(3) publicly announce an intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (1) or (2).
The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) transactions relating to shares of Common Stock or
other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering,
(b) transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock as a bona
fide gift, (c) transfers by will or intestate succession to the undersigned’s family or to a trust,
the beneficiaries of which are exclusively the undersigned or members of the undersigned’s family,
(d) distributions of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock to
limited partners or stockholders of the undersigned; provided that in the case of any transfer or
distribution pursuant to clause (b), (c) or (d), (i) each donee or distributee shall sign and
deliver a lock up letter substantially in the form of this letter and (ii) no filing under Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), reporting a
reduction in beneficial
ownership of shares of Common Stock, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the
Restricted Period, or (e) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the
Exchange Act for the sale of shares of Common Stock, provided that such plan does not provide for
the transfer of shares of Common Stock during the Restricted Period. In addition, the undersigned
agrees that, without the prior written consent of Baird on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not,
during the Restricted Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the
registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop
transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the
undersigned’s shares of Common Stock except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
If:
1. during the last 17 days of the 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 Restricted Period, the Company announces that it will
release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the restricted
period;
then the restrictions imposed by this agreement 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.
The undersigned shall not engage in any transaction that may be restricted by this agreement
during the 34-day period beginning on the last day of the Restricted Period unless the undersigned
requests and receives prior written confirmation from the Company or Baird that the restrictions
imposed by this agreement have expired.
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying upon this
agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Public Offering. The undersigned further
understands that this agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs,
legal representatives, successors and assigns.
This agreement shall automatically terminate if no Public Offering shall have occurred on or
before March 31, 2010.
Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including
market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement,
the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Underwriters.
[Signature Page Follows]
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Very truly yours, |
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(Name) | ||||
(Address) | ||||
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Exhibit C
SUBSIDIARIES OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP, INC.
Entity | Jurisdiction | Significant Subsidiary | ||||
1.
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Trim Systems, Inc. | Delaware | Yes | |||
2.
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Trim Systems Operating Corp. | Delaware | Yes | |||
3.
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CVG International Holdings, Inc. | Barbados | ||||
4.
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CVG Vehicle Components (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | China | ||||
5.
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CVS Holdings Limited | United Kingdom | Yes | |||
6.
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Commercial Vehicle Systems Limited | United Kingdom | Yes | |||
7.
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Xxxxxxx Limited | United Kingdom | Yes | |||
8.
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Xxxxxxx Investments Limited | United Kingdom | ||||
9.
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KAB Seating, L.L.C. | Delaware | ||||
10.
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Xxxxxxx International Limited | United Kingdom | ||||
11.
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KAB Seating AB | Sweden | ||||
12.
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KAB Seating PTY. LTD. | Australia | ||||
13.
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KAB Seating SA | Belgium | ||||
14.
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National Seating Company* | Delaware | Yes | |||
15.
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KAB Seating Limited | United Kingdom | Yes | |||
16.
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X. Xxxxxx Pressings Limited | United Kingdom | ||||
17.
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Wilton & Co. Pressings Limited | United Kingdom | ||||
18.
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Winston Cable Limited | United Kingdom |
Entity | Jurisdiction | Significant Subsidiary | ||||
19.
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KAB Tooling Limited | United Kingdom | ||||
20.
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Xxxxxxx Europe | United Kingdom | ||||
21.
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The C&P Jig & Tool Limited | United Kingdom | ||||
22.
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BB Seating Limited | United Kingdom | ||||
23.
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Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx Limited | United Kingdom | ||||
24.
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AJW Holdings Limited | United Kingdom | ||||
25.
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KAB Industries Limited | United Kingdom | ||||
26.
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KAB Pressings Limited | United Kingdom | ||||
27.
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KAB Components Limited | United Kingdom | ||||
28.
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XX Xxxxxxxx Small Pressings Limited | United Kingdom | ||||
29.
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Xxxxxxx Vehicle Components Limited | United Kingdom | ||||
30.
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Inbark Limited | United Kingdom | ||||
31.
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KAB Engineering Limited | United Kingdom | ||||
32.
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CVS Holdings, Inc. | Delaware | Yes | |||
33.
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Xxxxxxx Devices, Inc. | Delaware | Yes | |||
34.
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CVG Management Corporation | Delaware | ||||
35.
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CVG Logistics, LLC | Delaware | ||||
36.
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Mayflower Vehicle Systems, LLC | Delaware | Yes | |||
37.
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T.S. Mexico S. de X. X. de C.V. | Mexico | ||||
38.
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Monona Corporation | Delaware | Yes | |||
39.
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Monona Wire Corporation | Iowa | Yes |
Entity | Jurisdiction | Significant Subsidiary | ||||
40.
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Monona (Mexico) Holdings LLC | Illinois | ||||
41.
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MWC de Mexico S. de X.X. de C.V. | Mexico | ||||
42.
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EMD Servicious, S.A. de C.V. | Mexico | ||||
43.
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Cabarrus Plastics, Inc. | North Carolina | ||||
44.
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CVG European Holdings, LLC | Delaware | Yes | |||
45.
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CVG International GP | Bermuda | ||||
46.
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X.X.X.X. Xxxxxxx, xxxx. x.x.x. | Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||
00.
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CVG Czech Management, s.r.o. | Czech Republic | ||||
48.
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CVG Global s.a.r.l. | Luxembourg | Yes | |||
49.
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CVG Czech I s.r.o. | Czech Republic | Yes | |||
50.
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PEKM Kabeltechnik s.r.o. | Czech Republic | Yes | |||
51.
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Prettl MKRT Ukraine LLC | Ukraine | ||||
52.
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CVG Oregon, LLC | Delaware | ||||
53.
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CVG CS LLC* | Delaware | ||||
54.
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CVG XX X. de X.X. de C.V.* | Mexico | ||||
55.
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CVG AR LLC | Delaware |
* | This entity is not wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. |
EXHIBIT D
AGREEMENTS CREATING LIENS AGAINST CAPITAL STOCK OF COMPANY SUBSIDIARIES
1. | Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 7, 2009, by and among the Company and certain of its direct and indirect U.S. subsidiaries, as borrowers, and Bank of America, N.A., as agent and lender, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2009, and by Consent and Amendment No. 2 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2009. | |
2. | Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2009, by and among the Company and certain of its direct and indirect U.S. subsidiaries, as guarantors, certain financial institutions, as lenders, and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as agent. | |
3. | Indenture, dated as of July 6, 2005, by and among the Company the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, governing the Company’s 8% Senior Notes due 2013. | |
4. | Indenture, dated as of August 4, 2009, among the Company, the subsidiaries party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, governing the Company’s 11%/13% Third Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2013. |