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EXHIBIT 1
2,750,000 Shares
Apollo Group, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
January ___, 1996
XXXXX XXXXXX INC.
XXXX. XXXXX & SONS INCORPORATED
XXXXXXXXXX SECURITIES
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters
c/o XXXXX XXXXXX INC.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Sirs:
The shareholders of Apollo Group, Inc., an Arizona corporation (the
"Company"), listed on Part A of Schedule I hereto (the "Selling Shareholders")
propose to sell an aggregate of 2,750,000 shares of the Company's Class A Common
Stock, no par value, to the several Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto
(the "Underwriters"). The Company's Class A Common Stock, no par value, is
hereinafter referred to as the "Class A Common Stock" and the 2,750,000 shares
of Class A Common Stock to be sold to the Underwriters by the Selling
Shareholders are hereinafter referred to as the "Firm Shares". The Selling
Shareholders listed on Part B of Schedule I also propose to sell to the
Underwriters, upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 2 hereof, up to
an additional 412,500 shares (the "Additional Shares") of Class A Common Stock.
The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter collectively referred
to as the "Shares".
The Company and the Selling Shareholders desire to confirm as follows
their respective agreements with you (the "Representatives") and the other
several Underwriters on whose behalf you are acting, in connection with the
several purchases of the Shares by the Underwriters.
1. Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company has prepared
and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the
"Act"), a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Act (the "registration
statement"), including a prospectus subject to completion relating to the
Shares. The term "Registration Statement" as used in this Agreement means the
registration statement (including all financial schedules and exhibits), as
amended at the
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time it becomes effective, or, if the registration statement became effective
prior to the execution of this Agreement, as supplemented or amended prior to
the execution of this Agreement. If it is contemplated, at the time this
Agreement is executed, that a post-effective amendment to the registration
statement will be filed and must be declared effective before the offering of
the Shares may commence, the term "Registration Statement" as used in this
Agreement means the registration statement as amended by said post-effective
amendment. The term "Prospectus" as used in this Agreement means the prospectus
in the form included in the Registration Statement, or, if the prospectus
included in the Registration Statement omits information in reliance on Rule
430A under the Act and such information is included in a prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, the term "Prospectus" as
used in this Agreement means the prospectus in the form included in the
Registration Statement as supplemented by the addition of the Rule 430A
information contained in the prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b). The term "Prepricing Prospectus" as used in this Agreement means
the prospectus subject to completion in the form included in the registration
statement at the time of the initial filing of the registration statement with
the Commission, and as such prospectus shall have been amended from time to time
prior to the date of the Prospectus. Any reference in this Agreement to the
registration statement, the Registration Statement, any Prepricing Prospectus or
the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act,
as of the date of the registration statement, the Registration Statement, such
Prepricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference
to any amendment or supplement to the registration statement, the Registration
Statement, any Prepricing Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), which upon filing, are
incorporated by reference therein, as required by paragraph (b) of Item 12 of
Form S-3. As used herein, the term "Incorporated Documents" means the documents
which at the time are incorporated by reference in the registration statement,
the Registration Statement, any Prepricing Prospectus, the Prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereto.
2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. Subject to such adjustments as
you may determine in order to avoid fractional shares, each Selling Shareholder
hereby agrees, subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, to sell
to each Underwriter and, upon the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements of the Company and the Selling Shareholders herein contained and
subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Underwriter
agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from each Selling Shareholder, at
a purchase price of $_______ per Share (the "purchase price per share"), that
number of Firm Shares which bears the same proportion to the number of Firm
Shares set forth opposite the name of such Selling Shareholder in Schedule I
hereto as the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such
Underwriter in Schedule II hereto (or such number of Firm Shares increased as
set forth in Section 12 hereof) bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares to
be sold by the Selling Shareholders.
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The Selling Shareholders listed on Part B of Schedule I hereto also
agree, subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, to sell to the
Underwriters, and, upon the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements of the Company and the Selling Shareholders herein contained and
subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Underwriters shall
have the right to purchase from the Selling Shareholders listed on Part B of
Schedule I hereto, at the purchase price per share, pursuant to an option (the
"over-allotment option") which may be exercised at any time and from time to
time prior to 9:00 P.M., New York City time, on the 30th day after the date of
the Prospectus (or, if such 30th day shall be a Saturday or Sunday or a holiday,
on the next business day thereafter when the New York Stock Exchange is open for
trading), up to an aggregate of 412,500 Additional Shares from the Selling
Shareholders listed on Part B of Schedule I hereto (the maximum number of
Additional Shares which each of them agrees to sell upon the exercise by the
Underwriters of the over-allotment option is set forth opposite their respective
names in Part B of Schedule I). Additional Shares may be purchased only for the
purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the
Firm Shares. The number of Additional Shares which the Underwriters elect to
purchase upon any exercise of the over-allotment option shall be provided by
each Selling Shareholder who has agreed to sell Additional Shares in proportion
to the respective maximum numbers of Additional Shares which each such Selling
Shareholder has agreed to sell. Upon any exercise of the over-allotment option,
each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company
the number of Additional Shares (subject to such adjustments as you may
determine in order to avoid fractional shares) which bears the same proportion
to the number of Additional Shares to be sold by each Selling Shareholder who
has agreed to sell Additional Shares as the number of Firm Shares set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule II hereto (or such number of
Firm Shares increased as set forth in Section 12 hereof) bears to the aggregate
number of Firm Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholders.
Certificates in transferable form for the Shares (including any
Additional Shares) which each of the Selling Shareholders agrees to sell
pursuant to this Agreement have been placed in custody with First Interstate
Bank of Arizona (the "Custodian") for delivery under this Agreement pursuant
to a Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney (the "Custody Agreement") executed
by each of the Selling Shareholders appointing Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx and Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx, and each of them, as agents and attorneys-in-fact (the
"Attorneys-in-Fact"). Each Selling Shareholder agrees that (i) the Shares
represented by the certificates held in custody pursuant to the Custody
Agreement are subject to the interests of the Underwriters, the Company and each
other Selling Shareholder, (ii) the arrangements made by the Selling
Shareholders for such custody are, except as specifically provided in the
Custody Agreement, irrevocable, and (iii) the obligations of the Selling
Shareholders hereunder and under the Custody Agreement shall not be terminated
by any act of such Selling Shareholder or by operation of law, whether by the
death or incapacity of any Selling Shareholder or the occurrence of any other
event. If any Selling Shareholder shall die or be incapacitated or if any other
event shall occur before the delivery of the Shares hereunder, certificates for
the Shares of such Selling Shareholder shall be delivered to the Underwriters by
the Attorneys-in-Fact in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
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Agreement and the Custody Agreement as if such death or incapacity or other
event had not occurred, regardless of whether or not the Attorneys-in-Fact or
any Underwriter shall have received notice of such death, incapacity or other
event. Each Attorney-in-Fact is authorized, on behalf of each of the Selling
Shareholders, to execute this Agreement and any other documents necessary or
desirable in connection with the sale of the Shares to be sold hereunder by such
Selling Shareholder, to make delivery of the certificates for such Shares, to
receive the proceeds of the sale of such Shares, to give receipts for such
proceeds, to pay therefrom any expenses to be borne by such Selling Shareholder
in connection with the sale and public offering of such Shares, to distribute
the balance thereof to such Selling Shareholder, and to take such other action
as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. Each Attorney-in-Fact agrees to perform his
duties under the Custody Agreement.
3. Terms of Public Offering. Each of the Selling Shareholders has
been advised by you that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of
their Shares as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement have
become effective as in your judgment is advisable and to offer the Shares upon
the terms set forth in the Prospectus.
4. Delivery of the Shares and Payment Therefor. Delivery to the
Underwriters of and payment for the Firm Shares shall be made at the office of
O'Melveny & Xxxxx, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, XX
00000, at 7:00 A.M., local time, on January ___, 1996 (the "Closing Date"). The
place of closing for the Firm Shares and the Closing Date may be varied by
agreement among you, and the Company and the Attorneys-in-Fact.
Delivery to the Underwriters of and payment for any Additional Shares
to be purchased by the Underwriters shall be made at the aforementioned office
of O'Melveny & Xxxxx at such time on such date (the "Option Closing Date"),
which may be the same as the Closing Date but shall in no event be earlier than
the Closing Date nor earlier than three nor later than ten business days after
the giving of the notice hereinafter referred to, as shall be specified in a
written notice from you on behalf of the Underwriters to the Attorneys-in- Fact
(with a copy to the Company) of the Underwriters' determination to purchase a
number, specified in such notice, of Additional Shares. The place of closing for
any Additional Shares and the Option Closing Date for such Shares may be varied
by agreement among you, the Company and the Attorneys-in-Fact.
Certificates for the Firm Shares and for any Additional Shares to be
purchased hereunder shall be registered in such names and in such denominations
as you shall request prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the third
business day preceding the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, as the case
may be. Such certificates shall be made available to you in New York City for
inspection and packaging not later than 9:30 A.M., New York City time, on the
business day next preceding the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the
case may be. The certificates evidencing the Firm Shares and any Additional
Shares to be purchased hereunder shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date
or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, against payment of the purchase
price
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therefor by certified or official bank check or checks payable in Los Angeles
Clearing House (next day) funds to the order of the Attorneys-in-Fact.
5. Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the several
Underwriters as follows:
(a) If, at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it
is necessary for the Registration Statement or a post-effective amendment
thereto to be declared effective before the offering of the Shares may commence,
the Company will endeavor to cause the Registration Statement or such
post-effective amendment to become effective as soon as possible and will advise
you promptly and, if requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing, when
the Registration Statement or such post-effective amendment has become
effective.
(b) The Company will advise you promptly and, if requested by
you, will confirm such advice in writing: (i) of any request by the Commission
for amendment of or a supplement to the Registration Statement, any Prepricing
Prospectus or the Prospectus or for additional information; (ii) of the issuance
by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or of the suspension of qualification of the Shares for
offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for
such purpose; and (iii) within the period of time referred to in paragraph (f)
below, of any change in the Company's or any Subsidiary's (as hereinafter
defined) condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties, net
worth or results of operations, or of the happening of any event, which makes
any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) untrue or which requires the making
of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
(as then amended or supplemented) in order to state a material fact required by
the Act or the regulations thereunder to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein not misleading, or of the necessity to amend or
supplement the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) to comply with the
Act or any other law. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will
make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the
earliest possible time.
(c) The Company will furnish to you, without charge, (i) four
signed copies of the registration statement as originally filed with the
Commission and of each amendment thereto, including financial statements and all
exhibits to the registration statement, (ii) such number of conformed copies of
the registration statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto,
but without exhibits, as you may request, (iii) such number of copies of the
Incorporated Documents, without exhibits, as you may request, and (iv) four
copies of the exhibits to the Incorporated Documents.
(d) The Company will not file any amendment to the Registration
Statement or make any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or, prior to the
end of the period of time referred to in the first sentence in subsection (f)
below, file any
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document which, upon filing becomes an Incorporated Document, of which you shall
not previously have been advised or to which, after you shall have received a
copy of the document proposed to be filed, you shall reasonably object.
(e) Prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Company has delivered to you, without charge, in such quantities as you have
requested, copies of each form of the Prepricing Prospectus. The Company
consents to the use, in accordance with the provisions of the Act and with the
securities or Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Shares are offered
by the several Underwriters and by dealers, prior to the date of the Prospectus,
of each Prepricing Prospectus so furnished by the Company.
(f) As soon after the execution and delivery of this Agreement
as possible and thereafter from time to time for such period as in the opinion
of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus is required by the Act to be
delivered in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer, the Company
will expeditiously deliver to each Underwriter and each dealer, without charge,
as many copies of the Prospectus (and of any amendment or supplement thereto) as
you may request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus (and of any
amendment or supplement thereto) in accordance with the provisions of the Act
and with the securities or Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the
Shares are offered by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom Shares
may be sold, both in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares and for
such period of time thereafter as the Prospectus is required by the Act to be
delivered in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer. If during such
period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Company or in
the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters is required to be set forth in the
Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) or should be set forth therein in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or
amend the Prospectus (or to file under the Exchange Act any document which, upon
filing, becomes and Incorporated Document) in order to comply with the Act or
any other law, the Company will forthwith prepare and, subject to the provisions
of paragraph (d) above, file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or
amendment thereto (or to such document), and will expeditiously furnish to the
Underwriters and dealers a reasonable number of copies thereof. In the event
that the Company and you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, agree
that the Prospectus should be amended or supplemented, the Company, if requested
by you, will promptly issue a press release announcing or disclosing the matters
to be covered by the proposed amendment or supplement.
(g) The Company will cooperate with you and with counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares
for offering and sale by the several Underwriters and by dealers under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you may designate and will
file such consents to service of process or other documents necessary or
appropriate in order to effect such registration or qualification; provided that
in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any
jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action which
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would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of
the offering or sale of the Shares, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so
subject.
(h) The Company will make generally available to its security
holders a consolidated earnings statement, which need not be audited, covering a
twelve-month period commencing after the effective date of the Registration
Statement and ending not later than 15 months thereafter, as soon as practicable
after the end of such period, which consolidated earnings statement shall
satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act.
(i) During the period of five years hereafter, the Company will
furnish to you and your counsel, O'Melveny & Xxxxx (i) as soon as available, a
copy of each report of the Company mailed to holders of the Company's Class A
Common Stock or filed with the Commission, and (ii) from time to time such other
information concerning the Company as you may reasonably request.
(j) If this Agreement shall terminate or shall be terminated
after execution pursuant to any provisions hereof (otherwise than pursuant to
the second paragraph of Section 12 hereof or by notice given by you terminating
this Agreement pursuant to Section 12 or Section 13 hereof) or if this Agreement
shall be terminated by the Underwriters because of any failure or refusal on the
part of the Company or the Selling Shareholders to comply with the terms or
fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the Company and the Selling
Shareholders agree to reimburse the Representatives for all out-of-pocket
expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters) incurred
by you in connection herewith.
(k) [Reserved].
(l) If Rule 430A of the Act is employed, the Company will timely
file the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and will advise you of
the time and manner of such filing.
(m) Except as provided in this Agreement and except pursuant to
the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan and
Director Stock Plan, the Company will not sell, contract to sell or otherwise
dispose of any Class A Common Stock or any securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock, or grant any options or
warrants to purchase Class A Common Stock, for a period of 180 days after the
date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.
(n) The Company has furnished or will furnish to you "lock-up"
letters, in form and substance satisfactory to you, signed by each of its
current officers and directors.
(o) Except as stated in this Agreement and in the Prepricing
Prospectus and Prospectus, the Company has not taken, nor will it take, directly
or indirectly, any action designed to or that might reasonably be expected to
cause or result in stabilization or
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manipulation of the price of the Class A Common Stock to facilitate the sale or
resale of the Shares.
6. Agreements of the Selling Shareholders. Each of the Selling
Shareholders agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) Such Selling Shareholder will cooperate to the extent
necessary to cause the registration statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto to become effective at the earliest possible time.
(b) Such Selling Shareholder will pay all federal and other
taxes, if any, on the transfer or sale of the Shares being sold by the Selling
Shareholder to the Underwriters.
(c) Such Selling Shareholder will do or perform all things
required to be done or performed by the Selling Shareholder prior to the Closing
Date or any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, to satisfy all conditions
precedent to the delivery of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
(d) Such Selling Shareholder will not sell, contract to sell or
otherwise dispose of any Common Stock, except for the sale of Shares to the
Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, prior to the expiration of 180 days
after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Inc.
(e) Except as stated in this Agreement and in the Prepricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus, such Selling Shareholder will not take, directly
or indirectly, any action designed to or that might reasonably be expected to
cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common
Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(f) Such Selling Shareholder will advise you promptly, and if
requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing, within the period of time
referred to in Section 5(f) hereof, of any change in the Company's condition
(financial or other), business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of
operations or of any change in information relating to such Selling Shareholder
or the Company or any new information relating to the Company or relating to any
matter stated in the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto which
comes to the attention of such Selling Shareholder that suggests that any
statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as then amended
or supplemented, if amended or supplemented) is or may be untrue in any material
respect or that the Registration Statement or Prospectus (as then amended or
supplemented, if amended or supplemented) omits or may omit to state a material
fact or a fact necessary to
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be stated therein in order to make the statements therein not misleading in any
material respect, or of the necessity to amend or supplement the Prospectus (as
then amended or supplemented, if amended or supplemented) in order to comply
with the Act or any other law.
7. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company
represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) Each Prepricing Prospectus included as part of the
registration statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment or
supplement thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, complied when
so filed in all material respects with the provisions of the Act. The Commission
has not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of any Prepricing
Prospectus.
(b) The Company and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement meet the requirements for using Form S-3 under the Act. The
registration statement in the form in which it became or becomes effective and
also in such form as it may be when any post-effective amendment thereto shall
become effective and the prospectus and any supplement or amendment thereto when
filed with the Commission under Rule 424(b) under the Act, or any registration
statement filed with the Commission under Rule 462 (b) under the Act, complied
or will comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Act and did
not or will not at any such times contain an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, except that this representation and
warranty does not apply to statements in or omissions from the registration
statement or the prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by
or on behalf of any Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.
(c) The Incorporated Documents heretofore filed, when they were
filed (or, if any amendment with respect to any such document was filed, when
such amendment was filed), conformed in all material respects with the
requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and
any further Incorporated Documents so filed will, when they are filed, conform
in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations thereunder; no such document when it was filed (or, if an
amendment with respect to any such document was filed, when such amendment was
filed), contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading; and no such further document, when it is
filed, will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or will omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading.
(d) All the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock of the
Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and
nonassessable and are free
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of any preemptive or similar rights, and the capital stock of the Company
conforms to the description thereof in the registration statement and the
prospectus.
(e) The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly
existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Arizona with full
corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, and is duly registered and qualified to conduct its business and is
in good standing in each jurisdiction or place where the nature of its
properties or the conduct of its business requires such registration or
qualification, except where the failure so to register or qualify does not have
a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), business,
properties, net worth or results of operations of the Company and the
Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined) taken as a whole.
(f) All the Company's significant subsidiaries (collectively,
the "Subsidiaries") are listed on Exhibit A attached hereto. Each Subsidiary is
a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing in the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, with full corporate power and authority to
own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and is duly registered and
qualified to conduct its business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
or place where the nature of its properties or the conduct of its business
requires such registration or qualification, except where the failure so to
register or qualify does not have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or other), business, properties, net worth or results of operations
of such Subsidiary; all the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the
Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and
nonassessable, and are owned by the Company directly, or indirectly through one
of the other Subsidiaries, free and clear of any lien, adverse claim, security
interest, equity or other encumbrance.
(g) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or,
to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries, or to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or to which
any of their respective properties is subject, that are required to be described
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus but are not described as
required, and there are no agreements, contracts, indentures, leases or other
instruments that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or
any Incorporated Document that are not described or filed as required by the Act
or the Exchange Act.
(h) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in
material violation of its certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws,
or other organizational documents, or of any law, ordinance, administrative
decree of any court or governmental rule or regulation applicable to the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries, or of any decree of any court or governmental agency
or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or in
default in any material respect in the performance of any material obligation,
agreement or condition contained in any bond, debenture, note or any other
evidence of indebtedness or in any material agreement, indenture, lease or other
instrument
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to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of
them or any of their respective properties may be bound.
(i) Neither the sale of the Shares, the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement by the Company nor the consummation by the Company
of the transactions contemplated hereby (i) requires any consent, approval,
authorization or other order of or registration or filing with, any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body, agency, or
official (except such as may be required for the registration of the Shares
under the Act and the Exchange Act and compliance with the securities or Blue
Sky laws of various jurisdictions, all of which have been or will be effected in
accordance with this Agreement and except for those consents, approvals and
authorizations that have been obtained by the Company), or conflicts or will
conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach of, or a default under,
the certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws, or other organizational
documents, of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or (ii) conflicts or will
conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a material breach of, or a
material default under, any agreement, indenture, lease or other instrument to
which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them
or any of their respective properties may be bound (except for those agreements,
leases or other instruments for which the Company has obtained consents), or
materially violates or will materially violate any statute, law, regulation,
filing or judgment, injunction, order or decree applicable to the Company or any
of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, or will result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or
assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any
agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them
may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of any of them is
subject.
(j) The accountants, Price Waterhouse LLP, who have certified or
shall certify the financial statements included or incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) are independent public accountants with respect to the Company within
the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations
thereunder.
(k) The financial statements, together with related schedules
and notes, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto), present fairly the
consolidated financial position, results of operations and changes in financial
position of the Company and the Subsidiaries on the basis stated in the
Registration Statement at the respective dates or for the respective periods to
which they apply; such statements and related schedules and notes have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed
therein; and the other financial and statistical information and data included
or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
(and any amendment or supplement thereto) are accurately presented and prepared
on a basis consistent with such financial statements and the books and records
of the Company and the Subsidiaries.
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(l) The execution and delivery of, and the performance by the
Company of its obligations under, this Agreement have been duly and validly
authorized by the Company, and this Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Company and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement
of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by
federal or state securities laws.
(m) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or in the Incorporated
Documents, subsequent to the respective dates as of which such information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto) or in the Incorporated Documents, neither the Company nor
any of the Subsidiaries has incurred any liability or obligation, direct or
contingent, or entered into any transaction, not in the ordinary course of
business, that is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
and there has not been any change in the capital stock, or material increase in
the short-term debt or long-term debt, of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries, or any material adverse change, or any development involving or
which may reasonably be expected to involve, a prospective material adverse
change, in the condition (financial or other), business, net worth, or results
of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(n) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has good and
marketable title to all property (real and personal) described in the Prospectus
as being owned by it, free and clear of all material liens, claims, security
interests or other encumbrances except such as are described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus or in a document filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement or in the Incorporated Documents and all the property
described in the Prospectus as being held under lease by each of the Company and
the Subsidiaries is held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases.
(o) The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to
occur of (i) the Closing Date and (ii) completion of the distribution of the
Shares, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the
offering and sale of the Shares other than the Registration Statement, the
Prepricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or other materials, if any, permitted by
the Act.
(p) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries have all necessary
accreditation approvals, governmental authorizations, orders, licenses,
certificates, franchises and permits of and from all accreditation agencies and
governmental or regulatory authorities, including without limitation, all
authorizations required for participation in federal financial aid programs
under Title IV ("Title IV Programs") of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (collectively, "permits"), as are necessary to own its respective
properties and to conduct its business in the manner described in the
Prospectus, subject to such qualifications as may be set forth in the
Prospectus; the Company and each of the Subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed
all its material obligations with respect to such permits and no event has
occurred or condition exists which allows, or after notice or lapse of time
would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in any other material
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impairment of the rights of the holder of any such permit, subject in each case
to such qualification as may be set forth in the Prospectus; and, except as
described in the Prospectus, none of such permits contains any restriction that
is materially burdensome to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.
(q) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to
maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(r) To the Company's knowledge, neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries nor any employee or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary has
made any payment of funds of the Company or any Subsidiary or received or
retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation, which payment,
receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the
Prospectus.
(s) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries have filed all tax
returns required to be filed, which returns are complete and correct, and
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default in the payment of any taxes
which were payable pursuant to said returns or any assessments with respect
thereto.
(t) No holder of any security of the Company has any right to
require registration of shares of Class A Common Stock or any other security of
the Company because of the filing of the registration statement or consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(u) The Company and the Subsidiaries own or possess all patents,
trademarks, trademark registrations, service marks, service xxxx registrations,
trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets and rights
described in the Prospectus as being owned by them or any of them or necessary
for the conduct of their respective businesses, and the Company is not aware of
any claim to the contrary or any challenge by any other person to the rights of
the Company and the Subsidiaries with respect to the foregoing.
(v) The Company is not an "investment company" within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(w) The Company has complied with all provisions of Florida
Statutes, SS 517.075, relating to doing business with Cuba.
8. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholders. Each
Selling Shareholder represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
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(a) Such Selling Shareholder now has, and on the Closing Date
and any Option Closing Date will have, valid and marketable title to the Shares
to be sold by such Selling Shareholder, free and clear of any lien, claim,
security interest or other encumbrance, including, without limitation, any
restriction on transfer.
(b) Such Selling Shareholder now has, and on the Closing Date
and any Option Closing Date will have, full legal right, power and
authorization, and any approval required by law, to sell, assign transfer and
deliver such Shares in the manner provided in this Agreement, and upon delivery
of and payment for such Shares hereunder, the several Underwriters will acquire
valid and marketable title to such Shares, free and clear of any lien, claim,
security interest, or other encumbrance.
(c) This Agreement and the Custody Agreement have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder
and are the valid and binding agreements of such Selling Shareholder enforceable
against such Selling Shareholder in accordance with their respective terms.
(d) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the
Custody Agreement by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder nor the
consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated by or on behalf
of such Selling Shareholder requires any consent, approval, authorization or
order of, or filing or registration with, any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental body, agency or official (except
such as may be required under the Act or such as may be required under state
securities or Blue Sky laws governing the purchase and distribution of the
Shares) or conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a
breach of, or default under, or violates or will violate, any agreement,
indenture or other instrument to which such Selling Shareholder is a party or by
which such Selling Shareholder is or may be bound or to which any of such
Selling Shareholder's property or assets is subject, or any statute, law, rule,
regulation, ruling, judgment, injunction, order or decree applicable to such
Selling Shareholder or to any property or assets of such Selling Shareholder.
(e) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus, insofar as
they relate to such Selling Shareholder, do not and will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(f) Such Selling Shareholder does not have any knowledge or any
reason to believe that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto) contains any untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(g) The representations and warranties of such Selling
Shareholder in the Custody Agreement are, and on the Closing Date and any Option
Closing Date will be, true
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and correct and the Underwriters are entitled to rely on such representations
and warranties as if they were made directly to them.
(h) Such Selling Shareholder has not taken, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to or that might reasonably be expected to cause
or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Class A Common
Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares, except for the lock-up
arrangements described in the Prospectus.
9. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company and each Selling Shareholder, jointly and
severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each of you and each other
Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including
reasonable costs of investigation) arising out of or based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Prepricing Prospectus or in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in
any amendment or supplement thereto, or arising out of or based upon 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,
except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses arise
out of or are based upon any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission which has been made therein or omitted therefrom in
reliance upon and in conformity with the information relating to such
Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any
Underwriter through you expressly for use in connection therewith; provided,
however, that the indemnification contained in this paragraph (a) with respect
to any Prepricing Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter
(or to the benefit of any person controlling such Underwriter) on account of any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense arising from the sale of the
Shares by such Underwriter to any person if a copy of the Prospectus shall not
have been delivered or sent to such person within the time required by the Act
and the regulations thereunder, and the untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission of a material fact contained in such
Prepricing Prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus, provided that the Company
has delivered the Prospectus to the several Underwriters in requisite quantity
on a timely basis to permit such delivery or sending. The foregoing indemnity
agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Company or any Selling
Shareholder may otherwise have.
(b) If any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against
any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter in respect of which
indemnity may be sought against the Company or any Selling Shareholder, such
Underwriter or such controlling person shall promptly notify the parties against
whom indemnification is being sought (the "indemnifying parties"), and such
indemnifying parties shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment
of counsel and payment of all fees and expenses. Such Underwriter or any such
controlling person shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
action, suit or proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the
fees
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and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Underwriter or such
controlling person unless (i) the indemnifying parties have agreed in writing to
pay such fees and expenses, (ii) the indemnifying parties have failed to assume
the defense and employ counsel, or (iii) the named parties to any such action,
suit or proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such
Underwriter or such controlling person and the indemnifying parties and such
Underwriter or such controlling person shall have been advised by its counsel
that representation of such indemnified party and any indemnifying party by the
same counsel would be inappropriate under applicable standards of professional
conduct (whether or not such representation by the same counsel has been
proposed) due to actual or potential differing interests between them (in which
case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of
such action, suit or proceeding on behalf of such Underwriter or such
controlling person). It is understood, however, that the indemnifying parties
shall, in connection with any one such action, suit or proceeding or separate
but substantially similar or related actions, suits or proceedings in the same
jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be
liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of only one separate firm of
attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time for all such
Underwriters and controlling persons not having actual or potential differing
interests with you or among themselves, which firm shall be designated in
writing by Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc., and that all such fees and expenses shall be
reimbursed as they are incurred. The indemnifying parties shall not be liable
for any settlement of any such action, suit or proceeding effected without their
written consent, but if settled with such written consent, or if there be a
final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, suit or proceeding, the
indemnifying parties agree to indemnify and hold harmless any Underwriter, to
the extent provided in the preceding paragraph, and any such controlling person
from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such
settlement or judgment.
(c) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign
the Registration Statement, each Selling Shareholder, and any person who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section
20(a) of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from
the Company and the Selling Shareholders to each Underwriter, but only with
respect to information relating to such Underwriter furnished in writing by or
on behalf of such Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or any Prepricing Prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto. If any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against
the Company, any of its directors, any such officer, any Selling Shareholder, or
any such controlling person based on the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
or any Prepricing Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and in
respect of which indemnity may be sought against any Underwriter pursuant to
this paragraph (c), such Underwriter shall have the rights and duties given to
the Company by paragraph (b) above (except that if the Company shall have
assumed the defense thereof such Underwriter shall not be required to do so, but
may employ separate counsel therein and participate in the defense thereof, but
the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at such Underwriter's expense),
and the Company, its directors, any such officer, Selling Shareholder, and any
such controlling person shall have
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the rights and duties given to the Underwriters by paragraph (b) above. The
foregoing indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which any
Underwriter may otherwise have.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is
unavailable to an indemnified party under paragraph (a) hereof in respect of any
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then an
indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (i) in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and
the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand
from the offering of the Shares, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause
(i) 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 Company and the Selling Shareholders on
the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements
or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand
and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion
as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received
by the Company and the Selling Shareholders bear to the total underwriting
discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set
forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus; provided that, in the
event that the Underwriters shall have purchased any Additional Shares
hereunder, any determination of the relative benefits received by the Company,
the Selling Shareholders or the Underwriters from the offering of the Shares
shall include the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the
Company and the Selling Shareholders, and the underwriting discounts and
commissions received by the Underwriters, from the sale of such Additional
Shares, in each case computed on the basis of the respective amounts set forth
in the notes to the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative
fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company or the Selling Shareholders on the one hand or by the
Underwriters on the other hand and the parties' relative intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission.
(e) The Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
Section 9 were determined by a pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters
were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of
allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred
to in paragraph (c) above. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as
a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to in
paragraph (c) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in
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connection with investigating any claim or defending any such action, suit or
proceeding. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price of the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public
exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within
the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
Underwriters' obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several
in proportion to the respective numbers of Firm Shares set forth opposite their
names in Schedule II hereto (or such numbers of Firm Shares increased as set
forth in Section 12 hereof) and not joint.
(f) No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or
threatened action, suit or 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 action, suit or proceeding.
(g) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for
which an indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under
this Section 9 shall be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified party
as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are incurred. The
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 9 and the
representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholders set
forth in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect,
regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or
any person controlling any Underwriter, the Company, its directors or officers
or the Selling Shareholders or any person controlling the Company, (ii)
acceptance of any Shares and payment therefor hereunder, and (iii) any
termination of this Agreement. A successor to any Underwriter or any person
controlling any Underwriter, or to the Company, its directors or officers, or
any person controlling the Company, shall be entitled to the benefits of the
indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this Section
9.
10. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The several obligations
of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares hereunder are subject to the
following conditions:
(a) If, at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it
is necessary for the registration statement or a post-effective amendment
thereto to be declared effective before the offering of the Shares may commence,
the registration statement or such post-- effective amendment shall have become
effective not later than 5:30 P.M., New York City time, on the date hereof, or
at such later date and time as shall be consented to in writing by you, and all
filings, if any, required by Rules 424 and 430A under the Act shall have been
timely made; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration
statement shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have
been instituted or, to
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the knowledge of the Company or any Underwriter, threatened by the Commission,
and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in
the registration statement or the prospectus or otherwise) shall have been
complied with to your satisfaction.
(b) Subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, there
shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or other),
business, properties, net worth, or results of operations of the Company or the
Subsidiaries not contemplated by the Prospectus, which in your opinion, as
Representatives of the several Underwriters, would materially, adversely affect
the market for the Shares, or (ii) any event or development relating to or
involving the Company or any officer or director of the Company or any Selling
Shareholder which makes any statement made in the Prospectus untrue or which, in
the opinion of the Company and its counsel or the Underwriters and their
counsel, requires the making of any addition to or change in the Prospectus in
order to state a material fact required by the Act or any other law to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, if
amending or supplementing the Prospectus to reflect such event or development
would, in your opinion, as Representatives of the several Underwriters,
materially adversely affect the market for the Shares.
(c) You shall have received on the Closing Date, an opinion of
Xxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., counsel for the Company and the Selling Shareholders,
dated the Closing Date and addressed to you, as Representatives of the several
Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and
validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Arizona and has
full corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and
to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto), and is duly registered and
qualified to conduct its business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
or place where the nature of its properties or the conduct of its business
requires such registration or qualification, except where the failure so to
register or qualify does not have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or other), business, properties, net worth or results of operations
of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(ii) Each of the Subsidiaries is a corporation duly
organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization, with full corporate power and authority to
own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or
supplement thereto); and all the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of
the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid
and nonassessable, and are owned of record by the Company directly, or
indirectly through one of the other Subsidiaries, free and clear of any
perfected security interest, or, to the best knowledge of such counsel after
reasonable inquiry, any other security interest, lien, adverse claim, equity or
other encumbrance;
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(iii) The authorized and outstanding capital stock of
the Company is as set forth under the caption "Capitalization" in the
Prospectus; and the authorized capital stock of the Company conforms in all
material respects as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in
the Prospectus under the caption "Description of Capital Stock; "
(iv) All the shares of capital stock of the Company
outstanding as of the date hereof have been duly authorized and validly issued,
are fully paid and nonassessable, and have not been issued in violation of any
preemptive, or to the best knowledge of such counsel after reasonable inquiry,
similar rights that entitle persons to acquire any such shares;
(v) The form of certificates for the Shares conforms
to the requirements of the Arizona General Corporation Law;
(vi) The Registration Statement and all post-effective
amendments, if any, have become effective under the Act and, to the best
knowledge of such counsel after reasonable inquiry, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings
for that purpose are pending before or contemplated by the Commission; and any
required filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in
accordance with Rule 424(b);
(vii) The Company has corporate power and authority to
enter into this Agreement, and this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company and, if governed by Arizona law, the Agreement
would be a valid, legal and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement of
rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by Federal or
state securities laws or principles of public policy and subject to the
qualification that the enforceability of the Company's obligations hereunder may
be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, and other laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally
and by general equitable principles;
(viii) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is
in violation of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation or
bylaws, or other organizational documents, or to the best knowledge of such
counsel after reasonable inquiry, is in default in the performance of any
material obligation, agreement or condition contained in any bond, debenture,
note or other evidence of indebtedness described in the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus (or any amendment, supplement or exhibit thereto), except as
may be disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus (or any amendment,
supplement or exhibit thereto);
(ix) Neither the execution, delivery or performance of
this Agreement, compliance by the Company with the provisions hereof, nor
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby conflicts or
will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach of, or a default
under, the certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws, or other
organizational documents, of the Company or any of the
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Subsidiaries or any agreement, indenture, lease or other instrument to which the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of
their respective Properties is bound that is an exhibit to the Registration
Statement or to any Incorporated Document, or is known to such counsel after
reasonable inquiry, or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries, nor will any such action result in any violation of any existing
law, regulation, ruling, judgment, injunction, order or decree known to such
counsel after reasonable inquiry, applicable to the Company, the Subsidiaries or
any of their respective properties;
(x) No consent, approval, authorization or other order
of, or registration of filing with, any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or other governmental body, agency, or official is required on the part
of the Company or the Selling Shareholders (except as have been obtained under
the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise obtained by the Company or the Selling
Shareholders or such as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws
governing the purchase and distribution of the Shares) for the valid sale of the
Shares to the Underwriters by the Selling Shareholders as contemplated by this
Agreement;
(xi) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus and
any supplements or amendments thereto (except for the financial statements and
the notes thereto and the schedules and other financial and statistical data
included therein, as to which such counsel need not express any opinion) comply
as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act; and each
of the Incorporated Documents (except for the financial statements and the notes
thereto and the schedules and other financial and statistical data contained
therein, as to which counsel need not express any opinion) complies as to form
in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder;
(xii) To the best knowledge of such counsel after
reasonable inquiry, (A) other than as described or contemplated in the
Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), there are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending or threatened against the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries, or to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or any of
their property, is subject, which are required to be described in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto)
and (B) there are no agreements, contracts, indentures, leases or other
instruments, that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or to be filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement or any Incorporated Document that are not
described or filed as required, as the case may be;
(xiii) In the actual knowledge of the Xxxxx & Xxxxxx
L.L.P. lawyers actively involved in the preparation of the Registration
Statement, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in violation of
any law, ordinance, administrative or governmental rule or regulation applicable
to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or of any decree of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of
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the Subsidiaries that would have a material adverse effect on the Company and
the Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(xiv) The statements in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, insofar as they are descriptions of contracts, agreements or other
legal documents, or refer to statements of law or legal conclusions, are
accurate and present fairly the information required to be shown;
(xv) This Agreement and the Custody Agreement have each
been duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of each of the Selling
Shareholders and, if governed by Arizona law, would each be a valid, legal and
binding agreement of each such Selling Shareholder, enforceable against such
Selling Shareholder in accordance with its terms, except as may limited by
bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and
other laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and by general
equitable principles;
(xvi) To the knowledge of such counsel, each Selling
Shareholder has full legal right, power and authorization, and any approval
required by law, to sell, assign, transfer and deliver good and marketable title
to the Shares which such Selling Shareholder has agreed to sell pursuant to this
Agreement;
(xvii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the Custody Agreement by the Selling Shareholders and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not conflict with, violate,
result in a breach of or constitute a default under the terms or provisions of
any agreement, indenture, mortgage or other instrument known to such counsel to
which any Selling Shareholder is a party or by which any of them or any of their
assets or property is bound, or any court order or decree or any law, rule, or
regulation applicable to any Selling Shareholder or to any of the property or
assets of any Selling Shareholder;
(xviii) Upon delivery of the Shares pursuant to this
Agreement and payment therefor as contemplated herein the Underwriters will
acquire good and marketable title to the Shares free and clear of any lien,
claim, security interest, or other encumbrance, restriction on transfer or other
defect in title;
(xix) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries have all
necessary governmental and accreditation agency authorizations, approvals,
orders, licenses, certificates, franchises and permits of and from all
accreditation agencies and governmental or regulatory authorities, including
without limitation, all authorizations required for participation in Title IV
Programs (except where the failure so to have any such authorizations,
approvals, orders, licenses, certificates, franchises or permits, individually
or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on the business,
properties, operations or financial condition of the Company and the
Subsidiaries taken as a whole), to own their respective properties and to
conduct their respective businesses as now being conducted, subject to such
qualifications as may be set forth in the Prospectus;
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(xx) The Company and the Subsidiaries own all patents,
trademarks, trademark registrations, service marks, service xxxx registrations,
trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets and rights
described in the Prospectus as being owned by them or any of them or necessary,
for the conduct of their respective businesses, and counsel is not aware of any
claim to the contrary or any challenge by any other person to the rights of the
Company and the subsidiaries with respect to the foregoing;
(xxi) Except as described in the Prospectus, there are
no outstanding options, warrants or other rights calling for the issuance of,
and counsel does not know of any commitment, plan or arrangement to issue, any
shares of capital stock of the Company or any security convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock of the Company;
(xxii) Except as described in the Prospectus, there is no
holder of any security of the Company or any other person who has the right,
contractual or otherwise, to cause the Company to sell or otherwise issue to
them, or to permit them to underwrite the sale of, the Shares or the right to
have any Class A Common Stock or other securities of the Company included in the
Registration Statement or the right, as a result of the filing of the
registration statement, to require registration under the Act of any shares of
Class A Common Stock or other securities of the Company; and
(xxiii) Although counsel has not undertaken, except as
otherwise indicated in their opinion, to determine independently, and does not
assume any responsibility for, the accuracy or completeness of the statements in
the Registration Statement, such counsel has participated in the preparation of
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including review and discussion
of the contents thereof (including review and discussion of contents of all
Incorporated Documents), and nothing has come to the attention of such counsel
that has caused it to believe that the Registration Statement (including the
Incorporated Documents) at the time the Registration Statement became effective,
or the Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Closing Date or the Option
Closing Date, as the case may be, contained an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus, as of its respective date, and as of the Closing
Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading (it being understood that such counsel need
express no opinion with respect to the financial statements and the notes
thereto and the schedules and other financial and statistical data included in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any Incorporated Document).
(d) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of
O'Melveny & Xxxxx, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date and
addressed to you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, with respect
to the matters referred to in clauses (vi), (vii), (xi) and (xxiii) of the
foregoing paragraph (c) and such other related
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matters as you may request. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely, as
to matters involving the application of Arizona law, to the extent such counsel
deems proper, on the opinion of Xxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., counsel for the Company.
(e) You shall have received letters addressed to you, as
Representatives of the several Underwriters, and dated the date hereof and the
Closing Date from Price Waterhouse LLP, independent certified public
accountants, substantially in the forms heretofore approved by you.
(f) (i) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose shall have been taken or, to the knowledge of the Company, shall be
contemplated by the Commission at or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) there shall
not have been any material change in the capital stock of the Company nor any
material increase in the short-term or long-term debt of the Company (other than
in the ordinary course of business) from that set forth or contemplated in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any amendment or Supplement
thereto); (iii) there shall not have been, since the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (or
any amendment or supplement thereto), except as may otherwise be stated in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto),
any material adverse change in the condition (financial or other), business,
prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations of the Company and the
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (iv) the Company and the Subsidiaries shall not
have any liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (whether or not in the
ordinary course of business), that are material to the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than those reflected in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); and (v)
all the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this
Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the date hereof and on and as
of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date, and you shall have
received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by the chief executive
officer and the chief financial officer of the Company (or such other officers
as are acceptable to you), to the effect set forth in this Section 10(f) and in
Section 10(g) hereof.
(g) The Company shall not have failed at or prior to the Closing
Date to have performed or complied with any of its agreements herein contained
and required to be performed or complied with by it hereunder at or prior to the
Closing Date.
(h) All the representations and warranties of the Selling
Shareholders contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of
the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the
Closing Date, and you shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date
and signed by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholders to the effect set forth
in this Section 10(h) and in Section 10(i) hereof.
(i) The Selling Shareholders shall not have failed at or prior
to the Closing Date to have performed or complied with any of their agreements
herein contained
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and required to be performed or complied with by them hereunder at or prior to
the Closing Date.
(j) Prior to the Closing Date, the Shares shall have been listed
or approved for listing on the Nasdaq National Market.
(k) The Selling Shareholders shall have furnished or caused to
be furnished to you such further certificates and documents as you shall have
requested.
All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents will be in
compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are satisfactory in form and
substance to you and your counsel.
Any certificate or document signed by any officer of the Company or any
Attorney-in-Fact or any Selling Shareholder and delivered to you, as
Representatives of the Underwriters, or to counsel for the Underwriters, shall
be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company the Selling Shareholders
or the particular Selling Shareholder, as the case may be, to each Underwriter
as to the statements made therein.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Additional
Shares hereunder are subject to the satisfaction on and as of any Option Closing
Date of the conditions set forth in this Section 10, except that, if any Option
Closing Date is other than the Closing Date, the certificates, opinions and
letters referred to in paragraphs (c) through (i) shall be dated the Option
Closing Date in question and the opinions or letters called for by paragraphs
(c), (d) and (e) shall be revised to reflect the sale of Additional Shares.
11. Expenses. The Selling Shareholders (in proportion to the number
of Shares being offered by each of them, including any Additional Shares which
the Underwriters shall have elected to purchase) agree to pay the following
costs and expenses and all other costs and expenses incident to the performance
by them of their obligations hereunder: (i) the preparation, printing or
reproduction, and filing with the Commission of the registration statement
(including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Prepricing
Prospectus, the Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them;
(ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight
charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the
registration statement, each Prepricing Prospectus, the Prospectus, the
Incorporated Documents, and all amendments or supplements to any of them as may
be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the
Shares; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery
of certificates for the Shares, including any stamp taxes in connection with the
original issuance and sale of the Shares; (iv) the printing (or reproduction)
and delivery of this Agreement, the preliminary and supplemental Blue Sky
Memoranda and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and
delivered in connection with the offering of the Shares; (v) the listing of the
Shares on the Nasdaq National Market; (vi) the registration or qualification of
the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the
several states as provided in Section 5(g) hereof (including the reasonable
fees, expenses and disbursements
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of counsel for the Underwriters relating to the preparation, printing or
reproduction, and delivery of the preliminary and supplemental Blue Sky
Memoranda and such registration and qualification); (vii) the filing fees and
the fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with any
filings required to be made with the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc.; (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of
Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective
purchasers of the Shares; and (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company's
accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special
counsel) for the Company and the Selling Shareholders.
12. Effective Date of Agreement. This Agreement shall become
effective: (i) upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto; or
(ii) if, at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is necessary
for the registration statement or a post-effective amendment thereto to be
declared effective before the offering of the Shares may commence, when
notification of the effectiveness of the registration statement or such
post-effective amendment has been released by the Commission. Until such time as
this Agreement shall have become effective, it may be terminated by the Company,
by notifying you, or by you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, by
notifying the Company and the Selling Shareholders.
If any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase
Shares which it or they are obligated to purchase hereunder on the Closing Date,
and the aggregate number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters are obligated but fail or refuse to purchase is not more than
one-tenth of the aggregate number of Shares which the Underwriters are obligated
to purchase on the Closing Date, each non-defaulting Underwriter shall be
obligated, severally, in the proportion which the number of Firm Shares set
forth opposite its name in Schedule II hereto bears to the aggregate number of
Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of all non-defaulting Underwriters or
in such other proportion as you may specify in accordance with Section 20 of the
Master Agreement Among Underwriters of Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc., to purchase the Shares
which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters are obligated, but fail or
refuse, to purchase. If any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse
to purchase Shares which it or they are obligated to purchase on the Closing
Date and the aggregate number of Shares with respect to which such default
occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Shares which the
Underwriters are obligated to purchase on the Closing Date and arrangements
satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Shares by one or
more non-defaulting Underwriters or other party or parties approved by you and
the Company are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will
terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the
Company. In any such case which does not result in termination of this
Agreement, either you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the
Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the
required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or
any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this
paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect
of any such default of any such Underwriter under this Agreement. The term
"Underwriter" as used in this Agreement
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includes, for all purposes of this Agreement, any party not listed in Schedule
II hereto who, with your approval and the approval of the Company, purchases
Shares which a defaulting Underwriter is obligated, but fails or refuses, to
purchase.
Any notice under this Section 12 may be given by telegram, telecopy or
telephone but shall be subsequently confirmed by letter.
13. Termination of Agreement. This Agreement shall be subject to
termination in your absolute discretion, without liability on the part of any
Underwriter to the Company or any Selling Shareholder, by notice to the Company,
if prior to the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date (if different from the
Closing Date and then only as to the Additional Shares), as the case may be, (i)
trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock
Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market System shall have been suspended or
materially limited, (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities
in New York or Arizona shall have been declared by either federal or state
authorities, or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of
hostilities or other international or domestic calamity, crisis or change in
political, financial or economic conditions, the effect of which on the
financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in your judgment,
impracticable or inadvisable to commence or continue the offering of the Shares
at the offering price to the public set forth on the cover page of the
Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the resale of the Shares by the
Underwriters. Notice of such termination may be given to the Company by
telegram, telecopy or telephone and shall be subsequently confirmed by letter.
14. Information Furnished by the Underwriters. The statements set
forth in the last paragraph on the cover page, the stabilization legend on the
inside cover page, and the statements in the first and third paragraphs under
the caption "Underwriting" in any Prepricing Prospectus and in the Prospectus,
constitute the only information furnished by or on behalf of the Underwriters
through you as such information is referred to in Sections 7(b) and 9 hereof.
15. Miscellaneous. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 5, 12 and
13 hereof, notice given pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be delivered (i) if to the Company, at the office of the
Company at Apollo Group, Inc., 0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X. Xxx 00000, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Vice President-Finance and
Chief Financial Officer, or (ii) if to the Selling Shareholders, at
___________________________, Attention: _________________, or (iii) if to you,
as Representatives of the several Underwriters, in care of Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.,
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Manager, Investment
Banking Division.
This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the
several Underwriters, the Company, its directors and officers, and the other
controlling persons referred to in Section 9 hereof and their respective
successors and assigns, to the extent provided herein, and no other person shall
acquire or have any right under or by virtue of
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this Agreement. Neither the term "successor" nor the term "successors and
assigns" as used in this Agreement shall include a purchaser from any
Underwriter of any of the Shares in his status as such purchaser.
16. Applicable Law; Counterparts. This Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to
contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.
This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts which together
constitute one and the same instrument. If signed in counterparts, this
Agreement shall not become effective unless at least one counterpart hereof
shall have been executed and delivered on behalf of each party hereto.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement
among the Company, the Selling Shareholders and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
APOLLO GROUP, INC.
By
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
President and Chairman of the Board
Each of the Selling Shareholders named in
Schedule I hereto
By
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Attorney-in-Fact
By
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Attorney-in-Fact
Confirmed as of the date first above mentioned
on behalf of themselves and the other several
Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto.
XXXXX XXXXXX INC.
ALEX, XXXXX & SONS INCORPORATED
XXXXXXXXXX SECURITIES
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters
By XXXXX XXXXXX INC.
By
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Director
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SCHEDULE I
APOLLO GROUP, INC.
Part A - Firm Shares
Selling Shareholders Number of Firm Shares
Total
Part B - Additional Shares
Selling Shareholders Number of Firm Shares
Total
Schedule I-1
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SCHEDULE II
APOLLO GROUP, INC.
Underwriter Number of Firm Shares
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Total
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Schedule II-1
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EXHIBIT A
APOLLO GROUP, INC. SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES
1. The University of Phoenix
2. Institute for Professional Development
3. Apollo Press, Inc.
4. Western International University, Inc.
Exhibit A-1
