Underwriting Agreement
EXHIBIT
1.1
Wintegra,
Inc.
Common
Stock
Par
Value
$0.001 Per Share
Underwriting
Agreement
___________,
2006
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx
& Co.
X.X.
Xxxxxx
Securities, Inc.
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Partners LLC
CIBC
World Markets
Corp.
As
representatives
of the several Underwriters
named
in Schedule I
hereto,
c/o
Goldman, Sachs
& Co.
00
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000
Ladies
and
Gentlemen:
Wintegra,
Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes, subject to the terms and
conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in
Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") an aggregate of 3,170,000 shares and,
at
the election of the Underwriters, up to 613,531 additional shares of the Common
Stock, $0.001 par value, ("Stock") of the Company, and the stockholders of
the
Company named in Schedule II hereto (the "Selling Stockholders") propose,
subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to sell to the Underwriters
an aggregate of 1,721,401 shares and, at the election of the Underwriters,
up
to 82,194 additional shares of Stock. The aggregate of 4,891,401
shares to be sold by the Company and the Selling Stockholders is herein called
the "Firm Shares" and the aggregate of 695,725 additional shares to be sold
by the Company and the Selling Stockholders is herein called the "Optional
Shares." The Firm Shares and the Optional Shares that the Underwriters elect
to
purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof are herein collectively called the
"Shares."
1. (a) The
Company
represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters
that:
(i) A
registration
statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-131937) (the "Initial Registration
Statement") in respect of the Shares has been filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"); the Initial Registration Statement
and
any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered
to
you, and, excluding exhibits thereto, to you for each of the other Underwriters,
have been declared effective by the Commission in such form; other than a
registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a "Rule
462(b) Registration Statement"), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), which became effective upon
filing, no other document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement
has
heretofore been filed with the Commission; and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective
amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been
issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened
by
the Commission (any preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration
Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules
and
regulations of the Commission under the Act is hereinafter called a "Preliminary
Prospectus"; the various parts of the Initial Registration Statement and the
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits thereto
and
including the information contained in the form of final prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with
Section 5(a) hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the Act to be part
of the Initial Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective,
each as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement
became effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if
any,
became or hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively called
the
"Registration Statement"; the Preliminary Prospectus relating to the Shares
that
was included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Applicable
Time (as defined below) is hereinafter referred to as the "Pricing Prospectus";
such final prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under
the
Act, is hereinafter called the "Prospectus"; and any "issuer free writing
prospectus" as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Shares is
hereinafter called an "Issuer Free Writing Prospectus");
(ii) No
order preventing
or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus,
at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty
shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an
Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein or by a
Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the preparation of the answers therein
to Items 7 and 11(m) of Form S-1;
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(iii) For
the purposes of
this Agreement, the "Applicable Time" is ___:___ __m (Eastern time) on the
date
of this Agreement; the Pricing Prospectus as supplemented by the Issuer Free
Writing Prospectuses and any other documents listed in Schedule III(a) hereto,
taken together (collectively, the "Pricing Disclosure Package") as of the
Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit
to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
and
each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule III(a) or Schedule III(b)
hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus and each such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing
Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this
representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made
in
an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein;
(iv) The
Registration
Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements
to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective
date as to each part of the Registration Statement and as of the applicable
filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall
not
apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein or by a Selling Stockholder
expressly for use in the preparation of the answers therein to Items 7 and
11(m)
of Form S-1;
(v) Neither
the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, has sustained since the date
of
the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Prospectus
any
material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood
or
other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute
or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth
or
contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as
of
which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Pricing
Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term
debt
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or
any
development involving a prospective material adverse change which, individually
or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on the general
affairs, management, properties, financial position, stockholders' equity or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole
(a
"Material Adverse Effect");
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(vi) The
Company and its
subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property and good and
marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free
and
clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in
the
Pricing Prospectus or such as would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and
any
real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries
are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such
exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made of such
property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;
(vii) The
Company has
been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority (corporate
and
other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Pricing Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for
the
transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business
so
as to require such qualification, or is subject to no material liability or
disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction;
each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated or formed and is
validly existing as a corporation or other legal entity in good standing under
the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, with power and
authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business
as described in the Pricing Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign
corporation or entity for the transaction of business and is in good standing
under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties
or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject
to
no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified
in any such jurisdiction;
(viii) The
Company has an
authorized capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, and all of
the
issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid, non-assessable and conform to the
description of the Stock contained in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus
and were issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws; all of
the
Company's options, warrants and other rights to purchase or exchange any
securities for shares of the Company's capital stock have been duly authorized
and validly issued, conform in all material respects to the description thereof
contained in the Prospectus and were issued in compliance with federal and
state
securities laws; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each
subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued,
are
fully paid and non-assessable and (except for directors' qualifying shares)
are
owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims except as set forth in the Pricing
Prospectus;
(ix) The
unissued Shares
to be issued and sold by the Company to the Underwriters hereunder have been
duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment
therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and will conform to the description of the Stock contained in
the
Prospectus and will be free of statutory and contractual preemptive rights,
resale rights, rights of first refusal and similar rights;
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(x) This
Agreement has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and is a valid
and
binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as rights to indemnification hereunder may be limited by applicable
law
and except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating
to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable
principles;
(xi) The
issue and sale
of the Shares to be sold by the Company and the compliance by the Company with
all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation
of
any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets
of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, except for such violation
or
default that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the
certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of
the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any statute or any order, rule or
regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction
over
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties; and no
consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or
with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue
and sale
of the Shares
or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, except the registration under the Act of the Shares and such
consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may
be
required under state securities, the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. ("NASD"), the Nasdaq National Market or Blue Sky laws in connection with
the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters;
(xii) Neither
the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries is (a) in default in the performance or
observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition
contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease
or
other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any
of
its properties may be bound, except for such default that would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (b) in violation of its
certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational
documents.
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(xiii) The
statements set
forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption
"Description of Capital Stock," insofar as they purport to constitute a summary
of the terms of the Stock, under the caption “Israeli Taxation and Government
Requirements,” under the caption “Material U.S. Federal Tax Considerations for
Non U.S. Holders,” under the caption "Certain Relationships and Related Party
Transactions," under the caption "Shares Eligible for Future Sale," and under
the caption "Underwriting," insofar as they purport to describe the provisions
of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate and
fair;
(xiv) Other
than as set
forth in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings
pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which
any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which,
if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would
individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the
Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(xv) The
Company is not
and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the
application of the proceeds thereof, will not be an "investment company," as
such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"Investment Company Act");
(xvi) At
the time of
filing the Initial Registration Statement the Company was not, and the Company
currently is not, an "ineligible issuer," as defined under Rule 405 under the
Act;
(xvii) Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
& Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global (“E&Y”), who have
certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries,
are
independent registered public accountants as required by the Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and,
during the
periods covered by their reports, was an independent registered public
accounting firm within the meaning of Article 2-01 of Regulation S-X
under the Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
(xviii) Each
of the Company
and its subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed
in
accordance with management's general or specific authorizations; (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and
to
maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only
in
accordance with management's general or specific authorization and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect
thereto;
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(xix) Since
the date of
the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Prospectus,
there has been no
change in the
Company's internal control over financial reporting that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal
control over financial reporting;
(xx) The
Company and
each of its subsidiaries have made and keep books, records and accounts, which,
in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries in all material
respects;
(xxi) The
Company
maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule
13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”))
that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act;
such disclosure
controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that information required
to be disclosed by the Company and its subsidiaries is accumulated and
communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s principal
executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those
entities;
such disclosure
controls and procedures are
effective;
(xxii) The
Shares have
been duly authorized for quotation on the National Association of Securities
Dealers Automated Quotation ("Nasdaq") National Market System, subject to
official notice of issuance. A registration statement on Form 8-A has been
filed
with respect to the Stock pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, which
complies in all material respects with the Exchange Act. The Company has taken
no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the
registration of the Stock under the Exchange Act or the quotation of the Shares
on Nasdaq, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission
or
Nasdaq is contemplating terminating such registration or quotation;
(xxiii) There
are no
contracts or other documents which are required to be described in the Pricing
Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Securities
Act or the applicable rules and regulations thereunder which have not been
described in the Pricing Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement;
(xxiv) No
relationship,
direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company, on the one hand, and
the directors, officers, shareholders, customers or suppliers of the Company,
on
the other hand, which is required to be described in the Registration Statement
and the Pricing Prospectus and which is not so described. There are no
outstanding loans, advances or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to
or
for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company or any of
their respective family members, except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement and the Pricing Prospectus. All transactions by the Company with
office holders or control persons of the Company have been duly approved by
the
board of directors of the Company, or duly appointed committees or officers
thereof, if and to the extent required under U.S. and Israeli law, as
applicable;
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(xxv) The
Company and its
subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable United
States, foreign, state and local laws, orders, rules, regulations, directives,
decrees and judgments relating to the protection of human health and safety,
the
environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants ("Environmental Laws"), (ii) have received all permits,
licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental
Laws
to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all
terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where
such
noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits,
licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions
of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, individually or in the
aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(xxvi) The
Company and its
subsidiaries have not incurred and do not expect to incur any costs or
liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation,
any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of
properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or
approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential
liabilities to third parties) which would, individually or in the aggregate,
result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(xxvii) There
are no
contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person
or
entity granting such person or entity the right, contractually or otherwise,
to
require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect
to any securities of the Company or to require the Company to include such
securities with the Shares registered pursuant to the Registration Statement
other than as described in the Registration Statement and as have been waived
in
writing in connection with the offering contemplated hereby;
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(xxviii) The
Company and its
subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on commercially reasonable terms,
legally enforceable rights to use all trademarks, service marks, trade names,
domain names, copyrights, patents, patent applications, inventions, know how
(including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary
or
confidential information, systems or procedures), and other intellectual
property rights ("Intellectual Property") as are necessary for the conduct
of
their respective businesses as described in the Prospectus, except where the
failure to own, possess or acquire such rights would not result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Except as described in the Registration Statement and the
Pricing Prospectus, (i) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no
infringement, misappropriation or violation by third parties of any such
Intellectual Property owned or possessed by, exclusively
licensed to, or otherwise controlled by, the Company or its
subsidiaries;
(ii) there
is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit,
proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company's or any of its
subsidiaries' rights in or to any such Intellectual Property owned or possessed
by, exclusively
licensed to, or otherwise controlled by, the Company or its
subsidiaries;
(iii) the
Intellectual Property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries and to the
knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property licensed to the Company
and
its subsidiaries has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or
in
part, and there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim
by
others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property;
(iv)
there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action,
suit, proceeding or claim by others against the Company or any of its
subsidiaries that the Company or any of its subsidiaries infringes,
misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property or other
proprietary rights of others, and neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has received any written notice of such claim; and (v) to the
Company's knowledge, no employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is
the subject of any claim or proceeding involving a violation of any term of
any
employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment
agreement, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure
agreement or any restrictive covenant to or with a former employer where the
basis of such violation relates to such employee's employment with the Company
or any of the Company's subsidiaries or actions undertaken by the employee
while
employed with the Company or any of the Company's subsidiaries, except, in
each
of cases (i) through (v), for any instances which would not, individually or
in
the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(xxix) Except
as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (i)
the
Company and each of its subsidiaries are in compliance in all respects with
all
presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act
of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder ("ERISA"); (ii) no "reportable event" (as defined in ERISA) has
occurred with respect to any "pension plan" (as defined in ERISA) for which
the
Company or any of its subsidiaries would have any liability; (iii) the Company
and its subsidiaries have not incurred and do not expect to incur liability
under (a) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from,
any "pension plan" or (b) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code
of
1986, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder (the "Code"); (iv) each "pension plan" for which the Company and
its
subsidiaries would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether
by
action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification;
and (v) the Company and each of its subsidiaries have not incurred any unpaid
liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (other than for payment
of
premiums in the ordinary course of business);
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(xxx) No
material labor
dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists,
or,
to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent; and the Company is not aware
of
any existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of
any
of its principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors that would reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(xxxi) The
Company and its
subsidiaries are insured by the insurers of recognized financial responsibility
against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary
in the businesses in which they are engaged and neither the Company nor any
of
its subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew
its
existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain
similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its
business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All policies
of insurance owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries are, to the best
of
the Company's knowledge, in full force and effect in all material respects;
the
Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies
in all material respects; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
has received written notice from any insurer, agent of such insurer or the
broker of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that any material capital
improvements or any other material expenditures (other than premium payments)
are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance. None
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries insures risk of loss through any
captive insurance, risk retention group, reciprocal group or by means of any
fund or pool of assets specifically set aside for contingent liabilities other
than in connection with the Company's insurance business activities or as
described in the Pricing Prospectus;
(xxxii) The
Company has not
taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably
be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the
price
of the Shares;
(xxxiii) The
Company and its
subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by
the
appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to
conduct their respective business, and neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation
or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which,
individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(xxxiv) The
financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries (including the statement of
operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and all notes and
schedules thereto) included in the Registration Statement and the Pricing
Prospectus present fairly the financial position of the Company and the
Company's consolidated subsidiaries at the dates and for the periods indicated;
and such financial statements and related schedules and notes thereto, and
the
unaudited financial information filed with the Commission as part of the
Registration Statement, have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied throughout
the
periods involved. The summary and selected financial data included in the
Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus and the present fairly the
information shown therein as at the respective dates and for the respective
periods specified and have been presented on a basis consistent with the
consolidated financial statements set forth in the Registration Statement and
the Pricing Prospectus and other financial information;
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(xxxv) Neither
the
Company, nor any of its subsidiaries, or to the knowledge of the Company, other
person acting on behalf of the Company or any subsidiary, including without
limitation, any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company or its
subsidiaries has, directly or indirectly, while acting on behalf of the Company
or its subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for unlawful
contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to
political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic
government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties
or
campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) violated any provision of the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended or (iv) made any bribe, rebate,
payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment;
(xxxvi) To
the Company’s
knowledge, the Company is in compliance with all provisions of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder
(the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) that are applicable, or will be applicable as of the
date of payment for and delivery of the Shares pursuant hereto, to the
Company;
(xxxvii) Each
of the Company
and its subsidiaries has filed all United States federal, state, local and
foreign tax returns and tax forms required to be filed. Such returns and forms
are complete and correct in all material respects. All payroll withholdings
required to be made by of the Company and its subsidiaries with respect to
employees have been made. There have been no tax deficiencies asserted against
the Company or its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, no tax
deficiency could be reasonably asserted or threatened against the Company or
its
subsidiaries that could, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material
Adverse Effect;
(xxxviii) Neither
the
Company, nor any of its subsidiaries, or to the knowledge of the Company, any
director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or its
subsidiaries is currently subject to any U. S. sanctions administered by the
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U. S. Treasury Department ("OFAC");
and
the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering,
or
lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary,
joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purposes of financing
the activities of any person subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by
the
OFAC;
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(xxxix) The
Company is not
a Passive Foreign Investment Company ("PFIC") within the meaning of Section
1297
of the Code and does not expect to become a PFIC in the future;
(xl) The
Company is not
a "controlled foreign corporation" within the meaning of the Code;
(xli) The
Company has not
distributed and, prior to the later to occur
of any Time of
Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) and completion of the distribution
of
the Shares, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the
offering and sale of the Stock other than the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus
and, subject to compliance with Section 6.1 hereof, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus;
(xlii) The
Company, and
its Israeli subsidiary, is in compliance in all material respects with all
conditions and requirements stipulated by the instruments of approval granted
to
it with respect to the "Approved Enterprise" status of any of the Company's
facilities as well as with respect to the other tax benefits received by the
Company as set forth under the caption "Israeli Taxation and Government
Programs" in the Prospectus and by Israeli laws and regulations relating to
such
"Approved Enterprise" status and the aforementioned other tax benefits received
by the Company. The Company has not received any notice of any proceeding or
investigation relating to revocation or modification of any "Approved
Enterprise" status granted with respect to any of the Company's
facilities;
and
(xliii) Since
the date as
of which information is given in the Pricing Prospectus through the date hereof,
and except as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, neither the Company nor
any
of its subsidiaries has (i) issued or granted any securities other than options
to purchase common stock pursuant to the Company's 2000 Share Option Plan,
2003
Share Option Plan and 2006 Equity Inventive Plan, (ii) incurred any
material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, other than liabilities
and obligations which were incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iii)
entered into any material transaction other than in the ordinary course of
business or (iv) declared or paid any dividend on its capital stock
(except, in the case of clause (iv), to the extent required in connection with
the conversion of the Company's convertible preferred stock).
(xliv) All
agreements
granting an option or right to purchase or otherwise acquire Stock or other
securities of the Company, including warrants and any other security convertible
into or exchangeable for Stock, contain provisions prohibiting the sale, pledge,
grant, transfer or other disposition of such security and the shares of Stock
into which such security is convertible to the same extent as set forth in
Section 1(b)(iv) hereof.
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(b) Each
of the Selling
Stockholders severally represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of
the
Underwriters and the Company that:
(i) All
consents,
approvals, authorizations and orders necessary for the execution and delivery
by
such Selling Stockholder of this Agreement, the Power of Attorney, the
Stockholder Irrevocable Election to Sell, the Custody Agreement and the
Stockholder Lock Up Agreement hereinafter referred to, and for the sale and
delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, have
been obtained; and such Selling Stockholder has full right, power and authority
to enter into this Agreement, the Power of Attorney, the Custody Agreement
and
the Stockholder Lock Up Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver
the
Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder;
(ii) The
sale of the
Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and the compliance
by
such Selling Stockholder with all of the provisions of this Agreement, the
Power
of Attorney, the Stockholder Irrevocable Election to Sell, the Custody Agreement
and the Stockholder Lock Up Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
herein and therein contemplated will not (A) conflict with or result in a breach
or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any statute, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other
agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by
which
such Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets
of
such Selling Stockholder is subject; (B) result in any violation of the
provisions of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, or other organizational
documents of such Selling Stockholder if such Selling Stockholder is a
corporation, the partnership agreement of such Selling Stockholder if such
Selling Stockholder is a partnership, or the articles of organization and
operating agreement or similar documents and agreements of such Selling
Stockholder if such Selling Stockholder is a limited liability company; nor
(C)
result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of
any
court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over such Selling
Stockholder or the property of such Selling Stockholder;
(iii) Such
Selling
Stockholder has, and immediately prior to each Time of Delivery (as defined
in
Section 4 hereof) such Selling Stockholder will have, good and valid title
to
the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, free and clear
of
all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims; and, upon delivery of such Shares
and payment therefor pursuant hereto, good and valid title to such Shares,
free
and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, will pass to the
several Underwriters;
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(iv) During
the period
beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 180
days
after the date of the Prospectus (the initial "Lock-Up Period"), not to offer,
sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase or sell, make
any
short sale or otherwise dispose (collectively, a "Disposition") of any shares
of
Stock, or any options or warrants to purchase any shares of Stock, or any
securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to
receive shares of Stock (collectively the "Securities"), whether now owned
or
hereinafter acquired, owned directly by the undersigned (including holding
as a
custodian) or with respect to which the undersigned has beneficial ownership
within the rules and regulations of the Commission, without your prior written
consent; provided, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial
Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or announces material
news
or a material event or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up
Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during
the
15-day period following the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in
each
case the Lock-Up Period will be automatically extended until the expiration
of
the 18-day period beginning on the date of the release of the earnings results
or the announcement of the material news or material event, as applicable,
unless Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. waives, in writing, such extension; such Selling
Stockholder hereby acknowledges that the Company has agreed herein to provide
written notice of any event that would result in an extension of the Lock-Up
Period pursuant to the previous sentence to such Selling Stockholder (in
accordance with Section 12 herein) and agrees that any such notice properly
delivered will be deemed to have been given to, and received by, the Selling
Stockholder; such Selling Stockholder hereby further agrees that, prior to
engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the
terms of this provision during the period from the date hereof to and including
the 34th day following the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, it will
give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction
or
take any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the
Company that the Lock-Up Period (as such may have been extended pursuant to
the
previous paragraph) has expired;
(v) Such
Selling
Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
which is designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be
expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of
any
Securities to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares;
(vi) To
the extent that
any statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto are made in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholder expressly
for
use therein, such Preliminary Prospectus and the Registration Statement did,
and
the Pricing Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they become effective or are
filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder and will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
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(vii) In
order to
document the Underwriters' compliance with the reporting and withholding
provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect
to the transactions herein contemplated, such Selling Stockholder will deliver
to you prior to or at the Time of Delivery (as hereinafter defined) a properly
completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other
applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in
lieu thereof);
(viii) Except
as set forth
in the NASD Questionnaire previously completed and executed by such Selling
Stockholder, a copy of which has been provided to the Underwriters, neither
such
Selling Stockholder nor any of its affiliates directly, or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, or has any other association with (within the meaning of Article
I, Section (ee) of the By-laws of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD")), any member firm of the NASD;
(ix) Certificates
in
negotiable form representing all of the Shares to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder hereunder have been placed in custody under a Custody Agreement,
in
the form heretofore furnished to you (the "Custody Agreement"), duly executed
and delivered by such Selling Stockholder to American Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, as custodian (the "Custodian"), and such Selling Stockholder has duly
executed and delivered a Power of Attorney, in the form heretofore furnished
to
you (the "Power of Attorney"), appointing the persons indicated in Schedule
II
hereto, and each of them, as such Selling Stockholder's attorneys-in-fact (the
"Attorneys-in-Fact") with authority to execute and deliver this Agreement on
behalf of such Selling Stockholder, to determine the purchase price to be paid
by the Underwriters to the Selling Stockholders as provided in Section 2 hereof,
to authorize the delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder
hereunder and otherwise to act on behalf of such Selling Stockholder in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Custody
Agreement; and
(x) The
Shares
represented by the certificates held in custody for such Selling Stockholder
under the Custody Agreement are subject to the interests of the Underwriters
hereunder; the arrangements made by such Selling Stockholder for such custody,
and the appointment by such Selling Stockholder of the Attorneys-in-Fact by
the
Power of Attorney, are to that extent irrevocable; the obligations of the
Selling Stockholders hereunder shall not be terminated by operation of law,
whether by the death or incapacity of any individual Selling Stockholder or,
in
the case of an estate or trust, by the death or incapacity of any executor
or
trustee or the termination of such estate or trust, or in the case of a
partnership or corporation, by the dissolution of such partnership or
corporation, or by the occurrence of any other event; if any individual Selling
Stockholder or any such executor or trustee should die or become incapacitated,
or if any such estate or trust should be terminated, or if any such partnership
or corporation should be dissolved, or if any other such event should occur,
before the delivery of the Shares hereunder, certificates representing the
Shares shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholders in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, of the Custody
Agreements and of the Stockholder Irrevocable Election to Sell; and actions
taken by the Attorneys-in-Fact pursuant to the Powers of Attorney shall be
as
valid as if such death, incapacity, termination, dissolution or other event
had
not occurred, regardless of whether or not the Custodian, the Attorneys-in-Fact,
or any of them, shall have received notice of such death, incapacity,
termination, dissolution or other event.
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2. Subject
to the
terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company and each of the Selling
Stockholders agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to each of the
Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly,
to
purchase from the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders, at a purchase
price per share of [$_______], the number of Firm Shares (to be adjusted by
you
so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying the aggregate
number of Shares to be sold by the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders
as set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II hereto by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Firm Shares to
be
purchased by such Underwriter as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter
in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of
Firm Shares to be purchased by all of the Underwriters from the Company and
all
of the Selling Stockholders hereunder and (b) in the event and to the extent
that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares
as
provided below, the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders agrees,
severally and not jointly, to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of
the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company
and
each of the Selling Stockholders, at the purchase price per share set forth
in
clause (a) of this Section 2, that portion of the number of Optional Shares
as
to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by you so
as to
eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number of Optional
Shares by a fraction the numerator of which is the maximum number of Optional
Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite
the
name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which
is
the maximum number of Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters are entitled
to purchase hereunder.
The
Company and the
Selling Stockholders, as and to the extent indicated in Schedule II hereto
hereby grant, severally and not jointly, to the Underwriters the right to
purchase at their election up to 695,725 Optional Shares, at the purchase
price per share set forth in the paragraph above, for the sole purpose of
covering sales of shares in excess of the number of Firm Shares, provided that
the purchase price per Optional Share shall be reduced by an amount per share
equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable
on
the Firm Shares but not payable on the Optional Shares. Any such election to
purchase Optional Shares shall be made in proportion to the maximum number
of
Optional Shares to be sold by the Company and each Selling Stockholder as set
forth in Schedule II hereto initially with respect to the Optional Shares to
be
sold by the Selling Stockholders in proportion to the maximum number of Optional
Shares to be sold by each Selling Stockholder as set forth in Schedule II hereto
and then with respect to the Optional Shares to be sold by the Company. Any
such
election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised only by written notice
from you to the Company and the Attorneys-in-Fact, given within a period of
30
calendar days after the date of this Agreement and setting forth the aggregate
number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional
Shares are to be delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than
the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or, unless you
and
the Company and the Attorneys-in-Fact otherwise agree in writing, earlier than
two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
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3. Upon
the
authorization by you of the release of the Firm Shares, the several Underwriters
propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale upon the terms and conditions set
forth in the Prospectus.
4. (a)
The
Shares to be
purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in definitive form, and in such
authorized denominations and registered in such names as Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx &
Co. may request upon at least forty-eight hours' prior notice to the Company
and
the Selling Stockholders shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company
and
the Selling Stockholders to Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., through the facilities of
the Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), for the account of such Underwriter,
against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price
therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified
by the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders, as their interests may
appear, to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. at least forty-eight hours in advance. The
Company will cause the certificates representing the Shares to be made available
for checking and packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of
Delivery (as defined below) with respect thereto at the office of DTC or its
designated custodian (the "Designated Office"). The time and date of such
delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm Shares, 9:30 a.m.,
New
York City time, on ____________, 2006 or such other time and date as Xxxxxxx,
Sachs & Co. and the Company may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to
the Optional Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified by
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. in the written notice given by Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
of the Underwriters' election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such other
time and date as Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. and the Company may agree upon in
writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares is herein called
the
"First Time of Delivery," such time and date for delivery of the Optional
Shares, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the "Second Time
of
Delivery," and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a "Time
of
Delivery."
(b) The
documents to be
delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto
pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross receipt for the Shares and
any
additional documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8(n)
hereof will be delivered at the offices of the offices of Underwriters' counsel:
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 (the
"Closing Location"), and the Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office,
all at such Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location
at
1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding
such
Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be
delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by
the
parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, "New York Business Day"
shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not
a
day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
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5. The
Company agrees
with each of the Underwriters:
(a) To
prepare the
Prospectus in a form approved by you and to file such Prospectus pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission's close of business
on
the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3)
under
the Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration
Statement or Prospectus prior to the last Time of Delivery which shall be
disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you,
promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to
the
Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement
to
the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you
with
copies thereof; to file promptly all material required to be filed by the
Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act; to advise
you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use
of
any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Shares, of
the
suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such
purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing
of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information;
and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing
or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus or
suspending any such qualification, promptly to use its best efforts to obtain
the withdrawal of such order;
(b) Promptly
from time
to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to qualify the Shares
for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you
may
request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales
and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary
to
complete the distribution of the Shares, provided that in connection therewith
the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to
file
a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
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(c) Prior
to 10:00
a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next succeeding the
date
of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with
written and electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such
quantities as you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus
(or
in
lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act)
is required at any
time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the
Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and if at
such
time any events shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as
then
amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact
or
omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when
such
Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under
the
Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be
necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus in
order
to comply with the Act, to notify you and upon your request to prepare and
furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities
as
many written and electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably
request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will
correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, and in case any
Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice
referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales of any of
the
Shares at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the
Prospectus, upon your request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare
and deliver to such Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as you
may
request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3)
of the Act;
(d) To
make generally
available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not
later than sixteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company
and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a)
of
the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including,
at the option of the Company, Rule 158 under the Act);
(e) During
the period
beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date one
hundred eighty (180) days after the date of the Prospectus (the initial "Lock-Up
Period"), not to effect a Disposition of any Securities, except as provided
hereunder and pursuant to employee stock option plans existing on, or upon
the
conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding
as
of, the date of this Agreement, without your prior written consent; provided,
however, that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period,
the
Company releases earnings results or announces material news or a material
event
or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up period, the Company
announces that it will release earnings results during the 15-day period
following the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the
Lock-Up Period will be automatically extended until the expiration of the 18-day
period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the
announcement of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. waives, in writing, such extension; the Company will
provide the representatives and any co-managers and each stockholder subject
to
the Lock-Up Period pursuant to the lockup letters described in Section 1(b)(iv)
and 8(l) with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an
extension of the Lock-up Period;
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(f) The
Company shall
enforce the provisions referenced in Section 1(a)(xliv) hereof prohibiting
the
sale, pledge, grant, transfer or other disposition of the Company’s securities
during the Lock-Up Period and any extension thereof described in Section
1(b)(iv), and shall not amend or waive any such restrictions without the prior
written consent of Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
(g) To
furnish to its
stockholders or file with the Commission by XXXXX as soon as practicable after
the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and
statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the Company and
its
consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and,
as
soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each
fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the effective date
of the Registration Statement), to make available to its stockholders
consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries
for such quarter in reasonable detail;
(h) During
a period of
three years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, to furnish
to
you or file with the Commission by XXXXX copies of all reports or other
communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders, and to deliver
to
you or file with the Commission by XXXXX (i) as soon as they are available,
copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the
Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities
of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the
business and financial condition of the Company as you may from time to time
reasonably request (such financial statements to be on a consolidated basis
to
the extent the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated
in
reports furnished to its stockholders generally or to the
Commission);
(i) To
use the net
proceeds received by it from the sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement
in the manner specified in the Pricing Prospectus under the caption "Use of
Proceeds";
(j) To
use its best
efforts to list for quotation the Shares on the Nasdaq National
Market;
(k) To
file with the
Commission such information on Form 10-Q or Form 10-K as may be required by
Rule
463 under the Act;
(l) If
the Company
elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall file a Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by
10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the
Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing
fee
for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions
for
the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act; and
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(m) Upon
request of any
Underwriter, to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such Underwriter an
electronic version of the Company's trademarks, servicemarks and corporate
logo
for use on the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter for the purpose
of
facilitating the on-line offering of the Shares (the "License"); provided,
however, that the License shall be used solely for the purpose described above,
is granted without any fee and may not be assigned or transferred.
6. (a)
The
Company represents and agrees that
(i) Without
the prior
consent of Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., it has not made and will not make any offer
relating to the Shares that would constitute a "free writing prospectus" as
defined in Rule 405 under the Act;
(ii) The
Company has
complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act
applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with
the Commission or retention where required and legending; and the Company
represents that it has satisfied and agrees that it will, satisfy the conditions
under Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission
any electronic road show; and
(iii) If
at any time
following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred
or
occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict
with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus
or
the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in
the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company
will
give prompt notice thereof to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. and, if requested by
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., will prepare and furnish without charge to each
Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other document which will
correct such conflict, statement or omission; provided, however, that this
representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions
in an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein
(b) Each
Selling
Stockholder represents and agrees that it has not made and will not make any
offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a "free writing prospectus"
as defined in Rule 405 under the Act.
(c) Each
Underwriter
represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., it has not made and will not make any offer relating
to the Shares that would constitute a free writing prospectus; any such free
writing prospectus the use of which has been consented to by the Company and
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. is listed on Schedule III hereto.
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7. (a)
The
Company covenants and agrees that the Company will pay or cause to be paid
the
following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel
and
accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act
and
all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction
and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements
thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters
and
dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement among
Underwriters, this Agreement, the Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents
(including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection
with
the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iii) all expenses
in
connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under
state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees
and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such
qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey; (iv) all fees and
expenses in connection with listing the Shares on Nasdaq; (v) the filing fees
incident to, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters
in
connection with, securing any required review by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale of the Shares; (vi) the cost
of preparing stock certificates; (vii) the cost and charges of any transfer
agent or registrar; and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically
provided for in this Section. Each of the Selling Stockholders agree that such
Selling Stockholder will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident
to the performance of such Selling Stockholder's obligations hereunder which
are
not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section, including (i) any
fees
and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholder, (ii) such Selling
Stockholder's pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the Attorneys-in-Fact
and the Custodian, and (iii) all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and
delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder to the
Underwriters hereunder. In connection with clause (iii) of the preceding
sentence, Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. agrees to pay New York State stock transfer
tax, and each Selling Stockholder agrees to reimburse Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
for associated carrying costs if such tax payment is not rebated on the day
of
payment and for any portion of such tax payment not rebated. It is understood,
however, that the Company shall bear, and the Selling Stockholders shall not
be
required to pay or to reimburse the Company for, the cost of any other matters
not directly relating to the sale and purchase of the Shares pursuant to this
Agreement, and that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 9 and
13
hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including
the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares
by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aircraft charter expenses incurred in
connection with meetings of prospective purchasers of the Shares shall be borne
50% by the Company, on the one hand, and 50% by the Underwriters, on the
other.
(b)
The
Selling
Stockholders covenant and agree with the several Underwriters (i) that they
will
pay or cause to be paid all taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the
Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters hereunder,
and
(ii) the underwriting discount associated with the Shares to be sold by such
Selling Stockholder hereunder shall be deducted from the Selling Stockholders'
proceeds from the sale of such Shares.
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8. The
obligations of
the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to be delivered at each Time of
Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all
representations and warranties and other statements of the Company and of the
Selling Stockholders herein are, at and as of such Time of Delivery, true and
correct, the condition that the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall
have
performed all of its and their obligations hereunder theretofore to be
performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) The
Prospectus
shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Act
within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and
regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; all
material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under
the
Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period
prescribed for such filing by Rule 433 under the Act; if the Company has elected
to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
shall have become effective by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date
of
this Agreement; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for
that
purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; no stop
order
suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all
requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have
been complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Xxxxxxxx
&
Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such
written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, with respect to
the matters as you may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received
such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to
pass upon such matters;
(c) Meitar
Liquornik
Geva & Leshem Xxxxxxxxx, Israeli counsel for the Underwriters, shall have
furnished to you such written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of
Delivery, with respect to the matters as you may reasonably request, and such
counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably
request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(d) Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, P.C., counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to
you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and
substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:
(i) The
Company has
been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has the requisite corporate
power and authority to carry on its business as described in the Prospectus;
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(ii) The
Company has an
authorized capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus, and all of the issued
shares of capital stock of the Company (including the Shares being delivered
at
such Time of Delivery) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are
fully paid and non assessable; and the Shares conform in all material respects
to the description of the Stock contained in the Prospectus;
(iii) The
Company has
been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business
and
is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in the U.S. in
which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require
such qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by
reason of failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction (such counsel
being entitled to rely in respect of the opinion in this clause upon opinions
of
local counsel and in respect of matters of fact upon certificates of officers
of
the Company, provided that (A) such counsel shall state that they believe that
both you and they are justified in relying upon such opinions and certificates,
and (B) copies of such opinions and certificates are provided to the
Underwriters and counsel to the Underwriters);
(iv) To
such counsel's
knowledge and other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal
or
governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is a party which if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse
Effect; and to such counsel’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened by
governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(v) This
Agreement has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(vi) The
issue and sale
of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery to be sold by the Company
and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (A) do not violate
any provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, (B) do not violate
any statute, rule or regulation known to such counsel to be customarily
applicable to transactions of the nature contemplated by this Agreement, (C)
do
not violate, breach, or constitute a default under, any of the terms or
provisions of, any contract or agreement filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K (the “Reviewed
Agreements”) and (D) do not violate any judgment, order or decree known to such
counsel of any court, regulatory body, arbitrator or other
authority;
(vii) No
consent,
approval, authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any
governmental agency or body on the part of the Company is required for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the valid
execution and delivery of this Agreement, or the offer, sale or issuance of
the
Shares, except such as have been obtained or made under the Act and the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the Shares, and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state
securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution
of
the Shares by the Underwriters;
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(viii) The
offer, sale and
issuance of the Shares will not be subject to any statutory preemptive or
similar rights, any preemptive rights pursuant to the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws or, to such counsel’s knowledge, pursuant to any
contract or written agreement;
(ix) The
statements set
forth in the Prospectus under the caption "Description of Capital Stock,"
insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Stock,
under
the caption "Risk Factors - Provisions in our charter documents and under
Delaware law could discourage a takeover that stockholders may consider
favorable," under the caption "Material U.S. Federal Tax Considerations for
Non-U.S. Holders," under the caption "Certain Relationships and Related Party
Transactions," under the caption "Shares Eligible for Future Sale," and under
the caption “Underwriting,” and in Part II of the Registration Statement under
Item 14, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and
documents referred to therein, are fair and accurate summaries and descriptions
of the matters referred to therein in all material respects;
(x) The
Company is not
and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the
application of the proceeds thereof, will not be an "investment company," as
such term is defined in the Investment Company Act; and
Such
counsel shall
have also furnished to you its written statement that although such counsel
does
not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
the
statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus, except for those referred to in the opinion in subsection
(x)
of this Section 8(c) and only to the extent referred to therein, no facts have
come to such counsel’s attention, in the course of its review and discussion,
that have caused such counsel to believe that, (i) any part of the Registration
Statement or any further amendment made thereto by the Company prior to such
Time of Delivery when such part or amendment became effective 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 (other than the financial statements and related schedules and the
financial data derived from such financial statements or schedules, as to which
such counsel expresses no belief), (ii) the
Pricing
Disclosure Package, when considered together with and as supplemented by the
price to public set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus, as of the
Applicable Time, contained an 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
(other than the
financial statements and related schedules and the financial and statistical
data derived from such financial statements or schedules, as to which such
counsel expresses no belief), or (iii) the Prospectus, as of its date and as
of
the Time of Delivery, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading (other than the financial statements and related schedules and the
financial data derived from such financial statements or schedules, as to which
such counsel expresses no belief). In addition, such counsel shall have
confirmed that the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any further
amendments or supplements thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of
Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules and the
financial data derived from such financial statements or schedules, as to which
we express no confirmation), comply as to form in all material respects with
the
requirements of the Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder;
and
they do not know of any contracts or other documents of a character required
to
be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be described
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are not filed or described
as required.
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(e) Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx
& Co., Israeli counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their
written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance
satisfactory to you, to the effect that:
(i) Wintegra,
Ltd., a
company organized under the laws of the State of Israel and a subsidiary of
the
Company (the "Israeli Subsidiary") has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Israel, with requisite
power and authority to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;
to
the knowledge of such counsel, no proceeding has been instituted by the
Registrar of Companies in Israel for the dissolution of the Israeli
Subsidiary;
(ii) the
outstanding
ordinary shares of the Israeli Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized,
issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and are owned directly or indirectly
by
the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims
except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus; and to such counsel's knowledge
after reasonable investigation, except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus,
no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other
obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange
any
securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company
or the Israeli Subsidiary are outstanding;
(iii) the
statements
included in the Prospectus under the heading "Risk Factors - Risks Related
to
Our Operations in Israel," "Risk Factors - The tax benefits available to us
require us to meet several conditions and may be terminated or reduced in the
future, which would increase our taxes," and "Israeli Taxation and Government
Programs," insofar as such statements summarize legal matters as to Israeli
law,
provisions of the Israeli Subsidiary's articles of association, or agreements,
documents or proceedings discussed therein governed by the laws of the State
of
Israel, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, provisions of
the
Israeli Subsidiary's articles of association, agreements, documents or
proceedings;
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(iv) to
such counsel's
knowledge and other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal
or
governmental proceedings pending in or before any Israeli court or Israeli
governmental agency to which the Israeli Subsidiary is a party or of which
any
property of the Israeli Subsidiary or any of its subsidiaries is the subject
which, if determined adversely to the Israeli Subsidiary, the Company or any
of
its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse
Effect on the current or future consolidated financial position stockholders'
equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to
such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened by any Israeli
governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(v) no
consent,
approval, authorization, order, license, registration or qualification of or
with any Israeli court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue
and sale of the Shares or the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, except such consents, approvals, authorizations,
licenses, registrations or qualifications as have been obtained in connection
with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters; provided
that with respect to the opinion set forth in this Section (v), such counsel
has
assumed, without independent verification, that, aside from investors that
meet
any of the definitions set forth in Section 15A(b)(1) of the Israeli Securities
Law, 1968, the aggregate number of offerees to whom the Company, the
Underwriters, the Selling Shareholders, and any of their respective
representatives, have made an offering in Israel of any securities of the
Company in the past twelve months did not exceed 35 offerees;
(vi) the
Israeli
Subsidiary is not in violation of or default under (a) any provision of its
articles of association or other organizational documents, (b) to the knowledge
of such counsel, the performance or observance of any material obligation,
agreement, covenant or condition contained in any Reviewed Agreement, or (c)
any
Israeli statute, law, rule or regulation known to such counsel to be customarily
applicable to transactions of the nature contemplated by this Agreement, or
any
judgment, order or decree of any Israeli court, regulatory body, arbitrator
or
other authority having jurisdiction in Israel over the Israeli subsidiary,
except for defaults and violations which would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(vii) the
issue and sale
of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery to be sold by the Company
and execution, delivery and compliance by the Company with all of the provisions
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated
will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms
or
provisions of, or constitute a default under the Reviewed Agreements to which
the Israeli Subsidiary is a party or by which the Israeli Subsidiary is bound
or
to which any of the property or assets of the Israeli Subsidiary is subject,
nor
will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the articles
of
association or other organizational documents of the Israeli Subsidiary or
any
Israeli statute, rule or regulation known to such counsel to be customarily
applicable to transactions of the nature contemplated by this Agreement, of
any
judgment, order or decree of any Israeli court or Israeli governmental agency
or
body having jurisdiction over the Israeli Subsidiary or any of its
properties;
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(viii) to
ensure the
legality, validity or admissibility into evidence in the State of Israel of
this
Agreement, it is not necessary that this Agreement be filed or recorded with
any
court or other authority in the State of Israel;
(ix) under
the Israeli
Law on Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, 5718-1958, the submission by the
Israeli subsidiary under this Agreement to the jurisdiction of any court sitting
in New York and the designation of New York law to apply to this Agreement,
is
binding upon the Israeli Subsidiary and, if properly brought to the attention
of
a court or administrative body in accordance with the laws of Israel, would
be
enforceable in any judicial or administrative proceeding in Israel; subject
to
certain time limitations, Israeli courts are empowered to enforce foreign final
non-appealable executory judgments in civil matters, obtained after completion
of process before a court which was, according to the laws of the state of
such
court, competent to render the judgment, and such court is in a state that
recognizes similar Israeli judgments, provided such judgments or the enforcement
thereof are not contrary to Israeli law, public policy, security or the
sovereignty of the State of Israel; and the enforcement of judgments is
conditional upon: (a) adequate service of process being effected and the
defendant having had a reasonable opportunity to be heard; (b) such judgment
having been obtained before a court of competent jurisdiction according to
the
rules of private international law prevailing in Israel; (c) such judgment
not
being in conflict with another valid judgment in the same matter between the
same parties; (d) such judgment not having been obtained by fraudulent means;
and (e) an action between the same parties in the same matter not pending in
any
Israeli court at the time the lawsuit is instituted in the foreign
court;
(x) no
stamp duty, and
assuming that none of the Underwriters is subject to taxation in the State
of
Israel, no other issuance or transfer taxes or duties and no capital gains,
income, withholding or other taxes are payable by or on behalf of the
Underwriters to the State of Israel or to any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein in connection with the sale and delivery by the
Underwriters of the Shares as contemplated herein; and
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(xi) Although
they do
not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
the
statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the
Pricing Prospectus, except for those referred to in the opinion in subsection
(iii) of this Section 8(e), they have no reason to believe (a) that, any part
of
the Registration Statement or any further amendment thereto made by the Company
prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related
schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when
such
part or amendment became effective, 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; (b) the Pricing
Disclosure Package, when considered together with and as supplemented by the
price to public set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus, as of the
Applicable Time, contained an 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; or (c)
that, as of its date and as of such Time of Delivery, the Prospectus or any
further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to such Time
of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein,
as to which such counsel need express no opinion) contained or contains an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material
fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; and they do not know of any
amendment to the Registration Statement required to be filed or of any contracts
or other documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement or required to be described in the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus which are not filed or described as required.
In
rendering the opinion in paragraph (e), such counsel may rely upon certificates
of the responsible officers of the Company and the Israeli Subsidiary in respect
of matters of fact, provided that (A) such counsel shall state that they believe
that both you and they are justified in relying upon such certificates, and
(B)
a copy of such certificates are provided to the Underwriters and counsel to
the
Underwriters;
(f) Each
of Xxxxx Xxxxx
Zedek Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxx & Partners, intellectual property counsel for the
Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time
of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect
that:
(i) the
Company's
patents (collectively, the "Opinion Patents") are valid and subsisting;
provided, that such opinion shall include a description of such counsel's prior
art searches in a form satisfactory to counsel to the
Representatives;
(ii) the
Company's
issued Opinion Patents and filed patent applications filed in the U.S. (the
"Applications") have been properly prepared and filed on behalf of the Company,
are being diligently pursued by the Company and to the best of such counsel's
knowledge, the Company has complied with all applicable examination requirements
of duty of candor and disclosure; the inventions described in the Applications
are assigned or licensed to the Company to the best of such counsel's knowledge,
except for Applications where the Company has obtained a field of use license,
and/or where certain rights have been retained by the licensor or the U.S.
government, no other entity or individual has any right or claim in any of
the
inventions, Applications, or any patent to be issued therefrom, and in such
counsel's opinion, each of the Applications discloses patentable subject
matter;
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(iii) the
statements
contained in the Registration Statement and Prospectus including, but not
limited to, the statements under the captions "Risk Factors - If we fail to
secure or protect our intellectual property rights, other persons or entities
may be able to xxx our technologies, which could weaken our competitive
position, reduce our revenue or increase our costs," "Risk Factors - We may
be
subject to claims of infringement of third party intellectual property rights
or
demands that we license third party technology, which could result in
significant expense and loss of our intellectual property rights" and "Business
- Intellectual Property," (collectively, the "Intellectual Property Portion")
are accurate descriptions of the Company's patent applications, issued and
allowed patents, and fairly summarize the legal matters, documents and
proceedings relating thereto of which such counsel is aware;
(iv) except
as disclosed
in the Prospectus, such counsel is not aware or has not been put on notice
of
any valid patent that is or would be infringed by the activities of the Company
in the manufacture, use or sale of any presently proposed product, as described
in the Prospectus;
(v) except
as disclosed
in the Prospectus, such counsel is not aware of any pending or threatened
judicial or governmental proceedings relating to patents or proprietary
information to which the Company is a party or of which any property of the
Company is subject, including any interference, reexamination, reissue or
declaratory action proceeding, and such counsel is not aware of any pending
or
threatened action, suit or claim by others that the Company is infringing or
otherwise violating any patent rights of others, nor is such counsel aware
of
any rights of third parties to any of the Company's inventions described in
the
Applications, issued, approved or licensed patents which could reasonably be
expected to materially affect the ability of the Company to conduct its business
as described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; and
(vi) such
counsel has no
reason to believe that the information contained in the Intellectual Property
Portion of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus at the time each became
effective, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state
any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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In
rendering such opinion in paragraph (f), such counsel may rely (A) as to matters
involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State
of
Israel and federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper
and
specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing
whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the
Underwriters and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper,
on
certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public
officials.
(g) The
respective
counsel for each of the Selling Stockholders, as indicated in Schedule II
hereto, each shall have furnished to you their written opinion with respect
to
each of the Selling Stockholders for whom they are acting as counsel, dated
such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect
that:
(i) A
Power of Attorney
and a Custody Agreement have been duly executed and delivered by such Selling
Stockholder and constitute valid and binding agreements of such Selling
Stockholder in accordance with their terms;
(ii) This
Agreement has
been duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder;
and the sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder
and
the compliance by such Selling Stockholder with all of the provisions of this
Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with
or
result in a breach or violation of any terms or provisions of, or constitute
a
default under, any statute, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement
or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which such Selling
Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder is bound or to
which
any of the property or assets of such Selling Stockholder is subject, nor will
such action result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of
incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of such Selling
Stockholder if such Selling Stockholder is a corporation or any order, rule
or
regulation known to such counsel of any court or governmental agency or body
having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or the property of such
Selling Stockholder;
(iii) No
consent,
approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body
is
required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
in connection with the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder,
except [name any such consent, approval, authorization or order] which [has]
[have] been duly obtained and [is] [are] in full force and effect, such as
have
been obtained under the Act and such as may be required under state securities
or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of such Shares
by the Underwriters;
(iv) Immediately
prior
to such Time of Delivery, such Selling Stockholder had good and valid title
to
the Shares to be sold at such Time of Delivery by such Selling Stockholder
under
this Agreement, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims,
and full right, power and authority to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the
Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder; and
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(v) Good
and valid
title to such Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or
claims, has been transferred to each of the several Underwriters who have
purchased such Shares in good faith and without notice of any such lien,
encumbrance, equity or claim or any other adverse claim within the meaning
of
the Uniform Commercial Code.
In
rendering the opinion in paragraph (g)(iv), such counsel may rely upon a
certificate of such Selling Stockholder in respect of matters of fact as to
ownership of, and liens, encumbrances, equities or claims on, the Shares sold
by
such Selling Stockholder, provided that (A) such counsel shall state that they
believe that both you and they are justified in relying upon such certificate,
and (B) a copy of such certificate is provided to the Underwriters and counsel
to the Underwriters;
(h) On
the date of the
Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement, at 9:30 a.m.,
New
York City time, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also
at each Time of Delivery, E&Y shall have furnished to you a letter or
letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance
satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Annex I hereto (the executed
copy of the letter delivered prior to the execution of this Agreement is
attached as Annex I(a) hereto and a draft of the form of letter to be delivered
on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement and as of each Time of Delivery is attached as Annex I(b)
hereto);
(i) (A) Neither
the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest
audited financial statements included in the Pricing Prospectus any loss or
interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity,
whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or
governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or
contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, and (B) since the respective dates
as of
which information is given in the Pricing Prospectus there shall not have been
any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of
its
subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change,
in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing
Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (A) or
(B), is in your judgment so material and adverse as to make it impracticable
or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares
being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus;
(j) On
or after the
Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a
suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on Nasdaq;
(ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either
Federal, New York, California, or Texas State authorities or a material
disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services
in the United States; (iii) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving
the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national
emergency or war or (iv) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or
any
change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States
or
elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iii) or (iv)
in
your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public
offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery
on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
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(k) The
Shares at such
Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed for quotation on the Nasdaq
National Market;
(l) The
Company shall
have obtained and delivered to the Underwriters executed copies of an agreement
(the "Stockholder Lock-Up Agreement") from each officer, director and
stockholder of the Company, substantially to the effect set forth in Subsection
1(b)(iv) hereof in form and substance satisfactory to you, and shall have taken
all actions necessary to ensure that each holder of options to purchase the
Company's securities is bound by the same Lock-Up Period as set forth in
Subsection 1(b)(iv) hereof;
(m) The
Company shall
have complied with the provisions of Section 5(c) hereof with respect to the
furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business Day next succeeding the
date
of this Agreement; and
(n) The
Company and the
Selling Stockholders shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you
at
such Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company and of the Selling
Stockholders, respectively, satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders,
respectively, herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance
by the Company and duly authorized representatives of the Selling Stockholders
of all of their respective obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior
to
such Time of Delivery, and as to such other matters as you may reasonably
request, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished
certificates as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (i) of this
Section and such other matters as you may reasonably request.
9. (a)
The
Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners,
directors and officers, any person who controls any Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the
successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons, against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter
or
any such person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as
such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise
out
of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any "issuer
information" filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the
Act, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to
state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the
statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter or any
such person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
Underwriter or any such person in connection with investigating or defending
any
such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that
the
Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement
or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus
or
the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
expressly for use therein.
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(b)
Each
of the Selling
Stockholders, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers, any person who controls
any
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons,
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such Underwriter or any such person may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement,
any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing
Prospectus,
the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or any "issuer information" filed or required to be filed pursuant
to
Rule 433(d) under the Act, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to
the
extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing
Prospectus,
the
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any such amendment or
supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information relating
to such Selling Stockholder furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholder
expressly for use therein; and will reimburse each Underwriter or any such
person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter
or any such person in connection with investigating or defending any such action
or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that such Selling
Stockholder shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such
loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made
in
the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing
Prospectus,
the
Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
expressly for use therein; provided further, that the liability of any Selling
Stockholder pursuant to this subsection (b) shall not exceed the aggregate
gross
proceeds received, but before expenses, from the sale of Shares by such Selling
Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement (with respect to each Selling
Stockholder, such amount being referred to herein as such Selling Stockholder's
"Gross Proceeds").
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(c)
Each
Underwriter
will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each Selling Stockholder
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or
such
Selling Stockholder may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar
as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Pricing
Prospectus
or the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to
make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but
only
to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Pricing Prospectus or any such
amendment or supplement thereto,
or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, in
reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such
Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein; and will
reimburse the Company and each Selling Stockholder for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or such Selling Stockholder in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such
expenses are incurred.
(d)
Promptly
after
receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above of notice
of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim
in
respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such
subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof
(each such notice to the indemnifying party, a "Notice"); but the omission
so to
notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which
it
may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In
case
any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall
notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying
party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall
wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume
the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified
party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be
counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying
party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense
thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party
under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other
expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in
connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of
investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of
the
indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the
entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or
claim
in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder
(whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such
action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes
an
unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out
of
such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission
of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified
party.
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(e)
If
the
indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient
to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above
in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute
to
the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on
the
other from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided
by
the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if
the
indemnified party failed to give the Notice required under subsection (d) above,
then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable
by
such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only
such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the
Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as
any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by
the
Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on
the
other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds
from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the
Selling Stockholders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions
received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the
cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material
fact
relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Stockholders
on
the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The Company, each of the Selling Stockholders and the
Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions
pursuant to this subsection (e) were determined by pro rata allocation (even
if
the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other
method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to above in this subsection (e). The amount paid or payable by an
indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or
actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (e) shall
be
deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action
or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which
the
total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public
were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty
of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this subsection
(e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection
(e), no Selling Stockholder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess
of such Stockholder’s Gross Proceeds under this subsection (e).
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(f)
The
obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Section
9
shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the respective
Selling Stockholders may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms
and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within
the
meaning of the Act and each broker-dealer affiliate of any Underwriter; and
the
obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 9 shall be in addition to
any
liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend,
upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company
and to each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling Stockholder
within the meaning of the Act.
10. (a)
If
any
Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Shares which it
has
agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of Delivery, you may in your discretion
arrange for you or another party or other parties to purchase such Shares on
the
terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any
Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company
and the Selling Stockholders shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six
hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to
you
to purchase such Shares on such terms. In the event that, within the respective
prescribed periods, you notify the Company and the Selling Stockholders that
you
have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, or the Company and the Selling
Stockholders notify you that they have so arranged for the purchase of such
Shares, you or the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have the right
to
postpone a Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order
to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and
the
Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in your opinion may thereby
be
made necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include
any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person
had
originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such
Shares.
(b)
If,
after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company and the Selling
Stockholders as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such
Shares which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate
number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, then the
Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have the right to require each
non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares which such
Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in
addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata
share (based on the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase
hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for
which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve
a
defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
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(c)
If,
after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company and the Selling
Stockholders as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such
Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate number
of
all of the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if the Company
and the Selling Stockholders shall not exercise the right described in
subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Shares
of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement (or, with
respect to the Second Time of Delivery, the obligations of the Underwriters
to
purchase and of the Company and the Selling Stockholders to sell the Optional
Shares) shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company or the Selling Stockholders, except
for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Selling Stockholders and
the
Underwriters as provided in Section 7 hereof and the indemnity and contribution
agreements in Section 9 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default.
11. The
respective
indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of
the
Company, the Selling Stockholders and the several Underwriters, as set forth
in
this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this
Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company,
or any of the Selling Stockholders, or any officer or director or controlling
person of the Company, or any controlling person of any Selling Stockholder,
and
shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.
12. In
all dealings
hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the parties
hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice
or
agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by you jointly or by
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. on behalf of you as the representatives; and in all
dealings with any Selling Stockholder hereunder, you and the Company shall
be
entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on
behalf of such Selling Stockholder made or given by any or all of the
Attorneys-in-Fact for such Selling Stockholder.
All
statements,
requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the
Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission
to you as the representatives in care of Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., Xxx Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Registration Department; if to any Selling
Stockholder shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission
to such Selling Stockholder or its counsel at the address set forth in Schedule
II hereto; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex
or
facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the
Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice
to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 9(d) hereof shall be delivered or sent
by
mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set
forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire or telex constituting such
Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company or the Selling
Stockholders by you on request; provided, however, that notices under subsection
5(e) shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or
sent
by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as the representatives at
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention:
Control Room. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take
effect upon receipt thereof.
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13. If
this Agreement
shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof, neither the Company nor
the
Selling Stockholders shall then be under any liability to any Underwriter except
as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; provided that if for any other reason
(a) any Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided
herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through you for all
out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by you, including fees and
disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making
preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered,
but the Company shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter
in
respect of the Shares not so delivered except as provided in Sections 7 and
9
hereof, and (b) any Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Selling
Stockholders as provided herein, each of the Selling Stockholders, pro rata
(based on the number of Shares to be sold by the Company and such Selling
Stockholder hereunder), will reimburse the Underwriters through you for all
out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by you, including fees and
disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making
preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered,
but the Selling Stockholders shall then be under no further liability to any
Underwriter in respect of the Shares not so delivered except as provided in
Sections 7 and 9 hereof.
14. This
Agreement
shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters,
the
Company and the Selling Stockholders and, to the extent provided in Sections
9
and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who
controls the Company, any Selling Stockholder or any Underwriter, and their
respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no
other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this
Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall be
deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
15. Time
shall be of
the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term "business day" shall
mean any day when the Commission's office in Washington, D.C. is open for
business.
16. The
Company and
each of the Selling Stockholders acknowledge and agree that (i) the
purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement is an arm's-length
commercial transaction between the Company and the Selling Stockholders, on
the
one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection
therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter
is
acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company
or of
any Selling Stockholder, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or
fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or of any Selling Stockholder
with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto
(irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising
the Company or any Selling Stockholder on other matters) or any other obligation
to the Company or to any Selling Stockholder except the obligations expressly
set forth in this Agreement and (iv) the Company and each of the Selling
Stockholders has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent
it
deemed appropriate. The Company and each of the Selling Stockholders agree
that it will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered
advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar
duty
to the Company or to any Selling Stockholder, in connection with such
transaction or the process leading thereto.
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17. This
Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral)
between the Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, or between any Selling
Stockholder and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject
matter hereof.
18. This
Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of
New York.
19. The
Company, each
of the Selling Stockholders and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right
to
trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
20. This
Agreement may
be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
21. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Company and the Selling Stockholders are
authorized to disclose to any persons the U.S. federal and state income tax
treatment and tax structure of the potential transaction and all materials
of
any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Company
and the Selling Stockholders relating to that treatment and structure, without
the Underwriters imposing any limitation of any kind. However, any information
relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential (and
the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any
person to comply with securities laws. For this purpose, "tax structure" is
limited to any facts that may be relevant to that treatment.
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If
the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return
to us one for the Company and each of the Representatives plus one for each
counsel and the Custodian counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof
by
you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance
hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the Underwriters,
the
Company and each of the Selling Stockholders. It is understood that your
acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant
to
the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form
of
which shall be submitted to the Company and the Selling Stockholders for
examination, upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority
of the signers thereof.
[Signature
page
follows.]
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Any
person
executing and delivering this Agreement as Attorney-in-Fact for a Selling
Stockholder represents by so doing that he has been duly appointed as
Attorney-in-Fact by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to a validly existing
and
binding Power of Attorney which authorizes such Attorney-in-Fact to take such
action.
Very truly yours, | ||
WINTEGRA, INC. | ||
|
|
|
By: | ||
Name: |
||
Title: |
TEXAS
INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
MARVELL
SEMICONDUCTOR ISRAEL LTD.
PMC-SIERRA,
INC.
MIZRAHI
TEFAHOT BANK LTD.
AMERICAN
FRIENDS OF TMURA, INC.
|
||
|
|
|
By: | ||
Name: |
||
Title: | ||
As
Attorney-in-Fact acting on behalf of each of the Selling Stockholders
named in Schedule II to this
Agreement.
|
Accepted
as of the
date hereof
at
New York, New
York:
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx
& Co.
X.X.
Xxxxxx
Securities, Inc.
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Partners LLC
CIBC
World Markets
Corp.
By:
_________________________________________________
(Xxxxxxx,
Sachs
& Co.)
On
behalf of each
of the Underwriters
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SCHEDULE
I
|
||||
Number
of Optional
|
|||||||
Shares
to be
|
|||||||
Total
Number of
|
Purchased
if
|
||||||
Firm
Shares
|
Maximum
Option
|
||||||
Underwriter
|
to
be
Purchased
|
Exercised
|
|||||
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx & Co.
|
|||||||
X.X.
Xxxxxx
Securities, Inc.
|
|||||||
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Partners LLC
|
|||||||
CIBC
World
Markets Corp.
|
|||||||
Total
|
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SCHEDULE
II
|
|||||||
Number
of Optional
|
|||||||
Shares
to be
|
|||||||
Total
Number of
|
Sold
if
|
||||||
Firm
Shares
|
Maximum
Option
|
||||||
to
be
Sold
|
Exercised
|
||||||
The
Company
|
3,170,000
|
613,531
|
|||||
The
Selling
Stockholder(s):
|
|||||||
Texas
Instruments Incorporated (a)
|
981,788
|
-
|
|||||
PMC-Sierra,
Inc. (b)
|
426,512
|
-
|
|||||
Marvell
Semiconductor Israel Ltd. (c)
|
258,837
|
-
|
|||||
Plenus
Technologies Ltd. (d)
|
54,264
|
-
|
|||||
Mizrahi
Tefahot Bank Ltd. (e)
|
-
|
67,829
|
|||||
American
Friends of Tmura, Inc. (f)
|
-
|
14,365
|
|||||
Total
|
4,891,401
|
695,725
|
____________
(a) This
Selling
Stockholder is represented by [Name
and
Address of Counsel]
and has appointed
Jacob (Kobi) Xxx-Xxx and Xxxx Xxxxxx, and each of them, as the Attorneys-in-Fact
for such Selling Stockholder. The address for notice to such Selling Stockholder
is [_____________].
(b) This
Selling
Stockholder is represented by [Name
and
Address of Counsel]
and has appointed
Jacob (Kobi) Xxx-Xxx and Xxxx Xxxxxx, and each of them, as the Attorneys-in-Fact
for such Selling Stockholder.
(c) This
Selling
Stockholder is represented by [Name
and
Address of Counsel]
and has appointed
Jacob (Kobi) Xxx-Xxx and Xxxx Xxxxxx, and each of them, as the Attorneys-in-Fact
for such Selling Stockholder.
(d) This
Selling
Stockholder is represented by [Name
and
Address of Counsel]
and has appointed
Jacob (Kobi) Xxx-Xxx and Xxxx Xxxxxx, and each of them, as the Attorneys-in-Fact
for such Selling Stockholder.
(e) This
Selling
Stockholder is represented by [Name
and
Address of Counsel]
and has appointed
Jacob (Kobi) Xxx-Xxx and Xxxx Xxxxxx, and each of them, as the Attorneys-in-Fact
for such Selling Stockholder.
(f) This
Selling
Stockholder is represented by [Name
and
Address of Counsel]
and has appointed
Jacob (Kobi) Xxx-Xxx and Xxxx Xxxxxx, and each of them, as the Attorneys-in-Fact
for such Selling Stockholder.
44
SCHEDULE
III
(a)
|
Materials
other than the Pricing Prospectus that comprise the Pricing Disclosure
Package:
|
[_____________]
(b) Issuer
Free Writing
Prospectuses not included in the Pricing Disclosure Package:
[Roadshow]
45
ANNEX
I(a)
DESCRIPTION
OF COMFORT LETTER
Pursuant
to Section
8(h) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants shall furnish letters to
the
Underwriters to the effect that :
(i)
They
are
independent certified public accountants with respect to the Company and its
subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules
and regulations thereunder;
(ii)
In
their opinion,
the financial statements and any supplementary financial information and
schedules (and, if applicable, financial forecasts and/or pro forma financial
information) examined by them and included in the Prospectus or the Registration
Statement comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the related published rules and
regulations thereunder; and, if applicable, they have made a review in
accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants of the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements,
selected financial data, pro forma financial information, financial forecasts
and/or condensed financial statements derived from audited financial statements
of the Company for the periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their
reports thereon, copies of which have been furnished to the representatives
of
the Underwriters (the "Representatives") and are attached hereto;
(iii)
They
have made a
review in accordance with standards established by the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board of the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income,
consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included
in the Prospectus as indicated in their reports thereon copies of which are
attached hereto and on the basis of specified procedures including inquiries
of
officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting
matters regarding whether the unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements referred to in paragraph (vi)(A)(i) below comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and
the
related published rules and regulations, nothing came to their attention that
caused them to believe that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the related published rules and
regulations;
(iv)
The
unaudited
selected financial information with respect to the consolidated results of
operations and financial position of the Company for the five most recent fiscal
years included in the Prospectus agrees with the corresponding amounts (after
restatements where applicable) in the audited consolidated financial statements
for such five fiscal years;
(v)
They
have compared
the information in the Prospectus under selected captions with the disclosure
requirements of Regulation S-K and on the basis of limited procedures specified
in such letter nothing came to their attention as a result of the foregoing
procedures that caused them to believe that this information does not conform
in
all material respects with the disclosure requirements of Item 301 of Regulation
S-K;
(vi)
On
the basis of
limited procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards, consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial
statements and other information referred to below, a reading of the latest
available interim financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries,
inspection of the minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries since the
date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus,
inquiries of officials of the Company and its subsidiaries responsible for
financial and accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as
may
be specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that caused them
to
believe that:
(A) (i)
the unaudited
consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated
statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus do not comply as to form
in
all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act
and
the related published rules and regulations, or (ii) any material modifications
should be made to the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income,
consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included
in the Prospectus for them to be in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles;
(B) as
of a specified
date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, there have not
been any changes in the consolidated capital stock (other than issuances of
capital stock upon exercise of options and stock appreciation rights, upon
earn-outs of performance shares and upon conversions of convertible securities,
in each case which were outstanding on the date of the latest financial
statements included in the Prospectus) or any increase in the consolidated
long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, or any decreases in
consolidated net current assets or stockholders' equity or other items specified
by the Representatives, or any increases in any items specified by the
Representatives, in each case as compared with amounts shown in the latest
balance sheet included in the Prospectus, except in each case for changes,
increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may
occur
or which are described in such letter; and
(C) for
the period from
the date of the latest financial statements included in the Prospectus to the
specified date referred to in clause (C) there were any decreases in
consolidated net revenues or operating profit or the total or per share amounts
of consolidated net income or other items specified by the Representatives,
or
any increases in any items specified by the Representatives, in each case as
compared with the comparable period of the preceding year and with any other
period of corresponding length specified by the Representatives, except in
each
case for decreases or increases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred
or
may occur or which are described in such letter;
(vii) In
addition to the
examination referred to in their report(s) included in the Prospectus and the
limited procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures
referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (vi) above, they have carried out certain
specified procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to certain amounts,
percentages and financial information specified by the Representatives, which
are derived from the general accounting records of the Company and its
subsidiaries, which appear in the Prospectus, or in Part II of, or in exhibits
and schedules to, the Registration Statement specified by the Representatives,
and have compared certain of such amounts, percentages and financial information
with the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and have found
them to be in agreement.
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