InterMune, Inc. Common Stock, par value $0.001 Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
InterMune, Inc.
Common Stock, par value $0.001
September 20, 2007
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.,
As representative of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto,
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
As representative 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:
InterMune, 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 3,500,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”) and, at the election of the
Underwriters, up to 525,000 additional shares (the “Optional Shares”) of Common Stock, par value $0.001
per share (“Stock”) of the Company (the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares that the Underwriters
elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof being collectively called the “Shares”).
1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No 333-139713 (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 to
the Initial Registration Statement, but including all documents incorporated by reference in
the prospectus included therein, 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 or
document incorporated by reference therein has heretofore been filed, or transmitted for
filing, with the Commission (other than prospectuses filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the
rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act, each in the form heretofore delivered
to the Representative); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial
Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or any part thereof or the Rule
462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose
has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission (the
base prospectus filed as part of the Initial Registration Statement, in the form in which it
has most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement
relating to the Shares, is hereinafter called the “Basic Prospectus”; any preliminary
prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Shares filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) 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 any
prospectus supplement relating to the Shares that is filed with the Commission and deemed by
virtue of Rule 430B under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement, 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 Basic
Prospectus, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined
in Section 1(c) hereof), is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus”; the form of the
final prospectus relating to the Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”;
any reference herein to the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, as of the date of such
prospectus; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus, any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating
to the Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and any
documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Basic Prospectus, such
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment
to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of
the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective
date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement; 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”);
(b) 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
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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;
(c)
For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time”
is 6:30 pm (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement. The Pricing Prospectus, 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 II(a) 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 Prospectus
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;
(d) The documents incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus,
when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed
in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents
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;
and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any
further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents 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 or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder and will 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 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; and no such documents were filed with the Commission since
the Commission’s close of business on the business day
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immediately prior to the date of this
Agreement and prior to the execution of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule
II(b) hereto;
(e) 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, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein;
(f) The financial statements of the Company (including all notes and schedules thereto)
included in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus present fairly the
financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated
and the statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; 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 and the Pricing Prospectus, have been
prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied
throughout the periods involved. The summary and selected financial data included in the
Pricing Prospectus 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 Pricing Prospectus and other financial
information;
(g) The Company and each of its subsidiaries has filed all material Federal, state,
local and foreign tax returns which are required to be filed through the date hereof, which
returns are true and correct in all material respects or has received timely extensions
thereof, and has paid all taxes shown on such returns and all assessments received by it to
the extent that the same are material and have become due. There are no tax audits or
investigations pending, which if adversely determined would have a Material Adverse Effect
(as hereinafter defined); nor are there any
material proposed additional tax assessments against the Company or any of its
subsidiaries;
(h) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference 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
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which information is given in the
Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, there has not been any change in the
capital stock (excluding stock option grants in the ordinary course of business pursuant to
the Company’s current stock option plans, the issuance of stock pursuant to the Company’s
employee stock purchase plan and the exercise of any outstanding stock options) 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, in or affecting the general
affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”), otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus;
(i) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to
all material real property and good and marketable title to all material tangible 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 do not materially affect
the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of
such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held
under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases (subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to
general equity principles, and except as enforcement of indemnification and contribution
provisions thereof may be limited by applicable law) with such exceptions as are not
material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and
buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;
(j) 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 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; and each subsidiary of the Company has been
duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation;
(k) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(l) 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 and are fully paid and non-assessable and conform to the description
of the Stock contained in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-
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assessable and (except for directors’
qualifying or substantially similar shares and except as otherwise set forth in the Pricing
Prospectus) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims and there are no options, warrants or rights to acquire shares of capital stock of any subsidiary of the Company; with respect to stock options (the
“Stock Options”) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company (the
“Company Stock Plans”), (i) each Stock Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock
option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code so qualifies, (ii) each grant of a
Stock Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Stock
Option was by its terms to be effective (the “Grant Date”) by all necessary corporate
action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a
duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by
the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such
grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, (iii) each such grant
was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans, (iv) the per share
exercise price of each Stock Option was equal to the fair market value of a share of Common
Stock, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors on the effective Grant Date and (v) each such grant was properly
accounted for in accordance with U.S. GAAP;
(m) The issue and sale of the Shares and the compliance by the Company with 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, other than any conflict, breach, violation or
default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect,
nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation 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 such as have been obtained under the Act and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or
Blue Sky laws or the bylaws and rules and regulations of the National Association of
Securities Dealers in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the
Underwriters;
(n) 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
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subject, which, if
determined adversely to 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 the best of the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened by
governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(o) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its Certificate
of Incorporation or By-laws or in default in the performance or observance of any
obligation, 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, other than any such defaults under such indentures,
mortgages, deed of trusts, loan agreements, leases or other agreements or instruments which
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(p) The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus under the caption
“Description of Capital Stock”, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms
of the Stock and under the caption “Underwriting”, insofar as they purport to describe the
provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair in
all material respects;
(q) 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”);
(r) At the earliest time after the filing of the Initial Registration Statement that
the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of
Rule 164(h)(2) under the Act) of the Shares, the Company was not an “ineligible issuer” as
defined in Rule 405 under the Act;
(s) Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company
and its subsidiaries, and have audited the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting and management’s assessment thereof are independent public accountants as required
by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(t) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as
such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that complies with the
requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Company’s principal executive
officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective and the
Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial
reporting, it being understood
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that the management of the Company has not conducted an
evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
for any period after June 30, 2007;
(u) The Company’s board of directors meets the independence requirements of, and has
established an audit committee that meets the independence requirements of, the rules and
regulations of the Commission and the Nasdaq Global Market;
(v) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated
by reference in the 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;
(w) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined
in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange
Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material
information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s
principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities;
and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective; it being understood that the
management of the Company has not conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the
Company’s disclosure controls and procedures for any period after June 30, 2007;
(x) Except as described in the Pricing Prospectus and to the knowledge of the Company,
the Company owns, or has obtained valid and enforceable licenses for, or other rights to
use, or has a reasonable basis to believe that it can acquire on reasonable terms the right
to use, the inventions, patent applications, patents,
trademarks (both registered and unregistered), tradenames, copyrights and trade secrets
described in Pricing Prospectus as being owned or licensed by it, which the Company
reasonably believes are necessary for the conduct of its business (collectively, the
“Intellectual Property”) and which the failure to own, license or have such rights could
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company; except as described in the Pricing
Prospectus, (i) the Company believes that there are no third parties who have or will be
able to establish their rights to any Intellectual Property, except for the ownership rights
of the owners of the Intellectual Property which is licensed to the Company; (ii) to the
Company’s knowledge there is no infringement by third parties of any Intellectual Property;
(iii) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit,
proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s rights in or to any Intellectual
Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for
any such claim; (iv) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action,
suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any Intellectual
Property; (v) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit,
proceeding or claim
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by others that the Company infringes or otherwise violates any patent,
trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others; (vi) to the
Company’s knowledge there is no patent or patent application which contains claims that
interfere with the issued or pending claims of any of the Intellectual Property which could
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company; and (vii) there is no prior art of which the
Company is aware that may render any patent application included in the Intellectual
Property unpatentable which has not been disclosed to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
which could have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company;
(y)
The Company has filed with the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (the “FDA”), and all applicable foreign, state and local regulatory bodies,
and received approval of, all registrations, applications, licenses, requests for
exemptions, permits and other regulatory authorizations necessary to conduct the Company’s
business as it is described in the Pricing Prospectus; the
Company is in compliance in all material respects with all such registrations, applications, licenses, requests for
exemptions, permits and other regulatory authorizations, and all applicable FDA, foreign,
state and local rules, regulations, guidelines and policies, including, but not limited to,
applicable FDA, foreign, state and local rules, regulations and policies relating to good
manufacturing practice (“GMP”) and good laboratory practice
(“GLP”); the Company has no reason to believe that any party granting any such registration,
application, license, request for exemption, permit or other authorization is considering
limiting, suspending or revoking the same and knows of no basis for any such limitation,
suspension or revocation;
(z)
The human clinical trials, animal studies and
other preclinical tests conducted by the Company or in which the Company has participated,
or the results of which, that are described in the Pricing Prospectus, and such studies and
tests conducted on behalf of the Company, were and, if still pending, are being conducted in
all material respects in accordance with experimental protocols, procedures and controls
generally used by qualified experts in the preclinical or clinical study of new drugs or
diagnostics as applied to comparable products to those being developed by the Company; the
descriptions of the results of such studies, test and trials contained in the Pricing
Prospectus are accurate and complete in all material respects, and except as set forth in
the Pricing Prospectus, the Company has no knowledge of any other trials, studies or tests,
the results of which the Company believes reasonably call into question the clinical trial
results described or referred to in the Pricing Prospectus when viewed in the context in
which such results are described and the clinical state of development; and the Company has
not received any notices or correspondence from the FDA or any other domestic or foreign
governmental agency requiring the termination, suspension or modification (other than such
modifications as are normal in the regulations, any such modifications which are material
have been disclosed to you) of any animal studies, preclinical tests
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or clinical trials
conducted by or on behalf of the Company or in which the Company has participated that are
described in the Pricing Prospectus;
(aa) No material labor or employment 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, if it occurred, would
have a Material Adverse Effect and no employees of the Company are subject to a collective
bargaining agreement;
(bb) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain insurance against such losses and risks
as is, in the Company’s reasonable judgment, prudent and customary in the businesses in
which they are engaged; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been refused any
insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing
insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from
similar insurers as may be reasonably necessary to continue its business at a cost that
would not have a Material Adverse Effect, other than as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus;
(cc) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at
all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements
of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money
laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the
“Money Laundering Laws”), and no action,
suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or
any arbitrator involving the Company or any or its subsidiaries with respect to the Money
Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened;
(dd) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any director, officer, agent,
employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any
action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such Persons of the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder
(the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or
instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment,
promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift,
promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign
official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official
thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the
Company, its subsidiaries and its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance
with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure,
and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith;
and
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(ee) Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer,
agent, employee or affiliate of the Company is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department
(“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering,
or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint
venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of
any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company agrees to issue and
sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly,
to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price per share of $18.33, the number of Firm Shares set
forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto 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 agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, 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 hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their election up to 525,000 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 may be exercised only by written
notice from you to the Company, given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this
Agreement, 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
otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two or later than ten business days after the date of such
notice.
3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Shares, the several Underwriters
propose to offer the 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 shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., through the
facilities
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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 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
September 26, 2007 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 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(k) hereof, will be delivered at the
offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the “Closing
Location”), and the Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at Time of Delivery. A
meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 3:00 p.m., California 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.
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 date of this Agreement or such earlier time as may be
required under the Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration
Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the 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 amendment or supplement to
the 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 within the time required by such Rule; to file promptly all reports and any
definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the
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Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to
the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu
thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required in connection with
the offering or sale of the Shares; 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, to promptly use its
best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to
qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as
you may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and
dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the
distribution of the Shares, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be
required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of
process in any jurisdiction;
(c) If by the third anniversary (the “Renewal Deadline”) of the initial effective date
of the Registration Statement, any of the Shares remain unsold by the Underwriters, the
Company will file, if it has not already done so and is eligible to do so, a new shelf
registration statement relating to the Shares, in a form satisfactory to you and will use
its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 180
days after the Renewal Deadline. The Company will take all other action necessary or
appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Shares to continue as contemplated
in the expired registration statement relating to the Shares. References herein to the
Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or such
new shelf registration statement, as the case may be;
(d) 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 event shall have occurred as a result
of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice
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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
or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
in order to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act, to notify you and upon your request to
file such document and 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;
(e) To make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in
any event not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the Registration
Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company
and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the
Company, Rule 158);
(f) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including
the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”), not to offer,
sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or
otherwise dispose, except as provided hereunder, of any securities of the Company that are
substantially similar to the Shares, including but not limited to any options or warrants to
purchase shares of Stock or any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or
that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such substantially similar securities
(other than pursuant to employee stock option plans existing on, 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, Xxxxx & Co. waives, in writing, such
extension; the Company will provide Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. and each stockholder subject to the
Lock-Up Period pursuant to the lockup letters described in Section 8(k) with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the
Lock-up Period;
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(g) 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 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;
(h) 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;
(i) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Shares consistent with
the manner specified in the Pricing Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”; and
(j) To use its best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Shares on the
Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.’s Global Market (“NASDAQ”).
6.
(a) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.,
it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a
“free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; 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 Securities 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 II(a) hereto;
(b) 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
(c) The Company agrees that 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, Sachs & Co.
and, if requested by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & 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,
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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, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein.
7. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters 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, the Basic Prospectus, 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 this Agreement, any
Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents
in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iii) all expenses in
connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws
as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky
survey(s) (not to exceed $25,000 not including applicable filing fees); (iv) the cost of preparing
certificates for the Shares; (v) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar or
dividend disbursing agent; (vi) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares on
NASDAQ; and (vii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations
hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood,
however, 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, transfer taxes
on resale of any of the Shares by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they
may make.
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 herein are, at and as of such Time of Delivery,
true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its 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 filings by Rule 433; 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
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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) Xxxxxx Godward Kronish, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you
their written opinion (a form of such opinion is attached as Annex II(a) hereto), dated such
Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you and such counsel shall have
received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass
upon such matters;
(c) Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their
written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, substantially in the form attached as Annex
II(b) hereto.
(d)
The General Counsel of the Company shall have furnished to you her
written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, substantially in the
form of Annex II(c) hereto.
(e) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement,
at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any post effective amendment to
the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at each
Time of Delivery, Ernst & Young LLP 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 form of letter to be
delivered on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement, and as of the Time of Delivery is attached as Annex I(b) hereto);
(f) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the
date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference 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 (ii) 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 (excluding
stock option grants in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s current
stock option plans, the issuance of stock pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase
plan and the exercise of any outstanding stock options) 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 (i) or (ii), is in your reasonable judgment so material and adverse as to make it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the
Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(g) On or after the Applicable Time (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the
rating accorded the Company’s debt securities or preferred stock by any
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“nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as that term is defined by the Commission for
purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly
announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its
rating of any of the Company’s debt securities or preferred stock;
(h) 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 the New York
Stock Exchange or on NASDAQ; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the
Company’s securities on NASDAQ; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities
declared by either Federal or New York or California State authorities or a material
disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the
United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or
the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or (v) 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 (iv) or
(v) 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;
(i) The Shares at each Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed, subject to notice
of issuance, on NASDAQ;
(j) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(c) hereof with
respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business Day next succeeding the
date of this Agreement;
(k) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at such Time of
Delivery certificates of officers of the Company reasonably satisfactory to you as to the
accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of such Time
of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be
performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsections
(a) and (e) of this Section and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request; and
(l) The Company shall have obtained and delivered to you executed copies of an
agreement from each member of the board of directors and each executive officer of the
Company and from Warburg, Xxxxxx Equity Partners, L.P., substantially to the effect set
forth in Section 5(f) hereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you.
9. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject,
under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any
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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, and will reimburse each Underwriter for
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided,
however, that the Company 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, the Basic Prospectus,
any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any 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.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities to which the Company 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, the Basic Prospectus, 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, the Basic Prospectus, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any 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 for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses
are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice
of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is
to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not
relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such
subsection and except to the extent such failure to notify results in any prejudice against the
indemnifying party with respect to such action. 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 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
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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 any statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability
or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to
hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a
result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the
allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if
the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative
fault of the Company 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 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 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 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 and the Underwriters agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other
method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above
in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include
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any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were
offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several
in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability
which the Company 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 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, 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 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 that you have so arranged
for the purchase of such Shares, or the Company notifies you that it has so arranged for the
purchase of such Shares, you or the Company shall have the right to postpone such Time of Delivery
for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made
necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or
arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments 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 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 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
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Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for
which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the
aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate
number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if the Company 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
to sell the Optional Shares) shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company 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 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 officer or
director or controlling person of the Company, 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 representative.
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
representative, at Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., Xxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Attention: Registration Department; and if to the Company or the signatories to the Lock-Up
Agreements 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(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail,
telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters’
Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the
Company by you upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take
effect upon receipt thereof.
In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56
(signed into law October 26, 2001)), the underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record
information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information
may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information
that will allow the underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
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13. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the Company shall not
then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; but,
if for any other reason, 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 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, to the extent provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers and
directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company 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 acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant
to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, 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, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility
in favor of the Company 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
on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth
in this Agreement and (iv) the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the
extent it deemed appropriate. The Company agrees 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, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
17. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or
oral) between the Company 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 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.
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20. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company is authorized to
disclose to any persons U.S. federal and state 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 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
four 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 between
each of the Underwriters and the Company. 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 for examination upon
request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours, InterMune, Inc. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
Accepted as of the date hereof:
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. | |||
(Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.) | ||||
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SCHEDULE I
Maximum Number | ||||||||
of Optional | ||||||||
Number of | Shares Which | |||||||
Firm Shares | May be | |||||||
Underwriter | to be Purchased | Purchased | ||||||
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. |
1,925,000 | 288,750 | ||||||
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. |
1,225,000 | 183,750 | ||||||
CIBC World Markets Corp. |
350,000 | 52,500 | ||||||
Total |
3,500,000 | 525,000 | ||||||
SCHEDULE II
(a) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses:
Electronic road show related to the offering contemplated herein recorded in New York City on
September 18, 2007 and made available at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.
(b) Additional Documents Incorporated by Reference:
None.