INSULET CORPORATION Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
INSULET CORPORATION
3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016
Underwriting Agreement
June 23, 2011
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Insulet Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the
Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as
representative (the “Representative”), $125,000,000 principal amount of its 3.75% Convertible
Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Underwritten Securities”) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to
an additional $18,750,000 principal amount of its 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 (the
“Option Securities”) if and to the extent that the Underwriters shall have determined to exercise
the option to purchase such 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 granted to the Underwriters in
Section 2 hereof. The Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities are herein referred to as
the “Securities”. The Securities will be convertible into cash, shares (the “Underlying
Securities”) of common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) or a
combination thereof at the Company’s election. The Securities will be issued pursuant to an
Indenture to be dated as of June 29, 2011 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the
purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:
1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration
statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-175067), including a prospectus (the “Base Prospectus”),
relating to the securities to be issued from time to time by the Company. The Company has also
filed with, or transmitted for filing to, or shall promptly hereafter file with or transmit for
filing to, the Commission a final prospectus relating specifically to the Securities pursuant
to Rule 424 under the Securities Act (the “Final Prospectus”). The registration statement, as
amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule
430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of
its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”;
and as used herein, the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means any preliminary prospectus supplement
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act relating specifically to
the Securities, together with the Base Prospectus and the term “Prospectus” means the Base
Prospectus as supplemented by the Final Prospectus specifically relating to the Securities in
the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the
Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Securities. If the Company has
filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the
“Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Any
reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Base 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 under the
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Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus or
the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with
respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference
therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
At or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Company had prepared the following
information (collectively with the pricing information set forth on Annex B, the “Pricing
Disclosure Package”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated June 22, 2011, and each “free-writing
prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex B hereto.
“Applicable Time” means 4:30 P.M., New York City time, on June 23, 2011.
2. Purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters.
(a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Underwritten Securities to the several
Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective principal
amount of Underwritten Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto
at a price equal to 97% of the principal amount thereof (the “Purchase Price”) plus accrued
interest, if any, from June 29, 2011 to the Closing Date (as defined below).
In addition, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Option Securities to the several
Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriters, on the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, shall have the option to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Company the Option
Securities at the Purchase Price plus accrued interest, if any, from the Closing Date to the date
of payment and delivery.
If any Option Securities are to be purchased, the amount of Option Securities to be purchased
by each Underwriter shall be the amount of Option Securities which bears the same ratio to the
aggregate amount of Option Securities being purchased as the amount of Underwritten Securities set
forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto (or such amount increased as set
forth in Section 10 hereof) bears to the aggregate amount of Underwritten Securities being
purchased from the Company by the several Underwriters, subject, however, to such adjustments to
eliminate Securities in denominations other than $1,000 as the Representative in its sole
discretion shall make.
The Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase the Option Securities at any time in
whole, or from time to time in part, on or before the thirtieth (30th) day following the
date of this Agreement, by written notice from the Representative to the Company. Such notice
shall set forth the aggregate amount of Option Securities as to which the option is being exercised
and the date and time when the Option Securities are to be delivered and paid for which may be the
same date and time as the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the
Closing Date nor later than the tenth full business day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice (unless such time and date are
postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof). Any such notice shall be given
at least two Business Days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein.
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(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the
Securities as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the
Representative is advisable, and initially to offer the Securities on the terms set forth in the
Prospectus. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell
Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and
sell Securities purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.
(c) Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds
to the account specified by the Company to the Representative in the case of the Underwritten
Securities, at the offices of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP at 10:00 A.M. New York City time on June
29, 2011, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth
business day thereafter, as the Representative and the Company may agree upon in writing or, in the
case of the Option Securities, on the date and at the time and place specified by the
Representative in the written notice of the Underwriters’ election to purchase such Option
Securities. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Securities is referred to
herein as the “Closing Date” and the time and date for such payment for the Option Securities, if
other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the “Additional Closing Date.”
Payment for the Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date,
as the case may be, shall be made against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company
(“DTC”), for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Securities to be purchased
on such date of one or more global notes representing the Securities (collectively, the “Global
Note”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of such Securities duly paid by
the Company. The Global Note will be made available for inspection by the Representative at the
office of X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC set forth above not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time,
on the business day prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(d) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the
capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of
Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering)
and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person.
Additionally, neither the Representative nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any
other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any
jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be
responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions
contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company
with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated
hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of
the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to each Underwriter that:
(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus
included in the Pricing Disclosure Package, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all
material respects with the Securities Act, and no Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing
thereof, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no
representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information
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relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company
in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in any
Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information
furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b)
hereof.
(b) Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable
Time did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case
may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company
makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to
the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in
such Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
Section 7(b) hereof.
(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and
representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared,
used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve or
refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that
constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such
communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication
referred to in clause (i) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any
document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act
or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex B hereto, each
electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by
the Representative. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material
respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in
Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and,
when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to
delivery of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and as of the Closing Date and as
of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with
respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or
Preliminary Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any
Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the
Representative expressly for use in such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary
Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any
Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic
shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been
filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no
notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has
been received by the Company. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant
to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering of the
Securities has been initiated
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or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the
Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective
amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the
date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date
and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus will not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company
makes no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration
Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the
Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company
in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being
understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists
of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package, 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 Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and
none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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 any further documents so filed and
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing
Disclosure Package, 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
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(f) Financial Statements. The financial statements (including the related notes
thereto) of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly the financial position of the Company
and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their
operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; the financial
statements (including the related notes thereto) of Neighborhood Holdings, Inc. (the
“Target”) and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly the financial position of the
Target and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their
operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; all such financial
statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in
the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and
any supporting schedules
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included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
present fairly the information required to be stated therein; the other financial
information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus has been derived from the respective accounting
records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and the Target and its consolidated
subsidiaries, as the case may be, and presents fairly the information shown thereby; and the
pro forma financial information and the related notes thereto included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus have been prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the assumptions underlying such
pro forma financial information are reasonable.
(g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements
of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any material change in
the capital stock (other than the issuance of shares of common stock of the Company in
connection with the Company’s acquisition of the Target as described or incorporated by
reference in, the issuance of shares of common stock upon exercise of stock options and
warrants described as outstanding in, and the grant of options and awards under existing
equity incentive plans described in, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus), short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment,
paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change,
or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the
business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of
operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has, with the exception of the Company’s acquisition
of the Target as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary
course of business) that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or
incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business that is material to
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and that is either from fire, explosion,
flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance
or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or
regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(h) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been
duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their
respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or
the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power
and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the
businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good
standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations
or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by
the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents (as defined below) (a
“Material Adverse Effect”). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly,
any corporation, association or other entity other than Sub-Q Solutions, Inc., Insulet MA
Securities Corporation, Insulet Singapore Private Limited, Neighborhood Holdings, Inc.,
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Neighborhood Diabetes, Inc., Xxxxxxxxx Chemists, Inc. and New York Diabetic Supply Corp.
The Target and Neighborhood Diabetes, Inc. are the only significant subsidiaries (as defined
in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) of the Company.
(i) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading
“Capitalization”; all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly
and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject
to any pre-emptive or similar rights; except as described in or expressly contemplated by
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding rights
(including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or
instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other
equity interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment,
agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any capital
stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities
or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all
material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all the outstanding shares of capital
stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable
(except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus) and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of
any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any
other claim of any third party (except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus).
(j) Stock Options. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect, with respect to the stock options (the “Stock Options”) granted
pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the
“Company Stock Plans”), (i) each Stock Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock
option” under Section 422 of the Internal revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “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 applicable terms of the
Company Stock Plans, the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws and regulatory rules or
requirements, including, to the extent applicable, the rules of the NASDAQ Global Market
(the “Nasdaq Market”) and any other exchange on which Company securities are traded, and
(iv) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principals in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the
Company and disclosed in the Company’s filings with the Commission in accordance with the
Exchange Act and all other applicable laws. The Company has not knowingly granted, and
there is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company of granting, Stock Options
prior to, or otherwise coordinating the grant of Stock Options with, the release or other public announcement of material information
regarding the Company or its subsidiaries or their results of operations or prospects.
(k) Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities (collectively, the “Transaction
Documents”) and to perform its obligations thereunder; and all action required to be taken
for the due and proper
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authorization, execution and delivery by it of each of the
Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby
has been duly and validly taken.
(l) The Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and upon
effectiveness of the Registration Statement and on the Closing Date and on the Additional
Closing Date, as the case may be, the Indenture was or will have been duly qualified under
the Trust Indenture Act and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms
by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability
(collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”).
(m) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(n) The Securities. The Securities to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder,
when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and
paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the
Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will
be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(o) The Underlying Securities. Upon issuance and delivery of the Securities in
accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture, the Securities will be convertible at the
option of the holder thereof into shares of the Underlying Securities in accordance with the
terms of the Securities; the Underlying Securities have been duly authorized and reserved
for issuance upon conversion of the Securities by all necessary corporate action, when
issued upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities,
will be validly issued, fully paid and non assessable, and the issuance of the Underlying
Securities will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(p) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in
all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(q) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in
violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default,
and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such
a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained
in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument
to which the Company or any of its 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; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment,
order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of
clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of
the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the issuance
of the Underlying Securities upon conversion thereof) and the consummation by the Company of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not (i) conflict with or
result in a breach
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or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance
upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, 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, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or
by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
(iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or
regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in
the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation or default
that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(s) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is
required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the
Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the issuance of
the Underlying Securities upon conversion thereof) and the consummation by the Company of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for the registration of
the Securities under the Securities Act, the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act, such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or
qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities laws in connection with
the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters and in connection with
the listing of the Underlying Securities on the Nasdaq Market.
(t) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory
investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is or may be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined
adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect or materially and adversely affect the ability of the
Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents; the Company has not
received any written notice that any such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are
threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by
others; and (i) there are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions,
suits or proceedings that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so
described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are
required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or
described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus
that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(u) Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered public
accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules
and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States) and as required by the Securities Act; and Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLC, who
have certified certain financial statements of Target, is an independent public accounting
firm with respect to the Target within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the
Commission and
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the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required
by the Securities Act.
(v) Title to Real and Personal Property. Except as described in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and its
subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple (in the case of real property) to,
or have valid and marketable rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and
personal property and assets that are material to the respective businesses of the Company
and its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and
defects and imperfections of title except those that (i) do not materially interfere with
the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or
(ii) would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(w) Title to Intellectual Property. Except as described in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries own
or possess adequate rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks,
service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service xxxx registrations, copyrights,
licenses and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable
proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of
their respective businesses described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, and the conduct of their respective businesses will not conflict
in any material respect with any such rights of others and (ii) the Company and its
subsidiaries have not received any written notice of any claim of infringement,
misappropriation or conflict with any such rights of others and no executive officer of the
Company has received any other notice of such claim, except as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(x) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between
or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors and
officers of the Company, and to the Company’s knowledge, the stockholders, customers or
suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the
Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and that is
not so described in such documents and in the Pricing Disclosure Package.
(y) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described
in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not
be required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an
“investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment
Company Act”).
(z) Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and
foreign taxes (including satisfying any withholding tax obligations) and filed all tax
returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof, except for taxes being contested
in good faith by appropriate procedures and for which adequate reserves have been
established in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles or where such
failure to pay or file would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, there is no tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be
expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties or assets except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(aa) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses,
certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and
filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory
authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or
the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package, and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make
the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and
except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any
revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has
any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not
be renewed in the ordinary course where such revocation, modification or failure to renew
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is
contemplated or threatened, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor
disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of the Company or its subsidiaries, except as
would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(cc) Compliance with and Liability Under Environmental Laws. (i) The Company and its
subsidiaries (w) are in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and
foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions, judgments, decrees and orders
relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic
substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (x)
have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other
authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct
their respective businesses, (y) have not received notice of any actual or potential
liability relating to the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of
hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and (z) are not a party
to any order, decree or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any
Environmental Law, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental
Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i)
and (ii) above, for any such failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits,
licenses or approvals, or cost or liability, as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(dd) Compliance with ERISA. (i) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”),
for which the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization
which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of
the Code”) would have any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with
its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations,
including but not limited to, ERISA and the Code, except for noncompliance that would not reasonably
be expected to result in material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries; (ii) no
prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a
statutory or administrative exemption that could reasonably be expected to result in a
material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries; (iii) for each Plan that is subject
to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, the minimum funding
standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, as applicable, has been
satisfied (without taking into account any
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waiver thereof or extension of any amortization period) and is reasonably expected to be satisfied in the future (without taking into
account any waiver thereof or extension of any amortization period); (iv) the fair market
value of the assets of each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under
such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan); (v) no “reportable
event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably
expected to occur that either has resulted, or could reasonably be expected to result, in
material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries; (vi) neither the Company nor any
member of the Controlled Group has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability
under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the PBGC, in
the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer
plan”, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA); and (vii) there is no pending
audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other governmental agency or any foreign
regulatory agency with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in
material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries.
(ee) Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain an effective
system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange
Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in
reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized
and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms,
including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated
and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out
evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by
Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.
(ff) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of
“internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange
Act) designed 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, including, but not limited to, internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset
accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken
with respect to any differences.
(gg) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their
respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, which insurance is in amounts
and insures against such losses and risks as are prudent and customary in the business in
which they are engaged; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) received
written notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other
expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or
(ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage
as and when such coverage expires or to obtain substantially similar coverage at reasonable
cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.
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(hh) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting on
behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any
unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political
activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic
government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of
any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate,
payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
(ii) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable
financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions
Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the
rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or
guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the
“Money Laundering Laws”), in each case, to the extent applicable to the Company, and no
action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body
or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money
Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(jj) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury; and the Company
will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities
hereunder, 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.
(kk) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. Except as described in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no subsidiary of the Company
is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to
which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any
other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any
loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such
subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.
(ll) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to
any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that
would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the
offering and sale of the Securities.
(mm) No Registration Rights. No person has the right to require the Company or any of
its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of
the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission.
(nn) No Stabilization. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or
manipulation of the price of the Securities.
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(oo) Margin Rules. The application of the proceeds received by the Company from the
issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities as described in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not violate Regulation T, U or X of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board
of Governors.
(pp) Business with Cuba. The Company has complied with all provisions of Section
517.075, Florida Statutes (Chapter 92-198, Laws of Florida, as amended) relating to doing
business with the Government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba.
(qq) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or
reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(rr) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company
that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included
in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not
based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(ss) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company
or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with
any provision of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in
connection therewith (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”), including Section 402 related to loans and
Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(tt) Status Under the Securities Act. At the time of filing the Registration Statement
and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company
or any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)
under the Securities Act) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and
is not an “ineligible issuer,” and is a “well-known seasoned issuer”, in each case as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. The Company has paid the registration fee for
this offering pursuant to Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act or will pay such fee
within the time period required by such rule (without giving effect to the proviso therein)
and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
(uu) No Ratings. There are no securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical
rating organization,” as such term is defined in Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange
Act.
4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each
Underwriter that:
(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the Final Prospectus with the Commission
within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the
Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the term sheet
substantially in the form of Annex C hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the
Securities Act; will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information
statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and
for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or
sale of the Securities; and will
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furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York
City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date
of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representative may reasonably request. The
Company will pay the registration fee for this offering within the time period required by
Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and
in any event prior to the Closing Date.
(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the
Representative, two signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each
amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith; and
(ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally
filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery
Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and
supplements thereto and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) as the Representative may
reasonably request. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period
of time after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of
counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law to
be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in
connection with sales of the Securities by any Underwriter or dealer.
(c) Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before making,
preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, the Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the
Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement
for review and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the
Representative reasonably objects.
(d) Notice to the Representative. The Company will advise the Representative promptly,
and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has
been filed or becomes effective; (ii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed; (iii) of any
request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment
or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating
to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional
information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of
the Securities Act; (v) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period
as a result of which the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Pricing
Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser,
not misleading; (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the
Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto
pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company
of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for
offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
such purpose; and the Company will use its best
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efforts to prevent the issuance of any such
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending
the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is
issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(e) Ongoing Compliance. (1) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event
shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a
purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to
comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith
prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the
Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representative may designate such amendments or
supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus
as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the
Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply
with law and (2) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or
condition shall exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or
supplemented would include 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 existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, not
misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to
comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith
prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent
required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representative may
designate, such amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package as may be
necessary so that the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or
supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing
Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Pricing
Disclosure Package will comply with law.
(f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Securities for offer and sale
under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative shall
reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for
distribution of the Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i)
qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such
jurisdiction where it is not now qualified, (ii) take any action that would subject it to
service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not now so subject or (iii) subject
itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
(g) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security
holders and the Representative as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies
the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission
promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning after the
“effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
(h) Clear Market. For a period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the
Company will not (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to
purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to
purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the
Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any shares of
Common Stock or any securities
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convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common
Stock, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or
filing, or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part,
any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or any such other
securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be
settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without
the prior written consent of the Representative, other than (A) the Securities to be sold
hereunder, (B) any shares of Common Stock of the Company issued upon the exercise of options
granted under employee stock option plans existing on the date hereof, (C) any shares of
Common Stock of the Company issued upon exercise of any warrants outstanding on the date
hereof, (D) any employee stock options or restricted stock issued pursuant to employee stock
option plans existing at the date hereof, (E) the shares of Common Stock of the Company
issued upon conversion or exchange of outstanding convertible notes pursuant to the terms of
the instruments governing such securities as in effect on the date hereof, (F) any
securities of the Company issued upon the conversion, swap or exchange of convertible notes
outstanding as of the date hereof, (G) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act
of any registration statement on Form S-8 relating to inducement grants made by the Company
prior to the date hereof and (H) shares of Common Stock of the Company, which may be offered
and sold concurrently with the issuance, offering and sale of the Underwritten Securities,
pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-174746).
(i) Underlying Securities. The Company will reserve and keep available at all times,
free of pre-emptive rights, shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company
to satisfy all obligations to issue the Underlying Securities upon conversion of the
Securities. The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Underlying Securities to be
listed on the Nasdaq Market.
(j) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the
Securities as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds.”
(k) No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or
manipulation of the price of the Securities or the Common Stock.
(l) Reports. For a period of two years from the Closing Date, as soon as they are
available, the Company will furnish to the Representative copies of all reports or other
communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the Securities, and copies of
any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any
national securities exchange or automatic quotation system; provided the Company will be
deemed to have furnished such documents to the Representative to the extent they are filed on the
Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system.
(m) Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in
good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the
Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and
agrees that:
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(a) It has not used, authorized use of, referred to or participated in the planning for
use of, and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use
of, any “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which
term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and
not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued
by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer
information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included
(including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus or a previously
filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on
Annex B or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic
road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and approved
by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in
clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).
(b) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any
free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Securities unless such terms
have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission;
provided that Underwriters may use a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex C
hereto without the consent of the Company; provided further that any
Underwriter using such term sheet shall notify the Company, and provide a copy of such term
sheet to the Company, prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the first use of such
term sheet.
(c) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act
with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding
against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).
6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to
purchase the Underwritten Securities on the Closing Date or the Option Securities on the Additional
Closing Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company
of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant
to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before
or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the
Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by
Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; and all
requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Representative.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company
contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing
Date and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered
pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date.
(c) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section
3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in
the Pricing Disclosure Package (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the
Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the
judgment of the Representative
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makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(d) Officer’s Certificate. The Representative shall have received on and as of the
Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate of the chief
financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and one additional senior
executive officer of the Company who is satisfactory to the Representative (i) confirming
that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officers, the
representations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii)
confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement
are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing
Date and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) above.
(e) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, Ernst & Young LLP and Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLC
shall each have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, letters,
dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, containing statements and
information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to
underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information
contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus; provided, that the letter delivered on the Closing Date
or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall use a “cut-off” date no more than
three business days prior to such Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case
may be.
(f) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company. Xxxxxxx Procter LLP,
counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the
Company, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date or the Additional
Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, to the effect set forth in Annex A-1 hereto
in the case of the opinion letter and Annex A-2 hereto in the case of the 10b-5 statement.
(g) Opinion of General Counsel for the Company. R. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Esq., in his
capacity as General Counsel for the Company and not in his personal capacity, shall have
furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, his written opinion, dated
the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the
Representative, substantially in the form set forth in Annex A-3 hereto. The Representative
acknowledges and agrees that such General Counsel shall not have any personal liability in connection with or arising from the
delivery or content of such opinion.
(h) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representative
shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the
case may be, an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the
Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representative may reasonably request, and
such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably
request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
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(i) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute,
rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state
or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date or the
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities;
and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued
that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be,
prevent the sale of the Securities.
(j) Good Standing. The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing
Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries in their
respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing as foreign entities in the
jurisdictions set forth in Annex D.
(k) Exchange Listing. An application for the listing of the Underlying Securities
shall have been submitted to the Nasdaq Market.
(l) Lock-up Agreements. The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, between you and certain shareholders, officers and directors of the
Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Common Stock or
certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be in full
force and effect on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(m) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Representative such
further certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement
shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without
limitation, legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or
proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that
arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, not misleading, (ii) or any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be
filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including
any Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out
of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished
to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use therein,
it being understood and agreed that the only such
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information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.
(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration
Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in
paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise
out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished
to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or any Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed upon that the
only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the
Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession and reallowance figures
appearing in the fourth paragraph under the caption “Underwriting”, the information contained in
the second paragraph under the caption “Underwriting—New issue of notes” and the information
contained in the first and second paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting—Price stabilization
and short positions; repurchase of common stock”.
(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in
respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such
person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such
indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to
notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under
paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the
forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the
failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have
to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding
shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the
Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory
to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel
to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such proceeding and shall pay
the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such
proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the
Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the
Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory
to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there
may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to
the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded
parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate
due to actual or potential differing interest between them. It is understood and agreed that the
Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to
any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid
or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates,
directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing
by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its
officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be
designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with
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such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each
Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested
that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as
contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45
days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request (ii) such Indemnifying Person shall
have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement
being entered into and (iii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified
Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying
Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a
party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such
settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the
subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of
fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is
unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of
indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one
hand, and the Underwriters on the other, from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the
allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the
relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, in connection
with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same
respective proportions as the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the
Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the
Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the
Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just
and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 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 that does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a
result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be
deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred
by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount
in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such
Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that
such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
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misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations
to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase
obligations hereunder and not joint.
(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and
shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person
at law or in equity.
8. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the
Representative, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Securities, prior to the Additional Closing
Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the New
York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed
by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a
general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York
State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or
any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United
States, that, in the judgment of the Representative, is material and adverse and makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the issuance, offering, sale or delivery of the
Securities on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and
in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
10. Defaulting Underwriter. (a) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities
that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their
discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons satisfactory to the Company
on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any
Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities,
then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other
persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Securities on such terms.
If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter,
either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date or an
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect
any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be
necessary in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement,
and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term
“Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires,
any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Securities
that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as
provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Securities that remain unpurchased on the
Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, does not exceed one-eleventh of
the aggregate number of Securities to be purchased on such date, then the Company shall have the
right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Securities that such
Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based
on the number of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on
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such date) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been
made.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as
provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Securities that remain unpurchased on the
Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, exceeds one-eleventh of the
aggregate amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, or if the Company shall not exercise
the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Additional
Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Securities on the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting
Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without
liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the
payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7
hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may
have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.
11. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this
Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident
to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs
incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any
taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing
under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, any Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including all exhibits,
amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the fees and expenses of
the Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (iv) the fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the registration or qualification of the Securities under the state or foreign
securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate (including
the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters, up to a maximum of $10,000); (v) the
cost of preparing security certificates; (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying
agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (vii) all expenses and
fees incurred in connection with the approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by DTC;
(viii) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to
potential investors; and (ix) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the
Underlying Securities on the Nasdaq Market.
(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any reason
fails to tender the Securities for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii) the Underwriters decline
to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company agrees to
reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and
expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this
Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.
12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No
purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of
such purchase.
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13. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations,
warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made
by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate
delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall
remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters.
14. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise
expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or
required to be closed in New York City; (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule
405 under the Securities Act; and (d) the term “significant subsidiary” has the meaning set forth
in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.
15. Miscellaneous.
(a) Authority of the Representative. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities LLC shall be binding upon the Underwriters.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of
telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representative c/o X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities LLC, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (fax: (000) 000-0000);
Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at 0 Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, (fax: (000) 000-0000); Attention: R. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Esq. with
a copy to Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq., Xxxxxxx Procter LLP, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
(fax: (000) 000-0000).
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or
related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York.
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include
counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an
original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(e) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any
consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(f) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not
intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of
this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, | ||||||
INSULET CORPORATION | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx XxXxxxx | |||||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
Accepted: June 23, 2011
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
By |
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Schedule 1
Underwriter | Principal Amount | |||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC |
$ | 125,000,000 | ||
Total |
$ | 125,000,000 |
Annex B
a. Pricing Disclosure Package
Preliminary Prospectus dated June 22, 2011 and the free-writing prospectus attached as Annex C
hereto.
b. Pricing Information Provided Orally by Underwriters
None.
Annex C
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 333-175067
Supplementing the Preliminary
Prospectus dated June 22, 2011
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 333-175067
Supplementing the Preliminary
Prospectus dated June 22, 2011
Insulet Corporation
Pricing Term Sheet
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 333-175067
Supplementing the Preliminary
Prospectus dated June 22, 2011
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 333-175067
Supplementing the Preliminary
Prospectus dated June 22, 2011
PRICING TERM SHEET
DATED JUNE 23, 2011
DATED JUNE 23, 2011
INSULET CORPORATION LOGO)"/>
INSULET CORPORATION
$125,000,000 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
3.75% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2016
The information in this pricing term sheet supplements Insulet Corporation’s
preliminary prospectus dated June 22, 2011 (the “Preliminary Prospectus”), and supersedes
the information in the Preliminary Prospectus to the extent inconsistent with the
information in the Preliminary Prospectus. In all other respects, this term sheet is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preliminary Prospectus, including all other
documents incorporated by reference therein. References to “we,” “our,” “us” and “the
Company” refer only to Insulet Corporation and not to its consolidated subsidiaries. Terms
used herein but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings as set forth in the
Preliminary Prospectus. All references to dollar amounts are references to U.S. dollars.
Issuer:
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Insulet Corporation | |
Ticker/Exchange for common stock:
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XXXX/The NASDAQ Global Market. | |
Securities:
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3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 (the “notes”). | |
Principal amount:
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$125,000,000. | |
Over-allotment option:
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$18,750,000. | |
Denominations:
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$1,000 and multiples thereof. | |
Maturity:
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June 15, 2016, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted. | |
Redemption at our option:
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We may not redeem the notes prior to June 20, 2014. We may redeem the notes, at our option, in whole or in part, (1) on or after June 20, 2014 if the last reported sale price per share of our common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period ending within five trading days prior to the date on which we provide notice of redemption and (2) on or after June 20, 2015 regardless |
of the sale price condition described above, in each case at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. No “sinking fund” is provided for the notes, which means that we are not required to redeem or retire the notes periodically. | ||
We will give notice of redemption not less than 40 nor more than 60 calendar days before the redemption date to the trustee, the paying agent and each holder of notes. See “Description of the notes—Optional redemption” in the Preliminary Prospectus. | ||
Fundamental change:
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If we undergo a “fundamental change” (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus under the caption “Description of the notes—Fundamental change permits holders to require us to purchase notes”), subject to certain conditions, holders will have the option to require us to purchase for cash all or any portion of their notes that is equal to $1,000 or a multiple thereof. The fundamental change purchase price will be 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be purchased, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change purchase date. | |
Interest:
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3.75% per year. Interest will accrue from June 29, 2011 and will be payable semiannually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning December 15, 2011. We will pay additional interest, if any, at our option under the circumstances described in the Preliminary Prospectus under the caption “Description of the notes—Events of default.” | |
Regular record dates:
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June 1 and December 1 of each year. | |
Public offering price:
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100% of principal, plus accrued interest, if any. Holders will pay accrued interest from June 29, 2011 if settlement occurs after that date. | |
Last reported sale price of our
common stock on June 23, 2011:
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$19.77 per share. | |
Initial conversion rate:
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38.1749 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes, subject to adjustment. | |
Initial conversion price:
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Approximately $26.20 per share, subject to adjustment. | |
Conversion premium:
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Approximately 32.5% above the last reported sale price of our common stock on June 23, 2011. | |
Sole Book-running manager:
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X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC | |
Pricing date:
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June 23, 2011 | |
Trade date:
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June 24, 2011 | |
Expected settlement date:
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June 29, 2011 | |
CUSIP number:
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45784P AC5 | |
ISIN:
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US45784PAC59 | |
Listing:
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None | |
Net proceeds:
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We estimate that the net proceeds from this offering will be approximately $120.8 million (or $139.0 million if the underwriter exercises its option to |
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purchase additional notes in full), after deducting the underwriter’s discounts and estimated offering expenses from the offering of the notes. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus), we have agreed to reimburse the Sellers for underwriters’ discounts and pay expenses related to the Selling Stockholders Offering described below and in the Preliminary Prospectus, which we estimate will amount to $1.5 million. | ||
Use of proceeds:
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We will use approximately $85 million of the net proceeds of this offering to purchase approximately $70 million face amount of our outstanding 5.375% convertible senior notes due 2013 pursuant to individually negotiated transactions and through X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC as our agent concurrently with this offering. We intend to use the remainder of the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes. | |
Discounts and commissions:
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Notes sold by the underwriter to the public
will initially be offered at the public
offering price. The following table shows the per note and total underwriting discounts to be paid to the underwriter by us. Such amounts are shown assuming both no exercise and full exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional $18.75 million in aggregate principal amount of notes: |
Paid by us |
No exercise | Full exercise | ||||||
Per note |
$ | 30 | $ | 30 | ||||
Total |
$ | 3,750,000 | $ | 4,312,500 |
Selling Stockholders Offering:
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Concurrently with this offering, certain of our stockholders who received shares of our common stock as partial consideration in connection with the Acquisition (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus) are offering 1,153,420 shares of our common stock in an underwritten public offering at $19.77 per share. The consummation of the offering of notes and the concurrent offering of our common stock are not contingent on each other. |
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Description of the notes—Conversion rights—Adjustment to shares delivered upon conversion upon a make-whole
fundamental change
Holders who convert their notes in connection with a “make-whole fundamental change” (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus) occurring prior to June 15, 2016 are entitled to an increase in the conversion
rate for the notes so surrendered for conversion.
The following table sets forth hypothetical stock price and the number of additional shares by which the conversion rate will be increased per $1,000 principal amount of notes in the event of such a make-whole
fundamental change.
Stock Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Effective Date | $19.77 | $22.00 | $26.00 | $30.00 | $34.00 | $38.00 | $42.00 | $45.00 | $50.00 | $55.00 | $60.00 | $65.00 | $70.00 | $75.00 | $80.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 29, 2011 |
12.4067 | 10.7236 | 7.6185 | 5.6283 | 4.2932 | 3.3640 | 2.6970 | 2.3152 | 1.8340 | 1.4863 | 1.2276 | 1.0297 | 0.8748 | 0.7509 | 0.6498 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2012 |
12.4067 | 10.3647 | 7.0174 | 4.9240 | 3.5640 | 2.6531 | 2.0272 | 1.6836 | 1.2710 | 0.9910 | 0.7948 | 0.6530 | 0.5473 | 0.4660 | 0.4018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2013 |
12.4067 | 9.6956 | 6.0287 | 3.8023 | 2.4257 | 1.5693 | 1.0363 | 0.7733 | 0.4979 | 0.3436 | 0.2551 | 0.2018 | 0.1673 | 0.1433 | 0.1252 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2014 |
12.4067 | 8.5789 | 4.5413 | 2.0733 | 0.4928 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2015 |
12.4067 | 6.4953 | 0.3957 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2016 |
12.4067 | 7.2796 | 0.2866 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
The exact stock prices and effective dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which case:
• | If the stock price is between two stock prices in the table or the effective date is between two effective dates in the table, the number of additional shares will be determined by a straightline interpolation between the number of additional shares set forth for the higher and lower stock prices and the earlier and later effective dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year. | ||
• | If the stock price is greater than $80.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the stock prices set forth in the first row of the table above), no additional shares will be added to the conversion rate. | ||
• | If the stock price is less than $19.77 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the stock prices set forth in the first row of the table above), no additional shares will be added to the conversion rate. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the total number of shares of common stock issuable upon
conversion exceed 50.5816 per $1,000 principal amount of notes, subject to adjustment in the same manner as
the conversion rate as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus under the
caption “Description of the notes—Conversion rights—Conversion rate adjustments.”
Our obligation to satisfy the additional shares requirement could be considered a penalty, in which case
the enforceability thereof would be subject to general principles of reasonableness and equitable remedies.
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Capitalization
The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and capitalization as of March 31, 2011:
• | on an actual basis, | ||
• | on a pro forma basis to give effect to the consummation of the Acquisition as if it had occurred on March 31, 2011; and | ||
• | on a pro forma as adjusted basis to give effect to the sale of the notes (assuming the underwriter’s option to purchase additional notes is not exercised), the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in “Use of proceeds” in this pricing term sheet and the consummation of the Acquisition. |
You should read this table in conjunction with “Use of proceeds” and “Unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements” as well as “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto, each of
which is incorporated by reference into the Preliminary Prospectus from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and
Neighborhood Diabetes’ consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto, incorporated by reference into the Preliminary Prospectus from our
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed by us with the SEC on June 7, 2011.
As of March 31, 2011 | ||||||||||||
Pro forma for | Pro Forma as | |||||||||||
(in thousands, except share amounts) | Actual | the acquisition | Adjusted | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents(1) |
$ | 104,488 | $ | 66,696 | $ | 102,441 | ||||||
5.375% convertible senior notes due 2013(2)(3) |
85,000 | 85,000 | 15,000 | |||||||||
Notes offered hereby(3) |
— | — | 125,000 | |||||||||
Other long-term liabilities(4) |
1,492 | 1,581 | 1,581 | |||||||||
Stockholders’ equity: |
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Preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share;
5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued
and outstanding, actual, pro forma for the Acquisition
and pro forma as adjusted |
— | — | — | |||||||||
Common stock, $0.001 par value per share;
100,000,000 shares authorized; 45,829,569 shares
issued and outstanding, actual; 47,027,200 shares
issued and outstanding, pro forma for the Acquisition
and pro forma as adjusted |
46 | 47 | 47 | |||||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
453,435 | 477,865 | 477,865 | |||||||||
Accumulated deficit |
(393,701 | ) | (397,166 | ) | (397,166 | ) | ||||||
Total stockholders’ equity |
59,780 | 80,746 | 80,746 | |||||||||
Total capitalization |
$ | 146,272 | $ | 167,327 | $ | 222,327 | ||||||
(1) | Includes the estimated net proceeds of the sale of the notes (net of underwriter’s discounts and estimated offering expenses from the offering of the notes as described in “Net proceeds” and “Discounts and commissions” in this pricing term sheet) of $120.8 million. We intend to use approximately $85 million of the net proceeds of this offering to purchase approximately $70 million face amount of our outstanding 5.375% convertible senior notes due 2013 concurrently with this offering pursuant to individually negotiated transactions, and to use the remainder of the net proceeds for general corporate purposes. In addition, we have agreed to reimburse underwriting discounts and pay expenses of approximately $1.5 million in connection with the concurrent Selling Stockholders Offering. |
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(2) | In June 2008, we privately placed $85.0 million of our 5.375% convertible senior notes due 2013. See “Description of other material indebtedness.” | |
(3) | In accordance with ASC 470-20, convertible debt that may be wholly or partially settled in cash is required to be separated into a liability and an equity component, such that interest expense reflects the issuer’s non-convertible debt interest rate. Upon issuance, a debt discount will be recognized as a decrease in debt and an increase in equity. The debt component will accrete up to the principal amount over the expected term of the debt. ASC 470-20 does not affect the actual amount that we are required to repay, and the amount shown in the table above for our 5.375% convertible senior notes due 2013 and the notes offered hereby is the aggregate principal amount of the notes and does not reflect the debt discount, fees and expenses that we have recognized with respect to our 5.375% convertible senior notes or will be required to recognize with respect to the notes offered hereby. | |
(4) | Represents the non-current portion of an agreement fee we received in March 2008 in connection with an amendment to the development and license agreement between us and Xxxxxx Diabetes Care, Inc. See note 2 to our consolidated financial statements for the three month period ended March 31, 2011 incorporated by reference herein. The “pro forma” adjustment represents the fair value of the potential additional cash consideration required under the terms of the Acquisition Agreement. |
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to
buy, nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a preliminary prospectus dated June 22,
2011) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, for the offering to which this
communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the preliminary prospectus in that
registration statement and other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete
information about the Issuer and the offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting
XXXXX on the SEC website at xxx.xxx.xxx. Alternatively, copies may be obtained from X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx XX 00000,
Attention: Prospectus Department, or by calling (000) 000-0000.
This communication should be read in conjunction with the preliminary prospectus dated June 22,
2011. The information in this communication supersedes the information in the preliminary
prospectus to the extent inconsistent with the information in such preliminary prospectus.
ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND
SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT
OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM.
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Annex D
Foreign Jurisdiction(s) | ||||
Name of the Company | State of Incorporation | in which Qualified | ||
Insulet Corporation
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Delaware | Massachusetts |
State/Jurisdiction of | Foreign Jurisdiction(s) in which | |||
Name of Subsidiary | Incorporation | Subsidiary Is Qualified | ||
Sub-Q Solutions, Inc.
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Delaware | Massachusetts | ||
Insulet MA Securities
Corporation
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Massachusetts | N/A | ||
Neighborhood Holdings, Inc.
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Delaware | Massachusetts | ||
Neighborhood Diabetes, Inc.
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Massachusetts | Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island | ||
Xxxxxxxxx Chemists, Inc.
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New York | N/A | ||
New York Diabetic Supply
Corp.
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New York | N/A |
Exhibit A
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
June 23, 2011
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
As Representative of
the several Underwriters listed in
Schedule 1 to the Underwriting
Agreement referred to below
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
As Representative of
the several Underwriters listed in
Schedule 1 to the Underwriting
Agreement referred to below
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Re: Insulet Corporation — Public Offering
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you, as Representative of the several Underwriters, propose
to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Insulet Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”) providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) by
the several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 to the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”), of
3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 of the Company (the “Securities”). Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.
In consideration of the Underwriters’ agreement to purchase and make the Public Offering of
the Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities LLC on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not, during the period ending 90
days after the date of the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “Prospectus”), (1)
offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option
or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or
dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of common stock, $0.001 per share par value, of the
Company (the “Common Stock”) or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
Common Stock (including without limitation, Common Stock or such other securities which may be
deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock
option or warrant), or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or
disposition, (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of
the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or such other securities, whether any
such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock
or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right
with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer the undersigned’s shares of Common
Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (i) pursuant to a Rule
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Trading Plan of the undersigned in effect on the date hereof, (ii) as a bona fide gift or gifts or
by will or intestacy, (iii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or
the immediate family of the undersigned, (iv) if the undersigned is a corporation, to an
“affiliate,” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of the General Rules and Regulations under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (v) if the undersigned is a limited liability company, to a
member or affiliated limited liability company, (vi) if the undersigned is a partnership, to a
partner or affiliated partnership or (vii) if the undersigned is a trust, to its trustees,
beneficiaries or settlors; provided that in the case of clauses (ii) through (vii), (A) it shall be
a condition to the transfer that the donee or transferee execute an agreement stating that the
donee or transferee is receiving and holding such Common Stock subject to the provisions of this
Letter Agreement and there shall be no further transfer of such Common Stock except in accordance
with this Letter Agreement, (B) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (C) no
filing or other public announcement by any party (donor, donee, transferor, transferee, pledgor or
pledgee) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), shall be
required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer or distribution (other than
a filing on a Form 5, Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G or other filing made after the expiration of the
90-day period referred to above) and (D) each party (donor, donee, transferor, transferee, pledgor
or pledgee) shall not be required by law (including without limitation the disclosure requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Exchange Act) to make, and shall agree to not
voluntarily make, any public announcement of the transfer or disposition. For purposes of this
Letter Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption,
not more remote than first cousin.
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may enter into a new 10b5-1
Trading Plan so long as (a) the undersigned will not, during the period ending 90 days after the
date of the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “Prospectus”), (1) offer, pledge,
sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to
sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly
or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock (including without limitation, Common Stock or such other securities
which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon
exercise of a stock option or warrant), or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale,
pledge or disposition, (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in
part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or such other securities,
whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of
Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) make any demand for or exercise
any right with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock and (b) no filing or other public
announcement by any party (donor, donee, transferor, transferee, pledgor or pledgee) under the
Exchange Act shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such entry into a
new 10b5-1 Trading Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Letter Agreement will prohibit (i) any exercise
(including a cashless exercise) of options or warrants to purchase Common Stock or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or the conversion or exchange of any equity
security held by the undersigned into Common Stock; provided that any Common Stock received upon
such exercise, conversion or exchange will be subject to this Letter Agreement, or (ii) any
transaction with respect to shares of Common Stock acquired in the Public Offering or in market
transactions after completion of the Public Offering.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the
registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to
make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this
Letter Agreement.
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The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and
authority to enter into this Letter Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be
conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns,
heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.
The undersigned understands that, upon the earliest to occur, if any, of (i) the Underwriting
Agreement has not been executed before July 31, 2011, (ii) the Underwriting Agreement (other than
the provisions thereof which survive termination) terminates or has been terminated prior to
payment for and delivery of the Securities to be sold thereunder, or (iii) either the Underwriters
or the Company advises the other party in writing, prior to the execution of the Underwriting
Agreement, that it has determined not to proceed with the Public Offering, the undersigned shall be
automatically released from all obligations under this Letter Agreement. The undersigned
understands that the Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting Agreement and proceeding with
the Public Offering in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.
This Letter Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this
Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
Very truly yours, [NAME OF STOCKHOLDER] |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||