2,000,000 SHARES
PATHOGENESIS CORPORATION
COMMON STOCK
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
DATED MARCH __, 1997
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1. Representations and Warranties of the Company.............2
A. Representations and Warranties of the Company................2
Compliance with Registration Requirements..................2
Offering Materials Furnished to Underwriters...............3
Distribution of Offering Material By the Company...........3
The Underwriting Agreement.................................3
Authorization of the Common Shares.........................3
No Applicable Registration or Other Similar Rights.........3
No Material Adverse Change.................................3
Independent Accountants....................................4
Preparation of the Financial Statements....................4
Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company.............4
Capitalization and Other Capital Stock Matters.............4
Stock Exchange Listing.....................................5
Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further
Authorizations or Approvals Required..................5
No Material Actions or Proceedings.........................6
Intellectual Property Rights...............................6
All Necessary Permits, etc.................................6
Title to Properties........................................6
Tax Law Compliance........................................ 7
Company Not an "Investment Company"........................7
Insurance..................................................7
No Price Stabilization or Manipulation.....................7
Related Party Transactions.................................7
No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments................7
Company's Accounting System................................8
Compliance with Environmental Laws.........................8
ERISA Compliance...........................................9
Clinical Trials............................................9
Licenses and Other Agreements..............................9
Section 2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Common Shares...........9
The Firm Common Shares.....................................10
The First Closing Date.....................................10
The Optional Common Shares; the Second Closing Date........10
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Public Offering of the Common Shares......................11
Payment for the Common Shares.............................11
Delivery of the Common Shares.............................11
Delivery of Prospectus to the Underwriters................11
Section 3. Additional Covenants of the Company........................12
A. Covenants of the Company....................................12
Representatives' Review of Proposed Amendments and
Supplements..........................................12
Securities Act Compliance.................................12
Amendments and Supplements to the Prospectus and Other
Securities Act Matters...............................12
Copies of any Amendments and Supplements to the
Prospectus...........................................13
Blue Sky Compliance.......................................13
Use of Proceeds...........................................13
Transfer Agent ...........................................13
Earnings Statement .......................................13
Periodic Reporting Obligations ...........................13
Agreement Not To Offer or Sell Additional Securities .....14
Future Reports to the Representatives.....................14
Section 4. Payment of Expenses........................................14
Section 5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. ........15
Accountants' Comfort Letter...............................15
Compliance with Registration Requirements; No Stop
Order; No Objection from NASD........................15
No Material Adverse Change ...............................16
Opinion of Counsel for the Company .......................16
Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters...................16
Opinions of Patent Counsel ...............................17
Opinion of Regulatory Counsel.............................17
Officers' Certificate. ...................................17
Bring-down Comfort Letter. ...............................17
Lock-Up Agreement from Certain Stockholders of the
Company..............................................18
Inclusion for Trading.....................................18
Additional Documents .....................................18
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Section 6. Reimbursement of Underwriters' Expenses..................18
Section 7. Effectiveness of this Agreement .........................19
Section 8. Indemnification .........................................20
Indemnification of the Underwriters ....................20
Indemnification of the Company, its Directors and
Officers............................................21
Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures......21
Settlements.............................................22
Section 9. Contribution.............................................23
Section 10. Default of One or More of the Several Underwriters.......24
Section 11. Termination of this Agreement ...........................25
Section 12. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery......25
Section 13. Notices .................................................26
Section 14. Successors...............................................26
Section 15. Partial Unenforceability.................................26
Section 16. Governing Law Provisions.................................27
Section 17. General Provisions.......................................27
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UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
March __, 1997
XXXXXXXXXX SECURITIES
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED
XXXXXXXXX & XXXXX LLC
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/x XXXXXXXXXX SECURITIES
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
INTRODUCTORY. PathoGenesis Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in
Schedule A (the "Underwriters") an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares (the "Firm
Common Shares") of its Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (the "Common
Stock"). In addition, the Company has granted to the Underwriters an option to
purchase up to an additional 300,000 shares (the "Optional Common Shares") of
Common Stock, as provided in Section 2. The Firm Common Shares and, if and to
the extent such option is exercised, the Optional Common Shares are collectively
called the "Common Shares". Xxxxxxxxxx Securities, Prudential Securities
Incorporated and Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC have agreed to act as representatives of
the several Underwriters (in such capacity, the "Representatives") in connection
with the offering and sale of the Common Shares.
The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-[___]), which contains a form of prospectus to be used in connection
with the public offering and sale of the Common Shares. Such registration
statement, as amended, including the financial statements, exhibits and
schedules thereto, in the form in which it was declared effective by the
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder (collectively, the "Securities Act"), including any
information deemed to be a part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to
Rule 430A or Rule 434 under the Securities Act, is called the "Registration
Statement". Any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act is called the "Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement", and from and after the date and time of filing of the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement the term "Registration Statement" shall include the
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. Such prospectus, in the form first used by
the Underwriters to confirm sales of the Common Shares, is called the
"Prospectus"; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if the Company has, with the consent of
Xxxxxxxxxx Securities, elected to rely upon Rule 434 under the
Securities Act, the term "Prospectus" shall mean the Company's prospectus
subject to completion (each, a "preliminary prospectus") dated [___] (such
preliminary prospectus is called the "Rule 434 preliminary prospectus"),
together with the applicable term sheet (the "Term Sheet") prepared and filed by
the Company with the Commission under Rules 434 and 424(b) under the Securities
Act and all references in this Agreement to the date of the Prospectus shall
mean the date of the Term Sheet. All references in this Agreement to the
Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, a preliminary
prospectus, the Prospectus or the Term Sheet, or any amendments or supplements
to any of the foregoing, shall include any copy thereof filed with the
Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval
System ("XXXXX").
The Company hereby confirms its agreements with the Underwriters as
follows:
SECTION 1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
A. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY . The Company hereby
represents, warrants and covenants to each Underwriter as follows:
(a) COMPLIANCE WITH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. The Registration
Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement have been declared
effective by the Commission under the Securities Act. The Company has
complied to the Commission's satisfaction with all requests of the
Commission for additional or supplemental information. No stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such
purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the best knowledge of
the Company, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission.
Each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus when filed complied in
all material respects with the Securities Act and, if filed by electronic
transmission pursuant to XXXXX (except as may be permitted by
Regulation S-T under the Securities Act), was identical to the copy thereof
delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offer and sale
of the Common Shares. Each of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the
time it became effective and at all subsequent times, complied and will
comply in all material respects with the Securities 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 to make the
statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, as of its date and at all subsequent times, did not and 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. The
representations and warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding
sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration
Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or any post-effective
amendment thereto, or the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements
thereto, made in reliance
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upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by the Representatives expressly for
use therein. There are no contracts or other documents required to be
described in the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement which have not been described or filed as required.
(b) OFFERING MATERIALS FURNISHED TO UNDERWRITERS. The Company has
delivered to the Representatives three complete manually signed copies of
the Registration Statement and of each consent and certificate of experts
filed as a part thereof, and conformed copies of the Registration Statement
(without exhibits) and preliminary prospectuses and the Prospectus, as
amended or supplemented, in such quantities and at such places as the
Representatives have reasonably requested for each of the Underwriters.
(c) DISTRIBUTION OF OFFERING MATERIAL BY THE COMPANY. The Company
has not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the
Second Closing Date (as defined below) and the completion of the
Underwriters' distribution of the Common Shares, any offering material in
connection with the offering and sale of the Common Shares other than a
preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or the Registration Statement.
(d) THE UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT. This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement
of, the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights
to indemnification hereunder may be limited by applicable law and except as
the enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting
the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF THE COMMON SHARES. The Common Shares to be
purchased by the Underwriters from the Company have been duly authorized
for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and
delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(f) NO APPLICABLE REGISTRATION OR OTHER SIMILAR RIGHTS. There are no
persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or
debt securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or
included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement.
(g) NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE. Except as otherwise disclosed in the
Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Prospectus: (i) there has been no material adverse change, or
any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material
adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the
earnings, business, operations or prospects, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company (any such
change is called a "Material Adverse Change"); (ii) the Company has not
incurred any material liability or obligation, indirect, direct or
contingent, not in the ordinary course of
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business nor entered into any material transaction or agreement not in the
ordinary course of business; and (iii) there has been no dividend or
distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class
of capital stock or repurchase or redemption by the Company of any class of
capital stock.
(h) INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS. KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, who have
expressed their opinion with respect to the financial statements (which
term as used in this Agreement includes the related notes thereto) filed
with the Commission as a part of the Registration Statement and included in
the Prospectus, are independent public or certified public accountants as
required by the Securities Act and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act").
(i) PREPARATION OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The financial
statements and supporting schedules of the Company filed with the
Commission as a part of the Registration Statement and included in the
Prospectus present fairly the consolidated financial position of the
Company as of and at the dates indicated and the results of its operations
and cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements and
supporting schedules have been prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the
periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes
thereto. No other financial statements or supporting schedules are
required to be included in the Registration Statement. The financial data
set forth in the Prospectus under the captions "Prospectus Summary--Summary
Selected Financial Data", "Selected Financial Data" and "Capitalization"
fairly present the information set forth therein on a basis consistent with
that of the audited financial statements contained in the Registration
Statement.
(j) INCORPORATION AND GOOD STANDING OF THE COMPANY. The Company has
been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has
corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and
to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and to enter into
and perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Company is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good
standing in Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Washington and each other
jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of
the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for
such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good
standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material
Adverse Change. The Company does not own any shares of stock or any other
equity securities of any other corporation and does not have any equity
interest in any firm, partnership or other entity.
(k) CAPITALIZATION AND OTHER CAPITAL STOCK MATTERS. The authorized,
issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the
Prospectus under the caption "Capitalization" (other than for subsequent
issuances, if any, pursuant to employee benefit plans described in the
Prospectus or upon exercise of outstanding options or warrants described in
the Prospectus). The Common Stock (including the Common
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Shares) conforms in all material respects to the description thereof
contained in the Prospectus. All of the issued and outstanding shares of
Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid
and nonassessable and have been issued in compliance with federal and state
securities laws. None of the outstanding shares of Common Stock were
issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or
other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the
Company. There are no authorized or outstanding options, warrants,
preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or
equity or debt securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for, any capital stock of the Company other than those accurately described
in the Prospectus. The description of the Company's stock option, stock
bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other
rights granted thereunder, set forth in the Prospectus accurately and
fairly presents the information required to be shown with respect to such
plans, arrangements, options and rights.
(l) STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING. The Common Stock (including the Common
Shares) is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is
listed on the Nasdaq National Market and the Company has taken no action
designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration
of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Stock
from the Nasdaq National Market nor has the Company received any
notification that the Commission or the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") is contemplating terminating such registration
or listing.
(m) NON-CONTRAVENTION OF EXISTING INSTRUMENTS; NO FURTHER
AUTHORIZATIONS OR APPROVALS REQUIRED. The Company is not in violation of
its charter or by-laws nor is it in default (or, with the giving of notice
or lapse of time, would be in default) ("Default") under any indenture,
mortgage, loan or credit agreement, note, contract, franchise, lease or
other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it may be
bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject
(each, an "Existing Instrument"), except for such Defaults as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. The
Company's execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Prospectus
(i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will
not result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of
the Company, (ii) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or
Default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge
or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to, or
require the consent of any other part to, any Existing Instrument, except
for such conflicts, breaches, Defaults, liens, charges or encumbrances as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Change and (iii) will not result in any violation of any law,
administrative regulation or administrative or court decree applicable to
the Company. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or
registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory
authority or agency, is required for the Company's execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and by the Prospectus, except such as have been
obtained or made by the Company and are in full
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force and effect under the Securities Act, applicable state securities or
blue sky laws and from the NASD.
(n) NO MATERIAL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS. There are no legal or
governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of the
Company's knowledge, threatened (i) against or affecting the Company,
(ii) which has as the subject thereof any officer or director of, or
property owned or leased by, the Company or (iii) relating to environmental
or discrimination matters, where in any such case (A) there is a reasonable
possibility that such action, suit or proceeding might be determined
adversely to the Company and (B) any such action, suit or proceeding, if so
determined adversely, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change or adversely affect the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. No material labor dispute with the
employees of the Company exists or, to the best of the Company's knowledge,
is threatened or imminent.
(o) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. The Company owns or possesses, or
believes that it can acquire on reasonable terms, all material patents,
patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, licenses,
copyrights and proprietary or other confidential information currently
employed by it in connection with its business, and the Company has not
received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of
any third party with respect to any of the foregoing which, singly or in
the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or
finding, would result in a Material Adverse Change, except as disclosed in
by the Prospectus. In connection with the filing of its patent
applications, the Company conducted reasonable investigations of the
published literature and patent references relating to the inventions
claimed in such applications. There are no issued, enforceable United
States or foreign patents known to the Company on the basis of a reasonable
monitoring of patents issued in the United States which the Company
believes to be infringed by its present activities or which would preclude
the pursuit of its business as disclosed in the Prospectus, except as
described in or contemplated by the Prospectus.
(p) ALL NECESSARY PERMITS, ETC. The Company possesses such valid
and current certificates, authorizations or permits issued by the
appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies
necessary to conduct its business, and the Company has not received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or
non-compliance with, any such certificate, authorization or permit which,
singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding, could result in a Material Adverse Change.
(q) TITLE TO PROPERTIES. The Company does not own any real property.
The Company has good and marketable title to all personal property and
assets reflected as owned in the financial statements referred to in
Section 1(A)(i) above, in each case free and clear of any security
interests, liens, encumbrances, equities, claims and other defects, except
such as do not materially and adversely affect the value of such property
and do
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not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such
property by the Company. The real property, improvements, equipment and
personal property held under lease by the Company are held under valid and
enforceable leases, with such exceptions as are not material and do not
materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such real
property, improvements, equipment or personal property by the Company.
(r) TAX LAW COMPLIANCE. The Company has filed all necessary federal,
state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid all taxes
required to be paid by it and, if due and payable, any related or similar
assessment, fine or penalty levied against it. The Company has made
adequate charges, accruals and reserves in the applicable financial
statements referred to in Section 1(A)(i) above in respect of all federal,
state and foreign income and franchise taxes for all periods as to which
the tax liability of the Company has not been finally determined.
(s) COMPANY NOT AN "INVESTMENT COMPANY". The Company has been
advised of the rules and requirements under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"). The Company is not,
and after receipt of payment for the Common Shares will not be, an
"investment company" within the meaning of Investment Company Act and will
conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the
Investment Company Act.
(t) INSURANCE. The Company is insured by recognized, financially
sound and reputable institutions with policies in such amounts and with
such deductibles and covering such risks as are generally deemed adequate
and customary for its business including, but not limited to, policies
covering real and personal property owned or leased by the Company against
theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and earthquakes. The Company
has no reason to believe that it will not be able (i) to renew its existing
insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain
comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or
appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that
would not result in a Material Adverse Change. The Company has not been
denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has
applied.
(u) NO PRICE STABILIZATION OR MANIPULATION. The Company has not
taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or
that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or
manipulation of the price of the Common Stock to facilitate the sale or
resale of the Common Shares.
(v) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS. There are no business relationships
or related-party transactions involving the Company or any other person
required to be described in the Prospectus which have not been described as
required.
(w) NO UNLAWFUL CONTRIBUTIONS OR OTHER PAYMENTS. Neither the Company
nor, to the best of the Company's knowledge, any employee or agent of the
Company, has made
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any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any
federal, state or foreign office in violation of any law or of the
character required to be disclosed in the Prospectus.
(x) COMPANY'S ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. The Company maintains a system of
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or
specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets;
(iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's
general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for
assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(y) COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. Except as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change (i)
the Company is not in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law
or regulation relating to pollution or protection of human health or the
environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water,
groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including
without limitation, laws and regulations relating to emissions, discharges,
releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants,
wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum and petroleum
products (collectively, "Materials of Environmental Concern"), or otherwise
relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment,
storage, disposal, transport or handling of Materials of Environment
Concern (collectively, "Environmental Laws"), which violation includes, but
is not limited to, noncompliance with any permits or other governmental
authorizations required for the operation of the business of the Company
under applicable Environmental Laws, or noncompliance with the terms and
conditions thereof, nor has the Company received any written communication,
whether from a governmental authority, citizens group, employee or
otherwise, that alleges that the Company is in violation of any
Environmental Law; (ii) there is no claim, action or cause of action filed
with a court or governmental authority, no investigation with respect to
which the Company has received written notice, and no written notice by any
person or entity alleging potential liability for investigatory costs,
cleanup costs, governmental responses costs, natural resources damages,
property damages, personal injuries, attorneys' fees or penalties arising
out of, based on or resulting from the presence, or release into the
environment, of any Material of Environmental Concern at any location
owned, leased or operated by the Company, now or in the past (collectively,
"Environmental Claims"), pending or, to the best of the Company's
knowledge, threatened against the Company or any person or entity whose
liability for any Environmental Claim the Company has retained or assumed
either contractually or by operation of law; and (iii) to the best of the
Company's knowledge, there are no past or present actions, activities,
circumstances, conditions, events or incidents, including, without
limitation, the release, emission, discharge, presence or disposal of any
Material of Environmental Concern, that reasonably could result in a
violation of any Environmental
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Law or form the basis of a potential Environmental Claim against the
Company or against any person or entity whose liability for any
Environmental Claim the Company has retained or assumed either
contractually or by operation of law.
(z) ERISA COMPLIANCE. The Company and any "employee benefit plan"
(as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder
(collectively, "ERISA")) established or maintained by the Company or its
"ERISA Affiliates" (as defined below) are in compliance in all material
respects with ERISA. "ERISA Affiliate" means, with respect to the Company,
any member of any group of organizations described in
Sections 414(b),(c),(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the
"Code") of which the Company is a member. No "reportable event" (as
defined under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with
respect to any "employee benefit plan" established or maintained by the
Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates. No "employee benefit plan"
established or maintained by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates, if
such "employee benefit plan" were terminated, would have any "amount of
unfunded benefit liabilities" (as defined under ERISA). Neither the
Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects
to incur any liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to
termination of, or withdrawal from, any "employee benefit plan" or
(ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code. Each "employee benefit
plan" established or maintained by the Company or any of its ERISA
Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the
Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure
to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
(aa) CLINICAL TRIALS. The clinical trials and the human and animal
studies conducted by or on behalf of the Company or in which the Company
has participated that are described in the Prospectus were and, if still
pending, are being conducted in accordance with standard medical and
scientific research procedures, and the Company has operated and currently
is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws and
regulations, including without limitation, all United States Food and Drug
Administration rules, regulations and policies.
(bb) LICENSES AND OTHER AGREEMENTS. The Company has not received and
is not aware of any communication (written or oral) relating to the
termination or modification of any of the agreements described or referred
to in the Prospectus under the caption "Business - Licenses and Other
Agreements," the termination or modification of which would have a Material
Adverse Change.
Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to
the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters
set forth therein.
SECTION 2. PURCHASE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF THE COMMON SHARES.
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THE FIRM COMMON SHARES. The Company agrees to issue and sell to the
several Underwriters the Firm Common Shares upon the terms herein set forth. On
the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained,
and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, the
Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the
respective number of Firm Common Shares set forth opposite their names on
Schedule A. The purchase price per Firm Common Share to be paid by the several
Underwriters to the Company shall be $[___] per share.
THE FIRST CLOSING DATE. Delivery of certificates for the Firm Common
Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters and payment therefor shall be made at
the offices of Xxxxxxxxxx Securities, 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the
Representatives) at 6:00 a.m. San Francisco time, on [___], or such other time
and date not later than 10:30 a.m. San Francisco time, on [___] as the
Representatives shall designate by notice to the Company (the time and date of
such closing are called the "First Closing Date"). The Company hereby
acknowledges that circumstances under which the Representatives may provide
notice to postpone the First Closing Date as originally scheduled include, but
are in no way limited to, any determination by the Company or the
Representatives to recirculate to the public copies of an amended or
supplemented Prospectus or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of
Section 10.
THE OPTIONAL COMMON SHARES; THE SECOND CLOSING DATE. In addition, on
the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained,
and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Company
hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and
not jointly, up to an aggregate of 300,000 Optional Common Shares from the
Company at the purchase price per share to be paid by the Underwriters for the
Firm Common Shares. The option granted hereunder is for use by the Underwriters
solely in covering any over-allotments in connection with the sale and
distribution of the Firm Common Shares. The option granted hereunder may be
exercised at any time (but not more than once) upon notice by the
Representatives to the Company, which notice may be given at any time within
30 days from the date of this Agreement. Such notice shall set forth (i) the
aggregate number of Optional Common Shares as to which the Underwriters are
exercising the option, (ii) the names and denominations in which the
certificates for the Optional Common Shares are to be registered and (iii) the
time, date and place at which such certificates will be delivered (which time
and date may be simultaneous with, but not earlier than, the First Closing Date;
and in such case the term "First Closing Date" shall refer to the time and date
of delivery of certificates for the Firm Common Shares and the Optional Common
Shares). Such time and date of delivery, if subsequent to the First Closing
Date, is called the "Second Closing Date" and shall be determined by the
Representatives and shall not be earlier than three nor later than five full
business days after delivery of such notice of exercise. If any Optional Common
Shares are to be purchased, each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly,
to purchase the number of Optional Common Shares (subject to such adjustments to
eliminate fractional shares as the Representatives may determine) that bears the
same proportion to the total number of Optional Common Shares to be purchased as
the number of Firm Common Shares set forth on SCHEDULE A opposite the name of
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such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Common Shares. The
Representatives may cancel the option at any time prior to its expiration by
giving written notice of such cancellation to the Company.
PUBLIC OFFERING OF THE COMMON SHARES. The Representatives hereby
advise the Company that the Underwriters intend to offer for sale to the public,
as described in the Prospectus, their respective portions of the Common Shares
as soon after this Agreement has been executed and the Registration Statement
has been declared effective as the Representatives, in their sole judgment, has
determined is advisable and practicable.
PAYMENT FOR THE COMMON SHARES. Payment for the Common Shares shall be
made at the First Closing Date (and, if applicable, at the Second Closing Date)
by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Company.
It is understood that the Representatives have been authorized, for
their own account and the accounts of the several Underwriters, to accept
delivery of and receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the
Firm Common Shares and any Optional Common Shares the Underwriters have agreed
to purchase. Xxxxxxxxxx Securities, individually and not as the Representatives
of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment for any
Common Shares to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds shall not have been
received by the Representatives by the First Closing Date or the Second Closing
Date, as the case may be, for the account of such Underwriter, but any such
payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from any of its obligations under
this Agreement.
DELIVERY OF THE COMMON SHARES. The Company shall deliver, or cause to
be delivered, to the Representatives for the accounts of the several
Underwriters certificates for the Firm Common Shares at the First Closing Date,
against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available
funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor. The Company shall also
deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Representatives for the accounts of
the several Underwriters, certificates for the Optional Common Shares the
Underwriters have agreed to purchase at the First Closing Date or the Second
Closing Date, as the case may be, against the irrevocable release of a wire
transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the purchase price
therefor. The certificates for the Common Shares shall be in definitive form
and registered in such names and denominations as the Representatives shall have
requested at least two full business days prior to the First Closing Date (or
the Second Closing Date, as the case may be) and shall be made available for
inspection on the business day preceding the First Closing Date (or the Second
Closing Date, as the case may be) at a location in New York City as the
Representatives may designate. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at
the time and place specified in this Agreement is a further condition to the
obligations of the Underwriters.
DELIVERY OF PROSPECTUS TO THE UNDERWRITERS. Not later than 12:00 p.m.
on the second business day following the date the Common Shares of released by
the Underwriters for sale to the public, the Company shall deliver or cause to
be delivered copies of the Prospectus in such quantities and at such places as
the Representatives shall request.
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SECTION 3. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
B. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company further covenants and agrees with
each Underwriter as follows:
(a) REPRESENTATIVES' REVIEW OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS.
During such period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of
the First Closing Date or such date, as in the opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered
in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer (the "Prospectus
Delivery Period"), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration
Statement (including any registration statement filed under Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act) or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to
the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or
supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or
supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object.
(b) SECURITIES ACT COMPLIANCE. After the date of this Agreement, the
Company shall promptly advise the Representatives in writing (i) of the
receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental
information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing
of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any
amendment or supplement to any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus,
(iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement becomes effective and (iv) of the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any
order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from
listing or quotation the Common Stock from any securities exchange upon
which the it is listed for trading or included or designated for quotation,
or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such
purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time,
the Company will use its best efforts to obtain the lifting of such order
at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it
shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 434, as
applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable efforts to
confirm that any filings made by the Company under such Rule 424(b) were
received in a timely manner by the Commission.
(c) AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS TO THE PROSPECTUS AND OTHER SECURITIES
ACT MATTERS. If, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, any event shall
occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or
supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser,
not misleading, or if in the opinion of the Representatives or counsel for
the Underwriters it is otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the
Prospectus to comply with law, the Company agrees to promptly prepare
(subject to Section 3(A)(a) hereof), file with the Commission and furnish
at its own expense to the
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Underwriters and to dealers, amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so
that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will
not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to
a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, will comply with law.
(d) COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS TO THE PROSPECTUS. The
Company agrees to furnish the Representatives, without charge, during the
Prospectus Delivery Period, as many copies of the Prospectus and any
amendments and supplements thereto as the Representatives may request.
(e) BLUE SKY COMPLIANCE. The Company shall cooperate with the
Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters to qualify or register the
Common Shares for sale under (or obtain exemptions from the application of)
state securities or blue sky laws or Canadian provincial Securities laws of
those jurisdictions designated by the Representatives, shall comply with
such laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and
exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Common
Shares. The Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign
corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service
of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or
where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation. The
Company will advise the Representatives promptly of the suspension of the
qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the
Common Shares for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any
initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the
event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification,
registration or exemption, the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain
the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(f) USE OF PROCEEDS. The Company shall apply the net proceeds from
the sale of the Common Shares sold by it in the manner described under the
caption "Use of Proceeds" in the Prospectus.
(g) TRANSFER AGENT. The Company shall engage and maintain, at its
expense, a registrar and transfer agent for the Common Stock.
(h) EARNINGS STATEMENT. As soon as practicable, the Company will
make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives
an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a period of 12
consecutive months beginning after the effective date of the Registration
Statement which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder.
(i) PERIODIC REPORTING OBLIGATIONS. During the Prospectus Delivery
Period the Company shall file, on a timely basis, with the Commission and
the Nasdaq National Market all reports and documents required to be filed
under the Exchange Act. Additionally, the Company shall file with the
Commission all reports on Form SR as may be required under Rule 463 under
the Securities Act.
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(j) AGREEMENT NOT TO OFFER OR SELL ADDITIONAL SECURITIES. During the
period of 90 days following the date of the Prospectus, the Company will
not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxxx Securities (which
consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of Xxxxxxxxxx Securities),
directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell,
pledge, transfer or establish an open "put equivalent position" within the
meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or
transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement
under the Securities Act in respect of, any shares of Common Stock, options
or warrants to acquire shares of the Common Stock or securities
exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock
(other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Common
Shares); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company may (i) issue shares of its
Common Stock upon exercise of stock options and warrants outstanding on the
date hereof and described in the Prospectus (it being agreed that the
Company shall not accelerate the exercisability of such options) and (ii)
grant options to purchase its Common Stock pursuant to any stock option,
stock bonus or other stock plan or arrangement described in the Prospectus.
(k) FUTURE REPORTS TO THE REPRESENTATIVES. During the period of five
years hereafter the Company will furnish to the Representatives at [600
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000] [9 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000] Attention:[ ]: (i) as soon as practicable after the end of each
fiscal year, copies of the Annual Report of the Company containing the
balance sheet of the Company as of the close of such fiscal year and
statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the year then
ended and the opinion thereon of the Company's independent public or
certified public accountants; (ii) as soon as practicable after the filing
thereof, copies of each proxy statement, Annual Report on Form 10-K,
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other report
filed by the Company with the Commission, the NASD or any securities
exchange; and (iii) as soon as available, copies of any report or
communication of the Company mailed generally to holders of its capital
stock.
Xxxxxxxxxx Securities, on behalf of the several Underwriters, may, in
its sole discretion, waive in writing the performance by the Company of any
one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for their
performance.
SECTION 4. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. The Company agrees to pay all costs, fees
and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations
hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including
without limitation (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the
Common Shares (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all fees and
expenses of the registrar and transfer agent of the Common Stock, (iii) all
necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance
and sale of the Common Shares to the Underwriters, (iv) all fees and expenses of
the Company's counsel, independent public or certified pubic accountants and
other advisors, (v) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Registration
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Statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules, consents and
certificates of experts), each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus, and
all amendments and supplements thereto, and this Agreement, (vi) all filing
fees, attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by the Company or the Underwriters
in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the
qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Common Shares for offer
and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws or the provincial
securities laws of Canada, and, if requested by the Representatives, preparing
and printing a "Blue Sky Survey" or memorandum, and any supplements thereto,
advising the Underwriters of such qualifications, registrations and exemptions,
(vii) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, the NASD's review and approval
of the Underwriters' participation in the offering and distribution of the
Common Shares, (viii) the fees and expenses associated with including the
Common Shares on the Nasdaq National Market, and (ix) all other fees, costs and
expenses referred to in [Item 13] [Item 14] [ of Part II of the Registration
Statement. Except as provided in this Section 4, Section 6, Section 8 and
Section 9 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay their own expenses, including the
fees and disbursements of their counsel.
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNDERWRITERS. The
obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Common
Shares as provided herein on the First Closing Date and, with respect to the
Optional Common Shares, the Second Closing Date, shall be subject to the
accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company set
forth in Section 1 hereof as of the date hereof and as of the First Closing Date
as though then made and, with respect to the Optional Common Shares, as of the
Second Closing Date as though then made, to the timely performance by the
Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the
following additional conditions:
(a) ACCOUNTANTS' COMFORT LETTER. On the date hereof, the
Representatives shall have received from KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent
public or certified public accountants for the Company, a letter dated the
date hereof addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information
of the type ordinarily included in accountant's "comfort letters" to
underwriters, delivered according to statement of auditing standards No. 72
(Or any successor bulletin), with respect to the audited and unaudited
financial statements and certain financial information contained in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and the Representatives shall
have received an additional [five] conformed copies of such accountants'
letter for each of the several underwriters).
(b) COMPLIANCE WITH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS; No Stop Order; No
Objection from NASD. For the period from and after effectiveness of this
Agreement and prior to the First Closing Date And, with respect to the
Optional Common Shares, the Second Closing Date:
(i) the Company shall have filed the Prospectus with the
Commission (including the information required by Rule 430a under the
Securities Act) in the
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manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act; or the Company shall have filed a post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement containing the information
required by such Rule 430A, and such post-effective amendment shall
have become effective; or, if the Company elected to rely upon
Rule 434 under the Securities Act and obtained the Representatives'
consent thereto, the Company shall have filed a Term Sheet with the
Commission in the manner and within the time period required by such
Rule 424(b);
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, any rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, shall be in
effect and no proceedings for such purpose shall have been instituted
or threatened by the Commission; and
(iii) the NASD shall have raised no objection to the fairness
and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.
(c) NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE. For the period from and after the
date of this Agreement and prior to the First Closing Date and, with
respect to the Optional Common Shares, the Second Closing Date:
(i) in the judgment of the Representatives there shall not have
occurred any Material Adverse Change; and
(ii) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any
notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any
review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the
possible change, in the rating accorded any securities of the Company by
any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" as such term is
defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act.
(d) OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY. On each of the First Closing
Date and the Second Closing Date the Representatives shall have received
the favorable opinion of Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP,
counsel for the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which
is attached as Exhibit A (and the Representatives shall have received an
additional [five] conformed copies of such counsel's legal opinion for each
of the several Underwriters).
(e) OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE UNDERWRITERS. On Each of the First
Closing Date and the Second Closing Date the Representatives shall have
received the favorable opinion of Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, counsel
for the Underwriters, dated as of such Closing Date, with respect to the
incorporation of the Company, the sufficiency of all corporate proceedings
and other legal matters relating to the Underwriting Agreement, the
validity of the Common Shares, the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and other
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related matters as you may reasonably require (and the Representatives
shall have received an additional [five] conformed copies of such counsel's
legal opinion for each of the several Underwriters).
(f) OPINIONS OF PATENT COUNSEL. On Each of the First Closing Date
and the Second Closing Date the Representatives shall have received the
favorable opinion of Xxxxxxxxxxx, O'xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Kindness Pllc, Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx Lempio & Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxx and Crew, patent counsel
for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives
with respect to such patent matters as the Representative may reasonably
require (and the Representatives shall have received an additional [five]
conformed copies of such counsel's legal opinion for each of the several
Underwriters).
(g) OPINION OF REGULATORY COUNSEL. On Each of the First Closing Date
and the Second Closing Date the Representatives shall have received the
favorable opinion of [Xxxxx and _______], special regulatory counsel for
the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives with
respect to such regulatory and compliance matters as the Representatives
may reasonably require (and the Representatives shall have received an
additional [five] conformed copies of such counsel's legal opinion for each
of the several Underwriters).
(h) OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE. On each of the First Closing Date and the
Second Closing Date the Representatives shall have received a written
certificate executed by the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
or President of the Company and the Chief Financial Officer or Chief
Accounting Officer of the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, to the
effect set forth in subsections (b)(ii) and (c)(ii) of this Section 5, and
further to the effect that:
(i) for the period from and after the date of this Agreement and
prior to such closing date, there has not occurred any Material Adverse
Change;
(ii) the representations, warranties and covenants of the
Company set forth in Section 1 of this Agreement are true and correct with
the same force and effect as though expressly made on and as of such
Closing Date; and
(iii) the Company has complied with all the agreements and
satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or
prior to such Closing Date.
(i) BRING-DOWN COMFORT LETTER. On Each of the First Closing Date and
the Second Closing Date the Representatives shall have received from KPMG
Peat Marwick LLP, independent public or certified public accountants for
the Company, a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Representatives, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements
made in the letter furnished by them pursuant to subsection (a) of
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this Section 5, except that the specified date referred to therein for the
carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior
to the First Closing Date or Second Closing Date, as the case may be (and
the Representatives shall have received an additional [five] conformed
cpies of such accountants' letter for each of the several Underwriters).
(j) LOCK-UP AGREEMENT FROM CERTAIN STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY. On
the date hereof, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives an
agreement in the form of EXHIBIT B hereto from the directors, executive
officers and certain other stockholders, and such agreement shall be in
full force and effect on each of the First Closing Date and the Second
Closing Date.
(k) INCLUSION FOR TRADING. Prior to the commencement of the
offering of the Common Shares, the Common Shares shall have been included
for trading on the NASDAQ National Market.
(l) ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS. On or before each of the First Closing
Date and the Second Closing Date, the Representatives and counsel for the
Underwriters shall have received such information, documents and opinions
as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass
upon the issuance and sale of the Common Shares as contemplated herein, or
in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the Representations and
Warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements,
herein contained.
If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and
as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the
Representatives by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the
First Closing Date and, with respect to the optional common shares, at Any
time prior to the Second Closing Date, which termination shall be without
liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that
Section 4, Section 6, Section 8 and Section 9 shall at all times be
effective and shall survive such termination.
SECTION 6. REIMBURSEMENT OF UNDERWRITERS' EXPENSES. If this Agreement is
terminated by the Representatives pursuant to Section 5, Section 7, Section 10
or Section 11, or if the sale to the Underwriters of the Common Shares on the
First Closing Date is not consummated because of any refusal, inability or
failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or to comply
with any provision hereof, the Company agrees to reimburse the Representatives
and the other Underwriters (or such Underwriters as have terminated this
Agreement with respect to themselves), severally, upon demand for all
out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably incurred by the
Representatives and the Underwriters in connection with the proposed purchase
and the offering and sale of the Common Shares, including but not limited to
fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage,
facsimile and telephone charges.
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SECTION 7. EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
This Agreement shall not become effective until the later of (i) the
execution of this Agreement by the parties hereto and (ii) notification by the
Commission to the Company and the Representatives of the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement under the Securities Act.
Prior to such effectiveness, this Agreement may be terminated by any
party by notice to each of the other parties hereto, and any such termination
shall be without liability on the part of (a) the Company to any Underwriter,
except that the Company shall be obligated to reimburse the expenses of the
Representatives and the Underwriters pursuant to Sections 4 and 6 hereof,
(b) any Underwriter to the Company, or (c) any party hereto to any other party
except that the provisions of Section 8 and Section 9 shall at all times be
effective and shall survive such termination.
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SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) INDEMNIFICATION OF THE UNDERWRITERS. The Company agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its officers and employees,
and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage,
liability or expense, as incurred, to which such Underwriter or such
controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at
common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such
settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as
such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect
thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based (i) upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, including any
information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 434
under the Securities Act, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; or (ii) upon any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or
the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; or (iii) in whole or in part
upon any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the Company
contained herein; or (iv) in whole or in part upon any failure of the
Company to perform its obligations hereunder or under law; or (v) any act
or failure to act or any alleged act or failure to act by any Underwriter
in connection with, or relating in any manner to, the Common Stock or the
offering contemplated hereby, and which is included as part of or referred
to in any loss, claim, damage, liability or action arising out of or based
upon any matter covered by clause (i) or (ii) above, PROVIDED that the
Company shall not be liable under this clause (v) to the extent that a
court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined by a final judgment
that such loss, claim, damage, liability or action resulted directly from
any such acts or failures to act undertaken or omitted to be taken by such
Underwriter through its bad faith or willful misconduct; and to reimburse
each Underwriter and each such controlling person for any and all expenses
(including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by Xxxxxxxxxx
Securities) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or
such controlling person in connection with investigating, defending,
settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability,
expense or action; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing indemnity
agreement shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense
to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by the Representatives expressly for use in the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or
any amendment or supplement thereto); and provided, further, that with
respect to any preliminary prospectus, the foregoing indemnity agreement
shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter from whom the person
asserting any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense purchased Common
Shares, or any person controlling such Underwriter, if copies of the
Prospectus were timely delivered to the Underwriter pursuant to Section 2
and a copy of
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the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented if the Company shall have
furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) was not sent or given by
or on behalf of Such underwriter to such person, if required by law so to
have been delivered, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of
the Common Shares to such person, and if the Prospectus (as so amended or
supplemented) would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim,
damage, liability or expense. The indemnity agreement set forth in this
Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may
otherwise have.
(b) INDEMNIFICATION OF THE COMPANY, ITS DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. Each
Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who
signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act,
against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to
which the Company, or any such director, officer or controlling person may
become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other
federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise
(including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected
with the written consent of such Underwriter), insofar as such loss, claim,
damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated
below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto), or arises out of or is based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to
the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by the Representatives
expressly for use therein; and to reimburse the Company, or any such
director, officer or controlling person for any legal and other expense
reasonably incurred by the Company, or any such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling,
compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or
action. The Company hereby acknowledges that the only information that the
Underwriters have furnished to the Company expressly for use in the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or
any amendment or supplement thereto) are the statements set forth (a) as
the last two paragraphs on the inside front cover page of the Prospectus
concerning stabilization and passive market making by the Underwriters and
(b) in the table in the first paragraph and as the second paragraph under
the caption "Underwriting" in the Prospectus; and the Underwriters confirm
that such statements are correct. The indemnity agreement set forth in this
section 8(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that each Underwriter
may otherwise have.
(c) NOTIFICATIONS AND OTHER INDEMNIFICATION PROCEDURES. Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party under this section 8 of notice of the
commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in
respect thereof is to be made against an
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Indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the commencement thereof, but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have
to any indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than under the
indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8 or to the extent it is not
prejudiced as a proximate result of such failure. In case any such action
is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks
or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying
party will be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall
elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by
written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving
the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense
thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if the defendants in any such action include both the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party
shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise between the
positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting
the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses
available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from
or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified
party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume
such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such
action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of
notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such
indemnifying party's election so to assume the defense of such action and
approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will
not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal
or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall
have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the next
preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying
party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate
counsel (together with local counsel), approved by the indemnifying party
(Xxxxxxxxxx Securities in the case of Section 8(b) and Section 9),
representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action) or
(ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to
the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a
reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of
which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the
indemnifying party.
(d) SETTLEMENTS. The indemnifying party under this Section 8
shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without
its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a
final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to
indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability
or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the
foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have
requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees
and expenses of counsel as contemplated by Section 8(c) hereof, the
indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of
the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have
reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance
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with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying
party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party,
effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in
any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which
any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or
could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such
settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of such
indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter
of such action, suit or proceeding.
SECTION 9. CONTRIBUTION.
If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 is for any reason
held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as
a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to
therein (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 hand, from the offering of the Common Shares pursuant to this Agreement or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of
the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in
connection with the statements or omissions or inaccuracies in the
representations and warranties herein which resulted in such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses, 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 hand, in connection with the offering of the
Common Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same
respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Common
Shares pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the
Company, and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in
each case as set forth on the front cover page of the Prospectus (or, if
Rule 434 under the Securities Act is used, the corresponding location on the
Term Sheet) bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Common Shares as
set forth on such cover. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand,
and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact or any
such inaccurate or alleged inaccurate representation or warranty relates to
information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or the Underwriters, on
the other hand, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to
include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8(c), any legal or
other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with
investigating or defending any action or claim. The provisions set forth in
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Section 8(c) with respect to notice of commencement of any action shall apply if
a claim for contribution is to be made under this Section 9; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that no additional notice shall be required with respect to any action for which
notice has been given under Section 8(c) for purposes of indemnification.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Underwriter shall
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting commissions
received by such Underwriter in connection with the Common Shares underwritten
by it and distributed to the public. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 9 are several, and not joint, in proportion to their
respective underwriting commitments as set forth opposite their names in
Schedule A. For purposes of this Section 9, each officer and employee of an
Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the
meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer
of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any,
who controls the Company with the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
SECTION 10. DEFAULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE SEVERAL UNDERWRITER. If, on the
First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or
more of the several Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Common Shares
that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the
aggregate number of Common Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the
aggregate number of the Common Shares to be purchased on such date, the other
Underwriters shall be obligated, severally, in the proportions that the number
of Firm Common Shares set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule A
bears to the aggregate number of Firm Common Shares set forth opposite the names
of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as may be
specified by the Representatives with the consent of the non-defaulting
Underwriters, to purchase the Common Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date. If, on the
First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or
more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Common Shares and the
aggregate number of Common Shares with respect to which such default occurs
exceeds 10% of the aggregate number of Common Shares to be purchased on such
date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for
the purchase of such Common Shares are not made within 48 hours after such
default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability of any party to any
other party except that the provisions of Section 4, Section 6, Section 8 and
Section 9 shall at all times be effective and shall
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survive such termination. In any such case either the Representatives or the
Company shall have the right to postpone the First Closing Date or the Second
Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than seven days in
order that the required changes, if any, to the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.
As used in this Agreement, the term "Underwriter" shall be deemed to
include any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter under this
Section 10. Any action taken under this Section 10 shall not relieve any
defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such
Underwriter under this Agreement.
SECTION 11. TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT. Prior to the First Closing Date
this Agreement maybe terminated by the Representatives by notice given to the
Company if at any time (i) trading or quotation in any of the Company's
securities shall have been suspended or limited by the Commission or by the
Nasdaq Stock Market, or trading in securities generally on either the Nasdaq
Stock Market or the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or
limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on
any of such stock exchanges by the Commission or the NASD; (ii) a general
banking moratorium shall have been declared by any of federal, New York,
Delaware or California authorities; (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak
or escalation of national or international hostilities or any crisis or
calamity, or any change in the United States or international financial markets,
or any substantial change or development involving a prospective substantial
change in United States' or international political, financial or economic
conditions, as in the judgment of the Representatives is material and adverse
and makes it impracticable to market the Common Shares in the manner and on the
terms described in the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the sale of
securities; (iv) in the judgment of the Representatives there shall have
occurred any Material Adverse Change; or (v) the Company shall have sustained a
loss by strike, fire, flood, earthquake, accident or other calamity of such
character as in the judgment of the Representatives may interfere materially
with the conduct of the business and operations of the Company regardless of
whether or not such loss shall have been insured. Any termination pursuant to
this Section 11 shall be without liability on the part of (a) the Company to any
Underwriter, except that the Company shall be obligated to reimburse the
expenses of the Representatives and the Underwriters pursuant to Sections 4
and 6 hereof, (b) any Underwriter to the Company, or (c) of any party hereto to
any other party except that the provisions of Section 8 and Section 9 shall at
all times be effective and shall survive such termination.
SECTION 12. REPRESENTATIONS AND INDEMNITIES TO SURVIVE DELIVERY. The
respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other
statements of the Company, of its officers and of the several Underwriters set
forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter
or the Company or any of its or their partners, officers or directors or any
controlling person, as the case may be, and will survive delivery of and payment
for the Common Shares sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.
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SECTION 13. NOTICES. All communications hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be mailed, hand delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the parties
hereto as follows:
If to the Representatives:
Xxxxxxxxxx Securities
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxxxxx Securities
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
If to the Company:
PathoGenesis Corporation
Suite 150
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile:
Attention:
Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving
written notice to the others.
SECTION 14. SUCCESSORS. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the parties hereto, including any substitute Underwriters
pursuant to Section 10 hereof, and to the benefit of the employees, officers and
directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 and Section 9, and in
each case their respective successors, and no other person will have any right
or obligation hereunder. The term "successors" shall not include any purchaser
of the Common Shares as such from any of the Underwriters merely by reason of
such purchase.
SECTION 15. PARTIAL UNENFORCEABILITY. The invalidity or unenforceability
of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof.
If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement
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is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be
deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are
necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
SECTION 16. GOVERNING LAW PROVISIONS. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE.
SECTION 17. GENERAL PROVISIONS. This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or
oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations
with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be executed in
two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same
effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the
parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived
unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit.
The Table of Contents and the Section headings herein are for the convenience of
the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this
Agreement.
Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it is a sophisticated
business person who was adequately represented by counsel during negotiations
regarding the provisions hereof, including, without limitation, the
indemnification provisions of Section 8 and the contribution provisions of
Section 9, and is fully informed regarding said provisions. Each of the parties
hereto further acknowledges that the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereto
fairly allocate the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate
the Company, its affairs and its business in order to assure that adequate
disclosure has been made in the Registration Statement, any preliminary
prospectus and the Prospectus (and any amendments and supplements thereto), as
required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement,
kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this
instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement
in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
PATHOGENESIS CORPORATION
By:__________________________
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
President and Chief
Executive Officer
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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by
the Representatives in San Francisco, California as of the date first above
written.
XXXXXXXXXX SECURITIES
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED
XXXXXXXXX & XXXXX LLC
Acting as Representatives of the
several Underwriters named in
the attached Schedule A.
By XXXXXXXXXX SECURITIES
By:________________________________
SCHEDULE A
Underwriters Number of Firm
Common
Shares to be
Purchased
Xxxxxxxxxx Securities...................................................[______]
Prudential Securities Incorporated......................................[______]
Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC...................................................[______]
[_____].................................................................[______]
[_____].................................................................[______]
Total........................................................2,000,000
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EXHIBIT A
Opinion of counsel for the Company to be delivered pursuant to
Section 5(e) of the Underwriting Agreement.
References to the Prospectus in this EXHIBIT A include any supplements
thereto at the Closing Date.
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as
a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(ii) The Company has corporate power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under the
Underwriting Agreement. To the best of our knowledge, the Company does not
own any subsidiary as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(iii) The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to
transact business and is in good standing in Illinois, New Jersey, New
York, Washington and in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification
is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or
the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to
so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the
aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change.
(iv) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the
Company (including the Common Stock) conform to the descriptions thereof
set forth in the Prospectus. All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and
nonassessable and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, have been
issued in compliance with the registration and qualification requirements
of federal and state securities laws. The form of certificate used to
evidence the Common Stock is in due and proper form and complies with all
applicable requirements of the charter and by-laws of the Company and the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The description of the
Company's stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements,
and the options or other rights granted and exercised thereunder, set forth
in the Prospectus accurately and fairly presents the information required
to be shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and rights.
(v) No stockholder of the Company or any other person has any
preemptive right, right of first refusal or other similar right to
subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company arising (A) by
operation of the charter or by-laws of the Company or the General
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Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or (B) to the best knowledge of
such counsel, otherwise.
(vi) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights to
indemnification thereunder may be limited by applicable law and except as
the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors' rights generally or by general equitable principles.
(vii) The Common Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters from the
Company have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement against payment of the consideration
set forth therein, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(viii) The Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement, if any, has been declared effective by the Commission under the
Securities Act. To the best knowledge of such counsel, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of either of the Registration Statement or the
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued under the
Securities Act and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or
are pending or are contemplated or threatened by the Commission. Any
required filing of the Prospectus and any supplement thereto pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act has been made in the manner and within
the time period required by such Rule 424(b).
(ix) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as of their respective
effective or issue dates (other than the financial statements and
supporting schedules included therein or in exhibits to or excluded from
the Registration Statement, as to which no opinion need be rendered) comply
as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(x) The Common Shares have been approved for inclusion on the Nasdaq
National Market.
(xi) The statements (A) in the Prospectus under the captions "Risk
Factors--[___]", "Description of Capital Stock", "Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition--Liquidity", "Business", "Certain
Transactions", "Shares Eligible for Future Sale", and "Underwriting" and
(B) in Item 14 and Item 15 of the Registration Statement, insofar as such
statements constitute matters of law, summaries of legal matters, the
Company's charter or by-law provisions, documents or legal proceedings, or
legal
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conclusions, has been reviewed by such counsel and fairly present and
summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein.
(xii) To the best knowledge of such counsel, (A) there are no legal or
governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or threatened which are
required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, other than those
disclosed therein and (B) no contract or other document is required to be
described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or to be filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement that is not described therein or
filed as required.
(xiii) To the best knowledge of such counsel, there are no Existing
Instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration
Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto other than those described or
referred to therein or filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits
thereto; and the descriptions thereof and references thereto are correct in
all material respects.
(xiv) No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or
registration or filing with, any court or other governmental authority or
agency, is required for the Company's execution, delivery and performance
of the Underwriting Agreement and consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby and by the Prospectus, except as required under the
Securities Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws and from the
NASD.
(xv) to the best of our knowledge, subsequent to the respective dates
as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, the Company has not purchased any of its outstanding capital
stock, nor declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of
any kind on its capital stock).
(xvi) to the best of our knowledge, the Company does not own any real
property and has good and marketable title to all personal property owned
by it, in each case free and clear of any security interests, liens,
encumbrances, equities, claims and other defects, except such as do not
materially and adversely affect the value of such property and do not
materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such
property by the Company, and any real property, improvements, equipment and
personal property held under lease by the Company are held under valid and
enforceable leases, with such exceptions as are not material and do not
materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such real
property, improvements, equipment and personal property by the Company, in
each case except as disclosed in the Prospectus.
(xvii) to the best of our knowledge, except as disclosed in the
Prospectus, there are no outstanding (A) securities or obligations of the
Company convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock of the
Company, (B) warrants, rights or options to subscribe for or purchase from
the Company any such capital stock or any such
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convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations, or (C) obligations
of the Company to issue any shares of capital stock, any such convertible
or exchangeable securities or obligations, or any such warrants, rights or
options.
(xviii) The execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement by the
Company and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder
(other than performance by the Company of its obligations under the
indemnification section of the Underwriting Agreement, as to which no
opinion need be rendered) (A) have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Company; (B) will not result in any
violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company;
(C) will not constitute a breach of, or Default under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property
or assets of the Company pursuant to, the best knowledge of such counsel,
any material Existing Instrument; or (D) to the best knowledge of such
counsel, will not result in any violation of any law, administrative
regulation or administrative or court decree applicable to the Company.
(xix) The Company is not, and after receipt of payment for the Common
Shares will not be, an "investment company" within the meaning of
Investment Company Act.
(xx) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus [under the caption "Shares
Eligible for Future Sale"], to the best knowledge of such counsel, there
are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity
or debt securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or
included in the offering contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement.
(xxi) To the best knowledge of such counsel, the Company is not in
violation of its charter or by-laws or any law, administrative regulation
or administrative or court decree applicable to the Company or is not in
Default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement,
covenant or condition contained in any material Existing Instrument, except
in each such case for such violations or Defaults as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change.
(xxii) In addition, such counsel shall state that they have
participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the
Company, representatives of the independent public or certified public
accountants for the Company and with representatives of the Underwriters at
which the contents of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any
supplements or amendments thereto, and related matters were discussed and,
although such counsel is not passing upon and does not assume any
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements
contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (other than as
specified above), and any supplements or amendments thereto, on the basis
of the foregoing, nothing has come to their attention which would lead them
to believe that either the Registration Statement or any amendments
thereto, at the time the Registration Statement or such amendments
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became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus, as of
its date or at the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the
case may be, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading
(it being understood that such counsel need express no belief as to the
financial statements or schedules or other financial or statistical data
derived therefrom, included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements
thereto).
(xxiii) In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to
matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or the federal law of
the United States, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such
opinion, upon the opinion (which shall be dated the First Closing Date or
the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be satisfactory in form
and substance to the Underwriters, shall expressly state that the
Underwriters may rely on such opinion as if it were addressed to them and
shall be furnished to the Representatives) of other counsel of good
standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to
counsel for the Underwriters; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such counsel shall
further state that they believe that they and the Underwriters are
justified in relying upon such opinion of other counsel, and (B) as to
matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of
responsible officers of the Company and public officials.
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EXHIBIT B
[Date]
Xxxxxxxxxx Securities
Prudential Securities Incorporated
Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters
c/x Xxxxxxxxxx Securities
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
RE: PATHOGENESIS CORPORATION (THE "COMPANY")
Ladies & Gentlemen:
The undersigned is an owner of record or beneficially of certain shares of
Common Stock of the Company ("Common Stock") or securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock. The Company proposes to carry out
a public offering of Common Stock (the "Offering") for which you will act as the
representatives of the underwriters. The undersigned recognizes that the
Offering will be of benefit to the undersigned and will benefit the Company by,
among other things, raising additional capital for its operations. The
undersigned acknowledges that you and the other underwriters are relying on the
representations and agreements of the undersigned contained in this letter in
carrying out the Offering and in entering into underwriting arrangements with
the Company with respect to the Offering.
In consideration of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby agrees that the
undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxxx Securities
(which consent may be withheld in its sole discretion), directly or indirectly,
sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell (including without limitation
any short sale), pledge, transfer, establish an open "put equivalent position"
within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock, options or warrants to
acquire shares of Common Stock, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or
convertible into shares of Common Stock currently or hereafter owned either of
record or beneficially (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended) by the undersigned, or publicly announce the undersigned's
intention to do any of the foregoing, for a period commencing on the date hereof
and continuing through the close of trading on the date 90 days after the date
of the Prospectus. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop
transfer instructions with the Company's transfer agent and registrar against
the transfer of shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock held by the undersigned except in
compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
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With respect to the Offering only, the undersigned waives any registration
rights relating to registration under the Securities Act of any Common Stock
owned either of record or beneficially by the undersigned, including any rights
to receive notice of the Offering.
This agreement is irrevocable and will be binding on the undersigned and the
respective successors, heirs, personal representatives, and assigns of the
undersigned.
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Printed Name of Holder
By:
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Signature
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Printed Name of Person Signing
(AND INDICATE CAPACITY OF PERSON SIGNING IF
SIGNING AS CUSTODIAN, TRUSTEE, OR ON BEHALF
OF AN ENTITY)
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