Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. Common Stock, par value $0.001 Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
Common Stock, par value $0.001
, 2006
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.,
As representative of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto,
As representative of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto,
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Certain stockholders named in Schedule II hereto (collectively, the “Selling Stockholders”) of
Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), propose, subject to the
terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I
hereto (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of 10,400,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per
share, of the Company (“Stock”), (the “Firm Shares”). The Selling Stockholders also propose,
subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, at the election of the Underwriters, to sell to
the Underwriters up to 1,560,000 additional shares of Stock (the “Optional Shares”). The Firm
Shares and the Optional Shares that the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof
are herein collectively called the “Shares.”
1. (a) The Company and Global Cash Access, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Operating
Subsidiary”), jointly and severally represent and warrant to, and agree with, each of the
Underwriters that:
(i) A registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-133996) (the “Initial
Registration Statement”) in respect of the Shares has been filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”); the Initial Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto, excluding exhibits thereto, but including all documents
incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained therein, each in the form heretofore
delivered to you for each of the other Underwriters, have been declared effective by the
Commission in such form; other than a registration statement, if any, increasing the size of
the offering (a “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), which became effective upon filing, no
other document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or document incorporated
by reference therein has heretofore been filed with the Commission; and no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective
amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission (any
preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration Statement or filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the
Act is hereinafter called a
“Preliminary Prospectus”; the various parts of the Initial Registration Statement and
the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits thereto and including
the information contained in the form of final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and deemed by virtue of
Rule 430A under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement at the time it was
declared effective, each as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration
Statement became effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any,
became or hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration
Statement”; the Preliminary Prospectus relating to the Shares that was included in the
Registration Statement immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section
1(a)(iii) hereof) is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus” and such final prospectus,
in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, is hereinafter called the
“Prospectus”; any reference herein to any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or
the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by
reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-1 under the Act, as of the date of such
prospectus; and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act
relating to the Shares is hereinafter called an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”;
(ii) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary
Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did
not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this
representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an
Underwriter through X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. (the “Representative”), expressly for use
therein or by a Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the preparation of the answers
therein to Items 7 and 11(m) of Form S-1;
(iii) For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is 9:30 am (Eastern
time) on the date of this Agreement. The Pricing Prospectus, as of the Applicable Time, did
not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on
Schedule III(a) hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Prospectus as of the
Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this
representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in an Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in
writing to the Company by an Underwriter through X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. expressly for
use therein;
(iv) The documents incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the
Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may
be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as applicable, and
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the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements
or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing
to the Company by an Underwriter through X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. expressly for use
therein; and no such documents were filed with the Commission since the Commission’s close
of business on the business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to
the execution of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule III(b) hereto;
(v) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and
any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus
and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the
applicable effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto and as of the applicable filing date as to the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus
and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty
shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representative
expressly for use therein or by a Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the preparation
of the answers therein to Items 7 and 11(m) of Form S-1;
(vi) The statistical, industry-related and market-related data and the data set forth
under the caption “Other Data” related to the number of transactions included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the
Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably and in good
faith believes are reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which
they are derived. The “Aggregate dollar amount processed” data and “Number of transactions
completed” data set forth under the caption “Other Data” in the table of Summary
Consolidated Financial Data included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus
and the Prospectus and elsewhere in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and
the Prospectus and the information related thereto or derived therefrom in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources
that the Company reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and accurate, and such
data agree with the sources from which they are derived;
(vii) Except as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary (as defined below) has sustained since the date of the latest
audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus
any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or tribal
or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the
Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the
Company or any Subsidiary or any material adverse change, or any development that is
reasonably likely to result in a prospective material adverse
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change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position,
stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(viii) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any real property. The
Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all personal property owned
by them, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described
in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value
of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property by the Company and its Subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under
lease by the Company and its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the
use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its
Subsidiaries;
(ix) Each of the Company and the Operating Subsidiary have been duly incorporated and
are validly existing as a corporations in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct
its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, and has been duly
qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing
under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts
any business so as to require such qualification, except for such jurisdictions where the
failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction or be in good standing would not have a
material adverse effect on the properties (tangible or intangible), prospects or
consolidated financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the
Company or its Subsidiaries, taken individually or in the aggregate (“Material Adverse
Effect”); and each Subsidiary other than the Operating Subsidiary has been duly incorporated
or formed and is validly existing as a corporation or a limited liability company, as
applicable, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or
formation except for such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good
standing would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. For
purposes hereof, “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation, limited partnership, limited
liability company or other business entity in which the Company or the Operating Subsidiary,
directly or indirectly, owns or controls any membership interest, partnership interest,
equity security or other interest or in which the Company or the Operating Subsidiary is a
participant in through any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement, excluding
passive investments by the Company in equity securities that are registered under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and listed on a securities
exchange or the Nasdaq National Market. The Subsidiaries of the Company are the Operating
Subsidiary, Central Credit, LLC, QuikPlay, LLC, CashCall Systems, Inc., Global Cash Access
(BVI), Inc, Arriva Card, Inc., GCA Canada, Inc., Global Cash Access Switzerland A.G. and
Global Cash Access (HK) Ltd. The Company has no other Subsidiaries;
(x) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus
and the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been
duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and conform to
the description of the Stock contained in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus; and all of
the issued shares of capital stock or membership interests of each Subsidiary, as
applicable, have been duly and validly authorized and issued, and, with respect to each
Subsidiary corporation, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except for directors’
qualifying shares) are owned directly or
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indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or
claims, except for those existing under the Company’s Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
dated as of April 13, 2005, as amended. Each Subsidiary is accurately described in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(xi) The Shares have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and
non-assessable and will conform to the description of the Stock contained in the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(xii) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in a breach or violation of any of the
terms or provisions of, or default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, license (including related to the Company Intellectual Property (as defined
below)), lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a
party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or to which any of the property or
assets of the Company or any Subsidiary is subject, in each case, except any such breach or
violation that, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect. The sale of the Shares and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not
conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the
Company or any Subsidiary is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company
or any Subsidiary is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions
of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any
statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or tribal or governmental agency or
body having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their properties; and
no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any
such court or tribal or governmental agency or body is required for the sale of the Shares
or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
except the registration under the Act of the Shares and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or
Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the
Underwriters;
(xiii) The Company has not prior to the date hereof, made any offer or sale of any
securities which could be “integrated” for purposes of the Act and the rules and regulations
of the Commission under the Act with the offer and sale of the Shares pursuant to the
Registration Statement. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company has not sold or issued any securities during the
six-month period preceding the date of the Prospectus, including but not limited to any
sales pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation D or S under the Act and the rules and regulations
of the Commission under the Act, other than Stock issued pursuant to employee benefit plans,
qualified stock option plans or the employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding
options, rights or warrants as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(xiv) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of its Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws;
(xv) The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus under the
caption “Description of Capital Stock”, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of
the terms of the Stock, under the caption “Material United States Federal Tax Consequences
for Non-United States Stockholders”, “Business – Regulation” and under
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the caption “Underwriting”, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the
laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair;
(xvi) Other than as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are
no legal, tribal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any Subsidiary
is a party or of which any property of the Company or any Subsidiary is the subject which,
if determined adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary, would individually or in the
aggregate have a material adverse effect on the current or future consolidated financial
position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or
contemplated by tribal or governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(xvii) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Shares, will not be an “investment company”, as such term is defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”);
(xviii) At the time of filing the Initial Registration Statement the Company was not
and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined under Rule 405 under the Act;
(xix) There are no contracts or other documents (including, without limitation, any
voting agreement), which are required to be described in the Registration Statement and the
Pricing Prospectus or Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the
Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act and which have not been so
described or filed;
(xx) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or its
Subsidiaries and any director, officer or stockholder of the Company or its Subsidiaries
which is required by the Act and rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Pricing Prospectus or Prospectus which is not
so described and described as required in material compliance with such requirement. There
are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses in the
ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or its
Subsidiaries to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company or its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective family members, except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus. Neither the Company nor
its Subsidiaries is in violation of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act, directly or indirectly, extended
or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an extension of
credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or executive officer of the
Company;
(xxi) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the
Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company or its
Subsidiaries and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any
Subsidiary or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or, to the Company’s knowledge, any
arrangements, agreements, understandings, payments or issuance with respect to the Company,
its Subsidiaries or their respective officers, directors, stockholders, partners, employees,
or affiliates that may affect the Underwriters’ compensation as determined by the National
Association of Securities Dealers;
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(xxii) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does business with the government
of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba within the meaning of Section
517.075, Florida Statutes;
(xxiii) Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, are independent public accountants as required by the Act and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(xxiv) The Company or the Operating Subsidiary have entered into contracts with
insurers of recognized financial responsibility for insurance coverage of the Company and
each Subsidiary against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and
customary in the business in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged; and neither
the Company nor its Subsidiaries has reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its
existing insurance coverage at then prevailing rates applicable to similarly situated
organizations as and when such coverage expires;
(xxv) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has all necessary licenses, permits,
qualifications, accreditations, approvals and authorizations of any gaming, tribal,
international, federal, state or local governmental or other regulatory authority
(collectively, “Government Licenses”) and has made all necessary filings required under any
tribal, gaming, international, federal, state or local law, regulation or rule (“Applicable
Law”), required in order to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement
and/or Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus; neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is required
by any Applicable Law to obtain accreditation or certification from any tribal or
governmental agency or authority in order to provide the products and services which it
currently provides or which it proposes to provide as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus
and Prospectus other than those accreditations and certifications which it has already
obtained; except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the
Prospectus, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of, in default under, or
has received any notice regarding a possible violation, default or revocation of any
Government License or Applicable Law, or any decree, order or judgment applicable to it, or
of any pending or threatened action, claim, suit or proceeding, the effect of which,
individually or in the aggregate, could result in a material adverse change to its business,
or result in the invalidation, revocation, or impairment of any Government License, or
otherwise restrict its ability to conduct its business in any jurisdiction to which any
Government License pertains; each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has posted and
maintained in full force all bonds, and paid all applicable fines, dues and/or fees required
by the Government Licenses; except as has been adequately disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, none of the Company nor its
Subsidiaries has entered into any agreement with, or is subject to any order, writ, decree
or judgment by, any tribal, gaming, international, federal, state, local governmental or
other regulatory authority which, individually or in the aggregate, is or will be reasonably
likely to materially restrict or alter the products or services that may be offered by it in
the conduct of its business or otherwise materially restrict its ability to fully exploit
any Government License issued to or obtained by it; and no such Government License contains
a materially burdensome restriction that is not adequately disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(xxvi) Each of the Company and each Subsidiary, as applicable, owned or possessed such
Government Licenses as were necessary to conduct its historic business activities, or was
exempt from any applicable requirement to hold any such Government License, at the time and
in each state in which it historically conducted such
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activities; each Government License has been validly issued or obtained and is, and
after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will be, in full
force and effect; all Government Licenses which the Company or its Subsidiaries possess or
for which the Company or its Subsidiaries has applied or has taken the steps necessary to
secure or maintain or which the Company otherwise intends to obtain, when issued, will be
sufficient to enable the Company and its Subsidiaries to conduct, in all material respects,
the business activities proposed to be conducted by them as described in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus;
(xxvii) With respect to the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ direct or indirect
participation in the MasterCard International and Visa U.S.A. card associations: (a) neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary’s direct or indirect participation therein has been revoked,
suspended, terminated or canceled, (b) except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus and
Prospectus and except for a fine paid to Visa U.S.A. on December 15, 2002, neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has been fined or otherwise penalized thereunder, and (c) to the
best of the Company’s knowledge, there is no basis that the Company or any Subsidiary is
exposed to any material liability or disadvantage relating to their direct or indirect
participation therein or any basis for the termination of their direct or indirect
participation therein;
(xxviii) With respect to Arriva Card, Inc.’s sponsorship of a private label credit card
program pursuant to which credit cards are issued by a Utah industrial bank and the
processing and servicing of the private label credit cards issued under that program: (a)
the program is in compliance with all of the policies and procedures of the Utah industrial
bank relating to the program, (b) Arriva Card, Inc. has taken and shall take all actions
recommended by the Utah industrial bank or its regulator for the program to enjoy the
benefit of the federal laws permitting the Utah industrial bank to charge the rates of
interest permitted under Utah law to cardholders wherever located, and (c) except
as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus, to the best of the Company’s
knowledge, there is no basis that the Company or any Subsidiary is exposed to any material
liability relating the provision of the private label credit card;
(xxix) The Company and its Subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to
use the patents and patent applications, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
technology, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable
proprietary rights), customer lists, plans, processes, supplier lists, business plans,
business methods, prototypes, inventions, discoveries, internet domain names, software and
other intellectual property rights necessary to conduct its business in the manner in which
it is being conducted and in the manner in which it is contemplated to be conducted as set
forth in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus (collectively, the “Company Intellectual
Property”) and neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries expect the termination or loss of
such Company Intellectual Property Rights; none of the patents owned or licensed by the
Company is unenforceable or invalid, and, to the Company’s knowledge, none of the patent
applications owned or licensed by the Company would be unenforceable or invalid if issued as
patents; the Company is not obligated to pay a royalty, grant a license, or provide other
consideration to any third party in connection with the Company Intellectual Property other
than as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus; the Company has not received any
notice of violation or any conflict with rights of others with respect to the Company
Intellectual Property; there are no pending or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened
actions, suits, proceedings or claims by others that the Company is infringing any patent,
trade secret, trade xxxx, service xxxx, copyright or other intellectual property or
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proprietary right; and the products or processes of the Company referenced in the
Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus do not, to the knowledge of the Company, violate or
conflict with any intellectual property or proprietary right of any third person, or any
discovery, invention, product or process that is the subject of a patent application filed
by any third person. Except as otherwise set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus,
to the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ knowledge, no third party is infringing upon any
Company Intellectual Property rights;
(xxx) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all presently
applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”), except for any
non-compliance which would not have a material adverse effect on the current or future
consolidated financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries; no “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with
respect to any “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company or any Subsidiary
would have any liability; none of the Company or its Subsidiaries has incurred, nor does it
expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or
withdrawal from, any “pension plan” or (ii) Section 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the
“Code”), and each “pension plan” for which the Company or any Subsidiary would have any
liability, that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified
in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act,
which would cause the loss of such qualification;
(xxxi) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, or to any of their knowledge, any
director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of
the Company, or any Subsidiary (i) has used any corporate funds during the last five years
for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to
political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to any tribal, foreign or domestic
government official or employee from corporate funds, (iii) violated or is in violation of
any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or (iv) made any
bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment;
(xxxii) As of the date hereof, (i) there is no unfair labor practice complaint pending
against the Company or its Subsidiaries or, to the best knowledge of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, threatened against any of them, before the National Labor Relations Board or
any state or local labor relations board, and no significant grievance or significant
arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement is so
pending against the Company or its Subsidiaries, or, to the best knowledge of the Company
and or its Subsidiaries threatened against any of them, (ii) there is no material strike,
labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending against the Company or its Subsidiaries or, to
the knowledge of the Company and its Subsidiaries threatened against the Company or its
Subsidiaries and (iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries are not aware of any existing,
threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its principal customers,
suppliers, manufacturers or contractors;
(xxxiii) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting
(as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the
requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Company’s principal executive
officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
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accounting principles. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is
effective and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control
over financial reporting;
(xxxiv) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the
Pricing Prospectus, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting; and
(xxxv) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is
defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the
Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that
material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the
Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those
entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
(b) Each of the Selling Stockholders severally represents and warrants to, and agrees with,
each of the Underwriters and the Company that:
(i) All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary for the execution and
delivery by such Selling Stockholder of this Agreement and the Power of Attorney and the
Custody Agreement hereinafter referred to, and for the sale and delivery of the Shares to be
sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, have been obtained; and such Selling Stockholder
has full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the Power-of-Attorney (as
defined below) and the Custody Agreement (as defined below) and to sell, assign, transfer
and deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder;
(ii) The sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and the
compliance by such Selling Stockholder with all of the provisions of this Agreement, the
Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein
and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of
the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement or other material agreement or instrument to which such
Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any
of the property or assets of such Selling Stockholder is subject, nor will such action
result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of
such Selling Stockholder if such Selling Stockholder is a corporation, the Partnership
Agreement of such Selling Stockholder if such Selling Stockholder is a partnership, the
Limited Liability Company Agreement if such Selling Stockholder is a Limited Liability
Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency
or body having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or the property of such Selling
Stockholder;
(iii) Such Selling Stockholder has (other than Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, who has the right to
exercise a stock option to purchase the Shares to be sold by him hereunder) and immediately
prior to each Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) such Selling Stockholder
will have, good and valid title to the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder
hereunder, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims; and, upon delivery
of such Shares and payment therefor pursuant hereto, good and valid title to such Shares,
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, will pass to the several
Underwriters;
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(iv) Such Selling Stockholder has entered into an agreement (the “Lock-up Agreement”)
attached hereto as Annex I;
(v) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly,
any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be
expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of
the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares;
(vi) To the extent that any statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement,
any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto are made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein, such
Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration
Statement did, and the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any further amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, when
they become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(vii) In order to document the Underwriters’ compliance with the reporting and
withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect
to the transactions herein contemplated, such Selling Stockholder will deliver to you prior
to or at the First Time of Delivery (as hereinafter defined) a properly completed and
executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other applicable form or statement
specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof);
(viii) Certificates in negotiable form (or, in the case of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, a letter from
the Company authorizing the issuance of a certificate upon exercise of stock options)
representing all of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder have been
placed in custody under a Custody Agreement, in the form heretofore furnished to you (the
“Custody Agreement”), duly executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder to American
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as custodian (the “Custodian”), and such Selling Stockholder
has duly executed and delivered a Power of Attorney, in the form heretofore furnished to you
(the “Power of Attorney”), appointing the persons indicated in Schedule II hereto, and each
of them, as such Selling Stockholder’s attorneys-in-fact (the “Attorneys-in-Fact”) with
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of such Selling Stockholder, to
determine the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters to the Selling Stockholders as
provided in Section 2 hereof, to authorize the delivery of the Shares to be sold by such
Selling Stockholder hereunder and otherwise to act on behalf of such Selling Stockholder in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Custody Agreement in
accordance with such Power of Attorney; and
(ix) The Shares represented by the certificates (or, in the case of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, a
letter from the Company authorizing the issuance of a certificate upon exercise of stock
options) held in custody for such Selling Stockholder under the Custody Agreement are
subject to the interests of the Underwriters hereunder; the arrangements made by such
Selling Stockholder for such custody, and the appointment by such Selling Stockholder of the
Attorneys-in-Fact by the Power of Attorney, are to that extent irrevocable; the obligations
of such Selling Stockholders hereunder shall not be terminated by operation of law, whether
by the death or incapacity of any individual Selling Stockholder or, in the case of an
estate or trust, by the death or incapacity of any
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executor or trustee or the termination of such estate or trust, or in the case of a
partnership or corporation, by the dissolution of such partnership or corporation, or by the
occurrence of any other event; if any individual Selling Stockholder or any such executor or
trustee should die or become incapacitated, or if any such estate or trust should be
terminated, or if any such partnership or corporation should be dissolved, or if any other
such event should occur, before the delivery of the Shares hereunder, certificates (or, in
the case of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, a letter from the Company authorizing the issuance of a
certificate upon exercise of stock options) representing the Shares shall be delivered by or
on behalf of such Selling Stockholders in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and of the applicable Custody Agreement; and actions taken by the
Attorneys-in-Fact pursuant to the Powers of Attorney shall be as valid as if such death,
incapacity, termination, dissolution or other event had not occurred, regardless of whether
or not the Custodian, the Attorneys-in-Fact, or any of them, shall have received notice of
such death, incapacity, termination, dissolution or other event.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) each of the Selling Stockholders
agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters
agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from each of the Selling Stockholders, at a purchase
price per share of $ , the number of Firm Shares (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate
fractional shares) determined by multiplying the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be sold by each
of the Selling Stockholders as set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II hereto by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased by such
Underwriter as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the
denominator of which is the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased by all of the
Underwriters from all of the Selling Stockholders hereunder and (b) in the event and to the extent
that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares as provided below,
each of the Selling Stockholders, agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to each of the
Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from each
of the Selling Stockholders, at the purchase price per share set forth in clause (a) of this
Section 2, that portion of the number of Optional Shares as to which such election shall have been
exercised (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying
such number of Optional Shares by a fraction the numerator of which is the maximum number of
Optional Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of
such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum number of
Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase hereunder.
Each of the Selling Stockholders, as and to the extent indicated in Schedule II hereto, hereby
grant, severally and not jointly, to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their election up to
1,560,000 Optional Shares, at the purchase price per share set forth in the paragraph above, for
the sole purpose of covering sales of shares in excess of the number of Firm Shares, provided that
the purchase price per Optional Share shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any
dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable
on the Optional Shares. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares shall be made in proportion
to the maximum number of Optional Shares to be sold by each Selling Stockholder, as set forth in
Schedule II hereto. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised only by written
notice from you to the Attorneys-in-Fact, given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date
of this Agreement and setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the
date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by you but in no event
earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or, unless you and the
Attorneys-in-Fact otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two or later than ten business days
after the date of such notice.
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3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Firm Shares, the several Underwriters
propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the
Prospectus.
4. (a) The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in definitive form, and in
such authorized denominations and registered in such names as X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. may
request upon at least forty-eight hours’ prior notice to the Selling Stockholders shall be
delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholders to X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., through the
facilities of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) for the account of such Underwriter, against
payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of
Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified by the Custodian, to X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
at least forty-eight hours in advance. The Company will cause the certificates (or, in the case of
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, a letter from the Company authorizing the issuance of a certificate upon exercise of
stock options) representing the Shares to be made available for checking and packaging at least
twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) with respect thereto at the
office of DTC or its designated custodian. The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be,
with respect to the Firm Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York time, on , 2006 or such other time
and date as X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and the Selling Stockholders may agree upon in writing,
and, with respect to the Optional Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York time, on the date specified by X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc. in the written notice given by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. of the
Underwriters’ election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such other time and date as X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities Inc. and the Selling Stockholders may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for
delivery of the Firm Shares is herein called the “First Time of Delivery,” such time and date for
delivery of the Optional Shares, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the “Second
Time of Delivery,” and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a “Time of Delivery.”
(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties
hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross receipt for the Shares and any additional
documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8(o) hereof, will be delivered at the
offices of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the “Closing
Location”), and the Shares will be delivered at such Time of Delivery to the office of DTC or its
designated custodian. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 5:30 p.m., New York City
time, on the New York Business Day next preceding such Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final
drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for
review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, “New York Business Day” shall
mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking
institutions in New York City are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
5. The Company and the Operating Subsidiary agree with each of the Underwriters:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and to file such Prospectus pursuant
to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second
business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such
earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no further amendment or
any supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus which shall be disapproved by you
promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof,
of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or
any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you with copies
thereof; to file promptly all material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of
the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any
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order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in
respect of the Shares, of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in
any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of
any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or
Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of
any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus or
suspending any such qualification, to promptly use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of
such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to qualify
the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may request
and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such
jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares, provided
that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation
or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(c) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next succeeding the
date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with written and
electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as you may reasonably
request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule
173(a) under the Act) is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time
of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and if at such
time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a)
under the Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary
during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act, to
notify you and upon your request to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to
any dealer in securities as many written and electronic copies as you may from time to time
reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct
such statement or omission or effect such compliance, and in case any Underwriter is required to
deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in
connection with sales of any of the Shares at any time nine months or more after the time of issue
of the Prospectus, upon your request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver
to such Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as you may request of an amended or
supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any
event not later than sixteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as
defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its Subsidiaries
(which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);
(e) Not to offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short
sale or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, any options or warrants to purchase
shares of Stock or any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Shares,
including but not limited to any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that
represent the right to receive, Stock or any such substantially similar securities (other than (i)
pursuant to employee benefit plans existing on, or upon the conversion or exchange of
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convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date of this Agreement and (ii)
the issuance by the Company of securities in connection with an acquisition, merger, consolidation
or sale of assets or in connection with a strategic investment, partnership or joint venture,
provided that the Company shall not issue or become obligated to issue more than an aggregate of
8,218,497 shares of Stock pursuant to this clause (ii), and provided that prior to the issuance of
such securities the recipients of such securities sign an agreement substantially in the form of
the Lock-up Agreement restricting the offer, sale, pledge or disposition of such securities, and
any Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange thereof, for the remainder of the
Lock-up Period (defined below)), without your prior written consent during the period beginning
from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the public offering
date set forth on the final prospectus used to sell the Shares; provided, however, that if (1)
during the last 17 days of such 90-day period, the Company releases earnings results or announces
material news or a material event or (2) prior to the expiration of such 90-day period, the Company
announces that it will release earnings results during the 15-day period following the last day of
the initial 90-day period, then in each case such 90-day period will be automatically extended
until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results
or the announcement of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities Inc. waives, in writing, such extension (such period referred to herein as the “Lock-up
Period”). The Company will provide the Representative and the Underwriters and each stockholder
subject to the Lock-up Period pursuant to the Lock-Up Agreement with prior notice of any such
announcement that gives rise to an extension of the Lock-up Period;
(f) To furnish to its stockholders as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an
annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash
flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants)
and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year
(beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the effective date of the Registration Statement),
to make available to its stockholders consolidated summary financial information of the Company and
its consolidated subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail;
(g) During a period of five years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, and
only to the extent not available on the Commission’s website, to furnish to you copies of all
reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders, and to deliver to
you (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to
or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities
of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and
financial condition of the Company as you may from time to time reasonably request (such financial
statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its
subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its stockholders generally or to the
Commission) provided that such material and information is not material and nonpublic;
(h) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall file a Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 p.m.,
Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing
either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give
irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act; and
(i) Upon request of any Underwriter, to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such Underwriter
an electronic version of the Company’s trademarks, servicemarks and corporate logo for use on the
website, if any, operated by such Underwriter for the purpose of facilitating the on-line offering
of the Shares (the “License”); provided, however, that the License shall be
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used solely for the purpose described above, is granted without any fee and may not be
assigned or transferred.
6. (a) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities Inc., it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would
constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; each Selling
Stockholder represents and agrees that without the prior consent of the Company and of X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities, Inc., it has not made and will not make an offer relating to the Shares that would
constitute a free writing prospectus; each Underwriter represents and agrees that, without the
prior consent of the Company and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., it has not made and will not make any
offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a free writing prospectus; any such free writing
prospectus the use of which has been consented to by the Company and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities, Inc.
is listed on Schedule III(a) hereto.
(b) The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act
applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission or
retention where required and legending.
(c) The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the
Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then
prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to X.X. Xxxxxx Securities
Inc. and, if requested by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., will prepare and furnish without charge to
each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other document which will correct such
conflict, statement or omission; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not
apply to any statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and
in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc. expressly for use therein.
7. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters and the Selling Stockholders
that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and
expenses of the Company’s counsel (and one counsel designated by certain of the Selling
Stockholders in accordance with the provisions of pre-existing agreements between the Company and
the Selling Stockholders) and accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares under
the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction, and
filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and
the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of
printing or producing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, closing documents
(including any compilations thereof), and any other documents in connection with the offering,
purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iii) the cost of printing or producing the Blue Sky
Memorandum and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and
sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in
connection with the Blue Sky survey; (iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the
Shares on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”); (v) the filing fees incident to, and the
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, securing any required
review by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale of the
Shares; (vi) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vii) the cost and charges of any transfer
agent or registrar; (viii) all fees and
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expenses of the Attorneys-in-Fact and the Custodian; and (ix) all other costs and expenses
incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically
provided for in this Section.
Each Selling Stockholder covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters and the Company
that such Selling Stockholder will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the
performance of such Selling Stockholder’s obligations hereunder which are not otherwise
specifically provided for in this Section, including (i) any fees and expenses of counsel for such
Selling Stockholder, and (ii) all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the
Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters hereunder. In connection with
clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, X.X. Xxxxxx Securities, Inc. agrees to pay New York State
stock transfer tax, and the Selling Stockholder agrees to reimburse X.X. Xxxxxx Securities, Inc.
for associated carrying costs if such tax payment is not rebated on the day of payment and for any
portion of such tax payment not rebated. It is understood, however, that the Company shall bear,
and the Selling Stockholders shall not be required to pay or to reimburse the Company for, the cost
of any other matters not directly relating to the sale and purchase of the Shares pursuant to this
Agreement, and that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 9 and 12 hereof, the
Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel,
stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares by them, and any advertising expenses connected
with any offers they may make. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the
contrary, the Company and the Selling Stockholders agree that, as between them, the responsibility
for expenses, including the expenses described in this Section 7, shall be determined as set forth
in the Registration Agreement dated May 13, 2004 among the Company and the Selling Stockholders,
and, further, that if a party is required under this Agreement to pay an amount for which another
party is responsible under such Registration Agreement, the responsible party shall, upon demand,
reimburse the other party.
8. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to be delivered at each
Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations
and warranties and other statements of the Company and of the Selling Stockholders herein are, at
and as of such Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company and the Selling
Stockholders shall have performed all of its and their obligations hereunder theretofore to be
performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under
the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; all material required to be filed by the
Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the
applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 433; if the Company has elected to rely
upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective
by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; no stop
order suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission, and all requests for additional
information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your reasonable
satisfaction;
(b) Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such
written opinion or opinions in the form attached as Annex II(a) hereto, dated such Time of
Delivery;
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(c) Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written
opinion (a draft of such opinion is attached as Annex II(b) hereto), dated such Time of Delivery,
in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:
(i) The Company and the Operating Subsidiary have been duly incorporated and are
validly existing as corporations in good standing under the laws of the state of Delaware,
with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Prospectus;
(ii) The authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization of the Company as of March
31, 2006 is as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the “Actual”
column under the caption “Capitalization.” The issued shares of capital stock of the Company
(including the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery) have been duly and validly
authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; and the Shares conform to the
description of the Stock contained in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(iii) Each of the Company and the Operating Subsidiary has been duly qualified as a
foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws
of each other jurisdiction in the United States in which it owns or leases properties or
conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no material
liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction
(such counsel being entitled to rely in respect of matters of fact upon certificates of
officers of the Company or its Subsidiaries, provided that such counsel shall state that
they believe that both you and they are justified in relying upon such certificates);
(iv) Each of the Operating Subsidiary, Central Credit, LLC, QuickPlay, LLC and Arriva
Card, Inc. (each, a “Domestic Subsidiary”) has been duly incorporated or formed and is
validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation; and all of the
issued shares of capital stock or membership interests of each such Domestic Subsidiary, as
applicable, have been duly and validly authorized and issued and, with respect to each
Domestic Subsidiary corporation, are fully paid and non-assessable, and (except for
directors’ qualifying shares) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except for those existing under the
Company’s Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 13, 2005, as amended
(such counsel being entitled to rely in respect of matters of fact upon certificates of
officers of the Company or its Subsidiaries, provided that such counsel shall state that
they believe that both you and they are justified in relying upon such certificates);
(v) Any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its Domestic
Subsidiaries in Las Vegas, Nevada are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable
leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its Domestic
Subsidiaries (in giving the opinion in this clause, such counsel may state that no
examination of record titles for the purpose of such opinion has been made, and that they
are relying upon a general review of the titles of the Company and its Domestic
Subsidiaries, upon opinions of local counsel and abstracts, reports and policies of title
companies rendered or issued at or subsequent to the time of acquisition of such property by
the Company or its Domestic Subsidiaries, upon opinions of counsel to the lessors of such
property and, in respect of matters of fact, upon certificates of officers of the Company or
its Domestic Subsidiaries, provided that such
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counsel shall state that they believe that both you and they are justified in relying
upon such opinions, abstracts, reports, policies and certificates);
(vi) To the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no legal, tribal or
governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or of
which any property of the Company or any Subsidiary is the subject which, if determined
adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary, would individually or in the aggregate have a
material adverse effect on the current or future consolidated financial position,
stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and, to
the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
tribal or governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(vii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(viii) The compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in
a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under,
any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument,
attached or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or set
forth on Schedule III hereto, nor will such actions result in any violation of the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company or any statute or
any order, rule or regulation known to such counsel of any court or tribal or governmental
agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their
properties;
(ix) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or
with any such court or tribal or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and
sale of the Shares or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, except such as have been obtained under the Act, and such consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state
securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares
by the Underwriters;
(x) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of its Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws or in default in the performance or observance of any material
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement, or lease or agreement or other instrument attached or incorporated by
reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or set forth on
Schedule IV hereto;
(xi) The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the
caption “Description of Capital Stock,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of
the terms of the Stock, under the caption “Material United States Federal Tax Consequences
for Non-United States Stockholders,” “Business – Regulation” and under the caption
“Underwriting,” insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents
referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair;
(xii) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Shares, will not be an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the Investment
Company Act;
(xiii) The documents incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the
Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, made by the Company
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prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related
schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when they became
effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and they have no reason to believe
that any of such documents, when such documents became effective or were so filed, as the
case may be, contained, in the case of a registration statement which became effective under
the Act, 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, in the
case of other documents which were filed under the Act or the Exchange Act with the
Commission, 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 when such documents were so filed, not misleading;
(xiv) The Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any
further amendments and supplements thereto, as applicable made by the Company prior to such
Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to
which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with
the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; although they do not
assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements
contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, except
for those referred to in the opinion in subsection (xi) of this Section 8(c), they have no
reason to believe, (a) that, as of its effective date, any part of the Registration
Statement or any further amendment thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of
Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which
such counsel need express no opinion), when such part or amendment became effective
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(b) that the Pricing Prospectus, as of the Applicable Time when considered together with and
as supplemented by the statements on Annex I to such opinion, contained any untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, or (c) that, as of its date and as of such Time of Delivery, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by
the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related
schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading or that, as of such Time of Delivery, either the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to such
Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to
which such counsel need express no opinion) contains an untrue statement of a material fact
or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and they do not know of any
amendment to the Registration Statement required to be filed or of any contracts or other
documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or
required to be incorporated by reference into the prospectus or required to be described in
the Registration Statement
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or the Prospectus which are not filed or incorporated by reference or described as
required;
(xv) The stockholders of the Company have no preemptive rights pursuant to the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, and, to such counsel’s knowledge, the
stockholders of the Company do not have contractual, written preemptive rights with respect
to the Shares that have not otherwise been waived;
(xvi) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or
understandings known to such counsel between the Company and any person granting such person
the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect
to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the
Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration
Statement; and
(xvii) The Registration Statement was declared effective under the Securities Act, on
, 2006 and the Prospectus was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Act on , 2006, and, to such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof has been issued, and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the
Act.
(d) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, CHTD, Nevada counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you such
written opinion or opinions in the form attached as Annex II(c) hereto, dated such Time of
Delivery;
(e) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, P.A., New Jersey counsel for the Company,
shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions in the form attached as Annex II(d)
hereto, dated such Time of Delivery;
(f) The respective counsel for each of the Selling Stockholders, as indicated in Schedule II
hereto, each shall have furnished to you their written opinion with respect to each of the Selling
Stockholders for whom they are acting as counsel (the substantive form of a draft of each such
opinion is attached as Annex II(e) hereto), dated such Time of Delivery;
(g) Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxx and Crew, patent counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to
you such written opinion or opinions in the form attached as Annex II(f) hereto, dated such Time of
Delivery;
(h) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement, at 9:30
a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at each Time of Delivery,
Deloitte & Touche LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates
of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Annex
III hereto (the executed copy of the letter delivered prior to the execution of this Agreement is
attached as Annex III(a) hereto and a draft of the form of letter to be delivered on the effective
date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement and as of each Time of Delivery
is attached as Annex III(b) hereto);
(i)(i) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall have sustained since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus
any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether
or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or tribal or governmental action,
order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, and (ii)
since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing
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Prospectus there shall
not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any Subsidiary or
any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs,
management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, the effect
of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in your judgment so material and
adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the
delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus;
(j) On or after the Applicable Time (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating
accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating
organization”, as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the
Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or
review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities;
(k) On or after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a
suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the Exchange; (ii) a
suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on the Exchange; (iii) a
general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York or
California State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities
settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of
hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national
emergency or war or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial,
political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event
specified in clause (iv) or (v) in your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed
with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on
the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(l) The Shares at such Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed, subject to notice of
issuance, on the Exchange;
(m) The Company has obtained and delivered to the Underwriters executed copies of a Lock-up
Agreement from each director, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx and each selling stockholder of the
Company, in form and substance satisfactory to you;
(n) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(c) hereof with respect to
the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this
Agreement; and
(o) The Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to
you at such Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company and of the Selling
Stockholders, respectively, satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, respectively, herein at and as of such Time
of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of all of their
respective obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, and as to
such other matters as you may reasonably request, including a certificate of an officer
of the Company that the “Aggregate dollar amount processed” data and “Number of transactions
completed” data set forth under the caption “Other Data” in the table of Summary Consolidated
Financial Data included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus
and elsewhere in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus and the
information related thereto or derived therefrom in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the Company reasonably and
in good faith believes are reliable and accurate, and that
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such data agrees with the sources from
which it is derived, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished certificates as
to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (i) of this Section.
9. (a) (i) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject,
under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing
Prospectus, or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under
the Act, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such
expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in, any such case to
the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration
Statement any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any such
amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities Inc. expressly for use therein.
(b) Each of the Selling Stockholders will, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold
harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, to which such
Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent,
that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in
the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or
any such amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholder
expressly for use therein; and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that such Selling Stockholder
shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability
arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing
Prospectus, or the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free
Writing
Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by any Underwriter through X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. expressly for use therein; provided,
further, that the liability of a Selling Stockholder pursuant to this subsection (b) hereof shall
not exceed the product of the number of Shares sold by such Selling Stockholder, including any
Optional Shares, and the public offering price of the Shares as set forth in the table on the front
cover of the Prospectus (before deducting underwriting discounts or commissions).
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(c) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each Selling Stockholder
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or such Selling Stockholder
may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent,
that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in
the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or
any such amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company and each
Selling Stockholder for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or such
Selling Stockholder in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such
expenses are incurred.
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above of
notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party
shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than
under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and
it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be
entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to
such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel
to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party
of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to
such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other
expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without
the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to
the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of
which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party
is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or
judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising
out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. The indemnifying party
shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with such consent or if there be a
final judgment for the
plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify each indemnified party from and against
any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to
hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above in respect of any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a
result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in
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such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the
Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the
Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not
permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under
subsection (d) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable
by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative
benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand
and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling
Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Shares purchased under this Agreement
(before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders bear to the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters with respect to the Shares
purchased under this Agreement, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the
Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Stockholders on
the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access
to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, each
of the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this subsection (e) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the
Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation
which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection
(e). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (e) shall be
deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this subsection (e), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (e)
to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
The Selling Stockholders’ obligations in this subsection (e) to contribute are several and not
joint, and in no event shall the liability of a Selling Stockholder under this Section 9(e) exceed
the amount that such Selling Stockholder would have been required to pay under Section 9(b) had
such indemnification been held to be available thereunder.
(f) The obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Section 9 shall be
in addition to any liability which the Company and the respective Selling Stockholders
may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if
any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act and each broker-dealer affiliate or
any Underwriter; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 9 shall be in addition
to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the
same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company (including any person who,
with his or her consent, is named in the Registration Statement as about to
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become a director of
the Company) and to each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling Stockholder within
the meaning of the Act.
10. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Shares which it has
agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of Delivery, you may in your discretion arrange for you or
another party or other parties to purchase such Shares on the terms contained herein. If within
thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of such
Shares, then the Selling Stockholders shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours
within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such Shares
on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Selling
Stockholders that you have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, or the Selling Stockholders
notify you that they have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, you or the Selling
Stockholders shall have the right to postpone such Time of Delivery for a period of not more than
seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to
file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which
in your opinion may thereby be made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement
shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had
originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Shares.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Selling Stockholders as provided in subsection (a)
above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh
of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, then the
Selling Stockholders shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase
the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery
and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based
on the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Shares of such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing
herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Selling Stockholders as provided in subsection (a)
above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the
aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if the Selling
Stockholders shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require
non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then
this Agreement (or, with respect to the Second Time of Delivery, the obligations of the
Underwriters to purchase and of the Selling Stockholders to sell the Optional Shares) shall
thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company
or the Selling Stockholders, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Selling
Stockholders and the Underwriters as provided in Section 7 hereof and the indemnity and
contribution agreements in Section 9 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default.
11. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements
of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this
Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain
in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results
thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or
the Company, or any of the Selling Stockholders, or any officer or director or
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controlling person
of the Company, or any controlling person of any Selling Stockholder, and shall survive delivery of
and payment for the Shares.
12. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof, neither the Company
nor the Selling Stockholders shall then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as
provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; but, if for any other reason any Shares are not delivered by
or on behalf of the Selling Stockholders as provided herein, each of the Selling Stockholders pro
rata (based on the number of Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder) will
reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by you,
including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making
preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company
and the Selling Stockholders shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter in respect
of the Shares not so delivered except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof.
13. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the
parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement
on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.; and in all dealings with
any Selling Stockholder hereunder, you and the Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any
statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of such Selling Stockholder made or given by any
or all of the Attorneys-in-Fact for such Selling Stockholder.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the
Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as the
representative in care of X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, Attention: Syndicate Desk; if to any Selling Stockholder shall be delivered or sent by
mail, telex or facsimile transmission to counsel for such Selling Stockholder at its address set
forth in Schedule II hereto; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement,
Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 9(c)
hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at
its address set forth in its Underwriters’ Questionnaire or telex constituting such Questionnaire,
which address will be supplied to the Company or the Selling Stockholders by you on request. Any
such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
14. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the
Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Stockholders and, to the extent provided in Sections 9
and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company,
any Selling Stockholder or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of
this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor
or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
15. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day”
shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
16. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant
to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand,
and the several Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process
leading to such transaction each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or
fiduciary of the Company, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility
in favor of the Company with respect to the offering
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contemplated hereby or the process leading
thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company
on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth
in this Agreement and (iv) the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the
extent it deemed appropriate. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters, or
any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or
similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
17. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or
oral) among the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters, or any of them, with
respect to the subject matter hereof.
18. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York.
19. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same instrument.
20. The Company and the Selling Stockholders are authorized, subject to applicable law, to
disclose any and all aspects of this potential transaction that are necessary to support any U.S.
federal income tax benefits expected to be claimed with respect to such transaction, and all
materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) related to those benefits,
without the Underwriters imposing any limitation of any kind.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us one
for the Company and the Representative plus one for each counsel and the Custodian, if any
counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters,
this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the
Underwriters, the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders. It is understood that your
acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set
forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the
Company and the Selling Stockholders for examination, upon request, but without warranty on your
part as to the authority of the signers thereof.
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Any person executing and delivering this Agreement as Attorney-in-Fact for a Selling
Stockholder represents by so doing that he has been duly appointed as Attorney-in-Fact by such
Selling Stockholder pursuant to a validly existing and binding Power-of-Attorney which authorizes
such Attorney-in-Fact to take such action.
Very truly yours, | ||||
GLOBAL CASH ACCESS HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
GLOBAL CASH ACCESS, INC. | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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SUMMIT VENTURES VI-A, L.P. | ||||||||||
SUMMIT VENTURES VI-B, L.P. | ||||||||||
SUMMIT VI ADVISORS FUND, L.P. | ||||||||||
SUMMIT VI ENTREPRENEURS FUND, L.P. | ||||||||||
SUMMIT INVESTORS VI, X.X. | ||||||||||
XXXXX VENTURES II, X.X. | ||||||||||
XXXXX PROPRIETARY TRADING, L.L.C. | ||||||||||
TUDOR BVI GLOBAL PORTFOLIO LTD. | ||||||||||
THE ALTAR ROCK FUND L.P. | ||||||||||
THE RAPTOR GLOBAL PORTFOLIO LTD. | ||||||||||
M&C INTERNATIONAL | ||||||||||
XXXX XXXXXXX | ||||||||||
XXXXX XXXXXXX | ||||||||||
By: | ||||||||||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||||||||||
Title: | ||||||||||
By: | ||||||||||
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||||||||||
Title: | ||||||||||
As Attorney-in-Fact acting on behalf of each of the Selling Stockholders named in Schedule II to this Agreement. |
Accepted as of the date hereof
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
By: |
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Name: | ||||||
Title: |
On behalf of each of the
Underwriters
Underwriters
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