EXHIBIT 1.1
LEXAR MEDIA, INC.
7,500,000 Shares/1/
Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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_______ __, 2000
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
X.X. XXXXXX & CO.
XX XXXXX SECURITIES CORPORATION
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED
c/o Chase Securities Inc.
Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Lexar Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the Company),
proposes to issue and sell 7,500,000 shares of its authorized but unissued
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value (herein called the Common Stock) (said
7,500,000 shares of Common Stock being herein called the Underwritten Stock).
The Company proposes to grant to the Underwriters (as hereinafter defined) an
option to purchase up to 1,125,000 additional shares of Common Stock (herein
called the Option Stock and with the Underwritten Stock herein collectively
called the Stock). The Common Stock is more fully described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus hereinafter mentioned.
The Company hereby confirms the agreements made with respect to the
purchase of the Stock by the several underwriters, for which you are acting,
named in Schedule I hereto (herein collectively called the Underwriters, which
term shall also include any underwriter purchasing Stock pursuant to Section
3(b) hereof). You represent and warrant that you have been authorized by each
of the other Underwriters to enter into this Agreement on its behalf and to act
for it in the manner herein provided.
1. Registration Statement. The Company has filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (herein called the Commission) a registration statement
on Form S-1 (No. 333-30556), including the related preliminary prospectus, for
the registration under the
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/1/ Plus an option to purchase from the Company up to 1,125,000 additional
shares to cover over-allotments.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (herein called the Securities Act), of the
Stock. Copies of such registration statement and of each amendment thereto, if
any, including the related preliminary prospectus (meeting the requirements of
Rule 430A of the rules and regulations of the Commission) heretofore filed by
the Company with the Commission have been delivered to you.
The term Registration Statement as used in this Agreement shall mean
such registration statement, including all exhibits and financial statements
thereto and all information omitted therefrom in reliance upon Rule 430A and
contained in the Prospectus referred to below, in the form in which it became
effective, and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the
rules and regulations of the Commission with respect to the Stock (herein called
a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) and, in the event of any amendment thereto
after the effective date of such registration statement (herein called the
Effective Date), shall also mean (from and after the effectiveness of such
amendment) such registration statement as so amended (including any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement). The term Prospectus as used in this Agreement shall
mean the prospectus relating to the Stock first filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A (or, if no such filing is required, as
included in the Registration Statement) and, in the event of any supplement or
amendment to such prospectus after the Effective Date, shall also mean (from and
after the filing with the Commission of such supplement or the effectiveness of
such amendment) such prospectus as so supplemented or amended. The term
Preliminary Prospectus as used in this Agreement shall mean each preliminary
prospectus included in the Registration Statement prior to the time it becomes
effective.
The Registration Statement has been declared effective under the
Securities Act, and no post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
has been filed as of the date of this Agreement. The Company has caused to be
delivered to you copies of each Preliminary Prospectus and has consented to the
use of such copies for the purposes permitted by the Securities Act.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company.
(a) The Company hereby represents and warrants as follows:
(i) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has full corporate power and
corporate authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and as being
conducted, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing
in all jurisdictions in which the character of the property owned or leased or
the nature of the business transacted by it makes qualification necessary except
where the failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on
the business, properties, financial condition, prospects, or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (herein called
a Material Adverse Effect).
(ii) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of
the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus under the caption
"Capitalization." Proper corporate
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proceedings have been taken validly to authorize such authorized capital stock.
All of the outstanding shares of such capital stock have been duly and validly
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. No other shares of capital stock,
or options, warrants or other rights to acquire capital stock of the Company are
outstanding except as described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus.
(iii) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, all of
the issued and outstanding capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company has
been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable, and
is owned by the Company free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and security
interests, and no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or
other obligations to issue or other rights to convert any obligations into
shares of capital stock or ownership interests in any such subsidiary are
outstanding.
(iv) Since the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any
materially adverse change in the business, properties, financial condition,
prospects or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of
business, other than as set forth in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, and since such dates, except in the ordinary course of business,
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any material
transaction not referred to in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(v) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply, and
on the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) and any later date on which Option
Stock is to be purchased, the Prospectus will comply, in all material respects,
with the provisions of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder; on the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading; and, as of its date the Prospectus did not
and, on the Closing Date and any later date on which Option Stock is to be
purchased, will not contain 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 none of the representations and warranties in this
subparagraph (v) shall apply to statements in, or omissions from, the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information herein or otherwise furnished in writing to the Company by or
on behalf of the Underwriters for use in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus.
(vi) The Stock to be issued and sold by the Company is duly and
validly authorized, and when issued and sold to the Underwriters as provided
herein, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and
conforms to the description thereof in the Prospectus. No further approval or
authority of the stockholders or the Board of Directors of the Company will be
required for the issuance and sale of the Stock as contemplated herein. No
preemptive rights of, or rights of refusal in favor of, stockholders exist with
respect to the Stock, or the issue and sale thereof, pursuant to the Certificate
of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company and there are no contractual
preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or rights of co-sale between the
Company and any stockholders that exist and have not been waived with respect to
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the issue and sale of the Stock. The form of certificate for the Stock conforms
to the legal requirements of the State of Delaware.
(vii) All holders of securities of the Company having rights to the
registration of shares of Common Stock, or other securities, because of the
filing of the Registration Statement by the Company have included such
securities in the Registration Statement, have waived such rights or such rights
have expired by reason of lapse of time following notification of the Company's
intent to file the Registration Statement. Except as described in the
Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the
Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to
file a registration statement under the Securities 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 or in any securities being registered pursuant to any
other registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act.
Except as described in the Prospectus, there are no outstanding commitments of
sale or liens related to or entitling any person to purchase or otherwise to
acquire any shares of the capital stock of, or other ownership interest in, the
Company.
(viii) Prior to the Closing Date, the Stock to be issued and sold by
the Company will be authorized for listing on the Nasdaq National Market upon
official notice of issuance.
(ix) The Registration Statement has become effective under the
Securities Act and, to the Company's knowledge, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or suspending or preventing the use
of the Prospectus is in effect and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or are pending or contemplated by the Commission.
(x) There are no franchises, contracts, leases, documents or legal
proceedings, pending or threatened, of a character required to be described in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement, which are not so described or filed as required.
(xi) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation
of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or similar governing documents,
as the case may be; to the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any
of its subsidiaries is in violation or breach of, or in default under (nor has
any event occurred that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would be a
violation or breach of, or a default under) any obligation, agreement or
condition contained in any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets
are bound or affected (except for such violations, breaches or defaults as would
not have a Material Adverse Effect). Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is in violation of any law, statute, regulation or ordinance, or
any order, writ, injunction or decree, of any jurisdiction, court or
governmental instrumentality applicable to its businesses and operations (except
for such violations as would not have a Material Adverse Effect).
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(xii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by
general equity principles, and as rights to indemnity or contribution hereunder
may be limited by federal or state securities laws or the public policy
underlying such laws.
(xiii) The issue and sale by the Company of the shares of Stock to be
sold by the Company as contemplated by this Agreement will not conflict with, or
result in a breach of, the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or similar
governing documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any agreement
or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or any
applicable law or regulation, or any order, writ, injunction or decree, of any
jurisdiction, court or governmental instrumentality.
(xiv) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have such permits,
licenses, registrations, franchises and authorizations of governmental or
regulatory authorities or third parties (herein called Permits), including,
without limitation, under any applicable federal export and import laws, as are
necessary to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to conduct its
businesses or operations and as contemplated by the Prospectus; to the knowledge
of the Company, the Company and each of its subsidiaries is in compliance with
such Permits, and no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or lapse of
time or both would allow, revocation or termination thereof or result in any
other material impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Permits.
(xv) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is conducting,
or intends to conduct, its business in a manner in which it would become an
"investment company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company" within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(xvi) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by
insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks
and in such amounts as is reasonable and prudent for the respective businesses
in which they are engaged.
(xvii) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (herein called PWC), the accounting
firm that has audited the required annual financial statements and any
supporting schedule filed or to be filed with the Commission as part of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, is an independent public accounting
firm with respect to the Company as required by the Securities Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(xviii) The consolidated financial statements of the Company,
together with related notes and any schedule of the Company included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are accurate and present fairly the
financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as
consolidated with its subsidiaries at the indicated dates and for the indicated
periods. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles (herein called GAAP) consistently
applied throughout the periods involved, and all adjustments necessary for a
fair presentation of results for such periods have
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been made and any unaudited financial statements have been prepared on a basis
substantially consistent with that of the audited financial statements included
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The summary and selected
financial and operating data included in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus presents fairly the information shown therein and have been prepared
on a basis consistent with the audited and any unaudited financial statements,
as the case may be, included therein.
(xix) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries exists, or to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent. No
collective bargaining agreement exists with any of the Company's employees and,
to the Company's knowledge, no such agreement is imminent.
(xx) The Company has good and marketable title to all of the
properties and assets reflected in the financial statements (or as described in
the Registration Statement) filed with the Commission as part of the
Registration Statement, free and clear of any lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or
encumbrance of any kind except those reflected in such financial statements (or
as described in the Registration Statement). All leases to which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is party are valid and binding obligations of the
Company or such subsidiary and no default by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries has occurred or is continuing thereunder which could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company and each of its
subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such leases to
which it is a party as lessee.
(xxi) The Company and each of its subsidiaries own or have valid
licenses to use, the patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights,
know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented or unpatentable
proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks,
service marks and trade names (collectively, Patents and Proprietary Rights)
currently employed by them in connection with the business they now operate.
Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice of, and the
Company has no knowledge of, any infringement of or conflict with asserted
rights of others with respect to any Patent or Proprietary Rights (except for
such infringements or conflicts as would not have a Material Adverse Effect).
(xxii) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have timely filed all
federal, state, local and foreign income tax returns which have been required to
be filed and have paid all taxes indicted by said returns and all assessments
received by them or any of them to the extent that such taxes have become due
and are not being contested in good faith except where the failure to file such
returns and pay such taxes would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All tax
liabilities (including those being contested in good faith) for the periods
covered by the financial statements of the Company that are included in the
Registration Statement have been adequately provided for in such financial
statements.
(xxiii) Other than as provided to the Underwriters under this
Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any
liability for finders' or brokers' fees or agents' commissions in connection
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the transactions hereby
contemplated.
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(xxiv) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i)
transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific
authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain
asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance
with management's general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded
accountability for inventory is compared with the existing inventory at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(xxv) Each approval, consent, order, authorization, designation,
declaration or filing by or with any regulatory, administrative or other
governmental body necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by the
Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated (except such additional steps as may be required by the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (herein called the NASD) or such
additional steps as may be necessary to qualify the Stock for public offering by
the Underwriters under state securities or blue sky laws) has been obtained or
made and is in full force and effect.
(xxvi) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might
reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the
price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Stock.
(xxvii) The statements in the Prospectus under the heading "Related
Party Transactions" set forth all existing agreements, arrangements,
understandings or transactions, or proposed agreements, arrangements,
understandings or transactions between or among the Company, on the one hand,
and any officer, director or stockholder of the Company, or with any partner,
affiliate or associate of any of the foregoing persons or entities, on the other
hand, required to be set forth or described thereunder.
(xxviii) There are no matters related to the Company's Year 2000
issues that are of a character required to be described or referred to in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus by the Securities Act or the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder which have not been accurately
described in the Registration Statement.
(xxix) The Company has not at any time since its inception (i) made
any unlawful contribution to any candidate for foreign office or failed to
disclose fully any contribution in violation of law, or (ii) made any payment to
any U.S. federal or state governmental officer or official, or other person
charged with similar public or quasi-public duties, other than payments required
or permitted by the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction thereof.
(xxx) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
distributed and neither will distribute prior to the later of (i) the Closing
Date, or any date on which Option Stock is to be purchased, as the case may be,
and (ii) completion of the distribution of the Stock, any offering material
other than any Preliminary Prospectuses, the Prospectus, the Registration
Statement and other materials, if any, permitted by the Securities Act.
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3. Purchase of the Stock by the Underwriters.
(a) On the basis of the representations and warranties and
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to
issue and sell 7,500,000 shares of the Underwritten Stock to the several
Underwriters and each of the Underwriters agrees to purchase from the Company
the respective aggregate number of shares of Underwritten Stock set forth
opposite its name in Schedule I. The price at which such shares of
Underwritten Stock shall be sold by the Company and purchased by the several
Underwriters shall be $ per share. In making this Agreement, each Underwriter
is contracting severally and not jointly; except as provided in paragraphs (b)
and (c) of this Section 3, the agreement of each Underwriter is to purchase
only the respective number of shares of the Underwritten Stock specified in
Schedule I.
(b) If for any reason one or more of the Underwriters shall fail
or refuse (otherwise than for a reason sufficient to justify the termination of
this Agreement under the provisions of Section 8 or 9 hereof) to purchase and
pay for the number of shares of the Stock agreed to be purchased by such
Underwriter or Underwriters, the Company shall immediately give notice thereof
to you, and the non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the right within 24 hours
after the receipt by you of such notice to purchase, or procure one or more
other Underwriters to purchase, in such proportions as may be agreed upon
between you and such purchasing Underwriter or Underwriters and upon the terms
herein set forth, all or any part of the shares of the Stock which such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed to purchase. If the non-defaulting
Underwriters fail so to make such arrangements with respect to all such shares,
the number of shares of the Stock which each non-defaulting Underwriter is
otherwise obligated to purchase under this Agreement shall be automatically
increased on a pro rata basis to absorb the remaining shares which the
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed to purchase; provided, however,
that the non-defaulting Underwriters shall not be obligated to purchase the
shares which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed to purchase if
the aggregate number of such shares of the Stock exceeds 10% of the total number
of shares of the Stock which all Underwriters agreed to purchase hereunder. If
the total number of shares of the Stock which the defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed to purchase shall not be purchased or absorbed in accordance
with the two preceding sentences, the Company shall have the right, within 24
hours next succeeding the 24-hour period above referred to, to make arrangements
with other underwriters or purchasers satisfactory to you for purchase of such
shares on the terms herein set forth. In any such case, either you or the
Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date determined as provided
in Section 5 hereof for not more than seven business days after the date
originally fixed as the Closing Date pursuant to said Section 5 in order that
any necessary changes in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any other
documents or arrangements may be made. If neither the non-defaulting
Underwriters nor the Company shall make arrangements within the 24-hour periods
stated above for the purchase of all the shares of the Stock which the
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed to purchase hereunder, this
Agreement shall be terminated without further act or deed and without any
liability on the part of the Company to any non-defaulting Underwriter and
without any liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter to the
Company. Nothing in this paragraph (b), and no action taken hereunder, shall
relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of
such Underwriter under this Agreement.
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(c) On the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants
herein contained, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Company grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and
not jointly, up to 1,125,000 shares in the aggregate of the Option Stock from
the Company at the same price per share as the Underwriters shall pay for the
Underwritten Stock. Said option may be exercised only to cover over-allotments
in the sale of the Underwritten Stock by the Underwriters and may be exercised
in whole or in part at any time (but not more than once) on or before the
thirtieth day after the date of this Agreement upon written or telegraphic
notice by you to the Company setting forth the aggregate number of shares of
the Option Stock as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the
option. Delivery of certificates for the shares of Option Stock, and payment
therefor, shall be made as provided in Section 5 hereof. The number of shares
of the Option Stock to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same
percentage of the total number of shares of the Option Stock to be purchased
by the several Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the
Underwritten Stock, as adjusted by you in such manner as you deem advisable to
avoid fractional shares.
4. Offering by Underwriters.
(a) The terms of the initial public offering by the Underwriters of
the Stock to be purchased by them shall be as set forth in the Prospectus. The
Underwriters may from time to time change the public offering price after the
closing of the initial public offering and increase or decrease the concessions
and discounts to dealers as they may determine.
(b) The information set forth under the caption entitled
"Underwriting" in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus relating to the Stock filed by the Company (insofar as such
information relates to the Underwriters) constitutes the only information
furnished by the Underwriters to the Company for inclusion in the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, and the Prospectus, and you on behalf of
the respective Underwriters represent and warrant to the Company that the
statements made therein are correct.
5. Delivery of and Payment for the Stock.
(a) Delivery of certificates for the shares of the Underwritten Stock
and the Option Stock (if the option granted by Section 3(c) hereof shall have
been exercised not later than 7:00 A.M., California time, on the date two
business days preceding the Closing Date), and payment therefor, shall be made
at the office of Fenwick & West LLP, Two Palo Alto Square, Palo Alto,
California, at 7:00 a.m., California time, on the fourth business day after the
date of this Agreement, or at such time on such other day, not later than seven
full business days after such fourth business day, as shall be agreed upon in
writing by the Company and you. The date and hour of such delivery and payment
(which may be postponed as provided in Section 3(b) hereof) are herein called
the Closing Date.
(b) If the option granted by Section 3(c) hereof shall be exercised
after 7:00 a.m., California time, on the date two business days preceding the
Closing Date, delivery of certificates for the shares of Option Stock, and
payment therefor, shall be made at the office of Fenwick & West LLP, Two Palo
Alto Square, Palo Alto, California, at 7:00 a.m., California time, on the third
business day after the exercise of such option.
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(c) Payment for the Stock purchased from the Company shall be made to
the Company or its order by one or more certified or official bank check or
checks or by one or more wire transfers in same day funds. Such payment shall
be made upon delivery of certificates for the Stock to you for the respective
accounts of the several Underwriters against receipt therefor signed by you.
Certificates for the Stock to be delivered to you shall be registered in such
name or names and shall be in such denominations as you may request at least one
business day before the Closing Date, in the case of Underwritten Stock, and at
least one business day prior to the purchase thereof, in the case of the Option
Stock. Such certificates will be made available to the Underwriters for
inspection, checking and packaging at the offices of Lewco Securities
Corporation, 0 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 on the business day prior to
the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Stock, by 3:00 p.m., New York
time, on the business day preceding the date of purchase.
It is understood that you, individually and not on behalf of the
Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment to the Company
for shares to be purchased by any Underwriter whose check or wire transfer shall
not have been received by you on the Closing Date or any later date on which
Option Stock is purchased for the account of such Underwriter. Any such payment
by you shall not relieve such Underwriter from any of its obligations hereunder.
6. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and
agrees as follows:
(a) The Company will (i) prepare and timely file with the
Commission under Rule 424(b) a Prospectus containing information previously
omitted at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement in reliance
on Rule 430A and (ii) not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or
supplement to the Prospectus of which you shall not previously have been advised
and furnished with a copy or to which you shall have reasonably objected in
writing or which is not in compliance with the Securities Act or the rules and
regulations of the Commission.
(b) The Company will promptly notify each Underwriter in the
event of (i) the request by the Commission for amendment of the Registration
Statement or for supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information,
(ii) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (iii) the institution or notice of
intended institution of any action or proceeding for that purpose, (iv) the
receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the Stock for sale in any jurisdiction, or (v) the receipt by
it of notice of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance
of such a stop order and, if such an order shall at any time be issued, to
obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(c) The Company will (i) on or before the Closing Date, deliver
to you a signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of
each amendment thereto filed prior to the time the Registration Statement
becomes effective and, promptly upon the filing thereof, a signed copy of each
post-effective amendment, if any, to the Registration Statement (together with,
in each case, all exhibits thereto unless previously furnished to you) and will
also
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deliver to you, for distribution to the Underwriters, a sufficient number
of additional conformed copies of each of the foregoing (but without exhibits)
so that one copy of each may be distributed to each Underwriter, (ii) as
promptly as possible, deliver to you and send to the several Underwriters, at
such office or offices as you may designate, as many copies of the Prospectus as
you may reasonably request, and (iii) thereafter from time to time during the
period in which a prospectus is required by law to be delivered by an
Underwriter or dealer, likewise send to the Underwriters as many additional
copies of the Prospectus and as many copies of any supplement to the Prospectus
and of any amended prospectus, filed by the Company with the Commission, as you
may reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by the Securities Act.
(d) If at any time during the period in which a prospectus is required
by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or dealer any event relating to or
affecting the Company, or of which the Company shall be advised in writing by
you, shall occur as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel
for the Company and of counsel for the Underwriters, to supplement or amend the
Prospectus in order to make the Prospectus not misleading in the light of the
circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser of the Stock,
the Company will forthwith prepare and file with the Commission a supplement to
the Prospectus or an amended prospectus so that the Prospectus as so
supplemented or amended will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time such Prospectus
is delivered to such purchaser, not misleading. If, after the initial public
offering of the Stock by the Underwriters and during such period, the
Underwriters shall propose to vary the terms of offering thereof by reason of
changes in general market conditions or otherwise, you will advise the Company
in writing of the proposed variation, and, if in the opinion either of counsel
for the Company and of counsel for the Underwriters such proposed variation
requires that the Prospectus be supplemented or amended, the Company will
forthwith prepare and file with the Commission a supplement to the Prospectus or
an amended prospectus setting forth such variation. The Company authorizes the
Underwriters and all dealers to which any of the Stock may be sold by the
several Underwriters to use the Prospectus, as from time to time amended or
supplemented, in connection with the sale of the Stock in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and
regulations thereunder for such period.
(e) The Company will cooperate, when and as requested by you, in the
qualification of the Stock for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky
laws of such jurisdictions as you may reasonably designate and, during the
period in which a prospectus is required by law to be delivered by an
Underwriter or dealer, in keeping such qualifications in good standing under
said securities or blue sky laws; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as
a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified. The
Company will, from time to time, prepare and file such statements, reports, and
other documents as are or may be required to continue such qualifications in
effect for so long a period as you may reasonably request for distribution of
the Stock.
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(f) During a period of five years commencing with the date hereof, the
Company will furnish to you, and to each Underwriter who may so request in
writing, copies of all periodic and special reports furnished to stockholders of
the Company and of all information, documents and reports filed with the
Commission.
(g) Not later than the 45th day following the end of the fiscal
quarter (90th day in the case of the fourth fiscal quarter in a fiscal year)
first occurring after the first anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company
will make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement in
accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder.
(h) The Company agrees to pay all costs and expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including all costs and
expenses incident to (i) the preparation, printing and filing with the
Commission and the NASD of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus, (ii) the furnishing to the Underwriters of copies
of any Preliminary Prospectus and of the several documents required by paragraph
(c) of this Section 6 to be so furnished, (iii) the preparation, printing and
filing of all supplements and amendments to the Prospectus referred to in
paragraph (d) of this Section 6, (iv) the furnishing to you and the Underwriters
of the reports and information referred to in paragraph (g) of this Section 6
and (v) the printing and issuance of stock certificates, including the transfer
agent's fees.
(i) The Company agrees to reimburse you, for the account of the
several Underwriters, for blue sky fees and related disbursements (including
counsel fees and disbursements and the cost of printing memoranda for the
Underwriters) paid by or for the account of the Underwriters or their counsel in
qualifying the Stock under state securities or blue sky laws and in the review
of the offering by the NASD.
(j) The Company hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent
of Chase Securities Inc. on behalf of the Underwriters, the Company will not,
for a period of 180 days following the commencement of the public offering of
the Stock by the Underwriters, directly or indirectly, (i) sell, offer, contract
to sell, make any short sale, pledge, sell any option or contract to purchase,
purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to
purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or any rights to
purchase or acquire Common Stock or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement
or similar arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic
consequences or ownership of Common Stock, whether any such transaction
described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common
Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence
shall not apply to (A) the Stock to be sold to the Underwriters pursuant to this
Agreement, (B) shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon the exercise of
warrants and stock options that are presently outstanding and described as such
in the Prospectus or which may be issued hereafter under the Company's stock
option plans described in the Prospectus (the "Option Plans"), (C) the Company's
grants of options pursuant to the Option Plans described in the Prospectus, (D)
shares of Common Stock under the employee stock purchase plan described in the
Prospectus and (E) the Company's issuance of up to 30,000 shares of Common Stock
in connection with its acquisition of Impact Peripherals.
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(k) If at any time during the 25-day period after the Registration
Statement becomes effective any rumor, publication or event relating to or
affecting the Company shall occur as a result of which in your opinion the
market price for the Stock has been or is likely to be materially affected
(regardless of whether such rumor, publication or event necessitates a
supplement to or amendment of the Prospectus), the Company will, after written
notice from you advising the Company to the effect set forth above, forthwith
prepare, consult with you concerning the substance of, and disseminate a press
release or other public statement, reasonably satisfactory to you, responding to
or commenting on such rumor, publication or event.
(l) The Company is not, and immediately upon receipt and pending
application of the net proceeds from the sale of the Stock to be sold by the
Company in the manner described in the Prospectus, will not be an "investment
company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company" within the meaning
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
(m) The Company will comply with the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, and the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to permit the completion of the
distribution of the Stock as contemplated in this Agreement and the Prospectus.
(n) The Company will apply the net proceeds of its sale of the Stock
as set forth in the Prospectus under the heading "Use of Proceeds."
(o) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to cause or result in, or that constitutes or might reasonably be
expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of its
Common Stock.
(p) The Company will maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under
the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, a registrar (which may be the
same entity as the transfer agent) for its Common Stock.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
and each person (including each partner or officer thereof) who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to
which such indemnified parties or any of them may become subject under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the common law or otherwise, and the Company
agrees to reimburse each such Underwriter and controlling person for any legal
or other expenses (including, except as otherwise hereinafter provided,
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the respective
indemnified parties in connection with defending against any such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities or in connection with any investigation or
inquiry of, or other proceeding which may be brought against, the respective
indemnified parties, in each case arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement (including the Prospectus as part thereof and any Rule
462(b) registration statement related thereto) or any post-
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effective amendment thereto (including any Rule 462(b) registration statement
related thereto), or 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, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (as
amended or as supplemented if the Company shall have filed with the Commission
any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided, however, that (1) the indemnity agreements of the Company
contained in this paragraph (a) shall not apply to any such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses if such statement or omission was made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished as herein stated or
otherwise furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter
for use in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto, including any
Rule 462(b) registration statement related thereto, and (2) the indemnity
agreement contained in this paragraph (a) with respect to any Preliminary
Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter from whom the
person asserting any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses
purchased the Stock which is the subject thereof (or to the benefit of any
person controlling such Underwriter) if at or prior to the written confirmation
of the sale of such Stock a copy of the Prospectus (or the Prospectus as amended
or supplemented) was not sent or delivered to such person and the untrue
statement or omission of a material fact contained in such Preliminary
Prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus (or the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented) unless the failure is the result of noncompliance by the Company
with paragraph (c) of Section 6 hereof. The indemnity agreements of the Company
contained in this paragraph (a) and the representations and warranties of the
Company contained in Section 2 hereof shall remain operative and in full force
and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any
indemnified party and shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Stock.
(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Company, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement on his
own behalf or pursuant to a power of attorney, each of its directors, each other
Underwriter and each person (including each partner or officer thereof) who
controls the Company or any such other Underwriter within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages
or liabilities, joint or several, to which such indemnified parties or any of
them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the common
law or otherwise and to reimburse each of them for any legal or other expenses
(including, except as otherwise hereinafter provided, reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel) incurred by the respective indemnified parties in
connection with defending against any such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities or in connection with any investigation or inquiry of, or other
proceeding which may be brought against, the respective indemnified parties, in
each case arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement
(including the Prospectus as part thereof and any Rule 462(b) registration
statement) or any post-effective amendment thereto (including any Rule 462(b)
registration statement) or 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 or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (as amended or as supplemented if
the Company shall have filed with the
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Commission any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) or the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon
and in conformity with information furnished as herein stated or otherwise
furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such indemnifying
Underwriter for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto. The
indemnity agreement of each Underwriter contained in this paragraph (b) shall
remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of any indemnified party and shall survive the delivery of
and payment for the Stock.
(c) Each party indemnified under the provision of paragraphs (a) and
(b) of this Section 7 agrees that, upon the service of a summons or other
initial legal process upon it in any action or suit instituted against it or
upon its receipt of written notification of the commencement of any
investigation or inquiry of, or proceeding against, it in respect of which
indemnity may be sought on account of any indemnity agreement contained in such
paragraphs, it will promptly give written notice (herein called the Notice) of
such service or notification to the party or parties from which indemnification
may be sought hereunder. No indemnification provided for in such paragraphs
shall be available to any party who shall fail so to give the Notice if the
party to whom such Notice was not given was unaware of the action, suit,
investigation, inquiry or proceeding to which the Notice would have related and
was prejudiced by the failure to give the Notice, but the omission so to notify
such indemnifying party or parties of any such service or notification shall not
relieve such indemnifying party or parties from any liability which it or they
may have to the indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than on account
of such indemnity agreement. Any indemnifying party shall be entitled at its
own expense to participate in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding
against, or investigation or inquiry of, an indemnified party. Any indemnifying
party shall be entitled, if it so elects within a reasonable time after receipt
of the Notice by giving written notice (herein called the Notice of Defense) to
the indemnified party, to assume (alone or in conjunction with any other
indemnifying party or parties) the entire defense of such action, suit,
investigation, inquiry or proceeding, in which event such defense shall be
conducted, at the expense of the indemnifying party or parties, by counsel
chosen by such indemnifying party or parties and reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party or parties; provided, however, that (i) if the indemnified
party or parties reasonably determine that there may be a conflict between the
positions of the indemnifying party or parties and of the indemnified party or
parties in conducting the defense of such action, suit, investigation, inquiry
or proceeding or that there may be legal defenses available to such indemnified
party or parties different from or in addition to those available to the
indemnifying party or parties, then counsel for the indemnified party or parties
shall be entitled to conduct the defense to the extent reasonably determined by
such counsel to be necessary to protect the interests of the indemnified party
or parties and (ii) in any event, the indemnified party or parties shall be
entitled to have counsel chosen by such indemnified party or parties participate
in, but not conduct, the defense. If, within a reasonable time after receipt of
the Notice, an indemnifying party gives a Notice of Defense and the counsel
chosen by the indemnifying party or parties is reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party or parties, the indemnifying party or parties will not be
liable under paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section 7 for any legal or other
expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party or parties in connection
with the defense of the action, suit, investigation, inquiry or proceeding,
except that
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(A) the indemnifying party or parties shall bear the legal and other expenses
incurred in connection with the conduct of the defense as referred to in clause
(i) of the proviso to the preceding sentence and (B) the indemnifying party or
parties shall bear such other expenses as it or they have authorized to be
incurred by the indemnified party or parties. If, within a reasonable time after
receipt of the Notice, no Notice of Defense has been given, the indemnifying
party or parties shall be responsible for any legal or other expenses incurred
by the indemnified party or parties in connection with the defense of the
action, suit, investigation, inquiry or proceeding.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7, then each indemnifying party, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7 (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by each
indemnifying party from the offering of the Stock or (ii) if the allocation
provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred
to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of each indemnifying party in
connection with the statements or omissions that 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 Underwriters shall be deemed to be in the same respective
proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Stock received by
the Company and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, as
set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus, bear to the
aggregate public offering price of the Stock. 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 each indemnifying party and
the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity
to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission.
The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contributions pursuant to this paragraph (d) were to be 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 into account
the equitable considerations referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph
(d). The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, or actions in respect thereof, referred to in the first
sentence of this paragraph (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigation; preparing to defend or defending against any action or claim
which is the subject of this paragraph (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of
this paragraph (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the underwriting discount applicable to the Stock purchased by such
Underwriter. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this paragraph (d) to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
Each party entitled to contribution agrees that upon the service of a
summons or other initial legal process upon it in any action instituted against
it in respect of which
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contribution may be sought, it will promptly give written notice of such service
to the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission
so to notify such party or parties of any such service shall not relieve the
party from whom contribution may be sought from any obligation it may have
hereunder or otherwise (except as specifically provided in paragraph (c) of this
Section 7).
(e) No indemnifying party will, without the prior written consent of
each indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any
judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in
respect of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not such
indemnified party or any person who controls such indemnified party within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act is
a party to such claim, action, suit or proceeding) unless such settlement,
compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of such indemnified
party and each such controlling person from all liability arising out of such
claim, action, suit or proceeding.
8. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by you at any time
prior to the Closing Date by giving written notice to the Company if after the
date of this Agreement trading in the Common Stock shall have been suspended, or
if there shall have occurred (i) the engagement in hostilities or an escalation
of major hostilities by the United States or the declaration of war or a
national emergency by the United States on or after the date hereof, (ii) any
outbreak of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis or
change in economic or political conditions if the effect of such outbreak,
calamity, crisis or change in economic or political conditions in the financial
markets of the United States would, in the Underwriters' reasonable judgment,
make the offering or delivery of the Stock impracticable, (iii) suspension of
trading in securities generally or a material adverse decline in value of
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock
Exchange, The Nasdaq Stock Market, or limitations on prices (other than
limitations on hours or numbers of days of trading) for securities on either
such exchange or system, (iv) the enactment, publication, decree or other
promulgation of any federal or state statute, regulation, rule or order of, or
commencement of any proceeding or investigation by, any court, legislative body,
agency or other governmental authority which in the Underwriters' reasonable
opinion materially and adversely affects or will materially or adversely affect
the business or operations of the Company, (v) declaration of a banking
moratorium by either federal or New York State authorities or (vi) the taking of
any action by any federal, state or local government or agency in respect of its
monetary or fiscal affairs which in the Underwriters' reasonable opinion has a
material adverse effect on the securities markets in the United States. If this
Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to this Section 8, there shall be no
liability of the Company to the Underwriters and no liability of the
Underwriters to the Company; provided, however, that in the event of any such
termination the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters
from all costs or expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the
Company under this Agreement, including all costs and expenses referred to in
paragraphs (i) and (j) of Section 6 hereof.
9. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of the
several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Stock shall be subject to the
performance by the Company of all its obligations to be performed hereunder at
or prior to the Closing Date or any
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later date on which Option Stock is to be purchased, as the case may be, and to
the following further conditions:
(a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective; and no
stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof shall have been issued and no
proceedings therefor shall be pending or threatened by the Commission.
(b) The legality and sufficiency of the sale of the Stock hereunder
and the validity and form of the certificates representing the Stock, all
corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the foregoing, and the
form of the Registration Statement and of the Prospectus (except as to the
financial statements contained therein), shall have been approved at or prior to
the Closing Date by counsel for the Underwriters, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
(c) You shall have received from Fenwick & West LLP, counsel for the
Company, opinions, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date,
covering the matters set forth in Annex A hereto, and if Option Stock is
purchased at any date after the Closing Date, additional opinions from such
counsel, addressed to the Underwriters and dated such later date, confirming
that the statements expressed as of the Closing Date in such opinions remain
valid as of such later date.
(d) You shall be reasonably satisfied that (i) as of the Effective
Date, the statements made in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus were
true and correct and neither the Registration Statement nor the Prospectus
omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, respectively, not misleading, (ii) since
the Effective Date, no event has occurred which should have been set forth in a
supplement or amendment to the Prospectus which has not been set forth in such a
supplement or amendment, (iii) since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement in the form in which it
originally became effective and the Prospectus contained therein, there has not
been any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective
material adverse change in or affecting the business, properties, financial
condition or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of
business, and, since such dates, except in the ordinary course of business,
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any material
transaction not referred to in the Registration Statement in the form in which
it originally became effective and the Prospectus contained therein, (iv)
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any material contingent
obligations which are not disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, (v) there are not any pending or known threatened legal proceedings
to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which property
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which are material and
which are not disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (vi)
there are not any franchises, contracts, leases or other documents which are
required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not
been filed as required, (vii) the representations and warranties of the Company
herein are true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date or
any later date on which Option Stock is to be purchased, as the case may be, and
(viii) there has not been any occurrence or change giving rise to a termination
under Section 8.
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(e) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later date
on which Option Stock is purchased a certificate, dated the Closing Date or such
later date, as the case may be, and signed by the Chief Executive Officer and
the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, stating that the respective signers
of said certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement in the
form in which it originally became effective and the Prospectus contained
therein and any supplements or amendments thereto, and that the statements
included in clauses (i) through (vii) of paragraph (d) of this Section 9 are
true and correct.
(f) You shall have received from PWC a letter or letters, addressed to
the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date and any later date on which Option
Stock is purchased, confirming that they are independent public accountants with
respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the
applicable published rules and regulations thereunder and based upon the
procedures described in their letter delivered to you concurrently with the
execution of this Agreement (herein called the Original Letter), but carried out
to a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Date or such
later date on which Option Stock is purchased (i) confirming, to the extent
true, that the statements and conclusions set forth in the Original Letter are
accurate as of the Closing Date or such later date, as the case may be, and (ii)
setting forth any revisions and additions to the statements and conclusions set
forth in the Original Letter which are necessary to reflect any changes in the
facts described in the Original Letter since the date of the Original Letter or
to reflect the availability of more recent financial statements, data or
information. The letters shall not disclose any change, or any development
involving a prospective change, in or affecting the business or properties of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries which, in your sole judgment, makes it
impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering of the Stock or
the purchase of the Option Stock as contemplated by the Prospectus. The
Original Letter from PWC shall be addressed to or for the use of the
Underwriters in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters
and shall (i) represent, to the extent true, that they are independent certified
public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the
Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations of the
Commission, and (ii) set forth their opinion with respect to their examination
of the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 1999 and
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash
flows for the 12 months ended December 31, 1999, and (iii) address other matters
agreed upon by PWC and you.
(g) You shall have received from PWC a letter addressed to the Company
and made available to you stating that their review of the Company's system of
internal accounting controls, to the extent they deemed necessary in
establishing the scope of their examination of the Company's financial
statements as at December 31, 1999 did not disclose any weakness in internal
controls that they considered to be material weaknesses.
(h) Where applicable, you shall have been furnished evidence in usual
written or telegraphic form as is available from the appropriate authorities of
the several jurisdictions, or other evidence satisfactory to you, of the
qualification referred to in paragraph (f) of Section 6 hereof.
(i) Prior to the Closing Date, the Stock to be issued and sold by the
Company shall have been duly authorized for listing by the Nasdaq National
Market upon official notice of issuance.
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(j) On or prior to the Closing Date, you shall have received from the
Company's directors and officers and substantially all of its stockholders
agreements, in form reasonably satisfactory to Chase Securities Inc., stating
that without the prior written consent of Chase Securities Inc. on behalf of the
Underwriters, such person or entity will not, for a period of 180 days following
the commencement of the public offering of the Stock by the Underwriters,
directly or indirectly, (i) sell, offer, contract to sell, make any short sale,
pledge, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract
to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or
dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for or any rights to purchase or acquire Common
Stock or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or
in part, any of the economic consequences or ownership of Common Stock, whether
any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by
delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.
All the agreements, opinions, certificates and letters mentioned above
or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the
provisions hereof only if Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the
Underwriters, shall be reasonably satisfied that they comply in form and scope.
In case any of the conditions specified in this Section 9 shall not be
fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by you by giving notice to the
Company. Any such termination shall be without liability of the Company to the
Underwriters and without liability of the Underwriters to the Company; provided,
however, that (i) in the event of such termination, the Company agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters from all costs or expenses incident
to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement,
including all costs and expenses referred to in paragraphs (i) and (j) of
Section 6 hereof, and (ii) if this Agreement is terminated by you because of any
refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any
agreement herein, to fulfill any of the conditions herein, or to comply with any
provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters,
the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally upon demand for all out-
of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that
shall have been incurred by them in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby.
10. Conditions of the Obligation of the Company. The obligation of
the Company to deliver the Stock shall be subject to the conditions that (a) the
Registration Statement shall have become effective and (b) no stop order
suspending the effectiveness thereof shall be in effect and no proceedings
therefor shall be pending or threatened by the Commission.
In case either of the conditions specified in this Section 10 shall
not be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Company by giving
notice to you. Any such termination shall be without liability of the Company
to the Underwriters and without liability of the Underwriters to the Company;
provided, however, that in the event of any such termination the Company agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters from all costs or expenses
incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this
Agreement, including all costs and expenses referred to in paragraphs (i) and
(j) of Section 6 hereof.
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11. Reimbursement of Certain Expenses. In addition to its other
obligations under Section 7 of this Agreement, the Company hereby agrees to
reimburse on a quarterly basis the Underwriters for all reasonable legal and
other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any claim,
action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding arising out of or based upon
any statement or omission, or any alleged statement or omission, described in
paragraph (a) of Section 7 of this Agreement, notwithstanding the absence of a
judicial determination as to the propriety and enforceability of the obligations
under this Section 11 and the possibility that such payments might later be held
to be improper; provided, however, that (i) to the extent any such payment is
ultimately held to be improper, the persons receiving such payments shall
promptly refund them and (ii) such persons shall provide to the Company, upon
request, reasonable assurances of their ability to effect any refund, when and
if due.
12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of the Company and the several Underwriters and, with
respect to the provisions of Section 7 hereof, the several parties (in addition
to the Company and the several Underwriters) indemnified under the provisions of
said Section 7, and their respective personal representatives, successors and
assigns. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give to
any other person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable remedy or claim
under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. The
term "successors and assigns" as herein used shall not include any purchaser, as
such purchaser, of any of the Stock from any of the several Underwriters.
13. Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, all communications
hereunder shall be in writing or by telegraph and, if to the Underwriters, shall
be mailed, telegraphed or delivered to Chase H&Q, Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 with a copy to Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, Xxx
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq. and if to the Company, shall be mailed, telegraphed or
delivered to it at its office, 00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, President and Chief Executive Officer with a copy to:
Fenwick & West LLP, Xxx Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx, Esq. All notices given by telegraph shall be
promptly confirmed by letter.
14. Miscellaneous. The reimbursement, indemnification and
contribution agreements contained in this Agreement and the representations,
warranties and covenants in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
regardless of (a) any termination of this Agreement, (b) any investigation made
by or on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person thereof, or by or on
behalf of the Company or their respective directors or officers, and (c)
delivery and payment for the Stock under this Agreement; provided, however, that
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if this Agreement is terminated prior to the Closing Date, the provisions of
paragraph (k) of Section 6 hereof shall be of no further force or effect.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of California.
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Please sign and return to the Company the enclosed duplicates of this
letter, whereupon this letter will become a binding agreement between the
Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
LEXAR MEDIA, INC.
By___________________________________
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
President and Chief Executive Officer
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and
accepted as of the date first above written.
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
X.X. XXXXXX & CO.
XX XXXXX SECURITIES CORPORATION
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED
By Chase Securities Inc.
By ___________________________________
Managing Director
Acting on behalf of the several Underwriters,
including themselves, named in Schedule I hereto.
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SCHEDULE I
UNDERWRITERS
Number of Shares
Underwriters to be Purchased
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Chase Securities Inc.......................
X.X. Xxxxxx & Co...........................
XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation............
Prudential Securities Incorporated.........
TOTAL................................. 7,500,000
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