EXHIBIT 1.01
[________] SHARES/1/
TSI INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE LTD.
COMMON STOCK
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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June [__], 1998
BANCAMERICA XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
SoundView Financial Group, Inc.
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies/Gentlemen:
TSI International Software Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
and certain stockholders of the Company named in Schedule B hereto (hereafter
called the "Selling Stockholders") address you as the Representatives of each of
the persons, firms and corporations listed in Schedule A hereto (herein
collectively called the "Underwriters") and hereby confirm their respective
agreements with the several Underwriters as follows:
1. Description of Shares. The Company proposes to issue and sell [______]
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shares of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, to
the several Underwriters. The Selling Stockholders, acting severally and not
jointly, propose to sell an aggregate of [___________] shares of the Company's
authorized and outstanding Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, to the
several Underwriters; in addition Warburg, Xxxxxx Capital Company, L.P.
("Warburg") proposes to sell a stock purchase warrant (the "Stock Purchase
Warrant") exercisable for an aggregate of 382,281 shares of the Company's
authorized and unissued Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, to the several
Underwriters. The [_________] shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share,
of the Company to be sold by the Company are hereinafter called the "Company
Shares," the [__________] shares of Common Stock, par value
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/1/ Plus an option to purchase up to 600,000 additional shares from certain
stockholders of the Company to cover over-allotments.
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$.01 per share, to be sold by the Selling Stockholders are hereinafter called
the "Selling Stockholder Shares" and the 382,281 shares of Common Stock, par
value $.01 per share, of the Company to be sold by the Company upon exercise of
the Stock Purchase Warrant hereunder are hereinafter called the "Warrant
Shares." The Company Shares, the Selling Stockholder Shares and the Warrant
Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Firm Shares." The
Company also proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to
[________] additional shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share (the "Option Shares"), as provided in Section 8 hereof. As used in this
Agreement, the term "Shares" shall include the Firm Shares and the Option
Shares. All shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company to
be outstanding after giving effect to the sales contemplated hereby, including
the Shares, are hereinafter referred to as "Common Stock."
2. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company. The Company
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represents and warrants to and agrees with each Underwriter that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-[_______]) with
respect to the Shares, including a prospectus subject to completion, has been
prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and the applicable rules and regulations
(the "Rules and Regulations") of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Act and has been filed with the Commission; such
amendments to such registration statement, such amended prospectuses subject to
completion and such abbreviated registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b)
of the Rules and Regulations as may have been required prior to the date hereof
have been similarly prepared and filed with the Commission; and the Company will
file such additional amendments to such registration statement, such amended
prospectuses subject to completion and such abbreviated registration statements
as may hereafter be required. Copies of such registration statement and
amendments, of each related prospectus subject to completion (the "Preliminary
Prospectuses") and of any abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule
462(b) of the Rules and Regulations have been delivered to you.
If the registration statement relating to the Shares has been declared
effective under the Act by the Commission, the Company will prepare and promptly
file with the Commission the information omitted from the registration statement
pursuant to Rule 430A(a) or, if BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, on behalf of the
several Underwriters, shall agree to the utilization of Rule 434 of the Rules
and Regulations, the information required to be included in any term sheet filed
pursuant to Rule 434(b) or (c), as applicable, of the Rules and Regulations
pursuant to subparagraph (1), (4) or (7) of Rule 424(b) of the Rules and
Regulations or as part of a post-effective amendment to the registration
statement (including a final form of prospectus). If the registration statement
relating to the Shares has not been declared effective under the Act by the
Commission, the Company will prepare and promptly file an amendment to the
registration statement, including a final form of prospectus, or, if BancAmerica
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, on behalf of the several Underwriters, shall agree to the
utilization of Rule 434 of the Rules and Regulations, the information required
to be included in any term sheet filed pursuant to Rule 434(b) or (c), as
applicable, of the Rules and Regulations. The term "Registration Statement" as
used in this Agreement shall mean such registration statement, including
financial statements, schedules and
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exhibits, in the form in which it became or becomes, as the case may be,
effective (including, if the Company omitted information from the registration
statement pursuant to Rule 430A(a) or files a term sheet pursuant to Rule 434 of
the Rules and Regulations, the information deemed to be a part of the
registration statement at the time it became effective pursuant to Rule 430A(b)
or Rule 434(d) of the Rules and Regulations) and, in the event of any amendment
thereto or the filing of any abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule
462(b) of the Rules and Regulations relating thereto after the effective date of
such registration statement, shall also mean (from and after the effectiveness
of such amendment or the filing of such abbreviated registration statement) such
registration statement as so amended, together with any such abbreviated
registration statement. The term "Prospectus" as used in this Agreement shall
mean the prospectus relating to the Shares as included in such Registration
Statement at the time it becomes effective (including, if the Company omitted
information from the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A(a) of the
Rules and Regulations, the information deemed to be a part of the Registration
Statement at the time it became effective pursuant to Rule 430A(b) of the Rules
and Regulations); provided, however, that if in reliance on Rule 434 of the
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Rules and Regulations and with the consent of BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, on
behalf of the several Underwriters, the Company shall have provided to the
Underwriters a term sheet pursuant to Rule 434(b) or (c), as applicable, prior
to the time that a confirmation is sent or given for purposes of Section
2(10)(a) of the Act, the term "Prospectus" shall mean the "prospectus subject to
completion" (as defined in Rule 434(g) of the Rules and Regulations) last
provided to the Underwriters by the Company and circulated by the Underwriters
to all prospective purchasers of the Shares (including the information deemed to
be a part of the Registration Statement at the time it became effective pursuant
to Rule 434(d) of the Rules and Regulations). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
any revised prospectus shall be provided to the Underwriters by the Company for
use in connection with the offering of the Shares that differs from the
prospectus referred to in the immediately preceding sentence (whether or not
such revised prospectus is required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations), the term "Prospectus" shall refer to
such revised prospectus from and after the time it is first provided to the
Underwriters for such use. If in reliance on Rule 434 of the Rules and
Regulations and with the consent of BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, on behalf of
the several Underwriters, the Company shall have provided to the Underwriters a
term sheet pursuant to Rule 434(b) or (c), as applicable, prior to the time that
a confirmation is sent or given for purposes of Section 2(10)(a) of the Act, the
Prospectus and the term sheet, together, will not be materially different from
the prospectus in the Registration Statement.
(b) The Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending
the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or instituted proceedings for that
purpose, and each such Preliminary Prospectus has conformed in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and, as of
its date, has not included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and at the time
the Registration Statement became or becomes, as the case may be, effective and
at all times subsequent thereto up to and on the Closing Date (hereinafter
defined) and on any later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased, (i)
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements
thereto, contained and will contain all material information required to be
included therein by the Act and the Rules and Regulations and will in all
material respects conform to the requirements of the Act and the
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Rules and Regulations, (ii) the Registration Statement, and any amendments or
supplements thereto, did not and will not include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and (iii) the
Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements thereto, did not and will not
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that none of the
representations and warranties contained in this subparagraph (b) shall apply to
information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon, and in
conformity with, written information relating to any Underwriter furnished to
the Company by such Underwriter specifically for use in the preparation thereof.
(c) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as
a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation with full power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease
and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus; the Company owns all of the outstanding capital stock of its
subsidiaries free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance,
claim or equitable interest; each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which the ownership or leasing of its properties or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to
be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect
on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or
business prospects of the Company; no proceeding has been instituted in any such
jurisdiction, revoking, limiting or curtailing, or seeking to revoke, limit or
curtail, such power and authority or qualification; the Company is in possession
of and operating in compliance with all authorizations, licenses, certificates,
consents, orders and permits from state, federal and other regulatory
authorities which are material to the conduct of its business, all of which are
valid and in full force and effect; the Company is not in violation of its
respective charter or bylaws or in default in the performance or observance of
any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any
material bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness, or in any
material lease, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement,
joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by which it or its properties may be bound; and the Company is not in
material violation of any law, order, rule, regulation, writ, injunction,
judgment or decree of any court, government or governmental agency or body,
domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or over its properties
of which it has knowledge. The Company does not own or control, directly or
indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity.
(d) The Company has full legal right, power and authority to enter
into this Agreement and perform the transactions contemplated hereby. This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is
a valid and binding agreement on the part of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnification hereunder may be
limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by general
equitable principles; the performance of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions herein contemplated will not result in a
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material breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute a default under, (i) any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of
indebtedness, or under any lease, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan agreement, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, (ii)
the charter or bylaws of the Company, or (iii) any law, order, rule, regulation,
writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court, government or governmental
agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or
over its properties. No consent, approval, authorization or order of or
qualification with any court, government or governmental agency or body,
domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or over its properties
is required for the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated, except such
as may be required under the Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act") or under state or other securities or Blue Sky
laws, all of which requirements have been satisfied in all material respects.
(e) There is not any pending or, to the best of the Company's
knowledge, threatened action, suit, claim or proceeding against the Company, or
any of its officers or any of its properties, assets or rights before any court,
government or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or over their
respective officers or properties or otherwise which (i) might result in any
material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
operations, business or business prospects of the Company or might materially
and adversely affect its properties, assets or rights, (ii) might prevent
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or (iii) is required to be
disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus and is not so disclosed;
and there are no agreements, contracts, leases or documents of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries of a character required to be described or referred to
in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement by the Act or the Rules and Regulations which have not
been accurately described in all material respects in the Registration Statement
or Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement.
(f) All outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company (including
the Selling Stockholder Shares) have been duly authorized and validly issued and
are fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all
federal and state securities laws, were not issued in violation of or subject to
any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or purchase securities,
and the authorized and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth
in the Prospectus under the caption "Capitalization" and conforms in all
material respects to the statements relating thereto contained in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and such statements correctly state
the substance of the instruments defining the capitalization of the Company);
upon the purchase and exercise by the Underwriters of the Stock Purchase Warrant
as contemplated by this Agreement, the Underwriters shall receive an aggregate
of 382,281 Shares; the Shares to be purchased from the Company hereunder
(including the Warrant Shares) have been duly authorized for issuance and sale
to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by
the Company against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable, and
will be sold free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance,
claim or equitable interest; and no preemptive right, co-sale right,
registration right, right of first refusal or other similar right of
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stockholders exists with respect to any of the Shares to be purchased from the
Company hereunder or the issuance and sale thereof other than those that have
been expressly waived prior to the date hereof and those that will automatically
expire upon and will not apply to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated on the Closing Date. No further approval or authorization of any
stockholder, the Board of Directors of the Company or others is required for the
issuance and sale or transfer of the Shares except as may be required under the
Act, the Exchange Act or under state or other securities or Blue Sky laws.
Except as disclosed in the Prospectus and the financial statements of the
Company, and the related notes thereto, included in the Prospectus, the Company
has no outstanding options to purchase, or any preemptive rights or other rights
to subscribe for or to purchase, any securities or obligations convertible into,
or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, shares of its capital stock or
any such options, rights, convertible securities or obligations. The description
of the Company's stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or
arrangements, and the options or other rights granted and exercised thereunder,
set forth in the Prospectus accurately and fairly presents the information
required to be shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and
rights.
(g) KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, which has examined the financial statements
of the Company, together with the related schedules and notes, as of December
31, 1997 and 1996 and for each of the years in the three (3) years ended
December 31, 1997 filed with the Commission as a part of the Registration
Statement, which are included in the Prospectus, are independent accountants
within the meaning of the Act and the Rules and Regulations; the audited
financial statements of the Company, together with the related schedules and
notes, and the unaudited financial information, forming part of the Registration
Statement and Prospectus, fairly present the financial position and the results
of operations of the Company at the respective dates and for the respective
periods to which they apply; and all audited financial statements of the
Company, together with the related schedules and notes, and the unaudited
financial information, filed with the Commission as part of the Registration
Statement, have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied throughout the periods involved except as may be
otherwise stated therein. The selected and summary financial and statistical
data included in the Registration Statement present fairly the information shown
therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with the audited financial
statements presented therein. No other financial statements or schedules are
required to be included in the Registration Statement.
(h) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, there has not been (i) any
material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
operations, business or business prospects of the Company, (ii) any transaction
that is material to the Company, except transactions entered into in the
ordinary course of business, (iii) any obligation, direct or contingent, that is
material to the Company, incurred by the Company, except obligations incurred in
the ordinary course of business, (iv) any change in the capital stock or
outstanding indebtedness of the Company that is material to the Company, (v) any
dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the capital stock
of the Company, or (vi) any loss or damage (whether or not insured) to the
property of the Company which has been sustained or will have been sustained
which has a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
earnings, operations, business or business prospects of the Company.
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(i) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus,
(i) the Company has good and marketable title to all properties and assets
described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus as owned by it, free and
clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable
interest, other than such as would not have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business
prospects of the Company, (ii) the agreements to which the Company is a party
described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus are valid agreements,
enforceable by the Company, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by general
equitable principles and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, the other
contracting party or parties thereto are not in material breach or material
default under any of such agreements, and (iii) the Company has valid and
enforceable leases for all properties described in the Registration Statement
and Prospectus as leased by it, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by general
equitable principles. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, the Company owns or leases all such properties as are necessary to
its operations as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted.
(j) The Company has timely filed all necessary federal, state and
foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid all taxes shown thereon as
due, and there is no tax deficiency that has been or, to the best of the
Company's knowledge, might be asserted against the Company that might have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
operations, business or business prospects of the Company; and all tax
liabilities are adequately provided for on the books of the Company.
(k) The Company maintains insurance with insurers of recognized
financial responsibility of the types and in the amounts generally deemed
adequate for its business and consistent with insurance coverage maintained by
similar companies in similar businesses, including, but not limited to,
insurance covering real and personal property owned or leased by the Company
against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and all other risks
customarily insured against, all of which insurance is in full force and effect;
the Company has not been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for;
and the Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its
existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain
similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its
business at a cost that would not materially and adversely affect the condition
(financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects
of the Company.
(l) To the best of Company's knowledge, no labor disturbance by the
employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or is imminent; and
the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the
employees of any of its principal suppliers, subassemblers, value added
resellers, subcontractors, original equipment manufacturers, authorized dealers
or international distributors that might be expected to result in a material
adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations,
business or business
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prospects of the Company. No collective bargaining agreement exists with any of
the Company's employees and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such
agreement is imminent.
(m) The Company owns or possesses adequate rights to use all patents,
patent rights, inventions, trade secrets, know-how, trademarks, service marks,
trade names and copyrights which are necessary to conduct its businesses as
described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; the expiration of any
patents, patent rights, trade secrets, trademarks, service marks, trade names or
copyrights would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial
or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects of the
Company; the Company has not received any written notice of, and has no
knowledge of, any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of the
Company by others with respect to any patent, patent rights, inventions, trade
secrets, know-how, trademarks, service marks, trade names or copyrights; and the
Company has not received any written notice of, and has no knowledge of, any
infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any
patent, patent rights, inventions, trade secrets, know-how, trademarks, service
marks, trade names or copyrights which, singly or in the aggregate, if the
subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, might have a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations,
business or business prospects of the Company.
(n) The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Exchange Act and is listed on The Nasdaq National Market, and the Company has
taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the
registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common
Stock from The Nasdaq National Market, nor has the Company received any
notification that the Commission or the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") is contemplating terminating such registration or
listing.
(o) The Company has been advised concerning the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and the rules and regulations thereunder,
and has in the past conducted, and intends in the future to conduct, its affairs
in such a manner as to ensure that it will not become an "investment company" or
a company "controlled" by an "investment company" within the meaning of the 1940
Act and such rules and regulations.
(p) The Company has not distributed and will not distribute prior to
the later of (i) the Closing Date, or any date on which Option Shares are to be
purchased, as the case may be, and (ii) completion of the distribution of the
Shares, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the
Shares other than any Preliminary Prospectuses, the Prospectus, the Registration
Statement and other materials, if any, permitted by the Act.
(q) The Company has not at any time during the last five (5) years (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 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.
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(r) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to or that might reasonably be expected to cause
or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Stock to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(s) Each officer and director of the Company, each Selling Stockholder
and each beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock has agreed in writing that such person will not, for a
period of 90 days from the date appearing on the final prospectus related to the
offering of the Shares (the "Lock-up Period"), offer to sell, contract to sell,
or otherwise sell, dispose of, loan, pledge or grant any rights with respect to
(collectively, a "Disposition") any shares of Common Stock, any options or
warrants to purchase any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible
into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (collectively, "Securities") now
owned or hereafter acquired directly by such person or with respect to which
such person has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition, otherwise than
(i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided the donee or donees thereof agree in
writing to be bound by this restriction, (ii) as a distribution to partners or
shareholders of such person, provided that the distributees thereof agree in
writing to be bound by the terms of this restriction, or (iii) with the prior
written consent of BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx. The foregoing restriction has
been expressly agreed to preclude the holder of the Securities from engaging in
any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or reasonably expected to
lead to or result in a Disposition of Securities during the Lock-up Period, even
if such Securities would be disposed of by someone other than such holder. Such
prohibited hedging or other transactions would include, without limitation, any
short sale (whether or not against the box) or any purchase, sale or grant of
any right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect
to any Securities or with respect to any security (other than a broad-based
market basket or index) that includes, relates to or derives any significant
part of its value from Securities. Furthermore, such person has also agreed and
consented to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company's transfer
agent against the transfer of the Securities held by such person except in
compliance with this restriction. The Company has provided to counsel for the
Underwriters a complete and accurate list of all securityholders of the Company
and the number and type of securities held by each securityholder. The Company
has provided to counsel for the Underwriters true, accurate and complete copies
of all of the agreements pursuant to which its officers, directors and such five
percent (5%) or greater stockholders have agreed to such or similar restrictions
(the "Lock-up Agreements") presently in effect or effected hereby. The Company
hereby represents and warrants that it will not release any of its officers,
directors or other such five percent (5%) or greater stockholders from any Lock-
up Agreements currently existing or hereafter effected without the prior written
consent of BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx.
(t) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus,
(i) the Company is in compliance with all rules, laws and regulations relating
to the use, treatment, storage and disposal of toxic substances and protection
of health or the environment ("Environmental Laws") which are applicable to its
business, (ii) the Company has received no notice from any governmental
authority or third party of an asserted claim under Environmental Laws, which
claim is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, (iii) the Company will not be required to make future material
capital expenditures to comply with Environmental Laws and (iv) to the best of
the Company's knowledge, no property which is owned, leased or occupied
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by the Company has been designated as a Superfund site pursuant to the
Comprehensive Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42
U.S.C. (S) 9601, et seq.), or otherwise designated as a contaminated site under
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applicable state or local law.
(u) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed
in accordance with management's general or specific authorizations, (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to
maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management's general or specific authorization, and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(v) 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 to or for the benefit of any of the officers or
directors of the Company or any of the members of the families of any of them,
except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(w) The Company has complied with all provisions of Section 517.075,
Florida Statutes relating to doing business with the Government of Cuba or with
any person or affiliate located in Cuba.
3. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Selling Stockholders.
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Each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to
and agrees with each Underwriter and the Company that:
(a) Such Selling Stockholder now has, and on the Closing Date will
have, valid marketable title to the Shares, and in the case of Warburg, to the
Stock Purchase Warrant, to be sold by such Selling Stockholder, free and clear
of any pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest
other than pursuant to this Agreement; and upon delivery of such Shares, and in
the case of Warburg, the Stock Purchase Warrant, hereunder and payment of the
purchase price as herein contemplated, each of the Underwriters will obtain
valid marketable title to the securities purchased by it from such Selling
Stockholder, free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest pertaining to
such Selling Stockholder or such Selling Stockholder's property, encumbrance,
claim or equitable interest, including any liability for estate or inheritance
taxes, or any liability to or claims of any creditor, devisee, legatee or
beneficiary of such Selling Stockholder.
(b) Such Selling Stockholder has duly authorized (if applicable),
executed and delivered, in the form heretofore furnished to the Representatives,
a Selling Stockholde's Irrevocable Power of Attorney (the "Power of Attorney")
appointing Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx and Xxx Xxxxxx as attorneys-in-fact (collectively,
the "Attorneys" and individually, an "Attorney") and a Letter of Transmittal and
Custody Agreement (the "Custody Agreement") with The Bank of New York, as
custodian (the "Custodian"); each of the Power of Attorney and the Custody
Agreement
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constitutes a valid and binding agreement on the part of such Selling
Stockholder, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement
thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights
generally or by general equitable principles; and each of such Selling
Stockholder's Attorneys, acting alone, is authorized to execute and deliver this
Agreement and the certificate referred to in Section 7(h) hereof on behalf of
such Selling Stockholder, to determine the purchase price to be paid by the
several Underwriters to such Selling Stockholder as provided in Section 3
hereof, to authorize the delivery of the Selling Stockholder Shares, and in the
case of Warburg, the Stock Purchase Warrant, under this Agreement and to duly
endorse (in blank or otherwise) the certificate or certificates representing
such Shares, and in the case of Warburg, the Stock Purchase Warrant, or a stock
or warrant power or powers, as applicable, with respect thereto, to accept
payment therefor, and otherwise to act on behalf of such Selling Stockholder in
connection with this Agreement.
(c) All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders required for
the execution and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of the Power of Attorney
and the Custody Agreement, the execution and delivery by or on behalf of such
Selling Stockholder of this Agreement and the sale and delivery of the Selling
Stockholder Shares, and in the case of Warburg, the Stock Purchase Warrant,
under this Agreement (other than, at the time of the execution hereof (if the
Registration Statement has not yet been declared effective by the Commission),
the issuance of the order of the Commission declaring the Registration Statement
effective and such consents, approvals, authorizations or orders as may be
necessary under state or other securities or Blue Sky laws) have been obtained
and are in full force and effect; such Selling Stockholder, if other than a
natural person, has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization as the type of entity
that it purports to be; and such Selling Stockholder has full legal right, power
and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and
such Power of Attorney and Custody Agreement, and to sell, assign, transfer and
deliver the Shares, and in the case of Warburg, the Stock Purchase Warrant, to
be sold by such Selling Stockholder under this Agreement.
(d) Except for the Selling Stockholder Shares and the Stock Purchase
Warrant, such Selling Stockholder will not, during the Lock-up Period, effect
the Disposition of any Securities now owned or hereafter acquired directly by
such Selling Stockholder or with respect to which such Selling Stockholder has
or hereafter acquires the power of disposition, otherwise than (i) as a bona
fide gift or gifts, provided the donee or donees thereof agree in writing to be
bound by this restriction, (ii) as a distribution to partners or shareholders of
such Selling Stockholder, provided that the distributees thereof agree in
writing to be bound by the terms of this restriction, or (iii) with the prior
written consent of BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx. The foregoing restriction is
expressly agreed to preclude the holder of the Securities from engaging in any
hedging or other transaction which is designed to or reasonably expected to lead
to or result in a Disposition of Securities during the Lock-up Period, even if
such Securities would be disposed of by someone other than the Selling
Stockholder. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would including,
without limitation, any short sale (whether or not against the box) or any
purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without limitation, any put or
call option) with respect to any Securities or with respect to any security
(other than a broad-based market basket or index) that includes, relates
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to or derives any significant part of its value from Securities. Such Selling
Stockholder also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions
with the Company's transfer agent against the transfer of the securities held by
such Selling Stockholder except in compliance with this restriction.
(e) Certificates in negotiable form for all Shares (or certificates in
negotiable form for all securities which are convertible or exercisable into
Shares) to be sold by such Selling Stockholder under this Agreement, together
with a stock or warrant power or powers duly endorsed in blank by such Selling
Stockholder, have been placed in custody with the Custodian for the purpose of
effecting delivery hereunder.
(f) This Agreement has been duly authorized by each Selling
Stockholder that is not a natural person and has been duly executed and
delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder and is a valid and binding
agreement of such Selling Stockholder, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as rights to indemnification hereunder may be limited by applicable law
and except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors' rights generally or by general equitable principles; and the
performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and
provisions of or constitute a default under any bond, debenture, note or other
evidence of indebtedness, or under any lease, contract, indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to
which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder,
or any Selling Stockholder Shares or the Stock Purchase Warrant, may be bound
or, to the best of such Selling Stockholders' knowledge, result in any violation
of any law, order, rule, regulation, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any
court, government or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or over the properties of such
Selling Stockholder, or, if such Selling Stockholder is other than a natural
person, result in any violation of any provisions of the charter, bylaws or
other organizational documents of such Selling Stockholder.
(g) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly
or indirectly, any action designed to or that might reasonably be expected to
cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common
Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(h) Such Selling Stockholder has not distributed and will not
distribute any prospectus or other offering material in connection with the
offering and sale of the Shares.
(i) All information furnished by or on behalf of such Selling
Stockholder relating to such Selling Stockholder, the Selling Stockholder Shares
and the Stock Purchase Warrant that is contained in the representations and
warranties of such Selling Stockholder in such Selling Stockholder's Power of
Attorney or set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is, and at
the time the Registration Statement became or becomes, as the case may be,
effective and at all times subsequent thereto up to and on the Closing Date was
or will be, true, correct and complete, and does not, and at the time the
Registration Statement became or becomes, as the case
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may be, effective and at all times subsequent thereto up to and on the Closing
Date (hereinafter defined) will not, contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make such information not misleading.
(j) Such Selling Stockholder will review the Prospectus and will
comply with all agreements and satisfy all conditions on its part to be complied
with or satisfied pursuant to this Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date,
and will advise one of its Attorneys and BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx prior to
the Closing Date if any statement to be made on behalf of such Selling
Stockholder in the certificate contemplated by Section 6(h) would be inaccurate
if made as of the Closing Date.
(k) Such Selling Stockholder does not have, or has waived prior to the
date hereof, any preemptive right, co-sale right or right of first refusal or
other similar right to purchase any of the Shares that are to be sold by the
Company or any of the Shares or the Stock Purchase Warrant to be sold by the
other Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement; such
Selling Stockholder does not have, or has waived prior to the date hereof, any
registration right or other similar right to participate in the offering made by
the Prospectus, other than such rights of participation as have been satisfied
by the participation of such Selling Stockholder in the transactions to which
this Agreement relates in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and such
Selling Stockholder does not own any warrants, options or similar rights to
acquire, and does not have any right or arrangement to acquire, any capital
stock, rights, warrants, options or other securities from the Company, other
than those described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(l) Such Selling Stockholder is not aware (without having conducted
any investigation or inquiry) that any of the representations and warranties of
the Company set forth in Section 2 above is untrue or inaccurate in any material
respect.
4. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Shares. On the basis of the
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representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the
terms and conditions herein set forth, (i) the Company and the Selling
Stockholders agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to the Underwriters, and
each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company
and the Selling Stockholders, respectively, at a purchase price of $[____] per
share, the respective number of Company Shares and Selling Stockholder Shares
set forth opposite the names of the Company and the Selling Stockholders in
Schedule B hereto, (ii) Warburg agrees to sell to the Underwriters, and each
Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from Warburg, the
Stock Purchase Warrant, at a purchase price of $[____] per each right to
purchase a Share upon exercise of the Stock Purchase Warrant and (iii) the
Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters, and each Underwriter agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, an aggregate of 382,281
Shares upon exercise of the Stock Purchase Warrant, at a purchase price of $2.00
per Share. The obligation of each Underwriter to the Company and to each Selling
Stockholder shall be to purchase from the Company or such Selling Stockholder
that portion of the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of the
Company or such Selling Stockholder in Schedule B hereto and that portion of the
Stock Purchase Warrant which (as nearly as practicable, as determined by you) is
in the same proportion as the number of Firm Shares which
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is set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule A hereto (subject
to adjustment as provided in Section 10) is to the total number of Firm Shares
to be purchased by all the Underwriters under this Agreement.
The certificates in negotiable form for the Selling Stockholder Shares
and the Stock Purchase Warrant (or for securities convertible or exercisable
into the Selling Stockholder Shares or Warrant Shares) have been placed in
custody (for delivery under this Agreement) under the Custody Agreement. Each
Selling Stockholder agrees that the certificates for the Selling Stockholder
Shares, and in the case of Warburg, the Stock Purchase Warrant, of such Selling
Stockholder so held in custody are subject to the interests of the Underwriters
hereunder, that the arrangements made by such Selling Stockholder for such
custody, including the Power of Attorney is to that extent irrevocable and that
the obligations of such Selling Stockholder hereunder shall not be terminated by
the act of such Selling Stockholder or by operation of law, whether by the death
or incapacity of such Selling Stockholder or the occurrence of any other event,
except as specifically provided herein or in the Custody Agreement. If any
Selling Stockholder should die or be incapacitated, or if any other such event
should occur, before the delivery of the certificates for the Selling
Stockholder Shares, and in the case of Warburg, the Stock Purchase Warrant
hereunder, the Selling Stockholder Shares, and in the case of Warburg, the Stock
Purchase Warrant to be sold by such Selling Stockholder shall, except as
specifically provided herein or in the Custody Agreement, be delivered by the
Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement as if
such death, incapacity or other event had not occurred, regardless of whether
the Custodian shall have received notice of such death or other event.
Delivery of definitive certificates for the Firm Shares and the Stock
Purchase Warrant to be purchased by the Underwriters pursuant to this Section 4
shall be made against payment of the purchase price therefor by the several
Underwriters by certified or official bank check or checks drawn in same-day
funds or by wire transfer, payable to the order of the Company with regard to
the Shares being purchased from the Company, and to the order of the Custodian
for the respective accounts of the Selling Stockholders with regard to the
Shares and the Stock Purchase Warrant being purchased from such Selling
Stockholders, at the offices of Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP, High Street
Tower, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000 (or at such other place as may be
agreed upon among the Representatives and the Company and the Attorneys), at
7:00 A.M., San Francisco time (a) on the third (3rd) full business day following
the first day that Shares are traded, (b) if this Agreement is executed and
delivered after 1:30 P.M., San Francisco time, the fourth (4th) full business
day following the day that this Agreement is executed and delivered or (c) at
such other time and date not later than seven (7) full business days following
the first day that Shares are traded as the Representatives and the Company and
the Attorneys may determine (or at such time and date to which payment and
delivery shall have been postponed pursuant to Section 11 hereof), such time and
date of payment and delivery being herein called the "Closing Date;" provided,
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however, that if the Company has not made available to the Representatives
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copies of the Prospectus within the time provided in Section 5(d) hereof, the
Representatives may, in their sole discretion, postpone the Closing Date until
no later than two (2) full business days following delivery of copies of the
Prospectus to the Representatives. The certificates for the Firm Shares and the
Stock Purchase Warrant to be so delivered will be made available to you at such
office or such other location including, without limitation, in New York
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City, as you may reasonably request for checking at least one (1) full business
day prior to the Closing Date and will be in such names and denominations as you
may request, such request to be made at least two (2) full business days prior
to the Closing Date. If the Representatives so elect, delivery of the Firm
Shares may be made by credit through full fast transfer to the accounts at The
Depository Trust Company designated by the Representatives.
It is understood that you, individually, and not as the Representatives
of the several Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of
the purchase price on behalf of any Underwriter or Underwriters whose check or
checks or wire transfer or wire transfers shall not have been received by you
prior to the Closing Date for the Firm Shares to be purchased by such
Underwriter or Underwriters. Any such payment by you shall not relieve any such
Underwriter or Underwriters of any of its or their obligations hereunder.
After the Registration Statement becomes effective, the several
Underwriters intend to make a public offering (as such term is described in
Section 12 hereof) of the Firm Shares at a public offering price of $[____] per
share. After the public offering, the several Underwriters may, in their
discretion, vary the offering price.
The information set forth in the last paragraph on the front cover page
(insofar as such information relates to the Underwriters), on the inside front
cover concerning stabilization and over-allotment by the Underwriters, and under
the [first, second, seventh and eighth] paragraphs under the caption
"Underwriting" in any Preliminary Prospectus and in the Prospectus constitutes
the only information furnished by the Underwriters to the Company for inclusion
in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Registration Statement, and
you, on behalf of the respective Underwriters, represent and warrant to the
Company and the Selling Stockholders that the statements made therein do not
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
5. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the several
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Underwriters that:
(a) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration
Statement and any amendment thereof, if not effective at the time and date that
this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto, to become
effective as promptly as possible; the Company will use its best efforts to
cause any abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the
Rules and Regulations as may be required subsequent to the date the Registration
Statement is declared effective to become effective as promptly as possible; the
Company will notify you, promptly after it shall receive notice thereof, of the
time when the Registration Statement, any subsequent amendment to the
Registration Statement or any abbreviated registration statement has become
effective or any supplement to the Prospectus has been filed; if the Company
omitted information from the Registration Statement at the time it was
originally declared effective in reliance upon Rule 430A(a) of the Rules and
Regulations, the Company will provide evidence satisfactory to you that the
Prospectus contains such information and has been filed, within the time period
prescribed, with the Commission pursuant to subparagraph (1) or (4) of Rule
424(b) of the
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Rules and Regulations or as part of a post-effective amendment to such
Registration Statement as originally declared effective which is declared
effective by the Commission; if the Company files a term sheet pursuant to Rule
434 of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will provide evidence satisfactory
to you that the Prospectus and term sheet meeting the requirements of Rule
434(b) or (c), as applicable, of the Rules and Regulations, have been filed,
within the time period prescribed, with the Commission pursuant to subparagraph
(7) of Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations; if for any reason the filing of
the final form of Prospectus is required under Rule 424(b)(3) of the Rules and
Regulations, it will provide evidence satisfactory to you that the Prospectus
contains such information and has been filed with the Commission within the time
period prescribed; it will notify you promptly of any request by the Commission
for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or for additional information; promptly upon your request, it will
prepare and file with the Commission any amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or Prospectus which, in the opinion of counsel for the
several Underwriters ("Underwriters' Counsel"), may be necessary or advisable in
connection with the distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters; it will
promptly prepare and file with the Commission, and promptly notify you of the
filing of, any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or
Prospectus which may be necessary to correct any statements or omissions, if, at
any time when a prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered
under the Act, any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus
or any other prospectus relating to the Shares as then in effect would include
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; in case any Underwriter is required
to deliver a prospectus nine (9) months or more after the effective date of the
Registration Statement in connection with the sale of the Shares, it will
prepare promptly upon request, but at the expense of such Underwriter, such
amendment or amendments to the Registration Statement and such prospectus or
prospectuses as may be necessary to permit compliance with the requirements of
Section 10(a)(3) of the Act; and it will file no amendment or supplement to the
Registration Statement or Prospectus which shall not previously have been
submitted to you a reasonable time prior to the proposed filing thereof or to
which you shall reasonably object in writing, subject, however, to compliance
with the Act and the Rules and Regulations and the provisions of this Agreement.
(b) The Company will advise you, promptly after it shall receive
notice or obtain knowledge, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the initiation
or threat of any proceeding for that purpose; and it will promptly use its best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal at
the earliest possible moment if such stop order should be issued.
(c) The Company will use its best efforts to qualify the Shares for
offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may
designate and to continue such qualifications in effect for so long as may be
required for purposes of the distribution of the Shares, except that the Company
shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereof to
qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of
process in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise required to be so
qualified or to so execute a general consent to service of process. In each
jurisdiction in which the Shares shall have been qualified as
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above provided, the Company will make and file such statements and reports in
each year as are or may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction.
(d) The Company will furnish to you, as soon as available, and, in the
case of the Prospectus and any term sheet or abbreviated term sheet under Rule
434, in no event later than the first (1st) full business day following the
first day that Shares are traded, copies of the Registration Statement (three of
which will be signed and which will include all exhibits), each Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements to such documents,
including any prospectus prepared to permit compliance with Section 10(a)(3) of
the Act, all in such quantities as you may from time to time reasonably request.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, on behalf of
the several Underwriters, shall agree to the utilization of Rule 434 of the
Rules and Regulations, the Company shall provide to you copies of a Preliminary
Prospectus updated in all respects through the date specified by you in such
quantities as you may from time to time reasonably request.
(e) The Company will make generally available to its securityholders
as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than the forty-fifth (45th)
day following the end of the fiscal quarter first occurring after the first
anniversary of the effective date of the Registration Statement, an earnings
statement (which will be in reasonable detail but need not be audited) complying
with the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and covering a twelve (12) month
period beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement.
(f) During a period of five (5) years after the date hereof, the
Company will furnish to its shareholders as soon as practicable after the end of
each respective period, annual reports (including financial statements audited
by independent certified public accountants) and unaudited quarterly reports of
operations for each of the first three quarters of the fiscal year, and will
furnish to you and the other several Underwriters hereunder, upon request (i)
concurrently with furnishing such reports to its stockholders, statements of
operations of the Company for each of the first three (3) quarters in the form
furnished to the Company's stockholders, (ii) concurrently with furnishing to
its stockholders, a balance sheet of the Company as of the end of such fiscal
year, together with statements of operations, of stockholders' equity, and of
cash flows of the Company for such fiscal year, accompanied by a copy of the
certificate or report thereon of independent certified public accountants, (iii)
as soon as they are available, copies of all reports (financial or other) mailed
to stockholders, (iv) as soon as they are available, copies of all reports and
financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission, any securities
exchange or the NASD, (v) every material press release and every material news
item or article in respect of the Company or its affairs which was generally
released to stockholders or prepared by the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
and (vi) any additional information of a public nature concerning the Company or
its subsidiaries, or its business which you may reasonably request. During such
five (5) year period, if the Company shall have active subsidiaries, the
foregoing financial statements shall be on a consolidated basis to the extent
that the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated, and
shall be accompanied by similar financial statements for any significant
subsidiary which is not so consolidated.
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(g) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the
Shares being sold by it in the manner set forth under the caption "Use of
Proceeds" in the Prospectus.
(h) 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.
(i) If the transactions contemplated hereby are not consummated by
reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company or any
Selling Stockholder to perform any agreement on their respective parts to be
performed hereunder or to fulfill any condition of the Underwriters' obligations
hereunder, or if the Company shall terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section
12(a) hereof, or if the Underwriters shall terminate this Agreement pursuant to
Section 12(b)(i), the Company will reimburse the several Underwriters for all
out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of Underwriters'
Counsel) incurred by the Underwriters in investigating or preparing to market or
marketing the Shares.
(j) If at any time during the ninety (90) 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 of the Common 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.
(k) During the Lock-up Period, the Company will not, without the prior
written consent of BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, effect the Disposition of,
directly or indirectly, any Securities other than (i) the sale of the Shares to
be sold by the Company hereunder, (ii) the issuance of options or Common Stock
under the Company's presently authorized 1993 Stock Option Plan, 1997 Stock
Option Plan, 1997 Directors Stock Option Plan and the 1997 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the "Plans"), (iii) the issuance of Common Stock upon exercise of
warrants outstanding on the date hereof, and (iv) the issuance of Securities to
sellers of businesses acquired by the Company so long as such sellers agree in
writing not to effect any Disposition of Securities at any time during the
Lock-up Period and so long as the Company gives BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
15 days prior written notice of such issuances.
(l) During a period of ninety (90) days from the effective date of the
Registration Statement, the Company will not file a registration statement
registering shares under the Plans or other employee benefit plan; provided,
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however, that the Company may, within such ninety day period, file a
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registration statement registering shares under its 1997 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan.
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6. Expenses.
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(a) The Company and the Selling Stockholders agree with each
Underwriter that:
(i) The Company will pay and bear all costs and expenses in
connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration
Statement (including financial statements, schedules and exhibits),
Preliminary Prospectuses and the Prospectus and any amendments or
supplements thereto; the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among
Underwriters, the Selected Dealer Agreement, the Preliminary Blue Sky
Survey and any Supplemental Blue Sky Survey, the Underwriters'
Questionnaire and Power of Attorney, and any instruments related to any of
the foregoing; the issuance and delivery of the Shares hereunder to the
several Underwriters, including transfer taxes, if any, the cost of all
certificates representing the Shares and transfer agents' and registrars'
fees; the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; all fees and
other charges of the Company's independent certified public accountants;
the cost of furnishing to the several Underwriters copies of the
Registration Statement (including appropriate exhibits), Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements to any of
the foregoing; NASD filing fees and the cost of qualifying the Shares under
the laws of such jurisdictions as you may designate (including filing fees
and fees and disbursements of Underwriters' Counsel in connection with such
NASD filings and Blue Sky qualifications); and all other expenses directly
incurred by the Company and the Selling Stockholders in connection with the
performance of their obligations hereunder. Any additional expenses
incurred as a result of the sale of the Shares or the Stock Purchase
Warrant by the Selling Stockholders will be borne collectively by the
Company and the Selling Stockholders. The provisions of this Section
6(a)(i) are intended to relieve the Underwriters from the payment of the
expenses and costs which the Selling Stockholders and the Company hereby
agree to pay, but shall not affect any agreement which the Selling
Stockholders and the Company may make, or may have made, for the sharing of
any of such expenses and costs. Such agreements shall not impair the
obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders hereunder to the
several Underwriters.
(ii) In addition to its other obligations under Section 9(a)
hereof, the Company agrees that, as an interim measure during the pendency
of any claim, action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding described
in Section 9(a) hereof, it will reimburse the Underwriters on a monthly
basis for all reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection
with investigating or defending any such claim, action, investigation,
inquiry or other proceeding, notwithstanding the absence of a judicial
determination as to the propriety and enforceability of the Company's
obligation to reimburse the Underwriters for such expenses and the
possibility that such payments might later be held to have been improper by
a court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent that any such interim
reimbursement payment is so held to have been improper, the Underwriters
shall promptly return such payment to the Company together with interest,
compounded daily, determined on the basis of the prime rate (or other
commercial lending rate for borrowers of the highest credit standing)
listed from time to time in The Wall Street Journal which represents the
base rate
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on corporate loans posted by a substantial majority of the nation's thirty
(30) largest banks (the "Prime Rate"). Any such interim reimbursement
payments which are not made to the Underwriters within thirty (30) days of
a request for reimbursement shall bear interest at the Prime Rate from the
date of such request.
(iii) In addition to their other obligations under Section 9(b)
hereof, each Selling Stockholder agrees that, as an interim measure during
the pendency of any claim, action, investigation, inquiry or other
proceeding described in Section 9(b) hereof relating to such Selling
Stockholder, it will reimburse the Underwriters on a monthly basis for all
reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with
investigating or defending any such claim, action, investigation, inquiry
or other proceeding, notwithstanding the absence of a judicial
determination as to the propriety and enforceability of such Selling
Stockholder's obligation to reimburse the Underwriters for such expenses
and the possibility that such payments might later be held to have been
improper by a court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent that any such
interim reimbursement payment is so held to have been improper, the
Underwriters shall promptly return such payment to the Selling
Stockholders, together with interest, compounded daily, determined on the
basis of the Prime Rate. Any such interim reimbursement payments which are
not made to the Underwriters within thirty (30) days of a request for
reimbursement shall bear interest at the Prime Rate from the date of such
request.
(b) In addition to their other obligations under Section 9(c) hereof,
the Underwriters severally and not jointly agree that, as an interim measure
during the pendency of any claim, action, investigation, inquiry or other
proceeding described in Section 9(c) hereof, they will reimburse the Company and
each Selling Stockholder on a monthly basis for all reasonable legal or other
expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim,
action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding, notwithstanding the absence
of a judicial determination as to the propriety and enforceability of the
Underwriters' obligation to reimburse the Company and each such Selling
Stockholder for such expenses and the possibility that such payments might later
be held to have been improper by a court of competent jurisdiction. To the
extent that any such interim reimbursement payment is so held to have been
improper, the Company and each such Selling Stockholder shall promptly return
such payment to the Underwriters together with interest, compounded daily,
determined on the basis of the Prime Rate. Any such interim reimbursement
payments which are not made to the Company and each such Selling Stockholder
within thirty (30) days of a request for reimbursement shall bear interest at
the Prime Rate from the date of such request.
(c) It is agreed that any controversy arising out of the operation of
the interim reimbursement arrangements set forth in Sections 6(a)(ii), 6(a)(iii)
and 6(b) hereof, including the amounts of any requested reimbursement payments,
the method of determining such amounts and the basis on which such amounts shall
be apportioned among the reimbursing parties, shall be settled by arbitration
conducted under the provisions of the Constitution and Rules of the Board of
Governors of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or pursuant to the Code of
Arbitration Procedure of the NASD. Any such arbitration must be commenced by
service of a written demand for arbitration or a written notice of intention to
arbitrate, therein electing the arbitration tribunal. In
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the event the party demanding arbitration does not make such designation of an
arbitration tribunal in such demand or notice, then the party responding to said
demand or notice is authorized to do so. Any such arbitration will be limited to
the operation of the interim reimbursement provisions contained in Sections
6(a)(ii), 6(a)(iii) and 6(b) hereof and will not resolve the ultimate propriety
or enforceability of the obligation to indemnify for expenses which is created
by the provisions of Sections 9(a), 9(b) and 9(c) hereof or the obligation to
contribute to expenses which is created by the provisions of Section 9(e)
hereof.
7. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of the
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several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Shares and the Stock Purchase
Warrant as provided herein shall be subject to the accuracy, as of the date
hereof and the Closing Date and any later date on which Option Shares are to be
purchased, as the case may be, of the representations and warranties of the
Company and the Selling Stockholders herein, to the performance by the Company
and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to
the following additional conditions:
(a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective not later
than 2:00 P.M., San Francisco time, on the date following the date of this
Agreement, or such later date as shall be consented to in writing by you; and no
stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of
the Company, any Selling Stockholder or any Underwriter, threatened by the
Commission, and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be
included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall
have been complied with to the satisfaction of Underwriters' Counsel.
(b) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters in connection
with this Agreement, the form of Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and
the registration, authorization, issue, sale and delivery of the Shares, shall
have been reasonably satisfactory to Underwriters' Counsel, and such counsel
shall have been furnished with such papers and information as they may
reasonably have requested to enable them to pass upon the matters referred to in
this Section.
(c) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
prior to the Closing Date, or any later date on which Option Shares are to be
purchased, as the case may be, there shall not have been any change in the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business
prospects of the Company from that set forth in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus, which, in your sole judgment, is material and adverse and that makes
it, in your sole judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
public offering of the Shares as contemplated by the Prospectus.
(d) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later date
on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, the following
opinion of counsel for the Company and the Selling Stockholders, dated the
Closing Date or such later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased
addressed to the Underwriters and with reproduced copies or signed counterparts
thereof for each of the Underwriters, to the effect that:
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(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation;
(ii) The Company has the corporate power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described
in the Prospectus;
(iii) The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction, if any, in which
the ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or
be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations or business of the
Company. To such counsel's knowledge, the Company does not own or control,
directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity;
(iv) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the
Company is as set forth in the Prospectus under the caption
"Capitalization" as of the dates stated therein, the issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Company (including the Selling Stockholder
Shares) and the Stock Purchase Warrant have been duly and validly issued
and nonassessable and, to such counsel's knowledge, are fully paid, and, to
such counsel's knowledge, will not have been issued in violation of or
subject to any preemptive right, co-sale right, registration right, right
of first refusal or other similar right;
(v) The Shares to be issued by the Company pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement (including the Warrant Shares) have been duly authorized
and, upon issuance and delivery against payment therefor in accordance with
the terms hereof, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and
nonassessable, and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to
any preemptive right, co-sale right, registration right, right of first
refusal or other similar right known to such counsel.
(vi) The Company has the corporate power and authority to enter
into this Agreement and to issue, sell and deliver to the Underwriters the
Shares (including the Warrant Shares) to be issued and sold by it
hereunder;
(vii) This Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Company and has been duly executed and
delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by you, is a valid and binding agreement of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except insofar as indemnification
provisions may be limited by applicable law and except as enforceability
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by
general equitable principles;
(viii) The Registration Statement has become effective under the
Act and, to such counsel's knowledge, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration
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Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or are pending or threatened under the Act;
(ix) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and each
amendment or supplement thereto (other than the financial statements
(including supporting schedules) and financial data derived therefrom as to
which such counsel need express no opinion), as of the effective date of
the Registration Statement, complied as to form in all material respects
with the requirements of the Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations;
(x) The information in the Prospectus under the caption
"Description of Capital Stock," to the extent that it constitutes matters
of law or legal conclusions, has been reviewed by such counsel and is a
fair summary of such matters and conclusions; and the forms of certificates
evidencing the Common Stock and filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement comply with Delaware law;
(xi) The description in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus of the Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws of the Company
and of statutes are accurate and fairly present the information required to
be presented by the Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations;
(xii) To such counsel's knowledge, there are no agreements,
contracts, leases or documents to which the Company is a party of a
character required to be described or referred to in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement which are not described or referred to therein or filed as
required;
(xiii) The performance of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions herein contemplated (other than performance of the
Company's indemnification obligations hereunder, concerning which no
opinion need be expressed) will not (a) result in any violation of the
Company's charter or bylaws or (b) to such counsel's knowledge, result in a
material breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of
indebtedness, or any lease, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan agreement, joint venture or other agreement or instrument known to
such counsel to which the Company is a party or by which its properties are
bound, or any applicable statute, rule or regulation known to such counsel
or, to such counsel's knowledge, any order, writ or decree of any court,
government or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company, or over any of its properties or operations;
(xiv) No consent, approval, authorization or order of or
qualification with any court, government or governmental agency or body
having jurisdiction over the Company, or over any of its properties or
operations is necessary in connection with the consummation by the Company
of the transactions herein contemplated, except such as have been obtained
under the Act or such as may be required under state or other securities or
Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and the distribution of the
Shares by the Underwriters;
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(xv) To such counsel's knowledge, there are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending or threatened against the Company of a
character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus by the Act or the Rules and Regulations, other than those
described therein;
(xvi) To such counsel's knowledge, the Company is not presently
(a) in material violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws, or
(b) in material breach of any applicable statute, rule or regulation known
to such counsel or, to such counsel's knowledge, any order, writ or decree
of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company or over any of its properties or operations;
(xvii) To such counsel's knowledge, except as set forth in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus, no holders of Common Stock or other
securities of the Company have registration rights with respect to
securities of the Company and, except as set forth in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus, all holders of securities of the Company having
rights known to such counsel to registration of such shares of Common Stock
or other securities, because of the filing of the Registration Statement by
the Company have, with respect to the offering contemplated thereby, 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 or have included securities in the Registration Statement
pursuant to the exercise of and in full satisfaction of such rights;
(xviii) Each Selling Stockholder which is not a natural person has
full right, power and authority to enter into and to perform its
obligations under the Power of Attorney and Custody Agreement to be
executed and delivered by it in connection with the transactions
contemplated herein; the Power of Attorney and Custody Agreement of each
Selling Stockholder that is not a natural person has been duly authorized
by such Selling Stockholder; the Power of Attorney and Custody Agreement of
each Selling Stockholder has been duly executed and delivered by or on
behalf of such Selling Stockholder; and the Power of Attorney and Custody
Agreement of each Selling Stockholder constitutes a valid and binding
agreement of such Selling Stockholder, enforceable in accordance with its
terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors' rights generally or by general equitable principles;
(xix) Each of the Selling Stockholders has full right, power and
authority to enter into and to perform its obligations under this Agreement
and to sell, transfer, assign and deliver the Shares, and in the case of
Warburg, the Stock Purchase Warrant, to be sold by such Selling Stockholder
hereunder;
(xx) This Agreement has been duly authorized by each Selling
Stockholder that is not a natural person and has been duly executed and
delivered by or on behalf of each Selling Stockholder; and
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(xxi) Upon the delivery of and payment for the Shares as
contemplated in this Agreement, to the best of our knowledge, each of the
Underwriters will receive valid marketable title to the Shares purchased by
it from such Selling Stockholder, free and clear of any pledge, lien,
security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest. In rendering
such opinion, such counsel may assume that the Underwriters are without
notice of any defect in the title of the Shares being purchased from the
Selling Stockholders.
In addition, such counsel shall state that such counsel has
participated in conferences with officials and other representatives of the
Company, the Representatives, Underwriters' Counsel and the independent
certified public accountants of the Company, at which such conferences the
contents of the Registration Statement and Prospectus and related matters were
discussed, and although they have not verified the accuracy or completeness of
the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
nothing has come to the attention of such counsel which leads them to believe
that, at the time the Registration Statement became effective and at all times
subsequent thereto up to and on the Closing Date and on any later date on which
Option Shares are to be purchased, the Registration Statement and any amendment
or supplement thereto (other than the financial statements including supporting
schedules and other financial and statistical information derived therefrom, as
to which such counsel need express no comment) contained any 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 at the
Closing Date or any later date on which the Option Shares are to be purchased,
as the case may be, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any amendment
or supplement thereto (except as aforesaid) contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
Counsel rendering the foregoing opinion may rely as to questions of law
not involving the laws of the United States or the States of California and
Delaware upon opinions of local counsel, and as to questions of fact upon
representations or certificates of officers of the Company, the Selling
Stockholders or officers of the Selling Stockholders (when the Selling
Stockholder is not a natural person), and of government officials, in which case
their opinion is to state that they are so relying and that they have no
knowledge of any material misstatement or inaccuracy in any such opinion,
representation or certificate. Copies of any opinion, representation or
certificate so relied upon shall be delivered to you, as Representatives of the
Underwriters, and to Underwriters' Counsel.
(e) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later date
on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, an opinion of
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to you, with
respect to the sufficiency of all such corporate proceedings and other legal
matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby as
you may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel
such documents as they may have requested for the purpose of enabling them to
pass upon such matters.
(f) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later date
on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, a letter from
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
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addressed to the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date or such later date on
which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, confirming that
they are independent certified public accountants with respect to the Company
within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations
and based upon the procedures described in such 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 five (5) business days prior
to the Closing Date or such later date on which Option Shares are to be
purchased, as the case may be, (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 on which Option Shares are to be purchased,
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 such letter, or to reflect the availability of more recent financial
statements, data or information. The letter shall not disclose any change in the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business
prospects of the Company from that set forth in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus, which, in your sole judgment, is material and adverse and that makes
it, in your sole judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
public offering of the Shares as contemplated by the Prospectus. The Original
Letter from KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP shall be addressed to or for the use of the
Underwriters in form and substance 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 Act and the
applicable published Rules and Regulations, (ii) set forth their opinion with
respect to their examination of the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as
of December 31, 1997 and related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' deficiency, and cash flows for the twelve (12) months ended
December 31, 1997, (iii) state that KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP has performed the
procedures set out in Statement on Auditing Standards No. 71 ("SAS 71") for a
review of interim financial information and providing the report of KPMG Peat
Marwick, LLP as described in SAS 71 on the financial statements for each of the
quarters in the one-quarter period ended March 31, 1998 (the "Quarterly
Financial Statements"), (iv) state that in the course of such review, nothing
came to their attention that leads them to believe that any material
modifications need to be made to any of the Quarterly Financial Statements in
order for them to be in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied across the periods presented, and (v) address other matters
agreed upon by KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP and you. In addition, you shall have
received from KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP a letter addressed to the Company and made
available to you for the use of the Underwriters 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
consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 1997, did not disclose any
weaknesses in internal controls that they considered to be material weaknesses.
(g) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later date
on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, a certificate of
the Company, dated the Closing Date or such later date on which Option Shares
are to be purchased, as the case may be, signed by the Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, to the effect that, and you shall be
satisfied that:
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(i) The representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement are true and correct, as if made on and as of the Closing Date or
any later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may
be, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all
the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the
Closing Date or any later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased,
as the case may be;
(ii) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose
have been instituted or are pending or to the best of such officers'
knowledge, threatened under the Act;
(iii) When the Registration Statement became effective and at all
times subsequent thereto up to the delivery of such certificate, the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any amendments or
supplements thereto, contained all material information required to be
included therein by the Act and the Rules and Regulations and in all
material respects conformed to the requirements of the Act and the Rules
and Regulations, the Registration Statement, and any amendment or
supplement thereto, did not and does not include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, the
Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, did not and does not
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and, since the
effective date of the Registration Statement, there has occurred no event
required to be set forth in an amended or supplemented Prospectus which has
not been so set forth; and
(iv) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information
is given in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, there has not been
(a) any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise),
earnings, operations, business or business prospects of the Company, (b)
any transaction that is material to the Company, except transactions
entered into in the ordinary course of business, (c) any obligation, direct
or contingent, that is material to the Company, incurred by the Company,
except obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (d) any
change in the capital stock or outstanding indebtedness of the Company that
is material to the Company, (e) any dividend or distribution of any kind
declared, paid or made on the capital stock of the Company, or (f) any loss
or damage (whether or not insured) to the property of the Company which has
been sustained or will have been sustained which has a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations,
business or business prospects of the Company.
(h) You shall be satisfied that, and you shall have received a
certificate, dated the Closing Date, from the Attorneys for each Selling
Stockholder to the effect that, as of the Closing Date, they have not been
informed that:
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(i) The representations and warranties made by such Selling
Stockholder herein are not true or correct in any material respect on the
Closing Date; or
(ii) Such Selling Stockholder has not complied with any obligation
or satisfied any condition which is required to be performed or satisfied
on the part of such Selling Stockholder at or prior to the Closing Date.
(i) The Company shall have obtained and delivered to you an agreement
from each officer and director of the Company, each Selling Stockholder and each
beneficial owner of five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock in writing prior to the date hereof that such person will not,
during the Lock-up Period, effect the Disposition of any Securities now owned or
hereafter acquired directly by such person or with respect to which such person
has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition, otherwise than (i) as a bona
fide gift or gifts, provided the donee or donees thereof agree in writing to be
bound by this restriction, (ii) as a distribution to partners or shareholders of
such person, provided that the distributees thereof agree in writing to be bound
by the terms of this restriction, or (iii) with the prior written consent of
BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx. The foregoing restriction shall have been
expressly agreed to preclude the holder of the Securities from engaging in any
hedging or other transaction which is designed to or reasonably expected to lead
to or result in a Disposition of Securities during the Lock-up Period, even if
such Securities would be disposed of by someone other than the such holder. Such
prohibited hedging or other transactions would including, without limitation,
any short sale (whether or not against the box) or any purchase, sale or grant
of any right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with
respect to any Securities or with respect to any security (other than a broad-
based market basket or index) that includes, relates to or derives any
significant part of its value from Securities. Furthermore, such person will
have also agreed and consented to the entry of stop transfer instructions with
the Company's transfer agent against the transfer of the Securities held by such
person except in compliance with this restriction.
(j) The Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to
you such further certificates and documents as you shall reasonably request
(including certificates of officers of the Company, the Selling Stockholders or
officers of the Selling Stockholders (when the Selling Stockholder is not a
natural person) as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the
Company and the Selling Stockholders herein, as to the performance by the
Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder
and as to the other conditions concurrent and precedent to the obligations of
the Underwriters hereunder.
All such opinions, certificates, letters and documents will be in
compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory
to Underwriters' Counsel. The Company and the Selling Stockholders will furnish
you with such number of conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters
and documents as you shall reasonably request.
8. Option Shares.
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(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements
herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Company hereby grants to
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the several Underwriters, for the purpose of covering over-allotments in
connection with the distribution and sale of the Firm Shares only, a
nontransferable option to purchase up to an aggregate of [________] Option
Shares at the purchase price per share for the Firm Shares set forth in Section
4 hereof. Such option may be exercised by the Representatives on behalf of the
several Underwriters on one (1) or more occasions in whole or in part during the
period of thirty (30) days after the date on which the Firm Shares are initially
offered to the public, by giving written notice to the Company. The number of
Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter upon the exercise of such
option shall be the same proportion of the total number of Option Shares to be
purchased by the several Underwriters pursuant to the exercise of such option as
the number of Firm Shares purchased by such Underwriter (set forth in Schedule A
hereto) bears to the total number of Firm Shares purchased by the several
Underwriters (set forth in Schedule A hereto), adjusted by the Representatives
in such manner as to avoid fractional shares.
Delivery of definitive certificates for the Option Shares to be
purchased by the several Underwriters pursuant to the exercise of the option
granted by this Section 8 shall be made against payment of the purchase price
therefor by the several Underwriters by certified or official bank check or
checks drawn in same-day funds or by wire transfer, payable to the order of the
Company. Such delivery and payment shall take place at the offices of Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP, High Street Tower, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000
or at such other place as may be agreed upon among the Representatives and the
Company (i) on the Closing Date, if written notice of the exercise of such
option is received by the Company at least two (2) full business days prior to
the Closing Date, or (ii) on a date which shall not be later than the third
(3rd) full business day following the date the Company receives written notice
of the exercise of such option, if such notice is received by the Company less
than two (2) full business days prior to the Closing Date.
The certificates for the Option Shares to be so delivered will be made
available to you at such office or such other location including, without
limitation, in New York City, as you may reasonably request for checking at
least one (1) full business day prior to the date of payment and delivery and
will be in such names and denominations as you may request, such request to be
made at least two (2) full business days prior to such date of payment and
delivery. If the Representatives so elect, delivery of the Option Shares may be
made by credit through full fast transfer to the accounts at The Depository
Trust Company designated by the Representatives.
It is understood that you, individually, and not as the Representatives
of the several Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of
the purchase price on behalf of any Underwriter or Underwriters whose check or
checks or wire transfer or wire transfers shall not have been received by you
prior to the date of payment and delivery for the Option Shares to be purchased
by such Underwriter or Underwriters. Any such payment by you shall not relieve
any such Underwriter or Underwriters of any of its or their obligations
hereunder.
(b) Upon exercise of any option provided for in Section 8(a) hereof,
the obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase such Option Shares will
be subject (as of the date hereof and as of the date of payment and delivery for
such Option Shares) to the accuracy of and compliance with the representations,
warranties and agreements of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the
statements of the Company and officers of the Company made pursuant to the
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provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder, to the conditions set forth in Section 7 hereof, and to the condition
that all proceedings taken at or prior to the payment date in connection with
the sale and transfer of such Option Shares shall be satisfactory in form and
substance to you and to Underwriters' Counsel, and you shall have been furnished
with all such documents, certificates and opinions as you may request in order
to evidence the accuracy and completeness of any of the representations,
warranties or statements, the performance of any of the covenants or agreements
of the Company or the satisfaction of any of the conditions herein contained.
9. Indemnification and Contribution.
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(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such Underwriter may become subject (including, without limitation, in its
capacity as an Underwriter or as a "qualified independent underwriter" within
the meaning of Schedule E of the Bylaws of the NASD), under the Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise, specifically including, but not limited to, losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or
based upon (i) any breach of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant
of the Company herein contained, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any
amendment or supplement 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 (iii) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus or
the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement 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, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each
Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
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liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the
Registration Statement, such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any
such amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon, and in conformity with,
written information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company by such
Underwriter, directly or through you, specifically for use in the preparation
thereof and, provided further, that the indemnity agreement provided in this
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Section 9(a) with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus shall not inure to the
benefit of any Underwriter from whom the person asserting any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of material fact or omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact purchased Shares, if a copy of the Prospectus in which
such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission was corrected had not been sent or given to such person within the time
required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations, unless such failure is the
result of noncompliance by the Company with Section 5(d) hereof.
The indemnity agreement in this Section 9(a) shall extend upon the same
terms and conditions to, and shall inure to the benefit of, each person, if any,
who controls any Underwriter
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within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act. This indemnity agreement
shall be in addition to any liabilities which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages
or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject
(including, without limitation, in its capacity as an Underwriter or as a
"qualified independent underwriter" within the meaning of Schedule E or the
Bylaws of the NASD) under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, specifically
including, but not limited to, losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based upon (i) any breach of any
representation, warranty, agreement or covenant of such Selling Stockholder
herein contained, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement 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 (iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of any material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, in the case of subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this Section 9(b) to
the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company or such Underwriter
by such Selling Stockholder, directly or through such Selling Stockholder's
representatives, specifically for use in the preparation thereof, and agrees to
reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement
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provided in this Section 9(b) with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus shall
not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter from whom the person asserting any
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact purchased Shares, if a copy of the Prospectus
in which such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission was corrected had not been sent or given to such person within
the time required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations, unless such failure
is the result of noncompliance by the Company with Section 5(d) hereof.
The indemnity agreement in this Section 9(b) shall extend upon the same
terms and conditions to, and shall inure to the benefit of, each person, if any,
who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act.
This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liabilities which such
Selling Stockholder may otherwise have.
(c) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company and each Selling Stockholder against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Company or such
Selling Stockholder may become subject under the Act or otherwise, specifically
including, but not limited to, losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based upon (i) any breach of any
representation, warranty, agreement or covenant of such Underwriter herein
contained, (ii) any
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untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in
the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement 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
(iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact
contained in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in the case of
subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this Section 9(c) to the extent, but only to the
extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter, directly or through
you, specifically for use in the preparation thereof, and agrees to reimburse
the Company and each such Selling Stockholder for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Company and each such Selling Stockholder in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action.
The indemnity agreement in this Section 9(c) shall extend upon the same
terms and conditions to, and shall inure to the benefit of, each officer of the
Company who signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company,
each Selling Stockholder and each person, if any, who controls the Company or
any Selling Stockholder within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act. This
indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liabilities which each
Underwriter may otherwise have.
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
9 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if
a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under
this Section 9, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement
thereof but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it
from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than
under this Section 9. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified
party, and it notified the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent
that it shall elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party
promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to
assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified party; provided, however, that if the defendants in any such action
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include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the counsel
for the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be
legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are
different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the
indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to
assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such
action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice
from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of the indemnifying
party's election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the
indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such
indemnified party under this Section 9 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in
accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence (it being understood,
however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of
more than one separate counsel (together with appropriate local counsel)
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approved by the indemnifying party representing all the indemnified parties
under Section 9(a), 9(b) or 9(c) hereof who are parties to such action), (ii)
the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory
to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable
time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the indemnifying party
has authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the
expense of the indemnifying party. In no event shall any indemnifying party be
liable in respect of any amounts paid in settlement of any action unless the
indemnifying party shall have approved the terms of such settlement; provided
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that such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No indemnifying party
shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnification could have
been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes
an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on all
claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(e) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in any
action in which a claim for indemnification is made pursuant to this Section 9
but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by a
court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the
denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be
enforced in such case notwithstanding the fact that this Section 9 provides for
indemnification in such case, all the parties hereto shall contribute to the
aggregate losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which they may be subject
(after contribution from others) in such proportion so that the Underwriters
severally and not jointly are responsible pro rata for the portion represented
by the percentage that the underwriting discount bears to the public offering
price, and the Company and the Selling Stockholders are responsible for the
remaining portion, provided, however, that (i) no Underwriter shall be required
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to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the underwriting
discount applicable to the Shares purchased by such Underwriter exceeds the
amount of damages which such Underwriter has otherwise required to pay and (ii)
no person guilty of a fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who
is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The contribution agreement
in this Section 9(e) shall extend upon the same terms and conditions to, and
shall inure to the benefit of, each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter, the Company or any Selling Stockholder within the meaning of the
Act or the Exchange Act and each officer of the Company who signed the
Registration Statement and each director of the Company.
(f) The liability of each Selling Stockholder under the
representations, warranties and agreements contained herein and under the
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in the provisions of this
Section 9 shall be limited to an amount equal to the public offering price of
the Selling Stockholder Shares sold by such Selling Stockholder to the
Underwriters minus the amount of the underwriting discount paid thereon to the
Underwriters by such Selling Stockholder (plus, in the case of Warburg, the
aggregate purchase price paid by the Underwriters for the Stock Purchase
Warrant). The Company and such Selling Stockholders may agree, as among
themselves and without limiting the rights of the Underwriters under this
Agreement, as to the respective amounts of such liability for which they each
shall be responsible.
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(g) The parties to this Agreement hereby acknowledge that they are
sophisticated business persons who were represented by counsel during the
negotiations regarding the provisions hereof including, without limitation, the
provisions of this Section 9, and are fully informed regarding said provisions.
They further acknowledge that the provisions of this Section 9 fairly allocate
the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company and
its business in order to assure that adequate disclosure is made in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus as required by the Act and the Exchange
Act.
10. Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements to Survive
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Delivery. All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the
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Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters herein or in certificates
delivered pursuant hereto, and the indemnity and contribution agreements
contained in Section 9 hereof shall remain operative and in full force and
effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter
or any person controlling any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act or the
Exchange Act, or by or on behalf of the Company or any Selling Stockholder, or
any of their officers, directors or controlling persons within the meaning of
the Act or the Exchange Act, and shall survive the delivery of the Shares and
the Stock Purchase Warrant to the several Underwriters hereunder or termination
of this Agreement.
11. Substitution of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters
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shall fail to take up and pay for the number of Firm Shares agreed by such
Underwriter or Underwriters to be purchased hereunder upon tender of such Firm
Shares in accordance with the terms hereof, and if the aggregate number of Firm
Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters so agreed but failed to
purchase does not exceed 10% of the Firm Shares, the remaining Underwriters
shall be obligated, severally in proportion to their respective commitments
hereunder, to take up and pay for the Firm Shares of such defaulting Underwriter
or Underwriters.
If any Underwriter or Underwriters so defaults and the aggregate number
of Firm Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but
failed to take up and pay for exceeds 10% of the Firm Shares, the remaining
Underwriters shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to take up and
pay for (in such proportions as may be agreed upon among them) the Firm Shares
which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters so agreed but failed to
purchase. If such remaining Underwriters do not, at the Closing Date, take up
and pay for the Firm Shares which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters so
agreed but failed to purchase, the Closing Date shall be postponed for twenty-
four (24) hours to allow the several Underwriters the privilege of substituting
within twenty-four (24) hours (including non-business hours) another underwriter
or underwriters (which may include any nondefaulting Underwriter) satisfactory
to the Company. If no such underwriter or underwriters shall have been
substituted as aforesaid by such postponed Closing Date, the Closing Date may,
at the option of the Company, be postponed for a further twenty-four (24) hours,
if necessary, to allow the Company the privilege of finding another underwriter
or underwriters, satisfactory to you, to purchase the Firm Shares which the
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters so agreed but failed to purchase. If it
shall be arranged for the remaining Underwriters or substituted underwriter or
underwriters to take up the Firm Shares of the defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters as provided in this Section 11, (i) the Company shall have the
right to postpone the time of delivery for a period of not more than seven (7)
full business days, in order to
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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 promptly to file any amendments to the Registration Statement,
supplements to the Prospectus or other such documents which may thereby be made
necessary, and (ii) the respective number of Firm Shares to be purchased by the
remaining Underwriters and substituted underwriter or underwriters shall be
taken as the basis of their underwriting obligation. If the remaining
Underwriters shall not take up and pay for all such Firm Shares so agreed to be
purchased by the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters or substitute another
underwriter or underwriters as aforesaid and the Company shall not find or shall
not elect to seek another underwriter or underwriters for such Firm Shares as
aforesaid, then this Agreement shall terminate.
In the event of any termination of this Agreement pursuant to the
preceding paragraph of this Section 11, neither the Company nor any Selling
Stockholder shall be liable to any Underwriter (except as provided in Sections 6
and 9 hereof) nor shall any Underwriter (other than an Underwriter who shall
have failed, otherwise than for some reason permitted under this Agreement, to
purchase the number of Firm Shares agreed by such Underwriter to be purchased
hereunder, which Underwriter shall remain liable to the Company, the Selling
Stockholders and the other Underwriters for damages, if any, resulting from such
default) be liable to the Company or any Selling Stockholder (except to the
extent provided in Sections 6 and 9 hereof).
The term "Underwriter" in this Agreement shall include any person
substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 11.
12. Effective Date of this Agreement and Termination.
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(a) This Agreement shall become effective at the earlier of (i) 6:30
A.M., San Francisco time, on the first full business day following the effective
date of the Registration Statement, or (ii) the time of the public offering of
any of the Shares by the Underwriters after the Registration Statement becomes
effective. The time of the public offering shall mean the time of the release by
you, for publication, of the first newspaper advertisement relating to the
Shares, or the time at which the Shares are first generally offered by the
Underwriters to the public by letter, telephone, telegram or telecopy, whichever
shall first occur. By giving notice as set forth in Section 13 before the time
this Agreement becomes effective, you, as Representatives of the several
Underwriters, or the Company, may prevent this Agreement from becoming effective
without liability of any party to any other party, except as provided in
Sections 5(j), 6 and 9 hereof.
(b) You, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, shall have
the right to terminate this Agreement by giving notice as hereinafter specified
at any time on or prior to the Closing Date or on or prior to any later date on
which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, (i) if the Company
or any Selling Stockholder shall have failed, refused or been unable to perform
any agreement on its part to be performed, or because any other condition of the
Underwriters' obligations hereunder required to be fulfilled is not fulfilled,
including, without limitation, any change in the condition (financial or
otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects of the Company
from that set forth in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, which, in your
sole judgment, is material and adverse, or (ii) if additional material
governmental
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restrictions, not in force and effect on the date hereof, shall have been
imposed upon trading in securities generally or minimum or maximum prices shall
have been generally established on the New York Stock Exchange or on the
American Stock Exchange or in the over the counter market by the NASD, or
trading in securities generally shall have been suspended on either such
exchange or in the over the counter market by the NASD, or if a banking
moratorium shall have been declared by federal, New York or California
authorities, or (iii) if the Company shall have sustained a loss by strike,
fire, flood, earthquake, accident or other calamity of such character as to
interfere materially with the conduct of the business and operations of the
Company regardless of whether or not such loss shall have been insured, or (iv)
if there shall have been a material adverse change in the general political or
economic conditions or financial markets as in your reasonable judgment makes it
inadvisable or impracticable to proceed with the offering, sale and delivery of
the Shares, or (v) if there shall have been an outbreak or escalation of
hostilities or of any other insurrection or armed conflict or the declaration by
the United States of a national emergency which, in the reasonable opinion of
the Representatives, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
public offering of the Shares as contemplated by the Prospectus. In the event of
termination pursuant to subparagraph (i) above, the Company shall remain
obligated to pay costs and expenses pursuant to Sections 5(j), 6 and 9 hereof.
Any termination pursuant to any of subparagraphs (ii) through (v) above shall be
without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Sections
6 and 9 hereof.
If you elect to prevent this Agreement from becoming effective or to
terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 12, you shall promptly
notify the Company by telephone, telecopy or telegram, in each case confirmed by
letter. If the Company shall elect to prevent this Agreement from becoming
effective, the Company shall promptly notify you by telephone, telecopy or
telegram, in each case, confirmed by letter.
13. Notices. All notices or communications hereunder, except as herein
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otherwise specifically provided, shall be in writing and if sent to you shall be
mailed, delivered, telegraphed (and confirmed by letter) or telecopied (and
confirmed by letter) to you c/o BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, 000 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, telecopier number (415)
781-0278, Attention: General Counsel; if sent to the Company, such notice shall
be mailed, delivered, telegraphed (and confirmed by letter) or telecopied (and
confirmed by letter) to 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000, telecopier
number (000) 000-0000, Attention: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer; if
sent to one or more of the Selling Stockholders, such notice shall be sent
mailed, delivered, telegraphed (and confirmed by letter) or telecopied (and
confirmed by letter) to Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx and Xxx Xxxxxx, as Attorneys-in-Fact
for the Selling Stockholders, at TSI International Software Ltd., 00 Xxxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, telecopier number (000) 000-0000.
14. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
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upon the several Underwriters and the Company and the Selling Stockholders and
their respective executors, administrators, successors and assigns. Nothing
expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to
give any person or entity, other than the parties hereto and their respective
executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and the controlling persons
within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, officers and directors
referred to in Section 9 hereof, any
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legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in respect of this Agreement or any
provisions herein contained, this Agreement and all conditions and provisions
hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective executors, administrators, successors and
assigns and said controlling persons and said officers and directors, and for
the benefit of no other person or entity. No purchaser of any of the Shares from
any Underwriter shall be construed a successor or assign by reason merely of
such purchase.
In all dealings with the Company and the Selling Stockholders under
this Agreement, you shall act on behalf of each of the several Underwriters, and
the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall be entitled to act and rely upon
any statement, request, notice or agreement made or given by you jointly or by
BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx on behalf of you.
15. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
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accordance with, the laws of the State of California.
16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in several counterparts,
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each of which will constitute an original.
If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding among the
Company, the Selling Stockholders and the several Underwriters, please so
indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter
shall constitute a binding agreement among the Company, the Selling Stockholders
and the several Underwriters.
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Very truly yours,
TSI INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE LTD.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
By:
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Attorney-in-Fact for the Selling
Stockholders named in Schedule B hereto
By:
Attorney-in-Fact for the Selling
Stockholders named in Schedule B hereto
Accepted as of the date first above written:
BANCAMERICA XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC.
XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX
SOUNDVIEW FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
On their behalf and on behalf of each of the
several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto.
By BANCAMERICA XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
By:
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Authorized Signatory
SCHEDULE A
Number of
Firm Shares
Underwriters To Be Purchased
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BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx.........
SoundView Financial Group, Inc.........
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx..................
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Total............................. [________]
SCHEDULE B
Number of Company Number of Warrant
Company Shares To Be Sold Shares To Be Sold
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TSI International Software, Ltd.................. 382,281
Number of
Selling Stockholder
Name of Selling Stockholder Shares to be Sold
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Warburg, Xxxxxx Capital Company, L.P... [_________]/2/
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/2/ This number does not include the 382,281 Warrant Shares issuable upon
exercise of the Stock Purchase Warrant. The unexercised Stock Purchase Warrant
shall be sold by Warburg, Xxxxxx Capital Company, L.P. to the Underwriters, and
the Underwriters shall exercise the Stock Purchase Warrant, in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement.
