UBS SECURITIES LLC LUMINEX CORPORATION 3,500,000 Shares of Common Stock Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
UBS SECURITIES LLC
LUMINEX CORPORATION
3,500,000 Shares of Common Stock
June 24, 2008
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
UBS Securities LLC
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
UBS Securities LLC
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Luminex Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the
several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as
representatives (the “Representatives”), an aggregate of 3,500,000 shares of common stock, par
value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), of the Company (the “Underwritten Shares”) and, at the
option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 525,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company (the
“Option Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are collectively herein referred
to as the “Shares”. The shares of Common Stock of the Company to be outstanding after giving
effect to the sale of the Shares are herein referred to as the “Stock”. The Stock, including the
Shares, will have attached thereto rights (the “Rights”) to purchase Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock. The Rights are to be issued pursuant to a Rights Agreement (the “Rights
Agreement”) dated as of June 20, 2001 between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC.
The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the
purchase and sale of the Shares, as follows:
1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), an automatic
shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-151691) including a prospectus (the “Basic
Prospectus”), relating to the Shares and Rights to be issued from time to time by the Company. The
Company has also filed, or proposes to file, with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the
Securities Act, a prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Shares (the “Prospectus
Supplement”). The registration statement, at the time it becomes
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effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under
the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule
430 Information”), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”; and as used herein, the
term “Prospectus” means the Basic Prospectus as supplemented by the prospectus supplement
specifically relating to the Shares in the form first used (or made available upon request of
purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales
of the Shares and the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus supplement
specifically relating to the Shares together with the Basic Prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act and the prospectus included in the Registration
Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information. If the Company has
filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the
“Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement”
shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus. References herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by
reference therein as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Basic
Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be. The terms “supplement,”
“amendment” and “amend” as used herein as used herein with respect to the Registration Statement,
any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents
filed by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “Exchange Act”) subsequent to the date of the
Underwriting Agreement which are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.
At or prior to the time when sales of the Shares were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the
Company had prepared the following information (collectively with the pricing information set forth
on Annex B, the “Time of Sale Information”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated June 16, 2008, and each
“free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on
Annex B hereto.
2. Purchase of the Shares by the Underwriters. (a) The Company agrees to issue and
sell the Underwritten Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each
Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and
subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the
Company the respective number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in
Schedule 1 hereto at a price per share of $18.7154 (the “Purchase Price”).
In addition, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Option Shares to the several
Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriters shall have the option to purchase,
severally and not jointly, from the Company the Option Shares at the Purchase Price. If any Option
Shares are to be purchased, the number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter shall
be the number of Option Shares which bears the same ratio to the aggregate number of Option Shares
being purchased as the number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite the name of such
Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto (or such number increased as set forth in Section 10 hereof) bears
to the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares being
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purchased from the Company by the several Underwriters, subject, however, to such adjustments
to eliminate any fractional Shares as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make.
The Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase the Option Shares at any time in whole,
or from time to time in part, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of this Agreement,
by written notice from the Representatives to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the
aggregate number of Option Shares as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time
when the Option Shares are to be delivered and paid for which may be the same date and time as the
Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date nor later than
the tenth full business day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice (unless such
time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof). Any such
notice shall be given at least two business days prior to the date and time of delivery specified
therein.
(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the
Shares as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives
is advisable, and initially to offer the Shares on the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Shares to or through any
affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Shares purchased by it
to or through any Underwriter.
(c) Payment for the Underwritten Shares shall be made by wire transfer in immediately
available funds to the account specified by the Company to the Representatives on June 30, 2008, or
at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day
thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. In the case of the
Option Shares, payment shall be made consistent with the terms set forth above, on the date and at
the time and place specified by the Representatives in the written notice of the Underwriters’
election to purchase such Option Shares. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten
Shares are referred to herein as the “Closing Date” and the time and date for such payment for the
Option Shares, if other than the Closing Date, are herein referred to as the “Additional Closing
Date.”
Payment for the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be, shall be made against delivery through the Depository Trust Company to the
Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Shares to be
purchased on such dates as the case may be.
(d) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the
capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of
Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and
not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person.
Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any
other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any
jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be
responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions
contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company
with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the
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transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be
performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to each Underwriter that:
(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus included in the Time
of Sale Information, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the
Securities Act, and no Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any
Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives
expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section
7(b) hereof.
(b) Time of Sale Information. The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale, did not, and
at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no
representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and
in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by
such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information, it
being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of
the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof. No statement of material fact included
in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Time of Sale Information and no statement of material
fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is required to be included in the Prospectus has
been omitted therefrom.
(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than
the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not used, authorized, approved or referred to and
will not use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405
under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the
Shares (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a
communication referred to in clause (i) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i)
any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or
Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex B hereto, each “road show”
(within the meaning specified in Rule 433 of the Securities Act) and any other written
communications approved in writing in advance by the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be
(within the time period specified in Rule 433 of the Securities Act) filed in accordance with the
Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and when taken together with the Preliminary
Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to
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delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus did not, and at the Closing Date will not,
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to
any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and
in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by
such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any
Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof. Each such Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date, and at all subsequent times through the completion
of the public offer and sale of the Shares or until any earlier date that the Company notified or
notifies the Representatives as described in Section 4(c), did not include any information that
conflicted with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
including any document incorporated by reference therein and any Preliminary Prospectus deemed to
be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.
(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf
registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with
the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of
the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto
pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. No order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no
proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or
related to the offering has been initiated or to the Company’s knowledge threatened by the
Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all
material respects with the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date and the Prospectus does not and will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes
no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which
shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust
Indenture Act of the Trustee, or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only
such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
Section 7(b) hereof.
(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, when they were filed with the
Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
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necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, when such documents become
effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material
respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact 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.
(f) Financial Statements. The financial statements and the related notes thereto of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present
fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations and
cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries for the periods specified and have been prepared in
conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods covered thereby and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the information
required to be stated therein as of the dates indicated (subject, in the case of unaudited
quarterly financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments and, with respect to pro forma
financial statements, to the qualifications stated therein). The other financial information and
accounting data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Information and the Prospectus, have been derived from the accounting records of the Company
and its consolidated subsidiaries and present fairly the information shown therein, in all material
respects, as of the dates indicated.
(g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the
Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock, long-term
debt, notes payable or current portion of long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
(except for issuances of Common Stock upon the exercise of employee stock options, issuances of
equity awards to employees of the Company and the repayment of debt in the ordinary course) that
would be material and adverse to the proposed offering, or any dividend or distribution of any kind
declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any
material adverse change in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position,
stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement
that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or
obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or
interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, to the extent not
covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of
any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise
disclosed or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information
and the Prospectus.
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(h) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly
organized and are validly existing and (in those jurisdictions in which good standing is a relevant
concept for such type of entity) in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions
of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are (in those jurisdictions in which good
standing is a relevant concept for such type of entity) in good standing in each jurisdiction in
which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses
requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their
respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged in all material
respects as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or
authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the
business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations
of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”). Exhibit 21 to
the Registration Statement sets forth each subsidiary of the Company that is required to be listed
thereon in accordance with Rule 601 of Regulation S-K.
(i) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth
in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading
“Capitalization”; all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and
validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any
pre-emptive or similar rights; except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus or for restricted stock units granted pursuant to stock-based
compensation plans of the Company there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation,
pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or
exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind
relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such
convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock
of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and all the outstanding
shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly,
by the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable
and (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares and except as
otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus)
are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance,
security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party.
(j) Stock Options. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect, with respect to the stock options (the “Stock Options”) granted pursuant to the
stock-based compensation plans of the Company (the “Company Stock Plans”), (i) to the Company’s
knowledge, each Stock Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422
of the Code so qualifies, (ii) each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action no later than the date on which the grant of such Stock Option was by its terms to
be effective, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered
by each party thereto, (iii) each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company
Stock Plans, applicable law and, to the extent applicable, the rules of
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the Nasdaq Global Market and (iv) each such Stock Option was properly accounted for in
accordance with GAAP in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company.
(k) Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; and all action required to be taken for
the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly and validly
taken.
(l) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company.
(m) The Shares. The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder have been duly
authorized by the Company and, when issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein, will be
duly and validly issued and will be fully paid and non-assessable and will conform to the
descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus; and the issuance of the Shares is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights; the
Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a
valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to
enforceability; and the Rights have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued upon
issuance of the Shares, will be validly issued, and the Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock has been duly authorized by the Company and validly reserved for issuance and upon the
exercise in accordance with the terms of the Rights Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable.
(n) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in
violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no
event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default,
under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other material agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order,
rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority applicable to
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for
any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(o) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement,
the issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of
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its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or
by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii)
result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any
court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority applicable to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, except in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation
that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is
required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the issuance
and sale of the Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for the
registration of the Shares under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations,
orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities
laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters.
(q) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations,
actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be
a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be the subject
that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; to the knowledge of
the Company, no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated
by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others; and (i) there are no current
or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings that are required under
the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that are not so
described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii)
there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the
Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus that are not so filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus.
(r) Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are an independent registered public accounting
firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations
adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as
required by the Securities Act.
(s) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of
real and personal property that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its
subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and
imperfections of title except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made of such
property by the Company and its subsidiaries or (ii) could not reasonably be expected, individually
or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(t) Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate
rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
trademark registrations, service xxxx registrations, copyrights, licenses and know-how (including
trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information,
systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses except where the
failure to own, license or have such rights would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect or as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information
and the Prospectus. To the knowledge of the Company, the conduct of the business of the Company
and its subsidiaries does not conflict in any material respect with any such rights of others, and
the Company and its subsidiaries have not received any written notice of any claim of infringement
within the five-year period prior to the date hereof except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(u) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or
among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors or officers of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and that is not so described in such
documents and in the Time of Sale Information.
(v) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an
“investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).
(w) Taxes. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and
foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof (except where the failure to file
such returns would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect), subject
to permitted extensions, and have paid all taxes due thereon, other than those being contested in
good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which reserves have been established on the books and
records of the Company and its subsidiaries in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States; and no tax deficiency proceeding has been determined adversely to
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, nor does the Company have any knowledge of any tax
deficiency that has had or would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses,
certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and
filings required under applicable federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule that are
necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their
respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and
the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license,
certificate, permit or authorization or has any
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reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be
renewed in the ordinary course.
(y) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or threatened
and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the
employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except
as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(z) Compliance With Environmental Laws. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries (x) are, and at
all prior times were, in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign
laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human
health or safety, the environment, natural resources, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes,
pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (y) have received and are in
compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required
of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (z) have
not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to any Environmental
Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or
toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or
condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, and (ii) there are no
costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its
subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such failure to comply, or
failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or cost or liability, as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as described in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (x) there are no
proceedings that are pending, or that are known by the Company to be contemplated, against the
Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is
also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary
sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, and (y) the Company and its subsidiaries are not
aware of any issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other
obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes,
pollutants or contaminants, that could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Hazardous Substances. There has been no storage, generation, transportation, handling,
treatment, disposal, discharge, emission, or other release of any kind of toxic wastes or hazardous
substances, including, but not limited to, any naturally occurring radioactive materials, brine,
drilling mud, crude oil, natural gas liquids and other petroleum materials, by, due to or caused by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other entity (including
any predecessor) for whose acts or omissions the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or could
reasonably be expected to be liable) upon any of the property now or previously owned or leased by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries in violation of any Environmental Laws or in a manner or to
a location that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any liability to the Company under the
Environmental Laws, except for any violation or liability which would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and except as disclosed in the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
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(bb) Compliance With ERISA. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect, (i) each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), for which the Company or any
member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled
group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “Code”)) would have any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance
with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations,
including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the
meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan
excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) for each
Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no
“accumulated funding deficiency” as defined in Section 412 of the Code, whether or not waived, has
occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (iv) the fair market value of the assets of each Plan
exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those
assumptions used to fund such Plan); (v) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section
4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; and (vi) neither the Company nor
any member of the Controlled Group has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability
under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the PBGC, in the
ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan”, within
the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).
(cc) Disclosure Controls. The Company maintains a system of “disclosure controls and
procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in
the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such
information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out
evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule
13a-15 of the Exchange Act.
(dd) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal
control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) sufficient to
provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and
to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s internal
controls. The Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company
have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
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information; and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.
(ee) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries have insurance in such amounts and insures
against such losses and risks as are reasonably believed to be adequate for the conduct of their
respective businesses; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice from
any insurer or agent of such insurer that material capital improvements or other material
expenditures (other than premium payments) are required or necessary to be made in order to
continue such insurance.
(ff) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or
acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any
unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political
activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government
official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of
the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence
payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
(gg) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of the Company, the operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable
financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions
Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions,
the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines,
issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering
Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority
or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the
Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing.
(hh) Compliance with OFAC. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect, none of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently
expressly subject in writing to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and the Company will not use the proceeds
of the offering of the Shares hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such
proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of
financing the activities of any person known to be currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by OFAC to the extent the same would be prohibited under applicable laws.
(ii) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect, no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or
indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from
paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s
capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the
Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the
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Company or any other subsidiary of the Company except for limitations or restrictions imposed
by applicable laws or regulation.
(jj) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any
contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give
rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any Underwriter for a
brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the
Shares.
(kk) No Registration Rights. No person has the right to require the Company or any of its
subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing
of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the Shares.
(ll) No Stabilization. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of
the price of the Shares.
(mm) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a
reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(nn) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has
caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus is not based on or derived
from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(oo) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any
of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material
respects with any provision of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations
promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and
906 related to certifications.
(pp) Status under the Securities Act. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and
any post-effective amendments thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or any
offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the
Securities Act) of the Shares and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible
issuer,” and is a well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act. The Company has paid the registration fee for this offering pursuant to Rule
456(b)(1) under the Securities Act or will pay such fees within the time period required by such
rule (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each
Underwriter that:
(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within
the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act,
will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required by
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Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy
or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and
for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of
the Shares; and the Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City promptly
on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the
Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the registration fees for this
offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act (without giving
effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will (i) make available to each Underwriter
electronically through XXXXX copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each
amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and documents
incorporated by reference therein, (ii) make available to each Underwriter electronically through
XXXXX a conformed copy of each amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the later of
(x) Closing or (y) the expiration of the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below) or otherwise
relating to the Shares, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith, and (iii)
deliver without charge during the Prospectus Delivery Period, as many copies of the Prospectus
(including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein)
and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. As used
herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the
public offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus
relating to the Shares is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule
172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Shares by any Underwriter or dealer.
(c) Amendments or Supplements; Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Prior to the later of (i)
the Closing Date, or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, or (ii) the expiration of the
Prospectus Delivery Period, before using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the
Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for
review and will not use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives
reasonably object.
(d) Notice to the Representatives. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and
confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed
or becomes effective prior to the later of (x) Closing or (y) the expiration of the Prospectus
Delivery Period or otherwise relating to the Shares; (ii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed; (iii) of any
request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the
Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information prior
to the later of (x) Closing or (y) the expiration of the Prospectus Delivery Period; (iv) of the
issuance by the Commission of any
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order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending
the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or
the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the
Securities Act; (v) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a
result of which the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Time of Sale
Information or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading;
(vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the
Securities Act; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any
suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its
reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of
the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Shares
and, if any such order is issued, will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain as soon as
possible the withdrawal thereof.
(e) Ongoing Compliance. (1) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall
occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented
would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it
is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will promptly
notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file
with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may
designate, such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the
statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the
circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that
the Prospectus will comply with law and (2) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event
shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Information as then
amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
existing when the Time of Sale Information is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it
is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, the Company
will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c)
above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to
such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Time of
Sale Information as may be necessary so that the statements in the Time of Sale Information as so
amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances, be misleading or so that the
Time of Sale Information will comply with law.
(f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall
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reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for
distribution of the Shares; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify
as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction
where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of
process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it
is not otherwise so subject.
(g) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and
the Representatives as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering
a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring
after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
(h) Clear Market. For a period of 90 days after the date of the public offering of the
Shares, the Company will not (i) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to
sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any
option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly,
any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
Common Stock or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part,
any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction
described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other
securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, other
than (a) the Shares to be sold hereunder, and (b) any shares of Common Stock of the Company issued
upon the exercise of options or settlement of restricted stock units granted under existing
employee stock option plans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the
90-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material
event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted
period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period
beginning on the last day of the 90-day period, the restrictions imposed by this Agreement shall
continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the
earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.
(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as
described in the Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds.”
(j) No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of
the price of the Shares.
(k) Exchange Listing. The Company will use its best efforts to list for quotation, or provide
the applicable notification relating to, the Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market.
(l) Reports. For a period of two years after the date of the public offering of the Shares,
the Company will furnish to the Representatives, as soon as they are available, copies of all
reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the Shares, and copies
of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national
securities
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exchange or automatic quotation system; provided, that the foregoing obligation in this clause
(l) shall be deemed satisfied if publicly available on XXXXX.
(m) Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good
faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission
in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and
agrees that:
(a) It has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning
for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which
term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the
Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined
in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation
by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
(ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex B or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or
Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus
prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free
writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).
(b) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free
writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Shares unless such terms have previously
been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission.
(c) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with
respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is
initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).
6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to
purchase the Underwritten Shares on the Closing Date or the Option Shares on the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its
covenants and other obligations hereunder in all material respects and to the following additional
conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose pursuant to Rule
401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened
in writing by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have
been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance
with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have
been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.
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(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company
contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date or
the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be; and the statements of the Company and its officers
made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as
of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(c) No Ratings. There are no securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or
any of its subsidiaries that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating
organization,” as such term is defined by the Commission for purposes of rule 436(g)(2) under the
Securities Act.
(d) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g)
hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Time of
Sale Information and the Prospectus and the effect of which in the judgment of the Representatives
is so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering,
sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may
be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and
the Prospectus.
(e) Officer’s Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing
Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate of the chief financial
officer of the Company and one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is
satisfactory to the Representatives (i) confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and, to the best knowledge
of such officers, the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and
correct in all material respects and that the Company has performed in all material respects all of
its obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to such Closing
Date and (ii) to the effect set forth in paragraph 6(d) above.
(f) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the Additional
Closing Date, as the case may be, Ernst & Young LLP (including Ernst & Young LLP Canada) shall have
furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective
dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily
included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements
and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; provided, that the letter delivered on
the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be shall use a “cut-off” date no
more than three business days prior to such Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the
case may be.
(g) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company. Bass, Xxxxx & Xxxx PLC, counsel
for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their
written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the
case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex A hereto.
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(h) Opinion of In-House Counsel for the Company. Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, General Counsel for the
Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, his written
opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed
to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the
effect set forth in Annex A-1 hereto.
(i) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall
have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an
opinion and 10b-5 statement of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to
such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received
such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such
matters.
(j) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule,
regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign
governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares; and no injunction or order of
any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date or
the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares.
(k) Good Standing. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or
the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the
Company and its material subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their
good standing as foreign entities in such other jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably
request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate
governmental authorities of such jurisdictions, subject in each case to exceptions reasonably
agreed by counsel to the Underwriters.
(l) Exchange Listing. The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date or Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, shall (to the extent required) have been approved for listing on the
Nasdaq Global Market, subject to official notice of issuance.
(m) Lock-up Agreements. The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto, between you and certain shareholders, officers and directors of the Company relating to
sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Common Stock or certain other securities,
delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing
Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(n) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates
and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request. All opinions, letters, certificates
and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance
with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
counsel for the Underwriters.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
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(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without
limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action
or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several,
that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, not misleading, (ii) or any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d)
or any Time of Sale Information (including any Time of Sale Information that has subsequently been
amended), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any
information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter
through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only
such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
subsection (b) below.
(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration
Statement, its subsidiaries and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the
indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating
to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the
Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment
or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, it
being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter
consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter:
the last paragraph of the cover page, the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the third
paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” and the information contained in the eleventh paragraph
under the caption “Underwriting.”
(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in
respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such
person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such
indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the
failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have
under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced
(through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided,
further, that the failure
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to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to
an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding
shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the
Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory
to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel
to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such proceeding and shall pay
the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such
proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the
Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the
Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory
to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there
may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to
the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded
parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both
parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interest
between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection
with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and
expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified
Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any
such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control
persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and UBS
Securities LLC and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who signed
the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by
the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final
judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person
from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding
the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an
Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as
contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30
days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person
shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date
of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified
Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought
hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release
of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified
Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does
not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on
behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is
unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of
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indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i)
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on
the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the
allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the
relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, in connection
with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same
respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from
the sale of the Shares and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the
Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the
Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Shares. The relative fault of the Company,
on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the
Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just
and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation
(even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of
allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d)
above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims,
damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to
the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in
connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no
event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which
the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the
offering of the Shares exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section
7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and
shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person
at law or in equity.
8. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the
Representatives, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement
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and prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Shares, prior to the Additional
Closing Date (i) trading in securities generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on
or by any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Global Market;
(ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on the
Nasdaq Global Market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been
declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak
or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either
within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and
adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of
the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and
in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
If the Underwriters elect to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 9, the
Company shall be notified as provided for herein.
If the sale to the Underwriters of the Shares, as contemplated by this Agreement, is not
carried out by the Underwriters for any reason permitted under this Agreement or if such sale is
not carried out because the Company shall be unable to comply or does not comply with any of the
terms of this Agreement, the Company shall not be under any obligation or liability under this
Agreement (except to the extent provided in Sections 7 and 11 hereof), and the Underwriters shall
be under no obligation or liability to the Company under this Agreement (except to the extent
provided in Section 7 hereof).
10. Defaulting Underwriter. (a) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Shares that it
has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their
discretion arrange for the purchase of such Shares by other persons satisfactory to the Company on
the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any
Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then
the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons
satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Shares on such terms. If other
persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter, either the
non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date or the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in
the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company
agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter”
includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not
listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Shares that a defaulting
Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in
paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or
the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be does not exceed one-eleventh of
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the aggregate number of Shares to be purchased on such date, then the Company shall have the
right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares that such
Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based
on the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of the Shares of
such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in
paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or
the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of
Shares to be purchased on such date, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in
paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Additional Closing Date, the
obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Shares on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may
be, shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any
termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of
the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set
forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate
and shall remain in effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may
have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.
11. Payment of Expenses. (a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid
all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without
limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sales, preparation and delivery
of the Shares and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation,
printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus
(including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) to the Underwriters; (iii) the fees
and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (iv) the fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for
investment of the Shares under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate
and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees
and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters); (v) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vi)
the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (vii) all expenses and application
fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority; (viii) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any
“road show” presentation to potential investors; and (ix) all expenses and application fees related
to the listing of the Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market.
(b) If (i) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Shares for delivery to the
Underwriters or (ii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under
this Agreement (other than by reason of a termination pursuant to Section 9, except for Section
9(ii)), the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses
(including the reasonable fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the
Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.
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12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No
purchaser of Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such
purchase.
13. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations,
warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made
by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate
delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Shares and shall remain
in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made
by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters.
14. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise
expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or
required to be closed in New York City; and (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in
Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
15. Miscellaneous. (a) Authority of the Representatives. Any action by the
Underwriters hereunder may be taken by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC on behalf
of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and UBS Securities
LLC shall be binding upon the Underwriters.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of
telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representatives c/o X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (fax: (000) 000-0000); Attention:
Equity Syndicate Desk; UBS Securities LLC, 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
(fax: (000) 000-0000); Attention: Liability Management Group, with a copy to (which shall not
constitute notice), UBS Securities LLC, Legal and Compliance Department (fax: (000) 000-0000).
Notices to the Company shall be given to it at 00000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000,
(fax: (000) 000-0000); Attention: General Counsel.
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include
counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an
original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(e) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any
consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
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(f) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not
intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of
this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
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Very truly yours, LUMINEX CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President — Finance and Chief Financial Officer |
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Accepted: June 24, 2008 X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC. For itself and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto. |
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By: | /s/ Sri Xxxxxxxx | |||
Authorized Signatory | ||||
UBS SECURITIES LLC For itself and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Authorized Signatory | ||||
By: | /s/ Real Xxxxxxx | |||
Authorized Signatory | ||||
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Schedule 1
Underwriter | Number of Shares | |||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. |
1,312,501 | |||
UBS Securities LLC |
1,312,501 | |||
Avondale Partners, LLC |
291,666 | |||
Canaccord Xxxxx Inc. |
291,666 | |||
Leerink Xxxxx LLC |
291,666 | |||
Total |
3,500,000 |
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Annex A
Form of Opinion of Counsel for the Company
(a) The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under
Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years
prior to the date of the Underwriting Agreement; each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus was filed with the Commission pursuant to the subparagraph of Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act specified in such opinion on the date specified therein; and to our knowledge (i) no
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued, (ii) no notice of
objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the
Company and (iii) no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act
against the Company or in connection with the offering is pending or threatened by the Commission.
(b) The Registration Statement, when it was filed, and the Preliminary Prospectus and each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus included in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, as of
their respective dates (other than (a) the financial statements and related schedules therein,
including the notes thereto and the independent registered public accounting firm’s report thereon
and (b) the other financial and statistical data that is included or incorporated by reference
therein or omitted therefrom as to which such counsel need express no opinion), appear on their
face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act.
(c) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing, and each
of the Company’s subsidiaries is validly existing and, except as set forth on Schedule 1 to this
opinion or in those jurisdictions in which good standing is not a relevant concept for such type of
entity, are in good standing, under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are
duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction set forth on Schedule 1
to this opinion (except in those jurisdictions in which good standing is not a relevant concept for
such type of entity), and have all requisite corporate or other relevant entity power and authority
necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in all material
respects as described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus,
except where the failure to be so qualified or have such power or authority would not, individually
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus under the
heading “Capitalization”; all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly
and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the capital stock of the
Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and all the outstanding shares of
capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable
(except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares and except as
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otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus).
(e) The Company has the corporate power to enter into and perform its obligations under the
Underwriting Agreement.
(f) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on
the part of the Company, executed and delivered by the Company.
(g) The Shares have been duly authorized by the Company, and when issued and delivered in
accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and paid for by the Underwriters, will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and the issuance of such Shares is not subject to any
preemptive rights.
(h) The execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement and the performance by the
Company of the terms thereof, and the consummation of the transactions therein, will not (i)
conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under any Applicable Contract,1 (ii) result in any violation of the
provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any statutory law or regulation or any
judgment, order or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority
applicable to or having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any of their
properties.
(i) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any
Delaware or federal court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby, except for the registration of the Shares under the Securities
Act, notification of additional listing of the Shares under the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules and such
consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required
under applicable state securities laws or “blue sky” laws in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters.
(j) To the knowledge of counsel, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental or regulatory actions,
suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which
any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject which, individually or in the
aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would have a Material
Adverse Effect; and to the knowledge of counsel, no such actions, suits or proceedings or
investigations relating to the foregoing are overtly threatened in writing by any governmental
authority or by others.
(k) The Company is not an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company
Act.
(l) The statements set forth in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus under the caption “Description of Common Stock,” insofar as they purport to
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constitute a summary of the terms of the Common Stock, constitute a fair summary thereof in
all material respects. The statements set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
under “Material United States Tax Consequences of Non-United States Holders” insofar as they
purport to describe the provisions of the laws or documents referred to therein constitute a fair
summary thereof in all material respects.
(m) The Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; the
Rights have been duly authorized by the Company, and, when issued upon issuance of the Shares, will
be validly issued, and the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock has been duly authorized
by the Company and validly reserved for issuance upon the exercise of the Rights and, when issued
upon such exercise in accordance with the terms of the Rights Agreement, will be validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable.
Such counsel shall also state that they have participated in conferences with officers of the
Company and with representatives of its independent accountants and counsel at which conferences
the contents of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus were
discussed and, although such counsel assume no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or
fairness of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information, the Prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto (except as expressly provided in paragraph (l) above), nothing has
come to the attention of such counsel to cause such counsel to believe that the Registration
Statement, at the time of its effective date (including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to
Rule 430A, 430B or 430C to be part of the Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness),
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, that the Time of Sale
Information, at the Time of Sale (which such counsel may assume to be the date of the Underwriting
Agreement) 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 or that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as of its date
and the Closing Date contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading (in each such case other than the financial statements and other financial
information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief).
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact on certificates of
responsible officers of the Company and public officials that are furnished to the Underwriters.
Additionally, such opinion shall be subject to certain assumptions and qualifications as are
customary.
The opinion of Bass, Xxxxx & Xxxx PLC described above shall be rendered to the Underwriters at
the request of the Company and shall so state therein.
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Annex A-1
Form of Opinion of In-House Counsel for the Company
1. To the knowledge of such counsel, there are no contracts that are required under the
Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus that have not been so filed
as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Information and the Prospectus.
2. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the
Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or
proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is party or to which any
property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that, individually or in the
aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; to my knowledge, no such investigations, actions,
suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or
threatened by others.
The opinion of Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx described above shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the
request of the Company and shall so state therein.
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Annex B
a. | Time of Sale Information | |
b. | Pricing Information Provided Orally by Underwriters |
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Exhibit A
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
June , 2008
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
UBS SECURITIES LLC
As Representatives of
the several Underwriters listed in
Schedule 1 to the Underwriting
Agreement referred to below
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
UBS SECURITIES LLC
As Representatives of
the several Underwriters listed in
Schedule 1 to the Underwriting
Agreement referred to below
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Re: | LUMINEX CORPORATION — Public Offering |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, propose
to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Luminex Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) by
the several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 to the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”), of
Common Stock of the Company (the “Securities”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.
In consideration of the Underwriters’ agreement to purchase and make the Public Offering of
the Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not,
during the period ending 90 days after the date of the prospectus relating to the Public Offering
(the “Prospectus”), (1) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell
any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option,
right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any
shares of Common Stock, $0.001 per share par value, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including without
limitation, Common Stock which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities
which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant) or (2) enter into any swap or other
agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of
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the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction
described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other
securities, in cash or otherwise. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior
written consent of X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC on behalf of the
Underwriters, it will not, during the period ending 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, make
any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common
Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may sell or otherwise transfer shares of Common
Stock (a) as a bona fide gift or gifts, (b) either during the undersigned’s lifetime or upon death
by will or intestacy to the undersigned’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiaries of
which are the undersigned and a member or members of the undersigned’s immediate family, (c) to an
affiliate (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the
undersigned or if the undersigned is a partnership, limited liability company, trust, corporation
or similar entity, as a transfer or distribution to its partners, members or stockholders or (d)
pursuant to any contract, instruction or plan complying with Rule 10b5-1 of the Regulations of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that has been entered into by the
undersigned prior to the date of this Agreement; provided that, in the case of clauses (a) through
(c), (i) the recipient of such gift, transfer or distribution thereof agrees to be bound in writing
by the restrictions set forth herein, and (ii) no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock shall be required or shall
be voluntarily made during the restricted period referred to in the foregoing sentence. For the
purposes of this paragraph, “immediate family” shall mean spouse, domestic partner, lineal
descendant (including adopted children), father, mother, brother or sister of the transferor.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period,
the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company
occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the Company announces that
it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day
period, the restrictions imposed by this Letter Agreement shall continue to apply until the
expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence
of the material news or material event.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the
registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to
make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this
Letter Agreement.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and
authority to enter into this Letter Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be
conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns,
heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.
The undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective, or
if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall
terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Common
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Stock to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this
Letter Agreement.
The undersigned understands that the Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting Agreement
and proceeding with the Public Offering in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.
This Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
Very truly yours, [NAME OF STOCKHOLDER] |
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