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Exhibit 1.1
4,000,000 Shares
STYLING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Common Stock
as filed on 8/12
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
__________, 1999
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX & XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES CORPORATION
ING BARINGS LLC
U.S. BANCORP XXXXX XXXXXXX, INC.
FIRST SECURITY XXX XXXXXX
DLJdirect INC.
FRIEDMAN, BILLINGS, XXXXXX & CO. INC.
As representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto
c/x Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Sirs:
STYLING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I
hereto (the "Underwriters"), an aggregate of 4,000,000 shares of the Common
Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the "Firm Shares"). The
Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters not more
than an additional 600,000 shares of its Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per
share (the "Additional Shares"), if requested by the Underwriters as provided in
Section 2 hereof. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter
referred to collectively as the "Shares". The shares of Common Stock, par value
$.0001 per share, of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the
sales contemplated hereby are hereinafter referred to as the "Common Stock".
SECTION 1. REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROSPECTUS. The Company has
prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the "Act"), a registration statement on Form S-1, including a
prospectus, relating to the Shares. The registration statement, as amended at
the time it became effective, including the information (if any) deemed to be
part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule
430A under the Act, is hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement";
and the prospectus in the form first used to confirm sales of Shares is
hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus". If the Company has filed or is
required pursuant to the terms hereof to file a registration statement pursuant
to Rule 462(b) under the Act registering additional shares of Common Stock (a
"Rule 462(b) Registration Statement"), then, unless otherwise specified, any
reference herein to the term "Registration Statement" shall be deemed to include
such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement.
SECTION 2. AGREEMENTS TO SELL AND PURCHASE AND LOCK-UP AGREEMENTS. On
the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and
subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to issue and sell and
each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company
at a price per Share of $______ (the "Purchase Price") the number of Firm Shares
(subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may
determine) set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto.
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On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to issue
and sell the Additional Shares and the Underwriters shall have the right to
purchase, severally and not jointly, up to 600,000 Additional Shares from the
Company at the Purchase Price. Additional Shares may be purchased solely for the
purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the
Firm Shares. The Underwriters may exercise their right to purchase Additional
Shares in whole or in part from time to time by giving written notice thereof to
the Company within 30 days after the date of this Agreement. You shall give any
such notice on behalf of the Underwriters and such notice shall specify the
aggregate number of Additional Shares to be purchased pursuant to such exercise
and the date for payment and delivery thereof, which date shall be a business
day (i) no earlier than two business days after such notice has been given (and,
in any event, no earlier than the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined)) and
(ii) no later than ten business days after such notice has been given. If any
Additional Shares are to be purchased, each Underwriter, severally and not
jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company the number of Additional Shares
(subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may
determine) which bears the same proportion to the total number of Additional
Shares to be purchased from the Company as the number of Firm Shares set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I bears to the total number of
Firm Shares.
The Company hereby agrees not to (i) offer, pledge, 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 arrangement that transfers all or a portion of
the economic consequences associated with the ownership of any Common Stock
(regardless of whether any of the transactions described in clause (i) or (ii)
is to be settled by the delivery of Common Stock, or such other securities, in
cash or otherwise), except to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, for a
period of 120 days after the date of the Prospectus without the prior written
consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, during such period (i) the Company may grant stock options
pursuant to the Company's existing stock option plans and (ii) the Company may
issue shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the
conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof. The Company also agrees
not to file any registration statement with respect to any shares of Common
Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
Common Stock for a period of 120 days after the date of the Prospectus without
the prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities
Corporation. The Company shall, prior to or concurrently with the execution of
this Agreement, deliver an agreement executed by (i) each of the directors and
officers of the Company and (ii) each stockholder, option holder and warrant
holder listed on Annex I hereto to the effect that such person will not, during
the period commencing on the date such person signs such agreement and ending
120 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of
Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Corporation, (A) engage in any of the transactions
described in the first sentence of this paragraph or (B) make any demand for, or
exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common
Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
Common Stock.
SECTION 3. TERMS OF PUBLIC OFFERING. The Company is advised by you that
the Underwriters propose (i) to make a public offering of their respective
portions of the Shares as soon after the execution and delivery of this
Agreement as in your judgment is advisable and (ii) initially to offer the
Shares upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.
SECTION 4. DELIVERY AND PAYMENT. The Shares shall be represented by
definitive certificates and shall be issued in such authorized denominations and
registered in such names as Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation
shall request no later than two business days prior to the Closing Date or the
applicable Option Closing Date (as defined below), as the case may be. The
Shares shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company, with any transfer
taxes thereon duly paid by the Company, to Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx
Securities Corporation through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company
("DTC"), for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against
payment to the Company of the Purchase Price therefore by wire transfer of
Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City. The certificates
representing the Shares shall be made available for inspection not later than
9:30 A.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date or
the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, at the office of DTC or
its designated custodian (the "Designated Office"). The time and date of
delivery and payment for the Firm Shares shall be 9:00 A.M., New York City time,
on ________, 1999 or such other time on the
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same or such other date as Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation
and the Company shall agree in writing. The time and date of delivery and
payment for the Firm Shares are hereinafter referred to as the "CLOSING DATE".
The time and date of delivery and payment for any Additional Shares to be
purchased by the Underwriters shall be 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the
date specified in the applicable exercise notice given by you pursuant to
Section 2 of this Agreement or such other time on the same or such other date as
Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation and the Company shall agree
in writing. The time and date of delivery and payment for any Additional Shares
are hereinafter referred to as the "Option Closing Date".
The documents to be delivered on the Closing Date or any Option Closing
Date on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 of this Agreement
shall be delivered at the offices of Xxxxxxxx & Knight, P.C., located at 0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 and the Shares shall be
delivered at the Designated Office, all on the Closing Date or such Option
Closing Date, as the case may be.
SECTION 5. AGREEMENTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company agrees with you:
(a) To advise you promptly and, if requested by you, to confirm such
advice in writing, (i) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the
Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for
additional information, (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the suspension
of qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the
initiation of any proceeding for such purposes, (iii) when any amendment to the
Registration Statement becomes effective, (iv) if the Company is required to
file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement after the effectiveness of this
Agreement, when the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has become effective and
(v) of the happening of any event during the period referred to in Section 5(d)
below which makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus untrue or which requires any additions to or changes
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements
therein not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will use
its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the
earliest possible time.
(b) To furnish to you five signed copies of the Registration Statement
as first filed with the Commission and of each amendment to it, including all
exhibits, and to furnish to you and each Underwriter designated by you such
number of conformed copies of the Registration Statement as so filed and of each
amendment to it, without exhibits, as you may reasonably request.
(c) To prepare the Prospectus, the form and substance of which shall be
satisfactory to you, and to file the Prospectus in such form with the Commission
within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Act; during the
period specified in Section 5(d) below, not to file any further amendment to the
Registration Statement and not to make any amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus of which you shall not previously have been advised or to which you
shall reasonably object after being so advised; and, during such period, to
prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon your reasonable request, any
amendment to the Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus which may be necessary or advisable in connection with the
distribution of the Shares by you, and to use its best efforts to cause any such
amendment to the Registration Statement to become promptly effective.
(d) Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the first business day
after the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter for such
period as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus is
required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or a
dealer, to furnish in New York City to each Underwriter and any dealer as many
copies of the Prospectus (and of any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus)
as such Underwriter or dealer may reasonably request.
(e) If during the period specified in Section 5(d) above, any event
shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which, in the opinion of
counsel for the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the
Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading,
or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend
or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare
and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus, as so amended or
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supplemented, will not in the light of the circumstances when it is so
delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with applicable
law, and to furnish to each Underwriter and to any dealer as many copies thereof
as such Underwriter or dealer may reasonably request.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, to cooperate with you
and counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the registration or
qualification of the Shares for offer and sale by the several Underwriters and
by dealers under the state securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as
you may request, to continue such registration or qualification in effect so
long as required for distribution of the Shares and to file such consents to
service of process or other documents as may be necessary in order to effect
such registration or qualification; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation in
any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified or to take any action that
would subject it to general consent to service of process or taxation other than
as to matters and transactions relating to the Prospectus, the Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the offering or sale of the Shares, in
any jurisdiction in which it is not now so subject.
(g) To mail and make generally available to its stockholders as soon as
practicable an earnings statement covering the twelve-month period ending
September 30, 2000 that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Act, and to advise you in writing when such statement has been so made
available.
(h) During the period of three years after the date of this Agreement,
to furnish to you as soon as available copies of all reports or other
communications furnished to the record holders of Common Stock or furnished to
or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any
class of securities of the Company is listed and such other publicly available
information concerning the Company and its subsidiaries as you may reasonably
request.
(i) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are
consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all
expenses incident to the performance of the Company's obligations under this
Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company's
counsel and the Company's accountants in connection with the registration and
delivery of the Shares under the Act and all other fees and expenses in
connection with the preparation, printing, filing and distribution of the
Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits), any
preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to any
of the foregoing, including the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the
Underwriters and dealers in the quantities specified herein, (ii) all costs and
expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters,
including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) all costs of
printing or producing this Agreement and any other agreements or documents in
connection with the offering, purchase, sale or delivery of the Shares, (iv) all
expenses in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for
offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the several states and
all costs of printing or producing any Preliminary and Supplemental Blue Sky
Memoranda in connection therewith (including the filing fees and fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such
registration or qualification and memoranda relating thereto), (v) the filing
fees and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in
connection with the review and clearance of the offering of the Shares by the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., (vi) all fees and expenses in
connection with the preparation and filing of the registration statement on Form
8-A relating to the Common Stock and all costs and expenses incident to the
listing of the Shares on the Nasdaq National Market, (vii) the cost of printing
certificates representing the Shares, (viii) the costs and charges of any
transfer agent, registrar and/or depositary, and (ix) all other costs and
expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company for
which provision is not otherwise made in this Section.
(j) To use its best efforts to list for quotation the Shares on the
Nasdaq National Market and to maintain the listing of the Shares on the Nasdaq
National Market for a period of three years after the date of this Agreement.
(k) To use its best efforts to do and perform all things required or
necessary to be done and performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to
the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and to satisfy
all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Shares.
(l) If the Registration Statement at the time of the effectiveness of
this Agreement does not cover all of the Shares, to file a Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement with the Commission registering the Shares not so covered
in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date of
this Agreement and to pay to the
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Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement at the
time of the filing thereof or to give irrevocable instructions for the payment
of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act.
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company
represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) The Registration Statement has become effective (other than any
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement to be filed by the Company after the
effectiveness of this Agreement); any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement filed
after the effectiveness of this Agreement will become effective no later than
10:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement; and no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no
proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission.
(b) (i) The Registration Statement (other than any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement to be filed by the Company after the effectiveness of
this Agreement), when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended, if
applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Registration Statement (other than
any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement to be filed by the Company after the
effectiveness of this Agreement) and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or
supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Act,
(iii) if the Company is required to file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
after the effectiveness of this Agreement, such Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement and any amendments thereto, when they become effective (A) will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading and (B) will comply in all material respects with the Act and (iv)
the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable,
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the
representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to
statements or omissions in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus based
upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing
by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.
(c) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the Registration
Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed
pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, complied when so filed in all material
respects with the Act, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties
set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in any
preliminary prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly
for use therein.
(d) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly
incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the corporate power and
authority to carry on its business as described in the Prospectus and to own,
lease and operate its properties, and each is duly qualified and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation authorized to do business in each jurisdiction
in which the nature of its business or its ownership or leasing of property
requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would
not have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects, financial
condition or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole.
(e) There are no outstanding subscriptions, rights, warrants, options,
calls, convertible securities, commitments of sale or liens granted or issued by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to or entitling any person to
purchase or otherwise to acquire any shares of the capital stock of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries, except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration
Statement.
(f) All the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
(including the Shares to be sold by the Company) have been duly authorized and
validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and not subject to any
preemptive or similar rights; and the Shares to be issued and sold by the
Company have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to the
Underwriters against payment therefor as provided by this Agreement, will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares
will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
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(g) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the
Company's subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued and are
fully paid and non-assessable, and are owned by the Company, directly or
indirectly through one or more subsidiaries, free and clear of any security
interest, claim, lien, encumbrance or adverse interest of any nature.
(h) The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal
matters to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus.
(i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of
its respective charter or by-laws or is in breach of or default in the
performance of, nor will the selling of the Shares as contemplated by this
Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus result in, the
violation of or default in, any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition
contained in any indenture, loan agreement, credit agreement or facility,
mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument that is material to the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
their respective property is bound.
(j) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Company, the compliance by the Company with all the provisions hereof and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) require any
consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or qualification with, any
court or governmental body or agency (except such as may be required under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states), (ii) conflict with or
constitute a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or a default under,
the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument that
is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or their respective property is bound, (iii) violate or
conflict with any applicable law or any rule, regulation, judgment, order or
decree of any court or any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over
the Company, any of its subsidiaries or their respective property or (iv) result
in the suspension, termination or revocation of any Authorization (as defined
below) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any other impairment of the
rights of the holder of any such Authorization.
(k) There are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened (i) to which the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is or could be a party, (ii) to which the Company's
or any of its subsidiaries' respective directors, officers, or property is or
could be subject, or (iii) relating to environmental or discrimination matters,
where in any case, that are required to be described in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described; nor are there any
statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not so described or filed as
required. No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or with the employees of any principal supplier of the Company,
exists or is threatened or eminent.
(l) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has violated any
foreign, federal, state or local law or regulation relating to the protection of
human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or
wastes, pollutants or contaminants ("Environmental Laws"), any provisions of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any provisions
of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, except for such violations which, singly or in the aggregate, would
not have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects, financial
condition or results of operation of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole.
(m) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has such valid permits,
licenses, consents, exemptions, franchises, authorizations and other approvals
(each, an "Authorization") of, and has made all filings with and notices to, all
governmental or regulatory authorities and self-regulatory organizations and all
courts and other tribunals, including, without limitation, under any applicable
Environmental Laws, as are necessary to own, lease, license and operate its
respective properties and to conduct its business, except where the failure to
have any such Authorization or to make any such filing or notice would not,
singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business,
prospects, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Each such
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Authorization is valid and in full force and effect and each of the Company and
its subsidiaries is in compliance with all the terms and conditions thereof and
with the rules and regulations of the authorities and governing bodies having
jurisdiction with respect thereto; and no event has occurred (including, without
limitation, the receipt of any notice from any authority or governing body)
which allows or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would allow, revocation,
suspension or termination of any such Authorization or results or, after notice
or lapse of time or both, would result in any other impairment of the rights of
the holder of any such Authorization; and such Authorizations contain no
restrictions that are burdensome to the Company or any of its subsidiaries;
except where such failure to be valid and in full force and effect or to be in
compliance, the occurrence of any such event or the presence of any such
restriction would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse
effect on the business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations
of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The Company and its
subsidiaries have complied, and are in compliance, with all applicable laws
except where the failure to so comply would not have a material adverse effect
on the business, prospects, financial condition or results of operation of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(n) There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental
Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures
required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental
Laws or any Authorization, any related constraints on operating activities and
any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects, financial
condition or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole.
(o) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company.
(p) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP and, with respect to Ft. Pitt Acquisition, Inc.
for the year ended December 31, 1999, Deloitte and Touche LLP, are independent
public accountants with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries as required
by the Act.
(q) The consolidated, combined or condensed financial statements
included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or
supplement thereto), together with related schedules and notes, present fairly
the consolidated financial position, results of operations and changes in
financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries on the basis stated
therein at the respective dates or for the respective periods to which they
apply; such statements and related schedules and notes have been prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied
throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein; the supporting
schedules, if any, included in the Registration Statement present fairly in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles the information
required to be stated therein; and the other financial and statistical
information and data set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
(and any amendment or supplement thereto) are, in all material respects,
accurately presented and prepared.
(r) 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 Prospectus, will not be, an "Investment Company" as such term is defined in
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or a "Holding Company" as such
term is defined in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
(s) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the
Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to
file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of
the Company or to require the Company to include such securities with the Shares
registered pursuant to the Registration Statement, except as may be described in
the Registration Statement.
(t) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Prospectus other than as set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of any
amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), (i)
there has not occurred any material adverse change or any development involving
a prospective material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise,
or the earnings, business, management or operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) there has not been any material adverse
change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in the
capital stock or in the long-term debt of the Company or any of its
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subsidiaries and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent.
(u) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess all necessary
trademarks, trade names, patent rights, copyrights, licenses, approvals, trade
secrets and other similar rights (collectively, "Intellectual Property Rights")
reasonably necessary to conduct their businesses as now conducted; and the
expected expiration of any of such Intellectual Property Rights would not have a
material adverse effect on the business, prospects, financial condition or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of
infringement or conflict with asserted Intellectual Property Rights of others,
which infringement or conflict, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, would
have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects, financial condition
or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(v) The Company and each of its subsidiaries has good and marketable
title to all the properties and assets reflected as owned in the financial
statements referred to or elsewhere in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, in each case free and clear of any security interests, mortgages,
liens, encumbrances, equities, claims and other defects, except as may be
described in the Registration Statement or such as do not materially and
adversely affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with
the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company or such
subsidiary. The real property, improvements, equipment and personal property
held under lease by the Company or any subsidiary are held under valid and
enforceable leases, with such exceptions as may be described in the
Representation Statement or as are not material and do not materially interfere
with the use made or proposed to be made of such real property, improvements,
equipment or personal property by the Company or such subsidiary.
(w) The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal,
state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and have paid all taxes
required to be paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related or
similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against any of them. The Company has
made adequate charges, accruals and reserves in the applicable financial
statements referred to in Section 6(q) above in respect of all federal, state
and foreign income and franchise taxes for all periods as to which the tax
liability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has not been finally
determined.
(x) The Company and its subsidiaries have been advised of the rules and
requirements of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the
"NASD"). Except for Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, neither the Company nor its subsidiaries,
officers, directors or holders of more than 5% of any class of capital stock in
the Company is a member, an affiliate or a person associated with a member or
affiliate, as contemplated by the NASD manual.
(y) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries are insured by recognized,
financially sound institutions with policies in such amounts and with such
deductibles and covering such risks as are generally deemed adequate and
customary for their businesses including, but not limited to, policies covering
real and personal property owned or leased by the Company and its subsidiaries
against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and earthquakes. The
Company has no reason to believe that it or any subsidiary will not be able (i)
to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or
(ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary
or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would
not have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects, financial
condition, or results of operation of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole. Neither of the Company nor any subsidiary has been denied any insurance
coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.
(z) The Company has not taken nor will take, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to or that reasonably might be expected to cause or result
in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(aa) The Company maintains a system of accounting controls sufficient
to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in
accordance with management's general or specific authorization; (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as
applied in the United States and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii)
access to assets is permitted only
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in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(bb) The Company and its subsidiaries and any "EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN"
(as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder
(collectively, "ERISA")) established or maintained by the Company, its
subsidiaries or their "ERISA Affiliates" (as defined below) are in compliance in
all material respects with ERISA. "ERISA Affiliate" means, with respect to the
Company or a subsidiary, any member of any group of organizations described in
Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the
"Code") of which the Company or such subsidiary is a member. No "reportable
event" (as defined under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur
with respect to any "employee benefit plan" established or maintained by the
Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates. No "employee benefit
plan" established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their
ERISA Affiliates, if such "employee benefit plan" were terminated, would have
any "amount of unfunded benefit liabilities" (as defined under ERISA). Neither
the Company, its subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred or
reasonably expects to incur any liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with
respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any "employee benefit plan" or
(ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code. Each "employee benefit plan"
established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA
Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401 (a) of the Code is
so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act,
which would cause the loss of such qualification.
(cc) There are no business relationships or related-party transactions
involving the Company or any subsidiary or any other person that would be
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, which
have not been described as would have been so required.
(dd) No "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" as
such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act has indicated
to the Company that it is considering (i) the downgrading, suspension or
withdrawal of, or any review for a possible change that does not indicate the
direction of the possible change in, any rating assigned to the Company or any
securities of the Company or (ii) any change in the outlook for any rating of
the Company or any securities of the Company.
(ee) The pro forma financial statements of the Company and its
subsidiaries and the related notes thereto set forth in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (and any supplement or amendment thereto) have been
prepared on a basis consistent with the historical financial statements of the
Company and its subsidiaries, give effect to the assumptions used in the
preparation thereof on a reasonable basis and in good faith and present fairly
the historical and proposed transactions contemplated by the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus. Such pro forma financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of Rule 11-02 of
Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission. The other pro forma financial and
statistical information and data set forth in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus (and any supplement or amendment thereto) are, in all material
respects, accurately presented and prepared on a basis consistent with the pro
forma financial statements.
(ff) There is no (i) significant unfair labor practice complaint,
grievance or arbitration proceeding pending or threatened against the Company
or any of its subsidiaries before the National Labor Relations Board or any
state or local labor relations board, (ii) strike, labor dispute, slowdown or
stoppage pending or threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or (iii) union representation question existing with respect to the employees
of the Company and its subsidiaries, except for such actions specified in
clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, which, singly or in the aggregate, would not
have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects, financial condition
or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
To the best of the Company's knowledge, no collective bargaining organizing
activities are taking place with respect to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries.
(gg) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintains a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or
specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with 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.
Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to
the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty by the Company, to each Underwriter as to the
matters set forth therein.
SECTION 7. INDEMNIFICATION. (a) The Company, agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors, its officers and each person, if
any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
judgments (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses incurred
in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any action,
that could give rise to any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
judgments) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment
thereto), the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any
preliminary prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or judgments are caused by any such untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information relating
to any Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by such Underwriter
through you expressly for use therein provided, however, that the foregoing
indemnity agreement with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure
to the benefit of any Underwriter who failed to deliver a Prospectus, as then
amended or supplemented (so long as the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto was provided by the Company to the several Underwriters in
the requisite quantity and on a timely basis to permit proper delivery on or
prior to the Closing Date), to the person asserting any losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or judgments caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in such preliminary prospectus, or caused
by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, if
such material misstatement or omission or alleged material misstatement or
omission was cured in the Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, and such
Prospectus was required by law to be delivered at or prior to the written
confirmation of sale to such person.
(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the
Registration Statement, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same
extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such Underwriter but only
with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished in
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writing to the Company by such Underwriter through you expressly for use in the
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto) or any preliminary prospectus.
(c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any person in
respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 7(a) or 7(b) of
this Agreement (the "Indemnified Party"), the indemnified party shall promptly
notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "Indemnifying
Party") in writing and the indemnifying party shall assume the defense of such
action, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party and the payment of all fees and expenses of such counsel, as
incurred (except that in the case of any action in respect of which indemnity
may be sought pursuant to both Sections 7(a) and 7(b) of this Agreement, the
Underwriter shall not be required to assume the defense of such action pursuant
to this Section 7(c) of this Agreement, but may employ separate counsel and
participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel,
except as provided below, shall be at the expense of such Underwriter). Any
indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnified party unless (i) the
employment of such counsel shall have been specifically authorized in writing by
the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume
the defense of such action or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any
impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying
party, and the indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that
there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from
or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the
indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action
on behalf of the indemnified party). In any such case, the indemnifying party
shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but substantially
similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same
general allegations or circumstances, be liable for (i) the fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for
all Underwriters, their officers and directors and all persons, if any, who
control any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and (ii) the fees and expenses of more than one
separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for the Company,
its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and all persons,
if any, who control the Company within the meaning of either such Section, and
all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case
of any such separate firm for the Underwriters, their officers and directors and
such control persons of any Underwriters, such firm shall be designated in
writing by Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation. In the case of
any such separate firm for the Company and such directors, officers and control
persons of the Company, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Company.
The indemnifying party shall indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified party
from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments
by reason of any settlement of any action (i) effected with its written consent
or (ii) effected without its written consent if the settlement is entered into
more than twenty business days after the indemnifying party shall have received
a request from the indemnified party for reimbursement for the fees and expenses
of counsel (in any case where such fees and expenses are at the expense of the
indemnifying party) and, prior to the date of such settlement, the indemnifying
party shall have failed to comply with such reimbursement request. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of
judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action in respect of which
the indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity or
contribution may be or could have been sought hereunder by the indemnified
party, unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an
unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability on claims that
are or could have been the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not
include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to
act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party.
(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is
unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering
of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 7(d)(i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to in clause 7(d)(i) above but also the
relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other
hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand and the
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Underwriters on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as
the total net proceeds from the offering (after deducting underwriting discounts
and commissions, but before deducting expenses) received by the Company, and the
total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, bear
to the total price to the public of the Shares, in each case as set forth in the
table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company on
the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether 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 on the one hand or the
Underwriters on the other hand and the parties' relative intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7(d) were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any action,
that could have given rise to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
judgments. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public
were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 7(d) are several in proportion to the respective number
of Shares purchased by each of the Underwriters hereunder and not joint.
(e) 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 party at law or in equity.
SECTION 8. CONDITIONS OF UNDERWRITERS' OBLIGATIONS. The several
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares under this Agreement
are subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(a) All the representations and warranties of the Company contained in
this Agreement shall be true and correct on the Closing Date with the same force
and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date.
(b) If the Company is required to file a Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement after the effectiveness of this Agreement, such Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the date of this Agreement; and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been commenced or shall be pending
before or contemplated by the Commission.
(c) You shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate dated the
Closing Date, signed by Xxx X. Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, in their capacities
as the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President and
Executive Vice President and Treasurer of the Company, respectively, confirming
the matters set forth in Sections 6(t), 8(a) and 8(b) of this Agreement and that
the Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the
conditions herein contained and required to be complied with or satisfied by the
Company on or prior to the Closing Date.
(d) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Prospectus other than as set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of any
amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), (i)
there shall not have occurred any change or any development involving a
prospective change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings,
business, management or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, (ii) there shall not have been any change or any development involving
a prospective change in the capital stock or in the long-term debt of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries
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shall have incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, the
effect of which, in any such case described in clause 8(d)(i), 8(d)(ii) or
8(d)(iii) of this Agreement, in your judgment, is material and adverse and, in
your judgment, makes it impracticable to market the Shares on the terms and in
the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(e)(1) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion
(satisfactory to you and counsel for the Underwriters), dated the Closing Date,
of X'Xxxxxx, Cavanaugh, Anderson, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, P.A. counsel for the
Company, to the effect that:
(i) each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been
duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation and has the corporate power and authority to
carry on its business as described in the Prospectus and to
own, lease and operate its properties;
(ii) each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly
qualified and is in good standing as a foreign corporation
authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the
nature of its business or its ownership or leasing of property
requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the
business, prospects, financial condition or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole;
(iii) all the outstanding shares of capital stock of
the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and
are fully paid, non-assessable and not subject to any
preemptive or similar rights;
(iv) the Shares to be issued and sold by the Company
hereunder have been duly authorized and, when issued and
delivered to the Underwriters against payment therefor as
provided by this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares will not
be subject to any preemptive or similar rights;
(v) all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of
each of the Company's subsidiaries have been duly authorized
and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and
are owned by the Company, directly or indirectly through one
or more subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest,
claim, lien, encumbrance or adverse interest of any nature;
(vi) this Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company;
(vii) the authorized capital stock of the Company
conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof
contained in the Prospectus;
(viii) the Registration Statement has become
effective under the Act, no stop order suspending its
effectiveness has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose are, to the best of such counsel's knowledge after due
inquiry, pending before or contemplated by the Commission;
(ix) the statements under the captions
"Business--Intellectual Property", "Business--Government
Regulation", "Business--Litigation", "Description of Capital
Stock" and "Underwriting" in the Prospectus and Items 14 and
15 of Part II of the Registration Statement, insofar as such
statements constitute a summary of the legal matters,
documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present
the information called for with respect to such legal matters,
documents and proceedings;
(x) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
is in violation of its respective charter or by-laws and, to
the best of such counsel's knowledge after due inquiry,
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in default
in the performance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or
condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement,
mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument that is
material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, to which the
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Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective
property is bound;
(xi) the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Company, the compliance by the Company with
all the provisions hereof and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not (A) require any
consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or
qualification with, any court or governmental body or agency
(except such as may be required under the securities or Blue
Sky laws of the various states), (B) conflict with or
constitute a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or a
default under, the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage,
lease or other agreement or instrument that is material to the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective
property is bound, (C) violate or conflict with any applicable
law or any rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any
court or any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction
over the Company, any of its subsidiaries or their respective
property or (D) result in the suspension, termination or
revocation of any Authorization of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any other impairment of the rights of the
holder of any such Authorization;
(xii) after due inquiry, such counsel does not know
of any legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened
to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or could be
a party or to which any of their respective property is or
could be subject that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so
described, or of any statutes, regulations, contracts or other
documents that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not so
described or filed as required;
(xiii) 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 Prospectus, will not be,
an "investment company" as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or a "holding
company" as such term is defined in the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, as amended;
(xiv) to the best of such counsel's knowledge after
due inquiry, there are no contracts, agreements or
understandings between the Company and any person granting
such person the right to require the Company to file a
registration statement under the Act with respect to any
securities of the Company or to require the Company to include
such securities with the Shares registered pursuant to the
Registration Statement, except as set forth in this
Registration Statement; and
(xv) (A) the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and any supplement or amendment thereto (except for
the financial statements and other financial data included
therein as to which no opinion need be expressed) comply as to
form with the Act, (B) such counsel has no reason to believe
that at the time the Registration Statement became effective
or on the date of this Agreement, the Registration Statement
and the prospectus included therein (except for the financial
statements and other financial data as to which such counsel
need not express any belief) 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 and (C) such counsel has no reason to
believe that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if
applicable (except for the financial statements and other
financial data, as aforesaid) contains any untrue statement of
a material fact or omits 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.
(2) You also shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion
(satisfactory to you and counsel for the Underwriters), dated the Closing Date,
of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esquire, General Counsel of the Company, to the effect
that:
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(i) to the knowledge of such counsel after due
inquiry, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
violated any Environmental Law, any provisions of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any
provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, except for such
violations which, singly or in the aggregate, would not have a
material adverse effect on the business, prospects, financial
condition or results of operation of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(ii) to the knowledge of such counsel after due
inquiry, each of the Company and its subsidiaries has such
Authorizations of, and has made all filings with and notices
to, all governmental or regulatory authorities and
self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other
tribunals, including, without limitation, under any applicable
Environmental Laws, as are necessary to own, lease, license
and operate its respective properties and to conduct its
business, except where the failure to have any such
Authorization or to make any such filing or notice would not,
singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on
the business, prospects, financial condition or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole; each such Authorization is valid and in full force and
effect and each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in
compliance with all the terms and conditions thereof and with
the rules and regulations of the authorities and governing
bodies having jurisdiction with respect thereto; and no event
has occurred (including, without limitation, the receipt of
any notice from any authority or governing body) which allows
or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would allow,
revocation, suspension or termination of any such
Authorization or results or, after notice or lapse of time or
both, would result in any other impairment of the rights of
the holder of any such Authorization; and such Authorizations
contain no restrictions that are burdensome to the Company or
any of its subsidiaries; except where such failure to be valid
and in full force and effect or to be in compliance, the
occurrence of any such event or the presence of any such
restriction would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a
material adverse effect on the business, prospects, financial
condition or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and
(iii) (A) the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and any supplement or amendment thereto (except for
the financial statements and other financial data included
therein as to which no opinion need be expressed) comply as to
form with the Act, (B) such counsel has no reason to believe
that at the time the Registration Statement became effective
or on the date of this Agreement, the Registration Statement
and the prospectus included therein (except for the financial
statements and other financial data as to which such counsel
need not express any belief) 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 and (C) such counsel has no reason to
believe that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if
applicable (except for the financial statements and other
financial data, as aforesaid) contains any untrue statement of
a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
The opinions of X'Xxxxxx, Cavanaugh, Anderson, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx and
Xxxxxxxx, P.A. and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esquire, described in Section 8(e) above
shall be rendered to you at the request of the Company and shall so state
therein.
(f) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion, dated the
Closing Date, of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., counsel for the Underwriters, as to
the matters referred to in Sections 8(e)(1)(iv), 8(e)(1)(vi), 8(e)(1)(ix) (but
only with respect to the statements under the caption "Description of Capital
Stock" and "Underwriting") and 8(e)(1)(xv) of this Agreement.
In giving such opinions with respect to the matters covered by Section
8(e)(1)(xv) of this Agreement, X'Xxxxxx, Cavanaugh, Anderson, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx and
Xxxxxxxx, P.A. and Xxxxxxxx & Knight L.L.P., and with respect to the matters
covered by Section 8(e)(2)(iii) of this Agreement, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esquire,
may state that their opinion and belief are based upon their participation in
the preparation of the Registration Statement and Prospectus and any amendments
or supplements thereto and review and discussion of the contents thereof, but
are without independent check or verification except as specified.
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(g) You shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing
Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in
form and substance satisfactory to you, from each of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP and
Deloitte and Touche LLP, independent public accountants, containing the
information and statements of the type ordinarily included in accountants'
"COMFORT LETTERS" to Underwriters with respect to the financial statements and
certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus.
(h) The Company shall have delivered to you the agreements specified in
Section 2 hereof which agreements shall be in full force and effect on the
Closing Date.
(i) The Shares shall have been duly listed for quotation on the Nasdaq
National Market.
(j) The Company shall not have failed on or prior to the Closing Date
to perform or comply with any of the agreements herein contained and required to
be performed or complied with by the Company, as the case may be, on or prior to
the Closing Date.
(k) On or after the date hereof, (i) there shall not have occurred
any downgrading, suspension or withdrawal of, nor shall any notice have been
given of any potential or intended downgrading, suspension or withdrawal of, or
of any review (or of any potential or intended review) for a possible change
that does not indicate the direction of the possible change in, any rating of
the Company or any securities of the Company (including, without limitation,
the placing of any of the foregoing ratings on credit watch with negative or
developing implications or under review with an uncertain direction) by any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization" as such term is defined
for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act and (ii) there shall not have
occurred any change, nor shall any notice have been given of any potential or
intended change, in the outlook for any rating of the Company or any securities
of the Company by any such rating organization.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase any Additional
Shares hereunder are subject to the delivery to you on the applicable Option
Closing Date of such documents as you may reasonably request with respect to the
good standing of the Company, the due authorization and issuance of such
Additional Shares and other matters related to the issuance of such Additional
Shares.
SECTION 9. EFFECTIVENESS OF AGREEMENT AND TERMINATION. This Agreement
shall become effective upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
parties hereto.
This Agreement may be terminated at any time on or prior to the Closing
Date by you by written notice to the Company if any of the following has
occurred: (i) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or
international calamity or crisis or change in economic conditions or in the
financial markets of the United States or elsewhere that, in your judgment, is
material and adverse and, in your judgment, makes it impracticable to market the
Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus, (ii) the
suspension or material limitation of trading in securities or other instruments
on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board
of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade
or the Nasdaq National Market or limitation on prices for securities or other
instruments on any such exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, (iii) the
suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the
over-the-counter market, (iv) the enactment, publication, decree or other
promulgation of any federal or state statute, regulation, rule or order of any
court or other governmental authority which in your opinion materially and
adversely affects, or will materially and adversely affect, the business,
prospects, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (v) the declaration of a banking moratorium by
either federal or New York State authorities or (vi) the taking of any action by
any federal, state or local government or agency in respect of its monetary or
fiscal affairs which in your opinion has a material adverse effect on the
financial markets in the United States.
If on the Closing Date or on an Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase the
Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, which it has or they have
agreed to purchase hereunder on such date and the aggregate number of Firm
Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, which such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more
than one-tenth of the total number of Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the
case may be, to be purchased on such date by all Underwriters, each
non-defaulting Underwriter shall be obligated severally, in the proportion which
the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite its name in Schedule I bears to the
total number of Firm Shares which all the non-defaulting Underwriters have
agreed to purchase, or in such other proportion as you may specify, to purchase
the Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, which such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such
date; provided that in no event shall the number of Firm Shares or Additional
Shares, as the case may be, which any Underwriter has agreed to purchase
pursuant to Section 2 hereof be increased pursuant to this Section 9 by an
amount in excess of one-ninth of such number of Firm Shares or Additional
Shares, as the case may be, without the written consent of such Underwriter. If
on the Closing Date any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase Firm Shares and the aggregate number of Firm Shares with respect to
which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Firm
Shares to be purchased by all Underwriters
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and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for purchase of such Firm
Shares are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement will
terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the
Company. In any such case which does not result in termination of this
Agreement, either you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the
Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the
required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or
any other documents or arrangements may be effected. If, on an Option Closing
Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase
Additional Shares and the aggregate number of Additional Shares with respect to
which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of
Additional Shares to be purchased on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters
shall have the option to (i) terminate their obligation hereunder to purchase
such Additional Shares or (ii) purchase not less than the number of Additional
Shares that such non-defaulting Underwriters would have been obligated to
purchase on such date in the absence of such default. Any action taken under
this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in
respect of any default of any such Underwriter under this Agreement.
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS. Notices given pursuant to any provision of
this Agreement shall be addressed as follows: (i) if to the Company, to Styling
Technology Corporation, 0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000,
and (ii) if to any Underwriter or to you, to you c/x Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Syndicate Department, or in any case to such other address as the
person to be notified may have requested in writing.
The respective indemnities, contribution agreements, representations,
warranties and other statements of the Company, and the several Underwriters set
forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement shall remain operative and in full
force and effect, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Shares,
regardless of (i) any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof,
made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the officers or directors of any
Underwriter, any person controlling any Underwriter, the Company, the officers
or directors of the Company, or any person controlling the Company, (ii)
acceptance of the Shares and payment for them hereunder and (iii) termination of
this Agreement.
If for any reason the Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the
Company as provided herein (other than as a result of any termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 9), the Company agrees, to reimburse the several
Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and
disbursements of counsel) incurred by them. Notwithstanding any termination of
this Agreement, the Company shall be liable for all expenses which it has agreed
to pay pursuant to Section 5(i) hereof. The Company also agrees to reimburse the
several Underwriters, their directors and officers and any persons controlling
any of the Underwriters for any and all fees and expenses (including, without
limitation, the fees disbursements of counsel) incurred by them in connection
with enforcing their rights hereunder (including, without limitation, pursuant
to Section 7 hereof).
Except as otherwise provided, this Agreement has been and is made
solely for the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company, the
Underwriters, the Underwriters' directors and officers, any controlling persons
referred to herein, the Company's directors and the Company's officers who sign
the Registration Statement and their respective successors and assigns, all as
and to the extent provided in this Agreement, and no other person shall acquire
or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The term "successors and
assigns" shall not include a purchaser of any of the Shares from any of the
several Underwriters merely because of such purchase.
This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts which together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
[Signature page to follow.]
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement
among the Company, and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
STYLING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By:
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Xxx X. Xxxxxxx,
Chief Executive Officer
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX & XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES CORPORATION
ING BARINGS LLC
U.S. BANCORP XXXXX XXXXXXX, INC.
FIRST SECURITY XXX XXXXXX
DLJdirect INC.
FRIEDMAN, BILLINGS, XXXXXX & CO. INC.
Acting severally on behalf of themselves and the
several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
By: XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX & XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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SCHEDULE I
Number of Firm Shares
Underwriters to be Purchased
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Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation.........................
ING Barings.................................................................
U.S. Bancorp Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Inc. ...........................................
First Security Xxx Xxxxxx...................................................
DLJdirect Inc. .............................................................
Friedman, Billings, Xxxxxx & Co. Inc. ......................................
Total _________
4,000,000
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Annex I
Friedman, Billings, Xxxxxx & Co. Inc.
Credit Agricole Indosuez
Bank Boston, N.A.
Prime Charter, Ltd.
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