10,000,000 Shares CCS Medical Holdings, Inc. Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
10,000,000 Shares
Common Stock
, 2007
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule 1 attached hereto,
c/x Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule 1 attached hereto,
c/x Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
CCS Medical Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), propose to sell 10,000,000
shares (the “Firm Stock”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common
Stock”). In addition, the Company proposes to grant to the underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named
in Schedule 1 attached to this agreement (this “Agreement”) an option to purchase up to
1,500,000 additional shares of the Common Stock on the terms set forth in Section 2 (the “Option
Stock”). The Firm Stock and the Option Stock, if purchased, are hereinafter collectively called
the “Stock.” This is to confirm the agreement concerning the purchase of the Stock from the
Company by the Underwriters.
1. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company. The Company represents,
warrants and agrees that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-1 relating to the Stock has (i) been prepared by
the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”), and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) thereunder; (ii) been filed with the
Commission under the Securities Act; and (iii) become effective under the Securities Act.
Copies of such registration statement and any amendment thereto have been delivered by the
Company to you as the representatives (the “Representatives”) of the Underwriters. As used
in this Agreement:
(i) “Applicable Time” means [ ] [a.m.][p.m.] (New York City time) on [
];
(ii) “Effective Date” means the date and time as of which such registration
statement, or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto, was declared
effective by the Commission;
(iii) “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means each “free writing prospectus” (as
defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations) prepared by or on
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behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection with
the offering of the Stock;
(iv) “Preliminary Prospectus” means any preliminary prospectus relating to the
Stock included in such registration statement or filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations;
(v) “Pricing Disclosure Package” means, as of the Applicable Time, the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus, together with the information included in Schedule 4
hereto, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus filed or used by the Company on or
before the Applicable Time, other than a road show that is an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus but is not required to be filed under Rule 433 of the Rules and
Regulations.
(vi) “Prospectus” means the final prospectus relating to the Stock, as filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations; and
(vii) “Registration Statement” means such registration statement, as amended as
of the Effective Date, including any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and
all exhibits to such registration statement.
Any reference to the “most recent Preliminary Prospectus” shall be deemed to refer to the latest
Preliminary Prospectus included in the Registration Statement or filed pursuant to Rule 424(a)
prior to or on the date hereof. [Any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall
be deemed to include the abbreviated registration statement to register additional shares of Common
Stock under Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations (the “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”).]
The Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and no
proceeding or examination for such purpose has been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened by the Commission.
(b) The Company was not at the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement and
at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona
fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Rules and Regulations) of the Stock,
is not on the date hereof and will not be on the applicable Delivery Date an “ineligible
issuer” (as defined in Rule 405).
(c) The Registration Statement conformed and will conform in all material respects on
the Effective Date and on the applicable Delivery Date, and any amendment to the
Registration Statement filed after the date hereof will conform in all material respects
when filed, to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. The
most recent Preliminary Prospectus conformed, and the Prospectus will conform, in all
material respects when filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the
applicable Delivery Date to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations.
(d) The Registration Statement did not, as of the Effective Date, contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided that no representation
or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for
inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 8(e).
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(e) The Prospectus will not, as of its date and on the applicable Delivery Date,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that no representation or
warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Prospectus in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through the
Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which
information is specified in Section 8(e).
(f) The Pricing Disclosure Package did not, as of the Applicable Time, contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as
to information contained in or omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through the
Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which
information is specified in Section 8(e).
(g) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including, without limitation, any road show
that is a free writing prospectus under Rule 433), when considered together with the Pricing
Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information
contained in or omitted from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by
or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information is
specified in Section 8(e), and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus does not conflict with
the information contained in the Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus.
(h) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule 4 hereto, conformed or will
conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations on the date of first use, and the Company has complied with all prospectus
delivery and any filing requirements applicable to such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
pursuant to the Rules and Regulations. The Company has not made any offer relating to the
Stock that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written
consent of the Representatives. The Company has retained in accordance with the Rules and
Regulations all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses that were not required to be filed pursuant
to the Rules and Regulations. The Company has taken all actions necessary so that any “road
show” (as defined in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations) in connection with the offering
of the Stock will not be required to be filed pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
(i) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries (as defined in Section 19) has been duly
organized, is validly existing and in good standing as a corporation or other business
entity under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and is duly qualified to do
business and in good standing as a foreign corporation or other business entity in each
jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its businesses
requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing
could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity, properties
or business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse
Effect”); each of the Company and its subsidiaries has all
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power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct the
businesses in which it is engaged. The Company does not own or control, directly or
indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed
in Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement. None of the subsidiaries of the Company (other
than the subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5 hereto (collectively, the “Significant
Subsidiaries”)) is a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 405).
(j) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in each of the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital
stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and
non-assessable, conform to the description thereof contained in the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus and were issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws and not in
violation of any preemptive right, resale right, right of first refusal or similar right.
All of the Company’s options, warrants and other rights to purchase or exchange any
securities for shares of the Company’s capital stock have been duly authorized and validly
issued, conform to the description thereof contained in the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus and were issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. All of the
issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly authorized
and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly
by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.
(k) The shares of the Stock to be issued and sold by the Company to the Underwriters
hereunder have been duly authorized and, upon payment and delivery in accordance with this
Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, will conform to the
description thereof contained in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, will be issued in
compliance with federal and state securities laws and will be free of statutory and
contractual preemptive rights, rights of first refusal and similar rights.
(l) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and validly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(m) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the application of the proceeds
from the sale of the Stock as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any
of the terms or provisions of, impose any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or
assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, or constitute a default under, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license 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 its
subsidiaries is subject, except for such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults that
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; (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 any material violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or any of their properties or assets.
(n) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with,
any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets is required for the execution, delivery
and
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performance of this Agreement by the Company, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Stock as described
under “Use of Proceeds” in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, except for the
registration of the Stock under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and applicable state or foreign
securities laws in connection with the purchase and sale of the Stock by the Underwriters.
(o) Except as described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, there are no
contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such
person the right (other than rights which have been waived in writing or otherwise
satisfied) to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act
with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to
require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the
Registration Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other
registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act.
(p) The Company has not sold or issued any securities that would be integrated with the
offering of the Stock contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to the Securities Act, the
Rules and Regulations or the interpretations thereof by the Commission.
(q) Except as described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained, since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, any loss or interference with
its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by
insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, and
since such date, there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than as a result
of the exercise of stock options, the award of stock option, the purchase of stock in the
ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s stock options and stock incentive
plans that are in existence on the date hereof and described in the Preliminary Prospectus)
or any change in the long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any adverse
change, or any development involving a prospective adverse change, in or affecting the
condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity, properties,
management, business or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, in
each case except as could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(r) Since the date as of which information is given in the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus, the Company has not (i) incurred any liability or obligation, direct or
contingent, other than liabilities and obligations that were incurred in the ordinary course
of business, (ii) entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary course of
business or (iii) declared or paid any dividend on its capital stock.
(s) The historical financial statements of the Company (including the related notes and
supporting schedules) included in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus comply as to form
in all material respects with the requirements of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act
and present fairly the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
entities purported to be shown thereby at the dates and for the periods indicated and have
been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved.
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(t) The historical financial statements of Chronic Care Solutions, Inc. (“CCSI”)
(including the related notes and supporting schedules) included in the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and present fairly the financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown thereby at the dates and
for the periods indicated and have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
involved.
(u) The historical financial statements of MPTC Holdings, Inc. (“MPTC”) and its
subsidiaries (including the related notes and supporting schedules) included in the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and present fairly the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown
thereby at the dates and for the periods indicated and have been prepared in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved.
(v) The historical financial statements of the Pharmacy and Supplies Division of Matria
Healthcare, Inc. (“Matria”) (including the related notes and supporting schedules) included
in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with
the requirements of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and present fairly the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown
thereby at the dates and for the periods indicated and have been prepared in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved.
(w) Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain historical and pro forma financial
statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and CCSI, whose report appears
in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and who have delivered the initial letter referred
to in Section 7(e)(i) hereof, are independent public accountants as required by the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations;
(x) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have certified certain historical financial
statements of MPTC and its subsidiaries and who have delivered the initial letter referred
to in Section 7(e)(ii) hereof, were independent public accountants as required by the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations during the periods covered by the financial
statements on which they reported contained in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus.
(y) KPMG LLP, who have certified certain historical financial statements of Matria and
who have delivered the initial letter referred to in Section 7(e)(iii) hereof, were
independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations during the periods covered by the financial statements on which they reported
contained in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus.
(z) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee
simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by
them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects, except such as are
described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the
value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be
made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or would not reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and all
assets held under lease by the
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Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable
leases, with such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed
to be made of such assets by the Company and its subsidiaries or would not reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) The Company and each of its subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance from
insurers of recognized financial responsibility in such amounts and covering such risks as
is adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective
properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar
industries. All policies of insurance of the Company and its subsidiaries are in full force
and effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such
policies in all material respects; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other
expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance; there
are no claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument
as to which, to the Company’s knowledge, any insurance company is denying liability or
defending under a reservation of rights clause; and neither the Company nor any such
subsidiary has any reason to believe or knowledge that it will not be able to renew its
existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage
from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) The statistical and market-related data included under the captions “Summary,”
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,”
“Industry,” and “Business” in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the consolidated
financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included in the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be
reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(cc) Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is, and as of the applicable Delivery Date
and, after giving effect to the offer and sale of the Stock and the application of the
proceeds therefrom as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus, none of them will be, (i) an “investment company” within the
meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment
Company Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or (ii) a
“business development company” (as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company
Act).
(dd) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is the subject that could, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect or could, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby; and to the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are
threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or others.
(ee) There are no legal or governmental proceedings or contracts or other documents of
a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus or, in the case of documents, to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement, that are not described and filed as required. Neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries has knowledge that any other party to any such contract,
agreement or arrangement has any intention not to render full performance as contemplated by
the terms thereof; and that
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statements made in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus under the captions
“Business—Government Regulation,” “Description of Capital Stock,” “Certain United States
Tax Considerations for Non-U.S. Holders” and “Underwriting,” insofar as they purport to
constitute summaries of the terms of statutes, rules or regulations, legal or governmental
proceedings or contracts and other documents, constitute accurate summaries of the terms of
such statutes, rules and regulations, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and
other documents in all material respects.
(ff) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company, on the
one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company,
on the other hand, that is required to be described in the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus which is not so described.
(gg) No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or its subsidiaries exists
or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(hh) (i) To the knowledge of the Company, each “employee benefit plan” (within the
meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”)) maintained, sponsored or contributed to, by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries (each a “Plan”) has been maintained in all material respects in compliance with
its terms and with the requirements of all applicable statutes, rules and regulations
including ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); (ii) with
respect to each Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA (a) no “reportable event” (within the
meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, (b) no
“accumulated funding deficiency” (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412
of the Code), whether or not waived, has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, (c)
the fair market value of the assets under each Plan exceeds the present value of all
benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such
Plan) and (d) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred, or 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(c)(3) of ERISA);
and (iii) the Company has received a favorable determination letter, or can rely on an
opinion letter, as to the qualification of each Plan that is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act,
which would cause the loss of such qualification.
(ii) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and
foreign income and franchise tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof,
subject to permitted extensions, and have paid all taxes due thereon, and no tax deficiency
has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, nor does the
Company have any knowledge of any tax deficiencies that could, in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(jj) There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under federal law or
the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance by the Company
or sale by the Company of the Stock.
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(kk) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (i) is in violation of its charter
or by-laws (or similar organizational documents), (ii) is in default, and no event has
occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the
due performance or observance of any term, obligation, agreement, covenant or condition
contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license or other
agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of
its properties or assets is subject or (iii) is in violation of any statute or any order,
rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it
or its property or assets or has failed to obtain any license, permit, certificate,
franchise or other governmental authorization or permit necessary to the ownership of its
property or to the conduct of its business, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to
the extent any such conflict, breach, violation or default could not, in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ll) The Company and each of its subsidiaries (i) make and keep accurate books and
records and (ii) maintain and have maintained effective internal control over financial
reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act and a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (B) transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the Company’s financial statements in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and to
maintain accountability for its assets, (C) access to the Company’s assets is permitted only
in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (D) the recorded
accountability for the Company’s assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(mm) (i) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have established and maintain
disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the
Exchange Act), (ii) such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that the
information required to be disclosed by the Company and its subsidiaries in the reports they
will file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management of
the Company and its subsidiaries, including their respective principal executive officers
and principal financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure to be made and (iii) such disclosure controls and procedures are
effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established.
(nn) Since the date of the most recent balance sheet of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries reviewed or audited by Ernst & Young LLP and the audit committee
of the board of directors of the Company, (i) the Company has not been advised of (A) any
significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls that could
adversely affect the ability of the Company and each of its subsidiaries to record, process,
summarize and report financial data, or any material weaknesses in internal controls and (B)
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the internal controls of the Company and each of its subsidiaries, and
(ii) since that date, there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in
other factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective
actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
(oo) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the
Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply, in any material
respect,
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with the provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 applicable to the Company and the
rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith.
(pp) The section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations — Critical Accounting Policies” in the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus accurately and fully describes (A) the accounting policies that the Company
believes are the most important in the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and
results of operations and that require management’s most difficult, subjective or complex
judgments (“Critical Accounting Policies”); (B) the judgments and uncertainties affecting
the application of Critical Accounting Policies; and (C) the likelihood that materially
different amounts would be reported under different conditions or using different
assumptions and an explanation thereof.
(qq) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have such permits, licenses, patents,
franchises, certificates of need and other approvals or authorizations of governmental or
regulatory authorities (“Permits”) as are necessary under applicable law to own their
properties and conduct their businesses in the manner described in the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus, except for any of the foregoing that could not, in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; each of the Company and its
subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed all of its obligations with respect to the Permits,
and to the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or lapse
of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in any other impairment of
the rights of the holder or any such Permits, except for any of the foregoing that could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(rr) The Company and each of 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, know-how, software, systems
and technology (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary
or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their
respective businesses and have no knowledge that the conduct of their respective businesses
will conflict with, and have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such
rights of others.
(ss) Except as described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, (A) there are no
proceedings that are pending, or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated, against the
Company or any of its subsidiaries under any laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, orders,
judgments, decrees, permits or other legal requirements of any governmental authority,
including without limitation any international, national, state, provincial, regional, or
local authority, relating to the protection of human health or safety, the environment, or
natural resources, or to hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants
(“Environmental Laws”) in which a governmental authority 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, (B) 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 a material effect on the capital
expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and its subsidiaries, and (C)
none of the Company and its subsidiaries anticipates material capital expenditures relating
to Environmental Laws.
(tt) Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in violation of or has received notice
of any violation with respect to any federal or state law relating to discrimination in the
hiring,
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promotion or pay of employees, nor any applicable federal or state wage and hour laws,
nor any state law precluding the denial of credit due to the neighborhood in which a
property is situated, the violation of any of which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Affect.
(uu) No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, 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 property or assets to the Company
or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus.
(vv) 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 U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe,
rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
(ww) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at
all times in material 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 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, except, in each
case, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xx) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of
Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not
directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, 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 currently subject to any
U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(yy) None of the Directed Shares distributed in connection with the Directed Share
Program (each as defined in Section 4) will be offered or sold outside of the United States.
(zz) The Company has not offered, or caused Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Associates, Inc. to offer,
Stock to any person pursuant to the Directed Share Program with the specific intent to
unlawfully influence (i) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or
supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or (ii) a trade journalist or
publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company, its business or its
products.
(aaa) The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of any Delivery
Date and completion of the distribution of the Stock, will not distribute any offering
material in
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connection with the offering and sale of the Stock other than any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which the Representatives
have consented in accordance with Section 1(i) or 6(a)(vi) and any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus set forth on Schedule 4 hereto and, in connection with the Directed Share
Program described in Section 4, the enrollment materials prepared by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx &
Associates, Inc. on behalf of the Company.
(bbb) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to or that has constituted or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result
in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the shares of the Stock.
(ccc) The Stock has been approved for inclusion, subject to official notice of issuance
and evidence of satisfactory distribution, on The NASDAQ Global Market.
(ddd) The Company has no debt securities or preferred stock that is rated by any
“nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as that term is defined by the
Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) of the Rules and Regulations).
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Stock shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
2. Purchase of the Stock by the Underwriters. On the basis of the representations and
warranties contained in, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement, the Company
agrees to sell 10,000,000 shares of the Firm Stock to the several Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase the number of shares of the Firm Stock
set forth opposite that Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto. The respective purchase
obligations of the Underwriters with respect to the Firm Stock shall be rounded among the
Underwriters to avoid fractional shares, as the Representatives may determine.
In addition, the Company grants to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to 1,500,000
additional shares of Option Stock. Such option is exercisable in the event that the Underwriters
sell more shares of Common Stock than the number of Firm Stock in the offering and as set forth in
Section 4 hereof. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of
shares of Option Stock (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the
Representatives may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of shares of
Option Stock to be sold on such Delivery Date as the number of shares of Firm Stock set forth in
Schedule 1 hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of shares
of Firm Stock.
The price of both the Firm Stock and any Option Stock purchased by the Underwriters shall be $
· per share.
The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any of the Firm Stock or Option Stock to be
delivered on the applicable Delivery Date, except upon payment for all such Stock to be purchased
on such Delivery Date as provided herein.
3. Offering of Stock by the Underwriters. Upon authorization by the Representatives
of the release of the Firm Stock, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Stock for sale
upon the terms and conditions to be set forth in the Prospectus.
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It is understood that up to 500,000 shares of the Firm Stock (the “Directed Shares”) will
initially be reserved by the several Underwriters for offer and sale upon the terms and conditions
to be set forth in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the “NASD”) and pursuant to
the terms hereof, at the public offering price, to employees of the Company, and officers and
directors of the Company, and its subsidiaries who have heretofore delivered to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx &
Associates, Inc. offers or indications of interest to purchase shares of Firm Stock in form
satisfactory to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Associates, Inc. (such program, the “Directed Share Program”) and
that any allocation of such Firm Stock among such persons will be made in accordance with timely
directions received by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Associates, Inc. from the Company; provided that under no
circumstances will Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Associates, Inc. or any Underwriter be liable to the Company or
to any such person for any action taken or omitted in good faith in connection with such Directed
Share Program. It is further understood that any Directed Shares not affirmatively reconfirmed for
purchase by any participant in the Directed Share Program by [ ]:00 A.M., New York City time, on
the first business day following the date hereof or otherwise are not purchased by such persons
will be offered by the Underwriters to the public upon the terms and conditions set forth in the
Prospectus.
The Company agrees to pay all fees and disbursements incurred by the Underwriters in
connection with the Directed Share Program and any stamp duties or other taxes incurred by the
Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program.
4. Delivery of and Payment for the Stock. Delivery of and payment for the Firm Stock
shall be made at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the third full business day following the date
of this Agreement or at such other date or place as shall be determined by agreement between the
Representatives and the Company. This date and time are sometimes referred to as the “Initial
Delivery Date.” Delivery of the Firm Stock shall be made to the Representatives for the account of
each Underwriter against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives and of the
respective aggregate purchase prices of the Firm Stock being sold by the Company to or upon the
order of the Company of the purchase price by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the
accounts specified by the Company. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and
place specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the obligation of each
Underwriter hereunder. The Company shall deliver the Firm Stock through the facilities of DTC
unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.
The option granted in Section 2 will expire 30 days after the date of this Agreement and may
be exercised in whole or from time to time in part by written notice being given to the Company by
the Representatives; provided that if such date falls on a day that is not a business day, the
option granted in Section 2 will expire on the next succeeding business day. Such notice shall set
forth the aggregate number of shares of Option Stock as to which the option is being exercised, the
names in which the shares of Option Stock are to be registered, the denominations in which the
shares of Option Stock are to be issued and the date and time, as determined by the
Representatives, when the shares of Option Stock are to be delivered; provided, however, that this
date and time shall not be earlier than the Initial Delivery Date nor earlier than the second
business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised nor later than the fifth
business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised. Each date and time the
shares of Option Stock are delivered is sometimes referred to as an “Option Stock Delivery Date,”
and the Initial Delivery Date and any Option Stock Delivery Date are sometimes each referred to as
a “Delivery Date.”
Delivery of the Option Stock by the Company and payment for the Option Stock by the several
Underwriters through the Representatives shall be made at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on
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the date specified in the corresponding notice described in the preceding paragraph or at such
other date or place as shall be determined by agreement between the Representatives and the
Company. On the Option Stock Delivery Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered the
Option Stock to the Representatives for the account of each Underwriter against payment by the
several Underwriters through the Representatives and of the respective aggregate purchase prices of
the Option Stock being sold by the Company to or upon the order of the Company of the purchase
price by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Company.
Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to this
Agreement is a further condition of the obligation of each Underwriter hereunder. The Company
shall deliver the Option Stock through the facilities of DTC unless the Representatives shall
otherwise instruct.
5. Further Agreements of the Company and the Underwriters. (a) The Company agrees:
(i) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and to
file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act not later than
the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the
execution and delivery of this Agreement; to make no further amendment or any
supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus prior to the last
Delivery Date except as provided herein; to advise the Representatives, promptly
after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment or supplement to
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the
Representatives with copies thereof; to advise the Representatives, promptly after
it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or
of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of the Stock for offering
or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding or
examination for any such purpose or of any request by the Commission for the
amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of
the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of
the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or suspending any such
qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain its withdrawal;
(ii) To furnish promptly to each of the Representatives and to counsel for the
Underwriters a signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed with
the Commission, and each amendment thereto filed with the Commission, including all
consents and exhibits filed therewith;
(iii) To deliver promptly to the Representatives such number of the following
documents as the Representatives shall reasonably request: (A) conformed copies of
the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each
amendment thereto (in each case excluding exhibits other than this Agreement and the
computation of per share earnings), (B) each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus
and any amended or supplemented Prospectus and (C) each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus; and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time after the
date hereof in connection with the offering or sale of the Stock or any other
securities relating thereto and if at such time any events shall have occurred as a
result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not
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misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary to amend or
supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act, to notify the
Representatives and, upon their request, to file such document and to prepare and
furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many
copies as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request of an amended
or supplemented Prospectus that will correct such statement or omission or effect
such compliance;
(iv) To file promptly with the Commission any amendment or supplement to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus that may, in the judgment of the Company or
the Representatives, be required by the Securities Act or requested by the
Commission;
(v) Prior to filing with the Commission any amendment or supplement to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, to furnish a copy thereof to the
Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters and obtain the consent of the
Representatives to the filing;
(vi) Not to make any offer relating to the Stock that would constitute an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written consent of the
Representatives.
(vii) To comply with all applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect to
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus; and if at any time after the date hereof any
events shall have occurred as a result of which any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
as then amended or supplemented, would conflict with the information in the
Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or
would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or, if for any other
reason it shall be necessary to amend or supplement any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, to notify the Representatives and, upon their request, to file such
document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter as many
copies as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request of an amended
or supplemented Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that will correct such conflict,
statement or omission or effect such compliance;
(viii) As soon as practicable after the Effective Date (it being understood
that the Company shall have until at least 410 days or, if the fourth quarter
following the fiscal quarter that includes the Effective Date is the last fiscal
quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, 455 days after the end of the Company’s
current fiscal quarter), to make generally available to the Company’s security
holders and to deliver to the Representatives an earnings statement of the Company
and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the
Company, Rule 158);
(ix) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Representatives may
reasonably request to qualify the Stock for offering and sale under the securities
laws of Canada and such other jurisdictions as the Representatives may request and
to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings
therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the
distribution of the Stock; provided that in connection therewith the Company shall
not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which
it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file a general consent to
service of process in any such
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jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction in which
it would not otherwise be subject;
(x) For a period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the 180th day
after the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”), not to, directly or
indirectly, (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into
any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in
the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any shares of Common
Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (other than
the Stock and shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock
option plans or other employee compensation plans existing on the date hereof or
pursuant to currently outstanding options, warrants or rights not issued under one
of those plans), or sell or grant options, rights or warrants with respect to any
shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common
Stock (other than the grant of options pursuant to option plans existing on the date
hereof), (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to
another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of
such shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or
(2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash
or otherwise, (3) file or cause to be filed a registration statement, including any
amendments, with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or
securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into Common Stock or any other
securities of the Company (other than any registration statement on Form S-8) or (4)
publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, in each case without the
prior written consent of Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. and Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., on behalf of
the Underwriters, other than, the Stock to be sold hereunder, and to cause each
officer, director and stockholder of the Company set forth on Schedule 3
hereto to furnish to the Representatives, prior to the Initial Delivery Date, a
letter or letters, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the
“Lock-Up Agreements”); notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days
of the Lock-Up 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
Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during
the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then the
restrictions imposed in the preceding paragraph shall continue to apply until the
expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or
the announcement of the material news or the occurrence of the material event,
unless the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, waive such extension in
writing;
(xi) To apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Stock being sold by the
Company as set forth in the Prospectus;
(xii) In connection with the Directed Share Program, to ensure that the
Directed Shares will be restricted from sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or
hypothecation to the same extent as sales and dispositions of Common Stock by the
Company are restricted pursuant to Section 5(a)(x), and Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. will
notify the Company as to which Directed Share Participants will need to be so
restricted. At the request of Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., the Company will direct the
transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon such securities for such
period of time as is consistent with Section 5(a)(x); and
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(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees that such Underwriter shall not include any
“issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433) in any “free writing prospectus” (as defined
in Rule 405) used or referred to by such Underwriter without the prior consent of the
Company (any such issuer information with respect to whose use the Company has given its
consent, “Permitted Issuer Information”); provided that (i) no such consent shall be
required with respect to any such issuer information contained in any document filed by the
Company with the Commission prior to the use of such free writing prospectus and (ii)
“issuer information,” as used in this Section 5(b), shall not be deemed to include
information prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter on the basis of or derived from
issuer information.
6. Expenses. The Company agrees, whether or not the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay all costs, expenses, fees and
taxes incident to and in connection with (a) the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the
Stock and any stamp duties or other taxes payable in that connection, and the preparation and
printing of certificates for the Stock; (b) the preparation, printing and filing under the
Securities Act of the Registration Statement (including any exhibits thereto), any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto; (c) the distribution of the Registration Statement (including any exhibits thereto), any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto, all as provided in this Agreement; (d) any required review by the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the “NASD”) of the terms of sale of the Stock (including
related reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters); (e) the
inclusion of the Stock on The NASDAQ Global Market and/or any other exchange; (f) the qualification
of the Stock under the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as provided in Section 5(a)(ix)
and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including related fees and
expenses of counsel to the Underwriters); (g) the preparation, printing and distribution of one or
more versions of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus for distribution in Canada, often in
the form of a Canadian “wrapper” (including related fees and expenses of Canadian counsel to the
Underwriters); (h) the offer and sale of shares of the Stock by the Underwriters in connection with
the Directed Share Program, including the fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters
related thereto, the costs and expenses of preparation, printing and distribution of the Directed
Share Program material and all stamp duties or other taxes incurred by the Underwriters in
connection with the Directed Share Program; (i) the investor presentations on any “road show”
undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Stock, including, without limitation, expenses
associated with any electronic roadshow, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and
officers of the Company and one-half of the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the
road show; and (j) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of
the Company under this Agreement; provided that, except as provided in this Section 6 and in
Section 11, the Underwriters shall pay their own costs and expenses, including one half of the cost
of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show, the costs and expenses of their
counsel, any transfer taxes on the Stock which they may sell and the expenses of advertising any
offering of the Stock made by the Underwriters sales of Stock to the Underwriters and reimburse the
Company for its pro rata share of the fees and expenses paid by the Company in connection with the
offering of the Stock.
7. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The respective obligations of the Underwriters
hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and on each Delivery Date, of the representations
and warranties of the Company contained herein, to the performance by the Company of its
obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions:
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(a) The Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission in accordance with
Section 5(a)(i); the Company shall have complied with all filing requirements applicable to
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus used or referred to after the date hereof; no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the
use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued and no
proceeding or examination for such purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the
Commission; and any request of the Commission for inclusion of additional information in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise shall have been complied with.
(b) Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives its
written opinion, as counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and dated such
Delivery Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
(c) Xxxx Xxxxx LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives its written opinion, as
regulatory counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and dated such Delivery
Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
(d) The Representatives shall have received from Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP, counsel
for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions and negative assurance letter, dated such
Delivery Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Stock, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package and other related matters as
the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such
counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass
upon such matters.
(e) At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received
from:
(i) Ernst & Young LLP, a letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the date hereof with
respect to the Company and CCSI (A) confirming that they are independent public
accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the
applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01
of Regulation S-X of the Commission, and (B) stating, as of the date hereof (or,
with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates
as of which specified financial information is given in the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus, as of a date not more than three days prior to the date hereof), the
conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and
other matters ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters
in connection with registered public offerings.
(ii) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, a letter, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Representatives, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the date hereof with
respect to MPTC (A) confirming that they are independent public accountants within
the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable
requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of
Regulation S-X of the Commission, and (B) stating, as of the date hereof (or, with
respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as
of which specified financial information is given in the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus, as of a date not more than
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three days prior to the date hereof), the conclusions and findings of such firm
with respect to the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by
accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters in connection with registered public
offerings.
(iii) KPMG LLP, a letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the date hereof with
respect to Matria (A) confirming that they are independent public accountants within
the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable
requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of
Regulation S-X of the Commission, and (B) stating, as of the date hereof (or, with
respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as
of which specified financial information is given in the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus, as of a date not more than three days prior to the date hereof), the
conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and
other matters ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters
in connection with registered public offerings.
(f) With respect to the respective letters of Ernst & Young LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, and KPMG LLP referred to in the preceding paragraph and delivered to the
Representatives concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “initial letters”),
Ernst & Young LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and KPMG LLP shall have furnished to the
Representatives letters (the “bring-down letters”) of such accountants, addressed to the
Underwriters and dated such Delivery Date (i) confirming that they are independent public
accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the
applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of
Regulation S-X of the Commission, (ii) stating, as of the date of the bring-down letter (or,
with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of
which specified financial information is given in the Prospectus, as of a date not more than
three days prior to the date of the bring-down letter), the conclusions and findings of such
firm with respect to the financial information and other matters covered by the initial
letters and (iii) confirming in all material respects the conclusions and findings set forth
in the initial letters.
(g) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate, dated such
Delivery Date, of its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer stating that:
(i) The representations, warranties and agreements of the Company in Section 1
are true and correct on and as of such Delivery Date, and the Company has complied
with all its agreements contained herein and satisfied all the conditions on its
part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Delivery Date;
(ii) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
has been issued; and no proceedings or examination for that purpose have been
instituted or, to the knowledge of such officers, threatened; and
(iii) They have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
and the Pricing Disclosure Package, and, to their knowledge, (A) (1) the
Registration Statement, as of the Effective Date, (2) the Prospectus, as of its date
and on the applicable Delivery Date, or (3) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of
the Applicable Time, did not and do not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact and did not and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein (except in the case of the
Registration Statement, in the light of the circumstances
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under which they were made) not misleading, and (B) since the Effective Date,
no event has occurred that should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment
to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
that has not been so set forth;
(h) Except as described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, (i) neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained, since the date of the latest
audited financial statements included in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, any loss or
interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not
covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or
decree or (ii) since such date there shall not have been any change in the capital stock
(other than as a result of the exercise of stock options, the award of stock options, the
purchase of stock in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s stock option
and stock incentive plans that are in existence on the date hereof and described in the
Preliminary Prospectus) or any change in the long-term debt of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’
equity, properties, management, business or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries
taken as a whole, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is,
in the judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable
or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Stock being
delivered on such Delivery Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus.
(i) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have
occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock
Exchange or the American Stock Exchange or in the over-the-counter market, or trading in any
securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been
suspended or materially limited or the settlement of such trading generally shall have been
materially disrupted or minimum prices shall have been established on any such exchange or
such market by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or
governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been
declared by federal or state authorities, (iii) the United States shall have become engaged
in hostilities, there shall have been an escalation in hostilities involving the United
States or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United
States or (iv) there shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general economic,
political or financial conditions, including, without limitation, as a result of terrorist
activities after the date hereof (or the effect of international conditions on the financial
markets in the United States shall be such), as to make it, in the judgment of the
Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or
delivery of the Stock being delivered on such Delivery Date on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus.
(j) The NASDAQ Global Market, Inc. shall have approved the Stock for inclusion, subject
only to official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory distribution.
(k) The Lock-Up Agreements between the Representatives and the officers, directors and
stockholders of the Company set forth on Schedule 2, delivered to the
Representatives on or before the date of this Agreement, shall be in full force and effect
on such Delivery Date.
All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates 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.
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8. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company and CCS Medical, Inc., jointly and severally, shall indemnify and hold
harmless each Underwriter, its directors, officers and employees and each person, if any,
who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, from
and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect
thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or action
relating to purchases and sales of Stock), to which that Underwriter, director, officer,
employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise,
insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon,
(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in (A) any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto, (B) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
thereto or (C) any Permitted Issuer Information used or referred to in any “free writing
prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) used or referred to by any Underwriter, or (D) any
written “road show” (as defined in Rule 433) not constituting an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus (a “Non-Prospectus Road Show”) or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state
in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any Permitted Issuer
Information, any Non-Prospectus Road Show, any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and shall reimburse each
Underwriter and each such director, officer, employee or controlling person promptly upon
demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by that Underwriter, director,
officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or
preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such
expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company and CCS Medical, Inc. shall not
be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any such amendment or supplement
thereto or in any Permitted Issuer Information, any Non-Prospectus Road Show, in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information concerning such Underwriter furnished to the
Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for
inclusion therein, which information consists solely of the information specified in Section
8(e). The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which the Company
or CCS Medical, Inc. may otherwise have to any Underwriter or to any director, officer,
employee or controlling person of that Underwriter.
(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, its directors (including any person who, with his or her consent, is named in the
Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company), officers and
employees, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or
several, or any action in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such director,
officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or
otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is
based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any
Non-Prospectus Road Show, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any Xxx-
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Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Show, any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such Underwriter
furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of that Underwriter
specifically for inclusion therein, which information is limited to the information set
forth in Section 8(e). The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability
that any Underwriter may otherwise have to the Company or any such director, officer,
employee or controlling person.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under paragraph (a) or (b) of this
Section 8 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such
paragraphs above, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement
of that action; provided, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall
not relieve it from any liability which it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than
under such paragraphs. If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified
party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be
entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other
similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the
indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, the
indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this Section 8 for any
legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with
the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that
the indemnified party shall have the right to employ counsel to represent jointly the
indemnified party and those other indemnified parties and their respective directors,
officers, employees and controlling persons who may be subject to liability arising out of
any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought under this Section 8 if (i) the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party shall have so mutually agreed; (ii) the
indemnifying party has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party; (iii) the indemnified party and its directors,
officers, employees and controlling persons shall have reasonably concluded that there may
be legal defenses available to them that are different from or in addition to those
available to the indemnifying party; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding
(including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnified parties or their respective
directors, officers, employees or controlling persons, on the one hand, and the indemnifying
party, on the other hand, and representation of both sets of parties by the same counsel
would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them, and in
any such event the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be paid by the
indemnifying party. No indemnifying party shall (i) without the prior written consent of
the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with
respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which
indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified
parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement,
compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and does not include any
findings of fact or admissions of fault, culpability or a failure to act as to the
indemnified party, or (ii) be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without
its written consent, but if settled with the consent of the indemnifying party or if there
be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by
reason of such settlement or judgment.
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(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 shall for any reason be
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 8(a),
8(b), or 8(f) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect
thereof, referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying
such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party
as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in
such proportion as shall be 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 Stock
or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law,
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to
in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the
Underwriters, on the other, with respect to the statements or omissions that resulted in
such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, 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, with respect to such offering shall be deemed
to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Stock
purchased under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, as set
forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus, on the one hand, and the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters with respect to the
shares of the Stock purchased under this Agreement, as set forth in the table on the cover
page of the Prospectus, on the other hand. The relative fault shall be determined by
reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission
or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company
or the Underwriters, the intent of the parties and their relative 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 contributions pursuant
to this Section 8(d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters
were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does
not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or
payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or
action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 8(d) shall be deemed to
include, for purposes of this Section 8(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or
claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), no Underwriter shall be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds from the
sale of the Stock underwritten by it exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter
has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any 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 as provided in this Section 8(d) are several in
proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) The Underwriters severally confirm and the Company acknowledges and agrees that the
concession figure and the paragraph relating to stabilization by the Underwriters appearing
under the caption “Underwriting” in, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus are correct and constitute the only information concerning such Underwriters
furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters specifically for
inclusion in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any
Non-Prospectus Road Show.
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(f) The Company and CCS Medical, Inc., jointly and severally, shall indemnify and hold
harmless Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Associates, Inc. (including its directors, officers and employees)
and each person, if any, who controls Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Associates, Inc. within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act (“Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Entities”), from and against any loss,
claim, damage or liability or any action in respect thereof to which any of the Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Entities may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such
loss, claim, damage, liability or action (i) arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any material prepared
by or with the approval of the Company for distribution to Directed Share Participants in
connection with the Directed Share Program or 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, (ii) arises out of, or is based upon, the failure of the Directed
Share Participant to pay for and accept delivery of Directed Shares that the Directed Share
Participant agreed to purchase or (iii) is otherwise related to the Directed Share Program;
provided that the Company and CCS Medical, Inc. shall not be liable under this clause (iii)
for any loss, claim, damage, liability or action that is determined in a final judgment by a
court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Entities. The Company or CCS Medical, Inc. shall reimburse
the Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Entities promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend
against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred.
9. Defaulting Underwriters. If, on any Delivery Date, any Underwriter defaults in the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters
shall be obligated to purchase the Stock that the defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to
purchase on such Delivery Date in the respective proportions which the number of shares of the Firm
Stock set forth opposite the name of each remaining non-defaulting Underwriter in Schedule
1 hereto bears to the total number of shares of the Firm Stock set forth opposite the names of
all the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters in Schedule 1 hereto; provided, however, that
the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters shall not be obligated to purchase any of the Stock on
such Delivery Date if the total number of shares of the Stock that the defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such date exceeds 9.09% of the total number of shares
of the Stock to be purchased on such Delivery Date, and any remaining non-defaulting Underwriter
shall not be obligated to purchase more than 110% of the number of shares of the Stock that it
agreed to purchase on such Delivery Date pursuant to the terms of Section 2. If the foregoing
maximums are exceeded, the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters, or those other underwriters
satisfactory to the Representatives who so agree, shall have the right, but shall not be obligated,
to purchase, in such proportion as may be agreed upon among them, all the Stock to be purchased on
such Delivery Date. If the remaining Underwriters or other underwriters satisfactory to the
Representatives do not elect to purchase the shares that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters
agreed but failed to purchase on such Delivery Date, this Agreement (or, with respect to any Option
Stock Delivery Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase, and of the Company to sell,
the Option Stock) shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter
or the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses to
the extent set forth in Sections 7 and 11. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter”
includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise, any party not
listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 9, purchases Stock that a
defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have
to the Company for damages caused by its default. If other Underwriters are obligated or agree to
purchase the Stock of a defaulting or withdrawing Underwriter, either the Representatives or the
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Company may postpone the Delivery Date for up to seven 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, the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement.
10. Termination. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the
Representatives by notice given to and received by the Company prior to delivery of and payment for
the Firm Stock if, prior to that time, any of the events described in Sections 7(h) and 7(i) shall
have occurred or if the Underwriters shall decline to purchase the Stock for any reason permitted
under this Agreement.
11. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses. If (a) the Company shall fail to tender the
Stock for delivery to the Underwriters for any reason or (b) the Underwriters shall decline to
purchase the Stock for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the
Underwriters for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of
counsel) incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the proposed purchase
of the Stock, and upon demand the Company shall pay the full amount thereof to the Representatives.
If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9 by reason of the default of one or more
Underwriters, the Company shall not be obligated to reimburse any defaulting Underwriter on account
of those expenses.
12. Research Analyst Independence. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters’ research
analysts and research departments are required to be independent from their respective investment
banking divisions and are subject to certain regulations and internal policies, and that such
Underwriters’ research analysts may hold views and make statements or investment recommendations
and/or publish research reports with respect to the Company and/or the offering that differ from
the views of their respective investment banking divisions. The Company hereby waives and
releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the
Underwriters with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from the fact that the views
expressed by their independent research analysts and research departments may be different from or
inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the Company by such Underwriters’ investment
banking divisions. The Company acknowledges that each of the Underwriters is a full service
securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may effect
transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or short positions
in debt or equity securities of the companies that may be the subject of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
13. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company acknowledges and agrees that in connection with this
offering, sale of the Stock or any other services the Underwriters may be deemed to be providing
hereunder, notwithstanding any preexisting relationship, advisory or otherwise, between the parties
or any oral representations or assurances previously or subsequently made by the Underwriters: (i)
no fiduciary or agency relationship between the Company and any other person, on the one hand, and
the Underwriters, on the other, exists; (ii) the Underwriters are not acting as advisors, expert or
otherwise, to the Company, including, without limitation, with respect to the determination of the
public offering price of the Stock, and such relationship between the Company, on the one hand, and
the Underwriters, on the other, is entirely and solely commercial, based on arms-length
negotiations; (iii) any duties and obligations that the Underwriters may have to the Company shall
be limited to those duties and obligations specifically stated herein; and (iv) the Underwriters
and their respective affiliates may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The
Company hereby waives any claims that the Company may have against the Underwriters with respect to
any breach of fiduciary duty in connection with this offering.
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14. Notices, Etc. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and:
(a) if to the Underwriters, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile
transmission to Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Syndicate Registration (Fax: 000-000-0000), with a copy, in the case of any
notice pursuant to Section 10(d), to the Director of Litigation, Office of the General
Counsel, Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000 (Fax: 000-000-0000);
(b) if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to
the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx (Fax: 000-000-0000); and
Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt
thereof. The Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any request, consent, notice or
agreement given or made on behalf of the Underwriters by Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. on behalf of the
Representatives.
15. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company, and their respective successors. This Agreement
and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that (A)
the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company contained in this
Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the directors, officers and employees of
the Underwriters and each person or persons, if any, who control any Underwriter within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act and (B) the indemnity agreement of the Underwriters contained
in Section 8(b) of this Agreement shall be deemed to be for the benefit of the directors of the
Company, the officers of the Company who have signed the Registration Statement and any person
controlling the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act. Nothing in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to
in this Section 14, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this
Agreement or any provision contained herein.
16. Survival. The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and agreements of the
Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them,
respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Stock
and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of
any of them or any person controlling any of them.
17. Definition of the Terms “Business Day” and “Subsidiary”. For purposes of this Agreement,
(a) “business day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that is not a day on
which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive
order to close and (b) “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405.
18. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed
in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but
all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
20. Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not
intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among the Company and the Underwriters,
please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below.
Very truly yours, CCS Medical Holdings, Inc. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
CCS Medical, Inc. (with respect to Section 8 only) |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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Accepted:
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
For themselves and as Representatives
of the several Underwriters named
in Schedule 1 hereto
of the several Underwriters named
in Schedule 1 hereto
By Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
By:
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Authorized Representative | ||||
By Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. | ||||
By:
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(Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.) |
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SCHEDULE 1
Number of Shares of | ||||
Underwriters | Firm Stock | |||
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. |
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Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. |
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Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC |
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Associates, Inc. |
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Total |
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LOCK-UP LETTER AGREEMENT
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule 1,
c/x Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule 1,
c/x Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you and certain other firms (the “Underwriters”) propose to
enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) providing for the purchase by
the Underwriters of shares (the “Stock”) of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common
Stock”), of CCS Medical Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and that the
Underwriters propose to reoffer the Stock to the public (the “Offering”).
In consideration of the execution of the Underwriting Agreement by the Underwriters, and for
other good and valuable consideration, the undersigned hereby irrevocably agrees that, without the
prior written consent of Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. and Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., on behalf of the
Underwriters, the undersigned will not, directly or indirectly, (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge,
or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be
expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any shares of
Common Stock (including, without limitation, shares of Common Stock that may be deemed to be
beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission and shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon exercise of
any options or warrants) or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common
Stock (other than the Stock), (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that
transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of
shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be
settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, (3) make any demand
for or exercise any right or cause to be filed a registration statement, including any amendments
thereto, with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or any other securities of the Company or (4)
publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, for a period commencing on the date the
Underwriting Agreement is executed and ending on the 180th day after the date of the Prospectus
relating to the Offering (such 180-day period, the “Lock-Up Period”); provided, however, that if
the undersigned makes any gift, sale or other disposition pursuant to clause (a) below prior to the
commencement of the Lock-Up Period, it shall be a condition to any such transfer that the
transferee/donee agrees to be bound by the terms of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to (a) bona fide gifts, sales or
other dispositions of shares of any class of the Company’s capital stock, in each case that are
made exclusively between and among the undersigned or members of the undersigned’s family, or
affiliates of the undersigned, including its partners (if a partnership) or members (if a limited
liability company) or transfers to a trust the beneficiaries of which are exclusively the
undersigned and/or a member or members of the undersigned’s immediate family, provided that it
shall be a condition to any such transfer that the transferee/donee agrees to be bound by the
terms of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement (including, without limitation, the restrictions set forth
in the preceding two paragraphs) to the same extent as if the transferee/donee were a party hereto,
(b) the sale or disposition of shares of Common Stock that were purchased by the undersigned in the
Offering or that are shares of Common Stock that were purchased by the undersigned after the
Offering in an open-market purchase on a public securities market and (c) the adoption by the
undersigned of a Rule 10b5-1 sales plan, provided that no sales under such a plan may be made
during the Lock-Up Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up 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 Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will
release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period,
then the restrictions imposed by this Lock-Up Letter Agreement shall continue to apply until the
expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the
announcement of the material news or the occurrence of the material event, unless Xxxxxx Brothers
Inc. and Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. waive such extension in writing. The undersigned hereby further
agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the
terms of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement during the period from the date of this Lock-Up Letter
Agreement to and including the 34th day following the expiration of the Lock-Up Period,
it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any
such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period
(as such may have been extended pursuant to this paragraph) has expired.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its transfer agent are hereby authorized to
decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach
of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement.
It is understood that, if the Company notifies the Underwriters that it does not intend to
proceed with the Offering, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective by November 15,
2007, 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 Stock, the
undersigned will be released from its obligations under this Lock-Up Letter Agreement.
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters will proceed with the
Offering in reliance on this Lock-Up Letter Agreement.
Whether or not the Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market
conditions. Any Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of
which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Underwriters.
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The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and
authority to enter into this Lock-Up Letter Agreement and that, upon request, the undersigned will
execute any additional documents necessary in connection with the enforcement hereof. Any
obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives,
successors and assigns of the undersigned.
Very truly yours, |
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