Global-E Online Ltd. Ordinary Shares Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
Global-E Online Ltd.
Ordinary Shares
September [•], 2021
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. LLC
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC
Xxxxxxxxx LLC
As representatives (the “Representatives”) of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
c/o Goldman Xxxxx & Co. LLC
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
c/x Xxxxxxxxx LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The shareholders named in Schedule II hereto (the “Selling Shareholders”) of Global-E Online Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the State of Israel (the “Company”), propose, subject to the terms and conditions stated in this agreement (this “Agreement”), to sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of [•] ordinary shares, of no par value per share, of the Company (the “Firm Shares”) and, at the election of the Underwriters, up to [•] additional ordinary shares, of no par value per share, of the Company (the “Optional Shares”). The Firm Shares and the Optional Shares that the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 3 hereof are collectively called the “Shares”.
1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-[•]) (the “Initial Registration Statement”) in respect of the Shares has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”); the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered to you, have been declared effective by the Commission in such form; other than a registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “Act”), which became effective upon filing, no other document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and, to the Company’s knowledge, no proceeding for that purpose or under Section 8A of the Act has been initiated or threatened by the Commission (any preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act is hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”; the various parts of the Initial Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits thereto and including the information contained in the form of final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 6(a) hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective, each as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement became effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”; the Preliminary Prospectus relating to the Shares that was included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(c) hereof) is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus”; such final prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”; any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Act or Rule 163B under the Act is hereinafter called a “Testing-the-Waters Communication”; any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act is hereinafter called a “Written Testing-the-Waters Communication”; and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Shares is hereinafter called an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”).
(b) (A) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and (B) the Pricing Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information (as defined in Section 10(c) of this Agreement).
(c) For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is [•] p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement. The Pricing Prospectus, as supplemented by the information listed on Schedule III(c) hereto, taken together (collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”), as of the Applicable Time, did not, and as of each Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 5(a) of this Agreement) will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and each Written Testing-the-Waters Communication does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and each Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, did not, and as of each
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Time of Delivery will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.
(d) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement, as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and as of each Time of Delivery, 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, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.
(e) The Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, has not, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Prospectus, (i) sustained any material 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) entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case other than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, there has not been (x) any change in the share capital (other than as a result of (i) the grant, vesting, exercise or settlement if any, of share options or the award, if any, of share options, restricted shares or other equity incentives in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s equity plans that are described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or (ii) the issuance, if any, of ordinary shares upon conversion of Company securities as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus) or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (y) any Material Adverse Effect (as defined below); as used in this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting (i) the business, properties, general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity, results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, or (ii) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus.
(f) The Company and its subsidiaries do not own any real property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all personal property and other assets (other than with respect to intellectual property, which is addressed exclusively in Section 1(vv) below) owned by them, in each case free and clear of all security interests, liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Pricing Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the
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Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases (subject to the effects of (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium, or other similar laws relating to or affecting rights or remedies of creditors generally, (ii) the application of general principles of equity (including without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith, and fair dealing, regardless of whether enforcement is considered in proceedings at law or in equity) and (iii) applicable laws and public policy with respect to rights to indemnity and contribution) with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries.
(g) Each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries has been (i) duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing (where such concept exists) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus, and (ii) duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing (where such concept exists) under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except, in the case of this clause (ii), where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and each subsidiary of the Company has been listed in the Registration Statement. Neither the Company nor any of its Israeli subsidiaries is currently designated as a “breaching company” (within the meaning of the Israeli Companies Law 5759-1999 (the “Companies Law”) by the Registrar of the Companies of the State of Israel and there is no basis for such designation. The certificate of incorporation, articles of association or by-laws (or other applicable organizational documents) of the Company and each of its subsidiaries comply with the requirements of applicable law in its jurisdiction of incorporation and are in full force and effect.
(h) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company, including the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholders, have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, were issued in accordance with applicable securities laws, are not subject to any preemptive or similar rights and conform in all material respects to the description of the ordinary shares contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all of the issued shares of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except for such liens or encumbrances described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(i) Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no options, warrants, agreements, contracts or other rights in existence to purchase or acquire from the Company any shares of the capital stock of the Company. The description of the Company’s stock option and other stock plans or arrangements (the “Company Stock Plans”) set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus accurately and fairly presents the information required to be shown with respect to such plans or arrangements. Each grant of an award under Company’s stock plans (collectively, the “Options”) (A) was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Option was by its terms to be effective by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of
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directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required shareholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by the Company, (B) that was intended to qualify for the “capital gains track” of Section 102 of the Israel Income Tax Ordinance [New Version], 5721-1961, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, so qualifies, and (C) was made in accordance with the terms the applicable Company Stock Plan and all applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, including all applicable federal and Israeli Securities laws.
(j) The Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholders to the Underwriters hereunder will conform in all material respects to the description of the ordinary shares contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(k) The compliance by the Company with this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the Pricing Prospectus will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under (A) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (B) the certificate of incorporation, articles of association or bylaws (or other applicable organizational document) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (C) any law or statute or any judgment, 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, except, in the case of clauses (A) or (C), for such defaults, breaches, or violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except such as have been obtained under the Act, the approval by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) of the underwriting terms and arrangements, and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters.
(l) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its respective certificate of incorporation, articles of association or bylaws (or other applicable organizational document), (ii) in violation of any statute or any judgment, 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 (iii) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, except, in the case of the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii), for such defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus under the caption “Description of Share Capital and Articles of Association,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Shares, under the caption “Taxation,” and under the caption “Underwriting,” insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws of the relevant jurisdictions (other than laws, rules and regulations relating to selling restrictions in various foreign jurisdictions) and documents referred to therein, constitute accurate summaries of the matters described therein in all material respects.
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(n) Other than as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any officer or director of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any officer or director of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or such officer or director), would individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or others.
(o) The Company is not an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(p) At the time of filing the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, and at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Act) of the Shares, the Company was not and, as of the date hereof, the Company is not, an “ineligible issuer,” as defined under Rule 405 under the Act.
(q) Kost, Forer, Gabbay & Kasierer, a member firm of Ernst & Young Global, who has certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(r) The Company is a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act.
(s) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that (i) complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act applicable to the Company, (ii) provides reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and (iii) is 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 financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting (it being understood that this subsection shall not require the Company to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 as of an earlier date than it would otherwise be required to so comply under applicable law).
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(t) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Prospectus, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially and adversely affected, or is reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
(u) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that are designed to comply with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
(v) There are no debt securities or preferred shares issued, or guaranteed by, the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.
(w) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(x) All statistical, demographic and market related data included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material respects. To the extent required, the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources.
(y) None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) made, offered, promised or authorized any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense; (ii) made, offered, promised or authorized any direct or indirect unlawful payment; or (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of any applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law. The Company and each of its subsidiaries and affiliates has instituted and maintained and will continue to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.
(z) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with the requirements of applicable anti-money laundering laws, including, but not limited to, the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, as amended by the USA PATRIOT ACT of 2001, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the Israel Prohibition on Money Laundering Law, 5760-2000, the Israel Prohibition on Money Laundering Order, 5761-2001, the Israel Prohibition on Terrorist Financing Law, 5765-2005, and the anti-money laundering laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business (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.
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(aa) None of the Company or 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, or is owned or controlled by one or more persons that are, currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, or the U.S. Department of State and, including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person,” the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or the United Nations Security Council, or a resident or incorporated or engaged in a business in an “Enemy State” pursuant to the Israeli Trade with the Enemy Ordinance, 1939 (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions (a “Sanctioned Jurisdiction”). Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, for the past five years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not directly or knowingly indirectly engaged in, and are not now directly or knowingly indirectly engaged in, any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Jurisdiction.
(bb) The financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries at the dates indicated therein and the statement of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles or any other applicable accounting standards (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus under the Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Act, to the extent applicable.
(cc) There are no persons with registration rights or similar rights to have any securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered by the Company under the Act, except as have been validly waived or complied with.
(dd) From the time of the initial confidential submission of a registration statement relating to the Shares with the Commission (or, if earlier, the first date on which a Testing-the-Waters Communication was made) through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”).
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(ee) Each of the Company and 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, have paid all such taxes due (except where the failure to file or pay would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), and no material tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company.
(ff) Except as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance for the conduct of their respective businesses, operations, personnel and the value of their respective properties, if applicable, in such amounts and covering such risks as the Company reasonably believes is adequate and customary for companies engaged in similar businesses. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any of its subsidiaries will not be able to renew its respective 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, except where this would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(gg) The Company (i) is not in violation of 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 use, management, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”) applicable to the Company, and (ii) has not received written notice of any actual or alleged violation of Environmental Laws, or of any potential liability for or other obligation concerning the presence, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except in the case of (i) and (ii) where the failure to comply or the potential liability or obligation would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(hh) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), whether or not subject to ERISA, for which the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) would have any liability (each a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of all applicable statutes, rules and regulations including ERISA and the Code; (ii) neither the Company nor any member of its Controlled Group has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan,” within the meaning of Section 4001(c)(3) of ERISA); (iii) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification; (iv) there is no pending audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other governmental agency with respect to any Plan that would reasonably be expected to result in liability to the Company; and (v) the Company has not incurred any liability for any prohibited transaction, the failure of any Plan to meet the minimum funding standards required by law, including by ERISA or the Code, or any complete or partial withdrawal liability with respect to any Plan.
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(ii) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(jj) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sent or received any written communication regarding termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the contracts or agreements referred to or described in the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or specifically referred to or described in, or filed as an exhibit to, the Registration Statement, and no such termination or non-renewal has been threatened by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other party to any such contract or agreement, which threat of termination or non-renewal has not been rescinded as of the date hereof.
(kk) The Company has not, and, to its knowledge, no one acting on its behalf has, other than as contemplated in this Agreement, taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares. In addition, the Company has not engaged in any form of solicitation, advertising or other action constituting an offer or a sale under the Israeli Securities Law, 5728-1968, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Israeli Securities Law”) in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, which would require the Company to publish a prospectus in the State of Israel under the laws of the State of Israel.
(ll) There are no business relationships or related-party transactions involving the Company or any other person required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus that have not been described as required.
(mm) Except pursuant to this Agreement, there is no broker, finder or other party that is entitled to receive from the Company any brokerage or finder’s fee or other fee or commission as a result of any transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(nn) The choice of laws of the State of New York as the governing law of this Agreement is a valid choice of law under the laws of the State of Israel. The Company has the power to submit, and pursuant to this Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the personal jurisdiction of each United States federal court and New York state court located in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City of New York, New York, United States of America (each, a “New York Court”), and the Company has the power to designate, appoint and authorize, and pursuant to this Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably designated, appointed and authorized an agent for service of process in any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any New York Court, and service of process effected on such authorized agent will be effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over the Company.
(oo) Except as provided by laws or statutes generally applicable to transactions of the type described in this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its respective properties, assets or revenues has any right of immunity under the laws of New York or United States law, from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from the giving of any relief in any such legal action, suit or proceeding, from set-off or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any New York or United States
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xxxxxxx xxxxx, from service of process, attachment upon or prior judgment, or attachment in aid of execution of judgment, or from execution of a judgment, or other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of a judgment, in any such court, with respect to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with this Agreement. To the extent that the Company or any of its respective properties, assets or revenues may have or may hereafter become entitled to any such right of immunity in any such court in which proceedings may at any time be commenced, the Company waives or will waive such right to the extent permitted by law and has consented to such relief and enforcement as provided in this Agreement.
(pp) No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(qq) The Company has not received any funding, grants or subsidies from or on behalf of or under the authority of the Israel Innovation Authority of the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry, the Authority for Investment and Development of Industry and the Economy of the State of Israel, or any other governmental or regulatory agency or authority or any bi- or multi-national grant program, framework or foundation.
(rr) The Company has validly appointed Global-e US Inc. as its authorized agent for service of process in the United States.
(ss) Neither the Company nor any of its properties or assets has any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or otherwise) under the laws of the State of Israel. The irrevocable and unconditional waiver and agreement of the Company contained in Section 22 not to plead or claim any such immunity in any legal action, suit or proceeding based on this Agreement is valid and binding under the laws of the State of Israel.
(tt) Assuming that (A) the Underwriters are not otherwise subject to taxation in the State of Israel due to Israeli tax residence or the existence of a permanent establishment in Israel or any presence, including but not limited to any branch, registered company or representative office (“Israeli Affiliates”), or due to any former connection between the Underwriters and Israel, and (B) the Underwriters’ services under this Agreement will be performed entirely outside of Israel, none of (i) the sale and delivery of the Shares by the Selling Shareholders; (ii) the sale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Shares to purchasers thereof; or (iii) the execution and delivery of, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other document to be furnished hereunder will be subject to any tax (including interest and penalties) imposed on any Underwriter by the State of Israel or any taxing authority or other political subdivision thereof, whether imposed directly or through withholding (other than any withholding taxes which the Underwriters may be required to withhold pursuant to Israeli law from the purchase price payable to Selling Shareholders hereunder as contemplated under Section 5(a) below).
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(uu) The Company and each of its Israeli subsidiaries is in compliance with all conditions and requirements stipulated under any applicable law and by any instruments of approval and tax rulings (the “Ruling”) granted to it with respect to any “Approved Enterprise,” “Benefited Enterprise,” or “Industrial Company” status of the Company or its Israeli subsidiaries or any of their facilities as well as with respect to any other tax benefits claimed or received by any of them, including any “Preferred Enterprise,” “Preferred Technological Enterprise” or “Special Preferred Technological Enterprise” status or benefits (collectively, “Tax Incentive Program”) and by Israeli laws and regulations relating to any Tax Incentive Program; (ii) all information supplied by the Company and its Israeli subsidiaries with respect to applications or notifications relating to any Tax Incentive Program (including in connection with any Ruling) was true, correct and complete when supplied to the appropriate authorities; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Israeli subsidiaries has received any notice of any proceeding or investigation relating to revocation or modification or denial of any current or past Tax Incentive Program granted with respect to the Company and its Israeli subsidiaries or any of their facilities or any such status or benefits, in each case, except for any failure to comply, inaccuracy or notice (as appropriate) that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(vv) All obligations of the Company to provide statutory severance pay to all its currently engaged employees in Israel (“Israeli Employees”) are, with such exceptions as are not material, in accordance with Section 14 of the Israeli Severance Pay Law (5723-1963) (the “Severance Pay Law”) and are fully funded or are accrued on the financial statements of the Company, and all such employees have been subject to the provisions of Section 14 of the Severance Pay Law with respect to their entire salary, as defined under the Severance Pay Law from the date of commencement of their employment with the Company, and the Company has been, with such exceptions as are not material, in full compliance with the technical and substantive requirements for a Section 14 Arrangement with respect to severance pay with respect to 100% of such salary for which severance pay is due under the Severance Pay Law; and all amounts that the Company is required by contract or applicable law either (A) to deduct from Israeli Employees’ salaries or to transfer to such Israeli Employees’ pension or provident, life insurance, incapacity insurance, advance study fund or other similar funds or (B) to withhold from their Israeli Employees’ salaries and benefits and to pay to any Israeli governmental authority as required by applicable Israeli tax Law, have, in each case, been duly deducted, transferred, withheld and paid, and the Company has no outstanding obligation to make any such deduction, transfer, withholding or payment.
(ww) All payments to be made by or on behalf of the Company under this Agreement and, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, all dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the Shares may, under the current laws and regulations of Israel, be paid in United States dollars that may be converted into another currency and freely transferred out of Israel.
(xx) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess or can acquire on commercially reasonable terms, sufficient rights to use all patents, inventions, copyrights, know how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement or violation of asserted intellectual property rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(yy) The Company’s and its subsidiaries information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted free and clear, to the knowledge of the Company, of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants. The Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintain commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures, safeguards and other measures to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, availability and security of the IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal Data”)) used in connection with their business, and, to the knowledge of the Company, there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any other person, nor any incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same. The Company and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws or statutes (including, but not limited to, the Israeli Privacy Protection Regulations, Information, Security, 2017) and all applicable judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.
(zz) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary or material to the conduct of their business as now conducted, except where the failure to obtain such certificates, authorizations or permits would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect, except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(aaa) Any final judgment for a fixed or determined sum of money rendered by any New York Court having jurisdiction under its own laws in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against the Company based upon this Agreement would be declared enforceable against the Company by the courts of the State of Israel, without reconsideration or reexamination of the merits, subject to the conditions, qualifications and restrictions described under the caption “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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(bbb) The Company does not expect to be a “passive foreign investment company” (“PFIC”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes for its current taxable year or in the foreseeable future.
2. Each of the Selling Shareholders severally and not jointly represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters and the Company that:
(a) All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary for the execution and delivery by such Selling Shareholder of this Agreement, the Power of Attorney (as defined below) and the Paying Agent Agreement (as defined below), and for the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder, have been obtained except for the registration under the Act of the Shares and such consents, approvals, authorizations and orders as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws, the rules and regulations of FINRA or the approval for listing on the Exchange in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters and except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, or orders that have been obtained or will be obtained prior to the Time of Delivery; and such Selling Shareholder has full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the Paying Agent Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder.
(b) The sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder and the compliance by such Selling Shareholder with this Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the Paying Agent Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated (i) will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Shareholder is a party or by which such Selling Shareholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling Shareholder is subject and (ii) will not result in any violation of the provisions of (x) the organizational documents of such Selling Shareholder or (y) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over such Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries or any property or assets of such Selling Shareholder, except, in the case of clause (i) and (ii)(y), for such defaults, breaches or violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Selling Shareholder to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(c) Such Selling Shareholder has, and immediately prior to each Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 5 hereof) such Selling Shareholder will have, good and valid title to, or a valid “security entitlement” within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code in respect of, the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder at such Time of Delivery, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims; and, upon delivery of such Shares and payment therefor pursuant hereto, good and valid title to such Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, will pass to the several Underwriters.
(d) On or prior to the date of the Pricing Prospectus, such Selling Shareholder has executed and delivered to the Underwriters an agreement substantially in the form of Annex II hereto.
(e) To the extent that any statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto are made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Selling Shareholder expressly for use therein, such Registration Statement and Preliminary Prospectus did, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will, when they become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; it being understood and agreed that the written information furnished by the Selling Shareholder consists only of (i) the legal name, address and the number of shares owned by the Selling Shareholder, (ii) the other information (excluding percentages) with respect to the Selling Shareholder which appear in the table (and corresponding footnotes) under the caption “Principal and Selling Shareholders” in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (iii) if applicable, the information with respect to the Selling Shareholder which appears under the caption “Management” in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (collectively, the “Selling Shareholder Information”).
(f) In order to document the Underwriters’ compliance with the reporting and withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect to the transactions herein contemplated, such Selling Shareholder will deliver to the Representatives prior to or at the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 5 hereof) a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9, if the Selling Shareholder is a United States person, or the applicable Form W-8, if the Selling Shareholder is a non-United States person, (or, in each case, other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
(g) Such Selling Shareholder has duly executed and delivered a Power of Attorney, in the form heretofore furnished to you (the “Power of Attorney”), appointing Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx as such Selling Shareholder’s attorney-in-fact (the “Attorney-in-Fact”) with authority to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of such Selling Shareholder, to determine the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters to the Selling Shareholders as provided in Section 3 hereof, to authorize the delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder and otherwise to act on behalf of such Selling Shareholder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Paying Agent Agreement, in each case to the extent and subject to the limitations set forth therein.
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(h) The obligations of the Selling Shareholders hereunder shall not be terminated by operation of law, whether by the death or incapacity of any individual Selling Shareholder or, in the case of an estate or trust, by the death or incapacity of any executor or trustee or the termination of such estate or trust, or in the case of a partnership, limited liability company or corporation, by the dissolution of such partnership, limited liability company or corporation, or by the occurrence of any other event. If any individual Selling Shareholder or any such executor or trustee should die or become incapacitated, or if any such estate or trust should be terminated, or if any such partnership, limited liability company or corporation should be dissolved, or if any other such event should occur, before the delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder, actions taken by the Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to the Powers of Attorney shall be as valid as if such death, incapacity, termination, dissolution or other event had not occurred, regardless of whether or not the Attorney-in-Fact shall have received notice of such death, incapacity, termination, dissolution or other event.
(i) Neither such Selling Shareholder nor any of such Selling Shareholder’s subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of such Selling Shareholder, any director, officer, agent, employee or controlled affiliate of such Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries is, or is owned or controlled by one or more persons that are, currently the subject or the target of any Sanctions, nor is such Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Jurisdiction. Such Selling Shareholder will not directly or knowingly indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate, in a manner that violates Sanctions, any activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject or the target of Sanctions or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.
(j) Except pursuant to this Agreement, there is no broker, finder or other party that is entitled to receive from any of the Selling Shareholders any brokerage or finder’s fee or other fee or commission as a result of any transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(k) The choice of laws of the State of New York as the governing law of this Agreement is a valid choice of law under the laws of the jurisdiction where Selling Shareholder is resident. Such Selling Shareholder has the power to submit, and pursuant to this Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the personal jurisdiction of each New York Court, and such Selling Shareholder has the power to designate, appoint and authorize, and pursuant to this Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably designated, appointed and authorized an agent for service of process in any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any New York Court, and service of process effected on such authorized agent will be effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over such Selling Shareholder.
(l) Except as provided by laws or statutes generally applicable to transactions of the type described in this Agreement, neither such Selling Shareholder nor any of its properties, assets or revenues has any right of immunity under the laws of New York or United States law, from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from the giving of any relief in any such legal action, suit or proceeding, from set-off or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any New York or United States
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xxxxxxx xxxxx, from service of process, attachment upon or prior judgment, or attachment in aid of execution of judgment, or from execution of a judgment, or other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of a judgment, in any such court, with respect to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with this Agreement. To the extent that such Selling Shareholder or any of its respective properties, assets or revenues may have or may hereafter become entitled to any such right of immunity in any such court in which proceedings may at any time be commenced, such Selling Shareholder waives or will waive such right to the extent permitted by law and has consented to such relief and enforcement as provided in this Agreement.
(m) Such Selling Shareholder has validly appointed CT Corporation System as its authorized agent for service of process in the United States.
(n) Neither such Selling Shareholder nor any of such Selling Shareholder’s properties or assets has any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or otherwise) under the laws of the State of Israel. The irrevocable and unconditional waiver and agreement of such Selling Shareholder contained in Section 22 not to plead or claim any such immunity in any legal action, suit or proceeding based on this Agreement is valid and binding under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Selling Shareholder is resident.
(o) Any final judgment for a fixed or determined sum of money rendered by any New York Court having jurisdiction under its own laws in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against such Selling Shareholder based upon this Agreement would be declared enforceable against such Selling Shareholder by the courts of the jurisdiction in which such Selling Shareholder is resident, without reconsideration or reexamination of the merits, subject to, if applicable to such Selling Shareholder, the conditions, qualifications and restrictions described under the caption “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(p) Such Selling Shareholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares. In addition, such Selling Shareholder has not engaged in any form of solicitation, advertising or other action constituting an offer or a sale under the Israeli Securities Law in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby which would require the publication of a prospectus in the State of Israel under the laws of the State of Israel.
(q) Such Selling Shareholder is not prompted by any information concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is not disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus to sell its Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
3. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) each of the Selling Shareholders agrees, severally and not jointly, to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Selling Shareholders, at a purchase price per share of $[•], the number of Firm Shares (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be sold by
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each of the Selling Shareholders as set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II hereto by a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased by all of the Underwriters from all of the Selling Shareholders hereunder and (b) in the event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares as provided below, each of the Selling Shareholders agrees, severally and not jointly, to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from each of the Selling Shareholders, at the purchase price per share set forth in clause (a) of this Section 3 (provided that the purchase price per Optional Share shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on the Optional Shares), that portion of the number of Optional Shares as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number of Optional Shares by a fraction, the numerator of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase hereunder.
The Selling Shareholders, as and to the extent indicated in Schedule II hereto, hereby grant, severally and not jointly, to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their election up to [•] Optional Shares, at the purchase price per share set forth in the paragraph above, for the sole purpose of covering sales of shares in excess of the number of Firm Shares; provided that the purchase price per Optional Share shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on the Optional Shares. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares shall be made in proportion to the number of Optional Shares to be sold by each Selling Shareholder. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised only by written notice from you to the Company and the Attorney-in-Fact, given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement, setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 5 hereof) or, unless you and the Company and the Attorney-in-Fact otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
4. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Firm Shares, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus.
5. (a) The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in definitive or book-entry form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request upon at least forty-eight hours’ prior notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholders to the Representatives, through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified by ESOP Management and Trust Services Ltd. (the “Paying Agent”) to the Representatives at least forty-
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eight hours in advance. With respect to any withholding taxes imposed under applicable Israeli law, the Paying Agent shall act as the withholding agent on behalf of the Underwriters, all in accordance with the provisions of the Paying Agent Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex I (the “Paying Agent Agreement”). To the extent the Paying Agent delivers to the Underwriters prior to the First Time of Delivery an undertaking in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Circular 19/2018 in the form attached as Exhibit C to the Paying Agent Agreement, then the payment made by the Underwriters to the Paying Agent shall be without any deduction or withholding of any taxes imposed under Israeli law; rather, such amounts (if any) will be withheld by the Paying Agent pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Paying Agent Agreement. To the extent any amounts are so deducted or withheld, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the applicable Selling Shareholder. The Company and the Selling Shareholders will cause the certificates, if any, representing the Shares to be made available for checking and packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) with respect thereto at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the “Designated Office”). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm Shares, 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on September [•], 2021 or such other time and date as the Representatives, the Company and the Attorney-in-Fact may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the Optional Shares, 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified by the Representatives in each written notice given by the Representatives of the Underwriters’ election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such other time and date as the Representatives, the Company and the Attorney-in-Fact may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares is herein called the “First Time of Delivery,” each such time and date for delivery of the Optional Shares, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the “Second Time of Delivery,” and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a “Time of Delivery.”
(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 9 hereof, including the cross receipt for the Shares and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 9(q) hereof, will be delivered at the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 (the “Closing Location”), and the Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at such Time of Delivery; provided, however, that unless physical delivery is requested by the Representatives, such documents may be delivered electronically.
6. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus prior to the last Time of Delivery which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you, promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you with copies thereof; to file promptly all material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act; to advise you, promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the
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Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Shares, of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the 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 any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to promptly use its reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may request and to use commercially reasonable efforts 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 Shares; provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation (where not otherwise required) or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction (where not otherwise required);
(c) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement (or such later time as may be agreed to by the Company and you) and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with written and electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and if at such time any event 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 (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act, to notify you and upon your request to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many written and electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales of any of the Shares at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon your request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as you may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable (which may be satisfied by filing with the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“XXXXX”)), but in any event not later than sixteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158 under the Act);
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(e) To furnish to its shareholders within such period required by the Exchange Act after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) (which may be through the filing of an Annual Report on Form 20-F on XXXXX);
(f) During a period of three years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to furnish to you copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to shareholders, and to deliver to you as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; provided, that no reports, documents or other information needs to be furnished pursuant to this Section 6(f) to the extent they are available on XXXXX;
(g) To use its best efforts to list for quotation the Shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (the “Exchange”);
(h) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) under the Act by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 3a(c) of the Commission’s Informal and Other Procedures (16 CFR 202.3a);
(i) Upon reasonable request of any Underwriter in writing, to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such Underwriter an electronic version of the Company’s trademarks, service marks and corporate logo for use on the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter for the purpose of facilitating the on-line offering of the Shares (the “License”); provided, however, that the License shall be used solely for the purpose described above, is granted without any fee and may not be assigned or transferred; and
(j) To promptly notify you if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company or a foreign private issuer at any time prior to the later of (i) completion of the distribution of the Shares within the meaning of the Act and (ii) the last Time of Delivery.
7. (a) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; each Selling Shareholder represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a free writing prospectus; and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a free writing prospectus required to be filed with the Commission; any such free writing prospectus the use of which has been consented to by the Company and the Representatives is listed on Schedule III(a) or Schedule III(c) hereto.
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(b) The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission or retention where required and legending.
(c) The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Written Testing-the-Waters Communication any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing 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 then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Representatives and, if requested by the Representatives, will prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission, provided, however, that the obligations under this Section 7(c) shall not apply to any statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Written Testing-the-Waters Communication made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information (as defined below).
(d) The Company represents and agrees that (i) it has not engaged in, or authorized any other person to engage in, any Testing-the-Waters Communications, other than Testing-the-Waters Communications with the prior consent of the Representatives with entities that are qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A under the Act or institutions that are accredited investors as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Act; and (ii) it has not distributed, or authorized any other person to distribute, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications, other than those distributed with the prior consent of the Representatives that are listed on Schedule III(d) hereto; and the Company reconfirms that the Underwriters have been authorized to act on its behalf in engaging in Testing-the-Waters Communications.
(e) The Company and each Selling Shareholder acknowledges, understands and agrees that the Shares may be offered and sold in Israel only by the Underwriters and only to Israeli investors who submit written confirmation to the Underwriters and the Company that such investor (A) falls within the scope of the First Addendum (the “Addendum”) to the Israeli Securities Law, is aware of the meaning of same and agrees to it and (B) is acquiring the Shares for investment for its own account or, if applicable, for investment for clients who are investors under Section 15A(b) of the Israeli Securities Law and in any event not as a nominee, market maker or agent and not with a view to, or for the resale in connection with, any distribution thereof (“Israeli Accredited Investors”).
(f) Each Underwriter acknowledges, agrees and undertakes that the Shares may be sold in Israel by the Underwriters only to Israeli Accredited Investors.
(g) Each Underwriter represents and agrees that (i) any Testing-the-Waters Communications undertaken by it were with entities that are qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A under the Act or institutions that are accredited investors as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Act and (ii) it will not distribute, or authorize any other person to distribute, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, other than those distributed with the prior authorization of the Company.
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8. The Company and each of the Selling Shareholders covenant and agree with one another and with the several Underwriters that (a) the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants and any fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Shareholders in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, the Blue Sky Memorandum, if any, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 6(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey, if any; (iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares on the Exchange; (v) the filing fees incident to, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, any required review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Shares; (vi) the cost of preparing share certificates, if applicable; (vi) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; and (vii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 8, including the fees of the Paying Agent; and (b) such Selling Shareholder will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of such Selling Shareholder’s obligations hereunder with respect to (i) fees and expenses of any tax or other advisor to such Selling Shareholder and (ii) all transfer, stamp and other similar taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder to the Underwriters hereunder. It is understood, however, that the amount payable by the Company pursuant to subsections (iii) and (v) for the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters shall not exceed $15,000 in the aggregate. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 8, and Sections 10 and 13 hereof, (i) the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make; (ii) the Company will bear all of the Company’s (but not the Underwriters’) travel expenses and the Underwriters will bear all of the Underwriters’ (but not the Company’s) travel expenses, in each case, in connection with any “roadshow” presentation to investors and (iii) notwithstanding clause (ii), the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall each pay 50% of the cost of any chartered plane, chartered jet or other chartered aircraft that is used to transport representatives from both the Company and the Underwriters in connection with any “roadshow” presentation to investors.
9. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to be delivered at each Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company and the Selling Shareholders herein are, at and as of the Applicable Time and such Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall have performed all of its and their obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
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(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 6(a) hereof; all material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 433; if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose or under Section 8A of the Act shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Pricing Prospectus, Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, U.S. counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(c) Meitar Law Offices, Israeli counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(d) White & Case LLP, U.S. counsel for Cross Ship S.à x.x., Red Dot Capital Partners, L.P. and Goor HoldCo Ltd., shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(e) The respective local counsel for each of the Selling Shareholders, as indicated in Schedule IV hereto, each shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(f) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, U.S. counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(g) Gornitzky & Co., Israeli counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(h) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement, at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at each Time of Delivery, Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx & Kasierer, a member firm of Ernst & Young Global, shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you;
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(i) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing 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, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the share capital (other than as a result of the grant, vesting, exercise or settlement, if any, of share options or the award, if any, of share options, restricted shares or other equity incentives in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s equity plans that are described in the Pricing Prospectus) or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change or effect, or any development involving a prospective change or effect, in or affecting (x) the business, properties, general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, or (y) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in your judgment so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(j) On or after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on the Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal, New York State or Israeli authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or the State of Israel; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the State of Israel or the declaration by the United States or the State of Israel of a national emergency or war or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States, the State of Israel or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(k) The Shares to be sold at such Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed for quotation on the Exchange;
(l) The Company shall have obtained and delivered to the Underwriters executed copies of an agreement from each shareholder of the Company listed on Schedule II hereto, substantially to the effect set forth in Annex II hereto in form and substance satisfactory to you;
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(m) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement;
(n) The Company and the Selling Shareholders shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at such Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company and of the Selling Shareholders, satisfactory to the Representatives as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholders, respectively, herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company and the Selling Shareholders of all of their respective obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, and as to the matters set forth in Section 9(a) and Section 9(i);
(o) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at such Time of Delivery a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Company in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters;
(p) Each Selling Shareholder shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you prior to such Time of Delivery a Power of Attorney; and
(q) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at such Time of Delivery a certification of beneficial ownership and such other required documentation as the Representatives may reasonably request in order to satisfy their obligations to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Networks.
10. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “roadshow” as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Act (a “roadshow”), any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.
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(b) Each of the Selling Shareholders will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any roadshow or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any roadshow or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, in reliance upon and in conformity with the Selling Shareholder Information; and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that such Selling Shareholder shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Written Testing-the-Waters Communication in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information; and provided further that the liability of a Selling Shareholder under this Section 10(b) shall in no event exceed an amount equal to the net proceeds received by such Selling Shareholder (before deducting expenses) from the Shares sold by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each Selling Shareholder against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or such Selling Shareholder may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any roadshow or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any roadshow or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information; and will reimburse the Company and each Selling Shareholder for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or such Selling Shareholder in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred. As used in this Agreement with respect to an Underwriter and an applicable document, “Underwriter Information” shall mean the written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein; it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the [seventh] paragraph under the caption [“Underwriting,”] and the information contained in the [seventh, fifteenth and sixteenth] paragraphs under the caption [“Underwriting.”]
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(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 10 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; provided that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 10 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 10. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to (i) participate therein and (ii) in the case of any such action that is not a regulatory proceeding, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party); provided that, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense of such non-regulatory proceeding, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the indemnifying party has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; (iii) the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 10 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares and with the proportion among the Company and the Selling Shareholders to reflect the relative
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fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholders. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations and with the proportion among the Company and the Selling Shareholders to reflect the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholders. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Shareholders on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, each of the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (e) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (e). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (e) shall be deemed to include 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 subsection (e), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay under this Section 10 by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. The liability of a Selling Shareholder under this Section 10(e) shall in no event exceed an amount equal to the net proceeds received by such Selling Shareholder (before deducting expenses) from the Shares sold by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement (reduced by any amounts such Selling Shareholder is obligated to pay under Section 10(b) above). No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(f) The obligations of the Company and the Selling Shareholders under this Section 10 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the Selling Shareholders may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each employee, officer and director of each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act and each broker-dealer or other affiliate of any Underwriter; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 10 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company (including any person who, with his or her consent, is named in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company) and to each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling Shareholder within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange Act.
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11. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Shares which it has agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of Delivery, you may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other parties to purchase such Shares on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such Shares on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Company and the Selling Shareholders that you have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, or the Company or a Selling Shareholder notifies you that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, you or the Company or the Selling Shareholders shall have the right to postpone such Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in your opinion may thereby be made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Shares.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company and the Selling Shareholders as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, then the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you, the Company and the Selling Shareholders as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement (or, with respect to a Second Time of Delivery, the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Selling Shareholders to sell the Optional Shares) shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter, the Company or the Selling Shareholders, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters as provided in Section 8 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 10(f) hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
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12. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, the Selling Shareholders and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company, or any of the Selling Shareholders, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, or any controlling person of any Selling Shareholder and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.
13. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 11 hereof, neither the Company nor the Selling Shareholders shall then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 8 and 10(f) hereof; but, if for any other reason, any Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholders as provided herein or the Underwriters decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Selling Shareholders pro rata will reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by you, including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 8 and 10(f) hereof.
14. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by the Representatives and in all dealings with any Selling Shareholder hereunder, you and the Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of such Selling Shareholder made or given by the Attorney-in-Fact for such Selling Shareholder.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as the Representatives in care of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. LLC, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Registration Department; if to any Selling shareholder shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the Attorney-in-Fact, c/o the Company at the address set forth on the cover of the Registration Statement, Attention: General Counsel; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 10(d) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its questionnaire, or telex constituting such questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company or the Selling Shareholders by you upon request.
In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
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15. In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. For purposes of this Section 15, a “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k). “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
16. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholders and, to the extent provided in Sections 10 and 12 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company, any Selling Shareholder or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
17. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
18. The Company and the Selling Shareholders acknowledge and agree that (i) the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other, and does not constitute a recommendation, investment advice, or solicitation of any action by the Underwriters, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or any Selling Shareholder, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or any Selling Shareholder with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or any Selling Shareholder on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company or any Selling Shareholder except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory, investment or tax advice with respect to the offering of the Shares and the Company and each Selling Shareholder has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the
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extent it deemed appropriate and (v) none of the activities of or communications by the Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated herein constitute a recommendation, investment advice, or solicitation of any action by the Underwriters to or for any Selling Shareholder. The Company and each Selling Shareholder agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company or any Selling Shareholder, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
19. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) among the Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
20. This Agreement and any transaction contemplated by this Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflict of laws that would result in the application of any law other than the laws of the State of New York. The Company and each Selling Shareholder agree that any suit, action or proceeding arising in respect of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated by this Agreement (“Related Proceedings”) will be tried exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, in any state court located in The City and County of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”) and the Company and each Selling Shareholder agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of, and to venue in, such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court (a “Related Judgment”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive).
21. The Company, each Selling Shareholder and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any Related Proceedings. The Company irrevocably appoints Global-e US Inc., as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any such suit or proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service to the Company by the person serving the same to the address provided in Section 14 shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding. The Company further agrees to take any and all actions as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect for a period of no less than seven years from the date of this Agreement. Each Selling Shareholder irrevocably appoints CT Corporation System, 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any such suit or proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service to such Selling Shareholder by the person serving the same to the address provided in Section 14 shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon such Selling Shareholders in any such suit or proceeding. Each Selling Shareholder further agrees to take any and all actions as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect for a period of no less than seven years from the date of this Agreement.
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22. With respect to any Related Proceedings, the Company, each Selling Shareholder and each of the Underwriters irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all immunity (whether on the basis of sovereignty or otherwise) from jurisdiction, service of process, attachment (both before and after judgment) and execution to which it might otherwise be entitled in the Specified Courts, and with respect to any Related Judgment, each party waives any such immunity in the Specified Courts or any other court of competent jurisdiction, and will not raise or claim or cause to be pleaded any such immunity at or in respect of any such Related Proceedings or Related Judgment, including, without limitation, any immunity pursuant to the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, as amended, and the Israeli Foreign States Immunity Law, 5769-2008, as amended.
23. The obligations of the Company and each Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any sum due to any Underwriter shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than United States dollars, not be discharged until the first business day, following receipt by any Underwriter of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, on which such Underwriter may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase United States dollars with such other currency. If the United States dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Underwriter in United States dollars hereunder, the Company and each Selling Shareholder agree as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Underwriter against such loss. If the United States dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, such Underwriter agrees to pay to the Company or the applicable Selling Shareholder an amount equal to the excess of the United States dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder.
24. All payments (including payments in kind, such as sale and delivery of Shares by the Selling Shareholders to the Underwriters and the initial sale and delivery of Shares by the Underwriters to purchasers thereof) made or deemed to be made by or on behalf of the Company or any Selling Shareholder under this Agreement shall be exclusive of any value added tax or any other tax of a similar nature (“VAT”) which is chargeable thereon. If any VAT is or becomes chargeable in respect of any such payment or deemed payment, the Company or such Selling Shareholder, as applicable, shall pay in addition the amount of such VAT.
25. All payments made or deemed to be made by the Company or any Selling Shareholder to the Underwriters under this Agreement, if any, will be made respectively without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature (other than taxes on net income or similar taxes) imposed or levied by or on behalf of the State of Israel, any other jurisdiction in which the Company or such Selling Shareholder, as applicable with respect to its own relevant jurisdiction, is organized or incorporated, engaged in business for tax purposes or is otherwise resident for tax purposes or has a permanent establishment, or any political subdivision, authority or agency in or of any of the foregoing having power to tax, unless the Company or any Selling Shareholder, as applicable, is or becomes required by law to withhold or deduct such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges. In such event, the Company or the applicable Selling Shareholder, in each case solely with respect to payments made or deemed to be made by itself, will pay such additional amounts as will result, after such withholding or deduction imposed by the applicable jurisdiction with respect solely to such payments, in the receipt by each Underwriter of the amounts that would otherwise have been receivable had such deduction or withholding not been required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall the Company or any Selling Shareholder be liable to (or pay additional amounts with respect to) any taxes, duties, assessments
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governmental charges, withholding or deduction imposed on an Underwriter by the State of Israel or any other relevant jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein as a result of the Underwriter being (currently or in the past) a tax resident of or having a permanent establishment or an Israeli Affiliate in the jurisdiction imposing the tax or as a result of any present or former connection (other than any connection resulting solely from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) between the Underwriter and the jurisdiction imposing such tax, withholding or deductions or, to the extent resulting from the Underwriter’s services under this Agreement having been performed by the Underwriter inside the State of Israel. If requested by the Company or the Selling Shareholders, the Underwriters shall reasonably cooperate with the Company or the Selling Shareholders, as applicable, by providing reasonably required information for the Company or the Selling Shareholders, as applicable, to obtain an exemption certificate from withholding or deduction in connection with the payments under this Agreement.
26. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
27. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company and the Selling Shareholders are authorized to disclose to any persons the U.S. federal and state, Israeli, foreign or other income tax treatment and tax structure of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Company and the Selling Shareholders relating to that treatment and structure, without the Underwriters imposing any limitation of any kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any person to comply with securities laws. For this purpose, “tax structure” is limited to any facts that may be relevant to that treatment.
[Signature page follows]
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters, the Company and each of the Selling Shareholders. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company and the Selling Shareholders for examination upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.
Any person executing and delivering this Agreement as Attorney-in-Fact for a Selling Shareholder represents by so doing that he has been duly appointed as Attorney-in-Fact by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to a validly existing and binding Power of Attorney that authorizes such Attorney-in-Fact to take such action.
Very truly yours, | ||
Global-E Online Ltd. | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Accepted as of the date hereof:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. LLC | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
Jefferies LLC | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
On behalf of each of the Underwriters | ||
The Selling Shareholders named in Schedule II hereto, acting severally | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: Attorney-in-Fact |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
SCHEDULE I
Underwriter |
Total Number of Firm Shares to be Purchased |
Number of Optional Shares to be Purchased if Maximum Option Exercised |
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. LLC |
[ | •] | [ | •] | ||||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC |
[ | •] | [ | •] | ||||
Xxxxxxxxx LLC |
[ | •] | [ | •] | ||||
BofA Securities, Inc. |
[ | •] | [ | •] | ||||
Total |
[ | •] | [ | •] | ||||
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Sch. I-1
SCHEDULE II
Selling Shareholder | Total Number of Firm Shares to be Sold |
Number of Optional Shares to be Sold if Maximum Option Exercised |
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Cross Ship S.à x.x. |
[ | •] | [ | •] | ||||
Red Dot Capital Partners, L.P. |
[ | •] | [ | •] | ||||
Goor HoldCo Ltd. |
[ | •] | [ | •] | ||||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Assets Ltd. |
[ | •] | [ | •] | ||||
Nir Xxxxx |
[ | •] | [ | •] | ||||
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
[ | •] | [ | •] | ||||
Shahar Tamari |
[ | •] | [ | •] | ||||
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
[ | •] | [ | •] | ||||
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
[ | •] | [ | •] | ||||
Roter Holdings Ltd. |
[ | •] | [ | •] | ||||
Xxxxx Credit Five Fund Limited Partnership |
[ | •] | [ | •] | ||||
Total |
[ | •] | [ | •] |
Sch. II-2
SCHEDULE III
(a) | Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not included in the Pricing Disclosure Package: |
Electronic roadshow dated September [•], 2021
(b) | Additional documents incorporated by reference: |
N/A
(c) | Information other than the Pricing Prospectus that comprise the Pricing Disclosure Package: |
Public offering price per ordinary share: $[•]
Number of Firm Shares purchased by the Underwriters: [•]
Number of Optional Shares: [•]
(d) | Written Testing-the-Waters Communications: |
None
SCHEDULE IV
Selling Shareholder |
Local Counsel | |
Cross Ship S.à x.x. |
[•] | |
Red Dot Capital Partners, L.P. |
[•] | |
Goor HoldCo Ltd. |
[•] | |
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Assets Ltd. |
[•] | |
Nir Xxxxx |
[•] | |
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
[•] | |
Shahar Tamari |
[•] | |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
[•] | |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
[•] | |
Roter Holdings Ltd. |
[•] | |
Xxxxx Credit Five Fund Limited Partnership |
[•] |
ANNEX I
Form of Paying Agent Agreement
ANNEX II
Form of Lock-up Letter
Global-E Online Ltd.
Lock-Up Agreement
[•], 2021