Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that: (a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable. (b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule. (c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request. (d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request. (e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇). (f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering. (g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. (h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping. (i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto. (j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities. (k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Mastercard Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Mastercard Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Mastercard Inc)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters thatas follows:
(a) Filings with the Commission; Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Prior to the termination of the offering of the SecuritiesSenior Notes, the Company will not (i) file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or (ii) use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, unless in each such case, the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing such filing, use, authorization, approval, or reference thereto, and the Company will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement or use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which you reasonably object. The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i1) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii2) when, prior to termination of the offering of the SecuritiesSenior Notes, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii3) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv4) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and purpose, or (v5) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities Senior Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such that purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence suspension of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement qualification and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), Underwriting Agreement (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), Underwriting Agreement (Wisconsin Public Service Corp)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Basic Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 or Rule 434 via the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filingRetrieval System. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives promptly (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)424 or Rule 434, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Securities shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment of or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives as soon as practicable, but not later than 60 days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy (in form complying with the provisions of Section 11(aRule 158 of the regulations under the Act) covering a twelve month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the "effective date" (as defined in said Rule 158) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Registration Statement.
(fd) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each any Preliminary Prospectus, Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any amendments thereof and any supplement supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and reasonably designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesSecurities and will arrange for the determination of the legality of the Securities for purchase by institutional investors; provided provided, however, that in no event shall the Company shall not be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hf) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained Until the prior written consent of business day following the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may beClosing Date, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, offer or sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in announce the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect offering of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed covered by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to by any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities statement filed under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Nationsbank Corp), Underwriting Agreement (Nationsbank Corp), Underwriting Agreement (Nationsbank Corp)
Agreements. The Company Operating Partnership agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company Operating Partnership will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company Operating Partnership has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company Operating Partnership will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company Operating Partnership will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose purpose, and (v) of the receipt by the Company Operating Partnership of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company Operating Partnership will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company Operating Partnership will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; , (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; , and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company Operating Partnership promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus Prospectus, and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company Operating Partnership will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries Subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) The Company Operating Partnership will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company Operating Partnership will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company Operating Partnership will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company Operating Partnership be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company Operating Partnership agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company Operating Partnership that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the CompanyOperating Partnership, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company Operating Partnership with the Commission or retained by the Company Operating Partnership under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company Operating Partnership is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company Operating Partnership agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company Operating Partnership will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company Operating Partnership or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company Operating Partnership or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), ) or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Operating Partnership will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company Operating Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company Operating Partnership agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory AuthorityFINRA, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives Operating Partnership Representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the CompanyOperating Partnership’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the CompanyOperating Partnership; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company Operating Partnership of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Mack Cali Realty L P), Underwriting Agreement (Mack Cali Realty L P), Underwriting Agreement (Mack Cali Realty L P)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives Representative with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives Representative of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Representative (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional informationProspectus, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event or development occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives Representative of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives Representative an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing the Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives Representative may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Representative may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesRepresentative, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock or shares of any class of capital stock of the Company (other than or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, any of the Securities), foregoing; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 90 days after the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretodate of this Agreement (the “Restricted Period”), provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue and sell the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time, (iii) issue Common Stock or other securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise, redemption or as payment pursuant to the terms of the Pre-Funded Warrants, the Common Warrants, or other securities outstanding at the Execution Time, provided that such other securities outstanding at the Execution Time have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits or combinations) or to extend the term of such securities; (iv) issue Common Stock in settlement of or pursuant to contractual obligations outstanding at the Execution Time, provided that such Common Stock is issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith for a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement and provided that such issuances shall not exceed an aggregate of 250,000 shares (as adjusted for reverse and forward stock splits, recapitalizations and similar transactions after the date of this Agreement); (v) enter into an agreement providing for the issuance of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock in connection with any acquisition, joint venture, collaboration, licensing, commercial relationship or other similar strategic transaction so long as (a) the purposes of such issuance is not solely for capital raising and such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds and such entity is not to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities and (b) the recipient of any such shares of Common Stock or securities issued pursuant to this clause (v) during the 90-day restricted period described above shall enter into an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (unless the Representative otherwise waives the requirement in writing).
(jh) [Reserved]
(i) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the SecuritiesSecurities or the Warrant Shares.
(kj) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing the Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the SecuritiesShares and Warrant Shares, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Shares and the Warrant Shares on The Nasdaq Capital Market; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings, with such fee and expenses of counsel), (viii) the fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters incurred in connection with the offering of the Securities (together with fees and expenses of counsel incurred pursuant to subsection (vi) and (vii)), not to exceed $62,500); (viiiix) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company representatives (other than the Underwriters) in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ixx) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xxi) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except The Company shall also pay a non-accountable expense allowance to the underwriter in an amount not to exceed $12,500. Except as provided in this Section 5(k5(j) and in Sections 7 and 8 hereofbelow, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel, stock transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Securities by themthem and the transportation and other expenses incurred by them in connection with any road show.
(k) The Company agrees that it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405).
(l) The Company will use the net proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds.”
(m) The Company will, at all times while any Pre-Funded Warrants or Common Warrants are outstanding, use its best efforts to maintain a registration statement covering the issue and sale of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants and Common Warrants such that the Warrant Shares, when issued, will not be subject to resale restrictions under the Securities Act except to the extent that the Warrant Shares are owned by affiliates.
(n) The Company will, at all times while any Pre-Funded Warrants or Common Warrants are outstanding, reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved Common Stock, for the purpose of enabling it to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of such Pre-Funded Warrants and Common Warrants, the number of Warrant Shares that are issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of the then-outstanding Pre-Funded Warrants and Common Warrants.
(i) With respect to any exercise notice(s) related to the Pre-Funded Warrants delivered on or prior to 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on the day immediately preceding the Issuance Date (as defined in the Pre-Funded Warrant), which may be delivered at any time after the time of execution of this Agreement, the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Issuance Date, and (ii) with respect to any advertising expenses connected with exercise notice(s) delivered at any offers they time on the Issuance Date, which may makebe delivered prior to or following the issuance of the Pre-Funded Warrants, the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day (as defined in the Pre-Funded Warrant) immediately following the Issuance Date.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Vislink Technologies, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Vislink Technologies, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Vislink Technologies, Inc.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, other than as required by law, the Company will not file any amendment of to the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, Statement or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or or, to the Company’s knowledge, the threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or or, to the Company’s knowledge, the threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, or such other information necessary to cause the Disclosure Package not to contain a material misstatement or omission, in substantially the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and as approved by you and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities LLC, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), ) or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation of the Indenture, the issuance of the Securities and the fees of the Trustee; (ii) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (iiiii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iiiiv) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (ivv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (vvi) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vivii) if required, any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (viiviii) if required, any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viiiix) the reasonable transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ixx) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xxi) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k; and (xii) fees and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any expenses of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeTrustee (including counsel for the Trustee).
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Wyndham Worldwide Corp), Underwriting Agreement (Wyndham Worldwide Corp), Underwriting Agreement (Wyndham Worldwide Corp)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Basic Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 or Rule 434 via the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filingRetrieval System. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives promptly (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)424 or Rule 434, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Securities shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment of or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including Act, except with respect to any such delivery requirement imposed upon an affiliate of the Company in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)connection with any secondary market sales, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives as soon as practicable, but not later than 60 days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy (in form complying with the provisions of Section 11(aRule 158 of the regulations under the Act) covering a twelve month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the "effective date" (as defined in said Rule 158) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Registration Statement.
(fd) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each any Preliminary Prospectus, Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any amendments thereof and any supplement supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and reasonably designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesSecurities and will arrange for the determination of the legality of the Securities for purchase by institutional investors; provided provided, however, that in no event shall the Company shall not be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hf) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained Until the prior written consent of business day following the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may beClosing Date, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, offer or sell, contract to sellor announce the offering of, pledgeany securities covered by the Registration Statement or by any other registration statement filed under the Act; provided, however, the Company may, at any time, offer or sell or announce the offering of any securities (A) covered by a registration statement on Form S-8 or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due pursuant to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate employee benefit plans of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filingB) of covered by a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs Form S-3 and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) pursuant to which the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission Company issues securities under one of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment Company's medium-term note programs or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements pursuant to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by which the Company of issues securities for its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided dividend reinvestment plan or (C) covered by a registration statement on Form S-3 or Form S-4 pursuant to which the Company issues securities in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeone or more acquisitions.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Southtrust Corp), Underwriting Agreement (Southtrust Corp), Underwriting Agreement (Southtrust Corp)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably objectobject within 48 hours of receipt thereof. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon promptly as possible practicable the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the Exchange Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company)transfer, directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), ) or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the SecuritiesSecurities (if applicable), including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount , provided such fees and expenses of counsel do not exceeding exceed $5,00020,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. FINRA (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings, provided such fees and expenses of counsel do not exceed $20,000); (viii) the transportation and other expenses expenses, including the cost of any chartered aircraft, incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (COMMERCIAL METALS Co), Underwriting Agreement (Commercial Metals Co), Underwriting Agreement (Commercial Metals Co)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives Representative with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives Representative of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Representative (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives Representative of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives Representative an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives Representative may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale by the Representative under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Representative may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hg) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the RepresentativesRepresentative, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto to the Underwriting Agreement and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives Representative or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ih) The Company will notnot for a period of 90 days following the Execution Time, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, pledge or otherwise dispose of of, (or ii) enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate Affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate Affiliate of the Company)Company of, directly (iii) file (or indirectly, including participate in the filing (or participation in the filingof) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or (iv) establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange ActAct in respect of, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by shares of capital stock of the Company (other than or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of capital stock of the Securities)Company, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction; provided, until however, that the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoCompany may issue and sell Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option or benefit plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and in effect at the Execution Time and the Company may issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(ji) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result inresult, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kj) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange, if any; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory AuthorityNASD, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Equity Underwriting Agreement (Patriot Coal CORP), Equity Underwriting Agreement (Patriot Coal CORP), Equity Underwriting Agreement (Patriot Coal CORP)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, or subject itself to taxation, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hg) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ih) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto, provided, however, that the Company may issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time and the Company may issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time.
(ji) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute intended to, or that which might in the future reasonably be expected excepted to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kj) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the Nasdaq Global Market; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding to exceed $5,00010,000 in the aggregate; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. FINRA (including excluding filing fees and including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings)) in an amount not to exceed $30,000 in the aggregate; (viii) travel and lodging expenses of the transportation officers of the Company and other expenses incurred by or on behalf any consultants engaged in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of Company representatives the Securities and fifty (50) percent of the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show with the prior consent of the Company, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; provided, however, that the Underwriters shall be responsible for the balance; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k.
(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, The Company will notify promptly the Underwriters will pay all Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of their own costs and expenses, including (a) completion of the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any distribution of the Securities by themwithin the meaning of the Act and (b) completion of the restricted period referred to in Section 5(h) hereof.
(l) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make(ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Loxo Oncology, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Loxo Oncology, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Loxo Oncology, Inc.)
Agreements. The Company Partnership agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company Partnership will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company Partnership has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company Partnership will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company Partnership will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company Partnership of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company Partnership will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To The Partnership will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV V hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing made, not misleading, the Company Partnership will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company Partnership promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company The Partnership will make generally available to its security holders unitholders and to the Representatives Underwriters an earnings statement or statements of the Company Partnership and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) The Company Partnership will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, upon request and without charge, copies one signed copy of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company Partnership will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company Partnership will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company Partnership be obligated to (i) qualify to do business as a foreign limited partnership in any jurisdiction where in which it is would not now otherwise be required to so qualified or to take any action that would subject it qualify, (ii) file a general consent to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering any such jurisdiction or sale of the Securities, (iii) subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where in which it is would not now so otherwise be subject.
(h) The Company Partnership agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company Partnership that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the CompanyPartnership, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company Partnership with the Commission or retained by the Company Partnership under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III IV hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company Partnership is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company Partnership agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Partnership will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kj) The Company Partnership agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives of the Partnership in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ixviii) the fees and expenses of the CompanyPartnership’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the CompanyPartnership; and (xix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company Partnership of its respective obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (EnLink Midstream Partners, LP), Underwriting Agreement (EnLink Midstream Partners, LP), Underwriting Agreement (EnLink Midstream Partners, LP)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Basic Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 or Rule 434 via the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filingRetrieval System. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives promptly (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)424 or Rule 434, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Securities shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment of or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including Act, except with respect to any such delivery requirement imposed upon an affiliate of the Company in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)connection with any secondary market sales, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives as soon as practicable, but not later than 60 days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy (in form complying with the provisions of Section 11(aRule 158 of the regulations under the Act) covering a twelve month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the "effective date" (as defined in said Rule 158) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Registration Statement.
(fd) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each any Preliminary Prospectus, Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any amendments thereof and any supplement supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and reasonably designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesSecurities and will arrange for the determination of the legality of the Securities for purchase by institutional investors; provided provided, however, that in no event shall the Company shall not be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hf) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained Until the prior written consent of business day following the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may beClosing Date, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, offer or sell, contract to sellor announce the offering of, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) securities covered by the Company Registration Statement or by any affiliate of other registration statement filed under the Act; provided, however, the Company may, at any time, offer or sell or announce the offering of any person in privity with securities (A) covered by a registration statement on Form S-8 or (B) covered by a registration statement on Form S-3 and (i) pursuant to which the Company or any affiliate issues securities under one of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long's medium-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued note programs or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements pursuant to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by which the Company of issues securities for its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makedividend reinvestment plan.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Bank of America Corp /De/), Underwriting Agreement (Bank of America Corp /De/), Underwriting Agreement (Bank of America Corp /De/)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to Promptly following the termination execution of the offering of the Securitiesthis Agreement, the Company will not file any amendment of cause the Registration Statement or Prospectus, including as part thereof a prospectus supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) relating to the Base Purchased Bonds (the "Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final ProspectusSupplement"), properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the applicable paragraph Act, and the Company will promptly advise the Representatives when such filing has been made. Prior to such filing, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives in the preparation of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory Prospectus Supplement to assure that the Representatives have no reasonable objection to the Representatives of such timely filing. form or content thereof when filed.
(b) The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iiiii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iviii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (viv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities Purchased Bonds for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to the Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives a copy for their review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement without the consent of the Representatives, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior when a prospectus relating to the filing of Purchased Bonds is required to be delivered under the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b)Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleadingmade, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Registration Statement or the Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery and regulations of the Final ProspectusCommission under such Acts, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (ab) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which that will correct such statement or omission or an amendment or supplement that will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fd) The Company will furnish without charge to (i) each of the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter Underwriters a signed copy of the Registration Statement (but without exhibits theretoincorporated by reference), as originally filed, all amendments thereto filed prior to the Closing Date and all Incorporated Documents (including exhibits, other than exhibits incorporated by reference), (ii) each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement (but without exhibits), as originally filed, all amendments thereto (but without exhibits) and all Incorporated Documents (but without exhibits other than the Company's latest Annual Report to shareholders) and (iii) each Underwriter as many copies of the Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement thereto and, so long as delivery of a prospectus or supplement thereto by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by under the Act Act, any amendments thereof and supplements thereto (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172but without Incorporated Documents or exhibits), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus soon as available and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities Purchased Bonds for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided designate, provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, suits (other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, Purchased Bonds) in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the qualification of the Purchased Bonds for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kf) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation of the Prospectus, the issuance of the Purchased Bonds and the fees of the Trustee or Co-Trustee; (ii) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of themthereto; (iiiii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of themit, as may, in each case, may be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the SecuritiesPurchased Bonds; (iiiiv) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the SecuritiesPurchased Bonds, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the SecuritiesPurchased Bonds; (ivv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActPurchased Bonds; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities Purchased Bonds for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the SecuritiesPurchased Bonds; (viii) the fees and expenses of the Company's accountants and counsel (including local and special counsel); (ix) the fees and expenses of any rating agencies rating the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; Purchased Bonds and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood.
(g) The Company will, if requested by the Representatives, use its best efforts to cause the Purchased Bonds to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
(h) During the period beginning from the date of this Agreement and continuing to and including the later of (i) the termination of trading restrictions on the Purchased Bonds, as notified to the Company by the Representatives, and (ii) the Closing Date, the Company will not offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company which mature more than one year after the Closing Date and which are substantially similar to the Purchased Bonds, without the prior written consent of the Representatives; provided, however, that, except as provided that in no event shall the foregoing period extend more than fifteen calendar days from the date of this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeAgreement.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Commonwealth Edison Co), Underwriting Agreement (Commonwealth Edison Co), Underwriting Agreement (Commonwealth Edison Co)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters each Agent that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the SecuritiesNotes pursuant to this Agreement or any Terms Agreement, the Company will not file any Prospectus Supplement relating to the Notes or any amendment of to the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has previously furnished to the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy Agents copies thereof for your their review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed supplement or amendment or supplement to which you the Agents reasonably object. The ; provided, however, that (i) the foregoing requirement shall not apply to any of the Company's periodic filings with the Commission required to be filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, copies of which filings the Company will cause to be delivered to the Final ProspectusAgents promptly after being transmitted for filing with the Commission and (ii) any Prospectus Supplement that merely sets forth the terms or a description of particular Notes shall only be reviewed and approved by the Agent or Agents offering such Notes. Subject to the foregoing sentence, properly completed, and any supplement thereto the Company will promptly cause each Prospectus Supplement to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with or transmitted for filing to the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of in accordance with Rule 424(b) within under the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filingSecurities Act. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Agents (i) when of the Final Prospectus, and filing of any amendment or supplement thereto, to the Basic Prospectus (except that notice of the filing of an amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus that merely sets forth the terms or a description of particular Notes shall have been filed (if required) with only be given to the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(bAgent or Agents offering such Notes), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering filing and effectiveness of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effectiveStatement, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of to the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment or for any supplement to the Final Basic Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence notice of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement qualification and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof. If the Basic Prospectus is amended or supplemented as a result of the filing under the Exchange Act of any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, no Agent shall be obligated to solicit offers to purchase Notes so long as it is not reasonably satisfied with such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicabledocument.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior when a prospectus relating to the filing of Notes is required to be delivered under the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b)Securities Act, any event occurs or condition exists as a result of which the Disclosure Package Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would include any an untrue statement of a material fact fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or when the circumstances Prospectus, as then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject , is delivered to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5a purchaser, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be is necessary at any time to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectusapplicable law, the Company promptly will (i) immediately notify the Representatives Agents by telephone (with confirmation in writing) to suspend solicitation of any offers to purchase Notes and, if so notified by the Company, the Agents shall forthwith suspend such eventsolicitation and cease using the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented. If the Company shall decide to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, it shall so advise the Agents promptly by telephone (iiwith confirmation in writing) and, at its expense, shall prepare and file cause to be filed promptly with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, Commission an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or new registration statement which Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, satisfactory in all respects to the Agents, that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliancecompliance and will supply such amended or supplemented Prospectus to the Agents in such quantities as they may reasonably request. If any documents, certificates, opinions and letters furnished to the Agents pursuant to paragraph (iiif) use below and Sections 5(a), 5(b) and 5(c) in connection with the preparation and filing of such amendment or supplement are satisfactory in all respects to the Agents, upon the filing with the Commission of such amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or upon the effectiveness of an amendment to the Registration Statement, the Agents will resume the solicitation of offers to purchase Notes hereunder. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3(b), until the distribution of any Notes an Agent may own as principal has been completed, if any event described above in this paragraph (b) occurs, the Company will, at its reasonable best efforts own expense, forthwith prepare and cause to have any be filed promptly with the Commission an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective Prospectus, as soon as practicable then amended or supplemented, satisfactory in order all respects to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) such Agent, will supply any such amended or supplemented Final Prospectus to you such Agent in such quantities as you it may reasonably requestrequest and shall furnish to such Agent pursuant to paragraph (f) below and Sections 5(a), 5(b) and 5(c) such documents, certificates, opinions and letters as it may request in connection with the preparation and filing of such amendment or supplement.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or Agents as soon as practicable earning statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will that satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder covering twelve month periods beginning, in each case, not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the "effective date" (as defined in Rule 158158 under the Securities Act) of the Registration Statement with respect to each sale of Notes. If such fiscal quarter is the last fiscal quarter of the Company's fiscal year, such earning statement shall be made available not later than 90 days after the close of the period covered thereby and in all other cases shall be made available not later than 45 days after the close of the period covered thereby.
(d) The Company will furnish to each Agent, without charge, a signed copy of the Registration Statement, including exhibits and all amendments thereto, and as many copies of the Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein and any supplements and amendments thereto as such Agent may reasonably request.
(e) The Company will endeavor to qualify the Notes for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Agents shall reasonably request and to maintain such qualifications for as long as the Agents shall reasonably request; provided provided, however, that in connection therewith the Company will shall not be deemed obligated to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gatheringqualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise subject.
(f) The Company will shall furnish to the Representatives Agents such relevant documents and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies certificates of officers of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offeringbusiness, operations and affairs of the Company, the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto, the Indenture, the Notes, this Agreement, the Administrative Procedures, any Terms Agreement and the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder as the Agents may from time to time reasonably request.
(g) The Company will arrangeshall notify the Agents promptly in writing of any downgrading, if necessary, for or of its receipt of any written notice of any intended or potential downgrading or of any possible change that does not indicate the qualification direction of the Securities possible change, in the -9- rating accorded any of the Company's securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as such term is defined for sale purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subjectSecurities Act.
(h) The Company agrees thatwill, unless it has whether or shall have obtained the prior written consent not any sale of the RepresentativesNotes is consummated, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating pay all expenses incident to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company performance of its obligations under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto this Agreement and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treatTerms Agreement, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following mattersincluding: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction preparation and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectusall amendments and supplements thereto, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) preparation, issuance and delivery of the Notes, (iii) the fees and disbursements of the Company's counsel and accountants and of the Trustee and its counsel, (iv) the qualification of the Notes under securities or Blue Sky laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(e), including postagefiling fees and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Agents in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of any Blue Sky Memoranda (up to $7,500), air freight charges (v) the printing and charges for counting and packaging) delivery to the Agents in quantities as hereinabove stated of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Statement and all amendments thereto and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the Agents of copies of any Blue Sky Memoranda, (vii) any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of themthe Notes, as may(viii) any expenses incurred by the Company in connection with a "road show" presentation to potential investors, in each case, be reasonably requested (ix) the fees and disbursements of counsel for use the Agents incurred in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the SecuritiesNotes, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required opinions to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authorityrendered by such counsel hereunder, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents; provided that any advertising expenses incurred by the Agents shall have been approved by the Company.
(i) During the period beginning the date of any Terms Agreement and continuing to and including the Settlement Date with respect to such Terms Agreement, the Company will not, without such Agent's prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company or warrants to purchase debt securities of the Company substantially similar to such Notes (other costs and expenses incident than (i) the Notes that are to the performance be sold pursuant to such Terms Agreement, (ii) Notes previously agreed to be sold by the Company and (iii) commercial paper issued in the ordinary course of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, thatbusiness), except as may otherwise be provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makesuch Terms Agreement.
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Sources: u.s. Distribution Agreement (FMC Corp), u.s. Distribution Agreement (FMC Corp), u.s. Distribution Agreement (FMC Corp)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives Underwriters with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives Underwriters of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Underwriters (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its commercially reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives Underwriters so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives Underwriters of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives Underwriters an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Underwriters may reasonably designate after consultation with the Company and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, or subject it to taxation, in each case in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock (“Lock-up Securities”), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, in each case, for a period of 30 days after the date of this Agreement, provided, however, that (i) the Company may issue and sell Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable for, shares of Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, incurrence plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time, (ii) the Company may issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time and (iii) issue and sell the securities to be sold hereunder, (iv) the Company may file one or more registration statements on Form S-8 with respect to an employee stock plan described in the Disclosure Package, (v) the Company may pledge any shares of the capital stock of any of the subsidiaries of the Company in connection with the incurrence of any new or refinanced indebtedness and (vi) the Company may offer, issue or sell Lock-up Securities as consideration or partial consideration for an acquisition or in connection with a strategic investment (including a joint venture or partnership), provided that (x) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock represented by the Lock-up Securities offered, issued or sold pursuant to this clause (vi) does not exceed 10% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the issuance and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (assuming full conversion, exercise and exchange of such Lock-up Securities) and (y) each recipient of any Lock-up Securities issued or sold pursuant to either clauses (v) or (vi) above executes and delivers to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC prior to such issuance or sale (as the case may be) an agreement having substantially the same terms as the lock-up letters described in Section 6(j) of this Agreement.
(h) [Reserved.]
(i) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(j) The Company and each of the Selling Stockholders covenant and agree with one another that the Company will pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities (or the transfer to the several Underwriters of the Securities to be purchased by them from the Selling Stockholders); (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Securities on the Nasdaq Global Market; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); provided, that the reasonable fees of counsel for the Underwriters relating to subclauses (vi) and (vii) of this Section 5(j) shall not exceed $27,500 in the aggregate; (viii) the travel, transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; provided that Underwriters will pay all costs of air and ground transportation of the Underwriters’ representatives in connection with the presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities and the cost of any aircraft chartered for the road show shall be borne 50% by the Underwriters; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. Each Selling Stockholder will pay or cause to be paid costs and expenses incident to the performance of such Selling Stockholder’s obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this clause (j) or otherwise agreed with the Company, including all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters hereunder. In connection with the preceding sentence, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC agrees to pay New York State stock transfer tax, and each Selling Stockholder agrees to reimburse Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC for associated carrying costs if such tax payment is not rebated on the day of payment and for any portion of such tax payment not rebated. It is understood, however, that the Company shall bear, and the Selling Stockholders shall not be required to pay or to reimburse the Company for, the cost of any other matters not directly relating to the sale and purchase of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, and that, except as provided in this clause (j) and elsewhere in this Agreement, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
(k) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the RepresentativesUnderwriters, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives Underwriters or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(il) The Company will not, without notify promptly the Underwriters if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior written consent to the later of (a) completion of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate distribution of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position Securities within the meaning of Section 16 the Securities Act and (b) completion of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long30-term debt securities similar day restricted period referred to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoin Section 5(g) hereof.
(jm) The Company, without giving effect to activities by If at any time following the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectlydistribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any action designed event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected state any material fact necessary to cause or result in, under make the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation statements therein in the light of the price of any security of circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: will (i) notify promptly the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission Underwriters so that use of the Registration Statement Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (including financial statements ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of Underwriters in such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, quantities as may, in each case, may be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.r
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Lantheus Holdings, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Lantheus Holdings, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Lantheus Holdings, Inc.)
Agreements. The Company agrees Issuers agree with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company Partnership will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company Partnership has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object, unless, (i) in the judgment of counsel to the Partnership, such filing is required by applicable law or (ii) is advisable in furtherance of a Commission request. The Company Subject to the foregoing sentence, if the Registration Statement has become or becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430B, or filing of the Final Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Partnership will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed filed, in a form approved by the Representatives Representatives, with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company Partnership will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the each series of Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, Statement or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company Partnership of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company Partnership will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to promptly use its reasonable best efforts to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To The Partnership will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the a form approved by you the Representatives and substantially as attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing made, not misleading, the Company Partnership will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company Partnership promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 55(a), an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company Partnership will make generally available available, via the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (▇▇▇▇▇) System, to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company Partnership and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Act, including, at the option of the Partnership, Rule 158; provided that , which may be satisfied through the Company will be deemed to have complied filing with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Commission of reports required under the Exchange Act.
(f) The Company Partnership will furnish or otherwise make available upon request to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company Partnership will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offeringoffering (other than internal sales memoranda prepared by any of the Underwriters).
(g) The Company Partnership will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of each series of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and reasonably designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as reasonably required for the distribution of such series of Securities and will pay any fee of FINRA in connection with its review of the Securitiesoffering; provided that in no event shall the Company Issuers be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company Partnership agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company Partnership that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the CompanyPartnership, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company Partnership with the Commission or retained by the Company Partnership under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus Free Writing Prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road showhereto. Any such free writing prospectus Free Writing Prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company Partnership is hereinafter herein referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company Partnership agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as applicable and as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company Partnership will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company Partnership or any affiliate of the Company Partnership or any person in privity with the Company Partnership or any affiliate of the CompanyPartnership), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company Partnership (other than the Securities), ) or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The CompanyPartnership will not, without giving effect to activities by at any time at or after the Underwriters, will not takeexecution of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, offer or sell any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under Securities by means of any “prospectus” (within the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation meaning of the price of Act), or use any security “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kAct) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and offer or sale of the Securities; (iii) , in each case other than the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeFinal Prospectus.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (ONEOK Partners LP), Underwriting Agreement (ONEOK Partners LP), Underwriting Agreement (ONEOK Partners LP)
Agreements. (a) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters each Underwriter that:
(ai) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of or supplement to the Registration Statement or supplement (including Statement, the Final Basic Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) the Time of Sale Prospectus and will not provide additional information to the Base Commission relating to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Time of Sale Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your its review and provided the Representatives with a reasonable opportunity to comment on such proposed amendment, supplement or information prior to filing or submitting the same and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement and will not submit such additional information to which you the Representatives reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives and will promptly confirm such advice in writing (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if requiredor transmitted for filing) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)424, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Securities shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment of or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that such purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicablepracticable but in any event not later than twelve months after the deemed effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), the Company will make generally available to its security holders securityholders and to the Representatives an a consolidated earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the rules and regulations thereunder (including at the option of the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on Rule 158 under the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇Act).
(fiii) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies a signed copy of the Registration Statement (including exhibits theretothereto and documents incorporated by reference) and will deliver to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits theretoRepresentatives during the period mentioned in Section 4(a)(iv) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)4(a)(v) below, as many copies of each Preliminary the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus Prospectus, any documents incorporated therein by reference therein and any supplement supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(giv) If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Securities at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with law.
(v) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses you will furnish to the Company) to which Securities may have been sold by you and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with law.
(vi) The Company will arrange, if necessary, promptly from time to time arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and reasonably designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities, and will arrange for the determination of the legality of the Securities for purchase by institutional investors; provided that in no event shall connection therewith the Company shall not be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it execute a general consent to service of process in suitsany jurisdiction or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise subject.
(vii) The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Securities under the Act in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove specified; (ii) the cost of printing or producing this Agreement, any Blue Sky Survey, any Legal Investment Memoranda and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities and Blue Sky laws as provided in Section 4(a)(vi) hereof, including any reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and legal investment surveys; (iv) all expenses related to any electronic roadshow; (v) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; (vi) the cost of preparing the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of any Trustee, Paying Agent or Transfer Agent and counsel for any such Trustee, Paying Agent or Transfer Agent in connection with the Securities; and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, Section 6 and Section 7 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
(viii) The Company will prepare the Prospectus as amended and supplemented in relation to the applicable Securities in a form approved by the Representatives and will file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than those arising out the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or, if applicable, such other time as may be required by Rule 424(b), and file promptly, and (unless made available on the Commission’s ▇▇▇▇▇ database) simultaneously provide the Representatives and, upon request, each of the other Underwriters, with a copy of, all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act for so long as the delivery (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of such Securities. The Company will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subjecta form approved by the Representatives and file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act within the time required by such Rule, and will file promptly all other material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act.
(hix) During a period of two years from the date of the Basic Prospectus, provided the following are not available on the Commission’s ▇▇▇▇▇ database, to furnish to the Representatives copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders, and deliver to the Representatives and, upon request, each of the other Underwriters (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with any national securities exchange on which the Securities or any class of securities of the Company is listed (each such national securities exchange an “Exchange”) or, if requested by the Representatives, the Commission; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request (provided such financial statements and reports are otherwise furnished to its stockholders generally or to the Commission).
(x) The Company has given the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the Exchange Act or the rules or regulations thereunder within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to make any such filing from the time of each sale of the Securities to the Closing Date and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
(xi) Until the business day following the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the consent of the Representatives, offer, sell or contract to sell, or announce the offering of, any debt securities covered by the Registration Statement or any other registration statement filed under the Act.
(b) Each Underwriter and the Company agree as follows: The Company agrees that, unless it has obtained or shall have obtained will obtain the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, Underwriter agrees with the Company that, unless it has obtained or shall have obtainedwill obtain, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433 (an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus Prospectus”) or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) prospectus required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the any final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b4(a)(viii) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses free writing prospectuses, if any, included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road showII hereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or and the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” ”. The Company agrees that (xi) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (yii) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Lincoln National Corp), Underwriting Agreement (Lincoln National Corp), Underwriting Agreement (Lincoln National Corp)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the SecuritiesOffering, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel Representative a copy for your its review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment amendment, supplement or supplement Rule 462(b) Registration Statement to which you the Representative reasonably objectobjects. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives Representative with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives Representative of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Representative (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the SecuritiesOffering, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, Statement or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any order preventing or suspending the use of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, or of the institution of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event or development occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package Preliminary Prospectus would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package Preliminary Prospectus may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package Preliminary Prospectus to correct such statement or omissionomission in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representative; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you the Representative in such quantities as you it may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event or development occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives Representative of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you the Representative in such quantities as you it may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives Representative an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided .
(e) The Company will not make any offer relating to the Units that constitutes or would constitute a Free Writing Prospectus or a portion thereof required to be filed by the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request the Commission or retained by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Company under Rule 433 of the Act.
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, upon request and without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without with exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives Representative may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offeringOffering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Representative may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesRepresentative, (x) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which that is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange ActAct with respect to, any unsecured long-term debt other Units, shares of capital stock, Warrants or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of capital stock or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transactiontransaction during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of this Agreement or (y) release the Sponsor or any officer, until director or director nominee of the Company from the 180-day lock-up contained in the Insider Letter; provided, however, that the Company may (1) issue and sell the Private Placement Warrants, (2) issue and sell the Option Securities on exercise of the option provided for in Section 2 hereof, (3) issue securities in connection with the initial Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoCombination, (4) issue up to 1,500,000 additional warrants with the terms identical to the Private Placement Warrants, at a price of $1.00 per warrant, for the repayment of loans, which may be made by the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or any of the officers or directors of the Company, to finance transaction costs in connection with the initial Business Combination and (5) register with the Commission pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the resale of the securities covered thereby.
(ji) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kj) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following mattersoffering, including, without limitation: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates certificates, if any, for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum Agreement and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the SecuritiesOffering; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the NYSE; (vi) the printing and delivery of a preliminary blue sky memorandum, any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with FINRA; (vii) all fees of the Financial Industry Regulatory AuthorityRepresentative’s legal counsel in connection with the Offering, Inc. (including filing FINRA-related fees and expenses, certain diligence and other fees, and those associated with qualifying the reasonable fees Offering under blue sky laws, filing fees, costs and expenses of counsel for other expense in connection with listing the Underwriters relating Company’s securities, in an amount not to such filings)exceed $50,000; (viii) reimbursement of the Underwriters for all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to investigations and background checks of the Company’s officers and directors; (ix) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company representatives (and not the Underwriters) in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ixx) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xxi) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood.
(k) For a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs, howeverthe Company will use its best efforts to maintain the registration of the Units, thatthe Shares and the Warrants under the provisions of the Exchange Act, except after giving effect to a going private transaction or acquisition of the Company after the completion of a Business Combination. The Company will not deregister the Units, the Shares or the Warrants under the Exchange Act (except in connection with a going private transaction or acquisition of the Company after the completion of a Business Combination) without the prior written consent of the Representative.
(l) The Company shall, on the date hereof, retain its independent registered public accounting firm to audit the balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date (the “Audited Balance Sheet”) reflecting the receipt by the Company of the proceeds of the Offering on the Closing Date. As soon as the Audited Balance Sheet becomes available, the Company shall promptly, but not later than four Business Days after the Closing Date, file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission, which report shall contain the Audited Balance Sheet. Additionally, if not disclosed on such Current Report on Form 8-K, upon the Company’s receipt of the proceeds from the exercise of all or any portion of the option provided for in this Section 5(k2(b) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters Company shall promptly, but not later than four Business Days after the receipt of such proceeds, file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission, which report shall disclose the Company’s sale of the Option Securities and its receipt of the proceeds therefrom.
(m) For a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs or the Shares and the Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company, at its expense, shall cause its regularly engaged independent registered public accounting firm to review (but not audit) the Company’s financial statements for each of the first three fiscal quarters prior to the announcement of quarterly financial information, the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the mailing, if any, of quarterly financial information to stockholders.
(n) For a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs, the Company shall, to the extent such information or documents are not otherwise publicly available, upon written request from the Representative, furnish to the Representative copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company from time to time furnishes generally to holders of any class of securities, and, to the extent such information or documents are not otherwise publicly available, upon written request from the Representative, promptly furnish to the Representative: (i) a copy of such registration statements, financial statements and periodic and special reports as the Company shall be required to file with the Commission and from time to time furnishes generally to holders of any such class of its securities; and (ii) such additional documents and information with respect to the Company and the affairs of any future subsidiaries of the Company as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request, all subject to the execution of a satisfactory confidentiality agreement. Any registration statements, financial statements, periodic and special reports or other additional documents referred to in the preceding sentence filed on the Commission’s E▇▇▇▇ website will pay all be considered furnished for the purposes of their own costs this section.
(o) For a period commencing on the Effective Date and expensesending at least five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs or the Shares and the Warrants cease to be publicly traded, including the fees Company shall retain a transfer and warrant agent.
(p) In no event will the amounts payable by the Company to the Sponsor for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support exceed $10,000 per month in the aggregate from the date hereof until the earlier of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale the date of the consummation of the Business Combination or the Liquidation.
(q) The Company will not consummate a Business Combination with any entity that is affiliated with the Sponsor or any of the Securities by themCompany’s officers or directors unless the Company, and or a committee of its independent directors, obtains an opinion from an independent investment banking firm which is a member of FINRA, or from an independent accounting firm, that such Business Combination is fair to the Company from a financial point of view. The Company shall not pay the Sponsor or its affiliates or any advertising expenses connected with of the Company’s officers, directors or any offers they may make.of their respective affiliates any fees or compensation for services rendered to the Company prior to, or in connection with, the consummatio
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Colombier Acquisition Corp.), Underwriting Agreement (Colombier Acquisition Corp.), Underwriting Agreement (Colombier Acquisition Corp.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of to the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment amendment, supplement or supplement Rule 462(b) Registration Statement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or any Written Testing the Waters Communication shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of to the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, Statement or for any Written Testing the Waters Communication or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package Statutory Prospectus would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package Statutory Prospectus may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package Statutory Prospectus to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As Within 90 days following the end of its fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, or as soon as practicablepracticable thereafter, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will 158 (which may be deemed to have complied with such request satisfied by filing such an earnings statement on with the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇▇ system its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020).
(e) The Company will not make any offer relating to the Units that constitutes or would constitute a Free Writing Prospectus or a portion thereof required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Act.
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, hedge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which that is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange ActAct with respect to, any unsecured long-term debt other Units, Ordinary Shares, Warrants or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transactiontransaction during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of this Agreement; provided, until however, that the Company may (1) issue and sell the Private Placement Warrants, (2) issue and sell the Option Securities on exercise of the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof, (3) issue shares or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares in connection with the initial Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoCombination, and (4) register with the Commission pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the resale of the Founder Shares, the Private Placement Warrants and the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise thereof.
(jh) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(ki) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates certificates, if any, for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum Agreement and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (vi) the printing and delivery of a preliminary blue sky memorandum, any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states and any filings required to be made with FINRA (including filing fees and the reasonable and documented FINRA-related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating not to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding exceed $5,00025,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company representatives (and not the Underwriters) in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ixviii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including U.S. and Cayman Islands counsel and any other local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.
(j) For a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending at least five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs or the Ordinary Shares and Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the registration of the Units, Ordinary Shares and Warrants under the provisions of the Exchange Act, except after giving effect to a going private transaction after the completion of an initial Business Combination. It is understoodThe Company will not deregister the Units, Ordinary Shares or Warrants under the Exchange Act (except in connection with a going private transaction after the completion of an initial Business Combination) without the prior written consent of the Representatives.
(k) The Company shall, on the date hereof, retain its independent registered public accounting firm to audit the balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date (the “Audited Balance Sheet”) reflecting the receipt by the Company of the proceeds of the Offering on the Closing Date. As soon as the Audited Balance Sheet becomes available, the Company shall promptly, but not later than four Business Days after the Closing Date, file the Closing Form 8-K with the Commission, which report shall contain the Company’s Audited Balance Sheet. Additionally, if not disclosed on the Closing Form 8-K, upon the Company’s receipt of the proceeds from the exercise of all or any portion of the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof, the Company shall promptly, but not later than four Business Days after the receipt of such proceeds, file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission, which Report shall disclose the Company’s sale of the Option Securities and its receipt of the proceeds therefrom.
(l) For a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending at least five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs or the Ordinary Shares and Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company, at its expense, shall cause its regularly engaged independent registered public accounting firm to review (but not audit) the Company’s financial statements for each of the first three fiscal quarters prior to the announcement of quarterly financial information, the filing of the Company’s Form 10-Q quarterly report and the mailing, if any, of quarterly financial information to shareholders.
(m) For a period of five (5) years from the Effective Date or until such earlier time that the Liquidation occurs or the Ordinary Shares and Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company will furnish to the Representatives such copies of financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company from time to time furnishes generally to holders of any class of its securities and such additional documents and information with respect to the Company as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request. Any financial statements and reports filed on the Commission’s ▇▇▇▇▇ website will be considered furnished for purposes of this Section 5.
(n) For a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending at least five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs or the Ordinary Shares and Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company shall retain a transfer agent to the extent it has ordinary shares registered under the Exchange Act and warrant agent to the extent it has warrants registered under the Exchange Act.
(o) In no event will the amounts payable by the Company under the Services Agreement be more than $10,000 per month in the aggregate for office space, secretarial support and administrative services until the earlier of the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination or the Liquidation.
(p) Other than payments made pursuant to the terms of the Services Agreement and except as set forth in this subsection, the Company shall not pay the Sponsor or any of the Company’s executive officers, directors or any of their respective affiliates any fees or compensation of any kind (including finder’s fees and consulting fees) for services rendered to the Company prior to, or in connection with, the consummation of an initial Business Combination; provided, however, thatthat such officers, except directors and affiliates (i) may receive reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with activities on the Company’s behalf to the extent that such expenses do not exceed the amount of available proceeds not deposited in the Trust Account and the amount of interest income that may be released from the Trust Account as described in the Registration Statement and (ii) may be repaid loans and advances as described in the Registration Statement.
(q) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants received by it in a manner consistent in all material respects with the applications described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(r) For a period of 60 days following the Effective Date, in the event any person or entity (regardless of any FINRA affiliation or association) is engaged to assist the Company in its search for a merger candidate or to provide any other merger and acquisition services, or has provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereofor will provide any investment banking, financial, advisory and/or consulting services to the Company, the Underwriters will pay all of Company agrees that it shall promptly provide to FINRA (via a FINRA submission), the Representatives and their own costs and expenses, including counsel a notification prior to entering into the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any agreement or transaction relating to a potential Business Combination: (i) the identity of the Securities person or entity providing any such services; (ii) complete details of all such services and copies of all agreements governing such services; and (iii) justification as to why the value received by themany person or entity for such services is not underwriting compensation for the Offering. The Company also agrees that proper disclosure of such arrangement or potential arrangement will be made in the tender offer materials or proxy statement, and any advertising expenses connected as applicable, which the Company may file in connection with any offers they may make.the initial Business Combination for purposes of offeri
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Leo Holdings Corp. II), Underwriting Agreement (Leo Holdings Corp. II), Underwriting Agreement (Leo Holdings Corp. II)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Purchased Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filingsaid Rule. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Representatives:
(i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), 424;
(ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Purchased Securities shall have been filed or become effective, ;
(iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, notice objecting to its use or for any amendment of or supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, ;
(iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and purpose; and
(v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of or the qualification of the Purchased Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus the Final Prospectus relating to the Purchased Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172172 under the Act), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will will
(i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, ; and
(iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (ivii) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements (which need not be audited) of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Act.
(fd) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement amendments thereof and supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Purchased Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesPurchased Securities and will arrange for the determination of the legality of the Purchased Securities for purchase by institutional investors; provided provided, however, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Purchased Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(f) Until the business day following the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the consent of the Representatives, offer, sell or contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or announce the offering of, any debt securities or warrants covered by the Registration Statement or any other registration statement filed under the Act.
(g) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Purchased Securities, if there occurs an event or development as a result of which the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus may cease until it is amended or supplemented.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has obtained or shall have obtainedwill obtain, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Purchased Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405405 under the Act) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433433 under the Act, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b4(i) hereto, if applicable; provided provided, however, that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road showhereto. Any such free writing prospectus Free Writing Prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (xi) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (yii) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The If applicable, the Company will notprepare a final term sheet, without the prior written consent containing solely a description of final terms of the RepresentativesPurchased Securities and the offering thereof, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) a form approved by the Company or any affiliate of Representatives and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position Act within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed time required by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoRule.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Honeywell International Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Honeywell International Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Honeywell International Inc)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives Representative with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives Representative of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Representative (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto to the Underwriting Agreement and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives Representative of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives Representative an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives Representative may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale by the Representative under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Representative may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the RepresentativesRepresentative, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto to the Underwriting Agreement and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives Representative or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesRepresentative, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate Affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate Affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), ) or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoClosing Date.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result inresult, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange, if any; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory AuthorityNASD, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Debt Underwriting Agreement (Patriot Coal CORP), Debt Underwriting Agreement (Patriot Coal CORP), Debt Underwriting Agreement (Patriot Coal CORP)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representativesthe Underwriters’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you the Representatives reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you the Representatives and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you the Representatives may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,0005,000 ; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Mastercard Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Mastercard Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Mastercard Inc)
Agreements. (i) The Company agrees and the Selling Shareholder jointly and severally agree with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the SecuritiesOffered Shares, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), ) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission; (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the SecuritiesOffered Shares, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, ; (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, ; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its their use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose purpose; and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities Offered Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at If during any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities Offered Shares is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), ) any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus Prospectus, as then supplemented amended or supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any amended or supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Act.
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, upon request, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), ) as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities Offered Shares for sale under (or obtain exemptions from the application of) the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesOffered Shares; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the SecuritiesOffered Shares, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(g) The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Offered Shares by the Selling Shareholder.
(h) The Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Sarbanes Oxley Act, and will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Company’s directors and officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with such laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the provisions of the Sarbanes Oxley Act.
(i) If the Representatives, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in the Lock-Up Agreements described in Section 6(r) hereof for the Company, the Selling Shareholder, an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release in a form substantially satisfactory to the Representatives through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(j) The Company and the Selling Shareholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Shares.
(k) The Selling Shareholder agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Shares, including any Transfer Taxes payable by it in accordance with Section 5(ii)(d); (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Offered Shares; (v) any registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification); (vi) any filings required to be made with FINRA (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (vii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Offered Shares; (viii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company and the Selling Shareholder; (ix) the fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters (including Canadian counsel); and (x) all other costs and expenses incurred by the Company or the Selling Shareholder or incident to the performance by the Company and the Selling Shareholder of their obligations hereunder. The Underwriters shall pay their own expenses in connection with the offering, other than the fees and disbursements of their counsel. Additionally, the Underwriters agree to reimburse the Selling Shareholder for certain of its expenses in connection with the offering up to an aggregate amount of $[—].
(l) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities Offered Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III II hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(im) The Company and the Selling Shareholder shall not distribute any offering materials in connection with the offering of the Offered Shares other than the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and pricing information or other materials, if any, consented to in advance by the Representatives.
(n) The Company will notify promptly the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (a) completion of the distribution of the Offered Shares within the meaning of the Act and (b) completion of the restricted period contained in the lock-up letter executed by the Company and referred to in Section 6(r) hereof.
(o) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to the Representatives in such quantities as may be reasonably requested.
(p) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the listing of the Shares (including the Offered Shares) on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
(q) The Company intends to calculate earnings and profits in accordance with U.S. Federal income tax principles.
(r) The Company shall undertake the actions set forth in the MOU only after analyzing and addressing all implications for the Company and its shareholders and taking into account, among other things, any adverse tax consequences. The Company and the Selling Shareholder shall not, without during the prior written consent period in which the MOU is in effect, implement any transaction that would result in the Selling Shareholder owning less than 51% of the RepresentativesCompany’s shares by number or vote unless the Company reasonably determines, based on the advice from a U.S. advisor of recognized standing with respect to U.S. federal income tax matters, that it is more likely than not that the Company will not become a PFIC solely as a result of the implementation of any such transaction.
(s) Neither the Company, the Selling Shareholder, nor any affiliate of either of them, shall, directly or indirectly, issue, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise)) by Shares, or take any other action with respect to Shares or otherwise, which would conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, constitute a change of control or other event giving rise to any right of acceleration or termination or other right under, constitute a Debt Repayment Triggering Event under, or result in the Company imposition of any Lien upon any property or any affiliate assets of the Company or any person in privity with of its subsidiaries pursuant to, the terms of any concession agreement, power purchase agreement, indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any affiliate of its subsidiaries or any of their affiliates, the Company)Selling Shareholder or any of its affiliates or the Abengoa Transaction Parities is party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, directly except, in each case, (i) after giving effect to any waiver, amendment or indirectly, including consent thereto or (ii) that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially adversely affect the filing (or participation in Underwriters’ ability to consummate the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed transactions contemplated by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretothis Underwriting Agreement.
(jii) The Company, without giving effect to activities by Selling Shareholder agrees with the Underwriters, several Underwriters that:
(a) The Selling Shareholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the SecuritiesShares.
(kb) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing Selling Shareholder represents that it has not prepared or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.had
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement, Underwriting Agreement (Abengoa Yield PLC)
Agreements. (i) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, Prospectus and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available (which may be satisfied by filing with the Commission’s ▇▇▇▇▇ system (or any successor system)) to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to each of the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies one signed copy of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified qualified, to subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject, or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities LLC, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock (“Lock-up Securities”); or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of this Agreement, provided, however, that (i) the Company may issue and sell Lock-up Securities pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time, (ii) the Company may issue Lock-up Securities issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of options or warrants outstanding at the Execution Time, (iii) the Company may file one or more registration statements on Form S-8 with respect to employee stock plans described in the Disclosure Package, (iv) the Company may issue Lock-up Securities to the extent required by any regulatory authority, law or regulation applicable to the Company and (v) the Company may offer, issue or sell Lock-up Securities as consideration or partial consideration for an acquisition or in connection with a strategic investment (including a joint venture or partnership), provided that (x) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock represented by the Lock-up Securities offered, issued or sold pursuant to this clause (v) does not exceed 10% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the issuance and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (assuming full conversion, exercise and exchange of such Lock-up Securities) and (y) each recipient of any Lock-up Securities issued or sold pursuant to this clause (v) executes and delivers to the Representatives prior to such issuance or sale (as the case may be) an agreement having substantially the same terms as the lock-up letters described in Section 6(n) of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The Company will provide the Representatives and any co-managers and each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to the lock-up letters described in Section 6(n) hereof with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.
(h) If Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities LLC, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(n) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(i) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(j) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the sale of the Securities to the Underwriters; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification, such fees and expenses not to exceed $15,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees and the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings, such fees and expenses not to exceed $50,000); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; provided, however, that the Underwriters shall be responsible for 50% of the costs of any private aircraft, if any, incurred by or on behalf of the Company in connection with such presentations; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company and the Selling Stockholders; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their obligations hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that, if the Company receives any amounts otherwise payable to the Selling Stockholders pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall receive such amounts solely in trust for the Selling Stockholders and shall promptly pay over such amounts to the Selling Stockholders. Except as provided in this Section 5 and Section 7 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay their own costs and expenses, including, without limitation, the costs and expenses of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of the Securities by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make. Notwithstanding the foregoing, as between the Company and the Selling Stockholders, the provisions of this Section 5 shall not affect any agreement that the Company and the Selling Stockholders may have or make regarding the allocation of expenses solely between the Company and any of the Selling Stockholders.
(k) The Company agrees to pay (1) all reasonably documented fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by UBS-FinSvc in connection with the Directed Share Program, (2) all reasonably documented costs and expenses incurred by UBS-FinSvc in connection with the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of copies of the Directed Share Program material and (3) all stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by UBS-FinSvc in connection with the Directed Share Program.
(l) The Company agrees to pay all reasonably documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters incurred in connection with the LOYAL3 platform, such fees and disbursements not to exceed $30,000.
(m) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(iii) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity Each Selling Stockholder agrees with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.several Underwriters that:
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits theretoa), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Santander Holdings USA, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission SEC pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the SEC, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission SEC or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing made, not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act (“Rule 172”)), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the CommissionSEC, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Securities Act.
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesCitigroup Global Markets Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission SEC in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Class A Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Class A Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 90 days after the Business Day set forth date of this Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may (i) grant and award or issue and sell Class A Common Stock, restricted stock, restricted stock units and/or other awards contemplated pursuant to any employee stock option plan or other employee compensation or incentive plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time, (ii) may issue Class A Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time, (iii) file one or more registration statements on Schedule I heretoForm S-8 and (iv) offer, issue and sell shares of Class A Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Class A Common Stock, in connection with any acquisition or strategic investment (including any joint venture, strategic alliance or partnership); provided, however, that in the case of this clause (iv), (x) any such offer, issuance or sale shall not exceed 5% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock on an as converted basis and (y) any recipient of such securities shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter described in Section 6(j) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 5(g) shall not apply to or prohibit: (A) the sale of shares of Class A Common Stock by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or (B) distributions of shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, such capital stock to stockholders of the Company; provided, however, that in the case of this clause (B) each distributee shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter described in Section 6(j) hereof.
(jh) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would might constitute or that might would reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(ki) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission SEC of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”); (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount qualification not exceeding to exceed $5,00010,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filingsfilings not to exceed $25,000); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by investor presentations on any “road show” or on behalf of Company representatives any Testing-the-Waters Communication undertaken in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers the marketing of the Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with any electronic road show, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and one-half of the cost of any aircraft used in connection with the roadshow or any Testing the Waters Communications; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k5(j) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make. The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company with the SEC or retained by the Company under Rule 433 under the Securities Act (“Rule 433”); provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rule 164 under the Securities Act (“Rule 164”) and Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the SEC, legending and record keeping.
(j) The Company will promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (a) completion of the distribution of the Securities within the meaning of the Securities Act and (b) completion of the 90-day restricted period referred to in Section 5(g) hereof.
(k) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to the Representatives in such quantities as may be reasonably requested.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Cactus, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Cactus, Inc.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination completion of the offering distribution of the Purchased Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Basic Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus Supplement to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) 424 within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. Upon the request of the Representatives, the Company will cause the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, properly completed, to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)424, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Securities shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, Statement or for any amendment of or supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Act.
(fd) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final any Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing the Prospectus and any supplement thereto amendments thereof and supplements thereto, as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and reasonably designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall Securities and will arrange for the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out determination of the offering or sale legality of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subjectSecurities for purchase by institutional investors.
(hf) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained Until the prior written consent of business day following the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may beClosing Date, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, offer or sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in announce the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect offering of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed covered by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities statement filed under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (TRW Inc), Underwriting Agreement (TRW Inc)
Agreements. The Company CAF agrees with each of the several Underwriters of any Designated Securities that:
(a) Prior CAF will prepare the Statutory Prospectus in relation to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed applicable Designated Securities in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of file such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission Statutory Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination under the 1933 Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of the offering of Pricing Agreement relating to the applicable Designated Securities, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act and will make no further amendment or any amendment supplement to the Registration Statement or the Statutory Prospectus after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities and prior to the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities which shall have be disapproved by the Representatives promptly after reasonable notice thereof and advise the Representatives promptly of any such amendment or supplement after such Time of Delivery and furnish Representatives with copies thereof. During such time as the delivery of a prospectus is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 of the 1933 Act would be) required in connection with the offering or sale of Designated Securities, CAF will advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement has been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission becomes effective or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Statutory Prospectus or for any additional informationhas been filed with the Commission, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to its use the Securities, of the suspension of the qualification of such Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the receipt by Registration Statement or Statutory Prospectus or for additional information; and in the Company event of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension order preventing or objection to suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Registration Statement and, upon Securities or suspending any such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionqualification, to promptly use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to order. CAF will update the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective the Statutory Prospectus as soon as practicablerequired under the 1933 Act in connection with any offering of any Designated Securities.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms During the period beginning from the date of the Pricing Agreement for such Designated Securities and continuing to and including the offering thereoflater of (i) the termination of trading restrictions for such Designated Securities, as notified to CAF by the Representatives and (ii) the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, CAF will not offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities similar to the Designated Securities issued or guaranteed by CAF to be placed in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file international or U.S. capital markets that are denominated in U.S. dollars, which mature more than one year after such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within Time of Delivery, without the time required by such Ruleprior written consent of the Representatives.
(c) IfWithin the period during which a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 of the 1933 Act would be) required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, CAF will comply with all requirements imposed upon CAF by the 1933 Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the rules and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof and by the Statutory Prospectus. If at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b)during such period, any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Statutory Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Statutory Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules and regulations thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company CAF will promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, but not later than 16 months, after the Company date of a Pricing Agreement, CAF will make generally available to its security holders securityholders an earning statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the date of such Pricing Agreement and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)1933 Act.
(fe) The Company CAF will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, on behalf of the Representatives, without charge, a reasonable number of copies of the Registration Statement (including one signed copy with all exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy the Time of Delivery of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Designated Securities, together with any Statutory Prospectus relating to such Designated Securities filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act; and, so long as the delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter underwriter or dealer may be (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 of the 1933 Act would be) required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)1933 Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing any Statutory Prospectus and any supplement amendments thereof and supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company CAF will arrangefurnish such information, if necessary, for execute such instruments and take such actions as may be required to qualify the qualification of the Designated Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions of the United States and outside of the United States as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesDesignated Securities including without limitation, obtaining the approval of the application for listing referred to in Section 6(a)(ix) hereof; provided provided, however, that in no event CAF shall the Company not be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it file a consent to service of process in suitsany such jurisdiction.
(g) So long as the Securities are outstanding CAF will furnish to the Representatives, other than those arising out upon request, copies of all reports and financial statements filed with the offering Commission or sale of any national securities exchange in the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subjectUnited States.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it CAF has complied and will comply, as the case may be, comply with the requirements provisions of Rules 164 and Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract 1933 Act that apply to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoCAF.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Corporacion Andina De Fomento), Underwriting Agreement (Corporacion Andina De Fomento)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters thatas follows:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the SecuritiesShares, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the SecuritiesShares, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, Statement or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence suspension or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence suspension or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To Upon the request of the Underwriters, to prepare a final term sheet, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities Shares and the offering thereof, in the a final form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto the Representatives and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, If at any time when a prospectus the Final Prospectus relating to the Securities Shares is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus Prospectus, as then supplemented amended or supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time time, not misleading, or if it shall should be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, the Company will file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company will promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence requirements of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus Prospectus; and (iv) supply any supplemented or amended Final Prospectus to you the several Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters without charge in such quantities as you they may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the The Company will file such reports pursuant to the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, as are necessary in order to make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable an earning statement within the meaning of Rule 158 under the Act for the purposes of, and to provide the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of benefits contemplated by the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Act.
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, conformed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities Shares for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and upon consultation with the Company, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution sale of the SecuritiesShares and will pay any fee of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., in connection with its review of the offering; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the SecuritiesShares, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company represents and agrees that, unless it has obtained or shall have obtained will obtain the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has obtained or shall have obtainedwill obtain, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the Free Writing Prospectus that contains information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the any Free Writing Prospectuses Prospectus included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road showII hereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented that the parties hereto have agreed to by use, prior to the Representatives or the Company use thereof, is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely Commission filing with the Commissionwhere required, legending and record keeping. The Company consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that contains only (i) information describing the preliminary terms of the Shares or their offering or (ii) information that describes the final terms of the Shares or their offering and that is included in the final term sheet of the Company contemplated by Section 5(b).
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the issuance of the Shares and the fees of the transfer agent; (ii) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any either of them; (iiiii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any either of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the SecuritiesShares; (iiiiv) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including Shares; (v) any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the SecuritiesShares; (ivvi) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the SecuritiesShares; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vivii) any registration or qualification of the Securities Shares for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states states, and any other jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification), provided that the Company shall not be responsible for the fees and disbursements of more than one law firm (other than local counsel) for all the Underwriters in an amount not exceeding $5,000; connection with the transactions contemplated by this clause (vii) any filings required to be made with ), including the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses preparation of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings)a blue sky memorandum; (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the SecuritiesShares; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants for the Company and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) 5 and Sections 7 and 8 hereofSection 6 of this Agreement, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees costs and expenses of their counsel.
(j) During a period of 60 days after the date of the Preliminary Prospectus, transfer taxes on resale the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, directly or indirectly (i) pledge, sell, or contract to sell, grant any option for the sale of, hedge or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock, (ii) sell any option or contract to purchase any shares of Common Stock, (iii) purchase any option or contract to sell any shares of Common Stock, (iv) grant any option or contract to sell any shares of Common Stock, (v) file a registration statement for any shares of Common Stock or (vi) lend or otherwise dispose of or transfer any shares of Common Stock. The foregoing sentence applies to shares of Common Stock and to securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or repayable with shares of Common Stock, but does not apply to (A) the Securities Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) shares of Common Stock issued by themthe Company upon exercise of options or warrants outstanding on the date of this Agreement, and or (C) the issuance of any advertising expenses connected Common Stock or options pursuant to employee benefit plans existing on the date hereof.
(k) The Company will use its best efforts to have the Shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), including, but not limited to, a filing of a supplemental listing application with any offers they may makethe NYSE.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (Cit Group Inc), Stock Purchase Agreement (Cit Group Inc)
Agreements. (i) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as reasonably required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of this Agreement, provided, however, that (i) the Company may issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan, dividend reinvestment plan or other stock plan or arrangement of the Company described in the Prospectus or any amendment to or replacement of such plan and the Company may issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time, (ii) the Company may file one or more registration statements on Form S-8 and (iii) the Company may offer, issue and sell shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Common Stock in connection with any acquisition or strategic investment (including any joint venture or partnership) as long as (x) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable does not exceed 10% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the issuance and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement and (y) each recipient of any such Common Stock issued or issuable agrees to the restrictions on the resale of securities that are consistent with the lock-up letters described in Section 6(l) hereof for the remainder of the 180-day restricted period. The Company will provide the Representatives and any co-managers and each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to the lock-up letters described in Section 6(l) hereof with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.
(h) If Citigroup Global Markets Inc., in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(l) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provides the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(i) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(j) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Securities on the NASDAQ; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification); (vii) any filings required to be made with the FINRA (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters (not to exceed $10,000 relating to such filings); (viii) all expenses incident to the “road show” for the offering of the Securities, provided that the Underwriters agree to pay one-half of the cost of any chartered airplane or other transportation in connection therewith; (ix) the cost of any chartered airplane or other transportation in connection with Testing-the-Water Communications, (x) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company and the Selling Stockholder; and (xi) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholder of their obligations hereunder.
(k) The Company agrees to pay (1) all fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program, (2) all costs and expenses incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of copies of the Directed Share Program material and (3) all stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program.
(l) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(im) The Company will not, without promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior written consent to the later of (a) completion of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate distribution of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position Securities within the meaning of Section 16 the Securities Act and (b) completion of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long180-term debt securities similar day restricted period referred to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoin Section 5(g) hereof.
(jn) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to the Representatives in such quantities as may be reasonably requested. Furthermore, the Company covenants with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. that the Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program. The Selling Stockholder agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(o) The Company, without giving effect Selling Stockholder will execute and deliver to activities by the Underwriters, Underwriters a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit A to this Agreement.
(p) The Selling Stockholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kq) The Company agrees to pay the costs Selling Stockholder will advise you promptly, and expenses if requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing, so long as delivery of a prospectus relating to the following matters: (i) Securities by an underwriter or dealer may be required under the preparationAct, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of material change in information in the Registration Statement, each Preliminary the Prospectus, the Final any Preliminary Prospectus and each Issuer or any Free Writing ProspectusProspectus or any amendment or supplement thereto relating to the Selling Stockholder.
(r) The Selling Stockholder represents that it has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, and all amendments agrees that it will not prepare or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.have
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Memorial Resource Development Corp.), Underwriting Agreement (Memorial Resource Development Corp.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the SecuritiesShares, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Basic Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 or Rule 434 via the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filingRetrieval System. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives promptly (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)424 or Rule 434, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Shares shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment of or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities Shares is required to be delivered under the Act (including Act, except with respect to any such delivery requirement imposed upon an affiliate of the Company in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)connection with any secondary market sales, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives as soon as practicable, but not later than 60 days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy (in form complying with the provisions of Section 11(aRule 158 of the regulations under the Act) covering a twelve month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the "effective date" (as defined in said Rule 158) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Registration Statement.
(fd) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each any Preliminary Prospectus, Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any amendments thereof and any supplement supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Securities Shares for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and reasonably designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesShares and will arrange for the determination of the legality of the Shares for purchase by institutional investors; provided provided, however, that in no event shall the Company shall not be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hf) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained Until the prior written consent of business day following the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may beClosing Date, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, offer or sell, contract to sellor announce the offering of, pledgeany securities covered by the Registration Statement or by any other registration statement filed under the Act; provided, however, the Company may, at any time, offer or sell or announce the offering of any securities (A) covered by a registration statement on Form S-8 or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due pursuant to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate employee benefit plans of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filingB) of covered by a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs Form S-3 and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) pursuant to which the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission Company issues securities under one of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment Company's medium-term note programs or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements pursuant to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by which the Company of issues securities for its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided dividend reinvestment plan or (C) covered by a registration statement on Form S-3 or Form S-4 pursuant to which the Company issues securities in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeone or more acquisitions.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Southtrust Corp), Underwriting Agreement (Southtrust Corp)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters thatas follows:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives Representative with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives Representative of such timely filing. The Company will prepare a term sheet, containing a description of the Securities, in a form approved by the Representative, and to file such final term sheet pursuant to and within the period required by Rule 433(d). The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Representative (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Act and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its commercially reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event there occurs as a an event, the result of which which, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, or counsel for the Company, the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to eliminate or correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you the several Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters without charge in such quantities as you they may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any during such period of time when after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172) (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), any event there occurs as a an event, the result of which which, in the Final opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, or counsel for the Company, the Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectusapplicable law, the Company will promptly will (i) notify the Representatives Representative of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement that will eliminate or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you the several Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters without charge in such quantities as you they may reasonably request.
(d) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package, included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to eliminate or correct such statement or omission.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives Representative (which may be satisfied by filing with the Commission’s ▇▇▇▇▇ system) an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Act.
(f) The Company will cooperate with the Representative and use its commercially reasonable efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(g) The Company will furnish to the Representatives Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)) during the Prospectus Delivery Period, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives Representative may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gh) The Company will arrangeassist the Underwriters in arranging, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale by the Underwriters under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Representative may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution sale of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would reasonably be expected to subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has subject or shall have obtained the prior written consent to subject themselves to taxation in excess of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given nominal amount in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included doing business in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keepingjurisdiction.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesRepresentative, offer, sell, sell or contract to sell, pledge, pledge (other than on behalf of an Affiliate of the Company) or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which that is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate Affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate Affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the public filing (or participation in the public filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock (other than the “Related Securities”), ; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 180 days after the Business Day set forth date of this Agreement. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) (i) the Securities to be issued in the Transaction, (ii) the issuance of the Issuable Stock (as such term is defined in the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. LLC, as representative of the underwriters, relating to the tangible equity units of the Company (the “TEU Underwriting Agreement”)) and (iii) the issuance of securities in the Units Transaction (as such term is defined in the TEU Underwriting Agreement), (B) any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon the exercise of options to purchase shares of Common Stock, upon the vesting of restricted stock awards or upon the settlement of restricted stock unit awards, in each case disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (C) the grant of awards pursuant to the Company’s incentive plans or otherwise pursuant to equity compensation arrangements with directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case, as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (D) the issuance or grant of shares of securities, including restricted stock awards, options to purchase shares of common stock, restricted stock units or any other stock-based awards, in each case, registered or to be registered pursuant to any registration statement on Schedule I hereto.Form S-8 pursuant to any benefit plans or arrangements (including, without limitation, employee stock purchase plans), in each case, as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (E) the issuance of shares of Common Stock in connection with the acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of the securities, business, property or other assets of another person or business entity or pursuant to any employee benefit plan assumed by the Company in connection with any such acquisition, or (F) the issuance of shares of Common Stock, of restricted stock awards or of options to purchase shares of Common Stock, in each case, in connection with joint ventures, commercial relationships or other strategic transactions; provided that, in the case of immediately preceding clauses (E) and (F), the aggregate number of restricted stock awards and shares of Common Stock issued in connection with, or issuable pursuant to the exercise of any options issued in connection with, all such acquisitions and other transactions does not exceed 5% of the aggregate number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately following the consummation of the Transaction and the recipient of the shares of Common Stock agrees in writing to be bound by the same terms described in the agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(j) If the Representative, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(j) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(k) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kl) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (the “Exchange”); (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states and any other jurisdictions specified pursuant to Section 5(h) hereof (including filing fees and the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) qualification in an amount not exceeding to exceed $5,00020,000); (vii) the approval of the Securities for book entry transfer by DTC; (viii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. FINRA (including filing fees, fees and expenses of the QIU (as defined below) and the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filingsfilings in an amount not to exceed $35,000); (viiiix) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities, including any “roadshow” (and including one half of the cost of all chartered aircraft used in connection with any “roadshow”); (ixx) the costs and expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company; (xi) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xxii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, thatNotwithstanding the forgoing, except as specifically provided in this Section 5(kparagraph (l) and Sections in Section 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will shall pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any expenses in connection with presentations for prospective purchasers of the Securities including the transportation and other expenses incurred by themor on behalf of the Underwriters in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities, including any “roadshow” (and including one half of the cost of all chartered aircraft used in connection with any “roadshow”).
(m) The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Underwritten Securities in the manner described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds.”
(n) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representative, and any advertising expenses connected each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with any offers they may make.the Company that, unless it
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives Representatives, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, with the Commission SEC pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission SEC or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To The Company will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you you, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to will file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rulerule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the CommissionSEC, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Securities Act, and such requirement will be fully satisfied by the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement if the related reports are available on the CommissionSEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis Gathering and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)System.
(f) The Upon written request, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) During the period from the date hereof and through and including the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the SEC in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities) or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction.
(i) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(j) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the printing and delivery of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (ii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (iv) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (v) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification in an amount that, when combined with the fees and expenses described in Subsection (vi) of this Section, is not greater than $25,000); (vi) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings in an amount that, when combined with the fees and expenses described in Subsection (v) of this Section, is not greater than $25,000); (vii) the reasonable and documented transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (viii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; (ix) the costs and charges of the Trustee and any transfer agent, registrar or depositary; and (x) all other reasonable costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that except as provided this Section, Section 7 and in Section 8, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of its counsel.
(k) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company with the Commission SEC or retained by the Company under Rule 433 under the Securities Act (“Rule 433”), other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to specified in Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses Prospectus included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road showhereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules Rule 164 under the Securities Act and Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the CommissionSEC, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Avangrid, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Avangrid, Inc.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably designate and will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, or subject it to taxation, in each case, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesCitigroup Global Markets Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), Company with respect to such transaction) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt Ordinary Shares or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 180 days after the Business Day set forth date of this Agreement, provided, however, that (i) the Company may offer, issue and sell the Ordinary Shares sold hereunder; (ii) the Company may issue and sell Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares pursuant to any equity incentive plan, stock ownership or purchase plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (iii) the Company may issue Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time; (iv) the Company may issue shares or other securities in connection with a transaction that includes a commercial relationship (including joint ventures, marketing or distribution arrangements, collaboration agreements or intellectual property license agreements) or any strategic or other acquisition of assets, shares or business of another entity, provided that the aggregate number of shares issued pursuant to this clause (iv) shall not exceed 10% of the total number of outstanding shares immediately following the issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder; (v) the Company may file one or more registration statements on Schedule I heretoForm S-8 with respect to any equity incentive plan or employee stock purchase plan of the Company referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and (vi) the Company may pledge any shares of the capital stock of any of the subsidiaries of the Company in connection with the incurrence of any new or refinanced indebtedness; provided that, in the case of clause (iv), the securities issued are subject to the terms of a lock-up or similar agreement restricting their sale or transfer consistent with the terms of the lockup letters described in Section 6(i) hereof for the remainder of the 180-day period referred to above.
(jh) If Citigroup Global Markets Inc., in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(i) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provides the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(i) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might would reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kj) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in qualification up to an amount not exceeding aggregate of $5,00010,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filingsfilings up to an aggregate of $25,000); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the SecuritiesSecurities (except that the cost of any aircraft chartered for use in such presentations shall be split evenly between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand); (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except Except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 5(j), Article 7 and 8 hereofor Article 8, the Underwriters will shall pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees costs of their counsel.
(k) The Company agrees that, transfer taxes on resale unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(l) The Company will notify promptly the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (a) completion of the distribution of the Securities within the meaning of the Securities Act and (b) completion of the 180-day restricted period referred to in Section 5(g) hereof.
(m) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to the Representatives in such quantities as may be reasonably requested.
(n) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering in the manner set forth under the heading “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus and the Company will file such reports with the Commission with respect to the offering and the application of the proceeds therefrom as may be required by themRule 463.
(o) The Company will appoint and maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, a registrar for the Ordinary Shares.
(p) The Company agrees to pay (1) all fees and any advertising disbursements of counsel incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program, (2) all costs and expenses connected incurred by the Underwriters in connection with any offers they may makethe printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of copies of the Directed Share Program material and (3) all stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program. Furthermore, the Company covenants with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. that the Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement, Underwriting Agreement (AquaVenture Holdings LTD)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of to the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment amendment, supplement or supplement Rule 462(b) Registration Statement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives Representative with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives Representative of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Representative (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or any Written Testing the Waters Communication shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of to the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, Statement or for any Written Testing the Waters Communication or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package Statutory Prospectus would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package Statutory Prospectus may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package Statutory Prospectus to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives Representative of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As Within 90 days following the end of its fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, or as soon as practicablepracticable thereafter, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives Representative an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will 158 (which may be deemed to have complied with such request satisfied by filing such an earnings statement on with the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇▇ system its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018).
(e) The Company will not make any offer relating to the Units that constitutes or would constitute a Free Writing Prospectus or a portion thereof required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Act.
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives Representative may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesRepresentative, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, hedge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which that is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange ActAct with respect to, any unsecured long-term debt other Units, Ordinary Shares, Warrants or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transactiontransaction during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of this Agreement; provided, until however, that the Company may (1) issue and sell the Private Placement Warrants, (2) issue and sell the Option Securities on exercise of the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof, (3) issue shares or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares in connection with the initial Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoCombination, and (4) register with the Commission pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the resale of the Founder Shares, the Private Placement Warrants and the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise thereof.
(jh) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(ki) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates certificates, if any, for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum Agreement and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (vi) the printing and delivery of a preliminary blue sky memorandum, any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states and any filings required to be made with FINRA (including filing fees and the reasonable and documented FINRA-related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating not to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding exceed $5,00025,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company representatives (and not the Underwriters) in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ixviii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including U.S. and Cayman Islands counsel and any other local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.
(j) For a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending at least five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs or the Ordinary Shares and Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the registration of the Units, Ordinary Shares and Warrants under the provisions of the Exchange Act, except after giving effect to a going private transaction after the completion of an initial Business Combination. It is understoodThe Company will not deregister the Units, Ordinary Shares or Warrants under the Exchange Act (except in connection with a going private transaction after the completion of an initial Business Combination) without the prior written consent of the Representative.
(k) The Company shall, on the date hereof, retain its independent registered public accounting firm to audit the balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date (the “Audited Balance Sheet”) reflecting the receipt by the Company of the proceeds of the Offering on the Closing Date. As soon as the Audited Balance Sheet becomes available, the Company shall promptly, but not later than four Business Days after the Closing Date, file the Closing Form 8-K with the Commission, which report shall contain the Company’s Audited Balance Sheet. Additionally, if not disclosed on the Closing Form 8-K, upon the Company’s receipt of the proceeds from the exercise of all or any portion of the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof, the Company shall promptly, but not later than four Business Days after the receipt of such proceeds, file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission, which Report shall disclose the Company’s sale of the Option Securities and its receipt of the proceeds therefrom.
(l) For a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending at least five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs or the Ordinary Shares and Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company, at its expense, shall cause its regularly engaged independent registered public accounting firm to review (but not audit) the Company’s financial statements for each of the first three fiscal quarters prior to the announcement of quarterly financial information, the filing of the Company’s Form 10-Q quarterly report and the mailing, if any, of quarterly financial information to shareholders.
(m) For a period of five (5) years from the Effective Date or until such earlier time that the Liquidation occurs or the Ordinary Shares and Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company will furnish to the Representative such copies of financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company from time to time furnishes generally to holders of any class of its securities and such additional documents and information with respect to the Company as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request. Any financial statements and reports filed on the Commission’s ▇▇▇▇▇ website will be considered furnished for purposes of this Section 5.
(n) For a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending at least five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs or the Ordinary Shares and Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company shall retain a transfer agent to the extent it has ordinary shares registered under the Exchange Act and warrant agent to the extent it has warrants registered under the Exchange Act.
(o) In no event will the amounts payable by the Company under the Services Agreement be more than $10,000 per month in the aggregate for office space, secretarial support and administrative services until the earlier of the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination or the Liquidation.
(p) Other than payments made pursuant to the terms of the Services Agreement and except as set forth in this subsection, the Company shall not pay the Sponsor or any of the Company’s executive officers, directors or any of their respective affiliates any fees or compensation of any kind (including finder’s fees and consulting fees) for services rendered to the Company prior to, or in connection with, the consummation of an initial Business Combination; provided, however, thatthat such officers, except directors and affiliates (i) may receive reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with activities on the Company’s behalf to the extent that such expenses do not exceed the amount of available proceeds not deposited in the Trust Account and the amount of interest income that may be released from the Trust Account as described in the Registration Statement and (ii) may be repaid loans and advances as described in the Registration Statement.
(q) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants received by it in a manner consistent in all material respects with the applications described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(r) For a period of 90 days following the Effective Date, in the event any person or entity (regardless of any FINRA affiliation or association) is engaged to assist the Company in its search for a merger candidate or to provide any other merger and acquisition services, or has provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereofor will provide any investment banking, financial, advisory and/or consulting services to the Company, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs Company agrees that it shall promptly provide to FINRA (via a FINRA submission), the Representative and expenses, including its counsel a notification prior to entering into the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any agreement or transaction relating to a potential Business Combination: (i) the identity of the Securities person or entity providing any such services; (ii) complete details of all such services and copies of all agreements governing such services; and (iii) justification as to why the value received by themany person or entity for such services is not underwriting compensation for the Offering. The Company also agrees that proper disclosure of such arrangement or potential arrangement will be made in the tender offer materials or proxy statement, and any advertising expenses connected as applicable, which the Company may file in connection with any offers they may make.the initial Business Combination for purposes of offering redemption o
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Leo Holdings Corp.), Underwriting Agreement (Leo Holdings Corp.)
Agreements. The Company agrees and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree with the several Underwriters each Agent that:: ----------
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the SecuritiesNotes, the Company and the Guarantor will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus (except for a supplement relating to an offering of securities other than the Notes and related Guarantees) unless the Company or the Guarantor has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel to such Agent a copy for your its review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you such Agent may reasonably object. The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company and the Guarantor will cause each supplement to the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives (or mailed for filing) with the Commission as required pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing424. The Company and the Guarantor will promptly advise the Representatives such Agent (i) when each supplement to the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if requiredor mailed for filing) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)424, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to of the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment of or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company or the Guarantor of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities Notes and related Guarantees for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company and the Guarantor will use its reasonable their best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior when a prospectus relating to the filing of Notes and related Guarantees is required to be delivered under the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b)Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package Registration Statement, as then amended, or the Prospectus, as then supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing made, not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended facts or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5events arise which, amend individually or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of aggregate, would represent a fundamental change in the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleadinginformation set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or to supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules and regulations thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company and the Guarantor promptly will (i) notify such Agent to suspend the Representatives solicitation of any offers to purchase Notes (and, if so notified, such eventAgent shall forthwith suspend such solicitation and cease using the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented), (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment or supplement which will effect such compliance, compliance and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts will supply any such amended or supplemented Prospectus to have such Agent in such quantities as such Agent may reasonably request. If such amendment or supplement, and any documents, certificates and opinions furnished to such Agent pursuant to paragraph (f) of this Section 4 in connection with the preparation or filing of such amendment or supplement are reasonably satisfactory in all respects to such Agent, such Agent will, upon the filing of such amendment or supplement with the Commission and upon the effectiveness of an amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order if such an amendment is required, resume such Agent's obligation to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus solicit offers to you in such quantities as you may reasonably requestpurchase Notes hereunder.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the Company Guarantor will make generally available to its the security holders of the Guarantor and to the Representatives such Agent an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Act.
(fd) The Company and the Guarantor will furnish to the Representatives such Agent and counsel for the Underwritersto its counsel, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) amendment thereto which shall become effective and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus and the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement amendments thereof and supplements thereto as the Representatives such Agent may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company and the Guarantor will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Securities Notes and related Guarantees for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives such Agent may designate and designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event Notes and related Guarantees, and will arrange for the determination of the legality of the Notes and related Guarantees for purchase by institutional investors.
(f) The Company and the Guarantor shall furnish to such Agent and counsel for such Agent, such documents, certificates of officers and opinions of counsel relating to their respective businesses, operations and affairs, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements thereto, the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees, this Agreement, the Procedures and the performance by the Company be obligated and the Guarantor of their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder as such Agent may from time to qualify time and at any time prior to do business in the termination of this Agreement reasonably request.
(g) The Company and the Guarantor shall, whether or not any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the SecuritiesNotes is consummated, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without pay all expenses incident to the prior written consent performance of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectlytheir obligations under this Agreement, including the filing (or participation in the filing) fees and disbursements of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs its accountants and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectuscounsel, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any cost of them; (ii) the printing (or reproductionotherwise producing) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary the Prospectus, all amendments thereof and supplements thereto, the Final Prospectus Indenture, this Agreement and all other documents relating to the offering, the cost of preparing, printing, packaging and delivering the Notes and related Guarantees, the fees and disbursements, including fees of counsel, incurred in connection with the qualification of the Notes and related Guarantees for sale and determination of eligibility for investment of the Notes and related Guarantees under the securities or blue sky laws of each Issuer Free Writing such jurisdiction as such Agent may reasonably designate, the fees and disbursements of the Trustee, the Calculation Agent (as such term is used in the Prospectus, as supplemented, relating to the Notes and related Guarantees) and the fees of any agency that rates the Notes, and (ii) reimburse such Agent on a monthly basis for all amendments out-of-pocket expenses (including without limitation advertising expenses) incurred by such Agent and approved by the Company or supplements to any of them, as maythe Guarantor in advance, in each caseconnection with the offering and the sale of the Notes and related Guarantees, and (iii) be reasonably requested responsible for use the reasonable fees and disbursements of such Agent's counsel incurred heretofore or hereafter in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; Notes and related Guarantees.
(iiih) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance Each acceptance by the Company of an offer to purchase Notes and each delivery of Notes by the Company will be deemed to be a reconfirmation to you, as of the date of such acceptance or delivery, of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantor in Section 1(b).
(i) Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented (other than by an amendment or supplement (i) relating to an offering of securities other than the Notes and related Guarantees or (ii) providing solely for the specification of the terms of the Notes (excluding (a) any change in the formula by which interest rates on the Notes may be determined and (b) any information relating to Specified Currencies other than U.S. dollars)) or there is filed with the Commission any document incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, the Company and the Guarantor will each deliver or cause to be delivered forthwith to such Agent a certificate of its obligations hereunder. It President, Managing Director or any Vice President and its principal financial or accounting officer or the Treasurer, dated the date of the effectiveness of such amendment or the date of filing of such supplement, in form reasonably satisfactory to such Agent, to the effect that the statements contained in the certificate that was last furnished to such Agent pursuant to either Section 5(e) or this Section 4(i) are true and correct at the time of the effectiveness of such amendment or the filing of such supplement as though made at and as of such time (except that (i) the last day of the fiscal quarter for which financial statements of the Guarantor were last filed with the Commission shall be substituted for the corresponding date in such certificate and (ii) such statements shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of the effectiveness of such amendment or the filing of such supplement) or, in lieu of such certificate, a certificate of the same tenor as the certificate referred to in Section 5(e), but modified to relate to the last day of the fiscal quarter for which financial statements of the Guarantor were last filed with the Commission and to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of the effectiveness of such amendment or the filing of such supplement.
(j) Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is understoodamended or supplemented (other than by an amendment or supplement (i) relating to an offering of securities other than the Notes and related Guarantees, (ii) providing solely for the specification of the terms of the Notes (excluding (a) any change in the formula by which interest rates on the Notes may be determined and (b) any information relating to Specified Currencies other than U.S. dollars) or (iii) setting forth or incorporating by reference financial statements or other financial information as of and for a fiscal quarter, unless, in the case of clause (iii) above, in such Agent's reasonable judgment, such financial statements or other financial information are of such a nature that an opinion of counsel should be furnished) or there is filed with the Commission any document incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, the Company and the Guarantor shall furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith to such Agent the written opinion of the General Counsel of the Company and the Guarantor, or such other counsel satisfactory to such Agent, dated the date of the effectiveness of such amendment or the date of filing of such supplement, in form satisfactory to such Agent, covering all of the matters referred to in the opinions set forth in Sections 5(b) and 5(c) but modified to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of the effectiveness of such amendment or the filing of such supplement or, in lieu of such opinion, counsel last furnishing such an opinion to such Agent may furnish a letter to the effect that such Agent may rely on such last opinion to the same extent as though it were dated the date of such letter authorizing reliance (except that statements in such last opinion will be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of the effectiveness of such amendment or the filing of such supplement); provided, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereofupon a reasonable request from such Agent, the Underwriters will pay all Company and the Guarantor shall cause to be furnished forthwith to such Agent the written opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel to the Company and the Guarantor, dated the date of the effectiveness of such amendment or the date of filing of such supplement, in form satisfactory to such Agent, of the same tenor as the opinions referred to in Section 5(b) but modified to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of the effectiveness of such amendment or the filing of such supplement.
(k) Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented to set forth amended or supplemental financial information or such amended or supplemental information is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company and the Guarantor shall cause ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, their own costs independent public accountants, forthwith to furnish to such Agent a letter, dated the date of the effectiveness of such amendment or the date of filing of such supplement, in form satisfactory to such Agent, of the same tenor as the letter referred to in Section 5(f) with such changes as may be necessary to reflect the amended and expensessupplemental financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including as amended or supplemented to the fees date of their counselsuch letter, transfer taxes on resale provided that if the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented solely to include or incorporate by reference financial information as of and for a fiscal quarter, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP may limit the scope of such letter, which shall be satisfactory in form to such Agent, to the unaudited financial statements included in such amendment or supplement, unless any other information included or incorporated by reference therein of an accounting, financial or statistical nature is of such a nature that, in such Agent's reasonable judgment, such letter should cover such other information.
(l) During the period, if any, specified in any Terms Agreement, the Company and the Guarantor shall not, without the prior consent of the Purchaser, issue or announce the proposed issuance of any debt securities of the Securities by them, and Company or the Guarantor in a public offering or register any advertising expenses connected debt securities of the Company or the Guarantor under the Act in connection with any offers they may makesecondary distribution of such debt securities.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Selling Agency Agreement (Countrywide Home Loans Inc), Selling Agency Agreement (Countrywide Credit Industries Inc)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as reasonably required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesCitigroup Global Markets Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 60 days after the Business Day set forth date of the Underwriting Agreement, provided, however, that (i) the Company may issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time, (ii) the Company may file one or more registration statements on Schedule I heretoForm S-8, (iii) the Company may offer, issue and sell shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Common Stock in connection with any acquisition or strategic investment (including any joint venture or partnership) as long as (x) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable does not exceed 10% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the date of this Agreement and (y) each recipient of any such Common Stock issued or issuable agrees to the restrictions on the resale of securities that are consistent with the lock-up letters described in Section 6(l) hereof for the remainder of the 60-day restricted period and (iv) the Company may issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities at the Execution Time. The Company will provide the Representatives and any co-managers and each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to the lock-up letters described in Section 6(l) hereof with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.
(jh) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(ki) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters (not to exceed $10,000) relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. FINRA (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters (not to exceed $10,000) relating to such filings); (viii) all expenses incident to the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers “road show” for the offering of the Securities, provided that the Underwriters agree to pay the cost of any chartered airplane or other transportation in connection therewith; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and reserve engineers and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, .
(j) The Company agrees that, except unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereofthe case may be, the Underwriters prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will pay all not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of their own costs the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and expensesany electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the fees Commission, legending and record keeping.
(k) The Company will promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale (a) completion of any the distribution of the Securities by themwithin the meaning of the Securities Act and (b) completion of the 60-day restricted period referred to in Section 5(g) hereof.
(l) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any advertising expenses connected with any offers they amendment or supplement to the Representatives in such quantities as may makebe reasonably requested.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Athlon Energy Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Athlon Energy Inc.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives Representative with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives Representative of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Representative (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives Representative of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as reasonably practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives Representative an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives Representative may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Representative may designate reasonably request and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to (i) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take qualified, (ii) file any action that would subject it general consent to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering any such jurisdiction or sale of the Securities, (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction where if it is not now otherwise so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesCitigroup Global Markets Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect ofof (other than any registration statement on Form S-8 related to the Company’s equity incentive plans), or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Class A Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Class A Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may issue and sell (A) the Securities, (B) Class A Common Stock and awards (including stock options) exercisable for, or convertible into, Class A Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option or incentive plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time or which is described in, or filed as an exhibit to, the Registration Statement, (C) Class A Common Stock issuable upon the exercise or conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time, (D) Class A Common Stock pursuant to the concurrent private placement disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (E) the issuance of up to an aggregate of 10% of the shares of Class A Common Stock to be outstanding immediately following the sale of the Securities pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement (assuming conversion of all outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock) in connection with one or more acquisitions by the Company of the assets or capital stock of another person or entity, whether through merger, asset acquisition, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that in each case of (B), (C), (D) and (E) of this paragraph, the issuance of such shares of Class A Common Stock by the Company shall be subject to the condition that each recipient of such shares has previously signed (or will enter into prior to or concurrently with such issuance) a lock-up agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period, or (y) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, then, the 180-day restricted period will be extended and the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoexpiration of the 18-day period beginning on, and including, the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The Company will provide the Representative and any co-managers and each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to the lockup letters described in Section 6(i) with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.
(jh) If Citigroup Global Markets Inc., in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(i) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provides the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(i) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kj) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the NASDAQ Global Market; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. FINRA (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; Securities and (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections Section 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected connection with any offers they may make.
(k) The Company agrees to pay (1) all fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program, (2) all costs and expenses incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of copies of the Directed Share Program material and (3) all stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program.
(l) Company covenants with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. that the Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program.
(m) During the 180-day restricted period described above in clause (g) (including any extensions thereof), the Company will not without the written consent of the Representative, directly or indirectly, waive or release any person or entity from the terms of any contractual restriction which prohibits such person or entity from: (i) offering, selling, issuing, contracting to sell, pledging or otherwise disposing of shares of the capital stock of the Company, (ii) offering, selling, issuing, contracting to sell, contracting to purchase or granting any option, right or warrant to purchase shares of the capital stock of the Company, (iii) entering into any swap, hedge or any other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequences of ownership of shares of the capital stock of the Company and (iv) establishing or increasing a put equivalent position or liquidating or decreasing a call equivalent position in shares of the capital stock of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
(n) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representative, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representative or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Zillow Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Zillow Inc)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of to the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment amendment, supplement or supplement Rule 462(b) Registration Statement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives Representative with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives Representative of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Representative (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or any Written Testing the Waters Communication shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of to the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, Statement or for any Written Testing the Waters Communication or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package Statutory Prospectus would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package Statutory Prospectus may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package Statutory Prospectus to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives Representative of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As Within 90 days following the end of its fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, or as soon as practicablepracticable thereafter, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives Representative an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will 158 (which may be deemed to have complied with such request satisfied by filing such an earnings statement on with the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇▇ system its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020).
(e) The Company will not make any offer relating to the Units that constitutes or would constitute a Free Writing Prospectus or a portion thereof required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Act.
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives Representative may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesRepresentative, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, hedge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which that is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange ActAct with respect to, any unsecured long-term debt other Units, Ordinary Shares, Warrants or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transactiontransaction during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of this Agreement; provided, until however, that the Company may (1) issue and sell the Private Placement Warrants, (2) issue and sell the Option Securities on exercise of the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof, (3) issue shares or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares in connection with the initial Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoCombination, and (4) register with the Commission pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the resale of the Founder Shares, the Private Placement Warrants and the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise thereof.
(jh) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(ki) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates certificates, if any, for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum Agreement and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (vi) the printing and delivery of a preliminary blue sky memorandum, any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states and any filings required to be made with FINRA (including filing fees and the reasonable and documented FINRA-related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating not to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding exceed $5,00025,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company representatives (and not the Underwriters) in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ixviii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including U.S. and Cayman Islands counsel and any other local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.
(j) For a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending at least five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs or the Ordinary Shares and Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the registration of the Units, Ordinary Shares and Warrants under the provisions of the Exchange Act, except after giving effect to a going private transaction after the completion of an initial Business Combination. It is understoodThe Company will not deregister the Units, Ordinary Shares or Warrants under the Exchange Act (except in connection with a going private transaction after the completion of an initial Business Combination) without the prior written consent of the Representative.
(k) The Company shall, on the date hereof, retain its independent registered public accounting firm to audit the balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date (the “Audited Balance Sheet”) reflecting the receipt by the Company of the proceeds of the Offering on the Closing Date. As soon as the Audited Balance Sheet becomes available, the Company shall promptly, but not later than four Business Days after the Closing Date, file the Closing Form 8-K with the Commission, which report shall contain the Company’s Audited Balance Sheet. Additionally, if not disclosed on the Closing Form 8-K, upon the Company’s receipt of the proceeds from the exercise of all or any portion of the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof, the Company shall promptly, but not later than four Business Days after the receipt of such proceeds, file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission, which Report shall disclose the Company’s sale of the Option Securities and its receipt of the proceeds therefrom.
(l) For a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending at least five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs or the Ordinary Shares and Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company, at its expense, shall cause its regularly engaged independent registered public accounting firm to review (but not audit) the Company’s financial statements for each of the first three fiscal quarters prior to the announcement of quarterly financial information, the filing of the Company’s Form 10-Q quarterly report and the mailing, if any, of quarterly financial information to shareholders.
(m) For a period of five (5) years from the Effective Date or until such earlier time that the Liquidation occurs or the Ordinary Shares and Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company will furnish to the Representative such copies of financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company from time to time furnishes generally to holders of any class of its securities and such additional documents and information with respect to the Company as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request. Any financial statements and reports filed on the Commission’s ▇▇▇▇▇ website will be considered furnished for purposes of this Section 5.
(n) For a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending at least five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs or the Ordinary Shares and Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company shall retain a transfer agent to the extent it has ordinary shares registered under the Exchange Act and warrant agent to the extent it has warrants registered under the Exchange Act.
(o) In no event will the amounts payable by the Company under the Services Agreement be more than $10,000 per month in the aggregate for office space, secretarial support and administrative services until the earlier of the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination or the Liquidation.
(p) Other than payments made pursuant to the terms of the Services Agreement and except as set forth in this subsection, the Company shall not pay the Sponsor or any of the Company’s executive officers, directors or any of their respective affiliates any fees or compensation of any kind (including finder’s fees and consulting fees) for services rendered to the Company prior to, or in connection with, the consummation of an initial Business Combination; provided, however, thatthat such officers, except directors and affiliates (i) may receive reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with activities on the Company’s behalf to the extent that such expenses do not exceed the amount of available proceeds not deposited in the Trust Account and the amount of interest income that may be released from the Trust Account as described in the Registration Statement and (ii) may be repaid loans and advances as described in the Registration Statement.
(q) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants received by it in a manner consistent in all material respects with the applications described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(r) For a period of 60 days following the Effective Date, in the event any Participating Member (as defined in FINRA Rule 5110(j)(15)) is engaged to assist the Company in its search for a merger candidate or to provide any other merger and acquisition services, or has provided in this Section 5(k) or will provide any investment banking, financial, advisory and/or consulting services to the Company, provided that such services are relevant to the underwriting terms and Sections 7 and 8 hereofarrangements of the Offering, the Underwriters will pay all Company agrees that it shall promptly provide to the Representative and its counsel a notification prior to entering into the agreement or transaction relating to the provision of their own costs and expenses, including such services: (i) the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any identity of the Securities person or entity providing any such services; (ii) complete details of all such services and copies of all agreements governing such services; and (iii) justification as to why the value received by themany person or entity for such services is not underwriting compensation for the Offering. The Company also agrees that proper disclosure of such arrangement or potential arrangement will be made in the tender offer materials or proxy statement, and any advertising expenses connected as applicable, which the Company may file in connection with any offers they may make.the initial B
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Leo Holdings III Corp.), Underwriting Agreement (Leo Holdings III Corp.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, other than as required by law, the Company will not file any amendment of to the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, Statement or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or or, to the Company’s knowledge, the threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or or, to the Company’s knowledge, the threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, or such other information necessary to cause the Disclosure Package not to contain a material misstatement or omission, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), ) or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation of the Indenture, the issuance of the Securities and the fees of the Trustee; (ii) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (iiiii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iiiiv) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (ivv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (vvi) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vivii) if required, any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (viiviii) if required, any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viiiix) the reasonable transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ixx) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xxi) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k; and (xii) fees and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any expenses of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeTrustee (including counsel for the Trustee).
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Wyndham Worldwide Corp), Underwriting Agreement (Wyndham Worldwide Corp)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the [1: Securities] [2: Units], the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Basic Prospectus [2: , and prior to the exercise or expiration of all the Warrants, the Company will not file any such amendment or supplement relating to the Warrant Debt Securities,] unless the Company has furnished to the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel for their review a copy for your review thereof prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement filing. Subject to which you reasonably object. The the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives (or transmitted for filing) with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing424. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if requiredor transmitted for filing) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)424, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Securities shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment of or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of [2: any of] the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or the Exchange Trust Indenture Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph subparagraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements (which need not be audited) of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Act.
(fd) The Company will furnish to each of the Representatives and to counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies one signed copy of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to the Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any amendments thereof and any supplement supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives representatives may designate and designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities, will arrange for the determination of the legality of the Securities for purchase by institutional investors and will pay the fee of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., if any, in connection with its review of the offering; provided provided, however, that in no event shall the Company shall not be obligated required to effect or maintain any such qualification in any jurisdiction that would result in it having to execute or file a general consent to service of process under the laws of such jurisdiction or to qualify to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subjectsuch jurisdiction.
(hf) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained Until the prior written consent of business day following the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may beClosing Date, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, sell or contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in announce the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect offering of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar or warrants to the Securities issued or guaranteed purchase debt securities covered by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities statement filed under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Tribune Co), Underwriting Agreement (Tribune Co)
Agreements. The Company Province agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior The Province will prepare the Prospectus in the form approved by you and will file such Prospectus pursuant to the termination applicable provision of Rule 424(b) under the offering Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and will make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus which has not been approved by you. The Province will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission and file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) Act within the time period prescribed required to be filed by such rule; and will provide evidence satisfactory promptly file all other material required to be filed by the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) Province with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)433(d) under the Act. The Province will promptly advise the Representatives after it receives notice thereof, of the time (i) when the Prospectus and such final term sheet shall have been so filed, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effectiveeffective (other than any amendment to the Registration Statement occurring after completion of the offering that relates to any offering of securities other than the Securities), (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of to the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus Prospectus, or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company Province of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company Province will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of Within the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of period during which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including Act, the Province will comply with all requirements imposed upon the Province by the Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the rules and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in circumstances where force, so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof and by the Prospectus. If, at any time during such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)period, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company Province promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement (including, if appropriate, a Form 18-K or new registration statement an amendment thereto) which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the Company The Province will make generally available to its security holders in the United States and to the Representatives an earnings Representatives, as soon as practicable after the close of its fiscal year, a statement or statements in reasonable detail of the Company revenues and its subsidiaries expenditures of the Province covering the first full fiscal year of the Province commencing after the date hereof, which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis applicable rules and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)regulations thereunder.
(fd) The Company Province will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, on behalf of the Representatives, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including one signed copy with all exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy the Closing Date; and, prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, furnish the Representatives with copies of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request; and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter underwriter or dealer (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each any Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing the Prospectus and any supplement amendments thereof and supplements thereto (including any Form 18-K and any amendment thereto), as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company Province will arrangefurnish such information, if necessary, for the qualification of execute such instruments and take such actions as may be required to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities or other laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in .
(f) So long as any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering Securities are outstanding, the Province will furnish to the Representatives, upon request, copies of all reports and financial statements filed with the Commission or sale any national securities exchange in the United States.
(g) Until the Closing Date, the Province will not, without the prior consent of the SecuritiesRepresentatives, in offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any jurisdiction where it is not now so subjectof its U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Province that mature more than one year after their respective dates of issue.
(h) The Company agrees thatOther than the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(a) hereof, unless it has or shall have obtained without the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it Province has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by 405 under the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a Act; and any such free writing prospectus containing the information contained in use of which has been consented to by the Province and the Representatives (including the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b(4)(a) hereof) is listed in Schedule I hereto.
(i) The Province 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 required thereby or by the Prospectus Directive or applicable United Kingdom law.
(j) The Province agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package 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 Province 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 or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission.
(k) The Province will pay (i) all expenses in connection with the preparation, filing and printing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Listing Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto) and the printing of this Agreement and any related Agreement Among Underwriters, (ii) the filing fees and other expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) of qualifying the Securities for sale and determining their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and of printing memoranda relating thereto, (iii) if applicable, all fees and expenses in connection with the admission of the Securities to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the regulated market of the London Stock Exchange (including all fees relating to the publication of the Listing Prospectus and any supplements thereto on the London Stock Exchange’s website in accordance with the Prospectus Directive), and the maintenance of such listing; (iv) fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Securities, (v) all expenses in connection with the distribution of the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Listing Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to Underwriters and with the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities, (vi) an amount up to US$125,000 to be applied in reimbursement of the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and costs of the Underwriters (including any value added or equivalent tax on such expenses and costs) directly attributable to the offering and sale of the Securities, (vii) all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and (viii) fees charged by the Fiscal Agent in connection with the Fiscal Agency Agreement. In respect of clause (vi) above, the Representatives shall deduct the amount of US$125,000 from the purchase price for the Securities, shall supply the Province with an itemized account for such expenses within 90 days of the Closing Date and shall repay the Province within 90 days of the Closing Date any shortfall between the expenses so itemized and US$125,000.
(l) The Province will use all reasonable efforts to have the Securities listed on the London Stock Exchange as soon as possible after the Closing Date, to furnish to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange all documents (including a Listing Prospectus as defined below), information and undertakings and publish all advertisements or other material that may be necessary in order to effect such listing, and to cause such listing to be continued for so long as any of the Securities remains outstanding; provided that if, in the prior written consent opinion of the parties hereto Province, the continuation of such listing shall be deemed become unduly onerous, then the Province may delist the Securities from the Official List of the UK Listing authority, provided that the Province will use its best efforts to obtain the listing of the Securities on another recognized stock exchange reasonably acceptable to the Representatives.
(m) The Province will ensure that (i) a single prospectus pursuant to Directive 2003/71/EC and the implementing measures in the United Kingdom (the “Prospectus Directive”) is prepared (after the Representatives have had a reasonable opportunity to comment thereon) and approved by the UK Listing Authority for the purposes of listing the Securities on the London Stock Exchange, (ii) such single prospectus, including all documents incorporated by reference therein only for the purpose of the Prospectus Directive, as revised, supplemented, amended or updated by any supplementary prospectus in accordance with subsection (o) below (hereinafter the “Listing Prospectus”) contains all information with respect to the Province that is material in the context of the issue and offering of the Securities (including all information which, according to the particular nature of the issue and the Securities, is necessary to enable investors to make an informed assessment of the assets and liabilities, financial position, profits and losses and prospects of the Province and of the rights attaching to the Securities); the information therein is accurate in all material respects and does not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading and all reasonable enquiries have been given in respect made to ascertain such facts and to verify the accuracy of all such statements; (iii) the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto Listing Prospectus contains all information required by the laws, rules and regulations applicable to the London Stock Exchange and the Prospectus Directive and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives rules or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treatregulations made thereunder, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as is published on the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent website of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result London Stock Exchange in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate accordance with Article 14 of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs Prospectus Directive; and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing summary contained in the Listing Prospectus conveys the essential characteristics and risks associated with the Province and the Securities, is accurate in all material respects and is not misleading, inaccurate or inconsistent when read together with the other parts of the Listing Prospectus.
(n) Once the Securities are listed on the London Stock Exchange the Province will comply at all times with the Part 6 rules (including the Listing Rules) made by the UK Listing Authority (or reproductionsuch other body to which its functions have been transferred in accordance with Section 73A of the FSMA) in accordance with Section 74 of the FSMA and with the London Stock Exchange’s Admission and Disclosure Standards.
(o) If at any time after the Listing Prospectus is approved by the UK Listing Authority and before the actual listing is effective, (i) there arises or is noted a significant new factor, material mistake or inaccuracy relating to the information in the Listing Prospectus or (ii) there arises a change in the condition of the Province which is material in the context of the issue of Securities, the Province shall give to the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters full information about the change or matter and shall promptly prepare a supplementary Listing Prospectus as may be required and approved by the UK Listing Authority (after the Representatives have had a reasonable opportunity to comment thereon) and delivery shall otherwise comply with Section 87 of this Agreementthe FSMA, if applicable, and the Listing Rules in that regard.
(p) The Province shall supply to the relevant Underwriters such number of copies of the Listing Prospectus and any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed supplementary Listing Prospectus as such Underwriters may reasonably request.
(or reproducedq) The Province will authorize CIBC World Markets Corp. (the “Coordinating Stabilizing Manager”) to make the announcement required by Articles 8(4), 9(1) and delivered in connection with the offering 9(3) of the Securities; Commission Regulation (vEC) No. 2273/2003 of 22 December 2003 implementing Directive 2003/6/EC, provided that if the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification Province wishes to issue a public announcement in respect of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made other purposes, it should consult with the Financial Industry Regulatory AuthorityCoordinating Stabilizing Manager to determine if any such stabilization announcement can be incorporated therein and, Inc. (including filing fees and in any case, it should not issue anything which is inconsistent with the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance stabilization announcements made by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeCoordinating Stabilizing Manager.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Province of Manitoba), Underwriting Agreement (Province of Manitoba)
Agreements. The Company Partnership agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company Partnership will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company Partnership has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company Partnership will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company Partnership will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company Partnership of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company Partnership will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV V hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing made, not misleading, the Company Partnership will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company Partnership promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company The Partnership will make generally available to its security holders unitholders and to the Representatives Underwriters an earnings statement or statements of the Company Partnership and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) The Company Partnership will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, upon request and without charge, copies one signed copy of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company Partnership will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company Partnership will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company Partnership be obligated to (i) qualify to do business as a foreign limited partnership in any jurisdiction where in which it is would not now otherwise be required to so qualified or to take any action that would subject it qualify, (ii) file a general consent to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering any such jurisdiction or sale of the Securities, (iii) subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where in which it is would not now so otherwise be subject.
(h) The Company Partnership agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company Partnership that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the CompanyPartnership, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company Partnership with the Commission or retained by the Company Partnership under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III IV hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company Partnership is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company Partnership agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Partnership will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kj) The Company Partnership agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives of the Partnership in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ixviii) the fees and expenses of the CompanyPartnership’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the CompanyPartnership; and (xix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company Partnership of its respective obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (EnLink Midstream Partners, LP), Underwriting Agreement (EnLink Midstream Partners, LP)
Agreements. The Company agrees Trust and the Guarantor jointly and severally agree with the several Underwriters that:
(a) The Trust or the Guarantor will provide to counsel for the Underwriters one manually executed copy of the Registration Statement, including all exhibits thereto, in the form it became effective and all amendments thereto. Prior to the termination of the offering of the SecuritiesClosing Date, the Company Trust and the Guarantor will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Basic Prospectus unless the Company Trust or the Guarantor has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably objectobject promptly after notice thereof. The Company Neither the Representatives’ consent to, nor the Underwriters’ delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 5 hereof. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Trust and the Guarantor will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within under the time period prescribed Act not later than the close of business on the second business day following the execution and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives delivery of such timely filingthis Agreement. The Company Trust and the Guarantor will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Capital Securities, the Guarantee and the Notes shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment of or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement Statement, or of any notice objecting to that would prevent its use use, or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company Trust or the Guarantor of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Capital Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent In the event of the issuance of any such stop order preventing or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to suspending the use of any Preliminary Final Prospectus or Final Prospectus, the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, Trust and the Guarantor will use promptly their best efforts to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicableorder.
(b) To The Trust or the Guarantor will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely sheet in a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to will file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d433(d)(5)(ii) under the Act within the time required by such Rule. Any such final term sheet shall be an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any If there occurs an event occurs or development as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state any a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing prevailing, not misleading, the Company Trust or the Guarantor will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities Capital Securities, the Guarantee and the Notes is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172172 under the Act), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company Trust or the Guarantor will promptly notify you and, upon your request, the Trust and the Guarantor will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, Commission an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither the Representatives’ request for, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have nor the Underwriters’ delivery of, any such amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid supplement shall constitute a waiver of any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you conditions set forth in such quantities as you may reasonably requestSection 5 hereof.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company Guarantor, on behalf of the Trust, will make generally available to its the Trust’s security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company Guarantor and its the Guarantor’s subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Act.
(f) The Company Trust and the Guarantor will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172172 under the Act), as many copies of each any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus included in the Disclosure Package and any supplement amendments thereof and supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company Guarantor will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offeringoffering and the expenses incurred in distributing the Final Prospectus to the Underwriters.
(g) The Company Trust and the Guarantor will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Capital Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for to complete the distribution of the Capital Securities; provided provided, however, that in no event each of the Trust and the Guarantor shall the Company not be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject or sale of the Securities, subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) During the 30 day period following the date of this Agreement, neither the Guarantor nor any of its subsidiaries or other affiliates over which the Guarantor exercises management or voting control, nor any person acting on their behalf, will, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any securities that are substantially similar to the Capital Securities, with the exclusion of market making activities carried out by any of the Guarantor’s affiliated brokers.
(i) The Company agrees Trust and the Guarantor agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain the listing of the Capital Securities on the New York Stock Exchange until such time as none of the Capital Securities are outstanding. If the Capital Securities cease to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Trust and the Guarantor agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts promptly to list the Capital Securities on a stock exchange agreed upon by the Trust, the Guarantor and the Representatives. The Trust and the Guarantor will use all commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the rules of the New York Stock Exchange and will otherwise comply with any undertakings given by it from time to time to the New York Stock Exchange in connection with the Capital Securities listed thereon or the listing thereof and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, to furnish or cause to be furnished to the New York Stock Exchange all such information as it may require in connection with the listing thereon of the Capital Securities. In the event the Notes are distributed to the holders of the Capital Securities, the Trust and the Guarantor agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain the listing of the Notes on the New York Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are then listed until such time as none of the Notes are outstanding.
(j) The Trust and the Guarantor each agree that, unless it has or shall have obtained obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company Trust and the Guarantor that, unless it has obtained or shall have obtainedwill obtain, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the CompanyTrust and the Guarantor, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities Capital Securities, the Guarantee and the Notes that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company Trust or the Guarantor under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing 433 under the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) heretoAct; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road showhereto. Any such free writing prospectus Free Writing Prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company Trust and the Guarantor is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees Trust and the Guarantor each agree that (xA) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (yB) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ik) The Company Guarantor will not, without pay all expenses incident to the prior written consent performance of the RepresentativesTrust’s and its obligations under this Agreement, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, for any filing fees or otherwise dispose other expenses (including fees and disbursements of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result counsel) in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate connection with qualification of the Company or Capital Securities for sale and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the printing of memoranda relating thereto, for any person in privity with fees charged by investment rating agencies for the Company or any affiliate rating of the Company)Capital Securities and the Notes, directly for any travel expenses of the Trust’s and the Guarantor’s officers and employees and any other expenses of the Trust and the Guarantor in connection with attending or indirectlyhosting meetings with prospective purchasers of Capital Securities and for expenses incurred in distributing any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto or the Final Prospectus. The Guarantor will also pay all fees and expenses of the Note Trustee, including the filing (or participation in fees and disbursements of counsel for the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use Note Trustee in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees Indenture and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000Notes; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee in connection with the Certificate of Trust filed with the Delaware Secretary of State with respect to the Trust (the “Certificate of Trust”) and the Trust Agreement; and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expensesGuarantee Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of their counselcounsel for the Guarantee Trustee in connection with the Guarantee and the Guarantee Agreement.
(l) The Trust and the Guarantor will cooperate with the Representatives and use all commercially reasonable efforts to permit the Capital Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by themEuroclear System and Clearstream Banking S.A., and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeas applicable.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Wells Fargo & Co/Mn), Underwriting Agreement (Wells Fargo & Co/Mn)
Agreements. The Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by to which the Representatives do not reasonably object with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company or the Operating Partnership of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities or the Guarantee for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any If there occurs an event occurs or development as a result of which the Disclosure Package Package, taken as a whole, would include any an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state any a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company and the Operating Partnership will (i) promptly notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, and will promptly amend or supplement in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, at the expense of the Company and the Operating Partnership, the Disclosure Package to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission; omission and (iii) supply any amendment the Company and the Operating Partnership shall cease to use the Disclosure Package until it is so amended or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably requestsupplemented.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunderAct, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company and the Operating Partnership will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies (which may be electronic copies) of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company and the Operating Partnership will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities and the Guarantee for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company or the Operating Partnership be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) Until and including the Closing Date, the Company and the Operating Partnership will comply in all material respects with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act, and will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Company’s directors and officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with such laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the provisions of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act.
(h) Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or the Operating Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities or sell, bid for, purchase or pay any person (other than as contemplated by this Agreement) any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Securities.
(i) The Company and the Operating Partnership agree to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the fees of the Trustee; (ii) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (iii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iv) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities and the Guarantee, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities and the Guarantee; (v) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, the closing documents pursuant to this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities and the Guarantee; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities and the Guarantee for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states and any other jurisdictions specified in Section 5(f) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company and the Operating Partnership in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company and the Operating Partnership; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company and the Operating Partnership of their respective obligations hereunder.
(j) The Company and the Operating Partnership will use the net proceeds received by the Operating Partnership from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds.”
(k) Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has obtained or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road showhereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(il) The Company will notuse its best efforts to meet the requirements to qualify, without for the prior written consent of taxable year ending December 31, 2022, for taxation as a REIT under the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of Code.
(or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwisem) by the Company or any affiliate Each of the Company or any person in privity with and the Operating Partnership will use its best efforts to ensure that the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position and its subsidiaries will not be an “investment company” within the meaning of Section 16 the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretorules and regulations thereunder.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kn) The Company agrees and the Operating Partnership will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in a form approved by the Representatives and substantially attached as Schedule IV hereto and to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing file such term sheet with the Commission of pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of time required by such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeRule.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Digital Realty Trust, L.P.), Underwriting Agreement (Digital Realty Trust, L.P.)
Agreements. (i) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or the ADS Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission SEC pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or the ADS Registration Statement shall have been filed with the SEC, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement or the ADS Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission SEC or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the ADS Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its their use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or the ADS Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act (“Rule 172”)), any event occurs as a result of which either of the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement either of the Final Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the CommissionSEC, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (ai)(a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158158 under the Securities Act; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with furnished such request by filing statements to its security holders and the Representatives to the extent such an earnings statement statements are filed on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)system.
(fe) The Upon request, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement and the ADS Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement and the ADS Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)) by the Securities Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the SEC in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any Ordinary Shares or ADSs or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares or ADSs; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue and sell Ordinary Shares or ADSs or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares or ADSs pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time, (ii) may issue Ordinary Shares issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time, (iii) file one or more registration statements on Form S-8 relating to stock options or employee benefit plans of the Company described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (iv) offer, issue and sell Ordinary Shares or ADSs, or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares or ADSs, in connection with any merger, acquisition or strategic investment (including any joint venture, strategic alliance, partnership, the acquisition or license of the business, property, technology or other assets of another individual or entity, or the assumption of an employee benefit plan in connection with such a merger or acquisition), or (v) offer, issue and sell Ordinary Shares or ADSs, or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares or ADSs, on an arm’s length basis to any unaffiliated collaborators, manufacturers, distributors, or any other similar parties pursuant to a collaboration, licensing agreement, strategic alliance, manufacturing or distribution agreement or similar transaction; provided, however, that the aggregate number of securities (on an as-converted basis) that the Company may issue or agree to issue pursuant to clauses (iv) and (v) shall not exceed 5% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after the issuance and sale of such securities, and provided, further, that each recipient of such securities pursuant to clauses (iv) and (v) agrees to restrictions on the resale of securities that are consistent with the provisions set forth in the lock-up letter described in Section 6(n) hereof.
(h) If the Representatives in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(g) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three (3) Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two (2) Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(i) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act, Italian law or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(j) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the SEC of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the ADS Registration Statement, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the preparation of the Deposit Agreement, the deposit of the Ordinary Shares underlying Offered ADSs under the Deposit Agreement, the issuance thereunder of ADSs representing such deposited Ordinary Shares, and the fees of the Depositary; (iii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the ADS Registration Statement, and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iv) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any Transfer Taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (v) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (vi) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the ADSs on the Nasdaq Capital Market; (vii) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification); (viii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (ix) the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters, provided that such fees and expenses of counsel contained in this clause (ix), together with clauses (vii) and (viii), shall not exceed $400,000 in the aggregate; (x) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (xi) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement.
(k) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, in each case such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company with the Commission SEC or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules Rule 164 under the Securities Act (“Rule 164”) and Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the CommissionSEC, legending and record keeping.
(il) The Company will not, without promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior written consent to the later of (a) completion of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate distribution of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position Securities within the meaning of Section 16 the Securities Act and (b) completion of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long90-term debt securities similar day restricted period referred to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoin Section 5(g) hereof.
(jm) The CompanyIf at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, without giving effect any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to activities by state any material fact necessary in order to make the Underwritersstatements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to the Representatives in such quantities as may be reasonably requested.
(n) Each Underwriter agrees that (i) it is not purchasing any of the Securities for the account of anyone other than a United States or Canadian Person, (ii) it has not offered or sold, and will not takeoffer or sell, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of Securities or distribute any security of Prospectus to any person outside the Company United States or Canada, or to facilitate the sale anyone other than a United States or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing ProspectusCanadian Person, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating dealer to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of whom it may sell any of the Securities by themwill represent that it is not purchasing for the account of anyone other than a United States or Canadian Person and agree that it will not offer or resell, and directly or indirectly, any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.of the Securities outside the United States or Canada,
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Genenta Science S.p.A.), Underwriting Agreement (Genenta Science S.p.A.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, two signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any unsecured long-term debt shares of capital stock of the Company, or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 180 days after the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretodate of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company may issue and sell capital stock and grant awards pursuant to any employee stock option plan or stock ownership plan of the Company (including, but not limited to, the Amended and Restated 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan of the Company) in effect at the Execution Time and the Company may issue capital stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time.
(jh) If the Representatives, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a Lock-Up Agreement hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provides the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(i) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kj) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the NASDAQ Global Market; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. FINRA (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filingsfilings in an amount that is, together with fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters pursuant to clause (vi), not greater than $35,000); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the SecuritiesSecurities (provided that, (A) the Company and the Underwriters will each bear 50% of the costs associated with any private or chartered aircraft used and (B) the Company and the Underwriters will each pay their own costs associated with hotel accommodations); (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood.
(k) The Company agrees to pay (i) all costs and expenses incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, howeverair freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of copies of the Directed Share Program material; and (ii) all stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program.
(l) The Company agrees that, except unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereofthe case may be, the Underwriters prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will pay all not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of their own costs the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and expensesany electronic roadshow. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (i) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (ii) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the fees Commission, legending and record keeping.
(m) The Company will notify promptly the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale (a) completion of any the distribution of the Securities by themwithin the meaning of the Act and (b) completion of the 180-day restricted period referred to in Section 5(g) hereof.
(n) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any advertising expenses connected amendment or supplement to the Representatives in such quantities as may be reasonably requested.
(o) Furthermore, the Company covenants with Citigroup that the Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program.
(p) If any offers they may makecurrent stockholder of the Company converts its shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.001, of the Company to Common Stock of the Company pursuant to Section 4.4(a) of the Company’s Eleventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives a letter from such stockholder, addressed to the Representatives, substantially in the form of Exhibit F or Exhibit G hereto, as applicable.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of to the Registration Statement or amendment or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Final Prospectus) to the Base Basic Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you the Representatives reasonably object. The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to in accordance with the applicable paragraph requirements of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing). The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Securities shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment of or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its every reasonable best efforts effort to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus or the Registration Statement to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) event and prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Act.
(fd) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each any Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing the Prospectus and any supplement amendments thereof and supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for agrees to use its best efforts to qualify the Securities and to assist in the qualification of the Securities by or on behalf of the Representatives or of any of one or more of the several Underwriters for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions States as the Representatives may designate and will designate, to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesSecurities and to assist in the determination of the legality of the Securities for purchase by institutional investors under the laws of such States as the Representatives may designate; provided that in no event shall the Company shall not be obligated required to qualify to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified State, or to take any action that would subject it consent to service of process in suits, any State other than those with respect to claims arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hf) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained Until the prior written consent of business day following the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may beClosing Date, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, sell or contract to sell, pledgeor announce the offering of, or otherwise dispose of any debt securities (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwisei) covered by the Company Registration Statement or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a other registration statement with filed under the Commission Act or (ii) to purchasers for resale in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within reliance on the meaning of Section 16 of exemption from registration under the Exchange Act provided by Rule 144A under the Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(jg) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute which has constituted or that which might reasonably be expected to cause or result inresult, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Southern California Edison Co), Underwriting Agreement (Southern California Edison Co)
Agreements. The Company agrees and the Guarantors agree with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, none of the Company Company, TW NY or TWE will not file any amendment of to the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Final Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company or a Guarantor has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review a reasonable amount of time prior to filing and or will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably objectobject on a timely basis (other than filings of documents pursuant to Section 13(a), 14 or 15(d) under the Exchange Act). The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company and the Guarantors will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company Company, TW NY or TWE will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the each series of Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of to the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional informationinformation relating to the offering of the Securities, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company Company, TW NY or TWE of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company Each of the Company, TW NY or TWE will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To The Company will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereofSecurities, substantially in the form approved by you and attached hereto as Schedule IV hereto III and to the Company will file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule. Any such final term sheet is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Agreement.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any If there occurs an event occurs or development as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state any a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing prevailing, not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5supplemented and will promptly prepare, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any at its own expense, an amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably requestsupplement.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company and the Guarantors promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or amendment, supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company and the Guarantors will make generally available to its their respective security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of each of the Company Company, TW NY and its TWE and their respective subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) If and to the extent specified in Schedule I, each of the Company, TW NY and TWE will use its reasonable efforts to cause the Securities to be duly authorized for listing or trading on a securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system and to be registered under the Exchange Act.
(g) The Company proceeds of the offering of the Securities will be applied as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(h) The Company, TW NY and TWE will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gi) The Company and the Guarantors will pay and bear all costs and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits), the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the cost of furnishing copies thereof to the Underwriters, (ii) the preparation, printing and distribution of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities, any Blue Sky Survey and any Legal Investment Survey, (iii) the delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ counsel and the accountants required hereby to provide “comfort letters,” (v) the qualification of the Securities under the applicable securities laws in accordance with Section 4(j) and any filing for review of the offering with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), including filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with any Blue Sky Survey and any Legal Investment Survey, (vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities, (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee, in connection with the Indenture and the Securities, (viii) any expenses and listing fees in connection with the listing of the Securities, (ix) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar and (x) the costs of qualifying the Securities with The Depository Trust Company.
(j) The Company and the Guarantors will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the each series of Securities for distribution, offering and sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of such series of Securities and will arrange for the Securitiesdetermination of the legality of the Securities for purchase by institutional investors; provided provided, however, that none of the Company, TW NY or TWE shall be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business securities in any jurisdiction where it is would not now so qualified or otherwise be required to take qualify but for this Section 4(j), (ii) file any action that would subject it general consent to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction where if it is not now so subject.
(hk) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, obtains the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433Free Writing Prospectus, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b4(b) heretohereto or a Free Writing Prospectus that contains only the preliminary terms of the Securities or their offering or information that is included in the Preliminary Final Prospectus or the final term sheet; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road showIV hereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company Company, as the case may be, is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kl) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses required Commission filing fees relating to the following matters: Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1).
(im) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing The Company shall comply with the Commission terms of the Registration Statement any lock-up agreement specified in Schedule I hereto with respect to sales and dispositions of underwritten Securities.
(including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (iin) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in In connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) , until the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters shall have notified the Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the completion of the resale of the Securities, neither the Company nor any of its controlled subsidiaries has or will, either alone or with one or more other persons, bid for or purchase, for any account in which it or any of its controlled subsidiaries has a beneficial interest, any Securities or attempt to induce any person to purchase any Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses neither it nor any of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) its controlled subsidiaries will make bids or purchases for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to purpose of creating actual, or apparent, active trading in, or of raising the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereofprice of, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeSecurities.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Time Warner Cable Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Time Warner Cable Inc.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the The Company will not file any amendment of to the Registration Statement or supplement to (including the supplement relating to the Underwritten Certificates included in the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus Prospectus, unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel to you a copy for your review prior to filing filing, and will not file or distribute any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with transmitted to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424 under the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing1933 Act. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Representative (i) when the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with or transmitted to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424(b)424, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities Underwritten Certificates for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities Underwritten Certificates is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)1933 Act, any event occurs as a result of which the any Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules and regulations thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company will promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which that will correct such statement or omission or an amendment that will effect such compliancecompliance and, (iii) if such amendment or supplement is required to be contained in a post-effective amendment of the Registration Statement, will use its reasonable best efforts to have any cause such amendment to of the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared to be made effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably requestpossible.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fc) The Company will (i) furnish to the Representatives Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto that shall become effective on or prior to the Closing Date, and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and each such amendment and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer in connection with the Underwritten Certificates may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)1933 Act, as many copies of each the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any amendments thereof and any supplement supplements thereto as the Representatives Representative may reasonably request, and (ii) file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), subsequent to the date of the Final Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer in connection with the Underwritten Certificates may be required under the 1933 Act.
(d) So long as the Certificates shall be outstanding, the Company will deliver to the Representative the annual statement as to compliance delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.20 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the annual statement of a firm of independent public accountants furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.21 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as soon as such statements are furnished to the Company. The Company will pay request that the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating Servicer and the Trustee furnish to the offeringUnderwriters any monthly reports furnished to Certificateholders pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(ge) The Company will arrangefurnish such information, execute such instruments and take such action, if necessaryany, for as may be required to qualify the qualification of the Securities Underwritten Certificates for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Representative may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesUnderwritten Certificates; provided provided, however, that in no event shall the Company shall not be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hf) The Company agrees thatwill pay, unless it has to the extent not paid by the Seller pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, all costs and expenses in connection with the transactions herein contemplated, including, but not limited to: the fees and disbursements of its counsel; the costs and expenses of printing (or shall have obtained otherwise reproducing) and delivering the prior written consent Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificates; accounting fees and disbursements; the costs and expenses in connection with the qualification or exemption of the RepresentativesUnderwritten Certificates under state securities or blue sky laws, including filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with the preparation of any blue sky survey and in connection with any determination of the eligibility of the Certificates for investment by institutional investors and the preparation of any legal investment survey; the expenses of printing any such blue sky survey and legal investment survey; the costs and expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto), the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, the preparation and printing of this Agreement and the furnishing to the Underwriters of such copies of each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus as the Representative may reasonably request, and the fees of each Underwriternationally recognized statistical rating organization identified in the Final Prospectus (individually and collectively, severally the "Rating Agency") as having rated the Underwritten Certificates. Except as provided in Section 7 hereof, the Underwriters shall be responsible for paying all costs and not jointly, agrees expenses incurred by them in connection with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as offering of the case may beUnderwritten Certificates.
(g) In connection with any transaction contemplated by this Agreement, the prior written consent Company and each of its affiliates maintain customary, arm's-length business relationships with the Representative and each of its affiliates, and no fiduciary duty on the part of the CompanyRepresentative or any of its affiliates is thereby or hereby intended or created, it and the express disclaimer of any such fiduciary relationship on the part of the Representative and each of its affiliates is hereby acknowledged and accepted by the Company and each of its affiliates.
(h) To the extent that any Underwriter has not made and will not make any offer relating provided to the Securities Company a Free Writing Prospectus that would constitute such Underwriter has conveyed to a prospective investor, the Company will file or cause to be filed with the Commission such Free Writing Prospectus that is either an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405Section 4(c) hereof) or contains Issuer Information as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, but in any event, not later than required pursuant to be filed by the Company with the Commission Rules 426 or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent respectively, of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping1933 Act.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract shall not be required to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of file (or enter into A) any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment if the information included therein is included or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (incorporated by reference in a prospectus or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection Prospectus previously filed with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with Commission that relates to the offering of the Securities; Certificates, or (vB) the registration any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof that contains a description of the Securities under Certificates or the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification offering of the Securities for offer and sale under Certificates which does not reflect the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makefinal terms thereof.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (New Century Mortgage Securities LLC), Underwriting Agreement (New Century Mortgage Securities Inc)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of to the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission SEC pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the SEC, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission SEC or its staff for any amendment of to the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing made, at such time not misleading, the Company will will: (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act (“Rule 172”)), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made made, at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will will: (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the CommissionSEC, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have supply any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Securities Act.
(fe) The Upon request, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement with conformed signatures (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offeringoffering of the Securities.
(gf) The Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters to arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesCitigroup Global Markets Inc. and SVB Leerink LLC, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which that is designed todesigned, or might would reasonably be expected toexpected, to result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or Company, any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission SEC in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Common Stock, or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 180 days after the Business Day set forth date of this Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may: (i) effect the transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) issue and sell shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, pursuant to any stock option plan, incentive plan, employee stock purchase plan, stock bonus plan, stock ownership plan, dividend reinvestment plan or other plan or arrangement of the Company described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (collectively, the “Company Plans”), (iii) issue shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants or options or the settlement of restricted stock units outstanding at the Execution Time or issued thereafter pursuant to a Company Plan, (iv) file one or more registration statements on Schedule I heretoForm S-8 relating to any Company Plan; and (v) issue shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, or enter into an agreement to issue shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, in connection with any merger, joint venture, strategic alliance, commercial or other collaborative transaction, or the acquisition or license of the business, property, technology or other assets of another individual or entity, or the assumption of an employee benefit plan in connection with such a merger or acquisition, provided, however, that the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock, or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, that the Company may issue or agree to issue pursuant to this clause (v) shall not exceed 5.0% of the total outstanding shares of Common Stock immediately following the issuance of the Underwritten Securities, and provided, further, that the recipients of such securities provide to the Representatives a signed lock-up letter in the form described in Section 6(h) hereof.
(jh) If Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and SVB Leerink LLC, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(h) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(i) The CompanyCompany will not take, directly or indirectly (without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly), any action designed to or that would constitute or that might would reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kj) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission SEC of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on Nasdaq; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. FINRA (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities, provided, however, that if the Representatives and the Company mutually agree that an aircraft shall be chartered in connection with any road show, the Company shall be responsible for 50% of the costs and expenses of such chartered aircraft and the Underwriters shall be responsible for the remaining 50% of such costs and expenses; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood; provided, however, that, except as provided in that the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters incurred pursuant to clauses (vi) and (vii) of this Section 5(k5(j) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, shall not exceed $40,000 in the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeaggregate.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement, Underwriting Agreement (Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Basic Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 or Rule 434 via the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filingRetrieval System. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives promptly (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)424 or Rule 434, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Securities shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment of or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including Act, except with respect to any such delivery requirement imposed upon an affiliate of the Company in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)connection with any secondary market sales, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives as soon as practicable, but not later than 60 days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy (in form complying with the provisions of Section 11(aRule 158 of the regulations under the Act) covering a 12 month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the "effective date" (as defined in said Rule 158) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Registration Statement.
(fd) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each any Preliminary Prospectus, Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any amendments thereof and any supplement supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and reasonably designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesSecurities and will arrange for the determination of the legality of the Securities for purchase by institutional investors; provided provided, however, that in no event shall the Company shall not be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hf) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained Until the prior written consent of business day following the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may beClosing Date, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, offer or sell, contract to sellor announce the offering of, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) securities covered by the Company Registration Statement or by any affiliate of other registration statement filed under the Act; provided, however, the Company may, at any time, offer or sell or announce the offering of any person in privity with securities (A) covered by a registration statement on Form S-8 or (B) covered by a registration statement on Form S-3 and (i) pursuant to which the Company or any affiliate issues securities under one of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long's medium-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued note programs or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements pursuant to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by which the Company of issues securities for its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makedividend reinvestment plan.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Ametek Inc/), Underwriting Agreement (Bank of America Corp /De/)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional informationProspectus, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event or development occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing the Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock or shares of any class of capital stock of the Company (other than or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, any of the Securities), foregoing; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 90 days after the Business Day set forth date of this Agreement (the “Restricted Period”), provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue and sell the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time, (iii) issue Common Stock or other securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise, redemption or as payment pursuant to the terms of the Pre- Funded Warrants, the Common Warrants, or other securities outstanding at the Execution Time; (iv) issue Common Stock in settlement of or pursuant to contractual obligations outstanding at the Execution Time; (v) file a registration statement on Schedule I heretoForm S-8 related to employee benefit plans, or amend an effective registration statement on Form S-8 previously filed with the Commission); and (vi) file a resale registration statement covering resales of the shares of Common Stock (including shares of Common Stock underlying warrants) issuable to the holders of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the contractual exchange rights of such holders resulting from the offering of the Securities made hereby and described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(jh) If the Representative, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(k) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(i) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the SecuritiesSecurities or the Warrant Shares.
(kj) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing the Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the SecuritiesShares and Warrant Shares, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Shares and the Warrant Shares on Nasdaq Capital Market; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings, with such fee and expenses of counsel), (viii) the fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters incurred in connection with the offering of the Securities (together with fees and expenses of counsel incurred pursuant to subsection (vi) and (vii)), not to exceed $200,000); (viiiix) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company representatives (other than the Underwriters) in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ixx) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xxi) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except Except as provided in this Section 5(k5(j) and in Sections 7 and 8 hereofbelow, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel, stock transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Securities by themthem and the transportation and other expenses incurred by them in connection with any road show.
(k) The Company agrees that it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405).
(l) The Company will use the net proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds.”
(m) The Company will, at all times while any Pre-Funded Warrants or Common Warrants are outstanding, use its best efforts to maintain a registration statement covering the issue and sale of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants and Common Warrants such that the Warrant Shares, when issued, will not be subject to resale restrictions under the Securities Act except to the extent that the Warrant Shares are owned by affiliates.
(n) The Company will, at all times while any Pre-Funded Warrants or Common Warrants are outstanding, reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved Common Stock, for the purpose of enabling it to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of such Pre-Funded Warrants and Common Warrants, the number of Warrant Shares that are issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of the then-outstanding Pre-Funded Warrants and Common Warrants.
(i) With respect to any exercise notice(s) related to the Pre-Funded Warrants delivered on or prior to 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on the day immediately preceding the Issuance Date (as defined in the Pre-Funded Warrant), which may be delivered at any time after the time of execution of this Agreement, the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Issuance Date, and (ii) with respect to any advertising expenses connected with exercise notice(s) delivered at any offers they time on the Issuance Date, which may makebe delivered prior to or following the issuance of the Pre-Funded Warrants, the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day (as defined in the Pre-Funded Warrant) immediately following the Issuance Date.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement
Agreements. The Each of the Company and the Trust agrees with the several Underwriters thatUnderwriters:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including To cause the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)424 as required thereby and promptly to advise the Representative(s) (A) when the Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424, (iiB) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Securities shall have been filed or become effective, (iiiC) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, the Basic Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration StatementInterim Prospectus, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (ivD) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the qualification of any notice objecting to its use the Declaration, the Guarantee Agreement or the Indenture or the institution or threatening of any proceeding proceedings for that purpose and (vE) of the receipt by the Company or the Trust of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities or the Debentures for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will After the date of this Agreement and prior to the termination of the offering of these Preferred Securities, not to file any amendment of the Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to the Final Prospectus (except an amendment or supplement to the Final Prospectus that is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus pursuant to Form S-3) without the consent of the Representative(s) and to use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof; prior to receipt of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objectionthe advice to be given by the Representative(s) pursuant to Section 5, including, if necessary, not to file any document that would be deemed to be incorporated by filing an amendment reference in the Final Prospectus pursuant to Form S-3 without delivering to the Registration Statement or Representatives a new registration statement copy of the document proposed to be so filed, such delivery to be made at least 24 hours prior to such filing, and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective consult with the Representative(s) as soon as practicableto any comments which the Representative(s) make in a timely manner with respect to the document so delivered.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms Subject to the last sentence of the Securities and the offering thereofimmediately preceding paragraph, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) Ifif, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of during which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Securities Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary at any time to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunderRules, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company to promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, Commission an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) compliance and to use its reasonable best efforts to have cause any amendment to of the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared containing an amended Final Prospectus to be made effective as soon as practicable in order possible.
(c) To deliver to avoid the Representative(s), without charge, (i) signed copies of the Registration Statement relating to the Securities and of any disruption in amendments thereto (including all exhibits filed with, or incorporated by reference in, any such document) and (ii) as many conformed copies of the use Registration Statement and of any amendments thereto which shall become effective on or before each Closing Date (excluding exhibits) as the Representative(s) may reasonably request.
(d) During such period as a prospectus is required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or dealer, to deliver, without charge to the Representative(s) and to Underwriters and dealers, at such office or offices as the Representatives may designate, as many copies of the Basic Prospectus, any Interim Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and (ivas the Representative(s) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will To make generally available to its the Company’s security holders and to the Representatives Representative(s) as soon as practicable an earnings statement or statements (which need not be audited) of the Company and its subsidiaries subsidiaries, covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the date the Final Prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424, which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) The Company will To furnish to the Representatives such information, execute such instruments and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long take such actions as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of qualify the Securities and the Debentures for offering and sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Representative(s) may designate and will to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Preferred Securities; provided provided, however, that in no event shall neither the Company nor the Trust shall be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hg) The If the Company agrees that, unless it or the Trust has or shall have obtained applied for the prior written consent listing of the RepresentativesPreferred Securities on the New York Stock Exchange Inc. (the “NYSE”), and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required use its best efforts to cause such listing to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to approved as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, soon as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keepingpossible.
(ih) The Company will notFor a period beginning at the time of execution of this Agreement and ending on the later of the business day following the First Closing Date or following the date on which any price restrictions on the sale of the Preferred Securities are terminated, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesRepresentative(s), not to offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate preferred stock of the Company or any person in privity with securities of any business trust or other entity controlled by the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities substantially similar to the Preferred Securities issued or guaranteed by any securities thereof convertible into or exchangeable for or that represent the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention right to effect receive any such transaction, until securities.
(i) To use its best efforts to do and perform all things to be done and performed hereunder prior to each Closing Date and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretodelivery of the Preferred Securities to be purchased hereunder.
(j) The Company, without giving effect To take such steps as shall be necessary to activities by ensure that neither the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed Company nor the Trust shall become subject to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, registration as an “investment company” under the Exchange Investment Company Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them1940, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeamended.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as reasonably possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172173(a)), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as reasonably practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Upon request, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172173(a)), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate reasonably request in writing and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subjectsubject or subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not already subject to taxation.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesCitigroup Global Markets Inc. and UBS Securities LLC, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might could reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any controlled affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect ofof (except for a registration statement on Form S-8 or successor form thereto relating to one or more of the Company’s equity incentive plans), or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of this Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue and sell the Securities to be sold hereunder, (ii) issue and sell Common Stock, or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock, pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock incentive plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (iii) issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or exchange of any security, of securities, or the exercise of any warrant or option outstanding at the Execution Time and disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (iv) issue shares of Common Stock in connection with that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated February 24, 2015, by and between the Company, Navig8 Crude Tankers, Inc., and the other parties thereto, as in effect at the Execution Time and as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (v) issue up to 10% of the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock after giving effect to the offering hereunder in connection with any acquisition, collaboration or other strategic transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries (including any shares of Common Stock sold in connection with any acquisition, collaboration or other strategic transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries since the Company’s initial public offering), provided that the recipients thereof execute a lock-up agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, (vi) establish a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended for the transfer of shares of Common Stock provided, however, that, except as permitted by clause (vii) hereof, (A) no sales of shares of Common Stock are made under such plan until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretodate that is 181 days after the date of this Agreement and (B) any public filing or announcement relating to the establishment of such a trading plan discloses such limitation, and (vii) transfer or dispose of (including pursuant to a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended for the transfer of shares of Common Stock) shares of Common Stock in an amount reasonably expected to cover tax liabilities arising from the vesting of grants, and the issuance of shares due to such vesting, under the Company’s equity compensation plans, or the exercise of options under the Company’s equity compensation plans if such options are subject to expiration during such 181-day period.
(jh) The CompanyIf Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and UBS Securities LLC, without giving effect in their sole discretion, agree to activities release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(n) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provides the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the Underwritersform of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(i) At any time prior to the Closing Date, the Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might could reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kj) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount ), provided such fees and expenses are not exceeding to exceed $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees and the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings), provided such fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings are not to exceed $15,000; (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities, provided, however, that the Company shall be responsible for half of the cost and expenses of any aircraft chartered in connection with the “road show” for the Securities and the Underwriters shall be responsible for the balance of cost and expenses for such chartered aircraft; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and industry experts and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, that except as provided in this Section 5(k5(j) and in Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will shall pay all of their own costs and expenses, including including, without limitation, the fees costs and expenses of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale .
(k) Prior to the completion of any the distribution of the Securities by themthe Underwriters, the Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), it has not made and will not make any advertising expenses connected offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and any offers electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives and the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(l) The Company will notify promptly the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (a) completion of the distribution of the Securities within the meaning of the Act and (b) completion of the 180-day restricted period referred to in Section 5(g) hereof.
(m) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication but prior to the Closing Date, any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may makecease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to the Representatives in such quantities as may be reasonably requested.
(n) The Company (i) agrees to use commercially reasonable effort
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Gener8 Maritime, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Gener8 Maritime, Inc.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters you that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the SecuritiesNotes, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus (except for (i) periodic or current reports filed under the Exchange Act, (ii) a supplement relating to any offering of Notes providing solely for the specification of or a change in the maturity dates, interest rates, issuance prices or other terms of any Notes or (iii) a supplement relating to an offering of Securities other than the Notes) unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file given you a reasonable opportunity to comment on any such proposed amendment or supplement supplement. Subject to which you reasonably object. The the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause each supplement to the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives you of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives you (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to the termination of the offering of the SecuritiesNotes, any amendment to of the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities Notes is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or to supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify you to suspend solicitation of offers to purchase Notes (and, if so notified by the Representatives of any Company, you shall forthwith suspend such eventsolicitation and cease using the Prospectus as then supplemented), (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, compliance and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request. If such amendment or supplement, and any documents, certificates and opinions furnished to you pursuant to paragraph (g) of this Section 4 in connection with the preparation or filing of such amendment or supplement are satisfactory in all respects to you, you will, upon the filing of such amendment or supplement with the Commission and upon the effectiveness of an amendment to the Registration Statement, if such an amendment is required, resume your obligation to solicit offers to purchase Notes hereunder.
(ec) The Company, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Notes is required to be delivered under the Act, will file promptly all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and will furnish to you copies of such documents. In addition, on the date on which the Company makes any announcement to the general public concerning earnings or concerning any other event which is required to be described, or which the Company proposes to describe, in a document filed pursuant to the Exchange Act, the Company will furnish to you the information contained or to be contained in such announcement. The Company also will furnish to you copies of all other press releases or announcements to the general public of a financial nature. The Company will immediately notify you of (i) any downgrading in the rating of the Notes or any other debt securities of the Company, or the announcement that the Notes or any other debt securities of the Company have been placed on a "watchlist" with negative implications, by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act) or (ii) any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, as soon as the Company learns of any such decrease or notice, as soon as the Company learns of any such downgrading or announcement.
(d) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives you an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Act.
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives you and counsel for the Underwritersyour counsel, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives you may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Securities Notes for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives you may designate and designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event Notes, and will arrange for the determination of the legality of the Notes for purchase by institutional investors.
(g) The Company shall furnish to you such information, documents, certificates of officers of the Company be obligated and opinions of counsel for the Company relating to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suitsthe business, other than those arising out operations and affairs of the offering Company, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and any amendments thereof or sale supplements thereto, the Indentures, the Notes, this Agreement, the Procedures and the performance by the Company and you of its and your respective obligations hereunder and thereunder as you may from time to time and at any time prior to the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subjecttermination of this Agreement reasonably request.
(h) The Company agrees thatshall, unless it has whether or shall have obtained the prior written consent not any sale of the RepresentativesNotes is consummated, (i) pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including the fees and disbursements of its accountants and counsel, the cost of printing or other production and delivery of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, all amendments thereof and supplements thereto, each Indenture, this Agreement and all other documents relating to the offering, the cost of preparing, printing, packaging and delivering the Notes, the fees and disbursements, including fees of counsel, incurred in compliance with Section 4(f), the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and the fees of any agency that rates the Notes, (ii) reimburse you on a monthly basis for all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by you in connection with this Agreement and (iii) pay the reasonable fees and expenses of your counsel incurred in connection with this Agreement.
(i) Each acceptance by the Company of an offer to purchase Notes will be deemed to be an affirmation that its representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct at the time of such acceptance, as though made at and as of such time, and a covenant that such representations and warranties will be true and correct at the time of delivery to the purchaser of the Notes relating to such acceptance, as though made at and as of such time (it being understood that for purposes of the foregoing affirmation and covenant such representations and warranties shall relate to the Registration Statement and Prospectus as amended or supplemented at each Underwritersuch time). Each such acceptance by the Company of an offer for the purchase of Notes shall be deemed to constitute an additional representation, severally warranty and not jointly, agrees with agreement by the Company that, unless as of the settlement date for the sale of such Notes, after giving effect to the issuance of such Notes, of any other Notes to be issued on or prior to such settlement date and of any other Securities to be issued and sold by the Company on or prior to such settlement date, the aggregate amount of Securities (including any Notes) which have been issued and sold by the Company will not exceed the amount of Securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(j) Prior to the commencement of the first Offering Period subsequent to each time, and subsequent to each time during any Offering Period, that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented (other than by an amendment or supplement relating to any offering of Securities other than the Notes or providing solely for the specification of or a change in the maturity dates, the interest rates, the issuance prices or other similar terms of any Notes sold pursuant hereto), the Company will deliver or cause to be delivered promptly to you a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board, or the President, or any Executive Vice President and the principal financial or accounting officer or Treasurer of the Company, dated the date of the effectiveness of such amendment or the date of the filing of such supplement, in form reasonably satisfactory to you, of the same tenor as the certificate referred to in Section 5(d) but modified to relate to the last day of the fiscal quarter for which financial statements of the Company were last filed with the Commission and to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of the effectiveness of such amendment or the filing of such supplement.
(k) Prior to the commencement of the first Offering Period subsequent to each time, and subsequent to each time during any Offering Period, each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented (other than by an amendment or supplement (i) relating to any offering of Securities other than the Notes, (ii) providing solely for the specification of or a change in the maturity dates, the interest rates, the issuance prices or other similar terms of any Notes sold pursuant hereto or (iii) setting forth or incorporating by reference financial statements or other information as of and for a fiscal quarter, unless, in the case of clause (iii) above, in your reasonable judgment, such financial statements or other information are of such a nature that an opinion of counsel should be furnished), the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished promptly to you a written opinion of counsel of the Company satisfactory to you, dated the date of the effectiveness of such amendment or the date of the filing of such supplement, in form satisfactory to you, of the same tenor as the opinion referred to in Section 5(b) but modified to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of the effectiveness of such amendment or the filing of such supplement or, in lieu of such opinion, counsel last furnishing such an opinion to you may furnish you with a letter to the effect that you may rely on such last opinion to the same extent as though it has were dated the date of such letter authorizing reliance (except that statements in such last opinion will be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of the effectiveness of such amendment or the filing of such supplement).
(l) Prior to the commencement of the first Offering Period subsequent to each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented to include or incorporate amended or supplemental financial information, and each time during any Offering Period that the Registration Statement or Prospectus is so amended or supplemented, the Company shall have obtainedcause its independent public accountants promptly to furnish you a letter, dated the date of the commencement of such Offering Period or the date of the effectiveness of such amendment or the date of the filing of such supplement, as the case may be, the prior written consent in form satisfactory to you, of the Companysame tenor as the letter referred to in Section 5(e) with such changes as may be necessary to reflect the amended and supplemental financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, it has not made and as amended or supplemented to the date of such letter; provided, that in no event will not make the Company accept any offer relating to purchase Notes unless such letter shall have been delivered; provided, further, that, if the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented solely to include or incorporate by reference financial information as of and for a fiscal quarter, the Company's independent public accountants may limit the scope of such letter, which shall be satisfactory in form to you, to the Securities that would constitute unaudited financial statements, the related "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and any other information of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus accounting, financial or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” statistical nature included in such amendment or supplement, unless, in your reasonable judgment, such letter should cover other information or changes in specified financial statement line items.
(m) The Company confirms as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees date hereof that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied with all provisions of Section 1 of Laws of Florida, Chapter 92-198, An Act Relating to Disclosure of Doing Business with Cuba, and will comply, as the case may be, Company further agrees that if it commences engaging in business with the requirements government of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing Cuba or with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person or affiliate located in privity with Cuba after the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of date the Registration Statement becomes or has become effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission or with the Florida Department of Banking and Finance (including financial statements and exhibits theretothe "Department"), each Preliminary whichever date is later, or if the information reported in the Prospectus, if any, concerning the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing ProspectusCompany's business with Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba changes in any material way, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) Company will provide the Department notice of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments business or supplements to any of themchange, as mayappropriate, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident a form acceptable to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeDepartment.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Distribution Agreement (Fleet Financial Group Inc), Distribution Agreement (Fleet Financial Group Inc)
Agreements. (i) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission SEC pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the SEC, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission SEC or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b)) , any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act (“Rule 172”)), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the CommissionSEC, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders (which may be satisfied by filing with the SEC) and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Securities Act.
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, conformed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the submission or filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission SEC in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 90 days after the Business Day set forth date of this Agreement, provided, however, that the restrictions above do not apply to (i) the grant or amendment of any compensatory equity-based awards, the issuance and sale of Common Stock or securities with respect thereto pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, and the Prospectus in effect at the Execution Time, including but not limited to a non-employee director stock compensation plan or program and an employee stock purchase plan, provided that such recipients agree to be bound by the terms of a lock-up agreement with the Underwriters, (ii) the issuance of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time or options (including net exercise) or the vesting and/or settlement of a restricted stock or restricted stock unit award (including net settlement) or otherwise to satisfy a tax withholding obligation of the Company in connection with the vesting, settlement or exercise of a compensatory equity-based award, described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (iii) facilitate the establishment and amendment of a trading plan on Schedule I heretobehalf of a stockholder, officer or director of the Company pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of shares of Common Stock, provided that (1) such plan does not provide for the transfer of shares of Common Stock during the Restricted Period and (2) to the extent any public disclosure is made regarding the establishment of such plan, such disclosure shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of shares of Common Stock may be made under such plan during the Restricted Period, (iv) the issuance of up to 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or securities convertible into, exercisable for, or which are otherwise exchangeable for, Common Stock, immediately following the Closing Date, in connection with any mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial or other similar strategic transactions, provided that such recipients enter into a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto addressed to the Representatives, or (v) file any registration statement on Form S-8 relating to securities granted or to be granted pursuant to any plan described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or any assumed benefit plan pursuant to a merger, acquisition, joint venture, commercial or other similar strategic transaction.
(h) [Reserved.]
(i) [Reserved.]
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission SEC of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the continued listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings), provided that the amount payable pursuant to clause (vii) and (vi) above shall not exceed $35,000 in the aggregate; (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives Representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the SecuritiesSecurities provided, however, that if the Representatives and the Company mutually agree that an aircraft shall be chartered in connection with any road show, the Company shall be responsible for 50% of the costs and expenses of such chartered aircraft and the Underwriters shall be responsible for the remaining 50% of such costs and expenses; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the CompanyCompany and the Selling Stockholders; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their obligations hereunder.
(l) Notwithstanding paragraph (k) above, each Selling Stockholder will pay the underwriting discounts and commissions attributable to the sale of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, Securities to the Underwriters.
(m) The Company agrees that, except unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company with the SEC or retained by the Company under Rule 433 under the Securities Act (“Rule 433”); provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in this Section 5(krespect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule IV hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rule 164 under the Securities Act (“Rule 164”) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expensesRule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the fees SEC, legending and record keeping.
(n) The Company will promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale (a) completion of any the distribution of the Securities by themwithin the meaning of the Securities Act and (b) completion of the restricted period referred to in Section 5(g) hereof.
(o) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to the Representatives in such quantities as may be reasonably requested.
(ii) Each Selling Stockholder agrees, severally and not jointly, with the several underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto addressed to the Representatives.
(b) Such Selling Stockholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(c) Such Selling Stockholder will advise the Representatives promptly, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.if requested by the Representatives, will confirm such advice in writing, so long as delivery of a prospectus relatin
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Karman Holdings Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Karman Holdings Inc.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement to the Base Prospectus (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object). The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To The Company will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the UnderwritersRepresentatives, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a the free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesCitigroup Global Markets Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt shares of Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto90th day after the date of this Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time and the Company may issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, the full number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities.
(l) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, the Company will not do or authorize any act or thing that would result in an adjustment of the conversion price.
(m) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (ivii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (viii) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (viiv) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (viiv) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory AuthorityNASD, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viiivi) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives (but not the Underwriters) in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ixvii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xviii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Equinix Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Equinix Inc)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of to the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary the Basic Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy to you copies for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably objectobject (except any filings required to be made pursuant to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder). The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) or 424(b)(5) or will cause the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within Final Prospectus to be transmitted by a means reasonably calculated to result in filing with the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory Commission pursuant to the Representatives of such timely filingsaid Rule. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives you (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with transmitted to the Commission for filing or filed pursuant to Rule 424(b424(b)(2) or 424(b)(5), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use amendment thereto or the institution initiation or threatening the threatened initiation of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening the threatened initiation of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives you an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Act.
(fd) The Company will furnish to the Representatives Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters, Underwriters without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Closing Date, the Basic Prospectus and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter the Underwriters or a dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus Prospectus, any amendments and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus supplements thereto and any supplement thereto documents incorporated by reference therein as the Representatives you may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offeringoffering of the Securities.
(ge) The Company will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives you may designate and designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesSecurities and will arrange for the determination of the legality of the Securities for purchase by institutional investors; provided provided, however, that in no event shall the Company shall not be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified as a foreign corporation or to take file any action that would subject it consent to service of process in suits, other than those arising out under the laws of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subjector to comply with any other requirements deemed by the Company to be unduly burdensome.
(hf) The Company agrees thatUntil the business day following the Closing Date, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written without your consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, sell or contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in announce the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect offering of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed covered by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities statement filed under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Wisconsin Electric Power Co), Underwriting Agreement (Wisconsin Electric Power Co)
Agreements. (i) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or the ADS Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives Representative with the Commission SEC pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives Representative of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Representative (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or the ADS Registration Statement shall have been filed with the SEC, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement or the ADS Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission SEC or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the ADS Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its their use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or the ADS Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act (“Rule 172”)), any event occurs as a result of which either of the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement either of the Final Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives Representative of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the CommissionSEC, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (ai)(a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives Representative an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158158 under the Securities Act; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with furnished such request by filing statements to its security holders and the Representative to the extent such an earnings statement statements are filed on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)system.
(fe) The Upon request, the Company will furnish to the Representatives Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement and the ADS Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement and the ADS Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)) by the Securities Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives Representative may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Representative may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the SEC in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any Ordinary Shares or ADSs or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares or ADSs; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue and sell Ordinary Shares or ADSs or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary shares or ADSs pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time, (ii) may issue Ordinary Shares issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time, (iii) file one or more registration statements on Form S-8 relating to stock options or employee benefit plans of the Company described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (iv) offer, issue and sell Ordinary Shares or ADSs, or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary shares or ADSs, in connection with any merger, acquisition or strategic investment (including any joint venture, strategic alliance, partnership, the acquisition or license of the business, property, technology or other assets of another individual or entity, or the assumption of an employee benefit plan in connection with such a merger or acquisition), or (v) offer, issue and sell Ordinary Shares or ADSs, or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary shares or ADSs, on an arm’s length basis to any unaffiliated collaborators, manufacturers, distributors, or any other similar parties pursuant to a collaboration, licensing agreement, strategic alliance, manufacturing or distribution agreement or similar transaction; provided, however, that the aggregate number of securities (on an as-converted basis) that the Company may issue or agree to issue pursuant to clauses (iv) and (v) shall not exceed 5% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after the issuance and sale of such securities, and provided, further, that each recipient of such securities pursuant to clauses (iv) and (v) agrees to restrictions on the resale of securities that are consistent with the provisions set forth in the lock-up letter described in Section 6(n) hereof.
(h) If the Representative in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(g) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provides the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three (3) Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two (2) Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(i) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act, Italian law or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(j) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the SEC of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the ADS Registration Statement, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the preparation of the Deposit Agreement, the deposit of the Underlying Securities under the Deposit Agreement, the issuance thereunder of ADSs representing such deposited Underlying Securities, the issuance of ADRs evidencing such ADSs and the fees of the Depositary; (iii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the ADS Registration Statement, and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iv) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any Transfer Taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (v) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (vi) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the ADSs on the Nasdaq Capital Market; (vii) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification); (viii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (ix) the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters, provided that such fees and expenses of counsel contained in this clause (ix), together with clauses (vii) and (viii), shall not exceed $400,000 in the aggregate; (x) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (xi) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement.
(k) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the RepresentativesRepresentative, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, in each case such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company with the Commission SEC or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives Representative or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules Rule 164 under the Securities Act (“Rule 164”) and Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the CommissionSEC, legending and record keeping.
(il) The Company will not, without promptly notify the Representative if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior written consent to the later of (a) completion of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate distribution of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position Securities within the meaning of Section 16 the Securities Act and (b) completion of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long90-term debt securities similar day restricted period referred to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoin Section 5(g) hereof.
(jm) The CompanyIf at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, without giving effect any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to activities by state any material fact necessary in order to make the Underwritersstatements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representative so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to the Representative in such quantities as may be reasonably requested.
(n) Each Underwriter agrees that (i) it is not purchasing any of the Securities for the account of anyone other than a United States or Canadian Person, (ii) it has not offered or sold, and will not takeoffer or sell, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of Securities or distribute any security of Prospectus to any person outside the Company United States or Canada, or to facilitate the sale anyone other than a United States or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing ProspectusCanadian Person, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating dealer to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of whom it may sell any of the Securities by themwill represent that it is not purchasing for the account of anyone other than a United States or Canadian Person and agree that it will not offer or resell, and directly or indirectly, any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.of the Securities outside the United State
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Genenta Science S.p.A.), Underwriting Agreement (Genenta Science S.p.A.)
Agreements. (a) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(ai) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of to the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (iA) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (iiB) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iiiC) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (ivD) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (vE) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(cii) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (iA) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (iiB) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iiiC) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(diii) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (iA) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (iiB) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (aa)(i) of this Section 56, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus ; and (ivC) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(eiv) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fv) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gvi) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified qualified, to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so subject or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hvii) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of each of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company, directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock (including, for the avoidance of doubt, BPG Subsidiary Shares and OP Units); or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 90 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may issue and sell (A) Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock pursuant to any employee equity incentive plan of the Company referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus that is in effect at the Execution Time, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the 2013 Brixmor Property Group Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan, (B) shares of Common Stock issuable upon exchange of BPG Subsidiary Shares or OP Units, including those to be to be sold pursuant to this agreement, and (C) Common Stock in an amount equal to up to five percent of the Outstanding Brixmor Interests outstanding on the Closing Date immediately after this offering, or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such amount of Common Stock, in connection with mergers or acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial relationships or other strategic transactions; provided that, in the case of (A), (B) and (C), the recipient or acquiree of any such Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock is party to or enters into an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto with respect to such securities (other than with respect to the Securities). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day period, the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The Company will provide the Representatives and any co-managers and each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to the lock-up letters described in Section 7(o) hereof with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.
(viii) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(ix) The Company will use its best efforts to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code for its taxable year ending December 31, 2014, and the Company will use its best efforts to continue to qualify for taxation as a REIT under the Code unless the Board of Directors of the Company determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the Company to continue to qualify as REIT.
(x) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of each of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) Free Writing Prospectus, any portion of which would be required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kxi) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (iA) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (iiB) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (ivC) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (viD) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (viiE) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filingsfilings up to a maximum of $35,000); (viiiF) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company and Selling Stockholder representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities, provided, that the cost of any airplane chartered for use in such presentations shall be split evenly between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand; (ixG) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the CompanyCompany and the Selling Stockholders; and (xH) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of its their obligations hereunder. It is understood.
(b) The Selling Stockholders agree with the several Underwriters that:
(i) Such Selling Stockholder will not take, howeverdirectly or indirectly, thatany action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereofunder the Exchange Act or otherwise, the unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(ii) Such Selling Stockholder will advise you promptly, and if requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing, so long as delivery of a prospectus relating to the Securities by an underwriter or dealer may be required under the Act, in the event such Selling Stockholder becomes aware of any material change in the applicable Selling Stockholder Information.
(iii) Such Selling Stockholder represents that it has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, and agrees that it will not prepare or have prepared on its behalf or use or refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus, and has not distributed and will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.
(iv) Such Selling Stockholder will pay all applicable state transfer taxes, if any, involved in the transfer to the several Underwriters of the Securities to be purchased by them from such Selling Stockholder and the respective Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, any additional stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeinvolved in further transfers.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Brixmor Property Group Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Brixmor Property Group Inc.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the SecuritiesNotes under this Agreement, the Company will not file any amendment of or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (except for a supplement (including relating to an offering of Securities other than the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) Notes and filings with the Commission pursuant to the Base Prospectus Exchange Act) unless a copy thereof has been submitted to you a reasonable period of time before its filing and you have not reasonably objected thereto within a reasonable period of time after receiving such copy. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed cause each amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission as required pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) of the Rules or, in the case of any document to be incorporated therein by reference, to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the Exchange Act, within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. prescribed.
(b) The Company will advise you promptly advise the Representatives (i) when each amendment or supplement to the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) of the Rules or, in the case of any document incorporated therein by reference, when such document shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, (ii) when, prior to the termination of the offering of the SecuritiesNotes, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of the initiation or threatening of any request proceedings for, or receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to, the suspension of the qualification of the Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the issuance of any order by the Commission or its staff for any amendment suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, and (iv) of the issuance receipt by the Commission Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any stop other communication from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company will use reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of an order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of and, if any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionis issued, to obtain its lifting as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rulepossible.
(c) IfThe Company will deliver to you, without charge, three signed copies of the Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto (including all exhibits filed with any such document) and as many conformed copies of the Registration Statement and each such amendment (excluding exhibits) and the Indenture as you may reasonably request.
(d) During any Marketing Time, when a prospectus is required by law to be delivered by you, the Company will deliver, without charge, to you, at any time prior to the filing such office or offices as you may designate, as many copies of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b)or any amendment or supplement thereto as you may reasonably request, and, if any event occurs during such period as a result of which the Disclosure Package Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleadingmade, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if during such period it shall be is necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or to amend or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Rules or the Exchange Act or the respective published rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (iy) notify you to suspend solicitation of offers to purchase Notes from the Representatives of any such event, Company and (iiz) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 55(a), and deliver, without charge, to you, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
. "Marketing Time" means any time when (ei) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available no suspension of solicitation of offers to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed purchase Notes pursuant to Section 5(b1(c) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treateffect, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to you shall own any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection Notes with the offering and sale intention of the Securities; reselling them or (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for Company has accepted an offer to purchase Notes but the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount related settlement has not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeoccurred.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Distribution Agreement (Ashland Inc), Distribution Agreement (Ashland Inc)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement to the Base Prospectus (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object). The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To The Company will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereofthereof and the terms of the Concurrent Stock Offering, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the UnderwritersRepresentatives, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a the free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesCitigroup Global Markets Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt shares of Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto90th day after the date of this Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may (A) issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time, (B) issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time and (C) issue Common Stock in connection with the Concurrent Stock Offering and (D) issue and sell up to 500,000 shares of Common Stock in connection with future acquisitions.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, the full number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities.
(l) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, the Company will not do or authorize any act or thing that would result in an adjustment of the conversion price.
(m) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (ivii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (viii) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (viiv) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (viiv) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory AuthorityNASD, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viiivi) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives (but not the Underwriters) in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ixvii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xviii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Equinix Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Equinix Inc)
Agreements. (a) The Company Depositor agrees with the several Underwriters thatas follows:
(ai) Prior To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Underwriters and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second Business Day following the availability of the Prospectus to the Underwriters; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Closing Date except as permitted herein; to advise the Underwriters, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, Underwritten Securities or any supplement to the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives Underwriters or Representatives’ their counsel a copy for your review prior with copies thereof without charge; to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto promptly all reports required to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives Depositor with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory Exchange Act subsequent to the Representatives date of such timely filing. The Company will the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Underwritten Securities; to promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination Underwriters of the offering its receipt of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) notice of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution of, or to the knowledge of the Depositor the threatening of of, any proceeding for that purpose and such purpose, or of: (vi) any order preventing or suspending the use of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to Prospectus; (ii) the suspension of the qualification of the Underwritten Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction jurisdiction; (iii) the initiation of or the institution or threatening threat of any proceeding for any such purposepurpose or (iv) any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent In the event of the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension order preventing or objection to suspending the use of the Registration Statement andProspectus or suspending any such qualification, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, the Depositor promptly shall use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment the Commission.
(ii) To furnish to the Underwriters and to counsel for the Underwriters upon request a copy of the Registration Statement or a new registration statement as originally filed with the Commission, and using its reasonable best efforts to have such of each amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereto filed with the Commission, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith.
(biii) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms deliver promptly to the Underwriters without charge such number as the Underwriters shall reasonably request of the Securities Prospectus and any amended or supplemented Prospectus. If the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time delivery of a prospectus is required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing expiration of nine months after the Closing Date in connection with the offering or sale of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b)Underwritten Securities, and if at such time any event occurs events shall have occurred as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at when such time Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final ProspectusAct, the Company promptly will (i) Depositor shall notify the Representatives of Underwriters and, upon any Underwriters’ request, shall file such event, (ii) document and prepare and file with the Commission, subject furnish without charge to the second sentence Underwriters and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Underwriters may from time to time reasonably request of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment amended Prospectus or a supplement or new registration statement to the Prospectus which will correct corrects such statement or omission or effect effects such compliance, and in case the Underwriters are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with sales of any of the Underwritten Securities at any time nine months or more after the Effective Time, upon the request of the Underwriters but at their expense the Depositor shall prepare and deliver to the Underwriters as many copies as the Underwriters may reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act.
(iiiiv) use its reasonable best efforts to have To file promptly with the Commission any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order the Prospectus or any supplement to avoid any disruption the Prospectus that may, in the use judgment of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply Depositor, be required by the Securities Act or requested by the Commission. Neither the Underwriters’ consent to nor their distribution of any supplemented Final Prospectus to you amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in such quantities as you may reasonably requestSection 6.
(ev) As soon as practicable, To furnish the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of prior to filing with the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary ProspectusCommission, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all following documents relating to the offeringUnderwritten Securities: (i) any Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus, or document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, or (ii) any Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 of the Rules and Regulations.
(gvi) The Company will arrangeTo use commercially reasonable efforts, if necessaryin cooperation with the Underwriters, for to qualify the qualification of the Underwritten Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States as the Representatives Underwriters may reasonably designate prior to the execution of this Agreement, and will maintain or cause to be maintained such qualifications in effect so for as long as may be required for the distribution of the Underwritten Securities. The Depositor will file or cause the filing of such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of each jurisdiction in which the Underwritten Securities have been so qualified; provided provided, however, that in no event the Depositor shall the Company not be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hvii) The Company agrees thatDepositor shall cause the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to provide that so long as the Underwritten Securities shall be outstanding, unless it has or the Trustee shall have obtained deliver to the prior written consent Underwriters: (i) the annual statement as to compliance delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.28 of the RepresentativesPooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the annual statement of a firm of independent public accountants furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.29 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (iii) the monthly servicing report furnished to the Trustee and (iv) the monthly reports furnished to the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 6.08 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(viii) To the extent that the Underwriters have complied with the terms of Section 5(b) with respect to Collateral Term Sheets, Structural Term Sheets and each UnderwriterComputational Materials, to file with the Commission any such materials delivered to investors in accordance with Section 5(b) within the applicable period of time prescribed by the applicable no-action letter (as specified in Section 5(b)(vi)).
(b) Each Underwriter severally represents, warrants, covenants and not jointly, agrees with the Company Depositor as to itself that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it :
(i) It either (A) has not made and will not make provided any offer relating to the Securities potential investor with a Collateral Term Sheet (that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) is required to be filed by the Company with the Commission within two business days of first use under the terms of the Public Securities Association Letter as described below) or retained by (B) has at least one Business Day prior to its first delivery of such Collateral Term Sheet to a potential investor, delivered such Collateral Term Sheet to the Company under Rule 433Depositor and its counsel. An Underwriter shall not deliver any Collateral Term Sheet to a potential investor if the Seller or the Depositor reasonably objects to the content of such Collateral Term Sheet.
(ii) It either (A) has not provided any potential investor with a Structural Term Sheet, other than Series Term Sheets or Computational Materials or (B) has at least one Business Day prior to delivery of such materials to a free writing prospectus containing potential investor, delivered any such Structural Term Sheet, Series Term Sheets or Computational Materials to the Depositor and its counsel. An Underwriter shall not deliver any Structural Term Sheet, Series Term Sheet or Computational Materials to a potential investor if the Seller or the Depositor reasonably objects to the content of such Structural Term Sheet, Series Term Sheet or Computational Materials.
(iii) Each Collateral Term Sheet bears a legend indicating that the information contained therein will be superseded by the description of the collateral contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that Prospectus Supplement and, except in the prior written consent case of the parties hereto initial Collateral Term Sheet, that such information supersedes the information in all prior Collateral Term Sheets.
(iv) It (at its own expense) agrees to obtain and provide to the Depositor and the Seller one or more accountants’ letters in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, the Depositor and the Seller relating to the Collateral Term Sheets, Structural Term Sheets, Series Term Sheets and Computational Materials, which accountants’ letters shall be deemed addressed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto Depositor and any electronic road show. Any the Seller and delivered to the Depositor and the Seller prior to the date on which such free writing prospectus consented materials are required to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing be filed with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(iv) The Company It has not provided and will notnot provide, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesDepositor, offerany Collateral Term Sheets, sellStructural Term Sheets, contract Series Term Sheets or Computational Materials to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose any investor after the date of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in this Agreement and prior to the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate delivery of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar Prospectus to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery investor. For purposes of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum Series Term Sheets, Collateral Term Sheets and all other agreements or documents printed Structural Term Sheets shall have the respective meanings assigned to them (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualificationa) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; the case of Series Term Sheets, in the no-action letter addressed to Greenwood Trust Company, Discover Card Master Trust I dated April 5, 1996, and (viib) any filings required to be made with in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authoritycase of Collateral Term Sheets and Structural Term Sheets, Inc. (including filing fees and in the reasonable fees and expenses February 13, 1995, letter of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or Cleary, Gottlieb, ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; Public Securities Association (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants which letter, and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunderCommission staff’s response thereto, are publicly available February 17, 1995). It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.The term “
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Bayview Financial Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2005-C), Underwriting Agreement (Bayview Financial Mortage Pass-Through Trust 2005-D)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Basic Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 or Rule 434 via the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filingRetrieval System. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives promptly (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)424 or Rule 434, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Securities shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment of or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including Act, except with respect to any such delivery requirement imposed upon an affiliate of the Company in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)connection with any secondary market sales, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives as soon as practicable, but not later than 60 days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy (in form complying with the provisions of Section 11(aRule 158 of the regulations under the Act) covering a twelve month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the "effective date" (as defined in said Rule 158) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Registration Statement.
(fd) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each any Preliminary Prospectus, Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any amendments thereof and any supplement supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and reasonably designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesSecurities and will arrange for the determination of the legality of the Securities for purchase by institutional investors; provided provided, however, that in no event shall the Company shall not be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hf) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained Until the prior written consent of business day following the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may beClosing Date, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, offer or sell, contract to sellor announce the offering of, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) securities covered by the Company Registration Statement or by any affiliate of other registration statement filed under the Act; provided, however, the Company may, at any time, offer or sell or announce the offering of any person in privity with securities (A) covered by a registration statement on Form S-8 or (B) covered by a registration statement on Form S-3 and (i) pursuant to which the Company or any affiliate issues securities under one of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long's medium-term debt securities similar note programs or (ii) pursuant to the Securities issued or guaranteed by which the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoissues securities for its Dividend Reinvestment Plan.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kg) The Company agrees will use its best efforts to pay effect the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration listing of the Securities under on the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeLuxembourg Stock Exchange.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Bank of America Corp /De/), Underwriting Agreement (Bankamerica Corp/De/)
Agreements. (i) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as reasonably required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 45 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement, provided, however, that (i) the Company may issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time, (ii) the Company may file one or more registration statements on Form S-8, (iii) the Company may offer, issue and sell shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Common Stock in connection with any acquisition or strategic investment (including any joint venture or partnership) as long as (x) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable does not exceed 10% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the date of this Agreement and (y) each recipient of any such Common Stock issued or issuable agrees to the restrictions on the resale of securities that are consistent with the lock-up letters described in Section 6(m) hereof for the remainder of the 45-day restricted period and (iv) the Company may issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities at the Execution Time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the restricted period, the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The Company will provide the Representatives and any co-managers and each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to the lock-up letters described in Section 6(m) hereof with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.
(h) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(i) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters (not to exceed $10,000) relating to such registration and qualification); (vii) any filings required to be made with the FINRA (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters (not to exceed $10,000) relating to such filings); (viii) all expenses incident to the “road show” for the offering of the Securities, provided that the Underwriters agree to pay the cost of any chartered airplane or other transportation in connection therewith; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and reserve engineers and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company and the Selling Stockholders; and (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their obligations hereunder.
(j) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(iii) The Company Each Selling Stockholder agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Such Selling Stockholder will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesCitigroup Global Markets Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, pledge or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company Selling Stockholder or any affiliate of the Company Selling Stockholder or any person in privity with the Company Selling Stockholder or any affiliate of the Company), Selling Stockholder) directly or indirectly, including or file (or participate in the filing (or participation in the filingof) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange ActAct with respect to, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by shares of capital stock of the Company (other than the Securities)or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 45 days after the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.date of this Agreement, other than shares of Common Stock disposed of as bona fide gifts approved by Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
(jb) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Such Selling Stockholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kc) The Company agrees to pay the costs Such Selling Stockholder will advise you promptly, and expenses if requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing, so long as delivery of a prospectus relating to the following matters: (i) Securities by an underwriter or dealer may be required under the preparationAct, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of any material change in information in the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary ProspectusStatement, the Final Prospectus any Preliminary Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto relating to such Selling Stockholder.
(d) Such Selling Stockholder represents that it has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, and each Issuer agrees that it will not prepare or have prepared on its behalf or use or refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to has not distributed and will not distribute any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use written materials in connection with the offering and offer or sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Athlon Energy Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Athlon Energy Inc.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) a. Prior to the termination of the offering of the SecuritiesNotes, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Basic Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing424 or Rule 434. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Underwriters promptly (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)424 or Rule 434, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Notes shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment of or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) b. If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities Notes is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, any event occurs as a result of which which, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time made, not misleading, or if if, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As c. The Company, as soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an Underwriters a consolidated earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)158 thereunder.
(f) d. The Company will furnish to the Representatives Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, any Supplemented Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any amendments thereof and any supplement supplements thereto as the Representatives Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) e. The Company will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Securities Notes for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Underwriters may designate and reasonably designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesNotes and will arrange for the determination of the legality of the Notes for purchase by institutional investors; provided provided, however, that in no event shall the Company shall not be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) f. The Company will notnot voluntarily claim, without and will resist actively any attempts to claim, the prior written consent benefit of any usury laws against the holders of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by Notes.
g. Neither the Company or nor any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, its subsidiaries will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute to, or that might reasonably be expected to to, cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
Notes. Until the business day following the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the consent of the Underwriters, offer or sell, or announce the offering of, any securities (kother than the Notes) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of covered by the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to by any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities statement filed under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Money Store Inc /Nj), Underwriting Agreement (Money Store Inc /Nj)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment amendment, supplement or supplement Rule 462(b) Registration Statement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or any Written Testing the Waters Communication shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, Statement or for any Written Testing the Waters Communication or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package Statutory Prospectus would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package Statutory Prospectus may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package Statutory Prospectus to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided .
(e) The Company will not make any offer relating to the Units that constitutes or would constitute a Free Writing Prospectus or a portion thereof required to be filed by the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request the Commission or retained by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Company under Rule 433 of the Act.
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, hedge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which that is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange ActAct with respect to, any unsecured long-term debt other Units, Ordinary Shares, Warrants or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transactiontransaction during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of this Agreement; provided, until however, that the Company may (1) issue and sell the Private Placement Warrants, (2) issue and sell the Option Securities on exercise of the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof, (3) issue shares or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares in connection with the initial Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoCombination, (4) issue and sell the Forward Purchase Shares and the Forward Purchase Warrants and (5) register with the Commission pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or the Forward Purchase Agreement, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement or the Forward Purchase Agreement, as applicable, the resale of the Founder Shares, the Forward Purchase Shares, the Forward Purchase Warrants, the Private Placement Warrants and the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise thereof.
(jh) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(ki) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates certificates, if any, for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum Agreement and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (vi) the printing and delivery of a preliminary blue sky memorandum, any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states and any filings required to be made with FINRA (including filing fees and the reasonable and documented FINRA-related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating not to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding exceed $5,00025,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company representatives (and not the Underwriters) in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ixviii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including U.S. and Cayman Islands counsel and any other local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.
(j) For a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending at least five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs or the Ordinary Shares and Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the registration of the Units, Ordinary Shares and Warrants under the provisions of the Exchange Act, except after giving effect to a going private transaction after the completion of an initial Business Combination. It is understoodThe Company will not deregister the Units, Ordinary Shares or Warrants under the Exchange Act (except in connection with a going private transaction after the completion of an initial Business Combination) without the prior written consent of the Representatives.
(k) The Company shall, on the date hereof, retain its independent registered public accounting firm to audit the balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date (the “Audited Balance Sheet”) reflecting the receipt by the Company of the proceeds of the Offering on the Closing Date. As soon as the Audited Balance Sheet becomes available, the Company shall promptly, but not later than four Business Days after the Closing Date, file the Closing Form 8-K with the Commission, which report shall contain the Company’s Audited Balance Sheet. Additionally, if not disclosed on the Closing Form 8-K, upon the Company’s receipt of the proceeds from the exercise of all or any portion of the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof, the Company shall promptly, but not later than four Business Days after the receipt of such proceeds, file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission, which Report shall disclose the Company’s sale of the Option Securities and its receipt of the proceeds therefrom.
(l) For a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending at least five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs or the Ordinary Shares and Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company, at its expense, shall cause its regularly engaged independent registered public accounting firm to review (but not audit) the Company’s financial statements for each of the first three fiscal quarters prior to the announcement of quarterly financial information, the filing of the Company’s Form 10-Q quarterly report and the mailing, if any, of quarterly financial information to shareholders.
(m) For a period of five (5) years from the Effective Date or until such earlier time that the Liquidation occurs or the Ordinary Shares and Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company will furnish to the Representatives such copies of financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company from time to time furnishes generally to holders of any class of its securities and such additional documents and information with respect to the Company as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request. Any financial statements and reports filed on the Commission’s ▇▇▇▇▇ website will be considered furnished for purposes of this Section 5.
(n) For a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending at least five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs or the Ordinary Shares and Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company shall retain a transfer agent to the extent it has ordinary shares registered under the Exchange Act and warrant agent to the extent it has warrants registered under the Exchange Act.
(o) In no event will the amounts payable by the Company under the Services Agreement be more than $20,000 per month in the aggregate for office space, secretarial support and administrative services until the earlier of the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination or the Liquidation.
(p) Other than payments made pursuant to the terms of the Services Agreement and except as set forth in this subsection, the Company shall not pay the Sponsor or any of the Company’s executive officers, directors or any of their respective affiliates any fees or compensation of any kind (including finder’s fees and consulting fees) for services rendered to the Company prior to, or in connection with, the consummation of an initial Business Combination; provided, however, thatthat such officers, except directors and affiliates (i) may receive reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with activities on the Company’s behalf to the extent that such expenses do not exceed the amount of available proceeds not deposited in the Trust Account and the amount of interest income that may be released from the Trust Account as described in the Registration Statement and (ii) may be repaid loans and advances as described in the Registration Statement.
(q) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants and the Forward Purchase Securities received by it in a manner consistent in all material respects with the applications described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(r) For a period of 90 days following the Effective Date, in the event any person or entity (regardless of any FINRA affiliation or association) is engaged to assist the Company in its search for a merger candidate or to provide any other merger and acquisition services, or has provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereofor will provide any investment banking, financial, advisory and/or consulting services to the Company, the Underwriters will pay all of Company agrees that it shall promptly provide to FINRA (via a FINRA submission), the Representatives and their own costs and expenses, including counsel a notification prior to entering into the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any agreement or transaction relating to a potential Business Combination: (i) the identity of the Securities person or entity providing any such services; (ii) complete details of all such services and copies of all agreements governing such services; and (iii) justification as to why the value received by themany person or entity for such services is not underwriting compensation for the Offering. The Company also agrees that proper disclosure of such arrangement or potential arrangement will be made in the tender offer materials or proxy statement, and any advertising expenses connected as applicable, which the Company may file in connection with any offers they may make.the initial Bus
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Regalwood Global Energy Ltd.), Underwriting Agreement (Regalwood Global Energy Ltd.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior The Company will use its best efforts to cause the termination Registration Statement, and any amendment thereof, if not effective at the Execution Time, to become effective. If the Registration Statement has become or becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A, or filing of the offering of the SecuritiesProspectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Registration Statement shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)become effective, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Securities shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment of or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof. The Company will not file any amendment of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus unless the Company has furnished you a new registration statement copy for your review prior to filing and using its reasonable best efforts to have will not file any such proposed amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablesupplement to which you reasonably object.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery Company will give the Representatives immediate notice of the Final Prospectus, the Company occurrence of such event and promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives as soon as practicable, but not later than 45 days after the end of the 12-month period beginning at the end of the current fiscal quarter of the Company, an earnings statement or statements (which need not be audited) of the Company and its subsidiaries subsidiaries, covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the end of the current fiscal quarter of the Company, which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Act.
(fd) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each any Preliminary Prospectus, Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any amendments thereof and any supplement supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall Securities and will arrange for the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out determination of the offering or sale legality of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subjectSecurities for purchase by institutional investors.
(hf) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained Until the prior written consent earlier of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with day on which the Company that, unless it has distribution of the Securities is completed or shall have obtained, as the case may bebusiness day following the Closing Date, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, offer or sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in announce the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect offering of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed covered by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities statement filed under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (International Business Machines Corp), Underwriting Agreement (International Business Machines Corp)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission SEC pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the SEC, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission SEC or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing made, not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act (“Rule 172”)), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the CommissionSEC, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Securities Act.
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesCitigroup Global Markets Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission SEC in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Class A Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Class A Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 180 days after the Business Day set forth date of this Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue and sell Class A Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time, (ii) may issue Class A Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time, (iii) file one or more registration statements on Schedule I heretoForm S-8 and (iv) offer, issue and sell shares of Class A Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Class A Common Stock, in connection with any acquisition or strategic investment (including any joint venture, strategic alliance or partnership); provided, however, that in the case of this clause (iv), (x) any such offer, issuance or sale shall not exceed 5% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock on an as converted basis and (y) any recipient of such securities shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter described in Section 6(j) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 5(g) shall not apply to or prohibit: (A) the sale of shares of Class A Common Stock by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or (B) distributions of shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, such capital stock to stockholders of the Company; provided, however, that in the case of this clause (B) each distributee shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter described in Section 6(j) hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the consummation of the Reorganization Transactions shall not be subject to this clause (g).
(jh) If Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC agree, in a letter substantially in the form set forth in the Addendum to Exhibit B hereto, in their sole discretion, to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(j) hereof for an officer, director or other stockholder of the Company and provides the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(i) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would might constitute or that might would reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kj) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission SEC of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”); (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount qualification not exceeding to exceed $5,00010,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filingsfilings not to exceed $25,000); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by investor presentations on any “road show” or on behalf of Company representatives any Testing-the-Waters Communication undertaken in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers the marketing of the Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with any electronic road show, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and one-half of the cost of any aircraft used in connection with the roadshow or any Testing the Waters Communications; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k5(j) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make. The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company with the SEC or retained by the Company under Rule 433 under the Securities Act (“Rule 433”); provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rule 164 under the Securities Act (“Rule 164”) and Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the SEC, legending and record keeping.
(k) The Company will promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (a) completion of the distribution of the Securities within the meaning of the Securities Act and (b) completion of the 180-day restricted period referred to in Section 5(g) hereof.
(l) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to the Representatives in such quantities as may be reasonably requested.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Cactus, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Cactus, Inc.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ you and your counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries the Subsidiary which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to each of the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies a signed copy of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to arrange, with the cooperation of the Underwriters, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably designate after consultation with the Company and will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, or subject it to taxation, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesCitigroup Global Markets Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. LLC and Leerink ▇▇▇▇▇ LLC, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue and sell Common Stock, or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock, pursuant to any employee stock option plan, incentive plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time or disclosed in the Prospectus, (ii) issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities outstanding at the Execution Time, (iii) file one or more registration statements on Form S-8 or (iv) offer, issue and sell shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock in connection with any acquisition or strategic investment (including any joint venture, strategic alliance or partnership) as long as (x) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable does not exceed 10% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the issuance and sale of the Securities, and (y) each recipient of any such shares or other securities agrees to restrictions on the resale of securities that are consistent with the lock-up letters described in Section 6(j) hereof for the remainder of the 180-day restricted period, as extended pursuant to the next sentence if applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the Business Day set forth expiration of the 18-day period beginning on Schedule I heretothe issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The Company will provide the Representatives and any co-managers and each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to the lock-up letters described in Section 6(j) hereof with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.
(jh) If Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. LLC, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(j) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(i) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might would reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kj) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the Nasdaq Global Market; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); provided that the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to subclause (vi) and (vii) of this Section 5(j) shall not exceed $30,000; (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall be responsible for half of the cost and expenses of any aircraft chartered in connection with the “road show” for the Securities and the Underwriters shall be responsible for the balance; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, .
(k) The Company agrees that, except unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereofthe case may be, the Underwriters prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will pay all not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of their own costs the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and expenseswill treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the fees Commission, legending and record keeping.
(l) The Company will promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale (i) completion of any the distribution of the Securities by themwithin the meaning of the Act and (ii) completion of the 180-day restricted period referred to in Section 5(g) hereof.
(m) The Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and any advertising expenses connected regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with any offers they may makethe sale of the Directed Shares.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (TESARO, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (TESARO, Inc.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior The Company, subject to Section 5(b), will comply with the termination requirements of Rule 430B and will notify the offering Underwriters promptly, and confirm the notice in writing, of the Securities, the Company will not file (i) when any post-effective amendment of to the Registration Statement or supplement (including a new registration statement relating to the Final Securities shall become effective, or any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause any preliminary prospectus or the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)Commission, (ii) whenthe receipt of any comments from the Commission with respect to the Registration Statement, prior the documents incorporated or deemed to termination of be incorporated by reference therein or the offering of Prospectus, (iii) any request by the Securities, Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by a new registration statement relating to the Commission Securities or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to any preliminary prospectus or the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of such new registration statement, or any notice objecting to its use, or of any order preventing, suspending or objecting to the use of any preliminary prospectus or the institution Prospectus, or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction jurisdiction, or of the institution initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement or (v) the Company becoming the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company will promptly effect the filings necessary pursuant to Rule 424(b) and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such purposeprospectus. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the occurrence of any such suspension or objection lifting thereof as soon as practicable. The Company shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the use Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) of the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the 1933 Act Regulations (including, if applicable, by updating the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)).
(b) The Company will give the Underwriters notice of objection, its intention to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order file or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts relating to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and or any amendment, supplement or revision to either any preliminary prospectus (including the offering thereof, prospectus included in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective) or to file such term sheet the Prospectus, whether pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, will furnish the Underwriters with copies of any such document a reasonable amount of time required by prior to such Ruleproposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
(c) The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and any new registration statement relating to the Securities and, in each case, any amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by
(d) The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Underwriter may reasonably request, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish or make available to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when a prospectus is required under the 1933 Act or 1934 Act to be delivered (or but for the exemption afforded by Rule 172 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 172”) would be required to be delivered) to investors in connection with sales of the Securities, such number of copies of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Underwriter may reasonably request. Each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus and, in each case, any amendment or supplement thereto furnished or made available to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to ▇▇▇▇▇, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) The Company will comply with the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package. If, at any time prior when a prospectus is required under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act to be delivered (or but for the filing exemption afforded by Rule 172 would be required to be delivered) to investors in connection with sales of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b)Securities, any event occurs shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the Disclosure Package would include any opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or to amend or supplement the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package, as the case may be, in order that the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package, as the case may be, will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleadingprevailing, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement, amend or supplement the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package or file a new registration statement or supplement relating to the Final Prospectus Securities in order to comply with law, including the requirements of the 1933 Act or the Exchange 1933 Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final ProspectusRegulations, the Company will promptly will (i) notify the Representatives Underwriters of any such event, (ii) event or condition and prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph Commission (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) and use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or any new registration statement containing the Prospectus to be declared effective immediately (if it is not an automatic shelf registration statement)), subject to Section 5(b) and 5(f)
(f) The Company represents that neither it nor anyone acting on its behalf has made, and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Underwriters, neither it nor anyone acting on its behalf will make, any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of the Underwriters shall be deemed to have been given in respect of each free writing prospectus (as soon defined in Rule 405), if any, that is attached hereto as practicable (or identified on) Schedule C. Any such free writing prospectus that is consented to, or is deemed to have been consented to, by the Underwriters is referred to herein as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (i) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and (ii) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping. The Underwriters agree that, unless they obtain the prior written consent of the Company, the Underwriters will not make any offer relating to the Securities that constitutes or would constitute a free writing prospectus required to be filed with the Commission under Rule 433. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that (a) is not an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and (b) contains only (i) information describing the preliminary terms of the Securities or their offering, (ii) information permitted by Rule 134 or (iii) information that describes the final terms of the Securities or their offering and other customary information relating thereto.
(g) If immediately prior to the third anniversary (the “Renewal Deadline”) of April 27, 2017, any of the Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Company will, prior to the Renewal Deadline, file, if they have not already done so, a new shelf registration statement relating to the Securities in a form satisfactory to the Underwriters, and will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 60 days after the Renewal Deadline. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement relating thereto. References herein to the “Registration Statement” shall include such new shelf registration statement.
(h) The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement or statements of for the Company purposes of, and its subsidiaries which will satisfy to provide to the provisions Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)1933 Act.
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gi) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Underwriters may designate and designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesSecurities and will pay any fee of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), in connection with its review of the offering; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. In each jurisdiction in which the Securities have been so qualified, the Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction.
(hj) The Company agrees that, unless will use any net proceeds received by it has or shall have obtained from the prior written consent sale of the RepresentativesSecurities in the manner specified in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and each Underwriterthe Disclosure Package under “Use of Proceeds.”
(k) The Company will use its best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Securities on the NYSE. In addition, severally and not jointlyon or before completion of this offering, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made make all filings required under applicable securities laws and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keepingNYSE.
(il) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesUnderwriters, for a period of 30 days from the date hereof (the “Lock-Up Period”), (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, pledgesolicit offers to purchase, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate Affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate Affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations, with respect to, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by shares of capital stock of the Company (other than the Securities), or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until or announce the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretooffering of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock of the Company (whether such shares or any such securities are now owned or hereafter acquired) or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of shares of capital stock of the Company, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of any capital stock of the Company or such other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that the Company may issue, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of or grant options for, shares of any capital stock of the Company or securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any capital stock of the Company: (1) pursuant to this Agreement; (2) pursuant to any benefit plan, dividend reinvestment plan or 10b5-1 plan of the Company in effect as of the date hereof, including, but not limited to, the Company’s 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan; (3) pursuant to any warrants, stock options or other convertible securities outstanding as of the date hereof; and (4) as consideration for the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries from a third party of assets or of equity interests of any other entity which entity would, after giving effect to the acquisition of such equity interests, be a subsidiary of the Company.
(jm) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange 1934 Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kn) The Company, during the period when a prospectus is required under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act to be delivered (or but for the exemption afforded by Rule 172 would be required to be delivered) to investors in connection with sales of the Securities, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
(o) The Company agrees to pay the costs will comply in all material respects with all applicable securities and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparationother laws, printing or reproduction rules and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto)regulations, each Preliminary Prospectusincluding, without limitation, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act, and each amendment or supplement use its best efforts to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of cause the Company’s accountants directors and the fees officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with such laws, rules and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understoodregulations, howeverincluding, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereofwithout limitation, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any provisions of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (UDR, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (UDR, Inc.)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Basic Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 or Rule 434 via the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filingRetrieval System. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives promptly (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)424 or Rule 434, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Securities shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment of or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including Act, except with respect to any such delivery requirement imposed upon an affiliate of the Company in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)connection with any secondary market sales, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives as soon as practicable, but not later than 60 days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy (in form complying with the provisions of Section 11(aRule 158 of the regulations under the Act) covering a 12 month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the "effective date" (as defined in said Rule 158) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Registration Statement.
(fd) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each any Preliminary Prospectus, Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any amendments thereof and any supplement supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and reasonably designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesSecurities and will arrange for the determination of the legality of the Securities for purchase by institutional investors; provided provided, however, that in no event shall the Company shall not be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hf) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained Until the prior written consent of business day following the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may beClosing Date, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, offer or sell, contract to sellor announce the offering of, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) securities covered by the Company Registration Statement or by any affiliate of other registration statement filed under the Act; provided, however, the Company may, at any time, offer or sell or announce the offering of any person in privity with securities (A) covered by a registration statement on Form S-8 or (B) covered by a registration statement on Form S-3 and (i) pursuant to which the Company or any affiliate issues securities under one of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long's medium-term debt securities similar note programs or (ii) pursuant to the Securities issued or guaranteed by which the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoissues securities for its dividend reinvestment plan.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kg) The Company agrees will use its best efforts to pay effect the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration listing of the Securities under on the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeLuxembourg Stock Exchange.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Bank of America Corp /De/), Underwriting Agreement (Bank of America Corp /De/)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Purchased Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Basic Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final ProspectusProspectus to be mailed to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424 by first class, properly completed, and any supplement thereto certified or registered mail or will cause the Final Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filingsaid Rule. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been mailed to the Commission for filing or filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)424, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Purchased Securities shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment of or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of or the qualification of the Purchased Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus Prospectus relating to the Purchased Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus compliance and (ivii) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the The Company will make generally available to its security securities holders and to the Representatives as soon as practicable, but not later than 45 days after the end of the 12-month period beginning at the end of the current fiscal quarter of the Company, an earnings statement or statements (which need not be audited) of the Company and its subsidiaries subsidiaries, covering such 12-month period, which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Act.
(fd) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each any Preliminary Prospectus, Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any amendments thereof and any supplement supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Purchased Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall Purchased Securities and will arrange for the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out determination of the offering or sale legality of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subjectPurchased Securities for purchase by institutional investors.
(hf) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained Until the prior written consent of business day following the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may beClosing Date, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, sell or contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company)of, directly or indirectly, including or announce the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect offering of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed warrants covered by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities statement filed under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Alliedsignal Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Alliedsignal Inc)
Agreements. (a) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(ai) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of to the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (iA) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (iiB) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iiiC) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (ivD) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (vE) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(cii) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (iA) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (iiB) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iiiC) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(diii) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (iA) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (iiB) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (aa)(i) of this Section 56, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus ; and (ivC) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(eiv) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fv) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gvi) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified qualified, to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so subject or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hvii) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of each of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company, directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock (including, for the avoidance of doubt, OP Units); or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 30 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may issue and sell (A) Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock pursuant to any employee equity incentive plan of the Company referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus that is in effect at the Execution Time, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the 2013 Brixmor Property Group Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan, (B) shares of Common Stock issuable upon exchange of OP Units, and (C) Common Stock in an amount equal to up to five percent of the Outstanding Brixmor Interests outstanding on the Closing Date immediately after this offering, or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such amount of Common Stock, in connection with mergers or acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial relationships or other strategic transactions; provided that, in the case of (A), (B) and (C), the recipient or acquiree of any such Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock is party to or enters into an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto with respect to such securities (other than with respect to the Securities).
(viii) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(ix) The Company will use its best efforts to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code for its taxable year ending December 31, 2016, and the Company will use its best efforts to continue to operate in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code unless the Board of Directors of the Company determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the Company to continue to qualify as REIT.
(x) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of each of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) Free Writing Prospectus, any portion of which would be required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kxi) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (iA) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (iiB) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (ivC) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (viD) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (viiE) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filingsfilings up to a maximum of $35,000); (viiiF) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company and Selling Stockholder representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ixG) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the CompanyCompany and the Selling Stockholders; and (xH) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of its their obligations hereunder. It .
(xii) The Company’s Common Stock (i) is understoodan “actively-traded security” as defined by Rule 100(b) of Regulation M under the Exchange Act, however(ii) exempted from the requirements of Rule 101 of Regulation M by Rule 101(c)(1) thereunder, that, except and (iii) has an Average Daily Trading Volume of at least $1.0 million (as provided in this Section 5(kRegulation M) and Sections 7 and 8 hereofa public float of at least $150.0 million (as defined in Regulation M).
(b) The Selling Stockholders agree with the several Underwriters that:
(i) Such Selling Stockholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(ii) Such Selling Stockholder will advise you promptly, and if requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing, so long as delivery of a prospectus relating to the Securities by an underwriter or dealer may be required under the Act, in the event such Selling Stockholder becomes aware of any material change in the applicable Selling Stockholder Information.
(iii) Such Selling Stockholder represents that it has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, and agrees that it will not prepare or have prepared on its behalf or use or refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus, and has not distributed and will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.
(iv) Such Selling Stockholder will pay all applicable state transfer taxes, if any, involved in the transfer to the several Underwriters of the Securities to be purchased by them from such Selling Stockholder and the respective Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, any additional stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeinvolved in further transfers.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Brixmor Operating Partnership LP), Underwriting Agreement (Brixmor Operating Partnership LP)
Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters you that:
(a) Prior The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the termination of Registration Statement, if not effective at the offering of Execution Time, and any amendment thereof, to become effective and the Securities, _____ Agreement to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. The Company will not file any amendment of to the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Subject to the foregoing sentence, if filing of the Prospectus is required under Rule 424(b), the Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives you of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives you (i) when the Final Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, and any amendment thereto, shall have become effective, (ii) when the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (iiiii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iiiiv) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of to the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (ivv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose (and the Company agrees that it will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof) and (vvi) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts purpose and (vii) during the period when a prospectus relating to prevent the issuance Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, of the mailing or the delivery to the Commission for filing of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection document to be filed pursuant to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicableExchange Act.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules and regulations thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives Underwriters an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis applicable rules and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)regulations thereunder.
(fd) The Company will furnish to the Representatives you and counsel for the Underwritersyour counsel, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter you or a dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing the Prospectus and any supplement amendments thereof and supplements thereto as the Representatives you may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company will arrange, if necessary, cooperate with you and your special counsel to arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives you may designate and reasonably designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesSecurities and will cooperate with you and your counsel to arrange for the determination of the legality of the Securities for purchase by institutional investors; provided provided, however, that in no event shall the Company will not be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or in order to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subjecteffect such qualification.
(hf) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained Between the prior written consent date of this Agreement and the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may beClosing Date, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the your prior written consent of the Representativesconsent, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due agreement to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Actsell, any unsecured long-term public debt securities similar to registered under the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company Act (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kg) The Company agrees confirms as of the date hereof that it is in compliance with all provisions of Section 1 of Laws of Florida, Chapter 92-198, An Act Relating to pay Disclosure of Doing Business with Cuba, and the costs and expenses relating to Company further agrees, if necessary, that if the following matters: (i) Company commences engaging in business with the preparation, printing government of Cuba or reproduction and filing with any person or affiliate located in Cuba after the date the Registration Statement becomes or has become effective with the Commission or with the Florida Department of Banking and Finance (the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto"Department"), each Preliminary whichever date is later, or if the information reported in the Prospectus, if any, concerning the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing ProspectusCompany's business with Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba changes in any material way, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) Company will provide the Department notice of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments business or supplements to any of themchange, as mayappropriate, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident a form acceptable to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeDepartment.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Union Tank Car Co), Underwriting Agreement (Union Tank Car Co)
Agreements. (i) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of to the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of to the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 55(i), an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesCitigroup Global Markets Inc. and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 90 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement; provided, however, that the Company may issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to, and file a registration statement relating to, any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time, and the Company may issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time; provided, further, that the Company may issue, in the aggregate, shares of Common Stock that have a market value of up to $25.0 million, as of the date of issuance, in connection with bona fide acquisitions, it being understood that any recipient of any such shares of Common Stock will be subject to the original 90-day period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day period, the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the Business Day set forth expiration of the 18-day period beginning on Schedule I heretothe issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The Company will provide the Representatives and any co-managers and each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to the lockup letters described in Section 6(l) with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.
(jh) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(ki) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the Nasdaq Global Market; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory AuthorityNASD, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the CompanyCompany and the Selling Stockholders; provided, however, that the fees and expenses of counsel to the Selling Stockholders paid by the Company shall not exceed $25,000 in the aggregate with any such fees and expenses in excess of such amount to be borne by each Selling Stockholder in proportion to the number of Securities offered by such Selling Stockholder; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of its their obligations hereunder. It is understood; provided, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, that the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including reimburse the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any Company for such documented expenses relating to the offering of the Securities by themin an amount not to exceed $ .
(j) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any advertising expenses connected offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided, that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any offers they electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company, as applicable, is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may makebe, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ii) Each Selling Stockholder agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Such Selling Stockholder will not, without the prior written consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Sachs & Co., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Selling Stockholder or any affiliate of the Selling Stockholder or any person in privity with the Selling Stockholder or any affiliate of the Selling Stockholder) directly or indirectly, or file (or participate in the filing of) a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement, other than shares of Common Stock disposed of as bona fide gifts approved by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day period, the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. This Section 5(ii)(a) shall be subject to the provisions set forth in Section 3.10(j) of the Registration Rights Agreement.
(b) Such Selling Stockholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(c) Such Selling Stockholder will advise you promptly, and if requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing, so long as delivery of a prospectus relating to the Securities by an underwriter or dealer may be required under the Act, of (i) any material change in the Company’s condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties, (ii) any change in information in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto relating to such Selling Stockholder or (iii) any new material information relating to the Company or relating to any matter stated in the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus which comes to the attention of such Selling Stockholder.
(d) Such Selling Stockholder represents that it has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, and agrees that it will not prepar
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Comverge, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Comverge, Inc.)
Agreements. The Company CAF agrees with each of the several Underwriters of any Designated Securities that:
(a) Prior CAF will prepare the Statutory Prospectus in relation to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed applicable Designated Securities in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of file such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission Statutory Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination under the 1933 Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of the offering of Pricing Agreement relating to the applicable Designated Securities, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act and will make no further amendment or any amendment supplement to the Registration Statement or the Statutory Prospectus after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities and prior to the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities which shall have be disapproved by the Representatives promptly after reasonable notice thereof and advise the Representatives promptly of any such amendment or supplement after such Time of Delivery and furnish Representatives with copies thereof. During such time as the delivery of a prospectus is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 of the 1933 Act would be) required in connection with the offering or sale of Designated Securities, CAF will advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement has been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission becomes effective or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Statutory Prospectus or for any additional informationhas been filed with the Commission, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to its use the Securities, of the suspension of the qualification of such Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the receipt by Registration Statement or Statutory Prospectus or for additional information; and in the Company event of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension order preventing or objection to suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Registration Statement and, upon Securities or suspending any such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionqualification, to promptly use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to order. CAF will update the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective the Statutory Prospectus as soon as practicablerequired under the 1933 Act in connection with any offering of any Designated Securities.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms During the period beginning from the date of the Pricing Agreement for such Designated Securities and continuing to and including the offering thereoflater of (i) the termination of trading restrictions for such Designated Securities, as notified to CAF by the Representatives and (ii) the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, CAF will not offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities similar to the Designated Securities issued or guaranteed by CAF to be placed in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file international or U.S. capital markets that are denominated in US Dollars, which mature more than one year after such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within Time of Delivery, without the time required by such Ruleprior written consent of the Representatives.
(c) IfWithin the period during which a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 of the 1933 Act would be) required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, CAF will comply with all requirements imposed upon CAF by the 1933 Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the rules and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof and by the Statutory Prospectus. If at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b)during such period, any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Statutory Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Statutory Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules and regulations thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company CAF will promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, but not later than 16 months, after the Company date of a Pricing Agreement, CAF will make generally available to its security holders securityholders an earning statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the date of such Pricing Agreement and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)1933 Act.
(fe) The Company CAF will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, on behalf of the Representatives, without charge, a reasonable number of copies of the Registration Statement (including one signed copy with all exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy the Time of Delivery of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Designated Securities, together with any Statutory Prospectus relating to such Designated Securities filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act; and, so long as the delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter underwriter or dealer may be (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 of the 1933 Act would be) required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)1933 Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing any Statutory Prospectus and any supplement amendments thereof and supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company CAF will arrangefurnish such information, if necessary, for execute such instruments and take such actions as may be required to qualify the qualification of the Designated Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions of the United States and outside of the United States as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesDesignated Securities including without limitation, obtaining the approval of the application for listing referred to in Section 6(a)(ix) hereof; provided provided, however, that in no event CAF shall the Company not be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it file a consent to service of process in suitsany such jurisdiction.
(g) So long as the Securities are outstanding CAF will furnish to the Representatives, other than those arising out upon request, copies of all reports and financial statements filed with the offering Commission or sale of any national securities exchange in the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subjectUnited States.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it CAF has complied and will comply, as the case may be, comply with the requirements provisions of Rules 164 and Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract 1933 Act that apply to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoCAF.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Corporacion Andina De Fomento)
Agreements. The Company agrees and PNMAC agree with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company Company, PNMAC and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company and PNMAC, jointly and severally, will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, with the cooperation of the Underwriters, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably designate after consultation with the Company and will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, or subject it to taxation, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of each of the Representatives, Representatives offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured longother shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock (including, without limitation, any New Holdings Units) or any other interests in PNMAC or any shares of Class B Common Stock (collectively, the “Lock-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Up Securities”), ; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 180 days after the Business Day set forth date of the Underwriting Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue and sell Common Stock, or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock, pursuant to any employee stock option plan, incentive plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company (other than any issuances pursuant to the Exchange Agreement) in effect at the Execution Time or disclosed in the Prospectus, (ii) issue New Holdings Units to be issued in connection with the Reorganization Transactions, (iii) issue and sell the Securities to be sold hereunder, (iv) file one or more registration statements on Schedule I heretoForm S-8, or (v) offer, issue or sell shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock in connection with any acquisition or strategic investment (including any joint venture, strategic alliance or partnership) as long as the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to be issued does not exceed 10% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock; provided that each recipient of any such shares or other securities pursuant to subclauses (i) and (v) agrees to restrictions on the resale of securities that are consistent with the lock-up letters described in Section 6(i) hereof for the remainder of the 180-day restricted period, as extended pursuant to the next sentence, if applicable. The Company will provide the Representatives and any co-managers and each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to the lock-up letters described in Section 6(j) hereof with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.
(jh) The CompanyIf each of the Representatives, without giving effect in its sole discretion, agrees to activities release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(i) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provides the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the Underwriters, form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(i) Neither the Company nor PNMAC will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might would reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kj) The Company agrees and PNMAC jointly and severally agree to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); provided, that the reasonable fees of counsel for the Underwriters relating to subclauses (vi) and (vii) of this Section 5(j) shall not exceed $20,000; (viii) the transportation travel and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; provided that the Underwriters will pay all costs of air and ground transportation of the Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, .
(k) The Company agrees that, except unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereofthe case may be, the Underwriters prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will pay all not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of their own costs the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and expensesany electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the fees Commission, legending and record keeping.
(l) The Company will notify promptly the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale (a) completion of any the distribution of the Securities by themwithin the meaning of the Securities Act and (b) completion of the 180-day restricted period referred to in Section 5(g) hereof.
(m) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any advertising expenses connected with any offers they amendment or supplement to the Representatives in such quantities as may makebe reasonably requested.
(n) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to consummate on our about the Closing Date the Reorganization Transactions as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives Representative with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives Representative of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Representative (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package most recent Preliminary Prospectus would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package Preliminary Prospectus may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package such Preliminary Prospectus to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives Representative of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Representative may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hg) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, Except as the case may beset forth below, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesRepresentative, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other Units, shares of Common Stock, Warrants, or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of this Agreement (the “Restricted Period”); provided, however that if (1) during the last 17 days of the Restricted Period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16 day period beginning on the last day of the Restricted Period, then the foregoing restrictions shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18 day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event; and provided further, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing restrictions, the Company may (i) issue and sell the Sponsors’ Warrants as described in the Registration Statement, (ii) may issue and sell the Option Securities on exercise of the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof and (iii) may contract to sell, and issue, shares of Common Stock in connection with the consummation of its initial Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoCombination.
(jh) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(ki) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the American Stock Exchange; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000fees); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. NASD (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings, such fees and expenses of counsel not to exceed $15,000); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.
(j) For a period of at least five (5) years from the Effective Date, or until such earlier time upon which the Company is required to be liquidated, the Company will use its best efforts to maintain the registration of the Units, Common Stock and Warrants under the provisions of the Exchange Act. It The Company will not deregister the Units under the Exchange Act (except in connection with a going private transaction after the completion of a Business Combination) without the prior written consent of the Representative.
(k) For a period of at least five (5) years from the Effective Date, or until such earlier time that the Company is understoodrequired to be liquidated, howeverthe Company, thatat its expense, except shall cause its regularly engaged independent registered public accountants to review (but not audit) the Company’s financial statements for each of the first three fiscal quarters prior to the announcement of quarterly financial information, the filing of the Company’s Form 10-Q quarterly report and the mailing, if any, of quarterly financial information to stockholders.
(l) The Company will not consummate a Business Combination with any entity which is affiliated with any Initial Stockholder, officer or director of the Company.
(m) In no event will the fees payable under the Services Agreement be more than $7,500 per month.
(n) Except as set forth in the preceding Section 5(m), the Company shall not pay any Initial Stockholder or any of their affiliates any fees or compensation from the Company, for services rendered to the Company prior to, or in connection with, the consummation of a Business Combination; provided that the Initial Stockholders shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Company for their out-of-pocket expenses incurred in this Section 5(kconnection with seeking and consummating a Business Combination.
(o) Promptly after the execution of a definitive agreement for a Business Combination, the Company shall retain a financial public relations firm reasonably acceptable to the Representative for a term to be agreed upon by the Company and Sections 7 the Representative.
(p) For a period of five (5) years from the Effective Date or until such earlier time upon which the Company is required to be liquidated, the Company will furnish to the Representative and 8 their counsel copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company from time to time furnishes generally to holders of any class of its securities, and promptly furnish to the Representative or will inform the Representative, upon its request therefor, of the Internet address where the Representative may locate and review: (i) a copy of each periodic report the Company shall be required to file with the Commission; (ii) a copy of every press release and every news item and article with respect to the Company or its affairs which was released by the Company; (iii) a copy of each Form 8-K or other filing with the Commission received or prepared by the Company; (iv) five (5) copies of each registration statement; and (v) such additional documents and information with respect to the Company and the affairs of any future subsidiaries of the Company as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request.
(q) For a period of at least five (5) years following the Effective Date or until such earlier time upon which the Company is required to be liquidated, the Company shall retain a transfer and warrant agent acceptable to the Representative (the “Transfer Agent”).
(r) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the Offering received by it in a manner consistent with the applications described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(s) For a period of ninety days following the Effective Date with respect to the NASD, and at any time with respect to the Representative prior to the consummation of a Business Combination, in the event any person or entity (regardless of any NASD affiliation or association) is engaged to assist the Company in its search for a merger candidate or to provide any other merger and acquisition services, the Company will provide the following to such parties: (i) complete details of all services and copies of agreements governing such services; (ii) justification as to why the person or entity providing the merger and acquisition services should not be considered an “underwriter and related person” with respect to the Company’s initial public offering, as such term is defined in Rule 2710 of the NASD’s Conduct Rules; and (iii) a statement as to the compensation to be received by such person or entity. The Company also agrees that proper disclosure of such arrangement or potential arrangement will be made in the proxy statement which the Company will file for purposes of soliciting stockholder approval for the Business Combination.
(t) For a period of five (5) years from the Effective Date or until such earlier time upon which the Company is required to be liquidated, the Company shall retain ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Kliegman LLP or other independent registered public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Underwriters.
(u) The Company shall, on the date hereof, retain its registered independent public accountants to audit the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any financial statements of the Company as of the Closing Date (the “Audited Financial Statements”) reflecting the receipt by the Company of the proceeds of the initial public offering. As soon as the Audited Financial Statements become available, the Company shall promptly file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission, which Report shall contain the Company’s Audited Financial Statements. Additionally, upon the Company’s receipt of the proceeds from the exercise of all or any portion of the over-allotment option, the Company shall promptly file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission, which report shall disclose the Company’s sale of the Option Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeits receipt of the proceeds therefrom.
(v) The Company shall advise the NASD if it is aware
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Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, Prospectus and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading or if it is necessary to amend or supplement the circumstances then prevailing not misleadingDisclosure Package to comply with law, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omissionomission or effect such compliance; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)) or, if later, on the Closing Date, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries subsidiaries, which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Upon request, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably designate and will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the submission or filing (or participation in the submission or filing) of a registration statement (other than a registration statement on Form S-8) with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any unsecured long-term debt shares of capital stock of the Company, or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 90 days after the Business Day date of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue and sell shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock purchase plan, incentive plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time or disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (ii) issue shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time, (iii) file one or more registration statements on Form S-8, or (iv) offer, issue and sell shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, in connection with any acquisition or strategic investment (including any joint venture, strategic alliance or partnership, provided that (x) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable in accordance with clause (iv) does not exceed 5% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the issuance and sale of the Securities and (y) each recipient of any such shares or other securities agrees to restrictions on the resale of securities that are consistent with the provisions set forth on Schedule I heretoin the Lock-Up Agreement (as defined in Section 6(l)) for the remainder of the 90-day restricted period.
(jh) The CompanyCompany will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the listing for the Securities issued and sold by the Company on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
(i) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might would reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kj) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.;
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Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Basic Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 or Rule 434 via the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filingRetrieval System. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives promptly (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)424 or Rule 434, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Securities shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment of or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including Act, except with respect to any such delivery requirement imposed upon an affiliate of the Company in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)connection with any secondary market sales, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fd) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each any Preliminary Prospectus, Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any amendments thereof and any supplement supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and reasonably designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesSecurities and will arrange for the determination of the legality of the Securities for purchase by institutional investors; provided provided, however, that in no event shall the Company shall not be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hf) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained Until the prior written consent of business day following the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may beClosing Date, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, offer or sell, contract to sellor announce the offering of, pledgeany securities covered by the Registration Statement or by any other registration statement filed under the Act; provided, however, the Company may, at any time, offer or sell or announce the offering of any securities (A) covered by a registration statement on Form S-8 or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due pursuant to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate employee benefit plans of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filingB) of covered by a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs Form S-3 and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) pursuant to which the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission Company issues securities under one of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment Company's medium-term note programs or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements pursuant to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by which the Company of issues securities for its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided dividend reinvestment plan or (C) covered by a registration statement on Form S-3 or Form S-4 pursuant to which the Company issues securities in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeone or more acquisitions.
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Agreements. (i) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The 13 76508963_4 Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.. 14 76508963_4
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person (except as permitted by the lock-up letter described in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the CompanySection 6(k) hereof), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Common Stock or any securities similar convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock (including, without limitation, pursuant to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the SecuritiesSales Agreement), ; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 90 days after the Business Day set forth date of the Underwriting Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time; (ii) the Company may issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time; (iii) the Company may file one or more registration statements on Schedule I Form S-8; and (iv) the Company may issue shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock representing in the aggregate no more than 5% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock following the Closing Date to one or more counterparties in connection with the consummation of a credit facility, strategic partnership, joint venture, collaboration or the acquisition or license of any business products or intellectual property, provided, however, that the recipients of any such securities agree to be bound by a lock-up agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto.. 15 76508963_4
(jh) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would might constitute or that might would reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(ki) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of Common Stock (including the Securities) on the Nasdaq Capital Market; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings, with such fees and expenses of counsel not to exceed $30,000); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall only be responsible for one half of the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the “road show” for the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, .
(j) The Company agrees that, except unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereofthe case may be, the Underwriters prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will pay all not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of their own costs the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and expenseswill treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, 16 76508963_4 as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the fees Commission, legending and record keeping.
(k) The Company will notify promptly the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale (a) completion of any the distribution of the Securities by themwithin the meaning of the Act and (b) completion of the 90-day restricted period referred to in Section 5(i)(g) hereof.
(l) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any advertising expenses connected with any offers they amendment or supplement to the Representatives in such quantities as may makebe reasonably requested.
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Agreements. (i) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters Underwriter that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Basic Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel Underwriter a copy for your its review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you the Underwriter reasonably objectobjects. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives Underwriter of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Underwriter (i1) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii2) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii3) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv4) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to that would prevent its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v5) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement prevention and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionprevention, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objectionprevention, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any If there occurs an event occurs or development as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state any a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing prevailing, not misleading, the Company will (i) promptly notify promptly the Representatives Underwriter so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Disclosure Package, if prior to the availability of the Prospectus, or the Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the delivery or use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i1) notify the Representatives Underwriter of any such event, (ii2) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii3) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv4) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you the Underwriter in such quantities as you the Underwriter may reasonably requestrequest in writing; provided that in case the Underwriter is required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with sales of any of the Securities at any time nine months or more after the Execution Time, any preparation and delivery of any amended or supplemented Prospectus shall be at the expense of the Underwriter.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives Underwriter an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided 158 under the Act (it being understood that the Company will such delivery requirements shall be deemed to have complied been satisfied by the Company’s compliance with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇reporting requirements pursuant to the Exchange Act).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, Underwriter four signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an the Underwriter or any dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives Underwriter may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offeringrequest in writing.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Underwriter may reasonably designate in writing and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hg) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained obtains the prior written consent of the RepresentativesUnderwriter, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, the Underwriter agrees with the Company that, unless it has obtained or shall have obtainedwill obtain, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road showII hereto, if any. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives Underwriter or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ih) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesUnderwriter, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 45 days after the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretodate of this Agreement, provided, however, that the Company and Endo Pharma LLC may issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company or Endo Pharma LLC in effect at the Execution Time and the Company may issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time.
(ji) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the SecuritiesSecurities in violation of the Exchange Act.
(kj) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing ProspectusProspectus or other Free Writing Prospectus that is included in the Disclosure Package, if any, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing ProspectusProspectus or other Free Writing Prospectus that is included in the Disclosure Package, if any, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the Nasdaq National Market; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters Underwriter relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory AuthorityNational Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters Underwriter relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the CompanyCompany and the Selling Stockholders (as among the Selling Stockholders, as may be determined by Endo Pharma LLC); and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all Selling Stockholders of their own costs obligations hereunder (as among the Selling Stockholders, as may be determined by Endo Pharma LLC).
(ii) Each Selling Stockholder, severally and expensesnot jointly, agrees with the several Underwriter that:
(a) Such Selling Stockholder will not, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned or any person in privity with the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned), directly or indirectly, including the fees filing (or participation in the filing) of their counsela registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of, transfer taxes on resale or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of any Section 16 of the Securities by themExchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any advertising expenses connected with shares of capital stock of the Company or any offers they securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 45 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement, other than Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder; subject to the limited exceptions described in the lock-up letter to be executed by such Selling Stockholder.
(b) Such Selling Stockholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(c) Such Selling Stockholder will advise you promptly, and if requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing, so as long as delivery of a prospectus relating to the Securities by an underwriter or dealer may makebe required under the Act, of any change in information in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus relating to such Selling Stockholder.
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Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company (except as permitted by the lock-up letter described in Section 6(l) hereof) or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 90 days after the Business Day set forth date of the Underwriting Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time, (ii) the Company may issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time; (iii) the Company may file one or more registration statements on Schedule I Form S-8; and (iv) the Company may issue shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock representing in the aggregate no more than 5% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock following the Closing Date to one or more counterparties in connection with the consummation of a credit facility, strategic partnership, joint venture, collaboration or the acquisition or license of any business products or intellectual property, provided, however, that the recipients of any such securities agree to be bound by a lock-up agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto.
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(i) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kj) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the NASDAQ Global Market; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings, with such fees and expenses of counsel not to exceed $30,000); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the SecuritiesSecurities provided, that the Company shall only be responsible for one-half of the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, .
(k) The Company agrees that, except unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereofthe case may be, the Underwriters prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will pay all not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of their own costs the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and expensesany electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the fees Commission, legending and record keeping.
(l) The Company will notify promptly the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale (a) completion of any the distribution of the Securities by themwithin the meaning of the Securities Act and (b) completion of the 90-day restricted period referred to in Section 5(g) hereof.
(m) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any advertising expenses connected with any offers they amendment or supplement to the Representatives in such quantities as may makebe reasonably requested.
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Agreements. The Company Province agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior The Province will prepare the Prospectus in the form approved by you and will file such Prospectus pursuant to the termination applicable provision of Rule 424(b) under the offering Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and will make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus which has not been approved by you. The Province will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission and file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) Act within the time period prescribed required to be filed by such rule; and will provide evidence satisfactory promptly file all other material required to be filed by the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) Province with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)433(d) under the Act. The Province will promptly advise the Representatives after it receives notice thereof, of the time (i) when the Prospectus and such final term sheet shall have been so filed, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effectiveeffective (other than any amendment to the Registration Statement occurring after completion of the offering that relates to any offering of securities other than the Securities), (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of to the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus Prospectus, or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company Province of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company Province will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of Within the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of period during which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including Act, the Province will comply with all requirements applicable to the Province under the Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the rules and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in circumstances where force, so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof and by the Prospectus. If, at any time during such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)period, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company Province promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement (including, if appropriate, a Form 18-K or new registration statement an amendment thereto) which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the Company The Province will make generally available to its security holders in the United States and to the Representatives an earnings Representatives, as soon as practicable after the close of its fiscal year, a statement or statements in reasonable detail of the Company revenues and its subsidiaries expenditures of the Province covering the first full fiscal year of the Province commencing after the date hereof, which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis applicable rules and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)regulations thereunder.
(fd) The Company Province will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, on behalf of the Representatives, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including one signed copy with all exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy the Closing Date; and, prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York business day next succeeding the date of this letter (as accepted and confirmed on behalf of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) several Underwriters, hereinafter, this “Agreement”), furnish the Representatives with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request; and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter underwriter or dealer (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each any Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing the Prospectus and any supplement amendments thereof and supplements thereto (including any Form 18-K and any amendment thereto), as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Company Province will arrangefurnish such information, if necessary, for the qualification of execute such instruments and take such actions as may be required to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities or other laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in .
(f) So long as any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering Securities are outstanding, the Province will furnish to the Representatives, upon request, copies of all reports and financial statements filed with the Commission or sale any national securities exchange in the United States.
(g) Until the Closing Date, the Province will not, without the prior consent of the SecuritiesRepresentatives, in offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any jurisdiction where it is not now so subjectof its U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Province that mature more than one year after their respective dates of issue.
(h) The Company agrees thatOther than the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(a) hereof, unless it has or shall have obtained without the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it Province has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by 405 under the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a Act; and any such free writing prospectus containing the information contained in use of which has been consented to by the Province and the Representatives (including the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b(4)(a) hereof) is listed in Schedule I hereto.
(i) The Province 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 required thereby or by the Prospectus Directive or by applicable United Kingdom law.
(j) The Province agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package 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 Province 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 or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission.
(k) The Province will pay (i) all expenses in connection with the preparation, filing and printing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Listing Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto) and the printing of this Agreement and any related Agreement Among Underwriters, (ii) the filing fees and other expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) of qualifying the Securities for sale and determining their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and of printing memoranda relating thereto, (iii) if applicable, all fees and expenses in connection with the admission of the Securities to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange (including all fees relating to the publication of the Listing Prospectus and any supplements thereto on the London Stock Exchange’s website in accordance with the Prospectus Directive), and the maintenance of such listing; (iv) fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Securities, (v) all expenses in connection with the distribution of the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Listing Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to Underwriters and with the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities, (vi) an amount up to US$100,000 to be applied in reimbursement of the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and costs of the Underwriters (including any value added or equivalent tax on such expenses and costs) directly attributable to the offering and sale of the Securities, (vii) all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and (viii) fees charged by the Fiscal Agent in connection with the Fiscal Agency Agreement. In respect of clause (vi) above, the Representatives shall deduct the amount of US$100,000 from the purchase price for the Securities, shall supply the Province with an itemized account for such expenses within 90 days of the Closing Date and shall repay the Province within 90 days of the Closing Date any shortfall between the expenses so itemized and US$100,000.
(l) The Province will use all reasonable efforts to have the Securities listed on the London Stock Exchange as soon as possible after the Closing Date, to furnish to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange all documents (including a Listing Prospectus as defined below), information and undertakings and publish all advertisements or other material that may be necessary in order to effect such listing, and to cause such listing to be continued for so long as any of the Securities remains outstanding; provided that if, in the prior written consent opinion of the parties hereto Province, the continuation of such listing shall be deemed become unduly onerous, then the Province may delist the Securities from the Official List of the UK Listing authority, provided that the Province will use its best efforts to obtain the listing of the Securities on another recognized stock exchange reasonably acceptable to the Representatives.
(m) The Province will ensure that (i) a single prospectus pursuant to Directive 2003/71/EC and the implementing measures in the United Kingdom (the “Prospectus Directive”) is prepared (after the Representatives have had a reasonable opportunity to comment thereon) and approved by the UK Listing Authority for the purposes of listing the Securities on the London Stock Exchange, (ii) such single prospectus, including all documents incorporated by reference therein only for the purpose of the Prospectus Directive, as revised, supplemented, amended or updated by any supplementary prospectus in accordance with subsection (o) below (hereinafter the “Listing Prospectus”) contains all information with respect to the Province that is material in the context of the issue and offering of the Securities (including all information which, according to the particular nature of the issue and the Securities, is necessary to enable investors to make an informed assessment of the assets and liabilities, financial position, profits and losses and prospects of the Province and of the rights attaching to the Securities); the information therein is accurate in all material respects and does not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading and all reasonable enquiries have been given in respect made to ascertain such facts and to verify the accuracy of all such statements; (iii) the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto Listing Prospectus contains all information required by the laws, rules and regulations applicable to the London Stock Exchange and the Prospectus Directive and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives rules or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treatregulations made thereunder, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as is published on the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent website of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result London Stock Exchange in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate accordance with Article 14 of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs Prospectus Directive; and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing summary contained in the Listing Prospectus conveys the essential characteristics and risks associated with the Province and the Securities, is accurate in all material respects and is not misleading, inaccurate or inconsistent when read together with the other parts of the Listing Prospectus.
(n) Once the Securities are listed on the London Stock Exchange the Province will comply at all times with the Part 6 rules (including the Listing Rules) made by the UK Listing Authority (or reproductionsuch other body to which its functions have been transferred in accordance with Section 73A of the FSMA) in accordance with Section 74 of the FSMA and with the London Stock Exchange’s Admission and Disclosure Standards.
(o) If at any time after the Listing Prospectus is approved by the UK Listing Authority and before the actual listing is effective, (i) there arises or is noted a significant new factor, material mistake or inaccuracy relating to the information in the Listing Prospectus or (ii) there arises a change in the condition of the Province which is material in the context of the issue of Securities, the Province shall give to the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters full information about the change or matter and shall promptly prepare a supplementary Listing Prospectus as may be required and approved by the UK Listing Authority (after the Representatives have had a reasonable opportunity to comment thereon) and delivery shall otherwise comply with Section 87 of this Agreementthe FSMA, if applicable, and the Listing Rules in that regard.
(p) The Province shall supply to the relevant Underwriters such number of copies of the Listing Prospectus and any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed supplementary Listing Prospectus as such Underwriters may reasonably request.
(or reproducedq) The Province will authorize RBC Capital Markets Corporation (the “Coordinating Stabilizing Manager”) to make the announcement required by Articles 8(4), 9(1) and delivered in connection with the offering 9(3) of the Securities; Commission Regulation (vEC) No. 2273/2003 of 22 December 2003 implementing Directive 2003/6/EC, provided that if the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification Province wishes to issue a public announcement in respect of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made other purposes, it shall consult with the Financial Industry Regulatory AuthorityCoordinating Stabilizing Manager to determine if any such stabilization announcement can be incorporated therein and, Inc. (including filing fees and in any case, it shall not issue anything which is inconsistent with the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance stabilization announcements made by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeCoordinating Stabilizing Manager.
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Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed as required thereby and will provide evidence satisfactory prepare the final term sheet substantially in the form set forth on Schedule V hereto and approved by the Representative(s) and file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Representatives of such timely filingRules and Regulations (“Rule 433(d)”) as required thereby. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Representative(s) (iA) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (iiB) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Securities shall have been filed or become effective, (iiiC) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration StatementPreliminary Prospectus, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (ivD) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof or the initiation or threat of any notice objecting stop order proceeding and will use its best efforts to its use or prevent the institution or threatening issuance of any proceeding for that purpose stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if issued, (vE) of the receipt by the Company of any notification by the Commission of any objection to the use of the form of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Rules and Regulations and (F) of the receipt by the Company of any order with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening threat of any proceeding for such that purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order referred to in clause (D) or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement (F) and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof. In the event of its receipt of any notification referred to in clause (E), the Company will promptly take such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, steps including, if necessarywithout limitation, by filing an amendment to amending the Registration Statement or filing a new registration statement statement, at its own expense, as may be necessary to permit offers and using its reasonable best efforts sales of the Securities by the Underwriters (and references herein to have the “Registration Statement” shall include any such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.registration
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Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the SecuritiesNotes under this Agreement, the Company will not file any amendment of or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (except for a supplement (including relating to an offering of Securities other than the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) Notes and filings with the Commission pursuant to the Base Prospectus Exchange Act) unless a copy thereof has been submitted to you a reasonable period of time before its filing and you have not reasonably objected thereto within a reasonable period of time after receiving such copy. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed cause each amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission as required pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) of the Rules or, in the case of any document to be incorporated therein by reference, to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the Exchange Act, within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. prescribed.
(b) The Company will advise you promptly advise the Representatives (i) when each amendment or supplement to the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) of the Rules or, in the case of any document incorporated therein by reference, when such document shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, (ii) when, prior to the termination of the offering of the SecuritiesNotes, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of the initiation or threatening of any request proceedings for, or receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to, the suspension of the qualification of the Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the issuance of any order by the Commission or its staff for any amendment suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, and (iv) of the issuance receipt by the Commission Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any stop other communication from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company will use reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of an order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of and, if any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionis issued, to obtain its lifting as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rulepossible.
(c) IfThe Company will deliver to you, without charge, three signed copies of the Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto (including all exhibits filed with any such document) and as many conformed copies of the Registration Statement and each such amendment (excluding exhibits) and the Indenture as you may reasonably request.
(d) During such period as (i) a prospectus is required by law to be delivered by you and (ii) no suspension of solicitation of offers to purchase Notes pursuant to Section 1(c) shall be in effect (any such time referred to in clause (ii) and any time when any Agent shall own any Notes with the intention of reselling them or the Company has accepted an offer to purchase Notes but the related settlement has not occurred being referred to herein as a "Marketing Time"), the Company will deliver, without charge, to you, at any time prior to the filing such office or offices as you may designate, as many copies of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b)or any amendment or supplement thereto as you may reasonably request, and, if any event occurs during such period as a result of which the Disclosure Package Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleadingmade, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if during such period it shall be is necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or to amend or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Rules or the Exchange Act or the respective published rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (iy) notify you to suspend solicitation of offers to purchase Notes from the Representatives of any such event, Company and (iiz) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 55(a), and deliver, without charge, to you, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the The Company will make generally available to its security holders and as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after (i) the Effective Date of the Registration Statement, (ii) the Effective Date of each post-effective amendment to the Representatives Registration Statement, and (iii) the date of each filing by the Company with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 of the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Rules.
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long take such actions as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives you may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated order to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities Notes for offer and sale under the securities or "blue sky sky" laws of such jurisdictions as you designate, will maintain such qualification in effect for so long as may be required for the several states distribution of the Notes and will arrange for the determination of the legality of the Notes for purchase by institutional investors.
(including filing fees g) During the term of this Agreement, the Company will supply to you copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the reasonable fees Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock and expenses of each annual or other report it is required to file with the Commission. The Company shall furnish to you such information, documents, certificates of officers of the Company and opinions of counsel for the Underwriters Company relating to such registration the business, operations and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses affairs of the Company’s accountants , the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the fees Indenture, the Notes, this Agreement, the Procedures and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company and you of its and your respective obligations hereunder. It hereunder and thereunder as you may from time to time and at any time prior to the termination of this Agreement reasonably request.
(i) During any Marketing Time, each time that either of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is understoodamended or supplemented (other than by an amendment or supplement (x) relating to any offering of Securities other than the Notes, however, that, except as provided (y) providing solely for the specification of or a change in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereofthe maturity dates, the Underwriters will pay all interest rates, the issuance prices or other similar terms of their own costs and expensesany Notes sold pursuant hereto or (z) resulting from the filing by the Company of a Current Report on Form 8-K (or any similar successor form), unless in the case of clause (z) above, in your reasonable judgment, such Current Report is of such a nature that a certificate should be furnished), including by the fees filing of their any document incorporated therein by reference, the Company will deliver or cause to be delivered forthwith to you a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President, or any Senior or Administrative Vice President or any Vice President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the date of the effectiveness of such amendment or the date of filing of such supplement, in form reasonably satisfactory to you, to the effect that the statements contained in the certificate that was last furnished to you pursuant to either Section 6(c) or this paragraph (i) are true and correct at the time of the effectiveness of such amendment or the filing of such supplement as though made at and as of such time (except that (i) the last day of the fiscal quarter for which financial statements of the Company were last filed with the Commission shall be substituted for the corresponding date in such certificate and (ii) such statements shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the time of the effectiveness of such amendment or the filing of such supplement) or, in lieu of such certificate, a certificate of the same tenor as the certificate referred to in Section 6(c) but modified to relate to the last day of the fiscal quarter for which financial statements of the Company were last filed with the Commission and to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the time of the effectiveness of such amendment or the filing of such supplement.
(j) During any Marketing Time, each time that either of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented (other than by an amendment or supplement (x) relating to any offering of Securities other than the Notes, (y) providing solely for the specifications of or a change in the maturity dates, the interest rates, the issuance prices or other similar terms of any Notes sold pursuant hereto, or (z) resulting from the filing by the Company of a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or a Current Report on Form 8-K (or any similar successor forms), unless, in the case of clause (z) above, in your reasonable judgment, such Quarterly or Current Report is of such a nature that an opinion of counsel should be furnished), including by the filing of any document incorporated therein by reference, the Company will furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith to you a written opinion of counsel for the Company reasonably satisfactory to you, dated the date of the effectiveness of such amendment or date of filing of such supplement, in form reasonably satisfactory to you, of the same tenor as the opinion referred to in Section 6(d) but modified to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the time of the effectiveness of such amendment or the filing of such supplement or, in lieu of such opinion, counsel last furnishing such an opinion to you may furnish you with a letter to the effect that you may rely on such counsel's last opinion to the same extent as though it were dated the date of such letter authorizing reliance (except that statements in such counsel's last opinion will be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the time of the effectiveness of such amendment or the filing of such supplement).
(k) During any Marketing Time, transfer taxes each time that either of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented to set forth amended or supplemental financial information (other than by an amendment or supplement resulting from the filing by the Company of a Quarterly Report on resale Form 10-Q or a Current Report on Form 8-K (or any similar successor forms), unless, in your reasonable judgment, such Quarterly Report or Current Report is of such a nature that a letter from the Company's independent public accountants should be furnished), the Company will cause its independent public accountants forthwith to furnish a letter, dated the date of the effectiveness of such amendment or the date of filing of such supplement, in form satisfactory to you, of the same tenor as the letter referred to in Section 6(f) with such changes as may be necessary to reflect the amended and supplemental financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented to the date of such letter, provided that if either of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented solely to include or incorporate by reference financial information as of and for a fiscal quarter and you shall have reasonably requested that such a letter be furnished, the Company's independent public accountants may limit the scope of such letter, which shall be satisfactory in form to you, to the unaudited financial statements, the related "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and any other information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature included in such amendment or supplement.
(l) During the period, if any, specified in any Terms Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior consent of the Purchaser, issue or announce the proposed issuance of any of its debt securities, including Notes, with terms substantially similar to the Notes being purchased pursuant to such Terms Agreement.
(m) Each acceptance by the Company of an offer for the purchase of Notes shall be deemed to be an affirmation that its representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct at the time of such acceptance and a covenant that such representations and warranties will be true and correct at the time of delivery to the purchaser of the Notes relating to such acceptance as though made at and as of each such time, it being understood that such representations and warranties shall relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented at each such time. Each such acceptance by the Company of an offer for the purchase of Notes shall be deemed to constitute an additional representation, warranty and agreement by the Company that, as of the settlement date for the sale of such Notes, after giving effect to the issuance of such Notes, of any other Notes to be issued on or prior to such settlement date and of any other Securities, which have been issued and sold by the Company will not exceed the amount of Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makeregistered pursuant to the Registration Statement.
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Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission SEC pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the SEC, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission SEC or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b)) , any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act (“Rule 172”)), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the CommissionSEC, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Securities Act.
(fe) The Upon request, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives reasonably may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which that is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission SEC in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 90 days after the Business Day set forth date of this Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may (i) effect the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) issue and sell shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan, dividend reinvestment plan or other plan or arrangement of the Company described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (collectively, the “Company Plans”), (iii) issue shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities outstanding at the Execution Time or the exercise of warrants or options or the settlement of restricted stock units outstanding at the Execution Time or issued thereafter pursuant to a Company Plan, (iv) file one or more registration statements on Schedule I Form S-8 relating to any Company Plan, and (v) issue shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, or enter into an agreement to issue shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock in connection with any merger, joint venture, strategic alliance or partnership) as long as (x) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock, or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, that the Company may issue or agree to issue pursuant to this clause (v) shall not exceed 5.0% of the total outstanding shares of Common Stock immediately following the issuance of the Securities, and (y) the recipients of such securities provide to the Representatives a signed lockup letter in the form described in Section 6(k) and attached as Exhibit E hereto.
(jh) The CompanyCompany will not take, directly or indirectly (without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly), any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(ki) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission SEC of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the NASDAQ Global Market; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and up to a maximum aggregate amount of $7,500 for the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees and up to a maximum aggregate amount of $30,000 for the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities, provided, however, that if the Representatives and the Company mutually agree that an aircraft shall be chartered in connection with any road show, the Company shall be responsible for 50% of the costs and expenses of such chartered aircraft and the Underwriters shall be responsible for the remaining 50% of such costs and expenses; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, .
(j) The Company agrees that, except unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company with the SEC or retained by the Company under Rule 433 under the Securities Act (“Rule 433”); provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in this Section 5(krespect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rule 164 under the Securities Act (“Rule 164”) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expensesRule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the fees SEC, legending and record keeping.
(k) The Company will promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale (a) completion of any the distribution of the Securities by them, within the meaning of the Securities Act and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make(b) completion of the 90-day restricted period referred to in Section 5(g) hereof.
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Agreements. (i) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the SecuritiesShares, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives Representative with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives Representative of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Representative (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the SecuritiesShares, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing made, not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities Shares is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives Representative of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (ai)(a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives Representative an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Upon the Representative's request, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the UnderwritersRepresentative, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)) by the Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives Representative may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will use its reasonable efforts to arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities Shares for sale (or obtain exemptions from the application of) under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Representative may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesShares; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the SecuritiesShares, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company, directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement or such earlier date that the Representative consents to in writing, provided, however, that the Company may (i) effect the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) issue Ordinary Shares, grant options to purchase Ordinary Shares, restricted stock, or restricted stock units or other equity awards pursuant to any stock option, stock bonus or other stock plan or arrangement described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, provided that such awards shall not become exercisable during the restricted period set forth in this Section 5(g), (iii) issue Ordinary Shares to NPBSIPO Liquidating Trust or its affiliate representing 10% of the Company's fully-diluted equity capitalization immediately prior to the consummation of the offering of Shares as described in the Prospectus, (iv) grant options, restricted shares or other awards to the Company's directors, employees and consultants under the 2016 Incentive Plan as described in the Prospectus, (v) issue Ordinary Shares pursuant to the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities or the exercise of options described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (vi) file a registration statement on Form S-8 to register Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to the terms of a stock option, stock bonus or other stock plan or arrangement described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (vii) issue Ordinary Shares in connection with any joint venture, commercial or collaborative relationship or the acquisition or license by the Company of the securities, businesses, property or other assets of another person or entity or pursuant to any employee benefit plan as assumed by the Company in connection with any such acquisition; provided, however that in the case of clause (vii), (A) such Ordinary Shares shall not in the aggregate exceed 10% of the Company's outstanding Ordinary Shares immediately following the consummation of the offering of the Shares contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement and (B) the recipient thereof provide to the Representative a signed letter substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
(h) If the Representative, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(n) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provides the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(i) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(j) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Shares, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Shares; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Underwriting Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Shares; (v) the registration of the Shares under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Shares on the NASDAQ Capital Market; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Shares, provided that the Company and the Underwriters shall each be responsible for 50% of the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement. The Company and the Representative have also entered into (i) an engagement letter (the “Engagement Letter”), dated February 24, 2017 and (ii) a placement agent agreement, dated ____, 2017 pursuant to which the Representative has agreed to act as agent (the "Placement Agent") in the Company's concurrent private placement (the "Concurrent Private Placement"). Under the Engagement Letter, the Company and the Representative have agreed to allocate the fees and expenses of counsel to the Representative as follows:
(i) In the event that the aggregate gross proceeds of the sale of the Shares and the Concurrent Private Placement are $50,000,000 or more, the Representative shall be responsible for all reasonable fees and expenses of the counsel to the Representative incurred in connection with the sale of the Shares and the Concurrent Private Placement.
(ii) In the event that the aggregate gross proceeds of the sale of the Shares and the Concurrent Private Placement are less than $50,000,000, the Company agrees to reimburse the Representative for all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Representative incurred and unpaid in connection with the sale of the Shares and the Concurrent Private Placement. The Company and the Representative expressly reaffirm and agree to be bound by the terms of the Engagement Letter set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above and to extent the Company is required to reimburse the Representative for the expenses of counsel as set forth in clause (ii) above it is understood and agreed that such reimbursement shall be allocated in proportion to the offering size of the offering of the Shares on the one hand and the Concurrent Private Placement on the other.
(k) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the RepresentativesRepresentative, which will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III II hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives Representative or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(il) The Company will not, without notify promptly the Representative if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior written consent to the later of (a) completion of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate distribution of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position Shares within the meaning of Section 16 the Act and (b) completion of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar 180 day restricted period referred to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I heretoin Section 5(g) hereof.
(jm) The Company, without giving effect to activities by If at any time following the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectlydistribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any action designed event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected state any material fact necessary in order to cause or result in, under make the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation statements therein in the light of the price of any security of circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: will (i) notify promptly the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission Representative so that use of the Registration Statement Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (including financial statements ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of Representative in such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, quantities as may, in each case, may be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makerequested.
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Agreements. The Company ▇▇▇▇ agrees with each of the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company MCFI will not file any amendment of to the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) Statements prior to the Base Closing Date, and will not file any supplement to the Prospectus relating to or affecting the Registered Certificates at any time, except as contemplated by Section 5(e) or unless the Company MCFI has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy to each Underwriter for your its review prior to filing filing, and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you either Underwriter reasonably objectobjects. The Company Subject to the foregoing sentence, MCFI will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filed, or transmitted for filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) under the Securities Act and will promptly advise each Underwriter when the Prospectus has been so filed, (ii) whenor transmitted for filing, and, prior to the termination of the offering of the SecuritiesRegistered Certificates, will also promptly advise each Underwriter (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have Statements relating to the Registered Certificates has become effective or any revision of or supplement to the Prospectus has been so filed or become effectivetransmitted for filing, (iiiii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statements or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iviii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use Statements or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (viv) of the receipt by the Company MCFI of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities Registered Certificates for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company MCFI will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior when a prospectus relating to the filing of Registered Certificates is required to be delivered under the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b)Securities Act, (i) any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any a material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) it shall be necessary to revise, amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, MCFI promptly will prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any a revision, amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) The Company MCFI will furnish to the Representatives each Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriterssuch Underwriter, without charge, signed (if available) copies of the Registration Statement Statements (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be relating to the Registered Certificates is required by under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Securities Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement revisions or amendments thereof or supplements thereto as the Representatives may be reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offeringrequested.
(gd) The Company MCFI will arrange, if necessary, use its best efforts to arrange for the qualification of the Securities Registered Certificates for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Underwriters may designate and will designate, to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesRegistered Certificates and to arrange for the determination of the legality of the Registered Certificates for purchase by institutional investors; provided provided, however, that in no event MCFI shall the Company not be obligated required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(he) The Company agrees thatMCFI will cause or, unless it has or shall if appropriate, will have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, caused any Computational Materials and ABS Term Sheets (each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405Section 9) required with respect to the Registered Certificates, which are delivered by the Underwriters to MCFI pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 9, to be filed by the Company with the Commission on a Current Report on Form 8-K (the "Current Report") pursuant to Rule 13a-11 under the Exchange Act not later than, in each such case, the business day immediately following the later of (i) the day on which such Computational Materials or retained ABS Term Sheets are delivered to counsel for MCFI by the Company under Rule 433Underwriters (it being understood that any such material that is delivered after 10:30 a.m., other than New York City time, on a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto business day shall be deemed to have been given in respect of delivered on the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto next business day) and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) date hereof, and delivery (including postage, air freight charges will promptly advise the Underwriters when each such Current Report has been so filed. Each such Current Report shall be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration StatementStatements. Notwithstanding the two preceding sentences, each Preliminary Prospectus, MCFI shall have no obligation to file materials provided by the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments Underwriters pursuant to or supplements to any of them, as maycontemplated by Section 9 which, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection the reasonable determination of MCFI after making reasonable efforts to consult with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparationUnderwriters, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount are not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made filed pursuant to the No-Action Letters (as defined in Section 9 below), or which contain erroneous information or contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or which, when read in conjunction with the Financial Industry Regulatory AuthorityProspectus, Inc. (including filing fees and omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings)statements therein not misleading; (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is it being understood, however, thatthat MCFI shall have no obligation to review or pass upon the accuracy or adequacy of, except as or to correct, any Computational Materials or ABS Term Sheets provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, by the Underwriters to MCFI pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 9 hereof.
(f) MCFI will pay all make generally available to Registered Certificateholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the filing of their own costs and expensesthe Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, including an earnings statement (which need not be audited) with respect to the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any Mortgage Pool complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities by themAct and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including at the option of MCFI, Rule 158) which may be the annual report filed with the Commission and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makedelivered to Registered Certificateholders pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Purchased Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Basic Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final ProspectusProspectus to be mailed to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424 by first class, properly completed, and any supplement thereto certified or registered mail or will cause the Final Prospectus to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filingsaid Rule. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives Representatives
(i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been mailed to the Commission for filing or filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), 424;
(ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Purchased Securities shall have been filed or become effective, ,
(iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, amendment of or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, ,
(iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and and
(v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of or the qualification of the Purchased Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionif issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicablethereof.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus Prospectus relating to the Purchased Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will will
(i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 54, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance, compliance and
(iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (ivii) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the The Company will make generally available to its security securities holders and to the Representatives as soon as practicable, but not later than 45 days after the end of the 12-month period beginning at the end of the current fiscal quarter of the Company, an earnings statement or statements (which need not be audited) of the Company and its subsidiaries subsidiaries, covering such 12-month period, which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Act.
(fd) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)Act, as many copies of each any Preliminary Prospectus, Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any amendments thereof and any supplement supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(ge) The Subject to the provisions of Section 4A(b), the Company will arrange, if necessary, arrange for the qualification of the Purchased Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall Purchased Securities and will arrange for the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out determination of the offering or sale legality of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subjectPurchased Securities for purchase by institutional investors.
(hf) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained Until the prior written consent of business day following the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may beClosing Date, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, sell or contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company)of, directly or indirectly, including or announce the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect offering of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed warrants covered by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities statement filed under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
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Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to The Company will comply with the termination requirements of Rule 430B of the offering Act and will notify the Representative immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, of (i) the Securities, the Company will not file effectiveness of any post-effective amendment of to the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) new registration statement relating to the Base Prospectus unless Shares or the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and of any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant or amendment to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) whenthe receipt of any comments from the Commission, prior to termination of (iii) any request by the offering of the Securities, Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) the filing of any request by the Commission a new registration statement or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or such new registration statement or of any notice objecting to its order preventing or suspending the use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) preliminary prospectus, or of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction jurisdiction, or of the institution initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding for such purposeunder Section 8A of the Act in connection with the offering of the Shares. The Company will use its promptly effect the filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), notify the Representative of the filing thereof, and take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the Prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424 was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file the Prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable best efforts effort to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the occurrence lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(b) The Company will comply with the Act and the Exchange Act so as to permit the completion of any such suspension or objection to the use distribution of the Shares as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement andand the Prospectus. If at any time when the Prospectus is required by the Act or the Exchange Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares, upon such issuanceany event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, occurrence in the reasonable opinion of outside counsel to the Underwriters or notice of objectionfor the Company, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will 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 not misleading or to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of such outside counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement, to file a new registration statement, or to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the Act, the Company will (i) promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 5(j), such amendment, supplement or new registration statement and using as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to comply with such requirements, (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
, and (biii) To prepare a final term sheetfurnish to the Underwriters, containing solely a description without charge, such number of final terms copies of such amendment, supplement or new registration statement as the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, Underwriters may reasonably request. If at any time prior to the filing following issuance of the Final an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any there occurred or occurs an event occurs or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the Disclosure Package information contained in the Registration Statement (or any other registration statement relating to the Shares) or the Prospectus or included or would include any an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state any a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will (i) promptly notify the Representative and will promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ec) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives Representative an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries Subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Act.
(fd) The Company has furnished or will furnish deliver to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits theretofiled therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be part thereof) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to each other Underwriter the Representative, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits theretoexhibits) and, so long as delivery for each of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may the Underwriters. The Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be required by identical to any electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied Commission pursuant to Rule 172)E▇▇▇▇, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. The Company will deliver to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each Preliminary ProspectusProspectus as such Underwriter may reasonably request, and the Final Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing is required to be delivered under the Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing Prospectus and any amendments or other production of all documents relating supplements thereto furnished to the offering.Underwriters will be identical to any electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to E▇▇▇▇, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(ge) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities Shares for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Representative may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesShares; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the SecuritiesShares, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hf) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the SecuritiesShares.
(kg) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectusthe Prospectus Supplement, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Base Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectusthe Prospectus Supplement, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Base Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the SecuritiesShares; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the SecuritiesShares, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the SecuritiesShares; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents to which the Company is a party printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the SecuritiesShares; (v) the registration of the Securities Shares under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Shares on NASDAQ; (vi) any required registration or qualification of the Securities Shares for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory AuthorityNational Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) (including any filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filingsfees); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the SecuritiesShares; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.
(h) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares to be sold by it hereunder in accordance in all material respects with the statements under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus. It is understoodThe Company will effect the issuance to the Company by Operating Partnership of a number of Series B Units equal to the number of Shares and having economic and other terms substantially identical to the terms of the Shares upon the Company’s contribution to the Operating Partnership of the proceeds from the sale of the Shares.
(i) The Company shall engage and maintain, howeverat its expense, thata transfer agent and, except if necessary under the jurisdiction of its incorporation or the rules of any national securities exchange on which the Series B Preferred Stock will be listed, a registrar (which, if permitted by applicable laws and rules may be the same entity as provided the transfer agent) for the Series B Preferred Stock.
(j) The Company will give the Representative notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement or any new registration statement relating to the Shares or any amendment, supplement or revision to either any Preliminary Prospectus (including any prospectus included in this Section 5(kthe Registration Statement or amendment thereto) at the time it became effective or to the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, and the Company will furnish the Representative with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representative or counsel to the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The Company will give the Representative notice of its intention to make any filing pursuant to the Exchange Act from the date hereof to the Closing Date (and, if any Additional Shares are purchased to the Date of Delivery) and Sections 7 will furnish the Representative with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and 8 hereofwill not file or use any such document to which the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act. To the extent the distribution of Shares has been completed, the Underwriters Company will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including not be required to provide the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any Representative with reports it is required to file with the Commission under the Exchange Act.
(k) The Company will use its best efforts to affect the listing of the Securities Shares on NASDAQ.
(l) The Company shall have furnished to the Representative a certificate, signed by themthe Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, dated the date hereof and any advertising expenses connected in the form reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, with any offers they may makerespect to the Company’s discontinued operations.
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Agreements. (i) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or the ADR Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or the ADR Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement or the ADR Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, the ADR Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the ADR Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its their use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or the ADR Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus Prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (ai)(a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries Significant Subsidiaries, which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement and the ADR Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement and the ADR Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)) by the Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt Ordinary Shares or ADSs or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares or ADSs, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 180 days after the Business Day date of the Underwriting Agreement, provided, however, that (1) the Company may offer, issue and sell the Ordinary Shares sold hereunder; (2) the Company may issue, sell and contract to sell Ordinary Shares and rights to acquire Ordinary Shares pursuant to any equity incentive plan, including any options and free shares, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus and the Company may issue Ordinary Shares issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time; (3) the Company may file one or more registration statements on Form S-8 with respect to its existing or future employee benefit plans; (4) the Company may issue Ordinary Shares or other securities pursuant to agreements described in the Pricing Disclosure Package to the extent the amounts issuable thereunder are described in the Pricing Disclosure Package; and (5) the Company may issue shares or other securities issued in connection with a transaction that includes a commercial relationship (including joint ventures, marketing or distribution arrangements, collaboration agreements or intellectual property license agreements) or any acquisition of assets or not less than a majority or controlling portion of the equity of another entity, provided that (x) the aggregate number of shares issued pursuant to this clause (5) shall not exceed 10.0% of the total number of outstanding shares immediately following the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares pursuant hereto and (y) the recipient of any such shares and securities issued pursuant to this clause (5) during the 180-day restricted period described above shall enter into an agreement in writing with the Underwriters not to sell, offer, dispose of or otherwise transfer any such shares or securities during such Lock-up Period without the prior written consent of the Representatives.
(h) If the Representatives, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth on Schedule I heretoin a lock-up letter described in Section 6(p) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provides the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(i) The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Shares in all material respects in the manner specified in the Pricing Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds”.
(j) The CompanyCompany will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the listing for, without giving effect subject to activities notice of issuance, ADSs issued and sold by the Underwriters, Company on the Nasdaq Global Market.
(k) The Company will file with the Commission such reports as may be required by Rule 463 under the Act.
(l) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the SecuritiesOrdinary Shares or the ADSs.
(km) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the ADR Registration Statement, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the preparation of the Deposit Agreement, the deposit of the Underlying Shares under the Deposit Agreement, the issuance thereunder of ADSs representing such deposited Underlying Shares, the issuance of ADRs evidencing such ADSs and the fees of the Depositary; (iii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, each Prospectus, the Final Prospectus ADR Registration Statement, and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Prospectus and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iiiiv) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (ivv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Underwriting Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (vvi) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the ADSs on the NASDAQ Global Market; (vivii) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters Underwritings relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount qualification (not exceeding to exceed $5,000); (viiviii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings)) not to exceed $35,000; (viiiix) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ixx) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xxi) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, under the Underwriting Agreement.
(n) The Company agrees that, except unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereofthe case may be, the Underwriters prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will pay all not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of their own costs the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and expensesany electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the fees Commission, legending and record keeping.
(o) The Company will notify promptly the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale (a) completion of any the distribution of the Securities within the meaning of the Act and (b) completion of the 180 -day restricted period referred to in Section 5(g) hereof.
(p) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to the Representatives in such quantities as may be reasonably requested.
(q) The Company agrees to pay (1) all fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by themthe Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program, (2) all costs and any advertising expenses connected incurred by the Underwriters in connection with any offers the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of copies of the Directed Share Program material and (3) all stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program. Furthermore, the Company covenants with the Underwriters that the Company and the Underwriters covenant with the Company, that they may make.will comply with all applicable
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Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of to the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission SEC pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the SEC, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission SEC or its staff for any amendment of to the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act (“Rule 172”)), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the CommissionSEC, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Securities Act.
(fe) The Upon request, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, conformed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offeringoffering of the Securities.
(gf) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing or submission (or participation in the filingfiling or submission) of a registration statement with the Commission SEC in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 180 days after the Business Day set forth date of this Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may (i) effect the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) issue and sell shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, pursuant to any stock option plan, incentive plan, employee stock purchase plan, stock bonus plan, stock ownership plan, dividend reinvestment plan or other plan or arrangement of the Company described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (collectively, the “Company Plans”), (iii) issue shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants or options or the settlement of restricted stock units outstanding at the Execution Time or issued thereafter pursuant to a Company Plan, (iv) file one or more registration statements on Schedule I heretoForm S-8 relating to any Company Plan, and (v) issue shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, or enter into an agreement to issue shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, in connection with any bona fide merger, joint venture, strategic alliance, commercial or other collaborative transaction, or the acquisition or license of the business, property, technology or other assets of another individual or entity, or the assumption of an employee benefit plan in connection with such a merger or acquisition, provided, however, that the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock, or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, that the Company may issue or agree to issue pursuant to this clause (v) shall not exceed 5% of the total outstanding shares of Common Stock immediately following the issuance of the Underwritten Securities, and provided, further, that the recipients of such securities issued pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) provide to the Representatives a signed lock-up agreement in the form described in Section 6(i) hereof.
(jh) If the Representatives, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(i) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(i) The CompanyCompany will not take, directly or indirectly (without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly), any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kj) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission SEC of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the Nasdaq Global Market; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; provided, however, that if the Representatives and the Company mutually agree that an aircraft shall be chartered in connection with any road show, the Company shall be responsible for 50% of the costs and expenses of such chartered aircraft and the Underwriters shall be responsible for the remaining 50% of such costs and expenses; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood; provided, however, that the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters incurred pursuant clauses (vi) and (vii) of this Section 5(j) shall not exceed $40,000 in the aggregate.
(k) The Company agrees to pay (i) all fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program, (ii) all documented costs and expenses incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of copies of the Directed Share Program material and (iii) all stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program.
(l) The Company agrees that, except unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company with the SEC or retained by the Company under Rule 433 under the Securities Act (“Rule 433”); provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in this Section 5(krespect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rule 164 under the Securities Act (“Rule 164”) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expensesRule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the fees SEC, legending and record keeping.
(m) The Company will promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale (a) completion of any the distribution of the Securities by themwithin the meaning of the Securities Act and (b) completion of the 180-day restricted period referred to in Section 5(g) hereof.
(n) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any advertising expenses connected amendment or supplement to the Representatives in such quantities as may be reasonably requested. Furthermore, the Company covenants with any offers they may makeCitigroup Global Markets Inc. that the Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program.
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Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company (except as permitted by the lock-up letter described in Section 6(l) hereof) or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until for a period of 180 days after the Business Day set forth date of the Underwriting Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time, (ii) the Company may issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time; (iii) the Company may file one or more registration statements on Schedule I Form S-8; and (iv) the Company may issue shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock representing in the aggregate no more than 5% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock following the Closing Date to one or more counterparties in connection with the consummation of a credit facility, strategic partnership, joint venture, collaboration or the acquisition or license of any business products or intellectual property, provided, however, that the recipients of any such securities agree to be bound by a lock-up agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto.
(jh) If the Representatives, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(l) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provides the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(i) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(kj) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the NASDAQ Global Market; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings, with such fees and expenses of counsel not to exceed $30,000); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the SecuritiesSecurities provided, that the Company shall only be responsible for one-half of the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, .
(k) The Company agrees that, except unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereofthe case may be, the Underwriters prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will pay all not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of their own costs the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and expensesany electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the fees Commission, legending and record keeping.
(l) The Company will notify promptly the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale (a) completion of any the distribution of the Securities by themwithin the meaning of the Securities Act and (b) completion of the 180-day restricted period referred to in Section 5(g) hereof.
(m) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any advertising expenses connected with any offers they amendment or supplement to the Representatives in such quantities as may makebe reasonably requested.
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Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement to the Base Prospectus (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object). The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To The Company will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final the offering of the Securities thereof and the terms of the Securities and the offering thereofConcurrent Debt Offering, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the UnderwritersRepresentatives, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a the free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesCitigroup Global Markets Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto90th day after the date of this Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may (A) issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time, (B) issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time, (C) issue and sell 3.0% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2014 in connection with the Concurrent Debt Offering and issue Common Stock upon conversion thereof and (D) issue and sell up to 500,000 shares of Common Stock in connection with future acquisitions.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (ivii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (viii) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the NASDAQ Global Select Market; (viiv) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (viiv) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory AuthorityNASD, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viiivi) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives (but not the Underwriters) in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ixvii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xviii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
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Agreements. The Company South Africa agrees with each of the several Underwriters thatof any Designated Securities:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause To prepare the Final Prospectus, properly completedas amended and supplemented, and any supplement thereto as the case may be, in relation to be filed the applicable Designated Securities in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant and to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of file such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission 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 the Pricing Agreement relating to the applicable Designated Securities or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 424(b), (ii) when, ; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented after such filing and prior to termination the Time of Delivery for such Securities which shall be disapproved by the Representatives for such Securities promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise the Representatives promptly of any such amendment or supplement after such Time of Delivery and furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of such Securities,and during such same period to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the offering of the Securities, time when any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have has been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission becomes effective or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Base Prospectus or for any additional informationamended Base Prospectus has been filed with the Commission, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to its use the Securities, of the suspension of the qualification of such Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the institution initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the receipt by Registration Statement or Base Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the Company event of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension order preventing or objection to suspending the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of suspending any such eventqualification, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use promptly its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.obtain its withdrawal;
(eb) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available Promptly from time to its security holders and time to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with take such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto action as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay request to qualify the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the applicable Designated Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate reasonably request and will maintain to comply with such qualifications laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in effect so such jurisdictions for as long as required for may be necessary to complete the distribution of the such Designated Securities; , provided that in no event connection therewith South Africa shall the Company not be obligated required to qualify as a foreign corporation or similar entity or to do business file a general or unlimited consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to service general or unlimited services of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.jurisdiction;
(hc) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will To (i) not make any offer relating to the applicable Designated Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405405 under the Act) required to be filed by the Company South Africa with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433433 under the Act unless the Representatives approve its use in writing prior to first use (each, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto“Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”); provided that the prior written consent of the parties Representatives hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses included in Prospectus(es) listed on Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented IV to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that applicable Pricing Agreement, (xii) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and Prospectus, (yiii) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act applicable to any Permitted Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect the requirements relating to concurrent or prior delivery of a prospectus, timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.keeping and (iv) not take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Issuer being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder;
(d) To file the applicable Pricing Agreement, the form of which is attached as Annex I hereto, as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 under the Act prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York time) two business days after the execution of any such Pricing Agreement;
(e) If any part of the Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Designated Securities at a time when the Preliminary Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur as a result of which, in the opinion of internal or external counsel to the Underwriters or South Africa, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or to make the statements therein not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission, promptly either (i) The Company prepare and file with the Commission (if required) and furnish to the Underwriters and any dealers an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Disclosure Package or (ii) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate filing under the Exchange Act which shall be incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package so that in the case of either (i) or (ii) above the Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances, be misleading or conflict with the Registration Statement then on file, or so that the Disclosure Package will comply with the Act, the Exchange Act and/or the rules and regulations of the Commission;
(f) To furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Preliminary Prospectus and Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, in such quantities as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Preliminary Prospectus or Final 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 Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus or to file under the Act or the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act, to notify the Representatives and upon their request to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request of such amended prospectus or a supplement to such prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance;
(g) To make generally available to its security holders in the United States and to the Representatives as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than twenty-four months after the effective date of the Registration Statement, a statement in the English language of revenues and expenditures of South Africa (which need not be audited) covering the first full fiscal year of South Africa commencing after the date hereof that will satisfy Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(h) During the period beginning from the date of the Pricing Agreement for such Designated Securities and continuing to and including the later of (i) the termination of trading restrictions for such Designated Securities, as notified to South Africa by the Representatives and (ii) the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose outside of South Africa of any debt securities of South Africa with a maturity of one year or more and which are substantially similar to such Designated Securities, without the prior written consent of the Representatives;
(i) So long as any Securities are outstanding and unless otherwise publicly available, offerto furnish to the Representatives, sellupon request, contract to sellas soon as practicable after the determination thereof, pledge, or otherwise dispose copies of all reports and financial statements (or enter into any transaction in each case which is designed to, or might reasonably need not be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwiseaudited) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement filed with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the exchange on which Designated Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.are listed;
(j) The CompanySo long as any Securities are outstanding, without giving to obtain and maintain in full force and effect all governmental approvals (including but not limited to activities by the UnderwritersCurrency Transfer Guarantee) which may be necessary under the laws of South Africa for the performance of South Africa’s obligations under the Securities or for the validity or enforceability thereof or hereof and duly take all necessary and appropriate governmental and administrative action in South Africa in order to permit all payments to be made under the Securities in accordance with their terms; and
(k) To apply for listing of the Designated Securities on each securities exchange, will not takeif any, directly or indirectlylisted in the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated Securities, any action designed and to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected use its reasonable best efforts to cause or result ineach such listing to be approved and, if required in connection with any such listing, to register such Designated Securities under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation as soon as practicable after the applicable Time of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the SecuritiesDelivery.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
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Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement prevention and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objectionprevention, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any If there occurs an event occurs or development as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state any a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing prevailing, not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, compliance and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, Underwriters signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172)) by the Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that .
(g) The Company will not, for a period of 90 days following the Execution Time, without the prior written consent of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLC, offer, sell or contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in no event shall the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company be obligated or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock, or publicly announce an intention to qualify effect any such transaction, provided, however, that the Company may issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to do business any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in any jurisdiction where it is effect at the Execution Time and the Company may issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time.
(h) The Company will not now so qualified take, directly or to take indirectly, any action designed to or that would subject it constitute or that might reasonably be expected to service of process in suitscause or result in, other than those arising out under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(i) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering or and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any jurisdiction where it is not now so subjectblue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Securities on the Nasdaq Global Market; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification); (vii) any filings required to be made with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.
(hj) The Company agrees that, unless it has obtained or shall have obtained will obtain the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has obtained or shall have obtainedwill obtain, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; 433 provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt securities similar to the Securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(j) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000; (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
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Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary ProspectusRule 462(b) to the Base Prospectus Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇).
(fe) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all offering documents relating to the offeringoffering contemplated by this Agreement.
(gf) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to taxation or to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(ig) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of each of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), ) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other shares of Common Stock or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may file a registration statement on Form S-8 and issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time and the Company may issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the Business Day set forth expiration of the 18-day period beginning on Schedule I heretothe issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The Company will provide the Representatives and each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to the lock-up letters described in Section 6(l) hereof with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.
(jh) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(ki) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Securities on the NASDAQ Global Select Market; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Authority (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses (exclusive of expenses incurred in connection with the chartering of any aircraft) incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) 50% of the expenses incurred by the Representatives and the Company in connection with the chartering of any aircraft in connection with the presentation to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (x) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xxi) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, .
(j) The Company agrees that, except unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as provided in this Section 5(k) and Sections 7 and 8 hereofthe case may be, the Underwriters prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will pay all not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company or such Underwriter with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of their own costs the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and expensesany electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the fees of their counselCommission, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, legending and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may makerecord keeping.
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Agreements. The Company Each of the Partnership Parties, jointly and severally, agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the SecuritiesUnits, the Company Partnership will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company Partnership has furnished the Representatives or Representatives’ counsel Representative a copy for your its review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you the Representative reasonably object. The Company Partnership will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives Representative with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives Representative of such timely filing. The Company Partnership will promptly advise the Representatives Representative (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the SecuritiesUnits, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company Partnership of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities Units for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company Partnership will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which (i) the Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading or (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Partnership will (A) notify promptly the Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package or the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (B) amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to correct such statement, omission or conflict; and (C) supply any amendment or supplement to the Representative in such quantities as it may reasonably request.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Units is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company Partnership promptly will (i) notify the Representatives Representative of any such event, ; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or amendment, supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, ; (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus Prospectus; and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you the Representative in such quantities as you they may reasonably request.
(ed) As soon as practicable, the Company Partnership will make generally available to its security holders unitholders and to the Representatives Representative an earnings statement or statements of the Company Partnership and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158; provided that 158 under the Company will be deemed to have complied with such request by filing such an earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (▇▇▇▇▇)Act.
(fe) The Company Partnership will furnish to the Representatives Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives Representative may reasonably request. The Company Partnership will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(gf) The Company Partnership will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities Units for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Representative may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the SecuritiesUnits; provided provided, that in no event shall the Company Partnership be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the SecuritiesUnits, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(hg) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company Partnership will not, without the prior written consent of the RepresentativesUBS Securities LLC, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate Partnership, Tesoro, TRMC, Tesoro Alaska and each officer and director of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), General Partner) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any unsecured long-term debt other Common Units or any securities similar to the Securities issued convertible into, or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities)exercisable, or exchangeable for, Common Units; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 30 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement; provided, however, that the Partnership may (A) issue and sell the Units, (B) issue and sell Common Units pursuant to any employee benefit plan of the Partnership in effect at the Execution Time, (C) issue Common Units or any securities convertible or exchangeable into Common Units up to an aggregate 10% of the Common Units to be outstanding immediately following the sale of the Common Units pursuant to this Agreement as payment of any part of the purchase price for businesses that are acquired by the Partnership or its subsidiaries, provided that any recipient of such Common Units must agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Section 5(g) for the remaining term of the 30-day restricted period or (D) file one or more registration statements on Form S-8, provided that the Partnership shall otherwise remain subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 5(g) with respect to any Common Units or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Common Units registered thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) during the last 17 days of the 30-day restricted period, the Partnership issues an earnings release or announces material news or a material event relating to the Partnership occurs; or (ii) prior to the expiration of the 30-day restricted period, the Partnership announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 30-day period, then the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the Business Day set forth expiration of the 18-day period beginning on Schedule I heretothe issuance of the earnings release or the announcement of the material news or the occurrence of the material event. The Partnership will provide the Representative and any co-managers and each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to the lock-up letters described in Section 6(h) with prior notice of any such announcement or occurrence that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.
(jh) The Company, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, Partnership Entities will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the SecuritiesUnits.
(ki) The Company Partnership agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the SecuritiesUnits; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the SecuritiesUnits, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the SecuritiesUnits; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the SecuritiesUnits; (v) the registration of the Securities Units under the Exchange ActAct and the listing of the Units on the NYSE; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities Units for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification) in an amount not exceeding $5,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings)FINRA; (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives the Partnership and the Representative in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the SecuritiesUnits; (ix) the fees and expenses of the CompanyPartnership’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the CompanyPartnership; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company Partnership of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, provided that except as provided in this Section 5(k) 5 and in Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will shall pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees costs and expenses of their counsel, any transfer taxes on resale the Units that they may sell and the expenses of advertising any offering of the Securities Units made by themthe Underwriters.
(j) The Partnership agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representative, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Partnership that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Partnership, it has not made and will not make any advertising expenses connected offer relating to the Units that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Partnership with the Commission or retained by the Partnership under Rule 433; provided, that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and any offers they electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representative or the Partnership is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Partnership agrees that (i) it has treated and will treat, as the case may makebe, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (ii) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(k) The Partnership will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Units in the manner specified in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(l) The Partnership will use its best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Common Units on the New York Stock Exchange.
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