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[Form of Underwriting Agreement]
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc.
[ ] Shares
Common Stock
($.01 par value)
Underwriting Agreement
New York, New York
[ ], 2001
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney Inc.
XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation
First Union Securities, Inc.
As Representatives of the several Underwriters,
c/o Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc., a corporation organized under the
laws of Delaware (the "Company"), proposes to sell to the several underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters"), for whom you are acting as
representatives (the "Representatives"), [ ] shares of Common Stock,
$.01 par value ("Common Stock") of the Company (said shares to be issued and
sold by the Company being hereinafter called the "Underwritten Securities"). The
Company also proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to
[ ] additional shares of Common Stock to cover over-allotments (the
"Option Securities"; the Option Securities, together with the Underwritten
Securities, being hereinafter called the "Securities"). Any reference herein to
the Registration Statement, a Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be
deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Exchange Act on or
before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of
such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and any
reference herein to the terms "amend", "amendment" or "supplement" with respect
to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the
Exchange Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement, or the
issue date of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be,
deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.
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To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule I
other than you, the term Representatives as used herein shall mean you, as
Underwriters, and the terms Representatives and Underwriters shall mean either
the singular or plural as the context requires. The use of the neuter in this
Agreement shall include the feminine and masculine wherever appropriate. Certain
terms used herein are defined in Section 17 hereof.
It is understood and agreed that X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. ("JPM")
and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney Inc. ("SSB") are joint book-running managers (together,
the "Joint Managers") and, except as otherwise stated, any determinations or
other actions to be made under this Agreement by you or the Representatives
shall require the consent of both JPM and SSB.
1. Representations and Warranties.
The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each
Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1.
(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3
under the Act and has prepared and filed with the Commission a
registration statement (file number 333-69136) on Form S-3, including a
related preliminary prospectus, for registration under the Act of the
offering and sale of the Securities. The Company may have filed one or
more amendments thereto, including a related preliminary prospectus,
each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will
next file with the Commission either (1) prior to the Effective Date of
such registration statement, a further amendment to such registration
statement (including the form of final prospectus) or (2) after the
Effective Date of such registration statement, a final prospectus in
accordance with Rules 430A and 424(b). In the case of clause (2), the
Company has included in such registration statement, as amended at the
Effective Date, all information (other than Rule 430A Information)
required by the Act and the rules thereunder to be included in such
registration statement and the Prospectus. As filed, such amendment and
form of final prospectus, or such final prospectus, shall contain all
Rule 430A Information, together with all other such required
information, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree
in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in
the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent
not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific
additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the
latest Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to
the Execution Time, will be included or made therein.
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(b) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did or
will, and when the Prospectus is first filed (if required) in
accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined herein)
and on any date on which Option Securities are purchased, if such date
is not the Closing Date (a "settlement date"), the Prospectus (and any
supplements thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder; on the
Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement
did not or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and,
on the Effective Date, the Prospectus, if not filed pursuant to Rule
424(b), will not, and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule
424(b), and on the Closing Date and any settlement date, the Prospectus
(together with any supplement thereto) will not, include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided,
however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to
the information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement, or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus (or any supplement thereto).
(c) Each of the Company's (a) Form 10-K, for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2000, (b) Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31,
2001, (c) Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2001, (d) Information
Statement for the 2001 annual meeting of shareholders pursuant to
Section 14(c) of the Exchange Act, and (e) each of the Company's
current reports on Form 8-K, dated March 15, 2001, March 23, 2001, May
14, 2001, August 31, 2001, September 5, 2001 and September 10, 2001
(collectively, the documents listed in (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above
are referred to as the "1934 Act Reports") filed with the Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act at the time they were or hereafter are
filed with the Commission complied or will comply in all material
respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, and, when filed with the
Commission, did not and will not include 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.
(d) Each of the Company and Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("Endo Pharmaceuticals"), and Endo Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("Endo", together with Endo Pharmaceuticals, the
"Subsidiaries"), has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as
a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware
with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case
may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as
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described in the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except where the
failure to be so qualified or in good standing in any such other
jurisdiction would not have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties
of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not
arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business (a
"Material Adverse Effect").
(e) Other than the Subsidiaries, the Company has no
subsidiaries and, except for Endo's ownership interest in U.S.
Dermatologics, Inc., does not own any shares of capital stock of or
interests in any other Person.
(f) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are
fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the
Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Subsidiaries
are owned by the Company directly free and clear of any perfected
security interest or any other security interests, claims, liens or
encumbrances.
(g) The Company's authorized equity capitalization is as set
forth in the Prospectus. The capital stock of the Company conforms in
all material respects to the description thereof contained in the
Prospectus. The outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly and
validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. The
Securities being sold hereunder by the Company have been duly and
validly authorized, and, when issued and delivered to and paid for by
the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will be fully paid and
nonassessable. The Securities being sold hereunder by the Company are
duly listed, and admitted and authorized for trading, subject to
official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory distribution
on the Nasdaq National Market. The certificates for the Securities are
in valid and sufficient form; the holders of outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company are not entitled to preemptive or other
rights to subscribe for the Securities; and, except as set forth in the
Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase,
agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any
obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital
stock of or ownership interests in the Company are outstanding.
(h) There is no franchise, contract or other document of a
character required to be described in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not
described or filed as required; and the statements in the Prospectus
under the headings "Risk Factors - Our ability to protect our
proprietary technology, which is vital to our business, is uncertain",
"Business - Governmental Regulation", "Business - Patents, Licenses and
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Proprietary Information", "Business - Service Agreements","Business -
Licenses and Collaboration Agreements", "Business - Environmental
Matters", "Business - Legal Proceedings" and "Certain U.S. Federal
Income Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders of Common Stock" insofar as
such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or
proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such
legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.
(i) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding obligation
of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(j) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds
thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be an "investment
company" as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(k) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order
of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection
with the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been
obtained under the Act and such as may be required under the blue sky
laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner
contemplated herein and in the Prospectus.
(l) Neither the issue and sale of the Securities nor the
consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor
the fulfillment of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a
breach or violation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance
upon any property or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any 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 of the Subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which
their property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation,
judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency,
governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction
over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of its or their
properties; except, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii), for any such
conflict, breach, violation or imposition that would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Except for those rights contained in the Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of July 17, 2000 by and between the Company
and Endo Pharma LLC, no holders of securities of the Company have
rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration
Statement.
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(n) The consolidated historical financial statements and
schedules of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus and the Registration Statement present fairly in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the
dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and have been prepared in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise
noted therein). The consolidated historical financial statements of
Algos Pharmaceuticals Corporation ("Algos") included or incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement present
fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of Algos and its consolidated subsidiaries as
of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and have been prepared in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise
noted therein). The selected consolidated financial data set forth
under the captions "Selected Historical Consolidated Financial Data"
and "Selected Financial Data" included or incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus and Registration Statement fairly present, on the basis
stated in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement, the
information included therein. The pro forma financial statements
included in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement include
assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the
significant effects directly attributable to the transactions and
events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give
appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma adjustments
reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the historical
financial statement amounts in the pro forma financial statements
included in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement. The pro
forma financial statements included in the Prospectus and the
Registration Statement comply as to form in all material respects with
the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X under the Act
and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the
historical amounts in the compilation of those statements.
(o) Except as set forth in the Prospectus, no action, suit or
proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or
body or any arbitrator, including, without limitation, the United
States Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA") and United States Drug
Enforcement Agency (the "DEA"), involving the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries or its or their respective properties is pending or, to
the best knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i) could have a
material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii)
could have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(p) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries owns or leases
all such properties as are necessary to the conduct of its operations
as presently conducted.
(q) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or
default of (i) any provision of its charter or bylaws, (ii) the terms
of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note
agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition,
covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its
property is subject, or (iii) except as set forth in the Prospectus,
any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body,
arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or
such Subsidiary or any of its properties; except, in the case of clause
(ii) or (iii), for any such violation or default that would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(r) Each of Deloitte & Touche LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and
Algos, respectively, and delivered their reports with respect to the
audited consolidated financial statements and schedules included in the
Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to the
Company and Algos, respectively, within the meaning of the Act and the
applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.
(s) There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or
charges under Federal law or the laws of any state, or any political
subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance by the Company
of the Securities.
(t) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has filed all
foreign, Federal, state and local tax returns that are required to be
filed or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which
the failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect) and
has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment,
fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the
foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or
penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries exists or is threatened or imminent,
and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor
disturbance by the employees of any of its or the Subsidiaries'
principal suppliers, contractors or customers, in each case that could
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries are insured by
insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and
risks and in such
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amounts as are prudent and customary in the business in which they are
engaged; and the Company and each such Subsidiary have no reason to
believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar
coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its
business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect,
except as set forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of
any supplement thereto).
(w) Except as set forth in the Prospectus, (A) the Company and
the Subsidiaries possess all permits, licenses, provider numbers,
certificates, approvals, consents, orders, certifications and other
authorizations (collectively, "Governmental Licenses") issued by, and
have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate Federal,
state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies, including
without limitation, the FDA and the DEA, necessary to conduct the
business now operated by the Company and the Subsidiaries except where
the failure to possess such Governmental Licenses or to make such
declarations and filings would not result in a Material Adverse Effect;
the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and
conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure
so to comply would not, individually and in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and
in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such
Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to
be in full force and effect would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
and (B) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice
of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
Governmental Licenses which, individually or in the aggregate, if the
subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in
a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system
of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management's general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to
maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only
in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and
(iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the
existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken
with respect to any differences.
(y) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be
expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the
price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale
of the Securities in violation of the Exchange Act.
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(z) Except as set forth in the Prospectus, the Company, the
Subsidiaries and each of the research and development, manufacturing
and other facilities leased or operated by them (there being no such
facilities owned by the Company and the Subsidiaries) (i) are in
compliance with any and all applicable foreign, Federal, state and
local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health
and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes,
pollutants or contaminants ("Environmental Laws"), (ii) have received
and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals
required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their
respective businesses, (iii) have not received notice of any actual or
potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any
disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes,
pollutants or contaminants, and (iv) are not subject to liabilities and
costs associated with compliance by them with Environmental Laws,
except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to
receive required permits, licenses or other approvals, or liabilities
or costs would not, individually and in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company, the Subsidiaries nor any such
facility has received notice that it has been named as a "potentially
responsible party" under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, in any proceeding
currently pending.
(aa) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has fulfilled
its obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Xxxxxxx
000 xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 ("ERISA") and the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder with respect to each "plan" (as defined in Section 3(3) of
ERISA and such regulations and published interpretations) in which
employees of the Company and the Subsidiaries are eligible to
participate and each such plan is in compliance in all material
respects with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and such
regulations and published interpretations. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has incurred any unpaid liability to the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation (other than for the payment of premiums in the
ordinary course) or to any such plan under Title IV of ERISA.
(bb) The Company and the Subsidiaries own, have rights under,
license or have other rights to use, on reasonable terms, all patents,
patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service xxxx
registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade
secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property
(collectively, the "Intellectual Property") necessary for the conduct
of their business as now conducted; and neither the Company nor any of
the Subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or conflict
with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual
Property, which infringement or conflict, individually or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or
finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(cc) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries have
failed to file with applicable regulatory authorities (including, but
not limited to, the FDA and DEA) any statement, report, information or
form required by any applicable law, regulation or order, except where
the failure to file or to be so in compliance would not, individually
and in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. No deficiencies
have been asserted by any regulatory commission, agency or authority
with respect to any such filings or submissions, except for any such
failures to be in compliance or deficiencies which would not,
individually and in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(dd) The Company has established a compliance program
(including a written compliance policy) to assist the Company and the
Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and employees in
complying with applicable regulatory agency guidelines (including,
without limitation, those regulations and guidelines published by FDA
and DEA), and to provide compliance policies governing applicable areas
for pharmaceutical companies.
(ee) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, the Company and the Subsidiaries (i) do not have any
material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending
affiliate of any of the Representatives and (ii) do not intend to use
any of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder to repay
any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any of the
Representatives.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and
delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection
with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and
warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
2. Purchase and Sale.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon
the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell
to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of $[ ] per share, the
amount of the Underwritten Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter's name
in Schedule I hereto.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon
the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company hereby grants
an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up
to [ ] Option Securities at the same purchase price per share as the
Underwriters shall pay for the Underwritten Securities. Said option may be
exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sale of the Underwritten
Securities by the Underwriters. Said option may be exercised in whole or in part
at any time on or before the 30th day after the date of the
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Prospectus upon written or telegraphic notice by the Representatives to the
Company setting forth the number of shares of the Option Securities as to which
the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the settlement date. The
number of Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the
same percentage of the total number of shares of the Option Securities to be
purchased by the several Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the
Underwritten Securities, subject to such adjustments as you in your absolute
discretion shall make to eliminate any fractional shares.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the
Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities (if the option provided for in
Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the third Business
Day prior to the Closing Date) shall be made at 10:00 AM, New York City time, on
[ ], 2001, or at such time on such later date not more than three
Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate,
which date and time may be postponed by agreement among the Representatives and
the Company or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery
and payment for the Securities being herein called the "Closing Date"). Delivery
of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective
accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters
through the Representatives of the respective aggregate purchase prices of the
Securities being sold by the Company to or upon the order of the Company by wire
transfer payable in same-day funds to the account specified by the Company.
Delivery of the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities shall be made
through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the
Representatives shall otherwise instruct.
If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised
after the third Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the Company will deliver
the Option Securities (at the expense of the Company) to the Representatives, at
[ ], on the date specified by the Representatives (which shall be
within three Business Days after exercise of said option) for the respective
accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment by the several
Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or
upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to the
account specified by the Company. If settlement for the Option Securities occurs
after the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to the Representatives on the
settlement date for the Option Securities, and the obligation of the
Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities shall be conditioned upon receipt
of, supplemental opinions, certificates and letters confirming as of such date
the opinions, certificates and letters delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to
Section 6 hereof.
4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several
Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth
in the Prospectus.
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5. Agreements. The Company agrees with the several
Underwriters that:
(a) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the
Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, and any
amendment thereof, to become effective. 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 Prospectus or any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished you a
copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such
proposed amendment or supplement to which the Joint Managers, acting
jointly, reasonably object. Subject to the foregoing sentence, if the
Registration Statement has become or becomes effective pursuant to Rule
430A, or filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule
424(b), the Company will cause the Prospectus, properly completed, and
any supplement thereto to be filed 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 (1)
when the Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution
Time, shall have become effective, (2) when the 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, (3) when, prior to
termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the
Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (4)
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 Prospectus or for any additional information,
(5) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or
threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (6) 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 best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such
stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued,
to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the
Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, 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 not misleading, or if it shall
be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the
Prospectus to comply with the Act or the rules thereunder, the Company
promptly will (1) notify the Representatives of any such event, (2)
prepare and file with the Commission,
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subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an
amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission
or effect such compliance, and (3) supply any supplemented Prospectus
to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request in writing;
provided that in case any 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 such Underwriter.
(c) 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 under the Act.
(d) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and
counsel for the Underwriters 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 Underwriter or dealer may be
required by the Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus and
the Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may
reasonably request in writing.
(e) 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 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.
(f) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of
SSB, 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 90 days after the date of this Agreement,
provided,
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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.
(g) 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 stabilization or manipulation of the
price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale
of the Securities in violation of the Exchange Act.
(h) 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 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 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 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 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.
6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the
Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on
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the part of the Company contained herein as of the Execution Time, the Closing
Date and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of
the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the
provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) If the Registration Statement has not become effective
prior to the Execution Time, unless the Representatives agree in writing to a
later time, the Registration Statement will become effective not later than (i)
6:00 PM New York City time on the date of determination of the public offering
price, if such determination occurred at or prior to 3:00 PM New York City time
on such date or (ii) 9:30 AM on the Business Day following the day on which the
public offering price was determined, if such determination occurred after 3:00
PM New York City time on such date; if filing of the Prospectus, or any
supplement thereto, is required pursuant to Rule 424(b), the Prospectus, and any
such supplement, will be filed in the manner and within the time period required
by Rule 424(b); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.
(b) The Company shall have requested and caused Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, and Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx,
General Counsel of the Company, to have furnished to the Representatives their
opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibits B and C, respectively.
(c) The Company shall have requested and caused (i) King &
Spalding, special regulatory counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the
Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Representatives, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D and (ii) (A) Schnader,
Harrison, Xxxxx & Xxxxx LLP and (B) Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, special intellectual
property counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Representatives their
opinions, each dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit E .
(d) The Representatives shall have received from Debevoise &
Xxxxxxxx, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the
Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, with respect to the issuance
and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (together
with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives
may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel
such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon
such matters.
(e) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a
certificate of the Company, signed by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the
signers of such
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certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus,
any supplements to the Prospectus and this Agreement and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the
same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied
with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to
be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or, to the Company's knowledge,
threatened; and
(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (exclusive of
any supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect.
(f) The Company shall have requested and caused Deloitte &
Touche LLP to have furnished to the Representatives letters, at the Execution
Time and at the Closing Date, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as
of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives,
confirming that they are independent accountants within the meaning of the Act
and the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder
and that they have performed a review of the unaudited interim financial
information of the Company for the six-month period ended June 30, 2001 and as
at June 30, 2001 and of Algos for the six-month period ended June 30, 2000 and
as at June 30, 2000 in accordance with Statement on Auditing Standards No. 71
and stating in effect that:
(i) in their opinion the audited financial statements and
financial statement schedules of the Company included or incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and
reported on by them comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and
the related rules and regulations adopted by the Commission;
(ii) on the basis of a reading of the latest unaudited
financial statements made available by the Company and the Subsidiaries
and Algos; their limited review, in accordance with standards
established under Statement on Auditing Standards No. 71, of the
unaudited interim financial information of the Company for the
six-month period ended June 30, 2001, and as at June 30, 2001 and the
unaudited interim financial information of Algos for the six-month
period ended June 30, 2000, and as at June 30, 2000; carrying out
certain specified procedures (but not an examination in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards) which would not necessarily
reveal matters of significance
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with respect to the comments set forth in such letter; a reading of the
minutes of the meetings of the stockholders, directors and committees
of the board of directors of the Company and the Subsidiaries and of
Algos; and inquiries of certain officials of the Company and Algos who
have responsibility for financial and accounting matters of the Company
and the Subsidiaries and Algos as to transactions and events subsequent
to June 30, 2001, nothing came to their attention which caused them to
believe that:
(1) any unaudited financial statements (other than
the unaudited financial statements of Algos for the period
ended June 30, 1999) included or incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus do not comply as
to form in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and with the
related rules and regulations adopted by the Commission; and
said unaudited financial statements are not in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis
substantially consistent with that of the audited financial
statements included in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus;
(2) with respect to the period subsequent to June 30,
2001, there were any changes, at a specified date not more
than five days prior to the date of the letter, in the
long-term debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries or capital
stock of the Company or decreases in the stockholders' equity
of the Company or decreases in working capital of the Company
as compared with the amounts shown on the June 30, 2001
balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, or for the period
from July 1, 2001 to such specified date there were any
decreases, as compared with the corresponding period in the
preceding year in net sales, gross profit, operating income,
income before tax benefit and or in total or per share amounts
of net income of the Company, except in all instances for
changes or decreases set forth in such letter, in which case
the letter shall be accompanied by an explanation by the
Company as to the significance thereof unless said explanation
is not deemed necessary by the Representatives; and
(3) the information included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus in
response to Regulation S-K, Item 301 (Selected Financial Data)
and Item 402 (Executive Compensation) is not in conformity
with the applicable disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K.
(iii) they have performed certain other specified procedures
as a result of which they determined that certain information of an
accounting, financial or
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statistical nature (which is limited to accounting, financial or
statistical information derived from the general accounting records of
the Company) set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus agrees with the accounting records of the
Company, excluding any questions of legal interpretation.
(iv) on the basis of a reading of the unaudited pro forma
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus (the "pro forma financial
statements"); carrying out certain specified procedures; inquiries of
certain officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial
and accounting matters; and proving the arithmetic accuracy of the
application of the pro forma adjustments to the historical amounts in
the pro forma financial statements, nothing came to their attention
which caused them to believe that the pro forma financial statements do
not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X or that the pro
forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical
amounts in the compilation of such statements.
References to the Prospectus in this paragraph (f) include any
supplement thereto at the date of the letter.
(g) The Company shall have requested and caused
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to have furnished to the Representatives letters, at
the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, dated respectively as of the
Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type
ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters with
respect to (i) the audited financial statements and (ii) the unaudited financial
statements for the six-month period ended June 30, 1999, of Algos contained in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
References to the Prospectus in this paragraph (g) include any
supplement thereto at the date of the letter.
(h) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates
as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any
amendment thereof) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto),
there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or
letters referred to in paragraph (f) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or
any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition
(financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and
the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in
the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any
case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the
Joint Managers, acting jointly, so material and adverse as to make it
impractical or inadvisable
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to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by
the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(i) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have
furnished to the Representatives such further information, customary closing and
secretary certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably
request.
(j) The Securities shall have been duly approved for quotation
on the Nasdaq National Market, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall
have been provided to the Representatives.
(k) Prior to the Execution Time, the Company shall have
furnished to the Representatives a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto from each executive officer and director of the Company and from Endo
Pharma LLC, addressed to the Representatives.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not
have been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this
Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or
elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the
Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder
may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the
Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in
writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall
be delivered at the office of Debevoise & Xxxxxxxx, counsel for the
Underwriters, at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, on the Closing
Date.
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7. Reimbursement of Underwriters' Expenses. If the sale of the
Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the
obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied,
because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any
refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any
agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a
default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters
severally through SSB on demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been reasonably
incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the
Securities.
8. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter
and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the
Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject
under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or
regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
the registration statement for the registration of the Securities as originally
filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of
or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as
incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in
any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability
arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of
any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein;
provided further that with respect to any untrue statement or omission of
material fact made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the indemnity agreement
contained in this Section 8(a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter
from whom the person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability
purchased the Securities concerned, to the extent that any such loss, claim,
damage or liability of such Underwriter occurs under the circumstance where it
shall have been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and
non-appealable judgment that (w) the Company had previously furnished copies of
the Prospectus to the Representatives, (x) delivery of the Prospectus was
required by the Act to be made to such person, (y) the untrue statement or
omission of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Prospectus was
corrected in the Prospectus and (z) there was not sent or
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given to such person, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of
such Securities to such person, a copy of the Prospectus. This indemnity
agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise
have.
(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its
officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the
Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same
extent as the foregoing indemnity to each Underwriter, but only with reference
to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by
or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for
inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter
may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth in
the last paragraph of the cover page regarding delivery of the Securities and,
under the heading "Underwriting", the sentences related to concessions and
reallowances and the paragraphs related to stabilization, syndicate covering
transactions and penalty bids in any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the
several Underwriters for inclusion in any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party
under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i)
will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and
to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results
in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses
and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any
obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation
provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled
to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party's choice at the indemnifying
party's expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which
indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not
thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel
retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below);
provided, however, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified
party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party's election to appoint counsel to
represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have
the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the
indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such
separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to
represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of
interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such
action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal
defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different
from or additional to
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those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall
not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the
indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of
such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party
to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An
indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any
judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or
proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential
parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent
includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability
arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding. If at any time an
indemnified party shall have requested that an indemnifying party reimburse the
indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this
paragraph, the indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the indemnifying party of such
request and (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the
indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a)
or (b) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters agree to
contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or
defending same) (collectively "Losses") to which the Company and one or more of
the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the relative benefits received by the Company and by the Underwriters from the
offering of the Securities; provided, however, that in no case shall any
Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters
relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in
excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities
purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. If the allocation provided by the
immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company and
the Underwriters shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the
Company and of the Underwriters in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to
the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by
the Company, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be
equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set
forth on the cover page of the Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information provided by the Company on the one hand or
the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their
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relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that
it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata
allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of
this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of
this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of
either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and
agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such
Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of
either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have
signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have
the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the
applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
9. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters
shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased
by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall
constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this
Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up
and pay for (in the respective proportions which the amount of Securities set
forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of
Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the
Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to
purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of
Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to
purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Securities set forth in
Schedule I hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase
all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities,
and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this
Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter or
the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this
Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding
five Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the
required changes in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any
other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this
Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to
the Company and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its
default hereunder.
10. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to
termination in the absolute discretion of the Joint Managers acting jointly, by
notice given to the Company by the Joint Managers, acting jointly, prior to
delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such time
(i) trading in the Company's Common Stock shall have been suspended by the
Commission or the Nasdaq National Market or trading in
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securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National
Market shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been
established on such Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, (ii) a banking
moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal or New York State
authorities or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of
hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, or
other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to
make it, in the sole judgment of the Joint Managers, acting jointly, impractical
or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as
contemplated by the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective
agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the
Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to
this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of
the officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in
Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.
The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or
cancellation of this Agreement.
12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing
and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be
mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc., General Counsel
(fax no.: (000) 000-0000) and confirmed to the General Counsel, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Barney Inc., at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000, Attention:
General Counsel, and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Syndicate Desk, and copied to Debevoise &
Xxxxxxxx, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX, 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx,
Esq. or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Endo
Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. (fax no.: (000) 000-0000) and confirmed to the
General Counsel, Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. at 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq., and copied to
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, 0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000,
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
13. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the
officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons referred to in
Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation
hereunder.
14. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to
contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.
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15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
16. Headings. The section headings used herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
17. Definitions. The terms which follow, when used in this
Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.
"Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a
Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or
trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York
City.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
"Effective Date" shall mean each date and time that the
Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment or amendments
thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became or become
effective.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
"Execution Time" shall mean the date (which shall be the date
of the Prospectus) and time that this Agreement is executed and
delivered by the parties hereto.
"Preliminary Prospectus" shall mean any preliminary prospectus
referred to in paragraph 1(a) above and any preliminary prospectus
included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date that omits
Rule 430A Information.
"Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus relating to the
Securities that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the
Execution Time or, if no filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) is required,
shall mean the form of final prospectus relating to the Securities
included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date.
"Registration Statement" shall mean the registration statement
referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial
statements, as amended at the Execution Time (or, if not effective at
the Execution Time, in the form in which it shall become effective)
and, in the event any post-effective amendment
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thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective
prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement
as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case
may be. Such term shall include any Rule 430A Information deemed to be
included therein at the Effective Date as provided by Rule 430A.
"Rule 424", "Rule 430A" and "Rule 462" refer to such rules
under the Act.
"Rule 430A Information" shall mean information with respect to
the Securities and the offering thereof permitted to be omitted from
the Registration Statement when it becomes effective pursuant to Rule
430A.
"Rule 462(b) Registration Statement" shall mean a registration
statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b)
relating to the offering covered by the registration statement referred
to in Section 1(a) hereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of
our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof,
whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement
among the Company and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc.
By:
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Name:
Title:
The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of
the date first above written.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney Inc.
XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation
First Union Securities, Inc.
By: X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
By:
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Name:
Title:
By: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.
By:
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Name:
Title:
For themselves and the other several
Underwriters named in Schedule I to the
foregoing Agreement.
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SCHEDULE I
NUMBER OF
UNDERWRITTEN
SECURITIES TO BE
UNDERWRITERS PURCHASED
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.
XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation
First Union Securities, Inc.
Total
