EXHIBIT 1.1
WORLDWIDE WIRELESS, INC.
Xxxxx 0 Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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Tasin & Company, Inc. ___________, 1998
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Gentlemen:
Worldwide Wireless, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
proposes to issue and sell to Tasin & Company, Inc. ("Tasin" or the
"Representative") and to each of the other underwriters named in Schedule I
hereto (the "Underwriters"), for each of whom you are acting as Representative,
an aggregate of 1,500,000 Units (each Unit consisting of one share of Common
Stock, ("Common Stock"), and one Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the "Warrants")
of the Company) at a public offering price of $8.00 per Unit. Each Warrant shall
entitle the holder to purchase one share of Common Stock for a five year period
from the Effective Date (hereinafter defined) at a price of $10.00 per share.
The Unit Warrants will be immediately detachable from the Common Stock on the
Effective Date. The Warrants may be called by the Company commencing one year
from Effective Date upon at least thirty days prior written notice at a price of
$.10 per Warrant at any time provided the closing bid for the Common Stock is at
least an average of 120% of the then current exercise price during each day of
the consecutive 20 trading days ending five days preceding the date of the
written notice. The 1,500,000 Units are hereinafter sometimes referred to as the
"Firm Units." Upon the request of the Representative, and as provided in Section
3 hereof, the Company will also issue and sell to the Underwriters up to a
maximum of an additional 225,000 Units for the purpose of covering
over-allotments. Such additional Units are hereinafter sometimes referred to as
the "Optional Units." Both the Firm Units and the Optional Units are sometimes
collectively referred to herein as the "Units." All of the securities which are
the subject of this Agreement are more fully described in the Prospectus of the
Company described below. In the event that the Representative does not form an
underwriting group but decides to act as the sole Underwriter, then all
references to Tasin herein as Representative shall be deemed to be to it as such
sole Underwriter and Section 14 hereof shall be deemed deleted in its entirety.
The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public
offering of the Units as soon as the Representative deems advisable after the
Registration Statement hereinafter referred to becomes effective. The Company
hereby confirms its agreement with the Representative and the other Underwriters
as follows:
SECTION 1. Description of Securities. The Company's authorized and
outstanding capitalization when the public offering of securities contemplated
hereby is permitted to commence, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act"), and at the Closing Date (hereinafter defined) and the terms of the
Warrants will be as set forth in the Prospectus (hereinafter defined).
SECTION 2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company
hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriters as follows:
(a) A Registration Statement on Form SB-2 and amendments
thereto (No. 333-33593) with respect to the Units, including a form of
prospectus relating thereto, copies of which have been previously delivered to
you, have been prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of
the Act, and the rules and regulations (the "Rules and Regulations") of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, and has been
filed with the Commission under the Act. The Company, subject to the provisions
of Section 6(a) hereof, may file one or more amendments to such Registration
Statement and Prospectus. The Underwriters will receive copies of each such
amendment.
The date on which such Registration Statement is declared
effective under the Act and the public offering of the Units as contemplated by
this Agreement is therefore authorized to commence, is herein called the
"Effective Date." The Registration Statement and Prospectus, as finally amended
and revised immediately prior to the Effective Date, are herein called
respectively the "Registration Statement" and the "Prospectus." If, however, a
prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and
Regulations which differs from the Prospectus, the term "Prospectus" shall also
include the prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b).
(b) The Registration Statement (and Prospectus), at the time
it becomes effective under the Act, (as thereafter amended or as supplemented if
the Company shall have filed with the Commission an amendment or supplement),
and, with respect to all such documents, on the Closing Date (hereinafter
defined), will in all material respects comply with the provisions of the Act
and the Rules and Regulations, and will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact and will not omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however,
that none of the representations and warranties contained in this subsection (b)
shall extend to the Underwriters in respect of any statements in or omissions
from the Registration Statement and/or the Prospectus, based upon information
furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriters specifically for use in
connection with the preparation thereof.
(c) The Company has been duly incorporated and is now, and on
the Closing Date will be, validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, having all required corporate power and
authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus. The Company is now, and on the Closing Date will be, duly qualified
to do business as a foreign corporation in
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good standing in all of the jurisdictions in which it conducts its business or
the character or location of its properties requires such qualifications except
where the failure to so qualify would not materially adversely affect the
Company's business, properties or financial condition. The Company has no
subsidiaries, except as are set forth in the Prospectus.
(d) The financial statements of the Company (audited and
unaudited) included in the Registration Statement and Prospectus present fairly
the financial position and results of operations and changes in financial
condition of the Company at the respective dates and for the respective periods
to which they apply; and such financial statements have been prepared in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied
throughout the periods involved, and are in accordance with the books and
records of the Company.
(e) To the best of the Company's knowledge, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
& Company, LLP independent auditors, who have given their report on certain
financial statements which are included as a part of the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus are independent public accountants as required under the Act
and the Rules and Regulations.
(f) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information
is given in the Prospectus and prior to the Closing Date and, except as set
forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus, (i) the Company has not incurred,
nor will it incur, any material liabilities or obligations, direct or
contingent, nor has it, nor will it have entered into any material transactions,
in each case not in the ordinary course of business; (ii) there has not been,
and will not have been, any material change in the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation or in its capital stock or funded debt; and (iii) there has not
been, and will not have been, any material adverse change in the business, net
worth or properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company whether
or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business.
(g) Except as otherwise set forth in the Prospectus, the real
and personal properties of the Company as shown in the Prospectus and
Registration Statement to be owned by the Company are owned by the Company by
good and marketable title free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, except
those specifically referred to in the Prospectus, and except those which do not
materially adversely affect the use or value of such assets and except the lien
for current taxes not now due, or are held by the Company by valid leases, none
of which is in default. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus and Registration
Statement, the Company in all material respects has full right and licenses,
permits and governmental authorizations required to maintain and operate its
business and properties as the same are now operated and, to its best knowledge,
none of the activities or business of the Company is in material violation of,
or causes the Company to violate any laws, ordinances and regulations applicable
thereto, the violation of which would have a material adverse impact on the
condition (financial or otherwise), business, properties or net worth of the
Company.
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(h) The Company has no material contingent obligations, nor
are its properties or business subject to any material risks, which may be
reasonably anticipated, which are not disclosed in the Prospectus.
(i) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus and Registration
Statement, there are no material actions, suits or proceedings at law or in
equity of a material nature pending, or to the Company's knowledge, threatened
against the Company which are not adequately covered by insurance, which might
result in a material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise),
properties or net worth of the Company, and there are no proceedings pending or,
to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company before or by any
Federal or State Commission, regulatory body, or administrative agency or other
governmental body, wherein an unfavorable ruling, decision or finding would
materially adversely affect the business, properties or net worth or financial
condition or income of the Company, which are not disclosed in the Prospectus.
(j) All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock are duly
authorized and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid, and non-assessable,
and are free of preemptive rights. The Common Stock and the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, when paid for, issued and
delivered in accordance with this Agreement and the Warrant Agreement between
the Company and North American Transfer Co., dated as of the date hereof will be
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not be
issued in violation of any preemptive rights. The Underwriters will receive good
and marketable title to the Units purchased by them from the Company, free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims, security interests, restrictions,
stockholders' agreements and voting trusts whatsoever. Except as set forth in
the Prospectus, there are no outstanding options, warrants, or other rights,
providing for the issuance of, and no commitments, plans or arrangements to
issue, any shares of any class of capital stock of the Company, or any security
convertible into, or exchangeable for, any shares of any class of capital stock
of the Company. All of the securities of the Company to which this Agreement
relates conform to the statements relating to them that are contained in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus.
(k) The certificate or certificates required to be furnished
to the Underwriters pursuant to the provisions of Section 11 hereof will be true
and correct.
(l) The execution and delivery by the Company of this
Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and it is a
valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws pertaining to
creditors rights generally.
(m) No default exists, and no event has occurred which, with
notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default in the due
performance and observance of any material term, covenant or condition by the
Company or any other party, of any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
note or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a
party or by which it or its business or its properties may be bound or affected,
except (i) as disclosed in the Prospectus, (ii) such defaults as
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have been waived by all parties who would otherwise have a remedy or right with
respect thereto or (iii) such defaults which will not cause any material adverse
change in the business, net worth, properties or conditions (financial or
otherwise), of the Company. The Company has full power and lawful authority to
authorize, issue and sell the Units to be sold by it hereunder on the terms and
conditions set forth herein and in the Registration Statement and in the
Prospectus. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of any regulatory
authority is required for such authorization, issue or sale, except as may be
required under the Act or State securities laws. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, and
compliance with the terms hereof will not conflict with, or constitute a default
under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, note or any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is now a party or by which it or its business or
its properties may be bound or affected; the Certificate of Incorporation and
any amendments thereto; the by-laws of the Company, as amended; or any law,
order, rule or regulation, writ, injunction or decree of any government,
governmental instrumentality, or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction
over the Company or its business or properties.
(n) No officer or director of the Company has taken, and each
officer and director has agreed that he will not take, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to stabilize or manipulate the price of the Units, the
Common Stock or the Warrants in the open market following the Closing Date or
any other type of action designed to, or that may reasonably be expected to
cause or result in such stabilization or manipulation, or that may reasonably be
expected to facilitate the initial sale, or resale, of any of the securities
which are the subject of this Agreement.
(o) The Warrants to purchase Units to be issued to the
Representative (the "Underwriters' Unit Warrants") hereunder will be, when
issued, duly and validly authorized and executed by the Company and will
constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, legally enforceable in
accordance with their terms (except as enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws
pertaining to creditors rights generally), and the Company will have duly
authorized, reserved and set aside the shares of its Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Underwriters' Unit Warrants and the underlying warrants, and
such stock, when issued and paid for upon exercise of the Underwriters' Unit
Warrants and the underlying warrants in accordance with the provisions thereof,
will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable.
(p) All of the aforesaid representations, agreements, and
warranties shall survive delivery of, and payment for, the Units.
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SECTION 3. Issuance, Sale and Delivery of the Firm Units, the Optional
Units and the Underwriters' Warrants.
(a) Upon the basis of the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements of the Company herein contained, but subject to the
terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the several
Underwriters, and the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase
from the Company, the number of the Firm Units set forth opposite the respective
names of the Underwriters in Schedule I hereto, plus any additional Units which
such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of
Section 14 hereof.
The purchase price of the Units to be paid by the several
Underwriters shall be $7.20 per Unit ($8.00 per Unit less a ten percent
discount).
In addition, and upon the same basis, and subject to the
same terms and conditions, the Company hereby grants an option to you to
purchase, but only for the purpose of covering over-allotments, upon not less
than two days' notice from the Representative, the Optional Units, or any
portion thereof, at the same price per Unit as that set forth in the preceding
sentence; and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase
Optional Units in the same proportion in which it has agreed to purchase Firm
Units. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, you
individually and not as Representative may purchase all or any part of the
Optional Units and are not obligated to offer the Optional Units to the other
Underwriters. The Optional Units may be exercised at any time, and from time to
time, thereafter within a period of 45 calendar days following the Effective
Date. The time(s) and date(s) (if any) so designated for delivery and payment
for the Optional Units shall be set forth in the notice to the Company. Such
dates are herein defined as the Additional Closing Date(s).
(b) Payment for the Firm Units shall be made by certified or
official bank checks in New York Clearing House funds, payable to the order of
the Company, at the offices of the Representative, or its clearing agent, or at
such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company,
upon delivery of the Firm Units to the Representative for the respective
accounts of the Underwriters. In making payment to the Company, the
Representative may first deduct all sums due to it for the balance of the
non-accountable expense allowance (as hereinafter defined). Such delivery and
payment shall be made at 10:00 A.M., New York City Time on the third business
day after the first day of trading (i.e., T+3) which may be extended by the
Representative for an additional two business days (unless postponed in
accordance with the provisions of Section 14 hereof) or at such other time as
shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company. The time and date of
such delivery and payment are hereby defined as the Closing Date. It is
understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representative, for the
account of such Underwriter, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make
payment of the purchase price for, the Firm Units which it has agreed to
purchase. You, individually, and not as Representative may (but shall not be
obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Firm Units to be
purchased by any Underwriter whose check shall not have been received by the
Closing Date, for the account of such
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Underwriter, but any such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its
obligations hereunder.
(c) Payment for the Optional Units shall be made at the
offices of the Representative, or its clearing agent or at such other place as
shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company, in accordance with
the notice delivered pursuant to Section 3(a) which shall be no later than seven
business days from the expiration of the forty-five day option period.
(d) Certificates for the Firm Units and for the Optional Units
shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denominations
as the Representative may request in writing at least two business days prior to
the Closing Date, and the Additional Closing Date(s) (if any). The Company shall
permit the Representative to examine and package said certificates for delivery
at least one full business day prior to the Closing Date and prior to the
Additional Closing Date(s). The Company shall not be obligated to sell or
deliver any of the Firm Units except upon tender of payment by the Underwriters
for all of the Firm Units agreed to be purchased by them hereunder. The
Representative, however, shall have the sole discretion to determine the number
of Optional Units, if any, to be purchased.
(e) At the time of making payment for the Firm Units, the
Company also hereby agrees to sell to the Representative, Underwriters' Unit
Warrants to purchase 150,000 Units for an aggregate purchase price of $150. Each
Unit issuable upon exercise of the Underwriters' Unit Warrants shall be
identical to the Units sold to the public, except that the exercise price of the
underlying Warrants shall be at 150% of the then effective exercise price of the
Warrants. Each Underwriters' Unit Warrant shall entitle the owner thereof to
purchase one Unit of the Company at an exercise price of $12.00 per Unit (150%
of the initial public offering price per Unit). Such Underwriters' Unit Warrants
are to become exercisable immediately after from the Effective Date, and
thereafter shall remain exercisable for a period of five years. For a period of
one year after the Effective Date, the Underwriters Unit Warrants shall not be
transferable except to co-underwriters, selling group members and their officers
or partners. The Underwriters Unit Warrants shall contain customary clauses
protecting the holders thereof in the event the Company pays stock dividends,
effects stock splits, or effects a sale of assets, merger or consolidation.
(f) On and subject to the Closing Date, the Company at its
sole expense will give irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent (which it
agrees to appoint) to deliver to the Representative for a period of five years
from the Closing Date, daily advice sheets showing any transfers of Units,
shares of common stock and Warrants and from time to time during the aforesaid
period a complete stockholders' list will be promptly furnished by the Company
when requested by the Representative on not more than two occasions per year.
Furthermore, the Company at its sole expense will give irrevocable instructions
to Depository Trust Company for a period of five years from the Closing Date to
deliver weekly transfer sheets showing any transfers of Units, shares of common
stock and Warrants.
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SECTION 4. Public Offering. The several Underwriters agree, subject to
the terms and provisions of this Agreement, to offer the Units to the public as
soon as practicable after the Effective Date, at the initial offering price of
$8.00 per Unit and upon the terms described in the Prospectus. The
Representative may, from time to time, decrease the public offering price, after
the initial public offering, to such extent as the Representative may determine,
however, such decreases will not affect the price payable to the Company
hereunder.
SECTION 5. Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company will
furnish the Representative, without charge, two signed copies of the
Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto, including all exhibits
thereto and such amount of conformed copies of the Registration Statement and
Amendments as may be reasonably requested by the Representative for distribution
to each of the Underwriters and Selected Dealers.
The Company will furnish, at its expense, as many printed
copies of a Preliminary Prospectus and of the Prospectus as the Representative
may request for the purposes contemplated by this Agreement. If, while the
Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Act or the Rules and
Regulations, any event known to the Company relating to or affecting the Company
shall occur which should be set forth in a supplement to or an amendment of the
Prospectus in order to comply with the Act (or other applicable law) or with the
Rules and Regulations, the Company will forthwith prepare, furnish and deliver
to the Representative and to each of the other Underwriters and to others whose
names and addresses are designated by the Representative, in each case at the
Company's expense, a reasonable number of copies of such supplement or
supplements to or amendment or amendments of, the Prospectus.
The Company authorizes the Underwriters and the selected
dealers, if any, in connection with the distribution of the Units and all
dealers to whom any of the Units may be sold by the Underwriters, or by any
Selected Dealer, to use the Prospectus, as from time to time amended or
supplemented, in connection with the offering and sale of the Units and in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the Act and the applicable Rules
and Regulations and applicable State Securities Laws.
SECTION 6. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees
with each Underwriter that:
(a) After the date hereof, the Company will not at any time,
whether before or after the Effective Date, file any amendment to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any supplement to the Prospectus,
of which the Representative shall not previously have been advised and furnished
with a copy, or to which the Representative or the Underwriters' counsel shall
have reasonably objected in writing on the ground that it is not in compliance
with the Act or the Rules and Regulations.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the
Registration Statement to become effective (provided, however, the Company shall
not cause the Registration Statement to become effective without the written
consent of Tasin) and will
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advise the Representative, (i) when the Registration Statement shall have become
effective and when any amendment thereto shall have become effective, and when
any amendment of or supplement to the Prospectus shall be filed with the
Commission, (ii) when the Commission shall make request or suggestion for any
amendment to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional
information and the nature and substance thereof, and (iii) of the issuance by
the Commission of an order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or of the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, and will use
its best efforts to prevent the issuance of such an order, or if such an order
shall be issued, to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible
moment.
(c) The Company will prepare and file with the Commission,
promptly upon the request of the Representative, such amendments, or supplements
to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, in form and substance satisfactory
to counsel to the Company, as in the reasonable opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxx P.C., as
counsel to the Underwriters, may be necessary or advisable in connection with
the offering or distribution of the Units, and will diligently use its best
efforts to cause the same to become effective.
(d) The Company will, at its expense, when and as requested by
the Representative, supply all necessary documents, exhibits and information,
and execute all such applications, instruments and papers as may be required, in
the opinion of the Underwriters' counsel, to qualify the Units or such part
thereof as the Representative may determine, for sale under the so-called "Blue
Sky" Laws of such states as the Representative shall designate, and to continue
such qualification in effect so long as required for the purposes of the
distribution of the Units, provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to qualify as a foreign corporation or dealer in securities or to file
a consent to service of process in any state in any action other than one
arising out of the offering or sale of the Units.
(e) The Company will, at its own expense, file and provide,
and continue to file and provide, such reports, financial statements and other
information as may be required by the Commission, or the proper public bodies of
the States in which the Units may be qualified for sale, for so long as required
by applicable law, rule or regulation and will provide the Representative with
copies of all such registrations, filings and reports on a timely basis.
(f) During the period of five years from the Effective Date,
the Company will deliver to the Underwriter a copy of each annual report of the
Company, and will deliver to the Underwriter (i) within 50 days after the end of
each of the Company's first three quarter-yearly fiscal periods, a balance sheet
of the Company as at the end of such quarter-yearly period, together with a
statement of its income and a statement of changes in its cash flow for such
period (Form 10-QSB), all in reasonable detail, signed by its principal
financial or accounting officer, (ii) within 105 days after the end of each
fiscal year, a balance sheet of the Company as at the end of such fiscal year,
together with a statement of its income and statement of cash flow for such
fiscal year (Form 10-KSB), such balance sheet and statement of cash flow for
such fiscal year to be in reasonable detail and to be accompanied by a
certificate or report of independent public accountants,
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(who may be the regular accountants for the Company), (iii) as soon as available
a copy of every other report (financial or other) mailed to the stockholders,
and (iv) as soon as available a copy of every non-confidential report and
financial statement furnished to or filed with the Commission or with any
securities exchange pursuant to requirements by or agreement with such exchange
or the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "1934 Act"), or any regulations of the Commission thereunder. If and for so
long as the Company has one or more active subsidiaries, the financial
statements required by (i) and (ii) above shall be furnished on a consolidated
basis in respect of the Company and all of the Company's subsidiaries. The
financial statements referred to in (ii) shall also be furnished to all of the
stockholders of the Company as soon as practicable after the 90 days referred to
therein.
(g) The Company represents that with respect to the Warrants
and the shares of Common Stock, it will prepare and file a Registration
Statement with the Commission pursuant to Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act, prior
to the Effective Date with a request that such Registration Statement will
become effective on the Effective Date. The Company understands that, to
register, it must prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
General Form of Registration of Securities (Form 8-A or Form 10). In addition,
the Company agrees to qualify its Units, Common Stock and the Warrants for
listing on the NASDAQ system on the Effective Date and will take all reasonable
and necessary and appropriate action so that the securities continue to be
listed for trading in the NASDAQ system for at least ten years from the
Effective Date provided the Company otherwise complies with the prevailing
maintenance requirements. In addition, at such time as the Company qualifies for
listing its securities on the National Market System of NASDAQ, the Company will
use its best efforts to have the Company's Units and components thereof listed
on the National Market System of NASDAQ in lieu of listing as Small-Cap Issues
on NASDAQ. For so long as the Company is a reporting company under the 1934 Act,
the Company shall comply with all periodic reporting and proxy solicitation
requirements imposed by the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act.
(h) The Company will make generally available to its security
holders, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 months after the
Effective Date, an earnings statement of the Company (which need not be audited)
in reasonable detail, covering a period of at least twelve months beginning
after the Effective Date, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions
of Section 11(a) of the Act.
(i) The Company will, on or about the Effective Date, apply
for listing in Standard and Poor's Corporation Records and Standard & Poor's
Monthly Stock Guide and shall use its best efforts to have the Company listed in
such reports for a period of not less than ten (10) years from the Closing Date.
The Company will request accelerated treatment in the Daily News Supplement of
Standard and Poor's Corporation Records.
(j) The Company shall employ the services of an auditing firm
acceptable to the Representative in connection with the preparation of the
financial statements required to be included in the Registration Statement and
shall continue to
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appoint such auditors or such other auditors as are reasonably acceptable to the
Representative for a period of five (5) years following the Effective Date of
the Registration Statement. Said financial statements shall be prepared in
accordance with Regulation S-X under the Rules and Regulations. The Company
shall appoint North American Transfer Co. as transfer agent for the Common Stock
(the "Transfer Agent") and as warrant agent for the Warrants.
(k) Prior to the Effective Date, the Company will enter into
employment contracts with its executive officers and directors in the form filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and approved by the Representative.
(l) Within ninety (90) days subsequent to the Effective Date,
the Company will furnish "Key Man" Life Insurance in the amount of $1,000,000
each on the lives of Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
with the Company as the beneficiary thereof and the Company shall pay the annual
premiums, therefore, for a period of not less than five years from the Effective
Date.
(m) The Company will for a period of five years:
(i) Furnish to the Representative and to the Company's
shareholders annual audited financial statements contained in an annual report
and unaudited financial statements contained in quarterly reports for each of
the Company's first three quarters.
(ii) Designate an Audit Committee which will generally
supervise the financial affairs of the Company.
(iii) At its expense, shall cause its regularly engaged
independent certified public accountants to examine (but not audit) the
Company's financial statements for each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters
prior to the announcement of quarterly financial information, the filing of the
Company's 10-QSB quarterly report and the mailing of quarterly financial
information to security holders.
(n) Until such time as the securities of the Company are
listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or
NASDAQ/NMS, the Company shall cause its legal counsel or an independent third
party acceptable to the Representative to provide the Representative with a
survey with the first one to be delivered at Closing, to be updated at least
annually, of those states in which the securities of the Company may be traded
in non-issuer transactions under the Blue Sky laws of the states and the basis
for such authority.
(o) As soon as practicable after the Closing Date, the Company
will deliver to the Representative and its counsel a total of two bound volumes
of copies of all documents relating to the public offering which is the subject
of this Agreement.
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(p) Stock certificates and Warrant certificates shall be first
submitted to the Representative for approval prior to printing. The Company
shall, as promptly as possible, after filing the Registration Statement with the
Commission, obtain a CUSIP number for the Units, Common Stock and Unit Warrants
and have each of the securities eligible for closing through Depository Trust
Company.
(q) The Company will not file a Form S-8 Registration
Statement for a period of thirteen months from the Effective Date without the
Representative's prior written consent. Further, the Company will not offer its
securities pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
for a period of thirteen months from the Effective Date without the
Representative's prior written consent.
(r) No funds were paid or are owed to Dupont Securities Group,
Inc., in connection with it previously agreeing to serve as Managing
Underwriter. Dupont Securities Group, Inc. and the Company have exchanged
general releases releasing each other and its respective officers, directors,
agents, servants and employees and neither Dupont Securities Group, Inc. nor the
Company have rescinded or amended such general releases.
SECTION 7. Expenses of the Company.
The Company shall be responsible for and shall bear all expenses
directly and necessarily incurred in connection with the proposed financing,
including: (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Offering Documents
and amendments thereto, including NASD, SEC and NASDAQ filing and/or application
fees, preliminary and final Prospectus and the printing of the Underwriting
Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters and the Selected Dealers' Agreement,
a Blue Sky Memorandum, material to be circulated to the Underwriters by us and
other incidental material; (ii) the issuance and delivery of certificates
representing the Common Stock and Unit Warrants, including original issue and
transfer taxes, if any; (iii) the qualifications of the Company's Units (covered
by the "firm commitment" offering) under State Securities or Blue Sky Laws,
including counsel fees of the Representative relating thereto in the sum of
Twenty-two Thousand Five Hundred ($22,500) Dollars together with appropriate
state filing fees) plus disbursements relating to, but not limited to,
long-distance telephone calls, photocopying, messengers, excess postage,
overnight mail and courier services; (iv) the fees and disbursements of counsel
for the Company and the accountants for the Company; and (v) any other costs of
qualifying the Units and components thereof for listing on NASDAQ.
The Company shall, upon receipt of an invoice from the Representative,
reimburse the Representative for any costs of otherwise unreimbursed postage and
including mailing of preliminary and final prospectuses incurred by or on behalf
of the Representative and the Underwriters in preparation for, or in connection
with the offering and sale and distribution of the Units on an accountable
basis, and for the cost of investigative reports (such as Xxxxxx'x Reports) of
the Company's executive officers, directors and principal shareholders.
Reimbursement of the costs of investigative reports shall not exceed the
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actual cost of the invoice(s) and in no event shall exceed $5,000. After closing
of the public offering, the Company shall bear the costs of tombstone
announcements not to exceed $10,000.
SECTION 8. Payment of Underwriters' Expenses.
On the Closing Date and Additional Closing Date(s) (if
any) the Company will pay to Tasin an expense allowance equal to three (3%)
percent of the total gross proceeds derived from the public offering
contemplated by this Agreement for the fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Underwriters and for costs of otherwise unreimbursed advertising, traveling,
postage, telephone and telegraph expenses and other miscellaneous expenses
incurred by or on behalf of the Representative and the Underwriters in
preparation for, or in connection with the offering and sale and distribution of
the Units; and Tasin shall not be obligated to account to the Company for such
disbursements and expenses. In the event, however, that the Representative
terminates this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 hereof, the
Representative shall be obligated to account for expenditures of any advance
payment to Tasin and to refund to the Company any portion of the advance not
expended. In the event that the Representative terminates this agreement
pursuant to the provisions of Section 12(b), the Representative shall be
entitled to reimbursement of expenses on an accountable basis.
SECTION 9. Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each of
the Underwriters, and each person who controls each of the Underwriters within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages, expenses, or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or
any of them may become subject under the Act or any other statute or at common
law or otherwise, and to reimburse persons indemnified as above for any
reasonable legal or other expense (including the cost of any investigation and
preparation) incurred by them (as incurred), or any of them, in connection with
investigating, defending against or appearing as a third party witness in
connection with any claim or litigation, whether or not resulting in any
liability, but only insofar as such losses, claims, liabilities, expenses or
litigation arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if amended or supplemented), or in any
"Blue Sky" application, or arising out of or based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; provided, however, that
the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not apply to
amounts paid in settlement of any such claims or litigation if such settlement
is effected without the consent of the Company, nor shall it apply to the
Underwriters or any person controlling the Underwriters in respect of any such
losses, claims, damages, expenses, liabilities or litigation arising out of, or
based upon, any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or any such
omission or alleged omission, if such statement or omission was made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished in writing to the
Company by such
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Underwriter, or on its behalf, specifically for use in connection with the
preparation of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such
amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any such blue sky application.
(b) Each of the Underwriters severally agrees, in the same
manner and to the same extent as set forth in subsection (a) above, to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, each of the directors and officers who have
signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, with respect to any
statement in or omission from the Registration Statement, or the Prospectus (as
amended or as supplemented, if amended or supplemented), or in any "Blue Sky"
application, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished in writing to the Company by such
Underwriter, or on its behalf, specifically for use in connection with the
preparation of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or any such application. An Underwriter
shall not be liable for amounts paid in settlement of any such claim or
litigation if such settlement was effected without its consent.
(c) Each indemnified party shall give prompt notice to each
indemnifying party of any claim asserted against it and of any action commenced
against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder. The omission
to so notify an indemnifying party shall relieve such party of its obligation to
indemnify pursuant to this Agreement, but failure to so notify an indemnifying
party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than
on account of this indemnity agreement. In case any such action is brought
against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in,
and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party
similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, subject to the provisions
herein stated, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party,
and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be
liable to such indemnified party under this Section 9 for any legal or other
expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. The indemnified
party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and to
participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel
shall not be at the expense of the indemnifying party if the indemnifying party
has assumed the defense of the action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the indemnified party; provided that the fees and expenses of such counsel shall
be at the expense of the indemnifying party if (i) the employment of such
counsel has been specifically authorized in writing by the indemnifying party or
(ii) the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified and the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be a conflict between the positions of the indemnifying party and
the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there
may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are
different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in
which case the indemnifying party shall not
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have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of such
indemnified party or parties), it being understood, however, that the
indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate
but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising
out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the
reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys for the
indemnified party which firm shall be designated in writing by the indemnified
party.
(d) The respective indemnity agreements between the
Underwriters and the Company contained in subsections (a) and (b) above, and the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 2 hereof or
elsewhere in this Agreement, shall remain operative and in full force and
effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters
or by or on behalf of any controlling person of the Underwriters or the Company
or any such officer or director or any controlling person of the Company, and
shall survive the delivery of the Units. Any successor of the Company, or of the
Underwriters, or of any controlling person of the Underwriters or the Company,
as the case may be, shall be entitled to the benefit of such respective
indemnity agreements.
(e) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution
under the Act in any case in which (i) any person entitled to indemnification
under this Section 9 makes claim for indemnification pursuant hereto but it is
judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by a court of
competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the denial of the
last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be enforced in such case
notwithstanding the fact that this Section 9 provides for indemnification in
such case, or (ii) contribution under the Act may be required on the part of any
such person in circumstances for which indemnification is provided under this
Section 9, then, and in each such case, the Company and the Underwriters shall
contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities to
which they may be subject (after any contribution from others) in such
proportions so that the Underwriters are responsible in the aggregate for the
proportion of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities represented by the
percentage that the underwriting discounts and commissions appearing on the
cover page of the Prospectus bears to the public offering price appearing
thereon, and the Company is responsible for the remaining portion; provided,
that, in any such case, no person guilty of a 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.
Within twenty days after receipt by any party to this
Agreement (or its representative) of notice of the commencement of any action,
suit or proceeding, such party will, if a claim for contribution in respect
thereof is to be made against another party (the "contributing party"), notify
the contributing party, in writing, of the commencement thereof, but the
omission so to notify the contributing party will not relieve it from any
liability which it may have to any other party other than for contribution
hereunder. In case any such action, suit or proceeding is brought against any
party, and such party so notifies a contributing party or his or its
representative of the commencement thereof within the
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aforesaid twenty days, the contributing party will be entitled to participate
therein with the notifying party and any other contributing party similarly
notified. Any such contributing party shall not be liable to any party seeking
contribution on account of any settlement of any claim, action or proceeding
effected by such party seeking contribution without the written consent of such
contributing party. The contribution provisions contained in this Section 9 are
in addition to any other rights or remedies which either party hereto may have
with respect to the other or hereunder.
SECTION 10. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become
effective (i) at 10:00 A.M., New York Time, on the first full business day after
the Effective Date, or (ii) at the time of the initial public offering by the
Underwriters of the Units, whichever shall first occur. The time of the initial
public offering by the Underwriters of the Units for the purposes of this
Section 10, shall mean the time, after the Registration Statement becomes
effective, of the release by the Representative for publication of the first
newspaper advertisement which is subsequently published relating to the Units,
or the time, after the Registration Statement becomes effective, when the Units
are first released by the Representative for offering by the Underwriters or
dealers by letter or telegram, whichever shall first occur. The Representative
agrees to notify the Company immediately after it shall have taken any action,
by release or otherwise, whereby this Agreement shall have become effective.
This Agreement shall, nevertheless, become effective at such time earlier than
the time specified above, after the Effective Date, as the Representative may
determine by notice to the Company.
SECTION 11. Conditions of the Underwriters' Obligations. The
obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Units which
the Underwriters have agreed to purchase hereunder are subject to: the accuracy,
as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Dates, of all of the representations
and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement; the Company's
compliance with, or performance of, all of its covenants, undertakings and
agreements contained in this Agreement that are required to be complied with or
performed on or prior to each of the Closing Dates and to the following
additional conditions:
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, no order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or be pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, shall be threatened by the Commission; any request for
additional information on the part of the Commission (to be included in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied
with to the satisfaction of the Commission; and neither the Registration
Statement nor any amendment thereto shall have been filed to which counsel to
the Underwriters shall have reasonably objected, in writing.
(b) The Representative shall not have disclosed in writing to
the Company that the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto contained, as of the date thereof, an untrue statement of a
fact which, in the opinion of counsel to the Underwriters, is material, or omits
to state a fact which, in the opinion of
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such counsel, is material and is required to be stated therein, or is necessary
to make the statements therein not materially misleading.
(c) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, the Company
shall not have sustained any loss on account of fire, explosion, flood,
accident, calamity or other cause, of such character as materially adversely
affects its business or property, whether or not such loss is covered by
insurance.
(d) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, there shall
be no litigation instituted or threatened against the Company, and there shall
be no proceeding instituted or threatened against the Company before or by any
federal or state commission, regulatory body or administrative agency or other
governmental body, domestic or foreign, wherein an unfavorable ruling, decision
or finding would materially adversely affect the business, licenses, permits,
operations or financial condition or income of the Company.
(e) Except as contemplated herein or as set forth in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus, during the period subsequent to the
Effective Date and prior to the Closing Date, (A) the Company shall have
conducted its business in the usual and ordinary manner as the same was being
conducted on the date of the filing of the initial Registration Statement and
(B) except in the ordinary course of its business, the Company shall not have
incurred any material liabilities or obligations (direct or contingent), or
disposed of any of its assets, or entered into any material transaction, and (C)
the Company shall not have suffered or experienced any material adverse change
in its business, affairs or in its condition, financial or otherwise. On the
Closing Date, the capital stock and surplus accounts of the Company shall be
substantially as great as at its last financial report without considering the
proceeds from the sale of the Units except to the extent that any decrease is
disclosed in or contemplated by the Prospectus.
(f) The authorization of the Units, the Common Stock and the
Warrants, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and all corporate
proceedings and other legal matters incident thereto and to this Agreement,
shall be reasonably satisfactory in all respects to counsel to the Underwriters.
(g) The Company shall have furnished to the Representative the
opinions, dated the Closing Date, and Additional Closing Date(s), addressed to
you, of Tolins & Lowenfels counsel for the Company, that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is a
validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware with full corporate power and authority to own and operate its
properties and to carry on its business as set forth in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus; it has authorized and outstanding capital as set forth
in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; and the Company is duly licensed
or qualified as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions in which the
ownership or leasing of its properties requires such qualification or license,
except
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where failure to be so qualified or licensed would have no material adverse
effect on the business of the Company.
(ii) All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock are
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable, and do not have
any preemptive rights. The Company will have duly authorized, reserved and set
aside shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and any
other outstanding options, warrants or stock option plans and when issued in
accordance with the terms contained therein against payment therefor, will be
duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(iii) The Common Stock, Warrants and the Underwriter's
Unit Warrant conform to descriptions thereof under "Description of Securities"
contained in the Prospectus.
(iv) The Underwriters will receive good and marketable
title to the Units purchased by them from the Company in accordance with the
terms and provisions of this Agreement, to the best of such counsel's knowledge,
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims, security interests,
restrictions, stockholders' agreements and voting trusts whatsoever.
(v) Except as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no
outstanding options, warrants, or other rights, providing for the issuance of,
and, to the best of the knowledge of such counsel, no commitments, plans or
arrangements to issue, any shares of any class of capital stock of the Company,
or any security convertible into, or exchangeable for, any shares of any class
of capital stock of the Company.
(vi) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, no consents,
approvals, authorizations or orders of agencies, officers or other regulatory
authorities are necessary for the valid authorization, issue or sale of the
Units hereunder, except such as may be required under the Act or state
securities or Blue Sky Laws.
(vii) The Registration Statement has become effective
under the Act and, to the best of the knowledge of such counsel, no order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending before or
threatened by, the Commission;
(viii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge and based
upon the investigation described below, the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, and each amendment thereof and supplement thereto, comply as to form
in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the
Rules and Regulations (except that no opinion need be expressed as to financial
statements, notes thereto, and financial data contained in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus). Such counsel has participated in conferences with
officers and representatives of the Company and with its certified public
accountants in the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
At such conferences counsel has made inquiries of such officers, representatives
and
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accountants, and discussed the contents of the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus. Such counsel has not independently verified, and, accordingly, does
not assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, other
than as set forth the Prospectus insofar as such statements relate to the
contents of particular documents therein described. On the basis of the
foregoing, nothing has come to the attention of such counsel to cause such
counsel to believe that the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto contains any untrue statement of a material fact
or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading
(except, in the case of both the Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto and the Prospectus and any supplement thereto, for the financial
statements, notes thereto and other financial and statistical data and schedules
contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion); and such
counsel is familiar with all contracts referred to in the Registration Statement
or in the Prospectus and such contracts are sufficiently summarized or disclosed
therein, or filed as exhibits thereto, as required, and such counsel does not
know of any other contracts required to be summarized or disclosed or filed; and
such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings to which the
Company is a party, or in which property of the Company is the subject, of a
character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus which are not so disclosed therein.
(ix) The statements in the Registration Statement under
the caption Business Facilities" have been reviewed by such counsel and insofar
as they refer to descriptions of agreements, statutes, licenses, certifications,
rules or regulations or legal conclusions, are correct in all material respects.
(x) This Agreement has been duly authorized and executed
by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable
in accordance with its terms subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other laws affecting creditors rights generally and except that
no opinion need be given with regard to the enforceability of Section 9 hereof
or the availability of equitable relief.
(xi) To the best knowledge of such counsel: (a) no default
exists, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time, or both,
would constitute a default in the due performance and observance of any material
term, covenant or condition by the Company, of any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, note or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by which it or its business or its properties may be bound or affected,
except where such default would not have a material adverse effect on the
business of the Company and except as disclosed in the Prospectus; (b) the
Company has full power and lawful authority to authorize, issue and sell the
Units on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Registration
Statement and in the Prospectus; (c) no consent, approval, authorization or
other order of any regulatory authority is required for such authorization,
issue or sale, except as may be required under the Act or State securities laws,
clearance with the NASD and such other consent, approval, authorization or order
as has been obtained and is in full force and effect; and
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(d) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the
transactions herein contemplated, and compliance with the terms hereof will not
conflict with, or constitute a default under, any material indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, note or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is
now a party or by which it or its business or its properties may be bound or
affected, the Certificate of Incorporation and any amendments thereto, the
by-laws of the Company, or any order, rule or regulation, writ, injunction or
decree of any government, governmental instrumentality, or court, domestic or
foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or its business or properties.
(xii) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement
and Prospectus, to the best knowledge of such counsel, there are no material
actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity of a material nature pending,
or to such counsel's knowledge, threatened against the Company which are not
adequately covered by insurance and there are no proceedings pending or, to the
knowledge of such counsel, threatened against the Company before or by any
Federal or State Commission, regulatory body, or administrative agency or other
governmental body, wherein an unfavorable ruling, decision or finding would
materially and adversely affect the business, operation or condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Company, which are not disclosed in the Prospectus.
(xiii) The Underwriters' Unit Warrants to be issued to the
Representative hereunder will be, when issued, duly and validly authorized and
executed by the Company and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Company, legally enforceable in accordance with their terms except as
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws pertaining to creditors rights generally and the
Company will have duly authorized, reserved and set aside the shares of its
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Underwriters' Unit Warrants and the
underlying warrants and such stock, when issued and paid for upon exercise of
the Underwriters' Unit Warrants and the underlying warrants in accordance with
the provisions thereof, will be duly and validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable.
Such opinion shall also cover such other matters incident to
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Representative shall
reasonably request. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely upon
certificates of any officer of the Company or public officials as to matters of
fact.
(h) The Company shall have furnished to the Representative
certificates of the President and a Vice-President of the Company, dated as of
the Closing Date, and Additional Closing Date(s), to the effect that:
(i) Each of the representations and warranties of the
Company contained in Section 2 hereof is true and correct in all material
respects at and as of such Closing Date, and the Company has performed or
complied with all of its agreements, covenants and undertakings contained in
this Agreement and has performed or satisfied all the conditions contained in
this Agreement on its part to be performed or satisfied at the Closing Date;
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(ii) The Registration Statement has become effective
and no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been
issued, and, to the best of the knowledge of the respective signers, no
proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or is threatened by the
Commission;
(iii) The respective signers have each carefully
examined the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendments and
supplements thereto, and to the best of their knowledge the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto and all
statements contained therein are true and correct in all material respects, and
neither the Registration Statement nor the Prospectus nor any amendment or
supplement thereto includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading and, since the effective date of the
Registration Statement, there has occurred no event required to be set forth in
an amended or supplemented Prospectus which has not been so set forth except
changes which the Registration Statement and Prospectus indicate might occur.
(iv) Except as set forth or contemplated in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus, since the respective dates as of which,
or periods for which, information is given in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus and prior to the date of such certificate (A) there has not been any
material adverse change, financial or otherwise, in the business, business
prospects, earnings, general affairs or condition (financial or otherwise), of
the Company (in each case whether or not arising in the ordinary course of
business), and (B) the Company has not incurred any material liabilities, direct
or contingent, or entered into any material transactions, otherwise than in the
ordinary course of business other than as referred to in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus and except changes which the Registration Statement and
Prospectus indicate might occur.
(i) The Company shall have furnished to the Representative on
the Closing Date, such other certificates of executive officers of the Company
additional to those specifically mentioned herein, as the Representative may
have reasonably requested, as to: the accuracy and completeness of any statement
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or
supplement thereto; the representations and warranties of the Company herein;
the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder; or the fulfillment
of the conditions concurrent and precedent to the obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder, which are required to be performed or fulfilled on or
prior to the Closing Date.
(j) At the time this Agreement is executed, and on each
Closing Date you shall have received a letter from Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx & Company
LLP, addressed to the Representative, as Representative of the Underwriters, and
dated, respectively, as of the date of this Agreement and as of each Closing
Date in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, to the
effect that:
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(i) They are independent public accountants within
the meaning of the Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations of the
Commission;
(ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and
related schedules of the Company included in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus and covered by their reports comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the
published Rules and Regulations of the Commission issued thereunder;
(iii) On the basis of limited procedures in
accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants, including (1) a reading of the latest available financial
statements of the Company (a copy of which shall be attached to such letter),
(2) a reading of the latest available minutes of the meetings of the
stockholders and the Board of Directors of the Company as set forth in the
minute books of the Company, officials of the Company having advised you and
them that the minutes of all such meetings through that date were set forth
therein, (3) consultations with officials of the Company responsible for
financial and accounting matters of the Company, which procedures do not
constitute an examination in accordance with generally accepted accounting
standards, and would not necessarily reveal material adverse changes in the
financial position or results of operations or inconsistencies in the
application of generally accepted accounting principles, nothing has come to
their attention which in their judgment would lead them to believe that (a) the
unaudited financial statements and related schedules of the Company included in
the Registration Statement and Prospectus do not comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the
published Rules and Regulations of the Commission issued thereunder, or were not
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
practices consistent in all material respects with those followed in the
preparation of the comparable financial statements and schedules covered by
their reports included in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, or would
require any material adjustments for a fair presentation of the information
purported to be shown thereby or (b) during the period from the date of the
Capitalization table included in the Prospectus to a specified date not more
than four business days prior to the date of such letter, there has been any
material change in the capital stock or debt of the Company, or (c) during the
period from the date of the latest balance sheet and related statements of
operations, changes in stockholders' equity and changes in financial position
included in the Prospectus and covered by their reports contained therein to the
date of the letter, there has been any material adverse change in the financial
condition, or results of operations, of the Company; and
(iv) In addition to the examination referred to in
their reports included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and the
limited procedures referred to in clause (iii) above, they have carried out
certain specified procedures, not constituting an audit, with respect to certain
amounts, percentages and financial information which are derived from the
general accounting records of the Company which appear in the Prospectus under
the captions "Capitalization", "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations", "Executive
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Compensation", "Certain Transactions", "Selected Financial Data," "Dilution,"
and "Risk Factors," as well as such other financial information as may be
specified by the Representative, and that they have compared such amounts,
percentages and financial information with the accounting records of the Company
and have found them to be in agreement.
All the opinions, letters, certificates and evidence
mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in
compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the Underwriters, whose approval shall not
be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section
shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be
fulfilled, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may
be terminated and canceled by the Representative by notifying the Company of
such termination and cancellation in writing or by telegram at any time prior
to, or on, the Closing Date and any such termination and cancellation shall be
without liability of any party hereto to any other party, except with respect to
the provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof. The Representative may, of course,
waive, in writing, any conditions which have not been fulfilled or extend the
time for their fulfillment.
SECTION 12. Termination.
(a) This Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by
written or telegraphic notice to the Company at any time before it becomes
effective pursuant to Section 10.
(b) This Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by
written or telegraphic notice to the Company, at any time after it becomes
effective, in the event that the Company, after notice from the Representative
and an opportunity to cure, shall have failed or been unable to comply with any
of the terms, conditions or provisions of this Agreement on the part of the
Company to be performed, complied with or fulfilled within the respective times
herein provided for, including without limitation Section 6(g) hereof, unless
compliance therewith or performance or satisfaction thereof shall have been
expressly waived by the Representative in writing. This Agreement may also be
terminated if (i) qualifications are received or provided by the Company's
independent public accountants or attorneys to the effect of either inabilities
in furnishing certifications as to material items including, without limitation,
information contained within the footnotes to the financial statements, or as
affecting matters incident to the issuance and sale of the securities
contemplated or as to corporate proceedings or other matters or (ii) there is
any action, suit or proceeding, threatened or pending, at law or equity against
the Company, or by any Federal, State or other commission, board or agency
wherein any unfavorable result or decision could materially adversely affect the
business, property, or financial condition of the Company which was not
disclosed in the Prospectus.
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(c) This Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by
written or telegraphic notice to the Company at any time after it becomes
effective, if the offering of, or the sale of, or the payment for, or the
delivery of, the Units is rendered impracticable or inadvisable because (i)
additional material governmental restriction, not in force and effect on the
date hereof, shall have been imposed upon trading in securities generally or
minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on the New York
Stock Exchange or trading in securities generally on such exchange shall have
been suspended or a general banking moratorium shall have been established by
Federal or New York State authorities or (ii) a war or other national calamity
shall have occurred involving the United States or (iii) the condition of the
market for securities in general shall have materially and adversely changed, or
(iv) the condition of any matter materially affecting the Company or its
business or business prospects, is such that it would be undesirable,
impractical or inadvisable to proceed with, or consummate, this Agreement or the
public offering of the Units.
(d) Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section
12 shall be without liability of any character (including, but not limited to,
loss of anticipated profits or consequential damages) on the part of any party
hereto, except that the Company shall remain obligated to pay the costs and
expenses provided to be paid by it specified in Sections 6, 7 and 8, to the
extent therein provided. In addition, the Underwriter shall account to the
Company for any advance and shall reimburse the Company for any portion of the
advance not expended for actual out-of-pocket expenses.
(e) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Underwriting
Agreement, termination of this Agreement may only be based on events that result
in a material impairment of this Agreement to offer the securities for sale in
accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission "Letter Regarding First
Boston Corporation, 1985 SEC No. Act. LEXIS 2481 (August 2, 1985).
SECTION 13. Finder. The Company and the Underwriters mutually represent
that they know of no person who rendered any service in connection with the
introduction of the Company to the Underwriters and that they know of no claim
by anyone for a "finder's fee" or similar type of fee, in connection with the
public offering which is the subject of this Agreement. Each party hereby
indemnifies the other against any such claims by any person known to it, and not
known to the other party hereto, who shall claim to have rendered services in
connection with the introduction of the Company to the Underwriters and/or to
have such a claim.
SECTION 14. Substitution of Underwriters.
(a) If one or more Underwriters default in its or their
obligations to purchase and pay for Units hereunder and if the aggregate amount
of such Units which all Underwriters so defaulting have agreed to purchase does
not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of Units constituting the Units, the
non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the right and shall be obligated
severally to purchase and pay for (in addition to the
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Units set forth opposite their names in Schedule I) the full amount of the Units
agreed to be purchased by all such defaulting Underwriters and not so purchased,
in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder. In such event the
Representative, for the accounts of the several non-defaulting Underwriters, may
take up and pay for all or any part of such additional Units to be purchased by
each such Underwriter under this subsection (a), and may postpone the Closing
Date to a time not exceeding seven full business days; or
(b) If one or more Underwriters (other than the
Representative) default in its or their obligations to purchase and pay for the
Units hereunder and if the aggregate amount of such Units which all Underwriters
so defaulting shall have agreed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate
number of Units, or if one or more Underwriters for any reason permitted
hereunder cancel its or their obligations to purchase and pay for Units
hereunder, the non-canceling and non-defaulting Underwriters (hereinafter called
the "Remaining Underwriters") shall have the right, but shall not be obligated
to purchase such Units in such proportion as may be agreed among them, at the
Closing Date. If the Remaining Underwriters do not purchase and pay for such
Units at such Closing Date, the Closing Date shall be postponed for one business
day and the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase such Units,
or to substitute another person or persons to purchase the same or both, at such
postponed Closing Date. If purchasers shall not have been found for such Units
by such postponed Closing Date, the Closing Date shall be postponed for a
further two business days and the Company shall have the right to substitute
another person or persons, satisfactory to you to purchase such Units at such
second postponed Closing Date. If the Company shall not have found such
purchasers for such Units by such second postponed Closing Date, then this
Agreement shall automatically terminate and neither the Company nor the
remaining Underwriters (including the Representative) shall be under any
obligation under this Agreement (except that the Company shall remain liable to
the extent provided in Paragraph 7 hereof). As used in this Agreement, the term
"Underwriter" includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this
Section 14. Nothing in this subparagraph (b) will relieve a defaulting
Underwriter from its liability, if any, to the other Underwriters for damages
occasioned by its default hereunder (and such damages shall be deemed to
include, without limitation, all expenses reasonably incurred by each
Underwriter in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Units) or
obligate any Underwriter to purchase or find purchasers for any Units in excess
of those agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter under the terms of Sections
3 and 14 hereof.
SECTION 15. Registration of the Underwriters' Unit Warrants
and/or securities underlying the Underwriter's Unit Warrants. The Company agrees
that it will, upon request by the Representative or the holders of a majority of
the Underwriters' Unit Warrants and Underlying Securities within the period
commencing one year after the Effective Date, and for a period of five years
from the Effective Date, on one occasion only at the Company's sole expense,
cause the Underwriter's Unit Warrants and/or the Underlying Securities issuable
upon exercise of the Underwriter's Unit Warrants, to be the subject of a
post-effective amendment, a new Registration Statement, if appropriate
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(hereinafter referred to as the "demand Registration Statement"), so as to
enable the Representative and/or its assigns to offer publicly the Underwriter's
Unit Warrants and/or the underlying securities. The Company agrees to register
such securities expeditiously and, where possible, within forty-five (45)
business days after receipt of such requests. The Company agrees to use its
"best efforts" to cause the post-effective amendment, new Registration Statement
to become effective and for a period of nine (9) months thereafter to reflect in
the post-effective amendment, new Registration Statement, financial statements
which are prepared in accordance with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act and any facts
or events arising which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental and/or material change in the information set forth in such
post-effective amendment or new Registration Statement. The holders of the
Underwriters' Unit Warrants may demand registration without exercising such
Warrants and, in fact, are never required to exercise same.
The Company understands and will agree that if, at
any time within the period commencing one year after the Effective Date and
ending seven years after the Effective Date of the Company's Registration
Statement, it should file a Registration Statement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, regardless of whether some
of the holders of the Underwriters' Unit Warrants and Underlying Securities
shall have theretofore availed themselves of the right provided above, the
Company, at its own expense, will offer to said holders the opportunity to
register the Underwriters' Unit Warrants and Underlying Securities. This
paragraph is not applicable to a Registration Statement filed by the Company
with the SEC on Form S-8 or any other inappropriate form.
In addition to the rights above provided, the Company
will cooperate with the then holders of the Underwriter's Warrants and
Underlying Securities in preparing and signing a Registration Statement, on one
occasion only in addition to the Registration Statements discussed above,
required in order to sell or transfer the aforesaid Underwriter's Unit Warrants
and underlying securities and will supply all information required therefor, but
such additional Registration Statement shall be at the then holders' cost and
expense unless the Company elects to register additional shares of the Company's
Common Stock in which case the cost and expense of such Registration Statement
will be prorated between the Company and the holders of the Underwriter's Unit
Warrants and underlying securities according to the aggregate sales price of the
securities being issued. The holders of the Underwriter's Unit Warrants may
include such Warrants in any such filing without exercising the Underwriter's
Warrants, and in fact, are never required to exercise same. The Company can, at
any time for any reason, withdraw any such registration except in connection
with a Registration Statement filed pursuant to the Company's demand
Registration Statement.
For purposes of this Section 15, the term "Underlying
Securities" shall refer to and include the Common Stock and underlying warrants
issuable and issued upon exercise of the Underwriters' Unit Warrants as well as
any Common Stock issued upon the exercise of the underlying warrants.
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SECTION 16. Warrant Exercise Fee Agreement. Commencing twelve
months after the Effective Date, the Company will pay Tasin an amount equal to
ten (10%) percent of the aggregate exercise price of each Warrant exercised of
which a portion may be allowed to the dealer who solicited the exercise (which
may also be Tasin); provided: (1) the market price of the Common Stock on the
date the Warrant was exercised was greater than the Warrant exercise price on
that date; (2) exercise of the Warrant was solicited by a member of the NASD;
(3) the Warrant was not held in a discretionary account; (4) disclosure of
compensation arrangements was made both at the time of the offering and at the
time of exercise of the Warrant; and (5) the solicitation of the exercise of the
Warrant was not in violation of Regulation M promulgated under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or Rule 2710 of the NASD Rules of Conduct. The Warrant
Exercise Fee shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph
and the Warrant Exercise Fee Agreement filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement (the "Warrant Exercise Fee Agreement"). The Company also agrees to
execute and deliver the Warrant Exercise Fee Agreement to Tasin on the Closing
Date.
SECTION 17. Designation of a Director or Non-voting Advisor to the
Board: Unless waived by us, we shall have the right to designate a director or a
non-voting advisor to the Board for a period of three years after the Effective
Date. Said designee, shall attend meetings of the Board and receive no more or
less compensation than is paid to other non-management directors of the Company
and shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for all reasonable costs incurred
in attending such meetings, including but not limited to, food, lodging and
transportation. Moreover, to the extent permitted by law, the Company will agree
to indemnify the Representative and its designee for the actions of such
designee as director or as an advisor of the Company. In the event the
Underwriter designates a director, then the Company will utilize its best
efforts to obtain officer and director liability insurance of at least
$1,000,000 dollars prior to such person serving as a director and if obtained,
to maintain such policy in effect until five years from the Effective Date. To
the extent permitted under the policy, it will also include each of the
Representative and its designee as an insured under such policy.
SECTION 18. Restriction on Securities All officers, directors and
present stockholders (including holders of derivative securities) as of the
Effective Date, have agreed not to sell, transfer, hypothecate or convey any
capital stock or derivative securities by registration or otherwise for a
"Lock-Up" period of thirteen months from the Effective Date without the prior
written consent of the Representative (except that, subject to compliance with
applicable securities laws, any such officer, director or stockholder may
transfer his or her stock to a member of his family or in the event of death, by
will or operation of law, provided that any such transferee shall agree, as a
condition to such transfer, to be bound by the restrictions set forth herein and
further provided that the transferor (except in the case of the transferor's
death) shall continue to be deemed the beneficial owner of such shares in
accordance with Regulation 13d-(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended). An appropriate legend shall be marked on the face of stock
certificates representing all of such securities.
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SECTION 19. Finder's Fee: The Company agrees that if it shall within
two (2) years from the Effective Date, enter into any agreement or understanding
with any person or entity introduced by the Representative involving (i) the
sale of all or substantially all of the assets and properties of the Company,
(ii) the merger or consolidation of the Company (other than a merger or
consolidation effected for the purpose of changing the Company's domicile) or
(iii) the acquisition by the Company of substantially all the assets or stock of
another business entity, which agreement or understanding is thereafter
consummated, whether or not during such two (2) year period, the Company, upon
such consummation, shall pay to the Representative an amount equal to the
following percentages of the consideration paid or received by the Company in
connection with such transaction:
5% of the first $1,000,000 or portion thereof, of such
consideration;
4% of the second $1,000,000 or portion thereof, of such
consideration; and
3% of such consideration in excess of the first $2,000,000 of
such consideration.
The fee payable to the Representative will be in the same form of
consideration as that paid by or to the Company, as the case may be, in any such
transactions.
SECTION 20. Notice. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement, (A) whenever notice is required by the provisions hereof to be given
to the Company, such notice shall be given in writing, by certified mail, return
receipt requested, addressed to the Company at X.X. Xxx 000, Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000,
copy to Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq., Tolins & Lowenfeld, 00 X. 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000; and (B) whenever notice is required by the provisions hereof to be given
to the Underwriters, such notice shall be in writing addressed to the
Representative at the address set forth on the first page of this Agreement,
copy to Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Esq., Xxxxxx Xxxxx P.C., 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000. Any party may change the address for notices to be
sent by giving written notice to the other persons.
SECTION 21. Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery. Except
as the context otherwise requires, all representations, warranties, covenants,
and agreements contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to be
representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements as at the date hereof and
as at the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date(s), and all
representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements of the several
Underwriters and the Company, shall remain operative and in full force and
effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any of the
Underwriters or the Company or any of their respective controlling persons, and
shall survive any termination of this Agreement (whensoever made) and/or
delivery of the Firm Units and the Optional Units to the several Underwriters.
SECTION 22. Miscellaneous. This Agreement is made solely for the
benefit of the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors and
assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue
of this Agreement. The
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term "successor" or the term "successors and assigns" as used in this Agreement
shall not include any purchaser, as such, of any of the Units.
This Agreement shall not be assignable by any party without
the other party's prior written consent. This Agreement shall be binding upon,
and shall inure to the benefit of, our respective successors and permitted
assigns. The foregoing represents the sole and entire agreement between us with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior agreements between
us with respect thereto. This Agreement may not be modified, amended or waived
except by a written instrument signed by the party to be charged. The validity,
interpretation and construction of this Agreement, and of each part hereof,
shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument.
If a party signs this Agreement and transmits an electronic
facsimile of the signature page to the other party, the party who receives the
transmission may rely upon the electronic facsimile as a signed original of this
Agreement.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding
of our agreement, kindly sign and return to us a counterpart hereof, whereupon
this instrument along with all counterparts will become a binding agreement
between the Company and the Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
WORLDWIDE WIRELESS, INC.
By:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Executive Vice-President
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written:
TASIN & COMPANY, INC.
By:
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, President
For itself and as the Representative of the
other Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto.
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriters Number of Firm Units to be
----------------------- Purchased
--------------------------
Tasin & Company, Inc.
Total 1,500,000
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