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EXHIBIT 1.01
6,000,000 SHARES
EGREETINGS NETWORK, INC.
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.001 PER SHARE
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
December __, 1999
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
BANCBOSTON ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, INC.
U.S. BANCORP ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ INC.
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,
c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation,
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Dear Sirs:
1. Introductory. Egreetings Network, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Company"), proposes to issue and sell 6,000,000 shares ("Firm Securities") of
its Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Securities") and also proposes to
issue and sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an
aggregate of not more than 900,000 additional shares ("Optional Securities") of
its Securities as set forth below. The Firm Securities and the Optional
Securities are herein collectively called the "Offered Securities." As part of
the offering contemplated by this Agreement, [____________________] (the
"Designated Underwriter") has agreed to reserve out of the Firm Securities
purchased by it under this Agreement, up to [_________________] shares, for sale
to the Company's directors, officers, employees and other parties associated
with the Company (collectively, "Participants"), as set forth in the Prospectus
(as defined herein) under the heading "Underwriters" (the "Directed Share
Program"). The Firm Securities to be sold by the Designated Underwriter pursuant
to the Directed Share Program (the "Directed Shares") will be sold by the
Designated Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement at the public offering price.
Any Directed Shares not orally confirmed for purchase by a Participant by the
end of the business day on which this Agreement is executed will be offered to
the public by the Underwriters as set forth in the Prospectus. The Company
hereby agrees with the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto
("Underwriters") as follows:
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents
and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement (No. 333-88595) relating to the
Offered Securities, including a form of prospectus, has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") and either (i) has been
declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") and is not
proposed to be amended or (ii) is proposed to be amended by amendment or
post-effective amendment. If such registration statement ("initial registration
statement") has been declared effective, either (i) an additional registration
statement ("additional registration statement") relating to the Offered
Securities may have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b)
("Rule 462(b)") under the Act and, if so filed, has become effective upon filing
pursuant to such Rule and the Offered Securities all have been duly registered
under the Act pursuant to the initial registration statement and, if applicable,
the additional registration statement or (ii) such an additional registration
statement is proposed to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b)
and will become effective upon filing pursuant to such Rule and upon such filing
the Offered Securities will all have been duly registered under the Act pursuant
to the initial registration statement and such additional registration
statement. If the Company does not propose to amend the initial registration
statement or if an additional registration statement has been filed and the
Company does not propose to amend it, and if any post-effective amendment to
either such registration
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statement has been filed with the Commission prior to the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, the most recent amendment (if any) to each such registration
statement has been declared effective by the Commission or has become effective
upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c) ("Rule 462(c)") under the Act or, in the
case of the additional registration statement, Rule 462(b). For purposes of this
Agreement, "Effective Time" with respect to the initial registration statement
or, if filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
additional registration statement means (i) if the Company has advised the
Representatives that it does not propose to amend such registration statement,
the date and time as of which such registration statement, or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereto (if any) filed prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, was declared effective by the Commission or has
become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c), or (ii) if the Company has
advised the Representatives that it proposes to file an amendment or
post-effective amendment to such registration statement, the date and time as of
which such registration statement, as amended by such amendment or
post-effective amendment, as the case may be, is declared effective by the
Commission. If an additional registration statement has not been filed prior to
the execution and delivery of this Agreement but the Company has advised the
Representatives that it proposes to file one, "Effective Time" with respect to
such additional registration statement means the date and time as of which such
registration statement is filed and becomes effective pursuant to Rule 462(b).
"Effective Date" with respect to the initial registration statement or the
additional registration statement (if any) means the date of the Effective Time
thereof. The initial registration statement, as amended at its Effective Time,
including all information contained in the additional registration statement (if
any) and deemed to be a part of the initial registration statement as of the
Effective Time of the additional registration statement pursuant to the General
Instructions of the Form on which it is filed and including all information (if
any) deemed to be a part of the initial registration statement as of its
Effective Time pursuant to Rule 430A(b) ("Rule 430A(b)") under the Act, is
hereinafter referred to as the "Initial Registration Statement". The additional
registration statement, as amended at its Effective Time, including the contents
of the initial registration statement incorporated by reference therein and
including all information (if any) deemed to be a part of the additional
registration statement as of its Effective Time pursuant to Rule 430A(b), is
hereinafter referred to as the "Additional Registration Statement". The Initial
Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statement are herein
referred to collectively as the "Registration Statements" and individually as a
"Registration Statement". The form of prospectus relating to the Offered
Securities, as first filed with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance
with Rule 424(b) ("Rule 424(b)") under the Act or (if no such filing is
required) as included in a Registration Statement, is hereinafter referred to as
the "Prospectus". No document has been or will be prepared or distributed in
reliance on Rule 434 under the Act.
(b) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement
is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: (i) on the Effective
Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial Registration Statement
conformed in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission ("Rules and Regulations") and did not include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
(ii) on the Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement (if any),
each Registration Statement conformed, or will conform, in all respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not include, or
will not include, any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit, or
will not omit, to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (iii) on the date of
this Agreement, the Initial Registration Statement and, if the Effective Time of
the Additional Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement each conforms, and at the
time of filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (if no such filing
is required) at the Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement in
which the Prospectus is included, each Registration Statement and the Prospectus
will conform, in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations, and neither of such documents includes, or will include, any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits, or will omit, to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading. If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: on the Effective
Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial Registration Statement
and the Prospectus will conform in all respects to the requirements of the Act
and
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the Rules and Regulations, neither of such documents will include any untrue
statement of a material fact or will omit to state any material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
and no Additional Registration Statement has been or will be filed. The two
preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from a
Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon written information
furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information is that described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(c) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power
and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in
which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires
such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a
material adverse effect on the condition, (financial or other) business,
properties or results of operations of the Company ("Material Adverse Effect").
(d) The Company has no subsidiaries.
(e) The Offered Securities and all other outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized; all outstanding shares
of capital stock of the Company are, and, when the Offered Securities have been
delivered and paid for in accordance with this Agreement on each Closing Date
(as defined below), such Offered Securities will have been, validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to the description thereof
contained in the Prospectus; and the stockholders of the Company have no
preemptive rights with respect to the Securities.
(f) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no
contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that
would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Underwriter for a
brokerage commission, finder's fee or other like payment in connection with this
offering.
(g) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no
contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person
granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration
statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or
to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities
in the securities registered pursuant to a Registration Statement or in any
securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed
by the Company under the Act.
(h) The Offered Securities have been approved for listing on The
Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market, subject to notice of issuance.
(i) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing
with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection
with the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities by the Company, except such
as have been obtained and made under the Act and such as may be required under
state securities laws.
(j) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement,
and the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities will not result in a breach
or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any statute, any rule, regulation or, to the Company's knowledge, any
order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign,
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties, or any agreement
or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound
or to which any of the properties of the Company is subject, or the charter or
by-laws of the Company, and the Company has full power and authority to
authorize, issue and sell the Offered Securities as contemplated by this
Agreement.
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(k) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(l) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company has good
and marketable title to all real properties and all other properties and assets
owned by it, in each case free from liens, encumbrances and defects that would
materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or
to be made thereof by them; and except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the
Company holds any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable
leases with no exceptions that would materially interfere with the use made or
to be made thereof by it.
(m) The Company possesses adequate certificates, authorities or
permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to
conduct the business now operated by it and has not received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate,
authority or permit that, if determined adversely to the Company, would
individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any
subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that might
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) The Company owns, possesses or can acquire on reasonable
terms, adequate trademarks, trade names and other rights to inventions,
know-how, patents, copyrights, confidential information and other intellectual
property, including applications licensed directly from third parties
(collectively, "intellectual property rights") necessary to conduct the business
now operated by it, or presently employed by it, and has not received any notice
of, and is not aware of, any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of
others with respect to any intellectual property rights that, if determined
adversely to the Company, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material
Adverse Effect. The discoveries, inventions, products or processes of the
Company referred to in the Prospectus do not, to the Company's knowledge,
infringe or conflict with any intellectual property right of any third party.
(p) The Company is not in violation of any statute, any rule,
regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court,
domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or
toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment
or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, "environmental
laws"), does not own or operate any real property contaminated with any
substance that is subject to any environmental laws, is not liable for any
off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, and is
not subject to any claim relating to any environmental laws, which violation,
contamination, liability or claim would individually or in the aggregate have a
Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of any pending
investigation which might lead to such a claim.
(q) There are no pending actions, suits or proceedings against or
affecting the Company or any of its properties that, if determined adversely to
the Company, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse
Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, or which are otherwise material in
the context of the sale of the Offered Securities; and, to the Company's
knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated.
(r) The financial statements included in each Registration
Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the financial position of the
Company as of the dates shown and its results of operations and cash flows for
the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in
conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States applied on a consistent basis and the schedules included in each
Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated
therein and the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial statements
included in each Registration Statement and the Prospectus provide a reasonable
basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the
transactions or events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give
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appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma columns therein
reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the corresponding
historical financial statement amounts.
(s) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus there has been no
material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective
material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business,
properties or results of operations of the Company, and, except as disclosed in
or contemplated by the Prospectus, there has been no dividend or distribution of
any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital
stock.
(t) The execution and delivery of the Agreement and Plan of
Merger dated as of November 18, 1999 (the "Merger Agreement") between Egreetings
Network, Inc., a California corporation (the "California Corporation"), and the
Company, effecting the reincorporation of the California Corporation under the
laws of the State of Delaware, was duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of each of the California Corporation and the Company. Each
of the California Corporation and the Company had all corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver the Merger Agreement, to file the Merger
Agreement with the Secretary of State of California and the Secretary of State
of Delaware and to consummate the reincorporation contemplated by the Merger
Agreement, and the Merger Agreement at the time of execution and filing
constituted a valid and binding obligation of each of the California Corporation
and the Company.
(u) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering
and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof
as described in the Prospectus, will not be an "investment company" as defined
in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(v) The Company (i) has notified each holder of a currently
outstanding option issued under the Company's 1996 Stock Option Plan (the
"Option Plan"), and each person who has acquired Securities pursuant to the
exercise of any option granted under such option plans that pursuant to the
terms of such option plans, none of such options or shares may be sold or
otherwise transferred or disposed of for a period of 180 days after the date of
the initial public offering of the Offered Securities and (ii) has imposed a
stop-transfer instruction with the Company's transfer agent in order to enforce
the foregoing lock-up provision imposed pursuant to the Option Plan.
(w) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, all outstanding
Securities, and all securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable
for Securities, are subject to valid and binding agreements (collectively,
"Lock-up Agreements") that restrict the holders thereof from selling, making any
short sale of, granting any option for the purchase of, or otherwise
transferring or disposing of, any of such Securities, or any such securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Securities, for a period of
180 days after the date of the Prospectus without the prior written consent of
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation ("CSFBC") and the Company.
(x) The Company (i) has notified each stockholder who is party to
the Fifth Amended and Restated Investors' Rights Agreement dated November 12,
1999 (the "Rights Agreement"), that pursuant to the terms of the Rights
Agreement, none of the shares of the Company's capital stock held by such
stockholder may be sold or otherwise transferred or disposed of for a period of
180 days after the date of the initial public offering of the Offered Securities
and (ii) has imposed a stop-transfer instruction with the Company's transfer
agent in order to enforce the foregoing lock-up provision imposed pursuant to
the Rights Agreement.
(y) The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to
offer, any offered Securities to any person pursuant to the Directed Share
Program with the specific intent to unlawfully influence (i) a customer or
supplier of the Company to alter the customer's or supplier's level or type of
business with the Company or (ii) a trade journalist or publication to write or
publish favorable information about the Company or its products.
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(z) The Company's issuance of Series G Preferred Stock on
November __, 1999 is not integrated with the offering contemplated hereby. Such
issuance was exempt from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Act
pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof.
(aa) All of the Company's products (including products currently
under development) will record, store, process, calculate and present calendar
dates falling on and after (and if applicable, spans of time including) January
1, 2000, and will calculate any information dependent on or relating to such
dates in the same manner, and with the same functionality, data integrity and
performance, as the products record, store, process, calculate and present
calendar dates on or before December 31, 1999, or calculate any information
dependent on or relating to such dates (collectively, "Year 2000 Compliant").
All of the Company's products will lose no functionality with respect to the
introduction of records containing dates falling on or after January 1, 2000.
All of the Company's internal computer and technology products and systems are
Year 2000 Compliant.
Furthermore, the Company represents and warrants to the Underwriters
that (i) the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary
prospectus comply, and any further amendments or supplements thereto will
comply, with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in
which the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented,
if applicable, are distributed in connection with the Directed Share Program,
and that (ii) no authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration
or qualification of or with any government, governmental instrumentality or
court, other than such as have been obtained, is necessary under the securities
law and regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Directed Shares are
offered outside the United States.
3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities. On the basis of
the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to
the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the
Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase
from the Company, at a purchase price of $[____] per share, the respective
numbers of shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite the names of the
Underwriters in Schedule A hereto.
The Company will deliver the Firm Securities to the Representatives for
the accounts of the Underwriters, at the office of CSFBC, Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, New York, against payment of the purchase price in Federal (same day)
funds by official bank check or checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank
acceptable to CSFBC drawn to the order of the Company at the office of ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Godward LLP ("▇▇▇▇▇▇ Godward"), ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, at 10:00 A.M., New York time, on December __, 1999 or at such other
time not later than seven full business days thereafter as CSFBC and the Company
determine, such time being herein referred to as the "First Closing Date." For
purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, the First Closing Date (if later
than the otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement date for
payment of funds and delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold
pursuant to the offering. The certificates for the Firm Securities so to be
delivered will be in definitive form, in such denominations and registered in
such names as CSFBC requests and will be made available for checking and
packaging at the above office of CSFBC in New York at least 24 hours prior to
the First Closing Date.
In addition, upon written notice from CSFBC given to the Company from
time to time not more than 30 days subsequent to the date of the Prospectus, the
Underwriters may purchase all or less than all of the Optional Securities at the
purchase price per Security to be paid for the Firm Securities. The Company
agrees to sell to the Underwriters the number of shares of Optional Securities
specified in such notice and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly,
to purchase such Optional Securities. Such Optional Securities shall be
purchased for the account of each Underwriter in the same proportion as the
number of shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter's name
bears to the total number of shares of Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by
CSFBC to eliminate fractions) and may be purchased by the Underwriters only for
the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the sale of the
Firm Securities. No Optional Securities shall be sold or delivered unless the
Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered.
The right to purchase the Optional Securities or any
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portion thereof may be exercised from time to time and to the extent not
previously exercised may be surrendered and terminated at any time upon notice
by CSFBC to the Company.
Each time for the delivery of and payment for the Optional Securities,
being herein referred to as an "Optional Closing Date," which may be the First
Closing Date (the First Closing Date and each Optional Closing Date, if any,
being sometimes referred to as a "Closing Date"), shall be determined by CSFBC
but shall be not later than five full business days after written notice of
election to purchase Optional Securities is given. The Company will deliver the
Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date to the
Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters, at the above
office of CSFBC in New York, against payment of the purchase price therefor in
Federal (same day) funds by official bank check or checks or wire transfer to an
account at a bank acceptable to CSFBC drawn to the order of the Company at the
above office of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Godward in San Francisco, California. The certificates
for the Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date will
be in definitive form, in such denominations and registered in such names as
CSFBC requests upon reasonable notice prior to such Optional Closing Date and
will be made available for checking and packaging at the above office of CSFBC
in New York at a reasonable time in advance of such Optional Closing Date.
4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several
Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public as
set forth in the Prospectus.
5. Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the
several Underwriters that:
(a) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement
is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will file
the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with
subparagraph (1) (or, if applicable and if consented to by CSFBC, subparagraph
(4)) of Rule 424(b) not later than the earlier of (A) the second business day
following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or (B) the fifteenth
business day after the Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement.
The Company will advise CSFBC promptly of any such filing pursuant to
Rule 424(b). If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and an additional
registration statement is necessary to register a portion of the Offered
Securities under the Act but the Effective Time thereof has not occurred as of
such execution and delivery, the Company will file the additional registration
statement or, if filed, will file a post-effective amendment thereto with the
Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 462(b) on or prior to 10:00
P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, on or prior
to the time the Prospectus is printed and distributed to any Underwriter, or
will make such filing at such later date as shall have been consented to by
CSFBC.
(b) The Company will advise CSFBC promptly of any proposal to
amend or supplement the initial or any additional registration statement as
filed or the related prospectus or the Initial Registration Statement, the
Additional Registration Statement (if any) or the Prospectus and will not effect
such amendment or supplementation without CSFBC's consent; and the Company will
also advise CSFBC promptly of the effectiveness of each Registration Statement
(if its Effective Time is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement) and of any amendment or supplementation of a Registration Statement
or the Prospectus and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order
proceedings in respect of a Registration Statement and will use its best efforts
to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible
its lifting, if issued.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered
Securities is required to be delivered under the Act in connection with sales by
any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus
as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the
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Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company will promptly notify CSFBC of
such event and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, at its own
expense, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or
omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither CSFBC's
consent to, nor the Underwriters' delivery of, any such amendment or supplement
shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.
(d) As soon as practicable, but not later than the Availability
Date (as defined below), the Company will make generally available to its
securityholders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months
beginning after the Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement (or, if
later, the Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement) which will
satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act. For the purpose of the
preceding sentence, "Availability Date" means the 45th day after the end of the
fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes such Effective
Date, except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the
Company's fiscal year, "Availability Date" means the 90th day after the end of
such fourth fiscal quarter.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of
each Registration Statement (five of which will be signed and will include all
exhibits), each related preliminary prospectus, and, so long as a prospectus
relating to the Offered Securities is required to be delivered under the Act in
connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer, the Prospectus and all
amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case in such quantities as
CSFBC requests. The Prospectus shall be so furnished on or prior to 3:00 P.M.,
New York time, on the business day following the later of the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the Effective Time of the Initial Registration
Statement. All other documents shall be so furnished as soon as available. The
Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the Underwriters
all such documents.
(f) The Company will cooperate with CSFBC in endeavoring to
qualify the Offered Securities for sale under the securities laws of such
jurisdictions as CSFBC may reasonably have designated in writing and will make
such applications, file such documents, and furnish such information as may be
reasonably required for that purpose; provided that the Company shall not be
required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to
service of process in any jurisdiction where is it now so qualified or required
to file such a consent. The Company will, from time to time, prepare and file
such statements, reports, and other documents, as are or may be required to
continue such qualifications in effect for so long a period as CSFBC may
reasonably request for distribution of the Offered Securities.
(g) During the period of five years hereafter, the Company will
furnish to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other
Underwriters, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy
of its annual report to stockholders for such year; and the Company will furnish
to the Representatives (i) as soon as available, a copy of each report and any
definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") or mailed to
stockholders.
(h) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance
of its obligations under this Agreement, for any filing fees and other expenses
(including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred in connection with
qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such
jurisdictions as CSFBC designates and the printing of memoranda relating
thereto, for the filing fee incident to, and the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review by
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the Offered Securities,
for any travel expenses of the Company's officers and employees and any other
expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with
prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities and for expenses incurred in
distributing preliminary prospectuses and the Prospectus (including any
amendments and supplements thereto) to the Underwriters.
(i) For a period of 180 days after the date of the initial public
offering of the Offered Securities, the Company will not offer, sell, contract
to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with
the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to, any
additional shares of its Securities or securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of its Securities, or publicly
disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge, disposition or
filing, without the prior written consent of CSFBC, except (i) issuances of
Securities pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise
of warrants and options, in each case outstanding on the date hereof; (ii)
grants of employee stock options pursuant to the terms of the Company's stock
option and equity
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incentive plans; (iii) issuances of Securities pursuant to the exercise of such
options; or (iv) the exercise of any other employee stock options outstanding on
the date hereof.
(j) The Company agrees to use its best efforts to cause (i) each
of its directors, officers and stockholders and (ii) each person who acquires
Securities of the Company pursuant to the exercise of any option or right
granted under the Option Plan to sign an agreement that restricts such person
from selling, making any short sale of, granting any option for the purchase of,
or otherwise transferring or disposing of, any of such Securities, or any such
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Securities, for a
period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus without the prior written
consent of CSFBC; and the Company will (i) with regard to any such agreement to
which the Company is a party, enforce the terms of each such agreement and (ii)
issue and impose a stop-transfer instruction with the Company's transfer agent
in order to enforce the foregoing lock-up agreements.
(k) The Company will (i) with regard to any Lock-up Agreement to
which the Company is a party, enforce the terms of each Lock-up Agreement, and
(ii) issue stop-transfer instructions to the transfer agent for the Securities
with respect to any transaction or contemplated transaction that would
constitute a breach of or default under the applicable Lock-up Agreement. In
addition, except with the prior written consent of CSFBC, the Company agrees (i)
not to amend or terminate, or waive any right under, any Lock-up Agreement, or
take any other action that would directly or indirectly have the same effect as
an amendment or termination, or waiver of any right under any Lock-up Agreement,
that would permit any holder of Securities, or any securities convertible into,
or exercisable or exchangeable for, Securities, to make any short sale of, grant
any option for the purchase of, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, any such
Securities or other securities, prior to the expiration of the 180 days after
the date of the Prospectus and (ii) not to consent to any sale, short sale,
grant of an option for the purchase of, or other disposition or transfer of
shares of Securities, or securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Securities, subject to a Lock-up Agreement.
(l) In connection with the Directed Share Program, the Company
will ensure that the Directed Shares will be restricted to the extent required
by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") or the NASD
rules from sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation for a period of
three months following the date of the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement. The Designated Underwriter will notify the Company as to which
Participants will need to be so restricted. The Company will direct the transfer
agent to place stop transfer instructions upon such securities for such period
of time.
(m) The Company will pay all fees and disbursements of counsel
incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program and
stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by the
underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program.
Furthermore, the Company covenants with the Underwriters that the
Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws,
rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares
are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program.
6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of
the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities on the
First Closing Date and the Optional Securities to be purchased on each Optional
Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements
of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance
by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional
conditions precedent:
(a) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the
date of delivery thereof (which, if the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
shall be on or prior to the date of this Agreement (but in no event earlier than
the Effective Time) or, if the Effective Time of the Initial Registration
Statement is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, shall
be prior to the filing of the amendment or post-effective amendment to
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the registration statement to be filed shortly prior to such Effective Time), of
Ernst & Young LLP confirming that they are independent public accountants within
the meaning of the Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations
thereunder and stating to the effect that:
(i) in their opinion the financial statements and
schedules examined by them and included in the Registration
Statements comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related
published Rules and Regulations;
(ii) they have performed the procedures specified by
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a
review of interim financial information as described in Statement
of Auditing Standards No. 71, Interim Financial Information, on
the unaudited financial statements included in the Registration
Statements;
(iii) on the basis of the review referred to in clause
(ii) above, a reading of the latest available interim financial
statements of the Company, inquiries of officials of the Company
who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters and
other specified procedures, nothing came to their attention that
caused them to believe that:
(A) the unaudited financial statements included in
the Registration Statements do not comply as to form in
all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the related published Rules
and Regulations or any material modifications should be
made to such unaudited financial statements for them to
be in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(B) at the date of the latest available balance
sheet read by such accountants, or at a subsequent
specified date not more than three business days prior to
the date of such letter, there was any change in the
capital stock or deferred revenue or any increase in
long-term debt, total or current liabilities or
stockholders' deficit, or any decrease in current assets
or total assets of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries, as compared with amounts shown on the
latest balance sheet included in the Prospectus; or
(C) for the period from the closing date of the
latest statement of operations included in the Prospectus
to a specified date not more than three business days
prior to the date of such letter, there were any
decreases, as compared with the corresponding period of
the previous year and with the period of corresponding
length in the previous quarter, in total revenues, or
increases in loss from operations, comprehensive loss or
the total or per share amounts of basic net loss;
except in all cases set forth in clauses (B) and (C) above for changes,
increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur
or which are described in such letter; and
(iv) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or
percentages derived from such dollar amounts) and other financial
information contained in the Registration Statements (in each
case to the extent that such dollar amounts, percentages and
other financial and statistical information are derived from the
general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries
subject to the internal controls of the Company's accounting
system or are derived directly from such records by analysis or
computation) with the results obtained from inquiries, a reading
of such general accounting records and other procedures specified
in such letter and have found such dollar amounts,
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percentages and other financial and statistical information to be
in agreement with such results, except as otherwise specified in
such letter.
For purposes of this subsection, (i) if the Effective Time of the
Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, "Registration Statements" shall mean the initial registration
statement as proposed to be amended by the amendment or post-effective amendment
to be filed shortly prior to its Effective Time, (ii) if the Effective Time of
the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement but the Effective Time of the Additional Registration is
subsequent to such execution and delivery, "Registration Statements" shall mean
the Initial Registration Statement and the additional registration statement as
proposed to be filed or as proposed to be amended by the post-effective
amendment to be filed shortly prior to its Effective Time, and (iii)
"Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in the Registration Statements.
(b) The Company shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP (and
furnished to the Representatives) an examination report with respect to
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations of the Company for the three fiscal years ending December 31, 1998 in
accordance with Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagement No. 8 issued
by the Auditing Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, and such examination report shall be included in the Registration
Statement.
(c) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement
is not prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such Effective
Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date
of this Agreement or such later date as shall have been consented to by CSFBC.
If the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement (if any) is not
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such Effective Time shall
have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this
Agreement or, if earlier, the time the Prospectus is printed and distributed to
any Underwriter, or shall have occurred at such later date as shall have been
consented to by CSFBC. If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration
Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with the
Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) of this Agreement. Prior to such Closing
Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement
shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been
instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Representatives, shall be
contemplated by the Commission.
(d) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event
involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or other), business,
properties or results of operations of the Company or its subsidiaries taken as
one enterprise which, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the
Underwriters including the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it
impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public offering or
the sale of and payment for the Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the
rating of any debt securities of the Company by any "nationally recognized
statistical rating organization" (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under
the Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under
surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of the Company (other
than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no
implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any material
suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the New
York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such
exchange, or any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any
exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (iv) any banking moratorium declared
by U.S. Federal or New York authorities; or (v) any outbreak or escalation of
major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war
by Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or
emergency if, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters
including the Representatives, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation,
declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to
proceed with completion of the public offering or the sale of and payment for
the Offered Securities.
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(e) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated
such Closing Date, of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Godward, counsel for the Company, to the effect
that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an
existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus; and, to such counsel's knowledge, the Company is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good
standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or
lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not
have a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) The Offered Securities delivered on such Closing
Date and all other outstanding shares of the capital stock of the
Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully
paid and nonassessable and conform to the description thereof
contained in the Prospectus under the heading "Description of
Capital Stock"; and the stockholders of the Company have no
preemptive rights with respect to the Offered Securities;
(iii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, to such
counsel's knowledge, there are no contracts, agreements or
understandings known to such counsel between the Company and any
person granting such person the right to require the Company to
file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any
securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or
to require the Company to include such securities in the
securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or
in any securities being registered pursuant to any other
registration statement filed by the Company under the Act;
(iv) The Company is not and, after giving effect to
the offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the
application of the proceeds thereof as described in the
Prospectus, will not become required to register as an
"investment company" pursuant to the Investment Company Act of
1940.
(v) No consent, approval, authorization or order of,
or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is
required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement in connection with the issuance or sale of the
Offered Securities by the Company, except such as have been
obtained and made under the Act and such as may be required under
state securities laws;
(vi) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities
will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, any
rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or
any court having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
properties, or any agreement or instrument to which the Company
is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of
the properties of the Company is subject and which is filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement, or the charter or by-laws
of the Company, and the Company has full power and authority to
authorize, issue and sell the Offered Securities as contemplated
by this Agreement;
(vii) The Company's issuance of Series G Preferred
Stock on November __, 1999 is not integrated with the offering
contemplated hereby. Such issuance was exempt from the
registration requirements of Section 5 of the Act pursuant to
Section 4(2) thereof.
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(viii) The Initial Registration Statement was declared
effective under the Act as of the date and time specified in such
opinion, the Additional Registration Statement (if any) was filed
and became effective under the Act as of the date and time (if
determinable) specified in such opinion, the Prospectus either
was filed with the Commission pursuant to the subparagraph of
Rule 424(b) specified in such opinion on the date specified
therein or was included in the Initial Registration Statement or
the Additional Registration Statement (as the case may be), and,
to the best of the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or any
part thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose
have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the Act,
and each Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and each
amendment or supplement thereto, as of their respective effective
or issue dates, complied as to form in all material respects with
the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations. To the
knowledge of such counsel, there are no legal or governmental
proceedings required to be described in a Registration Statement
or the Prospectus which are not described as required, nor are
there contracts or documents of a character required to be
described in a Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be
filed as exhibits to a Registration Statement which are not
described and filed as required;
(ix) The statements set forth under the headings "Risk
Factors - Risks Related to Our Business", "Risk Factors - Risks
Related to Content, Intellectual Property and Government
Regulation", "Risk Factors - Risks Related to This Offering",
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations", "Business - Our Strategy", "Business -
Development of Digital Greeting and Gift Content on Our Web
Site", "Business - Advertising, Sponsorship and Ecommerce
Opportunities for Our Business Partners", "Business - Our
Relationship with ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Greetings, Inc.", "Business - Our
Relationship with the National Broadcasting Company, Inc.",
"Business - The Impact of Government Regulation on Our Web Site
and Our Business", "Business - Our Facilities", and "Business -
Legal Proceedings Affecting Our Business", "Management -
Employment and Severance Arrangements", "Related Transactions",
"Description of Capital Stock", "Shares Eligible for Future
Sale", and "Underwriting" in the Prospectus, insofar as such
statements purport to summarize legal matters, documents or
proceedings referred to therein, provide a fair summary of such
legal matters, documents or proceedings to the extent required
under the Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder;
(x) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company;
(xi) The execution and delivery of the Merger
Agreement, effecting the reincorporation of the California
Corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware, was duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of each
of the California Corporation and the Company;
In addition to the matters set forth above, counsel rendering the
foregoing opinion shall also include a statement to the effect that nothing has
come to such counsel's attention which has caused such counsel to believe that
any part of a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto (except as to the
financial statements and schedules and other financial data and statistical data
derived therefrom as to which such counsel need express no opinion) on the date
it became effective under the Act, contained an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto (except as to the financial statements
and schedules and other financial data and statistical data derived therefrom as
to which such counsel need express no opinion), as of its date or as of the date
hereof contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to
state a material fact
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necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(f) The Representatives shall have received from ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated
such Closing Date, with respect to the incorporation of the Company, the
validity of the Offered Securities delivered on such Closing Date, the
Registration Statements, the Prospectus and other related matters as the
Representatives may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such
counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass
upon such matters.
(g) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated
such Closing Date, of the Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President and the
Chief Financial Officer of the Company in which such officers shall state that:
to the best of their knowledge the representations and warranties of the Company
in this Agreement are true and correct; the Company has complied with all
agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date; no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of any Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission; the
Additional Registration Statement (if any) satisfying the requirements of
subparagraphs (1) and (3) of Rule 462(b) was filed pursuant to Rule 462(b),
including payment of the applicable filing fee in accordance with Rule 111(a) or
(b) under the Act, prior to the time the Prospectus was printed and distributed
to any Underwriter; and, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial
statements in the Prospectus, there has not been a Material Adverse Effect, nor
any development or event involving a prospective Material Adverse Effect, except
as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus or as described in such
certificate.
(h) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated such
Closing Date, of Ernst & Young LLP which meets the requirements of subsection
(a) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to in such
subsection will be a date not more than three days prior to such Closing Date
for the purposes of this subsection.
The Company will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies
of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives
reasonably request. CSFBC may in its sole discretion waive on behalf of the
Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect of an Optional Closing Date or
otherwise.
7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company will indemnify and
hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers and each
person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15
of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement,
the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related
preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse
each Underwriter upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided,
however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that
any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission
from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed
that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the
information described as such in subsection (b) below.
The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Designated
Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls the Designated Underwriter
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the
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Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (the "Designated Entities"),
from and against all and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including,
without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in
connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) (i) caused
by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in any material prepared by or with the consent of the Company for distribution
to Participants in connection with the Directed Share Program or caused by any
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii)
caused by the failure of any Participant to pay for and accept delivery of
Directed Shares that the Participant agreed to purchase, or (iii) related to,
arising out of, or in connection with the Directed Share Program, other than
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or expenses relating thereto) that are
finally judicially determined to have resulted from the bad faith or gross
negligence of the Designated Entities.
(b) Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers and each person, if any
who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become
subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in
any Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use
therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred, it being understood
and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists
of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each
Underwriter: The fourth and fifth paragraphs of "Underwriting".
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 7 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party
under subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will
not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party
otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. 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
therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying
party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel
satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent
of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying 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 7 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, if indemnity may be sought pursuant to the
last paragraph in Section 7(a) hereof in respect of such action or proceeding,
then in addition to such separate firm for the indemnified parties, the
indemnifying party shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of not
more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the
Designated Underwriter for the defense of any losses, claims, damages and
liabilities arising out of the Directed Share Program, and all persons, if any,
who control the Designated Underwriter within the meaning of the either Section
15 of the Act of Section 20 of the Exchange Act. No indemnifying party shall,
without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes
an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any
claims that are the subject matter
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of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of,
fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by
the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering
of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand
and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion
as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received
by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received
by the Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified
party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in
the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this
subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no
Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in
this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective
underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend,
upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the
Underwriters under this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the
respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms
and conditions, to each director of the Company, to each officer of the Company
who has signed a Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who controls
the Company within the meaning of the Act.
8. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default
in their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the
First or any Optional Closing Date and the aggregate number of shares of Offered
Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to
purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of Offered Securities
that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, CSFBC may
make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Offered
Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such
arrangements are made by such Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters
shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments
hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriters
agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date. If any Underwriter or
Underwriters so default and the aggregate number of shares of Offered Securities
with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total
number of shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to
purchase on such Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to CSFBC and the
Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not
made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without
liability on the part of
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any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 9
(provided that if such default occurs with respect to Optional Securities after
the First Closing Date, this Agreement will not terminate as to the Firm
Securities or any Optional Securities purchased prior to such termination). As
used in this Agreement, the term "Underwriter" includes any person substituted
for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default.
9. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective
indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the
Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made
pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of
any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter, the Company or any of their respective representatives,
officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of
and payment for the Offered Securities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant
to Section 8 or if for any reason the purchase of the Offered Securities by the
Underwriters is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the
expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 5 and the respective
obligations of the Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7 shall
remain in effect, and if any Offered Securities have been purchased hereunder
the representations and warranties in Section 2 and all obligations under
Section 5 shall also remain in effect. If the purchase of the Offered Securities
by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because
of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8 or the occurrence of
any event specified in clause (iii), (iv) or (v) of Section 6(c), the Company
will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees
and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the
offering of the Offered Securities.
10. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if
sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed
to the Representatives c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Eleven
Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention: Investment Banking
Department--Transactions Advisory Group, or, if sent to the Company, will be
mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, with a
copy to: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Godward LLP, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇; provided, however, that any
notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 7 will be mailed, delivered or
telegraphed and confirmed to such Underwriter.
11. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7, and no other
person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
12. Representation of Underwriters. The Representatives will act for the
several Underwriters in connection with this financing, and any action under
this Agreement taken by the Representatives jointly or by CSFBC will be binding
upon all the Underwriters.
13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
14. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
The Company hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the
Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in
any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives'
understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the
counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the
Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
EGREETINGS NETWORK, INC.
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By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Chief Executive Officer
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the date first
above written.
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
BANCBOSTON ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, INC.
U.S. BANCORP ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ INC.
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the
Representatives of the several
Underwriters
By: CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
By:
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Title: Managing Director
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SCHEDULE A
NUMBER OF
UNDERWRITER FIRM SECURITIES
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Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation..........................
BancBoston ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Inc..............................
U.S. Bancorp ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc. ................................
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Total.................................... 6,000,000
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