Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Class A Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT dated [___] , 2007 Cowen and Company, LLC
Exhibit 1.1
Class A Common Stock
dated [___] , 2007
Xxxxx and Company, LLC
[Date], 2007
XXXXX AND COMPANY, LLC
As Representative of the several Underwriters
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
As Representative of the several Underwriters
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Introductory. Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes
to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule A (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate
of 3,125,000 shares of its Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”);
and R-Tech Ueno, Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Japan (“R-Tech”) proposes to sell to
the Underwriters an aggregate of 625,000 shares of Common Stock. The 3,125,000 shares of Common
Stock to be sold by the Company and the 625,000 shares of Common Stock to be sold by R-Tech are
collectively called the “Firm Shares”. In addition, S&R Technology Holdings, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“S&R”) has granted to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to an
additional 562,500 shares of Common Stock, all as provided in Section 2. The additional 562,500
shares to be sold by S&R are called the “Optional Shares”. The Firm Shares and, if and to the
extent such option is exercised, the Optional Shares are collectively called the “Shares”. R-Tech
and S&R are collectively referred to as the “Selling Stockholders”. Xxxxx and Company, LLC
(“Cowen”) has agreed to act as representative of the several Underwriters (in such capacity, the
“Representative”) in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that up to 375,000 of the Firm Shares to be purchased
by the Underwriters (the “Directed Shares”) shall be reserved for sale by the Underwriters to
certain of the Company’s business partners and existing stockholders in Japan and other Japanese
institutional investors (collectively, the “DSP Participants”), as part of the distribution of the
Shares by the Underwriters (the “Directed Share Program”) subject to the terms of this Agreement,
the applicable rules, regulations and interpretations of the NASD, Inc. (the “NASD”) and all other
applicable laws, rule and regulations. One of the Underwriters (the “DSP Underwriter”) shall be
selected to process the sales to the DSP Participants under the Directed Share Program. To the
extent that such Directed Shares are not orally confirmed for purchase by the DSP Participants by
[7:30 A.M.] New York City time on the first business day after the date of this Agreement, such
Directed Shares may be offered to the public as set forth in the Prospectus (as defined below).
The Company and each of the Selling Stockholders hereby confirm their respective agreements
with the Underwriters as follows:
Section 1. Representations and Warranties.
A. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants
to, and covenants with, each Underwriter as follows:
(a) The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-135133), which contains a form of
prospectus to be used in connection with the public offering and sale of the Shares. Such
registration statement, as amended, including the financial statements, exhibits and schedules
thereto, in the form in which it was declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the
“Securities Act”), including any required information deemed to be a part thereof at the time of
effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act, is called the “Registration
Statement”. Any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act is called the “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” and, from and after the date and
time of filing of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the term “Registration Statement” shall
include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. Any preliminary prospectus included in the
Registration Statement is hereinafter called a “preliminary prospectus.” The term “Prospectus”
shall mean the final prospectus relating to the Shares that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)
after the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto (the
“Execution Time”) or, if no filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) is required, shall mean the form of
final prospectus relating to the Shares included in the Registration Statement at the effective
date. All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement, a preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements to any of the
foregoing, shall include any copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System.
(b) Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Registration Statement has been declared
effective by the Commission under the Securities Act. The Company has complied to the Commission’s
satisfaction with all requests of the Commission for additional or supplemental information. No
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, the Commission
has not issued any order or notice preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement,
any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus and no proceedings for such purpose have been
instituted or are pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, are contemplated or threatened
by the Commission.
Each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus when filed complied in all material respects
with the Securities Act and the rules thereunder. Each of the Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective and at the date hereof, complied
and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not and will not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus
(including any Prospectus wrapper), as amended or supplemented, as of its date, at the date hereof,
at the time of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b), at the Closing Date (as defined herein) and at
any Subsequent Closing Date (as defined herein), did not and will not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
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not misleading. The representations and warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding
sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made
in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the
Company in writing by the Representative expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed
that the only such information furnished by the Representative consists of the information
described as such in Section 8 hereof. There is no contract or other document required to be
described in the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that has not
been described or filed as required.
(c) Disclosure Package. The term “Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the preliminary
prospectus, if any, as amended or supplemented, (ii) the issuer free writing prospectuses, as
defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act (each, an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”), if any,
identified in Schedule B hereto, (iii) any other free writing prospectus that the parties hereto
shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package and (iv) a
schedule indicating the number of Shares being sold and the price at which the Shares will be sold
to the public. As of ___:00 [a/p]m (Eastern time) on the date of execution and delivery of this
Agreement (the “Applicable Time”), the Disclosure Package will not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the
Representative expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by the Representative consists of the information described as such in
Section 8 hereof. No statement of material fact that will be included in the Prospectus will have
been omitted from the Disclosure Package at the Applicable Time and no statement of material fact
included in the Disclosure Package at the Applicable Time that is required to be included in the
Prospectus will be omitted therefrom.
(d) Company Not Ineligible Issuer. At the time of filing the Registration Statement the
Company was not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act), without taking
account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 of the Securities Act that it
is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.
(e) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue
date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the offering of Shares under this
Agreement or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representative as
described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that
conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred
or occurs an event or development as a result of which any information included in such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement, the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representative and has
promptly amended or supplemented or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict. The foregoing two sentences
do not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information
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furnished to the Company by the Representative expressly for use therein, it being understood
and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Representative consists of the
information described as such in Section 8 hereof.
(f) Accuracy of Statements in Prospectus. The statements in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus under the headings “Business—Intellectual Property”, “Business—Government Regulation”,
and “Description of Capital Stock”, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements,
documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters,
agreements, documents or proceedings.
(g) Distribution of Offering Material By the Company. The Company has not distributed and
will not distribute, prior to the later of the last Subsequent Closing Date (as defined below) and
the completion of the Underwriters’ distribution of the Shares, any offering material in connection
with the offering and sale of the Shares other than a preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus reviewed and consented to by the Representative or included in
Schedule B hereto or the Registration Statement.
(h) The Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(i) Authorization of the Shares. The Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters from the
Company have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued
and delivered by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement on the Closing Date or
any Subsequent Closing Date against payment of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(j) No Applicable Registration or Other Similar Rights. There are no persons with
registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale
under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement, except
for such rights as have been duly waived.
(k) No Material Adverse Change. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Disclosure Package: (i) there has been no material adverse change, or any development that could
reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the condition, financial or
otherwise, or in the earnings, business, properties, operations or prospects, whether or not
arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and its subsidiaries,
considered as one entity (any such change is called a “Material Adverse Change”); (ii) the Company
and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity, have not incurred any material liability or
obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, nor entered into any material transaction or agreement;
and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the
Company or, except for dividends paid to the Company or other subsidiaries, any of its subsidiaries
on any class of capital stock or repurchase or redemption by the Company or any of its subsidiaries
of any class of capital stock.
(l) Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have
expressed their opinion with respect to the financial statements (which term as
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used in this Agreement includes the related notes thereto) filed with the Commission as a part
of the Registration Statement and included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are an
independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company as required by the
Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.
(m) Preparation of the Financial Statements. The financial statements filed with the
Commission as a part of the Registration Statement and included in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the
Company and its subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations
and cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements comply as to form with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and have been prepared in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States applied on a consistent
basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes
thereto. No other financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in the
Registration Statement. The financial data set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
under the captions “Summary—Summary Consolidated Financial Data”, “Capitalization”, and “Selected
Consolidated Financial Data” fairly present, in all material respects, the information set forth
therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements contained in the
Registration Statement.
(n) Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Each of the Company
and its subsidiaries has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has corporate power and
authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and operate its properties and to conduct its
business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, in the case of the Company,
to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. Each of the Company and each
subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing
in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or
leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to
so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a
material adverse effect, on the condition, financial or otherwise, or on the earnings, business,
properties, operations or prospects, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary
course of business, of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity (a “Material
Adverse Effect”). All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each subsidiary
have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the
Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage,
pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim. The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly,
any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to
the Registration Statement.
(o) Capitalization and Other Capital Stock Matters. The authorized, issued and outstanding
capital stock of the Company as of March 31, 2007 is as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization”. The Common Stock (including the Shares) conforms in
all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and
validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and have been issued in compliance with federal
and state securities laws. None of the outstanding shares
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of Common Stock were issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or
other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company, and the holders of
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to preemptive or other rights
to subscribe for Shares. There are no authorized or outstanding options, warrants, preemptive
rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries other than those accurately described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
The description of the Company’s stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements,
and the options or other rights granted thereunder, set forth in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus accurately and fairly presents the information required to be shown with respect to such
plans, arrangements, options and rights.
(p) Quotation. The Shares have been approved for quotation on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.,
subject only to official notice of issuance.
(q) Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or Approvals
Required. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation or in default (or,
with the giving of notice or lapse of time, would be in default) (“Default”) under its charter or
by-laws, (ii) in Default under any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, deed of trust,
note, contract, franchise, lease or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument
to which the Company or such subsidiary is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any of
the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (each, an “Existing
Instrument”) or (iii) in violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree
of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other
authority having jurisdiction over the Company or such subsidiary or any of its properties, as
applicable, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for such Defaults as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company’s execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, by the Disclosure Package and by the Prospectus (i) have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action and will not result in any Default under the charter or by-laws of the
Company or any subsidiary, (ii) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or Default under,
or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or
assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, or require the consent of any other
party to, any Existing Instrument, and (iii) will not result in any violation of any statute, law,
rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of
any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties
except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for such conflicts, breaches, Defaults,
violations, liens, charges or encumbrances as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
material adverse effect of the Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. No consent, approval, authorization or other
order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority
or agency is required for the Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, by the Disclosure Package and by the
Prospectus, except (A) such as have been obtained or made by the Company and are in full force and
effect under the Securities Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws and from the NASD,
Inc. (the “NASD”) and (B) such as have
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been obtained under the laws and regulations of jurisdictions outside the United States in
which Directed Shares are offered.
(r) No Material Actions or Proceedings. There are no legal or governmental actions, suits or
proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened (i) against or affecting the Company
or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) to the Company’s knowledge which has as the subject thereof any
officer or director of, or property owned or leased by, the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
(iii) relating to environmental or discrimination matters, where in any such case (A) there is a
reasonable possibility that such action, suit or proceeding might be determined adversely to the
Company or such subsidiary, or any officer or director of, or property owned or leased by, the
Company or any of its subsidiaries and (B) any such action, suit or proceeding, if so determined
adversely, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or adversely affect the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(s) Labor Matters. No material labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or,
to the Company’s knowledge, any of its subsidiaries exists or is threatened or imminent, and the
Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its
or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, that could have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(t) Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or
have other rights to use all patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and
service xxxx registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets,
technology, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”)
necessary for the conduct of the Company’s business as now conducted or as proposed in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted. Except as set forth in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, (a) no party has been granted an exclusive license to use any portion
of such Intellectual Property owned by the Company; (b) to the Company’s knowledge there is no
material infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively
licensed to the Company; (c) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action,
suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s rights in or to any material
Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis
for any such claim; (d) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action,
suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual
Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such
claim; and (e) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit,
proceeding or claim by others that the Company’s business as now conducted infringes or otherwise
violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, and
the Company is unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim.
(u) All Necessary Permits, etc. Except as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, the
Company and each subsidiary (i) has all licenses, certificates, permits, consents, orders,
approvals and authorizations from domestic and foreign governmental authorities, including the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) and any agency of any U.S. state or foreign government
exercising comparable authority (including any non-governmental entity
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whose approval or authorization is required under foreign law comparable to that administered
by the FDA) in a jurisdiction where its products are sold (collectively, “Permits”), that are
necessary to own its properties and/or to conduct its business in the manner and to the extent now
conducted, with no material restrictions or qualifications, and such Permits are in full force and
effect and no proceeding has been instituted or is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, is
contemplated or threatened which in any manner affects or calls into question the validity or
effectiveness thereof; (ii) is not in violation of any statutes, orders, standards, rules or
regulations relating to or affecting its properties or Permits of the Company or the operation of
the Company’s business in the manner and to the extent now conducted and is not in violation of any
Permit; and (iii) has not received, and does not have knowledge of any facts that furnish any
reasonable basis for, any notice of adverse findings, regulatory letters, Section 305 notices or
other similar communications, alerts or seizures requested or threatened relating to the its
products.
(v) Title to Properties. The Company and each of its subsidiaries has good and marketable
title to all the properties and assets reflected as owned in the financial statements referred to
in Section 1(A)(n) above, in each case free and clear of any security interests, mortgages, liens,
encumbrances, equities, claims and other defects, except such as do not materially and adversely
affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to
be made of such property by the Company or such subsidiary. The real property, improvements,
equipment and personal property held under lease by the Company or any subsidiary are held under
valid and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially
interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such real property, improvements, equipment
or personal property by the Company or such subsidiary.
(w) Tax Law Compliance. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal,
state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns in a timely manner and have paid all
taxes required to be paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related or similar
assessment, fine or penalty levied against any of them, except for any taxes, assessments, fines or
penalties as may be being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings. The Company has
made appropriate provisions in the applicable financial statements referred to in Section 1(A)(h)
above in respect of all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise taxes for all
current or prior periods as to which the tax liability of the Company or any of its consolidated
subsidiaries has not been finally determined.
(x) Company Not an “Investment Company”. The Company is not, and after receipt of payment for
the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated under the caption “Use of
Proceeds” in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not be, an “investment company” within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”) and
will conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company
Act.
(y) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries are insured by recognized, financially sound
and reputable institutions with policies in such amounts and with such deductibles and covering
such risks as are generally deemed adequate and customary for their businesses including, but not
limited to, policies covering real and personal property owned or leased by the Company and its
subsidiaries against theft, damage, destruction and acts of
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vandalism. All material policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and
directors are in full force and effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the
terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and there are no material claims
by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any
insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; and
neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or
applied for. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any subsidiary will not be able (i)
to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain
comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its
business as now conducted and at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(z) No Restrictions on Dividends. No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited,
directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other
distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances
to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or
assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in or
contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(aa) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. The Company has not taken and will not take,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or
result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate
the sale or resale of the Shares. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters may engage in
passive market making transactions in the Shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. in accordance
with Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”).
(bb) Related Party Transactions. There are no business relationships or related-party
transactions involving the Company or any subsidiary or any other person required to be described
in the preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus that have not been described as required.
(cc) Internal Controls and Procedures. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, the Company maintains (i) effective internal control over financial reporting as
defined in Rule 15-d 15 under the Exchange Act, and (ii) a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorizations; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States and to maintain asset accountability; (C) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(dd) No Material Weakness in Internal Controls. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been
(i) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not
remediated) and (ii) no change in the Company’s internal
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control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Except as disclosed in
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has remediated any previously identified
material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting.
(ee) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company maintains disclosure controls and
procedures (as such is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act) that comply with the
requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company and its subsidiaries is accumulated
and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s principal executive officer
and principal financial officer by others within those entities, such disclosure controls and
procedures are effective.
(ff) Stock Options. The exercise price of each option issued under the Company’s stock option
or other employee benefit plans has been no less than the fair market value of a share of common
stock as determined on the date of grant of such option. All grants of options were validly issued
and properly approved by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly authorized committee
thereof) in material compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and recorded in the
Company’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP and, to the knowledge of the Company, no
such grants involved “back dating,” “forward dating” or similar practice with respect to the
effective date of grant.
(gg) No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, or employee of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result
in a violation by such Persons of the FCPA (as defined below), including, without limitation,
making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in
furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or
other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any
“foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official
thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA, and the
Company and its subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have
instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably
expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith. “FCPA” means Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(hh) No Conflict with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial
recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of
1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and
regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued,
administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and
no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or
any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money
Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
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(ii) No Conflict with OFAC Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, or employee of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign
Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or
indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such
proceeds, to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of
financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by
OFAC.
(jj) Compliance with Environmental Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of
any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation, order, permit or other requirement relating
to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation,
ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including
without limitation, laws and regulations relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened
releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances,
petroleum and petroleum products (collectively, “Materials of Environmental Concern”), or otherwise
relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport
or handling of Materials of Environment Concern (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), which
violation includes, but is not limited to, noncompliance with any permits or other governmental
authorizations required for the operation of the business of the Company or its subsidiaries under
applicable Environmental Laws, or noncompliance with the terms and conditions thereof, nor has the
Company or any of its subsidiaries received any written communication, whether from a governmental
authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges that the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is in violation of any Environmental Law, except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) there is no claim, action or cause of action filed
with a court or governmental authority, no investigation with respect to which the Company has
received written notice, and no written notice by any person or entity alleging potential liability
for investigatory costs, clean-up costs, governmental responses costs, natural resources damages,
property damages, personal injuries, attorneys’ fees or penalties arising out of, based on or
resulting from the presence, or release into the environment, of any Material of Environmental
Concern at any location owned, leased or operated by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, now or
in the past (collectively, “Environmental Claims”), pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any person or entity whose liability
for any Environmental Claim the Company or any of its subsidiaries has retained or assumed either
contractually or by operation of law, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect; (iii) to Company’s knowledge, there are no past or present activities,
circumstances, conditions, events or incidents, including, without limitation, the release,
emission, discharge, presence or disposal of any Material of Environmental Concern, that reasonably
could result in a violation of any Environmental Law, require expenditures to be incurred pursuant
to Environmental Law, or form the basis of a potential Environmental Claim against the Company or
any of its subsidiaries or against any person or entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim
the Company or any of its subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation
of law, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(iv) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is subject to any pending or, to the Company’s
knowledge, threatened proceeding under Environmental Law to which a
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governmental authority is a party and
which is reasonably likely to result in monetary
sanctions of $100,000 or more.
(kk) ERISA Compliance. None of the following events has occurred or exists: (i) a failure to
fulfill the obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Xxxxxxx 000 xx xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and the regulations
and published interpretations thereunder with respect to a Plan, determined without regard to any
waiver of such obligations or extension of any amortization period; (ii) an audit or investigation
by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation or any other federal or state governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with
respect to the employment or compensation of employees by any member of the Company that could have
a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) any breach of any contractual obligation, or any violation of law
or applicable qualification standards, with respect to the employment or compensation of employees
by any member of the Company that could have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the following
events has occurred: (i) a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to
be made to all Plans in the current fiscal year of the Company compared to the amount of such
contributions made in the Company’s most recently completed fiscal year; (ii) a material increase
in the Company’s “accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards 106) compared to the amount of such obligations in the Company’s
most recently completed fiscal year; (iii) any event or condition giving rise to a liability under
Title IV of ERISA that could have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) the filing of a claim by one
or more employees or former employees of the Company related to their employment that could have a
Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “Plan” means a plan (within the
meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA with respect to which any member of
the Company may have any liability.
(ll) Brokers. There is no broker, finder or other party that is entitled to receive from the
Company any brokerage or finder’s fee or other fee or commission as a result of any transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(mm) No Outstanding Loans or Other Indebtedness. There are no outstanding loans, advances or
guarantees or indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors
of the Company or any of the members of any of them, except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus.
(nn) Subsidiaries. The subsidiaries listed on Annex A attached hereto are the only
significant subsidiaries of the Company as defined by Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X (the
“Subsidiaries”).
(oo) Lending Relationship. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
the Company (i) does not have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending
affiliate of any Underwriter and (ii) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of
the Shares hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any Underwriter.
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(pp) Statistical and Market Related Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company
that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and
accurate in all material respects.
(qq) Immunity from Jurisdiction. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any of
its or their properties or assets has any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any
legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid
of execution or otherwise) under the laws of the State of Delaware, the State of New York or the
United States.
(rr) Directed Share Program. (i) The Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Disclosure
Package 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, the Disclosure Package or any preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if
applicable, are distributed in connection with the Directed Share Program, and (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 laws and regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Directed
Shares are offered outside the United States. The Company has not offered, or caused the
Underwriters to offer, any Shares to any person pursuant to the Directed Share Program with the
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.
(ss) Product and Facility Approval. The FDA has not commenced, or, to the Company’s
knowledge, threatened to initiate, any action to withdraw its approval of any product of the
Company or commenced or, to the of the Company’s knowledge, threatened to initiate any action to
withdraw its approval of any facility of the Company or any manufacturer of any product of the
Company.
(tt) Studies, Tests and Trials. To the Company’s knowledge, the descriptions of the results
of the studies, tests and trials contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are
accurate in all material respects; the Company has no knowledge of any other studies or tests, the
results of which discredit or call into question the results described in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus; the Company has not received any notice or correspondence from the FDA or any
other governmental agency requiring the termination or suspension of any pre-clinical or clinical
trials conducted by, or on behalf of, the Company or in which the Company has participated.
Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to the Representative or to
counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company to
each Underwriter as to the matters set forth therein.
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B. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Stockholders. Each Selling Stockholder
represents, warrants and covenants to each Underwriter as follows:
(a) The Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by or on behalf of, such Selling Stockholder.
(b) The Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney. Certificates in negotiable form representing
all of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder have been placed in custody
under a Custody Agreement, in the form heretofore furnished to you (the “Custody Agreement”), duly
executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder to Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., as custodian
(in such role, the “Custodian”), and such Selling Stockholder has duly executed and delivered a
Power of Attorney, in the form heretofore furnished to you (the “Power of Attorney”), appointing
the persons indicated in Schedule II thereto, and each of them, as such Selling Stockholder’s
attorneys-in-fact (the “Attorneys-in-Fact”) with authority to execute and deliver this Agreement on
behalf of such Selling Stockholder, to determine the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters
to the Selling Stockholders as provided in Section 2 hereof, to authorize the delivery of the
Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and otherwise to act on behalf of such
Selling Stockholder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
Custody Agreement. Each of the (i) Custody Agreement signed by such Selling Stockholder and the
Custodian, relating to the deposit of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder and (ii)
the Power of Attorney of such Selling Stockholder has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by such Selling Stockholder.
(c) Obligations of the Selling Stockholder. The Shares represented by the certificates held
in custody for such Selling Stockholder under the Custody Agreement are subject to the interests of
the Underwriters hereunder; the arrangements made by such Selling Stockholder for such custody, and
the appointment by such Selling Stockholder of the Attorneys-in-Fact by the Power of Attorney, are
to that extent irrevocable; the obligations of the Selling Stockholders hereunder shall not be
terminated by operation of law, whether by the death or incapacity of any individual Selling
Stockholder or, in the case of an estate or trust, by the death or incapacity of any executor or
trustee or the termination of such estate or trust, or in the case of a partnership or corporation,
by the dissolution of such partnership or corporation, or by the occurrence of any other event; if
any individual Selling Stockholder or any such executor or trustee should die or become
incapacitated, or if any such estate or trust should be terminated, or if any such partnership or
corporation should be dissolved, or if any other such event should occur, before the delivery of
the Shares hereunder, certificates representing the Shares shall be delivered by or on behalf of
the Selling Stockholders in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and of the
Custody Agreements; and actions taken by the Attorneys-in-Fact pursuant to the Powers of Attorney
shall be as valid as if such death, incapacity, termination, dissolution or other event had not
occurred, regardless of whether or not the Custodian, the Attorneys-in-Fact, or any of them, shall
have received notice of such death, incapacity, termination, dissolution or other event.
(d) Title to Shares to be Sold. Such Selling Stockholder is, and on the Closing Date and on
any Subsequent Closing Date will be, the record and beneficial owner of, and has, and on the
Closing Date and any subsequent Closing Date will have, good and valid title to, the
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Shares to be
sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims and has duly endorsed such Shares in blank, and assuming that
the Underwriters acquire their interest in the Shares they have purchased without notice of any
adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), such Underwriters that have
purchased Shares delivered on the date hereof to DTC by making payment therefor, as provided
herein, and that have had such Shares credited to the securities account or accounts of such
Underwriters maintained with DTC will have acquired a security entitlement (within the meaning of
Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Shares purchased by such Underwriters, and no action based
on an adverse claim, may be asserted against such Underwriters with respect to such Shares.
(e) All Authorizations Obtained. Such Selling Stockholder has the legal right and power, and
all authorizations and approvals required by law and under its charter or by-laws or other
organizational documents to enter into this Agreement and its Custody Agreement and Power of
Attorney, to sell, transfer and deliver all of the Shares which may be sold by such Selling
Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement and to comply with its other obligations hereunder and
thereunder.
(f) Delivery of the Shares to be Sold. Delivery of the Shares which are sold by such Selling
Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement will pass good and valid title to such Shares, free and
clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or other claim.
(g) Non-Contravention; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required. The execution and
delivery by such Selling Stockholder of, and the performance by such Selling Stockholder of its
obligations under, this Agreement, the Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney (i) will not
result in any Default under, or require the consent of any other party to, the charter or by-laws
or other organizational documents of such Selling Stockholder, (ii) will not conflict with or
constitute a breach of, or Default under, any other agreement or instrument to which such Selling
Stockholder is a party or by which it is bound or under which it is entitled to any right or
benefit and (iii) will not result in any violation of any statute, law, regulation, order or decree
applicable to such Selling Stockholder of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency,
governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder
or its properties. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or
filing with, any court or other governmental authority or agency, is required for the consummation
by such Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, except such as have
been obtained or made and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act, applicable state
securities or blue sky laws and from the NASD.
(h) No Registration or Other Similar Rights. Such Selling Stockholder does not have any
registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale by
the Company under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this
Agreement.
(i) No Further Consents, etc. No consent, approval or waiver is required under any instrument
or agreement to which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which it is bound or under which it
is entitled to any right or benefit, in connection with the offering, sale or
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purchase by the
Underwriters of any of the Shares which may be sold by such Selling
Stockholder under this Agreement or the consummation by such Selling Stockholder of any of the
other transactions contemplated hereby.
(j) Disclosure Made by Such Selling Stockholder in the Prospectus. All information furnished
by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder in writing expressly for use in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or any free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act (“Free Writing Prospectus”) or any amendment or supplement thereto used by the Company or any
Underwriter, as the case may be, is, as of the Applicable Time, and on the Closing Date
and any Subsequent Closing Date will be, true, correct and complete in all material respects, and
as of the Applicable Time does not, and on the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date will
not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
to make such information not misleading. In addition, such Selling Stockholder (i) hereby makes
the same representations and warranties to each Underwriter as the Company makes to such
Underwriter under paragraphs (A)(c) and (A)(e) of this Section 1 and (ii) confirms as accurate the
number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such Selling Stockholder’s name in the
preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Principal and Selling Stockholders”
(both prior to and after giving effect to the sale of the Shares).
(k) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will
not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to
cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(l) Registration Statement and Prospectus. Each of the Registration Statement and
any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective and at the date hereof did
not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The
Prospectus (including any Prospectus wrapper), as amended or supplemented, as of its date, at the
date hereof, at the time of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b), at the Closing Date (as defined
herein) and at any Subsequent Closing Date (as defined herein), did not and will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
The representations and warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding sentences do not
apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto, or the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the
Representative expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by the Representative consists of the information described as such in
Section 8 hereof.
(m) No Inside Information. Such Selling Stockholder is not prompted to sell shares of Common
Stock by any information concerning the Company which is not set forth in the Registration
Statement and the Disclosure Package.
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(n) No Free Writing Prospectuses. Such Selling Stockholder represents that it has not
prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, any Free Writing Prospectus,
and represents that it has not distributed any written materials in connection with the offer
or sale of the Securities.
Any certificate signed by or on behalf of any Selling Stockholder and delivered to the
Representative or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to be a representation and
warranty by such Selling Stockholder to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.
Section 2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Shares.
(a) The Firm Shares. Upon the terms herein set forth, (i) the Company agrees to issue and
sell to the several Underwriters an aggregate of 3,125,000 Firm Shares and (ii) R-Tech agrees to
sell to the several Underwriters an aggregate of 625,000 Firm Shares. On the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the
conditions herein set forth, the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from
the Company and R-Tech the respective number of Firm Shares set forth opposite their names on
Schedule A. The purchase price per Firm Share to be paid by the several Underwriters to the
Company and R-Tech shall be $[___] per share.
(b) The Closing Date. Delivery of the Firm Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters and
payment therefor shall be made at the offices of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 0000
Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X., 00000 (or such other place as may be agreed to by the
Company and the Representative) at 9:00 a.m. New York time, on [___], 2007 or such other time and
date not later than 1:30 p.m. New York time, on [___], 2007, as the Representative shall
designate by notice to the Company (the time and date of such closing are called the “Closing
Date”).
(c) The Optional Shares; the Subsequent Closing Date. In addition, on the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the
conditions herein set forth, S&R hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase,
severally and not jointly, up to an aggregate of 562,500 Optional Shares from S&R at the purchase
price per share to be paid by the Underwriters for the Firm Shares. The option granted hereunder
may be exercised only to cover over allotments in the sale of the Shares by the Underwriters and
may be exercised at any time and from time to time upon notice by the Representative to the Company
(with a copy to S&R), which notice may be given at any time within 30 days from the date of this
Agreement. Such notice shall set forth (i) the aggregate number of Optional Shares as to which the
Underwriters are exercising the option, (ii) the names and denominations in which the certificates
for the Optional Shares are to be registered and (iii) the time, date and place at which such
certificates will be delivered (which time and date may be simultaneous with, but not earlier than,
the Closing Date; and in such case the term “Closing Date” shall refer to the time and date of
delivery of certificates for the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares). Each time and date of
delivery, if subsequent to the Closing Date, is called a “Subsequent Closing Date” and shall be
determined by the Representative and shall not be earlier than three nor later than five full
business days after delivery of such notice of exercise. If any Optional Shares are to be
purchased, (a) each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of
Optional Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate
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fractional shares as the Representative
may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Optional Shares to be
purchased as the number of Firm Shares set forth on Schedule
A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares and (b) S&R
agrees to sell the number of Optional Shares as to which the Underwriters exercise the option
described in this Section 2(c).
(d) Public Offering of the Shares. The Representative hereby advises the Company and the
Selling Stockholders that the Underwriters intend to offer for sale to the public, as described in
the Prospectus, their respective portions of the Shares as soon after this Agreement has been
executed and the Registration Statement has been declared effective as the Representative, in their
sole judgment, have determined is advisable and practicable.
(e) Payment for the Shares. Payment for the Shares to be sold by the Company shall be made at
the Closing Date (and, if applicable, at any Subsequent Closing Date) by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the order of the Company. Payment for the Shares to be sold by the
Selling Stockholders shall be made at the Closing Date (and, if applicable, at any Subsequent
Closing Date) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the applicable
Selling Stockholder.
It is understood that the Representative has been authorized, for its own account and the
accounts of the several Underwriters, to accept delivery of and receipt for, and make payment of
the purchase price for, the Firm Shares and any Optional Shares the Underwriters have agreed to
purchase. Xxxxx, individually and not as Representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be
obligated to) make payment for any Shares to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds shall not
have been received by the Representative by the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, as the
case may be, for the account of such Underwriter, but any such payment shall not relieve such
Underwriter from any of its obligations under this Agreement.
Each Selling Stockholder hereby agrees that it will pay all stock transfer taxes, stamp duties
and other similar taxes, if any, payable upon the sale or delivery of the Shares to be sold by such
Selling Stockholder to the several Underwriters, or otherwise in connection with the performance of
such Selling Stockholder’s obligations hereunder.
(f) Delivery of the Shares. Delivery of the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares shall be made
through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representative shall otherwise
instruct. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this
Agreement is a further condition to the Obligations of the Underwriters.
(g) Delivery of Prospectus to the Underwriters. Not later than 10:00 a.m. on the second
business day following the date the Shares are first released by the Underwriters for sale to the
public, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered, copies of the Prospectus in such
quantities and at such places as the Representative shall request.
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Section 3. Covenants.
A. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter as
follows:
(a) Representative’s Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements. During the period
beginning on the Applicable Time and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date, as in
the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be
delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, including in circumstances where
such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to
amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus,
subject to Section 3(A)(e), the Company shall furnish to the Representative for review a copy of
each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file or use any such proposed
amendment or supplement to which the Representative reasonably objects.
(b) Securities Act Compliance. After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly
advise the Representative in writing (i) when the Registration Statement, if not effective at the
Execution Time, shall have become effective, (ii) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests
for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (iii) of the time and date of any
filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement
to any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, (iv) of the time and date that any post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective and (v) of the issuance by the Commission
of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order or
notice preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus
or the Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing or quotation
the Common Stock from any securities exchange upon which it is listed for trading or included or
designated for quotation, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such
purposes. The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or
notice of prevention or suspension of such use. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order
or issue any such notice at any time, the Company will use its best efforts to obtain the lifting
or reversal of such order or notice at the earliest possible moment, or, subject to Section
3(A)(a), will file an amendment to the Registration Statement or will file a new registration
statement and use its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared
effective as soon as practicable. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the
provisions of Rules 424(b) and 430A, as applicable, under the Securities Act, including with
respect to the timely filing of documents thereunder, and will use its reasonable efforts to
confirm that any filings made by the Company under such Rule 424(b) were received in a timely
manner by the Commission.
(c) Exchange Act Compliance. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will file all
documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange
Act in the manner and within the time periods required by the Exchange Act.
(d) Amendments and Supplements to the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and
Prospectus and Other Securities Act Matters. If, during the Prospectus Delivery
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Period, any event or development shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or then prevailing,
as the case may be, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made or then prevailing, as the case may be, not misleading, or
if in the opinion of the Representative it is otherwise necessary or advisable to amend or
supplement the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or to file a new
registration statement containing the Prospectus, in order to comply with law, including in
connection with the delivery of the Prospectus, the Company agrees to (i) notify the Representative
of any such event or condition and (ii) promptly prepare (subject to Sections 3(A)(a) and 3(A)(e)
hereof), file with the Commission (and use its best efforts to have any amendment to the
Registration Statement or any new registration statement to be declared effective) and furnish at
its own expense to the Underwriters and to dealers, amendments or supplements to the Registration
Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or any new registration statement, necessary
in order to make the statements in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus as so amended or
supplemented, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or then prevailing, as
the case may be, not misleading or so that the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or
the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with law.
(e) Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents that it has not made, and
agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, it will not make,
any offer relating to the Shares that constitutes or would constitute an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or that otherwise constitutes or would constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as
defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) or a portion thereof required to be filed by the Company
with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Securities Act; provided that
the prior written consent of the Representative hereto shall be deemed to have been given in
respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule B hereto. Any such free writing
prospectus consented to by the Representative is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus”. The Company agrees that (i) it has treated and will treat, as the case may
be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and (ii) has
complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the
Securities Act applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely
filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(f) Copies of any Amendments and Supplements to the Prospectus. The Company agrees to furnish
the Representative, without charge, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, as many copies of the
Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto and the Disclosure Package as the
Representative may request.
(g) Copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Company will furnish to the
Representative and counsel for the Underwriters signed copies of the Registration Statement
(including exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer
may be required by the Act, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus, the
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Prospectus and any supplement thereto and the Disclosure Package as the Representative may
reasonably request.
(h) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company shall cooperate with the Representative and counsel for
the Underwriters to qualify or register the Shares for sale under (or obtain exemptions from the
application of) the state securities or blue sky laws or Canadian provincial Securities laws or
other foreign laws of those jurisdictions designated by the Representative, shall comply with such
laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as
required for the distribution of the Shares. The Company shall not be required to qualify as a
foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in
any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation
as a foreign corporation, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Shares, in
any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. The Company will advise the Representative
promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating
to) the Shares for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any
proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such
qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the
withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares
sold by it in the manner described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus.
(j) Transfer Agent. The Company shall engage and maintain, at its expense, a registrar and
transfer agent for the Common Stock.
(k) Earnings Statement. As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to
its security holders and to the Representative an earnings statement (which need not be audited)
covering the twelve-month period ending [specify date that is one year from end of quarter in which
this agreement is executed] that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act
and Rule 158 under the Securities Act.
(l) Periodic Reporting Obligations. During the Prospectus Delivery Period the Company shall
file, on a timely basis, with the Commission and the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. all reports and
documents required to be filed under the Exchange Act. Additionally, the Company shall report the
use of proceeds from the issuance of the Shares as may be required under Rule 463 under the
Securities Act.
(m) Directed Share Program. In connection with the Directed Share Program, the Company will
ensure that the Directed Shares will be restricted to the extent required by 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 DSP Underwriter will
notify the Company as to which DSP Participants will need to be so restricted. The Company will
direct the transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon such securities for such period
of time. Should the Company release, or seek to release, from such restrictions any of the
Directed Shares, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for any
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reasonable expenses (including, without limitation, legal expenses) they incur in connection
with such release.
(n) Quotation. The Company will use its best efforts to have the Common Stock quoted, subject
to notice of issuance, on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
(o) Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Shares. During the period commencing on the
date hereof and ending on the 180th day following the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not,
without the prior written consent of Xxxxx (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of
Xxxxx), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer
or establish an open “put equivalent position” or liquidate or decrease a “call equivalent
position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or
transfer (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to,
result in the disposition of), or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement
other than a registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act in respect of, any shares
of Common Stock, options or warrants to acquire shares of Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”) or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or
convertible into shares of Common Stock (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect
to the Shares) or Class B Common Stock; provided, however, that the Company may issue restricted
shares of its Common Stock, options to purchase its Common Stock, or shares of its Common Stock
upon exercise of options, pursuant to any stock option, stock bonus or other stock plan or
arrangement described in the Prospectus, but only if the holders of such shares, options, or shares
issued upon exercise of such options, agree in writing not to sell, offer, dispose of or otherwise
transfer any such shares or options during such 180-day period without the prior written consent of
Xxxxx (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of Xxxxx). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period the Company issues an
earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior
to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release
earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, the
restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day
period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or
material event. The Company will provide the Representative and any co-managers and each
individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to the lock-up letters described in Section
5(h) with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the restricted
period.
(p) Compliance with Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The Company will comply with all applicable
securities and other laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act, and use its best efforts to cause the Company’s directors and officers, in their capacities as
such, to comply with such laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the
provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
(q) Investment Limitation. The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds
received by the Company from its sale of the Shares in such a manner as would require the Company
or any of its subsidiaries to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
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(r) No Manipulation of Price. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to
constitute, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of
any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(s) Existing Lock-Up Agreement. The Company will enforce all existing agreements between the
Company and any of its security holders that prohibit the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or
hypothecation of any of the Company’s securities in connection with the Company’s initial public
offering and will not waive or amend such agreements without the prior written consent of Xxxxx.
In addition, the Company will direct the transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon
any such securities of the Company that are bound by such existing “lock-up” agreements for the
duration of the periods contemplated in such agreements.
B. Covenants of the Selling Stockholders. Each Selling Stockholder further covenants and
agrees with each Underwriter:
(a) Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Shares. Such Selling Stockholder will not,
except as contemplated by this Agreement without the prior written consent of Xxxxx (which consent
may be withheld in its sole discretion), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any
option to sell (including without limitation any short sale), pledge, transfer, establish an open
“put equivalent position” or liquidate or decrease a “call equivalent position” within the meaning
of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer (or enter into any
transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of)
any shares of Common Stock, options or warrants to acquire shares of Common Stock, Class B Common
Stock, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock or
Class B Common Stock currently or hereafter owned either of record or beneficially (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) by the undersigned, or publicly
announce the undersigned’s intention to do any of the foregoing, for a period commencing on the
date hereof and continuing through the close of trading on the date 180 days after the date of the
Prospectus. In addition, such Selling Stockholder agrees that, without the prior written consent
of Xxxxx, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 180 days after
the date of the Prospectus, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the
registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of
the 180-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material
event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted
period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period
beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, the restrictions imposed in this clause shall
continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the
earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The Company will
provide the Representative and any co-managers and each individual subject to the restricted period
pursuant to the lock-up letters described in Section 5(h) with prior notice of any such
announcement that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.
(b) Delivery of Forms W-8 and W-9. To deliver to the Representative prior to the Closing Date
a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-8
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(if the Selling Stockholder is a non-United States person) or Form W-9 (if the Selling
Stockholder is a United States Person).
(c) Notification of Material Changes. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, such Selling
Stockholder will advise the Representative promptly, and if requested by the Representative, will
confirm such advice in writing, of (i) any Material Adverse Change, (ii) any change in information
in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto relating to such Selling Stockholder or (iii) any new material information
relating to the Company or relating to any matter stated in the Prospectus or any Free Writing
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto which comes to the attention of such Selling
Stockholder.
(d) No Free Writing Prospectuses. Such Selling Stockholder agrees that it will not prepare or
have prepared on its behalf or use or refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus, and agrees that it
will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.
The Representative, on behalf of the several Underwriters, may, in its sole discretion, waive
in writing the performance by the Company or any Selling Stockholder of any one or more of the
foregoing covenants or extend the time for their performance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Representative, for the benefit of each of the other Underwriters, agrees not to consent to any
action proposed to be taken by the Company, any Selling Stockholder or any other holder of the
Company’s securities that would otherwise be prohibited by, or to waive compliance by the Company,
any Selling Stockholder or any such other security holder with the provisions of, Section 3(A)(n)
or 3(B)(a) above or any lock-up agreement delivered pursuant to Section 5(h) below without giving
each of the other Underwriters at least 17 days prior notice (or such shorter notice as each of the
other Underwriters may deem acceptable to permit compliance with applicable provisions of NASD
Conduct Rule 2711(f) restricting publication and distribution of research and public appearances by
research analysts before and after the expiration, waiver or termination of a lock-up agreement).
Section 4. Payment of Expenses. The Company and the Selling Stockholders, jointly
and severally, agree to pay in such proportions as they may agree among themselves all costs, fees
and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their obligations hereunder and in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation (i) all expenses
incident to the issuance and delivery of the Shares (including all printing and engraving costs),
(ii) all fees and expenses of the registrar and transfer agent of the Common Stock, (iii) all
necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the
Shares to the Underwriters, (iv) all fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel, independent public
or certified public accountants and other advisors, (v) all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Registration
Statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules, consents and certificates of
experts), each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus, and
all amendments and supplements thereto, and this Agreement, (vi) all filing fees, attorneys’ fees
and expenses incurred by the Company or the Underwriters in connection with qualifying or
registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of
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the Shares for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws or the provincial
securities laws of Canada, and, if requested by the Representative, preparing and printing a “Blue
Sky Survey” or memorandum, and any supplements thereto, advising the Underwriters of such
qualifications, registrations and exemptions, (vii) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, the NASD’s review and
approval of the Underwriters’ participation in the offering and distribution of the Shares, (viii)
the fees and expenses associated with quotation of the Shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.,
(ix) all transportation and other expenses of Company personnel incurred in connection with
presentations to prospective purchasers of the Shares, except that the Company and the Underwriters
will each pay 50% of the cost of privately chartered airplanes used for such purposes, (x) all
other fees, costs and expenses referred to in Item 13 of Part II of the Registration Statement and
(xi) all costs and expenses of the Underwriters, including the fees and disbursements of counsel
for the Underwriters, in connection with matters related to the Directed Shares which are
designated by the Company for sale to DSP Participants. Except as provided in this Section 4,
Section 6, Section 8 and Section 9 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay their own expenses, including
the fees and disbursements of their counsel.
The Selling Stockholders further agree with each Underwriter to pay (directly or by
reimbursement) all fees and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this
Agreement which are not otherwise specifically provided for herein, including but not limited to
(i) fees and expenses of counsel and other advisors for such Selling Stockholders, (ii) fees and
expenses of the Custodian and (iii) expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the
Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder (which taxes, if any,
may be deducted by the Custodian under the provisions of Section 2 of this Agreement).
This Section 4 shall not affect or modify any separate, valid agreement relating to the
allocation of payment of expenses between the Company, on the one hand, and the Selling
Stockholders, on the other hand.
Section 5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of
the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Shares as provided herein on the Closing Date
and, with respect to the Optional Shares, any Subsequent Closing Date, shall be subject to the
accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling
Stockholders set forth in Sections 1(A) and 1(B), respectively, hereof as of the date hereof and as
of the Closing Date as though then made and, with respect to the Optional Shares, as of any
Subsequent Closing Date as though then made, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made
in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the timely performance by the Company and
the Selling Stockholders of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each
of the following additional conditions:
(a) Accountants’ Comfort Letter. On the date hereof, the Representative shall have received
from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company,
a letter dated the date hereof addressed to the Underwriters, the form of which is attached as
Exhibit A hereto.
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(b) Compliance with Registration Requirements; No Stop Order; No Objection from NASD. For the
period from and after effectiveness of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date and, with
respect to the Optional Shares, any Subsequent Closing Date:
(i) the Company shall have filed the Prospectus with the Commission (including the
information required by Rule 430A under the Securities Act) in the manner and within the
time period required by Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, or the Company shall have
filed a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement containing the information
required by such Rule 430A, and such post-effective amendment shall have become effective;
(ii) all material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the
Securities Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods
prescribed for such filings under such Rule 433;
(iii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, shall be in effect and no
proceedings for such purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened by the Commission; and
(iv) the NASD shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the
underwriting terms and arrangements.
(c) No Material Adverse Change. For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and
prior to the Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Shares, any Subsequent Closing Date:
(i) in the judgment of the Representative there shall not have occurred any Material
Adverse Change; and
(ii) there shall not have been any change or decrease specified in the letter referred
to in subsections (g) of this Section 5 as compared to the counterpart amounts specified in
the letter referred to in subsection (a) of this Section 5, which change or decrease is, in
the sole judgment of the Representative, so material and adverse as to make it impractical
or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Shares as contemplated by the
Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(d) Opinion of Counsel for the Company. On the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date,
as applicable, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of each of Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx and Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, Sughrue Mion, PLLC, special
intellectual property counsel for the Company, Nishimura & Asahi, counsel for R-Tech Ueno, Ltd., Xx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, counsel for Sucampo AG, and Aoyama and Partners, special intellectual
property counsel for the Company, each dated as of such Closing Date, the forms of which are
attached as Exhibits X-0, X-0, X-0, X-0, and B-5, respectively.
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(e) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. On the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing
Date, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx &
Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated as of such Closing Date, in form and substance
satisfactory to, and addressed to, the Representative, with respect to the issuance and sale of the
Shares, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto), the
Disclosure Package and other related matters as the Representative may reasonably require, and the
Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the
purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(f) Officers’ Certificate. On the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the
Representative shall have received a written certificate executed on behalf of the Company by the
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer or President of the Company and the Chief Financial
Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, to the effect
that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto and this Agreement, to the effect set forth in subsection (b) of
this Section 5, and further to the effect that:
(i) for the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to such Closing
Date, there has not occurred any Material Adverse Change;
(ii) the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company set forth in Section
1(A) of this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same
force and effect as though expressly made on and as of such Closing Date; and
(iii) the Company has complied with all the agreements hereunder and satisfied all the
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing
Date.
(g) Bring-down Comfort Letter. On the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the
Representative shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the independent registered
public accounting firm for the Company, a letter dated such date, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representative, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the
letter furnished by them pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 5, except that the specified
date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business
days prior to the Closing Date or Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be.
(h) Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Stockholders. On the Closing Date and any Subsequent
Closing Date, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of Nishimura & Asahi Law
Offices, counsel for R-Tech, and McGuireWoods LLP, counsel for S&R dated as of such Closing Date,
the forms of which are attached as Exhibits C-1 and C-2.
(i) Selling Stockholders’ Certificate. On the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date on
which such Selling Stockholder is selling Shares to the Underwriters hereunder, the Representative
shall receive a written certificate executed by the Attorney-in-Fact of each Selling Stockholder,
dated as of such Closing Date or subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, to the effect that:
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(i) the signer[s] of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus on behalf of such Selling Stockholder, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and this Agreement, and that the
representations, warranties and covenants of such Selling Stockholder set forth in Section
1(B) of this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same
force and effect as though expressly made by such Selling Stockholder on and as of such
Closing Date; and
(ii) such Selling Stockholder has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all
the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to such Closing Date.
(j) Selling Stockholders’ Documents. On the date hereof, the Company and the Selling
Stockholders shall have furnished for review by the Representative copies of the Powers of Attorney
and Custody Agreements executed by each of the Selling Stockholders and such further information,
certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.
(k) Lock-Up Agreement from Certain Securityholders of the Company other than Selling
Stockholders. On or prior to the date hereof, the Company shall have furnished to the
Representative an agreement in the form of Exhibit D hereto from each person listed on Schedule
5(k) attached hereto, and such agreement shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date and
any Subsequent Closing Date.
(l) Listing of Shares. The Shares shall have been authorized for quotation on the Nasdaq
Stock Market, Inc., and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the
Representative.
(m) Additional Documents. On or before the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the
Representative and counsel for the Underwriters shall have received such information, documents and
opinions as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance
and sale of the Shares as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the
representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein
contained.
If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be
satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company and the
Selling Stockholders at any time on or prior to the Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional
Shares, at any time prior to the applicable Subsequent Closing Date, which termination shall be
without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Section 4, Section 6,
Section 8 and Section 9 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.
Section 6. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses. If this Agreement is terminated
by the Representative pursuant to Section 5, (other than by virtue of a failure to satisfy the
conditions set forth in subsections 5(b)(iv) or 5(e)), Section 10 (other than with respect to
expenses incurred by any defaulting Underwriter), Section 11 or pursuant to Section 18, or if the
sale to the Underwriters of the Shares on the Closing Date is not consummated because of any
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refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company or the Selling Stockholders to
perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof, the Company agrees to
reimburse the Representative and the other Underwriters (or such Underwriters as have terminated
this Agreement with respect to themselves), severally, upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses
that shall have been reasonably incurred by the Representative and the Underwriters in connection
with the proposed purchase and the offering and sale of the Shares, including but not limited to
fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and
telephone charges.
Section 7. Effectiveness of this Agreement. This Agreement shall not become
effective until the later of (i) the execution of this Agreement by the parties hereto and (ii)
notification by the Commission to the Company and the Representative of the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement under the Securities Act.
Prior to such effectiveness, this Agreement may be terminated by any party by notice to each of the
other parties hereto, and any such termination shall be without liability on the part of (a) the
Company or the Selling Stockholders to any Underwriter, except that the Company and the Selling
Stockholders shall be obligated to reimburse the expenses of the Representative and the
Underwriters to the extent required by Sections 4 and 6 hereof or (b) of any Underwriter to the
Company or the Selling Stockholders.
Section 8. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company and each of the Selling Stockholders,
jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors,
officers, employees and agents, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the
meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage, liability or
expense, as incurred, to which such Underwriter or such controlling person may become subject,
insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as
contemplated below) arises out of or is based (i) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto,
including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities
Act, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (ii) upon any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission
or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact, in each case, necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
and to reimburse each Underwriter, its officers, directors, employees, agents and each such
controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen
by the Representative) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Underwriter, or its
officers, directors, employees, agents or such controlling person in connection with investigating,
defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or
action; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss,
claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based
upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information
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furnished to the Company or the Selling Stockholders by the Representative expressly for use
in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or
the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) and provided, further that the liability
under this subsection of each Selling Stockholder shall be limited to an amount equal to the
aggregate net proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts, but before expenses, to such
Selling Stockholder from the sale of Shares sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder. The
indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the
Company and the Selling Stockholders may otherwise have.
(b) Indemnification of the Company, its Directors and Officers and the Selling Stockholders.
Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
each of its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, the Selling
Stockholders and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling Stockholder within
the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any loss, claim, damage, liability
or expense, as incurred, to which the Company, or any such director, officer, Selling Stockholder
or controlling person may become subject, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense
(or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto), or arises out of or is based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement,
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment
or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company and the Selling Stockholders by the Representative expressly for use therein; and to
reimburse the Company, or any such director, officer, Selling Stockholder or controlling person for
any legal and other expense reasonably incurred by the Company, or any such director, officer,
Selling Stockholder or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling,
compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. The Company and
each of the Selling Stockholders hereby acknowledges that the only information that the
Underwriters have furnished to the Company and the Selling Stockholders expressly for use in the
Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) is the information set forth (A) in the table
in the first paragraph and in the third paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (B) under the subcaptions “Stabilization”, “Market
Making”, “Discretionary Accounts” and “On-line Offering”, and in the second paragraph under the
subcaption “Lock-Up Agreements”, under the caption “Underwriting” in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(b) shall be in addition to any
liabilities that each Underwriter may otherwise have.
(c) Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an
indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such
indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party
under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the
failure to so notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph
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(a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such
failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and
(ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified
party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. In case
any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or
intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to
participate in, and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties
similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving
the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel
satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action
include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have
reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise 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 that are different from or additional to
those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to
select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense
of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the
indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying party’s election so to assume the
defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party
will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i)
the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the
preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable
for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (other than local counsel), reasonably approved
by the indemnifying party (or by the Representative in the case of Section 8(b)), representing the
indemnified parties who are parties to such action) or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have
employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a
reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and
expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.
(d) Settlements. The indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which shall not be withheld
unreasonably, but if settled with such consent or if there is a final judgment for the plaintiff,
the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage,
liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing
sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to
reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by Section 8(c)
hereof, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after
receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall
not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or
threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have
been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party,
unless such settlement, compromise or consent (x) includes an unconditional
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release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of
such action, suit or proceeding and (y) does not include a statement as to or an admission of
fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(e) Indemnification for Directed Shares. In connection with the offer and sale of the
Directed Shares, the Company agrees, promptly upon a request in writing, to indemnify and hold
harmless the Underwriters from and against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and
expenses incurred by them as a result of the failure of the DSP Participants to pay for and accept
delivery of Directed Shares which, by [7:30 A.M.] New York City time on the first business day
after the date of this Agreement, were subject to a properly confirmed agreement to purchase. The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the DSP Underwriter, its officer and employees, and
each person, if any, who controls the DSP Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or
the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which such
DSP Underwriter or such controlling person may become subject, which (i) is 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)
arises out of or is based upon the violation of any applicable laws or regulations of foreign
jurisdictions where Directed Shares have been offered or (iii) is related to, arising out of, or in
connection with the Directed Share Program. The indemnity agreement set forth in this paragraph
shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.
Section 9. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 is for
any reason unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in
respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party, as incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to
therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand,
from the offering of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement 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 and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other
hand, in connection with the statements or omissions or inaccuracies in the representations and
warranties herein which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and
the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection
with the offering of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same
respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Shares pursuant to this
Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders, and the
total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the front
cover page of the Prospectus bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Shares as
set forth on such cover. The relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, on the
one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or
alleged
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omission to state a material fact or any such inaccurate or alleged inaccurate representation
or warranty relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Stockholders, on the one
hand, or the Underwriters, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access
to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities
and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 8(c), any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection
with investigating or defending any action or claim. The provisions set forth in Section 8(c) with
respect to notice of commencement of any action shall apply if a claim for contribution is to be
made under this Section 9; provided, however, that no additional notice shall be required with
respect to any action for which notice has been given under Section 8(c) for purposes of
indemnification.
The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even
if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of
allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section
9.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Underwriter shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting commissions received by such Underwriter in
connection with the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public and no Selling
Shareholder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the aggregate gross proceeds,
less underwriting commissions and discounts, before deducting expenses, to such Selling Shareholder
from the sale of Shares sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several, and not joint, in
proportion to their respective underwriting commitments as set forth opposite their names in
Schedule A. For purposes of this Section 9, each director, officer, employee and agent of an
Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter,
and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement
and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
Section 10. Default of One or More of the Several Underwriters. If, on the Closing
Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the several Underwriters
shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such
date, and the aggregate number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed
but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of the Shares to be
purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated, severally, in the proportions
that the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule A bears to the
aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting
Underwriters, or in such other proportions as may be specified by the
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Representative with the consent of the non-defaulting Underwriters, to purchase the Shares
which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such
date. If, on the Closing Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of
the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares and the aggregate number of Shares with
respect to which such default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate number of Shares to be purchased
on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representative and the Company for the purchase
of such Shares are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate
without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 4, Section
6, Section 8 and Section 9 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. In
any such case either the Representative or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing
Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than seven days
in order that the required changes, if any, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any
other documents or arrangements may be effected.
As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” shall be deemed to include any person
substituted for a defaulting Underwriter under this Section 10. Any action taken under this
Section 10 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of
such Underwriter under this Agreement.
Section 11. Termination of this Agreement. Prior to the Closing Date this Agreement
may be terminated by the Representative by notice given to the Company and the Selling Stockholders
if at any time (i) trading or quotation in any of the Company’s securities shall have been
suspended or limited by the Commission or by the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.; (ii) trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. shall have
been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on
any of such stock exchanges by the Commission or the NASD; (iii) a general banking moratorium shall
have been declared by federal or New York authorities or a material disruption in commercial
banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States has occurred; or (iv)
there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or
any crisis or calamity, or any change in the United States or international financial markets, or
any substantial change or development involving a prospective substantial change in United States’
or international political, financial or economic conditions, as in the judgment of the
Representative is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to market the
Shares in the manner and on the terms described in the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the
sale of securities. Any termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be without liability on the
part of (a) the Company or the Selling Stockholders to any Underwriter, except that the Company and
the Selling Stockholders shall be obligated to reimburse the expenses of the Representative and the
Underwriters to the extent required by Sections 4 and 6 hereof or (b) any Underwriter to the
Company or the Selling Stockholders.
Section 12. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. Each of the Company and the
Selling Stockholders acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Shares
pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Shares
and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the
Company and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other
hand, and the Company and the Selling Stockholders are capable of evaluating and understanding and
understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions
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contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with each transaction contemplated hereby
and the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a
principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary of the Company, the Selling
Stockholders or their affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other party; (iii) no
Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of
the Company or the Selling Stockholders with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby
or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is
currently advising the Company or the Selling Stockholders on other matters) and no Underwriter has
any obligation to the Company or the Selling Stockholders with respect to the offering contemplated
hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the several Underwriters
and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve
interests that differ from those of the Company and the Selling Stockholders and that the several
Underwriters have no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency
or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting,
regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company and the
Selling Stockholders have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the
extent they deemed appropriate.
This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral)
between the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the several Underwriters, or any of them, with
respect to the subject matter hereof. The Company and the Selling Stockholders hereby waive and
release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company and the Selling
Stockholders may have against the several Underwriters with respect to any breach or alleged breach
of agency or fiduciary duty.
Section 13. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The respective
indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, of its
officers, of the Selling Stockholders and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant
to this Agreement (i) will remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any (A)
investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the
officers or employees of any Underwriter, or any person controlling the Underwriter, the Company,
the officers or employees of the Company, or any person controlling the Company, any Selling
Stockholder or any person controlling such Selling Stockholder, as the case may be or (B)
acceptance of the Shares and payment for them hereunder and (ii) will survive delivery of and
payment for the Shares sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.
Section 14. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
mailed, hand delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:
If to the Representative:
Xxxxx and Company, LLC
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Head of Equity Capital Markets
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Head of Equity Capital Markets
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with a copy to:
Xxxxx and Company, LLC
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
Xxxxx and Company, LLC
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
If to the Company:
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
0000 Xxxx-Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
0000 Xxxx-Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
with a copy to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx and Xxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X.
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X.
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
If to the Selling Stockholders:
c/o Custodian
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
0000 Xxxx-Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
0000 Xxxx-Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
with a copy to:
Nishimura & Asahi
Ark Mori Building
Akasaka, Minato-Ku, 1-12-32
Minato, Tokyo, 000-000
XXXXX
Facsimile: x00-0-0000-0000
Attention: Hiro Umezono
Ark Mori Building
Akasaka, Minato-Ku, 1-12-32
Minato, Tokyo, 000-000
XXXXX
Facsimile: x00-0-0000-0000
Attention: Hiro Umezono
00
XxXxxxxXxxxx XXX
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X.
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X.
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving written notice
to the others.
Section 15. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the parties hereto, including any substitute Underwriters pursuant to Section 10
hereof, and to the benefit of (i) the Company, its directors, any person who controls the Company
within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and any officer of the Company who
signs the Registration Statement, (ii) the Selling Stockholders, (iii) the Underwriters, the
officers, directors, employees and agents of the Underwriters, and each person, if any, who
controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and (iv)
the respective successors and assigns of any of the above, all as and to the extent provided in
this Agreement, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this
Agreement. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include a purchaser of any of the Shares
from any of the several Underwriters merely because of such purchase.
Section 16. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any
Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of
this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed
to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and
enforceable.
Section 17. Governing Law Provisions. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 18. Failure of One or More of the Selling Stockholders to Sell and Deliver
Shares. If one or more of the Selling Stockholders shall fail to sell and deliver to the
Underwriters the Shares to be sold and delivered by such Selling Stockholders at the Closing Date
pursuant to this Agreement, then the Underwriters may at their option, by written notice from the
Representative to the Company and the Selling Stockholders, either (i) terminate this Agreement
without any liability on the part of any Underwriter or, except as provided in Sections 4, 6, 8 and
9 hereof, the Company or the Selling Stockholders, or (ii) purchase the shares which the Company
and other Selling Stockholders have agreed to sell and deliver in accordance with the terms hereof.
If one or more of the Selling Stockholders shall fail to sell and deliver to the Underwriters the
Shares to be sold and delivered by such Selling Stockholders pursuant to this Agreement at the
Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, then the Underwriters shall have the right, by written
notice from the Representative to the Company and the Selling Stockholders, to postpone the Closing
Date or such Subsequent Closing Date, as the
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case may be, but in no event for longer than seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be
effected.
Section 19. General Provisions. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of
the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral
agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with
the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This
Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no
condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the
condition is meant to benefit. The Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties
only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it is a sophisticated business person who was
adequately represented by counsel during negotiations regarding the provisions hereof, including,
without limitation, the indemnification provisions of Section 8 and the contribution provisions of
Section 9, and is fully informed regarding said provisions. Each of the parties hereto further
acknowledges that the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereto fairly allocate the risks in light of
the ability of the parties to investigate the Company, its affairs and its business in order to
assure that adequate disclosure has been made in the Registration Statement, any preliminary
prospectus and the Prospectus (and any amendments and supplements thereto), as required by the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and
return to the Company and the Custodian the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument,
along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, SUCAMPO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. |
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By: | ||||
Title: [Title] | ||||
Name: [Name] | ||||
R-TECH UENO, LTD. |
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By: | ||||
Title: [Title] | ||||
Name: [Name] | ||||
S&R TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC |
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By: | ||||
Title: [Title] | ||||
Name: [Name] | ||||
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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the
Representative as of the date first above written.
XXXXX AND COMPANY, LLC | ||||
Acting as Representative of the | ||||
several Underwriters named in | ||||
the attached Schedule A. | ||||
By Xxxxx and Company, LLC | ||||
By: |
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Name: [Name] |
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SCHEDULE A | ||||
Number of Firm | ||||
Shares to be | ||||
Underwriters | Purchased | |||
Xxxxx and Company, LLC |
[___] | |||
CIBC World Markets Corp. |
[___] | |||
Leerink Swann& Co., Inc. |
[___] | |||
Maxim Group, LLC |
[___] | |||
Total |
[___] |
1
SCHEDULE B
Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package
[FWPs included in Disclosure Package]
1
SCHEDULE 5(k)
[List of persons signing lock-up agreements]
1
EXHIBIT A
Form of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Comfort Letter
[provided separately]
X-0
XXXXXXX X-0
Form
of Opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx and Xxxx LLP
[provided separately]
X-0-0
XXXXXXX X-0
Form of Opinion of Sughrue Mion PLLC
[provided separately]
X-0-0
XXXXXXX X-0
Form of opinion of Nishimura & Asahi
[provided separately]
X-0-0
XXXXXXX X-0
Form of opinion of DeCapitani, Kronawer Xxxx
[provided separately]
X-0-0
XXXXXXX X-0
Form of Opinion of Aoyama and Partners
[provided separately]
B-4-1
EXHIBIT C-1
Form of Opinion of Nishimura & Asahi
[provided separately]
C-1
EXHIBIT C-2
Form of Opinion of McGuireWoods LLP
[provided separately]
C-2
EXHIBIT D
Form of Lock-Up Letter
D-1
June ___, 2007
Re:
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Public Offering of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned is an owner of record or beneficially of certain shares of Class A
Common Stock of the Company (“Class A Common Stock”) or Class B Common Stock of the Company
(“Class B Common Stock” and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”) or
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock. The Company
proposes to carry out a public offering of Class A Common Stock (the “Offering”) for which
certain financial institutions will be appointed by the Company to act as underwriters (the
“Underwriters”). The undersigned recognizes that the Offering will be of benefit to the
undersigned and will benefit the Company. The undersigned acknowledges that the Underwriters
will rely on the representations and agreements of the undersigned contained in this letter in
carrying out the Offering and in entering into underwriting arrangements with the Company with
respect to the Offering.
In consideration of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby agrees that the undersigned will
not, (and will cause any spouse or immediate family member of the spouse or the undersigned
living in the undersigned’s household not to), without the prior written consent of the
Underwriter appointed by the Company to act as lead manager for the Offering (the “Lead
Manager”) (which consent may be withheld in its sole discretion), directly or indirectly, sell,
offer, contract or grant any option to sell (including without limitation any short sale),
pledge, transfer, establish an open “put equivalent position” or liquidate or decrease a “call
equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or otherwise dispose of or transfer (or enter into any transaction which is
designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of) including the
filing (or participation in the filing of) of a registration statement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect of, any shares of Common Stock, options or warrants to acquire
shares of Common Stock, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares
of Common Stock currently or hereafter owned either of record or beneficially (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) by the undersigned (or such
spouse or family member), or publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing, for a
period commencing on the date hereof and continuing through the close of trading on the date 180
days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”). In addition, the undersigned
agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Lead Manager, it will not, during the
Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of
any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned shall not be prohibited from (i)
participating as a selling stockholder in the Offering, (ii) selling, pledging, disposing or
transferring shares of Class A Common Stock acquired in open-market transactions after the
Offering or under a directed share program as part of the Offering, (iii) transferring or
distributing shares of Common Stock, either during his or her lifetime or on death, by gift,
will or intestate succession to the immediate family of the undersigned or to a trust the
beneficiaries of which are exclusively the undersigned and/or a member or members of his of her
immediate family, or (iv) transferring or distributing shares of
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Common Stock to partners, members, affiliates or stockholders of the undersigned; provided
in the case of transactions described in clauses (iii) and (iv), it shall be a condition to such
transaction that (1) the transferee or distributee execute a lock-up agreement substantially in
the form hereof and (2) no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made
in connection with such transfer or distribution (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the
expiration of the 180-day period referred to above).
If (i) the Company issues an earnings release or material news, or a material event
relating to the Company occurs, during the last 17 days of the lock-up period, or (ii) prior to
the expiration of the lock-up period, the Company announces that it will release earnings
results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the lock-up period, the
restrictions imposed by this agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the
18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the
material news or material event, unless the Lead Manager waives, in writing, such extension.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the Company will agree in the Underwriting Agreement to
provide written notice of any event that would result in an extension of the Lock-Up Period
pursuant to the previous paragraph to the undersigned (in accordance with Section 14 of the
Underwriting Agreement) and agrees that any such notice properly delivered will be deemed to
have given to, and received by, the undersigned. The undersigned hereby further agrees that,
prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of
this Lock-Up Agreement during the period from the date of this Lock-Up Agreement to and
including the 33rd day following the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, it will give
notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action
unless it has received written confirmation from the Company, which shall be sent by both letter
and email within two business days following the date of the Company’s receipt of its notice,
that the Lock-Up Period (as such may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has
expired. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions
with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of shares of Common Stock
or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock held by the
undersigned except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
With respect to the Offering only, the undersigned waives any registration rights relating
to registration under the Securities Act of any Common Stock owned either of record or
beneficially by the undersigned, including any rights to receive notice of the Offering.
This agreement shall automatically terminate upon the earliest to occur, if any, of (a) the
Company advising the Lead Manager in writing, prior to the execution of the Underwriting
Agreement, that it has determined not to proceed with the Offering, (b) in the event the
Underwriting Agreement is executed, termination of the Underwriting Agreement before the sale of
any Shares to the Underwriters pursuant to its terms, or (c) December 31, 2007 in the event the
Offering has not been closed by that date.
This agreement is irrevocable and will be binding on the undersigned and the respective
successors, heirs, personal representatives, and assigns of the undersigned.
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Printed Name of Person Signing |
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