EXHIBIT 1.1
EXE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
(U.S. VERSION)
_________ __, 1998
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.,
BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Co.
BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Inc.
As representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto,
c/o Goldman, Xxxxx & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
EXE Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes,
subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") an aggregate of
5,480,000 shares and, at the election of the Underwriters, up to 924,000
additional shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Stock") of the
Company and the stockholders of the Company named in Schedule II hereto (the
"Selling Stockholders") propose, subject to the terms and conditions stated
herein, to sell to the Underwriters an aggregate of 680,000 shares of Stock.
The aggregate of 6,160,000 shares to be sold by the Company and the Selling
Stockholders is herein called the "Firm Shares" and the aggregate of
924,000 additional shares to be sold by the Company is herein called the
"Optional Shares". The Firm Shares and the Optional Shares that the
Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof are herein
collectively called the "Shares".
It is understood and agreed to by all parties that the Company and the
Selling Stockholders are concurrently entering into an agreement (the
"International Underwriting Agreement") providing for the sale by the Company
and the Selling Stockholders of up to a total of 1,771,000 shares of Stock (the
"International Shares"), including the overallotment option thereunder, through
arrangements with certain underwriters outside the United States (the
"International Underwriters"), for whom Xxxxxxx Sachs International is acting as
lead manager. Anything herein or therein to the contrary notwithstanding, the
respective closings under this Agreement and the International Underwriting
Agreement are hereby expressly made conditional on one another. The
Underwriters hereunder and the International Underwriters are simultaneously
entering into an Agreement between U.S. and International Underwriting
Syndicates (the "Agreement between Syndicates") which provides, among other
things, for the transfer of shares of Stock between the two syndicates. Two
forms of prospectus are to be used in connection with the offering and sale of
shares of Stock contemplated by the foregoing, one relating to the Shares
hereunder and the other relating to the International Shares. The latter form
of prospectus will be identical to the former except for certain substitute
pages as included in the registration statement and amendments thereto as
mentioned below. Except as used in Sections 2, 3, 4, 9 and 11 herein, and except
as the context may otherwise require, references hereinafter to the Shares shall
include all the shares of Stock which may be sold pursuant to either this
Agreement or the International Underwriting Agreement, and references herein to
any prospectus whether in preliminary or final form, and whether as amended or
supplemented, shall include both the U.S. and the international versions
thereof.
1. (a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of
the Underwriters that:
(i) A registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-________)
(the "Initial Registration Statement") in respect of the Shares has been
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"); the
Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto,
each in the form heretofore delivered to you, and, excluding exhibits
thereto, to you for each of the other Underwriters, have been declared
effective by the Commission in such form; other than a registration
statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a "Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement"), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), which became effective upon
filing, no other document with respect to the Initial Registration
Statement has heretofore been filed with the Commission; and no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any
post-effective amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement,
if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been
initiated or threatened by the Commission (any preliminary prospectus
included in the Initial Registration Statement or filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the Commission
under the Act is hereinafter called a "Preliminary Prospectus"; the
various parts of the Initial Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits thereto and
including the information contained in the form of final prospectus filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance
with Section 5(a) hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the Act to
be part of the Initial Registration Statement at the time it was declared
effective, each as amended at the time such part of the Initial
Registration Statement became effective, or such part of the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective are
hereinafter collectively called the "Registration Statement"; and such
final prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Act, is hereinafter called the "Prospectus";
(ii) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary
Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations
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of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein or by a Selling Stockholder
expressly for use in the preparation of the answers therein to Items 7 and
11(l) of Form S-1;
(iii) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any
further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of
the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do
not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to the
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the applicable
filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this representation and
warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company
by an Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein or
by a Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the preparation of the
answers therein to Items 7 and 11(l) of Form S-1;
(iv) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained
since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the
Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from fire,
explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or
from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree,
otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; and, since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital
stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective
material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management,
financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated
in the Prospectus;
(v) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title
in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all
personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Prospectus or
such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the
Company and its subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held
under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under
valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not
material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of
such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;
(vi) The Company and each of its subsidiaries own or possess
adequate licenses or other rights to use all patents, patent rights
inventions, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks,
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service marks, trade names, technology and know-how currently employed or
proposed to be employed by them in connection with their business as
described in the Prospectus; the Company is not obligated to pay a royalty,
grant a license, or provide other consideration to any third party in
connection with its patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade
names, technology or know-how other than as disclosed in the Prospectus,
and, except as disclosed in the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement or conflict with
(and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries knows of any
infringement or conflict with) rights of others with respect to any
patents, patent rights, inventions, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks,
service marks, trade names, technology or know-how which could result in
any material adverse effect upon the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole; and, except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the discoveries,
inventions, products or processes of the Company and its subsidiaries
referred to in the Prospectus do not, to the best knowledge of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries, infringe or conflict with any right or patent
of any third party, or any discovery, invention, product or process which
is the subject of a patent application filed by any third party, known to
the Company or any of its subsidiaries which could have a material adverse
effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and no third
party, including any academic or governmental organization, possesses
rights to the Company's patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks,
trade names, technology or know-how which, if exercised, could enable such
third party to develop products competitive to those of the Company or
could have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to
conduct its business in the manner described in the Prospectus;
(vii) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all consents,
licenses, certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the
appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to
conduct their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any such
subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit
which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding, would have a materially adverse effect on or
constitute a material adverse change, or constitute a development involving
a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs,
management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Prospectus;
(viii) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and has been duly
qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is
in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns
or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such
qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by
reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction; and each
subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation;
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(ix) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in
the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the
Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid
and non-assessable and conform to the description of the Stock contained in
the Prospectus; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each
subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued,
are fully paid and non-assessable and (except for directors' qualifying
shares) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;
(x) The unissued Shares to be issued and sold by the Company to the
Underwriters hereunder and under the International Underwriting Agreement
have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered
against payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly
issued and fully paid and non-assessable and will conform to the
description of the Stock contained in the Prospectus;
(xi) The issue and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company
hereunder and under the International Underwriting Agreement and the
compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement and
the International Underwriting Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or
result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result
in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or
By-laws of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of
any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties; and no
consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of
or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the
issue and sale of the Shares or the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the International
Underwriting Agreement, except the registration under the Act of the Shares
and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under state or foreign securities or Blue
Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by
the Underwriters and the International Underwriters;
(xii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation
of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or in default in the
performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant
or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or
by which it or any of its properties may be bound;
(xiii) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption
"Description of Capital Stock", insofar as they purport to constitute a
summary of the terms of the Stock, and under the caption "Underwriting",
insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and
documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair;
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(xiv) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal
or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate
have a material adverse effect on the current or future consolidated
financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the best of the Company's knowledge,
no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental
authorities or threatened by others;
(xv) Except for the Shares and [_______] shares of Stock, all
outstanding shares of Stock (representing all shares held by the holders of
at least 45,000 shares of Stock, or 97.42% of the outstanding shares of
Stock), all outstanding securities convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of Stock other than options issued pursuant to the Company's equity
incentive plans (the "Plans") and all options to acquire at least [45,000]
shares of Stock issued pursuant to the Plans are subject to valid and
binding agreements (collectively, the "Lock-up Agreements") that restrict
the holders thereof from selling, making any short sale of, granting any
option for the purchase of, pledging, or otherwise transferring or
disposing of, any of such shares of Stock, or any such securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Stock, for a period of
180 days after the date of the Prospectus without the prior written consent
of Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.;
(xvi) There is no legal or beneficial owner of any securities of the
Company who has any rights, not effectively satisfied or waived, to require
registration of any shares of capital stock of the Company in connection
with the filing of the Registration Statement;
(xvii) The election by Neptune Systems, Inc. ("Neptune"), and the
consent to such election by its shareholders (and, if applicable, by the
spouses of such shareholders), to cause Neptune to be taxed as an S
corporation as provided in Section 1362 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (and the predecessor Code) (the "Code"), was valid and
effective at all times from [______], 1990 through and including [February
1, 1997], and neither the Internal Revenue Service nor any other person or
entity has challenged or indicated a present intention to challenge the
status of Neptune as an S Corporation during any portion of such period;
the Company has incurred no liability for taxes under Section 1374 or 1375
of the Code during or for any year in such period;
(xviii) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Shares, will not be an "investment company" or an entity
"controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act");
(xix) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does business
with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba
within the meaning of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes;
(xx) With respect to the Acquisition (as that term is defined in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus), the Company further represents and
warrants that (i) the Agreement and Plan of Merger among the Company,
Neptune and Dallas Systems Corporation ("Dallas") dated July 31, 1997
("Agreement of Merger") was duly and validly authorized by the Boards of
Directors
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of the Company, Neptune and Dallas, as applicable, and by the record
holders of sufficient share interests in each such entity, as applicable,
to properly effect the Acquisition, in each case in accordance with the
respective charter documents of, and laws applicable to, each such entity;
(ii) the Acquisition has been duly effected as of September 15, 1997, in
accordance with the respective charter documents of and laws applicable to
each of the Company, Neptune and Dallas and there are no further actions
required to be taken by any of the Company, Neptune or Dallas to effect
the transactions contemplated by the Agreement of Merger; and (iii) the
Acquisition did not, and will not, result in or create, with respect to the
Company, Neptune or Dallas, any liability for state or federal income tax
other than such taxes as have been paid or accrued for in the financial
statements of the Company; and
(xxi) Ernst & Young, LP, who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, and Price Waterhouse
Coopers LP, who have certified certain financial statements of Dallas, are
each independent public accountants as required by the Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(b) Each of the Selling Stockholders severally represents and warrants to,
and agrees with, each of the Underwriters and the Company that:
(i) All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary
for the execution and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of this
Agreement, the International Underwriting Agreement, the Power of Attorney
and the Custody Agreement hereinafter referred to, and for the sale and
delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and
under the International Underwriting Agreement, have been obtained; and
such Selling Stockholder has full right, power and authority to enter into
this Agreement, the International Underwriting Agreement, the Power of
Attorney and the Custody Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and
deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and
under the International Underwriting Agreement;
(ii) The sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder
hereunder and under the International Underwriting Agreement and the
compliance by such Selling Stockholder with all of the provisions of this
Agreement, the International Underwriting Agreement, the Power of Attorney
and the Custody Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein
and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any statute, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or
other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party
or by which such Selling Stockholder is bound, or to which any of the
property or assets of such Selling Stockholder is subject, nor will such
action result in any violation of the provisions of any statute or any
order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body
having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or the property of such
Selling Stockholder;
(iii) Such Selling Stockholder has, and immediately prior to each
Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) such Selling Stockholder
will have, good and valid title to the Shares to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder hereunder and under the International Underwriting Agreement,
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims; and, upon
delivery of such Shares and payment therefor pursuant hereto and thereto,
good and valid title
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to such Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or
claims, will pass to the several Underwriters or the International
Underwriters, as the case be;
(iv) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing
to and including the date 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, not to
offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided
hereunder or under the International Underwriting Agreement, any securities
of the Company that are substantially similar to the Shares, including but
not limited to any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable
for, or that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such
substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to employee stock
option plans existing on, or upon the conversion or exchange of convertible
or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date of this Agreement),
without your prior written consent;
(v) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take,
directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has
constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company
to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares;
(vi) To the extent that any statements or omissions made in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto are made in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by such Selling
Stockholder expressly for use therein, such Preliminary Prospectus and the
Registration Statement did, and the Prospectus and any further amendments
or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they
become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will
conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading;
(vii) In order to document the Underwriters' compliance with the
reporting and withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal
Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect to the transactions herein
contemplated, such Selling Stockholder will deliver to you prior to or at
the First Time of Delivery (as hereinafter defined) a properly completed
and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other
applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations
in lieu thereof);
(viii) Certificates in negotiable form representing all of the Shares
to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and under the
International Underwriting Agreement 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
[___________], as custodian (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 hereto, and each of them, as such Selling
Stockholder's attorneys-in-fact (the "Attorneys-in-Fact") with authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and the International Underwriting
Agreement on behalf of such Selling Stockholder, to determine the purchase
price to be paid by the Underwriters and the
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International 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, the International Underwriting Agreement and the Custody
Agreement; and
(ix) 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 and the International Underwriters
under the International Underwriting Agreement; 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, of the
International Underwriting 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.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company
and each of the Selling Stockholders agree, severally and not jointly, to sell
to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and
not jointly, to purchase from the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders,
at a purchase price per share of $[_________], the number of Firm Shares (to be
adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying
the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be sold by the Company and each of the
Selling Stockholders as set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II
hereto by a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Firm
Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter as set forth opposite the name of
such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the
aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased by all of the Underwriters from
the Company and all of the Selling Stockholders hereunder and (b) in the event
and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase
Optional Shares as provided below, the Company agrees to sell to each of the
Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Company at the purchase price per share set forth in clause
(a) of this Section 2, that portion of the number of Optional Shares as to which
such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by you so as to
eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number of Optional
Shares by a fraction the numerator of which is the maximum number of Optional
Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to
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purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto
and the denominator of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares that all
of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase hereunder.
The Company hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at
their election up to 924,000 Optional Shares, at the purchase price per share
set forth in the paragraph above, for the sole purpose of covering over
allotments in the sale of the Firm Shares. Any such election to purchase
Optional Shares may be exercised only by written notice from you to the Company,
given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement and
setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the
date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by you but
in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4
hereof) or, unless you and the Company otherwise agree in writing, earlier than
two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Firm Shares, the
several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale upon the terms
and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
4. (a) The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in
definitive form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such
names as Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. may request upon at least forty-eight hours' prior
notice to the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall be delivered by or on
behalf of the Company and the Selling Stockholders to Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.,
through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") for the account
of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the
purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the
account specified by the Company and the Custodian to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. at
least forty-eight hours in advance. The Company will cause the certificates
representing the Shares to be made available for checking and packaging at least
twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) with respect
thereto at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the "Designated
Office"). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be, with respect
to the Firm Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on _________, 1998 on such
other time and date as Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., the Company and the Selling
Stockholders may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the Optional
Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx &
Co. in the written notice given by Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. of the Underwriters'
election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such other time and date as
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and
date for delivery of the Firm Shares is herein called the "First Time of
Delivery", such time and date for delivery of the Firm Optional Shares, if not
the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the "Second Time of Delivery", and
each such time and date for delivery is herein called a "Time of Delivery".
(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf
of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 7 hereof, including the cross-receipt
for the Shares and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters
pursuant to Section 7(l) hereof, will be delivered at the offices of Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, P.C., 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx (the
"Closing Location"), and the Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office,
all at each Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at
[______] p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding
each Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents
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to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review
by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, "New York Business
Day" shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is
not a day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and to file such
Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission's
close of business on the second business day following the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be
required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no further amendment or any
supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus which shall be
disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you,
promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the
Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to
the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you
copies thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or prospectus, of the
suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such
purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing
of the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; and,
in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or prospectus or suspending any
such qualification, promptly to use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of
such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably
request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of
such jurisdictions as you request and to comply with such laws so as to permit
the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long
as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares, provided that in
connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign
corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any
jurisdiction;
(c) Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the New York Business Day
next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the
Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities
as you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required
at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of
the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and if at
such time any events shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as
then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made
when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason
it shall be necessary during such period to amend or supplement the Prospectus
in order to comply with the Act to notify you and upon your request to prepare
and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities
as many copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended
Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement
or omission or effect such compliance, and in case any Underwriter is required
to deliver a prospectus in connection with sales of any of the Shares at any
time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon your
request
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but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such
Underwriter as many copies as you may request of an amended or supplemented
Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as
practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the effective
date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an
earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be
audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule
158);
(e) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and
including the date 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, not to offer,
sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder and
under the International Underwriting Agreement, any securities of the Company
that are substantially similar to the Shares, including but not limited to any
securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the
right to receive, Stock or any such substantially similar securities (other than
pursuant to employee stock option plans existing on, or upon the conversion or
exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date
of this Agreement), without your prior written consent;
(f) To furnish to its stockholders as soon as practicable after the end of
each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of
income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as
practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal
year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the effective date of the
Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the
Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail;
(g) During a period of five years from the effective date of the
Registration Statement, to furnish to you copies of all reports or other
communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders, and to deliver to
you (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial
statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities
exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii)
such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of
the Company as you from time to time reasonably request (such financial
statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the
Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its
stockholders generally or to the Commission);
(h) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Shares
pursuant to this Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement in the
manner specified in the Prospectus under the caption "Use of Proceeds";
(i) To use its best efforts to list for quotation the Shares on the Nasdaq
National Market ("NASDAQ");
(j) To file with the Commission such information on Form 10-Q or Form 10-K
as may be required by Rule 463 under the Act;
(k) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), to file a Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by
10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the
Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission
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the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable
instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act;
(l) To (i) enforce the terms of each Lock-up Agreement (as defined in
Section 1 (a) (xv)), (ii) issue stop-transfer instructions to the transfer agent
for the Stock with respect to any transaction or contemplated transaction that
would constitute a breach of or default under the applicable Lock-up Agreement
and (iii) upon written request of Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., release from the Lock-up
Agreements those shares of Stock held by those holders set forth in such
request. In addition, except with the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx &
Co., the Company agrees (i) not to amend or terminate, or waive any right under,
any Lock-up Agreement, or take any other action that would directly or
indirectly have the same effect as an amendment or termination, or waiver of any
right under, any Lock-up Agreement, that would permit any holder of shares of
Stock subject to such Lock-up Agreement, or any options or securities
convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Stock subject to such
Lock-up Agreement, to (x) offer, pledge, sell, offer to sell, contract to sell,
sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option to sell, grant any
option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of,
directly or indirectly, such shares of Stock or other securities, or (y) enter
into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the
economic consequences of ownership of such shares of Stock or other securities,
and (ii) not to consent to any sale, short sale, grant of an option for the
purchase of, or other disposition or transfer of shares of Stock, or securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Stock, subject to a Lock-up
Agreement; and
(m) To place a restrictive legend on any shares of Stock acquired pursuant
to the exercise, after the date hereof and prior to the expiration of the
180-day period after the date of the Prospectus, of any option granted under the
Plans and subject to a Lock-up Agreement, which legend shall restrict the
transfer of such shares prior to the expiration of such 180-day period.
6. The Company and each of the Selling Stockholders, jointly and
severally, covenant and agree with one another and with the several Underwriters
that (a) the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees,
disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in
connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act and all other
expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and
amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies
thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing
any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, the International Underwriting
Agreement, the Agreement between Syndicates, the Selling Agreements, the Blue
Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any
other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of
the Shares; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the
Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section
5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the
Blue Sky survey; (iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the
Shares on NASDAQ; (v) the filing fees incident to, and the fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, securing any
required review by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the
terms of the sale of the Shares; (vi) the cost of preparing stock certificates;
(vii) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; and (viii) all
other costs and expenses incident to the
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performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically
provided for in this Section; and (b) such Selling Stockholder will pay or cause
to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of such Selling
Stockholder's obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically
provided for in this Section, including (i) any fees and expenses of counsel for
such Selling Stockholder, (ii) such Selling Stockholder's pro rata share of the
fees and expenses of the Attorneys-in-Fact and the Custodian and (iii) all
expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by
such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters hereunder. In connection with
Clause (b) (iii) of the preceding sentence, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. agrees to pay
New York State stock transfer tax, and the Selling Stockholder agrees to
reimburse Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. for associated carrying costs if such tax payment
is not rebated on the day of payment and for any portion of such tax payment not
rebated. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section,
and Sections 8 and 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs
and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on
resale of any of the Shares by them, and any advertising expenses connected with
any offers they may make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to be
delivered at each Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to
the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of
the Company and of the Selling Stockholders herein are, at and as of such Time
of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company and the Selling
Stockholders shall have performed all of its and their obligations hereunder
theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for
such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance
with Section 5(a) hereof; if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule
462(b), the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective
by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose
shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests
for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been
complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, P.C., counsel for the
Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions
(a draft of each such opinion is attached as Annex II(a) hereto), dated
such Time of Delivery, with respect to the matters covered in paragraphs
(i), (ii), (viii), (xii) and (xiv) of subsection (c) below as well as such
other related matters as you may reasonably request, and such counsel shall
have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to
enable them to pass upon such matters;
(c) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LP, counsel for the Company, shall have
furnished to you their written opinion (a draft of such opinion is attached
as Annex II(b) hereto), dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance
satisfactory to you, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, with power and
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authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus;
(ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in
the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the
Company (including the Shares being delivered at such Time of
Delivery) have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are
fully paid and non-assessable; and the Shares conform to the
description of the Stock contained in the Prospectus;
(iii) The Company has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation
for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws
of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or
conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is
subject to no material liability or disability by reason of failure to
be so qualified in any such jurisdiction (such counsel being entitled
to rely in respect of the opinion in this clause upon opinions of
local counsel and in respect of matters of fact upon certificates of
officers of the Company, provided that such counsel shall state that
they believe that both you and they are justified in relying upon such
opinions and certificates);
(iv) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated
and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; and all of the issued
shares of capital stock of each such subsidiary have been duly and
validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and
(except for directors' qualifying shares are owned directly or
indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
equities or claims (such counsel being entitled to rely in respect of
the opinion in this clause upon opinions of local counsel and in
respect of matters of fact upon certificates of officers of the
Company or its subsidiaries, provided that such counsel shall state
that they believe that both you and they are justified in relying upon
such opinions and certificates);
(v) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable
title in fee simple to all real property owned by them, in each case
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as
are described in the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect
the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its
subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by
the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not
material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be
made of such property and buildings by the Company and its
subsidiaries (in giving the opinion in this clause, such counsel may
state that no examination of record titles for the purpose of such
opinion has been made, and that they are relying upon a general review
of the titles of the Company and its subsidiaries, upon opinions of
local counsel and abstracts, reports and policies of title companies
rendered or issued at or subsequent to the time of acquisition of such
property by the Company or its subsidiaries, upon opinions of counsel
to the lessors of such property and, in respect of matters of fact,
upon certificates of officers of the Company or its subsidiaries,
provided that such counsel shall state that they believe that both you
and
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they are justified in relying upon such opinions, abstracts, reports,
policies and certificates);
(vi) To the best of such counsel's knowledge and other than as
set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the
aggregate have a material adverse effect on the current or future
consolidated financial position, stockholders' equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the best of
such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or
contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(vii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, there are no claims
against the Company or any of its subsidiaries that the products or
services offered by the Company or its subsidiaries infringe the
intellectual property rights of any third party;
(viii) This Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement
have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(ix) The issue and sale of the Shares being delivered at such
Time of Delivery to be sold by the Company and the compliance by the
Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the
International Underwriting Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or
result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of,
or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan agreement or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel
to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the
property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the
Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation known to such
counsel of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of
their properties;
(x) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body
is required for the issue and sale of the Shares or the consummation
by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the International Underwriting Agreement, except the registration
under the Act of the Shares, and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required
under state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with
the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters and
the International Underwriters;
(xi) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in
violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or in default
in the performance or observance of any material obligation,
agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage,
deed
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of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to
which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be
bound;
(xii) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption
"Description of Capital Stock", insofar as they purport to constitute
a summary of the terms of the Stock, and under the caption
"Underwriting", insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of
the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and
fair;
(xiii) The Company is not an "investment company" or an entity
"controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are defined in
the Investment Company Act; and
(xiv) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any
further amendments and supplements thereto made by the Company prior
to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and
related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder;
although they do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, except for those referred to
in the opinion in subsection (xii) of this Section 7(c), they have no
reason to believe that, as of its effective date, the Registration
Statement or any further amendment thereto made by the Company prior
to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and
related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading or that, as of its date,
the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by
the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial
statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel
need express no opinion) contained an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading or that, as of such Time of Delivery, either
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any further amendment
or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of
Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules
therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) contains an
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and they do
not know of any amendment to the Registration Statement required to be
filed or of any contracts or other documents of a character required
to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to
be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are
not filed or described as required.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that they express no
opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States;
(d) The respective counsel for each of the Selling Stockholders, as
indicated in Schedule II hereto, each shall have furnished to you their written
opinion with respect to each of the Selling
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Stockholders for whom they are acting as counsel, dated the First Time of
Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:
(i) A Power of Attorney and a Custody Agreement have been duly
executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder and constitute
valid and binding agreements of such Selling Stockholder in accordance
with their terms;
(ii) This Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement
have been duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling
Stockholder; and the sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder hereunder and thereunder and the compliance by such
Selling Stockholder with all of the provisions of this Agreement and
the International Underwriting Agreement, the Power of Attorney and
the Custody Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein
and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach
or violation of any terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any statute, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement
or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which such
Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder is
bound, or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling
Stockholder is subject, nor will such action result in any violation
of the provisions of or any order, rule or regulation known to such
counsel of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or the property of such
Selling Stockholder;
(iii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the International
Underwriting Agreement in connection with the Shares to be sold by
such Selling Stockholder hereunder or thereunder, except such as have
been obtained under the Act and such as may be required under state or
foreign securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase
and distribution of such Shares by the Underwriters or the
International Underwriters;
(iv) Immediately prior to the First Time of Delivery such Selling
Stockholder had good and valid title to the Shares to be sold at the
First Time of Delivery by such Selling Stockholder under this
Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement, free and clear
of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, and full right, power
and authority to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares to be
sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and thereunder; and
(v) Good and valid title to such Shares, free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, has been transferred to each
of the several Underwriters or International Underwriters, as the case
may be, who have purchased such Shares in good faith and without
notice of any such lien, encumbrance, equity or claim or any other
adverse claim within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that they express no
opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States and in
rendering the opinion in subparagraph (iv) such counsel may rely upon a
certificate of such Selling Stockholder in respect of matters of fact as to
ownership of, and liens, encumbrances, equities or claims on the Shares sold by
such Selling Stockholder, provided
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that such counsel shall state that they believe that both you and they are
justified in relying upon such certificate;
(e) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this
Agreement, at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the
date of this Agreement and also at each Time of Delivery, (i) Xxxxxx & Xxxxx, XX
shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of
delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set
forth in Annex I hereto (the executed copy of the letter delivered prior to the
execution of this Agreement is attached as Annex I(a) hereto and a draft of the
form of letter to be delivered on the effective date of any post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement and as of each Time of Delivery is
attached as Annex I(b) hereto); and (ii) Price Waterhouse Coopers LP shall have
furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery
thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in
Annex I hereto (the executed copy of the letter delivered prior to the execution
of this Agreement is attached as Annex 1(c) hereto and a draft of the form of
letter to be delivered on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to
the Registration Statement and as of each Time of Delivery is attached as Annex
I(d) hereto);
(f) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have
sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in
the Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion,
flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set
forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, and (ii) since the respective dates as
of which information is given in the Prospectus there shall not have been (A)
any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change,
in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, (B) the commencement of litigation against the Company or its
subsidiaries or (C) the assertion against the Company or any of its subsidiaries
of any claim that the products or services offered by the Company or its
subsidiaries infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party,
otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, the effect of
which, in any such case described in Clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of
the Representatives so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares
being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus;
(g) On or after the date hereof (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in
the rating accorded the Company's debt securities by any "nationally recognized
statistical rating organization", as that term is defined by the Commission for
purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, and (ii) no such organization shall
have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible
negative implications, its rating of any of the Company's debt securities;
(h) On or after the date hereof there shall not have occurred any of the
following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities
generally on the New York Stock Exchange or on NASDAQ; (ii) a suspension or
material limitation in trading in the Company's securities on; (iii) a general
moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New
York or, Texas State authorities; or (iv) the outbreak or escalation of
hostilities involving the United States or the
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declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, if the effect
of any such event specified in this Clause (iv) in the judgment of the
Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public
offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery
on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(i) The Shares to be sold by the Company and the Selling Stockholders at
such Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed, for quotation on NASDAQ;
(j) The Company has obtained and delivered to the Underwriters executed
copies of an agreement from each director and officer of the Company and from
each beneficial owner of at least 45,000 shares of Stock (as defined and
determined according to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, except that a one
hundred eighty day period shall be used rather than the sixty day period set
forth therein) to the effect set forth in Subsection 1(b)(iv) hereof in form and
substance satisfactory to you;
(k) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(c)
hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business
Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement; and
(l) The Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished or
caused to be furnished to you at such Time of Delivery certificates of officers
of the Company and of the Selling Stockholders, respectively, satisfactory to
you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and
the Selling Stockholders, respectively, herein at and as of such Time of
Delivery, as to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of
all of their respective obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to
such Time of Delivery, and as to such other matters as you may reasonably
request, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished
certificates as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (f) of this
Section, and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.
8. (a) The Company and each of the Selling Stockholders, jointly and
severally, will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may
become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Company and the Selling Stockholders shall not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter
through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each
Selling Stockholder against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which
the Company or such Selling Stockholder
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may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such
amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs
& Co. expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company and each Selling
Stockholder for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company
or such Selling Stockholder in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a)
above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall,
if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under
such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement
thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve
it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than
under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any
indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to
the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party
similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to
such indemnified party (which shall not, except with the consent of the
indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from
the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume
the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such
indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel
or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified
party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of
investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the
indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the
entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim
in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder
(whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such
action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an
unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of
such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission
of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified
party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
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 from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation
provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable
law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice
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required under subsection(c) above, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also
the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand
and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof), 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 shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Shares purchased
under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the
Selling Stockholders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions
received by the Underwriters with respect to the Shares purchased under this
Agreement, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the
Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company or the Selling Stockholders on the one hand or the
Underwriters on the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company, each of the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d)
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 which does not
take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this
subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result
of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which
the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the
public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise
been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this subsection (d) to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this
Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the
respective Selling Stockholders may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the
same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter
within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under
this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective
Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and
conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase
the Shares which it has agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of Delivery, you
may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other parties to
purchase such Shares on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six
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hours after such default by any Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase
of such Shares, then the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall be entitled
to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or
other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such Shares on such terms. In the
event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Company and
the Selling Stockholders that you have so arranged for the purchase of such
Shares, or the Company and the Selling Stockholders notify you that they have so
arranged for the purchase of such Shares, you or the Company and the Selling
Stockholders shall have the right to postpone such Time of Delivery for a period
of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be
made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other
documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any
amendments to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in your opinion
may thereby be made necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement
shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if
such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such
Shares.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company and
the Selling Stockholders as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate
number of such Shares which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of
the aggregate number of all of the Shares to be purchased at such Time of
Delivery, then the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have the right to
require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares which
such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in
addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata
share (based on the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase
hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for
which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a
defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company and
the Selling Stockholders as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate
number of such Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the
aggregate number of all of the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery,
or if the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall not exercise the right
described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to
purchase Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement
(or, with respect to the Second Time of Delivery, the obligations of the
Underwriters to purchase and of the Company to sell the Optional Shares) shall
thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting
Underwriter or the Company or the Selling Stockholders, except for the expenses
to be borne by the Company and the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters as
provided in Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in
Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from
liability for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties
and other statements of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the several
Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them,
respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof)
made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any
Underwriter, or the Company, or any of the Selling
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Stockholders, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company,
or any controlling person of any Selling Stockholder, and shall survive delivery
of and payment for the Shares.
11. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof,
neither the Company nor the Selling Stockholders shall then be under any
liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof; but,
if for any other reason any Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the
Company and the Selling Stockholders as provided herein, the Company and each of
the Selling Stockholders pro rata (based on the number of Shares to be sold by
the Company and such Selling Stockholder hereunder) will reimburse the
Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by
you, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the
Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the
Shares not so delivered, but the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall then
be under no further liability to any Underwriter in respect of the Shares not so
delivered except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof.
12. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the
Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any
statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or
given by you jointly or by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. on behalf of you as the
representatives; and in all dealings with any Selling Stockholder hereunder, you
and the Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request,
notice or agreement on behalf of such Selling Stockholder made or given by any
or all of the Attorneys-in-Fact for such Selling Stockholder.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to you as the representatives in care of Xxxxxxx, Sachs &
Co., 00 Xxx Xxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Registration
Department; if to any Selling Stockholder shall be delivered or sent by mail,
telex or facsimile transmission to counsel for such Selling Stockholder at its
address set forth in Schedule II hereto; and if to the Company shall be
delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the
Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided,
however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8 (c) hereof
shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such
Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire or telex
constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company
or the Selling Stockholders by you upon request. Any such statements, requests,
notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
13. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit
of, the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Stockholders and, to the
extent provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers and directors of the
Company and each person who controls the Company, any Selling Stockholder or any
Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors
and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by
virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Shares from any
Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such
purchase.
14. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the
term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in
Washington, D.C. is open for business.
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15. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
16. This Agreement be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto
in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original,
but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us eight counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you,
on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof
shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the Underwriters, the Company
and each of the Selling Stockholders. It is understood that your acceptance of
this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority
set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters (U.S. Version), the form of
which shall be submitted to the Company and the Selling Stockholders for
examination upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority
of the signers thereof.
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Any person executing and delivering this Agreement as Attorney-in-Fact for
a Selling Stockholder represents by so doing that he has been duly appointed as
Attorney-in-Fact by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to a validly existing and
binding Power of Attorney which authorizes such Attorney-in-Fact to take such
action.
Very truly yours,
EXE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
XXXXXXX XXXX
XXXX XXXXXX
XXXXX XXXXXXX
By:
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Name:
Title:
As Attorney-in-Fact acting on behalf of
each of the Selling Stockholders named
in Schedule II to this Agreement.
Accepted as of the date hereof
at ____________, ____________:
XXXXXXX, SACHS & CO.
BANCAMERICA XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX & CO.
BT ALEX. XXXXX INC.
XXXXX XXXXXXX INC.
BY:
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(Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.)
On behalf of each of the Underwriters
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SCHEDULE I
NUMBER OF
OPTIONAL
SHARES TO BE
TOTAL NUMBER OF PURCHASED IF
FIRM SHARES MAXIMUM OPTION
UNDERWRITER TO BE PURCHASED EXERCISED
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. . . . . . . . . . . .
BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Co.
BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Inc.
[NAMES OF OTHER UNDERWRITERS]. . . . . . .
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Total
SCHEDULE II
NUMBER OF
OPTIONAL
SHARES TO BE
TOTAL NUMBER OF SOLD IF
FIRM SHARES MAXIMUM OPTION
TO BE SOLD EXERCISED
The Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,480,000 924,000
The Selling Stockholders:
Xxxxxxx Xxxx (a). . . . . . . . . . 289,000 0
Xxxx Xxxxxx (a) . . . . . . . . . . 289,000 0
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx (a) . . . . . . . . . 102,000 0
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,160,000 924,000
(a) This Selling Stockholder is represented by [Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP] and
has appointed [__________] and [__________] and each of them, as the
Attorneys-in-Fact for such Selling Stockholder.
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ANNEX I
Pursuant to Section 7(d) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants
shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that:
(i) They are independent certified public accountants with respect to
the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the
applicable published rules and regulations thereunder;
(ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and any supplementary
financial information and schedules (and, if applicable, financial
forecasts and/or pro forma financial information) examined by them and
included in the Prospectus or the Registration Statement comply as to form
in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Act and the related published rules and regulations thereunder; and, if
applicable, they have made a review in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of
the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements, selected financial
data, pro forma financial information, financial forecasts and/or condensed
financial statements derived from audited financial statements of the
Company for the periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their
reports thereon, copies of which have been separately furnished to the
representatives of the Underwriters (the "Representatives");
(iii) They have made a review in accordance with standards established
by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the unaudited
condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets
and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus as
indicated in their reports thereon copies of which have been separately
furnished to the Representatives; and on the basis of specified procedures
including inquiries of officials of the Company who have responsibility for
financial and accounting matters regarding whether the unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements referred to in paragraph (vi)(A)(i) below
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the related published rules and regulations,
nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that the
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not comply as to
form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements
of the Act and the related published rules and regulations;
(iv) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to the
consolidated results of operations and financial position of the Company
for the five most recent fiscal years included in the Prospectus agrees
with the corresponding amounts (after restatements where applicable) in the
audited consolidated financial statements for such five fiscal years which
were included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Reports
on Form 10-K for such fiscal years;
(v) They have compared the information in the Prospectus under
selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K and on
the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter nothing came to
their attention as a result of the foregoing procedures that caused them to
believe that this information does not conform in all material respects
with the disclosure requirements of Items 301, 302, 402 and 503(d),
respectively, of Regulation S-K;
(vi) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an
examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards,
consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other
information referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim
financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, inspection of the
minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus, inquiries
of officials of the Company and its subsidiaries responsible for financial
and accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as be
specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that caused them
to believe that:
(A) (i) the unaudited consolidated statements of income,
consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows
included in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and
the related published rules and regulations, or (ii) any material
modifications should be made to the unaudited condensed consolidated
statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated
statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus for them to be in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles;
(B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance sheet
items included in the Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding
items in the unaudited consolidated financial statements from which
such data and items were derived, and any such unaudited data and
items were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the
basis for the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated
financial statements included in the Prospectus;
(C) the unaudited financial statements which were not included
in the Prospectus but from which were derived any unaudited condensed
financial statements referred to in Clause (A) and any unaudited
income statement data and balance sheet items included in the
Prospectus and referred to in Clause (B) were not determined on a
basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited
consolidated financial statements included in the Prospectus;
(D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial
statements included in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Act and the published rules and regulations thereunder or the pro
forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical
amounts in the compilation of those statements;
(E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the
date of such letter, there have been any changes in the consolidated
capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of
options and stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of performance
shares and upon conversions of convertible securities, in each case
which were outstanding on the date of the latest financial statements
included in the Prospectus) or any increase in the consolidated
long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, or any decreases
in consolidated net current assets or stockholders' equity or other
items specified by the Representatives, or any increases in any items
specified by the Representatives, in each case as compared with
amounts shown in the latest balance
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sheet included in the Prospectus, except in each case for changes,
increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or
occur or which are described in such letter; and
(F) for the period from the date of the latest financial
statements included in the Prospectus to the specified date referred
to in Clause (E) there were any decreases in consolidated net revenues
or operating profit or the total or per share amounts of consolidated
net income or other items specified by the Representatives, or any
increases in any items specified by the Representatives, in each case
as compared with the comparable period of the preceding year and with
any other period of corresponding length specified by the
Representatives, except in each case for decreases or increases which
the Prospectus discloses have occurred or occur or which are
described in such letter; and
(vii) In addition to the examination referred to in their
report(s) included in the Prospectus and the limited procedures, inspection
of minute books, inquiries and other procedures referred to in paragraphs
(iii) and (vi) above, they have carried out certain specified procedures,
not constituting an examination in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards, with respect to certain amounts, percentages and
financial information specified by the Representatives, which are derived
from the general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries,
which appear in the Prospectus, or in Part II of, or in exhibits and
schedules to, the Registration Statement specified by the Representatives,
and have compared certain of such amounts, percentages and financial
information with the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries
and have found them to be in agreement.
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