EXHIBIT 1.01
_______________ SHARES
FORMFACTOR, INC.
COMMON STOCK, INCLUDING PAR VALUE $0.001 PER SHARE
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
DATED ___________, 2002
________, 2002
______________, 2002
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
Banc of America Securities LLC
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Sirs and Mesdames:
FormFactor, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), proposes to
issue and sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the
"UNDERWRITERS") _________ shares of its Common Stock, par value $0.001 (the
"FIRM SHARES"). The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several
Underwriters not more than an additional ______________ shares of its Common
Stock, par value $0.001 (the "ADDITIONAL SHARES") if and to the extent that you,
as Managers of the offering, shall have determined to exercise, on behalf of the
Underwriters, the right to purchase such shares of common stock granted to the
Underwriters in Section 2 hereof. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are
hereinafter collectively referred to as the "SHARES." The shares of Common
Stock, par value $0.001 of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to
the sales contemplated hereby are hereinafter referred to as the "COMMON STOCK."
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"COMMISSION") a registration statement, including a prospectus, relating to the
Shares. The registration statement as amended at the time it becomes effective,
including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration
statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES Act"), is hereinafter
referred to as the "REGISTRATION Statement"; the prospectus in the form first
used to confirm sales of Shares is hereinafter referred to as the "PROSPECTUS."
If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement to register
additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities
Act (the "RULE 462 REGISTRATION STATEMENT"), then any reference herein to the
term "REGISTRATION STATEMENT" shall be deemed to include such Rule 462
Registration Statement.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated ("XXXXXX XXXXXXX") has agreed to reserve
a portion of the Shares to be purchased by it under this Agreement for sale to
the Company's directors, officers, employees and business associates and other
parties related to the Company (collectively, "PARTICIPANTS"), as set forth in
the Prospectus under the heading "Underwriters" (the "DIRECTED SHARE PROGRAM").
The Shares to be sold by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and its affiliates pursuant to the
Directed Share Program are referred to hereinafter as the "DIRECTED SHARES."
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Any Directed Shares not confirmed for purchase by any Participants by the end of
the business day on which this Agreement is executed will be offered to the
public by the Underwriters as set forth in the Prospectus.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to
and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) Based on advice from the Commission, the Registration Statement
has become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose
are pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the
Commission.
(b) (i) The Registration Statement, when it became effective, did
not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus comply and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will
comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and (iii) the
Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if
applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph
do not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you
expressly for use therein.
(c) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property
and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is duly
qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or
leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that
the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a
material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(d) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated, is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority
to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus
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and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or
leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that
the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a
material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole; 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 are owned directly by the Company, free and clear
of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims. Other than [list
significant subsidiaries], the Company has no subsidiaries that are
"significant subsidiaries" as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X of
the Securities Act (the "SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES").
(e) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company.
(f) The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal
matters to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus.
(g) The shares of Common Stock outstanding prior to the issuance of
the Shares have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable.
(h) The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and
delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares
will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(i) Each stockholder of the Company holding two percent (2%) or more
of the Company's outstanding securities as of the date hereof has executed
a "lock-up" agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
(j) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the
performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement will
not contravene any provision of applicable law or the certificate of
incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any agreement or other
instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is
material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any
judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having
jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary, and no consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or
agency is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations
under this Agreement, except such as may be required by the securities or
Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale
of the Shares.
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(k) There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from
that set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or
supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement).
(l) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to
the knowledge of the Company, threatened to which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that are required to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so
described or any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that
are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that
are not described or filed as required.
(m) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the registration
statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or
filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, complied when so
filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(n) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as
described in the Prospectus will not be, required to register as an
"investment company" as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended.
(o) The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any
and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations
relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or
hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants
("ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS"), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other
approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct
their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and
conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such
noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required
permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms
and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or
in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(p) There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental
Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures
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required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with
Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related
constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third
parties) which would, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse
effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(q) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the
Company and any person granting such person the right to require the
Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with
respect to any securities of the Company or to require the Company to
include such securities with the Shares registered pursuant to the
Registration Statement, except such as have been duly waived.
(r) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (i) the Company
and its subsidiaries have not incurred any material liability or
obligation, direct or contingent, nor entered into any material
transaction not in the ordinary course of business; (ii) the Company has
not purchased any of its outstanding capital stock, nor declared, paid or
otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital
stock other than ordinary and customary dividends; and (iii) there has not
been any material change in the capital stock, short-term debt or
long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, except in each case as
described in the Prospectus.
(s) 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 which is material to the business of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, 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 each case except as described in the Prospectus.
(t) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, license or can
acquire or license on reasonable terms, all material patents, patent
rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade
secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or
confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service
marks and trade names currently employed by them in connection with the
business now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has
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received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of
others with respect to any of the foregoing except as described in the
Prospectus or which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a material adverse
affect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(u) No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries exists, except as described in the Prospectus, or,
to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent; and the Company is not
aware, but without conducting any independent investigation, of any
existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any
of its principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors that could have a
material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(v) The Company and its subsidiaries are insured by the insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in
such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they
are engaged; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been
refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will
not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such
coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as
may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a
material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, except as described in the Prospectus.
(w) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all 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 of its subsidiaries 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 material adverse effect on the Company and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described the Prospectus.
(x) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance
that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general
or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general
or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for
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assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(y) The Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary
prospectus comply, and any amendments or supplements thereto will comply,
with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which
the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented,
if applicable, are distributed in connection with the Directed Share
Program.
(z) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
qualification with, any governmental body or agency, other than those
obtained, is required in connection with the offering of the Directed
Shares in any jurisdiction where the Directed Shares are being offered.
(aa) The Company has not offered, or caused Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx or its
affiliates to offer, Shares to any person pursuant to the Directed Share
Program with the intent to unlawfully influence (i) a customer or supplier
of the Company to alter the customer's or supplier's level or type of
business with the Company, or (ii) a trade journalist or publication to
write or publish favorable information about the Company or its products.
2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. The Company hereby agrees to sell to
the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the
representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions
hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the
Company the respective numbers of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto
opposite its name at $______ a share (the "PURCHASE Price").
On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to sell
to the Underwriters the Additional Shares, and the Underwriters shall have the
right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to _______________ Additional
Shares at the Purchase Price. You may exercise this right on behalf of the
Underwriters in whole or from time to time in part by giving written notice of
each election to exercise the option not later than 30 days after the date of
this Agreement. Any exercise notice shall specify the number of Additional
Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters and the date on which such shares are
to be purchased. Each purchase date must be at least one business day after the
written notice is given and may not be earlier than the closing date for the
Firm Shares nor later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
Additional Shares may be purchased as provided in Section 4 hereof solely for
the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of
the Firm Shares. On each day, if any, that Additional Shares are to be
purchased, each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the
number of Additional Shares (subject to such
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adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may determine) that bears the
same proportion to the total number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such
Option Closing Date (as defined below) as the number of Firm Shares set forth in
Schedule I hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total
number of Firm Shares.
The Company hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not,
during the period ending 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, (i) offer,
pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase,
purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to
purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any
shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement
that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences
of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in
clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such
other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply
to (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder or (B) the issuance by the Company of
shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the
conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof of which the
Underwriters have been advised in writing and is described in the Prospectus or
(C) the grant of options or the issuance of shares of Common Stock by the
Company to employees, officers, directors advisors or consultants of the Company
pursuant to employee benefit plans described in the Prospectus.
3. Terms of Public Offering. The Company is advised by you that the
Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of
the Shares as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement have
become effective as in your judgment is advisable. The Company is further
advised by you that the Shares are to be offered to the public initially at
$_____________ a share (the "PUBLIC OFFERING PRICE") and to certain dealers
selected by you at a price that represents a concession not in excess of $______
a share under the Public Offering Price, and that any Underwriter may allow, and
such dealers may reallow, a concession, not in excess of $_____ a share, to any
Underwriter or to certain other dealers.
4. Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Firm Shares shall be made to the
Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against
delivery of such Firm Shares for the respective accounts of the several
Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on ____________, 2002, or at
such other time on the same or such other date, not later than _________, 2002,
as shall be designated in writing by you. The time and date of such payment are
hereinafter referred to as the "CLOSING DATE."
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Payment for any Additional Shares shall be made to the Company in Federal
or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery of such
Additional Shares for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters at
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified in the corresponding
notice described in Section 2 or at such other time on the same or on such other
date, in any event not later than _______, 2002, as shall be designated in
writing by you. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as
the "OPTION CLOSING DATE."
The Firm Shares and Additional Shares shall be registered in such names
and in such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one
full business day prior to the Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing
Date, as the case may be. The Firm Shares and Additional Shares shall be
delivered to you on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, with any transfer
taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Shares to the Underwriters
duly paid, against payment of the Purchase Price therefor.
5. Conditions to the Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of the
Company to sell the Shares to the Underwriters and the several obligations of
the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Shares on the Closing Date are
subject to the condition that the Registration Statement shall have become
effective not later than [_____] (New York City time) on the date hereof.
The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the following
further conditions:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:
(i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall
any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading
or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the
direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the
Company's securities by any "nationally recognized statistical
rating organization," as such term is defined for purposes of Rule
436(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and
(ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any
development involving a prospective change, in the condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations
of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set
forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements
thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement) that, in your
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judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in your
judgment, impracticable to market the Shares on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a
certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed on behalf of the Company by
an executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Section
5(a)(i) above and to the effect that the representations and warranties of
the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the
Closing Date and that the Company has complied in all material respects
with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part
to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date.
The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon
the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an
opinion of Fenwick & West LLP, outside counsel for the Company, dated the
Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) the Company has been duly incorporated, is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and
corporate authority to own its property and to conduct its business
as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property
requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure
to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material
adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole;
(ii) the authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as
to legal matters in all material respects to the description thereof
contained in the Prospectus;
(iii) the shares of Common Stock outstanding prior to the
issuance of the Shares have been duly authorized and are validly
issued and non-assessable, and, to such counsel's knowledge, fully
paid;
(iv) the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and
delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of
such Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights;
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(v) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company;
(vi) the execution and delivery by the Company of, and the
performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement
will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or, to the
best of such counsel's knowledge, any agreement or other instrument
binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is material
to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or, to the
best of such counsel's knowledge, any judgment, order or decree of
any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary, and no consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental
body or agency is required for the performance by the Company of its
obligations under this Agreement, except such as may be required by
the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection
with the offer and sale of the Shares;
(vii) the statements relating to legal matters, documents or
proceedings included in (A) the Prospectus under the captions
"________," "Shares Eligible for Future Sale," "Description of
Capital Stock" and "Underwriters" and (B) the Registration Statement
in Items 14 and 15, in each case insofar as such statements
constitute summaries of the legal matters, legal documents, or legal
proceedings referred to therein, fairly summarize in all material
respects such matters, documents or proceedings;
(viii) after due inquiry, such counsel does not know of any
legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the
properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that
are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus and are not so described or of any statutes, regulations,
contracts or other documents that are required to be described in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or
filed as required;
(ix) the Company is not, and after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds
thereof as described in the Prospectus will not be, required to
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register as an "investment company" as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and
(x) nothing has come to the attention of such counsel that
causes such counsel to believe that (A) the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus (except for the financial statements and notes
thereto and financial statement schedules and other financial and
statistical data included therein, as to which such counsel need not
express any belief) do not comply as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (B)
the Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein
(except for the financial statements and notes thereto and financial
statement schedules and other financial and statistical data
included therein, as to which such counsel need not express any
belief) at the time the Registration Statement became effective
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 (C) the Prospectus (except
for the financial statements and financial schedules and other
financial and statistical data included therein, as to which such
counsel need not express any belief) as of its date or as of the
Closing Date contained or contains an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an
opinion of __________, outside counsel for the Company, dated the Closing
Date, to the effect that
(i) each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated,
is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power
and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as
described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property
requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure
to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material
adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole; and
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(ii) 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 are owned directly by
the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or
claims.
[Opinion from company in-house counsel?]
[Opinion from patent counsel?]
(e) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an
opinion of Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx & Freidenrich LLP, counsel for the Underwriters,
dated the Closing Date, covering the matters referred to in Sections
5(c)(iv), 5(c)(v), 5(c)(vii) (but only as to the statements in the
Prospectus under "Underwriters") and 5(c)(x) above.
With respect to Section 5(c)(x) above, Fenwick & West LLP and Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx & Freidenrich LLP may state that their beliefs are based upon their
participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement and
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and review and
discussion of the contents thereof, but are without independent check or
verification, except as specified.
The opinions of Fenwick & West LLP and _____________ described in Sections
5(c) and 5(d)above shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of
the Company and shall so state therein.
(f) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof
and the Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date,
as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriters, from PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, independent public
accountants, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily
included in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters with respect to
the financial statements and certain financial information contained in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; provided that the letter
delivered on the Closing Date shall use a "cut-off date" not earlier than
the date hereof.
(g) The "lock-up" agreements, each substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, between you and certain shareholders, officers and
directors of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions
of shares of Common Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on
or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the
Closing Date.
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The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Additional Shares
hereunder are subject to the delivery to you on the applicable Option Closing
Date of such documents as you may reasonably request with respect to the good
standing of the Company, the due authorization and issuance of the Additional
Shares to be sold on such Option Closing Date and other matters related to the
issuance of such Additional Shares.
6. Covenants of the Company. In further consideration of
the agreements of the Underwriters herein contained, the Company
covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) To furnish to you, without charge, 5 signed copies of the
Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and for delivery to
each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement
(without exhibits thereto) and to furnish to you in New York City, without
charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the business day next
succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period mentioned in
Section 6(c) below, as many copies of the Prospectus and any supplements
and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as you may
reasonably request.
(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, to furnish to you a copy of each such proposed amendment
or supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to
which you reasonably object, and to file with the Commission within the
applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act any
prospectus required to be filed pursuant to such Rule.
(c) If, during such period after the first date of the public
offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters
the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales
by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a
result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in
the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or
supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to
prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the
Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses you will
furnish to the Company) to which Shares may have been sold by you on
behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either
amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the
Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the
circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be
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misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will
comply with law.
(d) To endeavor to qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you shall reasonably
request.
(e) To make generally available to the Company's security holders
and to you as soon as practicable an earning statement covering the
twelve-month period ending [June 30, 2003] that satisfies the provisions
of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder.
(f) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement
are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be
paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under
this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the
Company's counsel and the Company's accountants in connection with the
registration and delivery of the Shares under the Securities Act and all
other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of
the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and
amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including all printing
costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies
thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove
specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and
delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters, including any transfer or
other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any
Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum in connection with the offer and
sale of the Shares under state securities laws and all expenses in
connection with the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under
state securities laws as provided in Section 6(d) hereof, including filing
fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with
the Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum, (iv) all filing fees and the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters incurred
in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the
Shares by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., (v) all
fees and expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the
registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the Common Stock and all
costs and expenses incident to listing the Shares on the Nasdaq National
Market, (vi) the cost of printing certificates representing the Shares,
(vii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar or
depositary, (viii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to
investor presentations on any "road show" undertaken in connection with
the marketing of the offering of the Shares, including, without
limitation, expenses associated with the production of
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road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants
engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior
approval of the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the
representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and
the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show, (ix)
the document production charges and expenses associated with printing this
Agreement, and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the
performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder for which
provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood,
however, that except as provided in this Section, Section 7 entitled
"Indemnity and Contribution," Section 8 entitled "Directed Share Program
Indemnification" and the last paragraph of Section 10 below, the
Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and
disbursements of their counsel, stock transfer taxes payable on resale of
any of the Shares by them and any advertising expenses connected with any
offers they may make.
(g) To place stop transfer orders on any Directed Shares that have
been sold to Participants subject to the three month restriction on sale,
transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation imposed by NASD Regulation,
Inc. under its Interpretative Material 2110-1 on free-riding and
withholding to the extent necessary to ensure compliance with the three
month restrictions.
(h) To comply with all applicable securities and other applicable
laws, rules and regulations in each jurisdiction in which the Directed
Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program.
7. Indemnity and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the
meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT"), and each
affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the
Securities Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and
liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such
action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or
any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (as
amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments
or supplements thereto), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, except
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insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any
such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the
Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use
therein; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement with
respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of
any Underwriter from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities purchased Shares, or any person controlling such
Underwriter, if a copy of the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented
if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto)
was not sent or given by or on behalf of such Underwriter to such person,
if required by law so to have been delivered, at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of the Shares to such person, and if the
Prospectus (as so amended or supplemented) would have cured the defect
giving rise to such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, unless such
failure is the result of noncompliance by the Company with Section 6(a)
hereof.
(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the
Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section
20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from
the Company to such Underwriter, but only with reference to information
relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such
Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement,
any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental
investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of
which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 7(a) or 7(b), such
person (the "INDEMNIFIED PARTY") shall promptly notify the person against
whom such indemnity may be sought (the "INDEMNIFYING PARTY") in writing
and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall
retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to
represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may
designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of
such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any
indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the
fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified
party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii)
the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties)
include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and
representation of both
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parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or
potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the
indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any
indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings
in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than
one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such
indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be
reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing
by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, in the case of parties indemnified
pursuant to Section 7(a), and by the Company, in the case of parties
indemnified pursuant to Section 7(b). The indemnifying party shall not be
liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment
for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the
indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any
time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to
reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as
contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the
indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of
any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement
is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party
of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have
reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to
the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the
prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of
any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified
party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought
hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on
claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 7(a)
or 7(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect
of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then
each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if
the allocation provided by clause 7(d)(i) above is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only
the relative benefits referred to in clause 7(d)(i) above but also the
relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on
the other hand in
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connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the
offering of the Shares shall be deemed to be in the same respective
proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Shares (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting
discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as
set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the
aggregate Public Offering Price of the Shares. The relative fault of the
Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand 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 by the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission. The Underwriters' respective obligations to
contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the
respective number of Shares they have purchased hereunder, and not joint.
(e) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just
or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity
for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 7(d). The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
above, 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 Section 7, 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 that 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 Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not
exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise
be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
(f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this
Section 7 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the
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Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full
force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii)
any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any person
controlling any Underwriter or any affiliate of any Underwriter or by or
on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any person
controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the
Shares.
8. Directed Share Program Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
and its affiliates and each person, if any, who controls Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx or
its affiliates within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act ("XXXXXX XXXXXXX ENTITIES"), from
and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities
(including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or
claim) (i) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any material prepared by or with the consent of
the Company for distribution to Participants in connection with the
Directed Share Program, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) caused by the failure
of any Participant to pay for and accept delivery of Directed Shares that
the Participant has agreed to purchase; or (iii) related to, arising out
of, or in connection with the Directed Share Program other than losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or expenses relating thereto) that are
finally judicially determined to have resulted from the bad faith or gross
negligence of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities.
(b) In case any proceeding (including any governmental
investigation) shall be instituted involving any Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity in
respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a), the
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity seeking indemnity shall promptly notify the Company
in writing and the Company, upon request of the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity,
shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity
to represent the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity and any others the Company may
designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of
such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but
the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity unless (i) the Company shall have agreed to the
retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding
(including any impleaded parties) include both the Company and the Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Entity and representation of both parties by the same counsel
would be inappropriate due to actual or
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potential differing interests between them. The Company shall not, in
respect of the legal expenses of the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities in connection
with any proceeding or related proceedings the same jurisdiction, be
liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in
addition to any local counsel) for all Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities. Any such
firm for the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities shall be designated in writing by
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such
consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Company
agrees to indemnify the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities from and against any loss
or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the
foregoing sentence, if at any time a Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity shall have
requested the Company to reimburse it for fees and expenses of counsel as
contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the
Company agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Company of the
aforesaid request and (ii) the Company shall not have reimbursed the
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity in accordance with such request prior to the date of
such settlement. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent
of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
proceeding in respect of which any Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity is or could have
been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Entity, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release
of the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities from all liability on claims that are the
subject matter of such proceeding.
(c) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 8(a)
is unavailable to a Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity or insufficient in respect of
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then the
Company, in lieu of indemnifying the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity thereunder,
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Entity as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities on
the other hand from the offering of the Directed Shares or (ii) if the
allocation provided by clause 8(c)(i) above is not permitted by applicable
law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative
benefits referred to in clause 8(c)(i) above but also the relative fault
of the Company on the one hand and of the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities on the
other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on
the one hand and of the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities on the other hand in
connection with the offering of the Directed Shares shall be deemed to be
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in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering
of the Directed Shares (before deducting expenses) and the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Entities for the Directed Shares, bear to the aggregate Public Offering
Price of the Shares. If the loss, claim, damage or liability is caused by
an untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact, the relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities on
the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement or the omission or alleged
omission relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Entities and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission.
(d) The Company and the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities agree that it would
not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8 were
determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities
were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of
allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to in Section 8(c). The amount paid or payable by the Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Entities as a result of the losses, claims, damages and
liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be
deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which the Directed Shares distributed to the
public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that
such Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
The remedies provided for in this Section 8 are not exclusive and shall
not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity at law or in equity.
(e) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this
Section 8 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless
of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by
or on behalf of any Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity or the Company, its officers or
directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of
and payment for any of the Directed Shares.
9. Termination. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement by notice
given by you to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been
suspended or materially limited on, or by, as the case may be, any of the New
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York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market,
the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the
Chicago Board of Trade, (ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall have
been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a
material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in
the United States shall have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking
activities shall have been declared by Federal or New York State authorities or
(v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any
change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is
material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event
specified in this clause (v), makes it, in your judgment, impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Shares on the
terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
10. Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters. This Agreement shall become
effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
If, on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any
one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares that it
has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate
number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but
failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate number
of the Shares to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be
obligated severally in the proportions that the number of Firm Shares set forth
opposite their respective names in Schedule I bears to the aggregate number of
Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting
Underwriters, or in such other proportions as you may specify, to purchase the
Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or
refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the number of
Shares that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be
increased pursuant to this Section 10 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of
such number of Shares without the written consent of such Underwriter. If, on
the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase Firm Shares and the aggregate number of Firm Shares with respect to
which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Firm
Shares to be purchased, and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for
the purchase of such Firm Shares are not made within 36 hours after such
default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In any such case either you or the
Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for
longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the
Registration Statement and in the Prospectus or in any other documents or
arrangements may be effected. If, on an Option Closing Date, any Underwriter or
Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Additional Shares and the
aggregate number of Additional Shares with respect to which such default occurs
is more than one-tenth of the aggregate
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number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such Option Closing Date, the
non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the option to (i) terminate their
obligation hereunder to purchase the Additional Shares to be sold on such Option
Closing Date or (ii) purchase not less than the number of Additional Shares that
such non-defaulting Underwriters would have been obligated to purchase in the
absence of such default. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve
any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such
Underwriter under this Agreement.
If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them,
because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the
terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any
reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as
have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all
out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel)
reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or
the offering contemplated hereunder.
11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the
signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
12. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.
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13. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been
inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of
this Agreement.
Very truly yours,
FORMFACTOR, INC.
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
Accepted as of the date hereof
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
Banc of America Securities LLC
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
Acting severally on behalf of
themselves and the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I
hereto.
By: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE I
UNDERWRITER NUMBER OF FIRM SHARES
TO BE PURCHASED
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated.......
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.....................
Banc of America Securities LLC..........
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
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Total:............................
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PLEASE NOTE:
XXX XXXXXXXXXX (212-762-8639) OF MS SHOULD REVIEW ALL MS UNDERWRITING CONTRACTS
AND LOCK-UP AGREEMENTS BEFORE THEY ARE SENT TO MS CLIENTS AND SHOULD ALSO BE
CONSULTED ON UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT CONCESSIONS DURING THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS.
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF LOCK-UP LETTER]
_____________, 2002
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
Banc of America Securities LLC
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Dear Sirs and Mesdames:
The undersigned understands that Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
("XXXXXX XXXXXXX"), Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC (all collectively, the "Underwriters") propose to
enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the "UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT") with
FormFactor, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), providing for the
public offering (the "PUBLIC OFFERING") by the Underwriters of shares (the
"SHARES") of the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the
"COMMON STOCK").
To induce the Underwriters that may participate in the Public Offering to
continue their efforts in connection with the Public Offering, the undersigned
hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx on
behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period (the "LOCK-UP
Period") commencing on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of the
final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the "PROSPECTUS"):
(1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract
to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any
option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or
dispose of, directly or indirectly ("TRANSFER"), any shares of
Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock ("Securities"); or
(2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another,
in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership
of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause
(1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or
such other securities, in cash or otherwise.
The restrictions in the foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) the sale
of any Shares to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; (b)
transactions relating to shares of Common Stock or Securities acquired in the
Public Offering or thereafter acquired in open market transactions; (c) bona
fide gifts or other Transfers for no consideration of shares of Common Stock or
Securities; (d) distributions of shares of Common Stock or Securities to
partners, members or stockholders of the undersigned; (e) if the undersigned is
a corporation, Transfers of shares of Common Stock or Securities to an affiliate
or affiliates of such corporation; or (f) acquisitions from the Company of any
shares of Common Stock or Securities. In the case of any gift, Transfer,
distribution or acquisition pursuant to clause (c), (d), (e) or (f) in the
foregoing sentence, (i) each donee, distributee, transferee or recipient shall,
prior to the effectiveness of the Transfer, execute and deliver to Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx an executed duplicate form of this Lock-Up Agreement and (ii) no filing
by any party (donor, donee, transferor, transferee, distributor, distributee or
recipient) under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such
Transfer or distribution (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the
expiration of the Lock-Up Period).
In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written
consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the
Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the
registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock. The undersigned also agrees and
consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company's transfer
agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned's shares of Common
Stock except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions. In the event the
Public Offering has not been consummated on or before October 31, 2002, this
Lock-Up Agreement shall lapse and become null and void.
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are
relying upon this Lock-Up Agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the
Public Offering. The undersigned further understands that this Lock-Up Agreement
is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned's heirs, legal
representatives, successors and assigns.
Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of
factors, including market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made
pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to
negotiation between the Company and the Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
By: ___________________________
_______________________________
(Name)
_______________________________
(Address)
