Exhibit 1.1
3,450,000 SHARES
SEACHANGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
COMMON STOCK (PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE)
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
December , 2001
December , 2001
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
RBC Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc.
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Sirs and Mesdames:
SeaChange International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"),
proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule II
hereto (the "UNDERWRITERS"), and certain shareholders of the Company (the
"SELLING SHAREHOLDERS") named in Schedule I hereto severally propose to sell to
the several Underwriters, an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of the common stock,
par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the "FIRM SHARES"), of which
2,790,000 shares are to be issued and sold by the Company and 210,000 shares are
to be sold by the Selling Shareholders, each Selling Shareholder selling the
amount set forth opposite such Selling Shareholder's name in Schedule I hereto.
The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters an
aggregate of not more than an additional 450,000 shares of the common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of the Company (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 3 hereof. The Firm Shares and the
Additional Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "SHARES". The
shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company to be
outstanding after giving effect to the sales contemplated hereby are hereinafter
referred to as the "COMMON STOCK". The Company and the Selling Shareholders are
hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the "SELLERS".
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
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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. Unless otherwise indicated, all references herein to the
terms "REGISTRATION STATEMENT" and "PROSPECTUS" also shall be deemed to include
all documents incorporated therein by reference.
1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents
and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) (i) The Company is eligible to register shares of its Common Stock
on Form S-3 pursuant to the Securities Act and (ii) 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 threatened by the Commission.
(b) (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT"), and
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus complied or will comply when so
filed, as the case may be, in all material respects with the Exchange Act
and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii)
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, (iii) 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 (iv) 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
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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
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 or indirectly by the Company,
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, other than
(i) the security interest granted to Citizens Bank of Massachusetts in
connection with that certain loan and security agreement, dated as of
October 22, 2001, by and between the Company and Citizens Bank of
Massachusetts, (ii) the security interest granted to Bank of New Hampshire,
N.A. in connection with that certain loan agreement, dated as of October
16, 2000, by and between the Company and Bank of New Hampshire, N.A., and
(iii) SeaChange Systems, Inc., the employees of which either own or have
the option to purchase an aggregate of twenty percent (20%) of the issued
and outstanding capital stock.
(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 incorporated by reference into the
Prospectus.
(g) The shares of Common Stock, including the Shares to be sold by the
Selling Shareholders, outstanding prior to the issuance of the Shares to be
sold by the Company have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable.
(h) The Shares to be sold by the Company 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) 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
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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.
(j) 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.
(k) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company after due inquiry, 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.
(l) 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.
(m) 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, an "investment company" as such term is
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(n) 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. The Company, in its reasonable judgment,
has concluded that any costs or liabilities associated with the effect of
Environmental Laws
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on its business, operations and properties (including, without limitation,
any capital or operating expenditures 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) would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a
material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(o) 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 consolidated subsidiaries, except in each case as would not
reasonably be expected to result in any 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, or as
described in or contemplated by the Prospectus.
(p) 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 that 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 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 other than (i) the security interest granted to Citizens
Bank of Massachusetts in connection with that certain loan and security
agreement, dated as of October 22, 2001 by and between the Company and
Citizens Bank of Massachusetts and (ii) the security interest granted to
Bank of New Hampshire, N.A. in connection with that certain loan agreement,
dated as of October 16, 2000, by and between the Company and Bank of New
Hampshire, N.A. ; 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 or subleases 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 or contemplated by the Prospectus.
(q) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire
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,
except as described in the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its
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subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or conflict with
asserted rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing which,
singly or in the aggregate, in the reasonable judgment of the Company,
would result in any 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.
(r) No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries exists, except as described in or contemplated by the
Prospectus, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent; and the
Company is not aware of any existing, threatened or imminent labor
disturbance by the employees of any of its principal suppliers,
manufacturers or contractors that could result in any 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.
(s) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by 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 such subsidiary has been refused
any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor
any such subsidiary 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 materially and adversely
affect the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business or
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as
described in or contemplated by the Prospectus.
(t) 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 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 result in a 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, except as described in or contemplated
by the Prospectus.
(u) 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 assets
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is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(v) The accountants who have certified or shall certify the financial
statements filed or to be filed with the Commission as part of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus are independent accountants as
required by the Securities Act. The consolidated financial statements of
the Company and its subsidiaries, together with the related notes thereto,
included in the Registration Statement present fairly the financial
position and results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries at
the respective dates and for the respective periods to which they apply,
subject to normal year-end adjustments. Such financial statements have
been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied throughout the periods involved except as otherwise
stated therein.
(w) The Shares have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq National
Market, subject to official notice of issuance.
(x) 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 except
for such contracts, agreements or understandings that have been filed by
the Company as exhibits under the Exchange Act, and no person has the right
to include any securities of the Company with the Shares registered
pursuant to the Registration Statement that has not been effectively
satisfied or waived.
(y) The Company has complied with all provisions of Section 517.075,
Florida Statutes relating to doing business with the Government of Cuba or
with any person or affiliate located in Cuba.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholders. Each of the
Selling Shareholders, acting severally and not jointly, represents and warrants
to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder.
(b) The execution and delivery by such Selling Shareholder of, and the
performance by such Selling Shareholder of its obligations under, this
Agreement, the Custody Agreement signed by such Selling Shareholder and
Mellon Investor Services, L.L.C., as Custodian, relating to the deposit of
the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder (the "CUSTODY AGREEMENT")
and the Power of Attorney appointing certain individuals as such Selling
Shareholder's attorneys-in-fact to the extent set forth therein, relating
to the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Registration Statement
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(the "POWER OF ATTORNEY"), will not contravene any provision of applicable
law, or the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of such Selling
Shareholder, if such Selling Shareholder is a corporation, or any agreement
or other instrument binding upon such Selling Shareholder or any judgment,
order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having
jurisdiction over such Selling Shareholder, and no consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or
agency is required for the performance by such Selling Shareholder of its
obligations under this Agreement or the Custody Agreement or Power of
Attorney of such Selling Shareholder, 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.
(c) Such Selling Shareholder has, and on the Closing Date will have,
valid title to the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder and the
legal right and power, and all authorization and approval required by law,
to enter into this Agreement, the Custody Agreement and the Power of
Attorney and to sell, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by such
Selling Shareholder.
(d) The Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling Shareholder and are
valid and binding agreements of such Selling Shareholder.
(e) The delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder,
assuming payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
will pass title to such Shares, free and clear of any adverse claims, as
defined in Section 8-102 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and any other liens, encumbrances, equities
and claims attributable to such Selling Shareholder.
(f) (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.
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3. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. Each Seller, severally and not jointly,
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 such Seller at $ a share (the "PURCHASE PRICE") the number of
Firm Shares that bears the same proportion to the number of Firm Shares to be
sold by such Seller as the number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule II hereto
opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares.
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 a
one-time right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to an aggregate of
450,000 Additional Shares at the Purchase Price. If you, on behalf of the
Underwriters, elect to exercise such option, you shall so notify the Company in
writing not later than 30 days after the date of this Agreement, which 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. Such date
may be the same as the Closing Date, as defined below, but not earlier than the
Closing Date nor later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
Additional Shares may be purchased as provided in Section 5 hereof solely for
the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of
the Firm Shares. If any Additional Shares are to be purchased, each Underwriter
agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of Additional Shares,
subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may determine,
that bears the same proportion to the total number of Additional Shares to be
purchased as the number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule II hereto opposite
the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares.
Each Seller hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during
the period commencing on the date hereof and ending ninety (90) 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; (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; (C) transactions by any
person other than the Company relating to shares of Common Stock or other
securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the
offering of the Shares; (D) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common
Stock, other than upon the exercise of an option or warrant referred to in
clause (B), or options or warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock, in each
case pursuant to existing stock option and
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purchase plans of the Company or existing agreements of the Company of which the
Underwriters have been advised in writing; (E) shares of Common Stock or any
securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock held by Selling
Shareholders (1) transferred to members of the immediate family of such Selling
Shareholder, such members consisting of their spouse, their issue, the parents
of such Selling Shareholder or of his or her spouse, or the issue of the parents
of such Selling Shareholder or of his or her spouse, (2) transferred to a trust
or limited partnership for the benefit of any of the foregoing family members or
(3) transferred as a bona fide gift; provided, however, that in the case of any
transfer or distribution pursuant to this clause (E), (i) each transferee,
donee, or distributee agrees in writing as a condition precedent to such
transfer or gift to be bound by the terms of this paragraph and (ii) no filing
by any party, including any donor, donee, transferor, or transferee, under
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act 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 90-day period referred to above; (F) the
issuance by the Company of (1) shares of Common Stock, (2) options to purchase
shares of Common Stock and (3) shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of such
options referred to in clause (2), in each case of clauses (1) through (3) above
solely in connection with the repurchase or exchange of both the currently
issued and outstanding shares of SeaChange Systems, Inc. held by persons other
than the Company and the currently issued and outstanding options to purchase
shares of SeaChange Systems, Inc.; and (G) the issuance by the Company of shares
of Common Stock or any warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock, including
shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such warrants, in an
aggregate amount not to exceed 100,000 shares of Common Stock in connection with
strategic agreements as to which there are current discussions underway. In
addition, each Selling Shareholder, agrees that, without the prior written
consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated on behalf of the Underwriters, it
will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 90 days
after the date of the Prospectus, make any demand for, or exercise any right
with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.
4. Terms of Public Offering. The Sellers are 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 Sellers are 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.
5. Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Firm Shares to be sold by each
Seller shall be made to such Seller 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 , 2001 or at such other time on the same or such other date, not
later than , 2001, as shall be designated in writing by you. The time and
date of such
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payment are hereinafter referred to as the "CLOSING DATE". The closing
of the offering and sale of the Firm Shares will be held at the offices of Ropes
& Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx.
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 notice described in
Section 3 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 closing of the offering and sale of the Additional Shares will be
held at the offices of Ropes & Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Certificates for the Firm Shares and Additional Shares shall be in
definitive form and 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 Option Closing Date, as the case may be. The certificates
evidencing the Firm Shares and Additional Shares shall be delivered to you on
the Closing Date or the 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.
6. Conditions to the Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of the
Sellers 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 4:30 p.m., 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) if any securities of the Company are rated by any "nationally
recognized statistical rating organization," as such term is defined
for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act, 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 such securities; 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
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that set forth in the Prospectus, exclusive of any amendments or
supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement, that, in
your 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 by an executive officer of
the Company, to the effect set forth in Section 6(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 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 Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, 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 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
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, California, Georgia, Maryland, Colorado,
Nevada and Missouri, which are the only jurisdictions within the
United States in which the Company maintains an office or owns or
leases property;
(ii) each significant subsidiary of the Company incorporated in a
jurisdiction within the United States 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;
(iii) the authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to
legal matters to the description thereof incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus and the Shares have been duly authorized for quotation
on the Nasdaq National Market;
(iv) the shares of Common Stock, including the Shares to be sold
by the Selling Shareholders, outstanding prior to the issuance of the
Shares to be sold by
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the Company have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable;
(v) all of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary
of the Company in a jurisdiction within the United States have been
duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-
assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free
and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, other than
(i) the security interest granted to Citizens Bank of Massachusetts in
connection with that certain loan and security agreement, dated as of
October 22, 2001, by and between the Company and Citizens Bank of
Massachusetts, (ii) the security interest granted to Bank of New
Hampshire, N.A. in connection with that certain loan agreement, dated
as of October 16, 2000, by and between the Company and Bank of New
Hampshire, N.A., and (iii) SeaChange Systems, Inc., the employees of
which either own or have the option to purchase an aggregate of twenty
percent (20%) of the issued and outstanding capital stock;
(vi) the Shares to be sold by the Company 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 rights under the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware or, to the knowledge of such counsel, similar rights granted
by contract;
(vii) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company;
(viii) 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, except that
counsel need express no opinion as to state securities or blue sky
laws, 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 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 that counsel need express no opinion as to
securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with
the offer and sale of the Shares;
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(ix) to our knowledge, 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
that have not been filed by the Company as exhibits under the Exchange
Act, and no person has the right to require the Company to include any
securities of the Company with the Shares registered pursuant to the
Registration Statement that has not been effectively satisfied or
waived;
(x) the statements (A) in the Prospectus under the caption
"Underwriters" and (B) in the Registration Statement in Item 15, in
each case insofar as such statements constitute summaries of the legal
matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present
in all material respects the information called for with respect to
such legal matters, documents and proceedings and fairly summarize the
matters referred to therein;
(xi) after due inquiry, which shall not include a docket search,
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;
(xii) 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, an "investment company" as
such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended; and
(xiii) such counsel (A) is of the opinion that each document, if
any, filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (except for financial
statements and schedules and other financial and statistical data
included therein as to which such counsel need not express any
opinion) complied when so filed as to form in all material respects
with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, (B) is of the opinion that the Registration
Statement and Prospectus (except for financial statements and
schedules and other financial and statistical data included therein as
to which such counsel need not express any opinion) comply as to form
in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (C) has no reason
to believe that (except for financial statements and schedules and
other financial
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and statistical data as to which such counsel need not express any
belief) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus included therein
at the time the Registration Statement became effective contained any
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 and (D) has no reason to believe that (except
for financial statements and schedules and other financial and
statistical data as to which such counsel need not express any belief)
the Prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact 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 Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP, counsel for the Selling
Shareholders, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by or on behalf of each of the Selling Shareholders;
(ii) the execution and delivery by each Selling Shareholder of,
and the performance by such Selling Shareholder of its obligations
under, this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Powers of Attorney
of such Selling Shareholder will not contravene any provision of
applicable law, or the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of such
Selling Shareholder, if such Selling Shareholder is a corporation, or,
to the best of such counsel's knowledge, any agreement or other
instrument binding upon such Selling Shareholder or, to the best of
such counsel's knowledge, any judgment, order or decree of any
governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over such
Selling Shareholder, and no consent, approval, authorization or order
of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required
for the performance by such Selling Shareholder of its obligations
under this Agreement or the Custody Agreement or Power of Attorney of
such Selling Shareholder, except that counsel need express no opinion
as to securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection
with the offer and sale of the Shares;
(iii) each of the Selling Shareholders is the record owner of the
Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder and has the legal right
and power, and all authorization and approval required by law, to
enter into this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Power of
Attorney of such Selling Shareholder and to sell, transfer and deliver
the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder;
(iv) the Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney of each
Selling Shareholder have been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by such Selling
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Shareholder and are valid and binding agreements of such Selling
Shareholder; and
(v) upon the Underwriters obtaining control of the Shares to be
sold by such Selling Shareholders and assuming the Underwriters
purchase such Shares for value and without notice of an adverse claim
to such Shares within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the
Underwriters will have acquired all rights of the Selling Shareholders
in such Shares free of any adverse claim, any lien in favor of the
Company and any restrictions on transfer imposed by the Company.
(e) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an
opinion of Ropes & Xxxx, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing
Date, covering the matters referred to in Sections 6(c)(vi), 6(c)(vii),
6(c)(x) (but only as to the statements in the Prospectus under the caption
"Underwriters") and 6(c)(xiii) (but only as to clauses (B), (C) and (D)
thereof) above.
With respect to Section 6(c)(xiii) above, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx,
LLP may state that their opinion and belief are based upon their
participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement and
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and documents
incorporated by reference and review and discussion of the contents
thereof, but is without independent check or verification except as
specified. With respect to clauses (B), (C) and (D) of Section 6(c)(xiii)
above, Ropes & Xxxx may state that their opinion and belief are based upon
their participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement and
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, other than the
documents incorporated by reference, and upon review and discussion of the
contents thereof, including documents incorporated by reference, but are
without independent check or verification except as specified. With respect
to Section 6(d) above, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP may rely upon an
opinion or opinions of counsel for any Selling Shareholders and, with
respect to factual matters and to the extent such counsel deems
appropriate, upon the representations of each Selling Shareholder contained
herein and in the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney of such Selling
Shareholder and in other documents and instruments; provided, however, that
(A) each such counsel for the Selling Shareholders is satisfactory to your
counsel, (B) a copy of each opinion so relied upon is delivered to you and
is in form and substance satisfactory to your counsel, (C) copies of such
Custody Agreements and Powers of Attorney and of any such other documents
and instruments shall be delivered to you and shall be in form and
substance satisfactory to your counsel and (D) Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx,
LLP shall state in their opinion that they are justified in relying on each
such other opinion.
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The opinions of Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP described in Sections
6(c) and 6(d) above, and any opinions of counsel for any Selling
Shareholder referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph, shall be
rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company or one or more
of the Selling Shareholders, as the case may be, 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 or incorporated by reference
into the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; provided, however, 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 the executive 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.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Additional Shares
hereunder are subject to the delivery to you on the 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 and other
matters related to the issuance of the Additional Shares.
7. 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 you, without charge, [four] signed copies of the
Registration Statement, including exhibits thereto and documents
incorporated by reference, and to each other Underwriter a copy of the
Registration Statement, without exhibits thereto but including documents
incorporated by reference, and, during the period mentioned in Section 7(c)
below, as many copies of the Prospectus, any documents incorporated by
reference and any supplements and amendments thereto as you may reasonably
request. The terms "supplement" and "amendment" or "amend" as used in this
Agreement shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company
with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act that are deemed to be
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus.
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(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 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 security holders of the Company
and to you as soon as practicable an earning statement covering the twelve-
month period ending , 2003 that satisfies the provisions of Section
11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
8. Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement
are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company agrees 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
counsel to the Company, the accountants of the Company and counsel for the
Selling Shareholders 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 be sold by the Company 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
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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
7(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 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 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, and (ix) 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 9 entitled "Indemnity and Contribution" and the last paragraph
of Section 11 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. Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not
jointly, agrees to pay or cause to be paid all taxes, if any, on the transfer
and sale of the Shares being sold by such Selling Shareholder.
The provisions of this Section shall not supersede or otherwise affect any
agreement that the Sellers may otherwise have for the allocation of such
expenses among themselves.
9. Indemnity and Contribution. (a) The Company and each Selling
Shareholder, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the
meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
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
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.
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(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, the Selling Shareholders, the directors of
the Company, the officers of the Company who sign the Registration
Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling
Shareholder within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act
or Section 20 of the Exchange 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, 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) The aggregate liability of each Selling Shareholder under the
representations and warranties contained in Section 2(f) hereof and for
indemnification under Section 9(a) hereof shall in no event exceed the
lesser of (i) the Public Offering Price less underwriting discounts and
commissions multiplied by the number of Shares sold by such Selling
Shareholder in the offering and (ii) that proportion of the total of such
losses, claims, damages and liabilities equal to the proportion of the
Shares being sold by such Selling Shareholder to the total number of Shares
being sold hereunder.
(d) 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 9(a) or 9(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 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 (i) all Underwriters and all
persons, if any, who control any Underwriter within the meaning of either
Section 15 of the
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Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, (ii) 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 such
Section and (iii) all Selling Shareholders, and that all such fees and
expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case of any such
separate firm for the Underwriters and such control persons of the
Underwriters, such firm shall be designated in writing by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx &
Co. Incorporated. In the case of any such separate firm for the Company,
and such directors, officers and control persons of the Company, such firm
shall be designated in writing by the Company. In the case of any such
separate firm for the Selling Shareholders and such control persons of any
Selling Shareholders, such firm shall be designated in writing by the
persons named as attorneys-in-fact for the Selling Shareholders under the
Powers of Attorney. 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 thirty (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.
(e) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 9(a) or
9(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 Sellers 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 (i) above is not permitted by applicable
law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative
benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the
indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and of the indemnified party
or parties 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 Sellers 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 each Seller and the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the
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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 Sellers 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 Sellers 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 9 are several in
proportion to the respective number of Shares they have purchased
hereunder, and not joint.
(f) The Sellers and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just
or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by
pro rata allocation, even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity
for such purpose, or by any other method of allocation that does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 9(e). 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 9, 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 and no
Selling Shareholder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of
the amount by which the lesser of (A) the Public Offering Price less
underwriting discounts and commissions multiplied by the number of Shares
sold by such Selling Shareholder in the offering and (B) that proportion of
the total of such losses, claims, damages and liabilities equal to the
proportion of the Shares being sold by such Selling Shareholder to the
total number of Shares being sold hereunder, exceeds the amount of all
indemnification payments made by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to this
Section 9. 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 9 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.
(g) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this
Section 9 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the
Company and the Selling Shareholders 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 or any person controlling any Underwriter, any Selling
Shareholder or any person controlling any Selling Shareholder, or the
Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company
and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Shares.
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10. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination by notice
given by you to the Company, if (a) 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
York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., 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 general moratorium on commercial banking
activities in New York shall have been declared by either Federal or New York
State authorities or (iv) 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 (b) in the case of any of
the events specified in clauses 10(a)(i) through 10(a)(iv), such event, singly
or together with any other such event, makes it, in your judgment, impracticable
to market the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus.
11. Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters. This Agreement shall become
effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
If, on the Closing Date or the 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 II 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, however, 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 11 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, the Company and the Selling Shareholders 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, the
Company or the Selling Shareholders. In any such case either you or the
relevant Sellers 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 the 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 number of Additional Shares to be
purchased, the non-defaulting
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Underwriters shall have the option to (i) terminate their obligation hereunder
to purchase Additional Shares 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 any Seller to comply with the
terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any
reason any Seller shall be unable to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, the Sellers 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.
12. 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.
13. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.
14. 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.
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Very truly yours,
SEACHANGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
The Selling Shareholders named in Schedule I
hereto, acting severally
By:____________________________
Attorney-in-Fact
Accepted as of the date hereof
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
RBC Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc.
Acting severally on behalf
of themselves and the
several Underwriters named
in Schedule II hereto.
By: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
By:___________________________
Name: Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Managing Director
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SCHEDULE I
SELLING SHAREHOLDER NUMBER OF FIRM SHARES TO BE SOLD
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, III 125,000
Xxxxx Xxxxx 5,000
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx 10,000
Xxx Xxxxxxxx 15,000
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx 35,000
Xxxxx X. Xxxx 10,000
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx 10,000
_________________
Total........
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SCHEDULE II
NUMBER OF
FIRM SHARES
UNDERWRITER TO BE PURCHASED
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
RBC Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc.
_________________
Total........
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF LOCK-UP LETTER]
November , 2001
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
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") proposes to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the "UNDERWRITING
AGREEMENT") with SeaChange International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"COMPANY"), providing for the public offering (the "PUBLIC OFFERING") by the
several Underwriters, including Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx (the "UNDERWRITERS"), of
shares (the "SHARES") of the common stock, par value $.01 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, he or she will not, during the period commencing on
the date hereof and ending 90 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, any shares of Common
Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
Common Stock 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
the 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 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 other securities acquired in
open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering and (c)
shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable for
Common Stock (i) transferred to members of the undersigned's immediate family,
such members consisting of the undersigned's spouse, the undersigned's issue,
parents of the undersigned or spouse, or the issue of the parents of the
undersigned or spouse, (ii) transferred to or trust or limited partnership for
their benefit or (iii) transferred as a bona fide gift; provided, however, that
in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to this clause (c), (i)
each transferee, donee, or distributee shall execute and deliver to Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx a duplicate form of
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this Lock-Up Letter and (ii) no filing by any party, including any donor, donee,
transferor, or transferee, 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 90-day period referred to above. In addition, the
undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx on
behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period commencing on the
date hereof and ending 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, make any demand
for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of
Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
Common Stock. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop
transfer instructions with the transfer agent and registrar of the Company
against the transfer of the undersigned's shares of Common Stock except in
compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
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.
This Agreement shall automatically terminate and be of no further effect if
(i) the Registration Statement for the Public Offering is not declared effective
by the Securities and Exchange Commission by January 31, 2002 or (ii) the
Underwriting Agreement is terminated.
Very truly yours,
_________________________
(Name)
_________________________
(Address)
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