EAST COAST VENTURE CAPITAL, INC.
1,250,000 Units, such Units consisting in
the aggregate of 1,250,000 shares of Common
Stock, par value $.001, and 1,250,000 Redeemable
Common Stock Purchase Warrants
AGREEMENT AMONG UNDERWRITERS
New York, New York
____________, 1998
First Liberty Investment Group, Inc.
As Representative of the Several Underwriters
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Sirs:
1. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT. We understand that EAST COAST VENTURE
CAPITAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to enter into an
underwriting agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the
"Underwriting Agreement") with the underwriters named in Schedule A to the
Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriters") acting severally and not jointly
with respect to the purchase of 1,250,000 Units ("Units"), such Units consisting
in the aggregate of 1,250,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
(the "Common Stock"), and 1,250,000 Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Warrants
("Warrants") (the Units, Warrants, and the Common Stock are collectively
referred to herein as the "Securities"). In addition, the Underwriters (or, at
its option, First Liberty Investment Group, Inc., the "Representative,"
individually) have been granted an option to purchase up to 187,500 Units
additional to cover over-allotments, if any, referred to in Section 2(b) of the
Underwriting Agreement (the "Additional Securities").
This is to confirm that we agree to purchase, in accordance with the
terms hereof and of the Underwriting Agreement, the number of Securities set
forth opposite our name in Schedule A to the Underwriting Agreement, plus such
number of Securities, if any, which we may become obligated to purchase pursuant
to Section 4 hereof ("our Securities"). The ratio which the number of our
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Securities bears to the total number of Securities purchased pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement is herein called "our underwriting proportion."
2. REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROSPECTUS. We have heretofore received
and examined a copy of the registration statement, as amended to the date
hereof, and the related prospectus in respect of the Securities, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. The registration statement, as amended
at the time it becomes effective, including financial statements and exhibits,
is hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement," and the prospectus
in the form first filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) after the Registration Statement becomes effective is referred to as
the "Prospectus."
We confirm that the information furnished to you by us for use in the
Registration Statement and in the Prospectus is correct and is not misleading
insofar as it relates to us. We consent to being named as an Underwriter in such
Registration Statement and we are willing to accept our responsibilities under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as a result thereof. We confirm that we
have authorized you to advise the Company on our behalf (a) as to the statements
to be included in any Preliminary Prospectus and in the Prospectus under the
heading "Underwriting" insofar as they relate to us and (b) that there is no
other information about us required to be stated in the Registration Statement
or Prospectus. We further confirm that, upon request by you, as Representative,
we have furnished a copy of any amended preliminary prospectus to each person to
whom we have furnished a copy of any previous preliminary prospectus, and we
confirm that we have delivered, and we agree that we will deliver, all
preliminary and final prospectuses required for compliance with the provisions
of Rule 15c2-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
3. AUTHORITY OF THE REPRESENTATIVE. We authorize you, acting as
Representative, to execute and deliver on our behalf the Underwriting Agreement,
and to agree to any variation of its terms (except as to the purchase price and
the number of our Securities) which, in your judgment, is not a variation which
materially and adversely affects our rights and obligations. We also authorize
you, in your discretion and on our behalf, with approval of counsel for the
Underwriters, to approve the Prospectus and to approve of, or object to, any
further amendments to the Registration Statement, or amendments or supplements
to the Prospectus. We further authorize you to exercise all the authority and
discretion vested in the Underwriters and in you by the provisions of the
Underwriting Agreement and to take all such action as you, in your discretion,
may believe desirable to carry out the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement
and of this Agreement, including the extension of any date specified in the
Underwriting Agreement, the
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exercise of any right of cancellation or termination, and to determine all
matters relating to the public advertisement of the Securities; provided,
however, that, except with the consent of Underwriters who shall have agreed to
purchase in the aggregate 50% or more of the Securities, no extension of the
time by which the Registration Statement is to become effective, as provided in
Section 9(a) of the Underwriting Agreement, shall be for a period in excess of
two business days. We authorize you to take such action as in your discretion
may be necessary or desirable to effect the sale and distribution of the
Securities, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
right to determine the terms of any proposed offering, the concession to
Selected Dealers (as hereinafter defined) and the reallowance, if any, to other
dealers and the right to make the judgments provided for in Section 11 of the
Underwriting Agreement.
4. AUTHORITY OF REPRESENTATIVE AS TO DEFAULTING UNDERWRITERS. Until the
termination of this Agreement, we authorize you to arrange for the purchase by
other persons, who may include you or any of the other Underwriters, of any
Securities not taken up by any defaulting Underwriter. In the event that such
arrangements are made, the respective amounts of the Securities to be purchased
by the non-defaulting Underwriters and by such other person or persons, if any,
shall be taken as the basis for all rights and obligations hereunder; but this
shall not in any way affect the liability of any defaulting Underwriter to the
other Underwriters for damages resulting from its default, nor shall any such
default relieve any other Underwriter of any of its obligations hereunder or
under the Underwriting Agreement except as herein or therein provided.
In the event of default by one or more Underwriters in respect of their
obligations (a) under the Underwriting Agreement to purchase the Securities,
agreed to be purchased by them thereunder, or (b) under this Agreement to take
up and pay for any Securities purchased, or (c) to deliver any Securities sold
or over-allotted by you for the respective accounts of the Underwriters pursuant
to Section 10 hereof, or to bear their respective share of expenses or
liabilities pursuant to Sections 12, 15 and 16 hereof, and to the extent that
arrangements shall not have been made by you for any persons to assume the
obligations of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, we agree to assume
our proportionate share of the obligations of each defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters (subject in the case of clause (a) above to the limitations
contained in Section 11 of the Underwriting Agreement) without relieving any
such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters of its liability therefor.
5. OFFERING OF SECURITIES. We understand that you will notify us when
the initial public offering of the Securities is to
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be made and of the initial public offering price. We hereby authorize you, in
your sole discretion, after the initial public offering, to change the public
offering price, the concession and the reallowance. The offering price at any
time in effect is hereinafter referred to as the "public offering price." We
agree that we will not offer any of the Securities for sale at a price other
than the public offering price or allow any discount therefrom except as herein
otherwise specifically provided.
We agree that public advertisement of the offering shall be made by you
on behalf of the Underwriters on such date as you shall determine. We have not
advertised the offering and will not do so until after such date. We understand
that any advertisement we may then make will be our own responsibility and at
our own expense.
We authorize you to reserve and offer for sale to institutions and
other retail purchasers and to dealers (the "Selected Dealers") to be selected
by you (such dealers may include any Underwriter) such of our Securities as you,
in your sole discretion, shall determine. Any such offering to Selected Dealers
may be made pursuant to a Selected Dealers Agreement, in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B, or otherwise, as you may determine. The form of Selected
Dealers Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B is satisfactory to us.
We authorize you to make purchases and sales of the Securities from or
to any Selected Dealers or Underwriters at the public offering price, less all
or any part of the concession and, with your consent, any Underwriter may make
purchases or sales of the Securities from or to any Selected Dealer or
Underwriter at the public offering price, less all or any part of the
concession.
We understand that you will notify each Underwriter promptly upon the
release of the Securities for public offering as to the amount of Securities
reserved for sale to Selected Dealers and retail purchasers. Securities not so
reserved may be sold by each Underwriter for its own account, except that from
time to time you may, in your discretion, add to the Securities reserved for
sale to Selected Dealers and retail purchasers any Securities retained by an
Underwriter remaining unsold. We agree to notify you, from time to time, upon
request, of the amount of our Securities retained by us remaining unsold. If all
of the Securities reserved for offering to Selected Dealers and retail
purchasers are not promptly sold by you, any Underwriter may, from time to time,
with your consent, obtain a release of all or any Securities of such Underwriter
then remaining unsold, and Securities so released shall thereafter be deemed not
to have been reserved. Securities of any Underwriter so reserved which remain
unsold, or, if sold, have not been paid for at any time prior to the termination
of this Agreement may, in your discretion or upon the request of such
Underwriter, be delivered to
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such Underwriter for carrying purposes only, but such Securities shall remain
subject to redelivery to you upon demand for disposition by you until this
Agreement is terminated.
We agree that in connection with sales and offers to sell the
Securities, if any, made by us outside the United States or its territories or
possessions, (a) we will furnish to each person to whom any such offer or sale
is made such prospectus, advertisement or other offering document containing
information relating to the Securities or the Company, as may be required under
the laws of the jurisdiction in which such offer or sale is made and (b) we will
furnish to each person to whom any such offer is made a copy of the then current
preliminary prospectus, and to each person to whom any such sale is made, a copy
of the Prospectus referred to in the Underwriting Agreement (as then amended or
supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements
thereto). Any prospectus, advertisement or other offering document (other than
any such preliminary prospectus or Prospectus) furnished by us to any person in
accordance with the preceding sentence and all such additional offering
material, if any, as we may furnish to any person (i) shall comply in all
respects with the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is so furnished, (ii)
shall be prepared and so furnished at our sole risk and expense, and (iii) shall
not contain information relating to the Securities or the Company which is
inconsistent in any respect with information contained in the then current
preliminary prospectus or in the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented if
the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), as the
case may be.
We recognize the importance of a broad distribution of the Securities
among bona fide investors and we agree to use our best efforts to obtain such
broad distribution and, to that end, to the extent we deem practicable, to give
priority to small orders.
We agree that we will not sell to any account over which we exercise
discretionary authority any of the Securities which we have agreed to purchase
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
6. REPURCHASES IN THE OPEN MARKET. Any Securities sold by us (otherwise
than through you) which, prior to the termination of this Agreement or such
earlier date as you may determine, shall be contracted for or purchased in the
open market by you on behalf of any Underwriter or Underwriters, shall be
repurchased by us on demand at a price equal to the cost of such purchase
(including commissions and taxes paid in connection with such purchase) plus
commissions and taxes on redelivery. Any Securities delivered on such repurchase
need not be the identical Securities originally sold by us. In lieu of delivery
of such Securities to us, you may (a) sell such Securities in any manner for our
account and charge
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us with the amount of any loss or expense, or credit us with the amount of any
profit less any expense, resulting from such sale or, at your option, (b) charge
our account with an amount not in excess of the concession to dealers on such
Securities, plus commissions and taxes paid in connection with such purchase.
7. COMPENSATION TO REPRESENTATIVE. We authorize you to charge to our
account, as compensation for your services as Representative in connection with
this offering, including the purchase from the Company of the Securities and the
management of the offering, an amount equal to twenty percent of the
underwriting discount and commissions with respect to each of the Securities.
8. PAYMENT AND DELIVERY. At or before 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on
the Closing Date as defined in the Underwriting Agreement, we agree to deliver
to you at your office a certified or official bank check payable in New York
Clearing House funds to your order, in an amount equal to the initial public
offering price, less the concession (if any) to the Selected Dealers in respect
of that portion of our Securities which has been retained by or released to us
for direct sales.
In the event that our funds are not received by you when required, you
are authorized, in your discretion, but shall not be obligated, to make payment
for our account pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement by advancing your own
funds. Any such payment by you shall not relieve us from any of our obligations
hereunder or under the Underwriting Agreement.
We authorize you to hold and deliver against payment any of our
Securities which have been sold or reserved for sale to Selected Dealers or
retail purchasers. Any of our Securities not sold or reserved by you as
aforesaid will be available for delivery to us at your office as soon as
practicable after such Securities have been delivered to you.
Upon the termination of this Agreement, or prior thereto at your
discretion, you will deliver to us any of our Securities reserved by you for
sale to Selected Dealers or retail purchasers, but not sold and paid for against
payment by us of an amount equal to the initial public offering price of such
Securities, less the concession to the Selected Dealers in respect thereof.
9 AUTHORITY TO BORROW. We authorize you to arrange loans for our
account and to execute and deliver any notes or other instruments in connection
therewith, and to pledge as security therefor all or any part of our Securities,
as you may deem necessary or advisable to carry out the purchase, carrying and
distribution of the Securities, and to advance your own funds, charging current
interest rates.
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10. OVER-ALLOTMENT; STABILIZATION. We authorize you, for the account of
each Underwriter, prior to the termination of this Agreement, and for such
longer period as may be necessary to cover any short position incurred for the
accounts of the several Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, (a) to
over-allot in arranging for sales of Securities to Selected Dealers and others
and, if necessary, to purchase Securities (whether pursuant to exercise of the
option set forth in Section 2(b) of the Underwriting Agreement or otherwise) at
such prices as you may determine for the purpose of covering such
over-allotments, and (b) for the purpose of stabilizing the market in the
Securities, to make purchases and sales of Securities on the open market or
otherwise, for long or short account, on a when-issued basis or otherwise, at
such prices, in such amounts and in such manner as you may determine; provided,
however, that at no time shall our net commitment, either for long or short
account, under this Section 10 exceed 15% of the amount of our Securities. Such
purchases, sales and over-allotments shall be made for the respective accounts
of the several Underwriters as nearly as practicable to their respective
underwriting proportions. We agree to take up on demand at cost any Securities
so purchased for our account and deliver on demand any Securities so sold or
over-allotted for our account. We authorize you to sell for the account of the
Underwriters any Securities purchased pursuant to this Section 10 upon such
terms as you may deem advisable, and any Underwriter, including yourselves, may
purchase such Securities. You are authorized to charge the respective accounts
of the Underwriters with broker's commissions or dealer's xxxx-up on purchases
and sales effected by you.
If pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph and prior to
the termination of this Agreement (or prior to such earlier date as you may have
determined) you purchase or contract to purchase for the account of any
Underwriter in the open market or otherwise any Securities which were retained
by, or released to, us for direct sale, or any Securities which may have been
issued in exchange for such Securities, we authorize you either to charge our
account with an amount equal to the concession to Selected Dealers with respect
thereto, which amount shall be credited against the cost of such Securities, or
to require us to repurchase such Securities at a price equal to the total cost
of such purchase, including transfer taxes and broker's commissions or dealer's
xxxx-up, if any. In lieu of such action you may, in your discretion, sell for
our account the Securities so purchased and debit or credit our account for the
loss or profit resulting from such sale.
You will notify us promptly if and when you engage in any stabilization
transaction pursuant to this Section 9 or otherwise and will notify us of the
date of termination of stabilization. We agree to file with you any reports
required of us including "Not as
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Manager" reports pursuant to Rule 17a-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, not later than five business days following the day upon which
such stabilization transaction was terminated, and we authorize you to file on
our behalf with the Securities and Exchange Commission any reports required by
such Rule.
11. LIMITATION ON TRANSACTIONS BY UNDERWRITERS. Except as permitted by
you, we will not, during the term of this Agreement, bid for, purchase, sell or
attempt to induce others to purchase or sell, directly or indirectly, any
Securities other than (i) as provided in the Underwriting Agreement and in this
agreement, (ii) purchases from or sales to dealers of the Securities at the
public offering price, less all or any part of the reallowance to dealers, or
(iii) purchases or sales by us of any Securities as broker or unsolicited orders
for the account of others.
We represent that we have not participated in any transaction
prohibited by the preceding paragraph and that we have at all times complied
with the provisions of Regulation M of the Securities and Exchange Commission
applicable to this offering.
We may, with your prior consent, make purchases of the Securities from
and sales to other Underwriters at the public offering price, less all or any
part of the concession to dealers.
12. ALLOCATION AND PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. We understand that all expenses
of a general nature incurred by you, as Representative, in connection with the
purchase, carrying, marketing and sale of the Securities shall be borne by the
Underwriters in accordance with their respective share of the underwriting
obligations. We authorize you to charge our account with our share, based on our
underwriting obligation, of the aforesaid expenses, including all transfer taxes
paid on our behalf on sales or transfers made for our account.
As promptly as possible after the termination of this Agreement, the
accounts arising pursuant hereto shall be settled and paid. Your ascertainment
of all expenses and the apportionment thereof shall be conclusive.
Notwithstanding any settlement or settlements hereunder, we will remain liable
for our share of all expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by or for
the accounts of the Underwriters, including any expenses and liabilities
referred to in Sections 15 and 16(b) hereof, which shall be determined as
provided in this Section 12.
13. REPRESENTATIVE'S OPTION. Each Underwriter shall be entitled to
purchase such portion of the Representative's Option, referred to in Section 12
of the Underwriting Agreement, as the Representative, in its discretion,
determines.
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14. TERMINATION. Unless this Agreement or any provision hereof is
earlier terminated by you, and except for provisions herein that contemplate
obligations surviving the termination hereof as noted in the next paragraph,
this Agreement will terminate at the close of business on the 30th day after the
date hereof, but in your discretion, may be extended by you for a further period
not exceeding 30 days with the consent of the Underwriters who have agreed to
purchase in the aggregate 50% or more of the Securities. No termination or
suspension pursuant to this Section shall affect your authority under Section 9
to cover any short position under this Agreement.
Upon termination of this Agreement, all authorizations, rights and
obligations hereunder shall cease, except (i) the mutual obligations to settle
accounts under Section 12, (ii) our obligation to pay any transfer taxes which
may be assessed and paid on account of any sales hereunder for our account,
(iii) our obligation with respect to purchases which may be made by you from
time to time thereafter to cover any short position incurred under this
Agreement, (iv) the provisions of Sections 15 and 16, and (v) the obligations of
any defaulting Underwriter, all of which shall continue until fully discharged.
15. LIABILITY OF REPRESENTATIVE AND UNDERWRITERS. Neither as
Representative nor individually shall you be under any liability whatsoever to
any other Underwriter, nor shall you be under any liability in respect of any
matters connected herewith or action taken by you pursuant hereto, except for
the obligations expressly assumed by you in this Agreement. You shall be under
no liability for or in respect of the value of the Securities or the validity of
the form thereof, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or agreements or
other instruments executed by the Company or others; or for or in respect of the
delivery of the Securities; or for the performance by the Company or others of
any agreement on its or their part.
Nothing herein contained shall constitute the several Underwriters an
association, or partners with us or with each other, or, except as herein
expressly provided, render any Underwriter liable for the obligation of any
other Underwriter. The rights, obligations and liabilities of each of the
Underwriters are several, in accordance with their respective obligations, and
not joint. Notwithstanding any settlement of accounts under this Agreement, we
agree to pay our underwriting proportion of the amount of any claim, demand or
liability which may be asserted against and discharged by the Underwriters or
any of them, based on the claim that the Underwriters constitute an association,
unincorporated business or other entity, and also to pay our underwriting
proportion of expenses approved by you incurred by the Underwriters, or any of
them, in contesting any such claims,
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demands or liabilities. If the Underwriters shall be deemed to constitute a
partnership for income tax purposes, it is the intent of each Underwriter to be
excluded from the application of Sub-chapter K, Chapter 1, Subtitle A of the
Internal Revenue Code, as amended. Each Underwriter elects to be so excluded and
agrees not to take any position inconsistent with such election. Each
Underwriter authorizes you, in your discretion, to execute and file on behalf of
the Underwriters such evidence of election as may be required by the Internal
Revenue Service.
16. INDEMNIFICATION AND FUTURE CLAIMS.
(a) We agree to indemnify and hold harmless you and each other
Underwriter, and each person, if any, who controls you and such other
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and to reimburse their expenses, to the extent and upon the terms that
we agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and to reimburse expenses as
set forth in the Underwriting Agreement. Our indemnity agreement set forth in
this Section 16 shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of such other Underwriter or controlling
person and shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and the
termination of this Agreement.
(b) In the event that any time any claim or claims shall be
asserted against you, as Representative, or otherwise involving the Underwriters
generally, relating to the Registration Statement or any preliminary prospectus
or the Prospectus, as such may be from time to time amended or supplemented, the
public offering of the Securities or any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, we authorize you to take such other action as you shall deem
necessary or desirable under the circumstances, including settlement of any such
claim or claims if such course of action shall be recommended by counsel
retained by you. We agree to pay to you on request, our underwriting proportion
of all expenses incurred by you (including, but not limited to, disbursements
and fees of counsel so retained) in investigating and defending against such
claim or claims and our underwriting proportion of any liability incurred by you
in respect of such claim or claims, whether such liability shall be the result
of a judgment or as a result of any such settlement.
17. TITLE TO SECURITIES. The Securities purchased by, or on behalf of,
the respective Underwriters shall remain the property of such Underwriters until
sold, and title to any such Securities shall not in any event pass to the
Representative by virtue of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
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18. BLUE SKY MATTERS. It is understood that you assume no
responsibility with respect to the right of any Underwriter or other person to
offer or to sell Securities in any jurisdiction, notwithstanding any information
which you may furnish as to the jurisdictions under the securities laws of which
it is believed the Securities may be sold.
19. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the
conflicts of laws provisions thereof or the actual domiciles of the parties
hereto.
20. CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS. We confirm that the incurrence by us of our
obligation under this Agreement and under the Underwriting Agreement will not
place us in violation of the net capital requirements of Rule 15c3-1 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or of any applicable rules relating to capital
requirements of any securities exchange to which we are subject. We confirm that
we currently have, and will commit the necessary net capital required of us in
order to meet our underwriting commitments in connection with the public
offering of the Securities.
21. MISCELLANEOUS. Any notice from you to us shall be deemed to have
been duly given if mailed, telephoned or telegraphed to us at the address set
forth in the Underwriters Questionnaire furnished by us to you. Any notice from
us to you shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed, telephoned or
telegraphed to you at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
We understand that you are a member in good standing of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD"). We hereby confirm that we
are actually engaged in the investment banking or securities business and are
either (i) a member in good standing of the NASD or (ii) a dealer with its
principal place of business located outside the United States, its territories
and its possessions, and not registered as a broker or dealer under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, who agrees not to make any sales
within the United States, its territories or its possessions, or to persons who
are nationals thereof or residents therein (except that we may participate in
sales to Selected Dealers and others under Section 5 of this Agreement). We
hereby agree to comply with the provisions of Rule 2740 of the NASD Conduct
Rules, and if we are a foreign dealer and not a member of the NASD, we also
hereby agree to comply with the NASD's interpretation with respect to
free-riding and withholding and to comply, as though we were a member of the
NASD, with the provisions of Rule 2730 and 2750 of the NASD Conduct Rules. In
connection with sales and offers to sell the Securities made by us outside the
United States, its territories and possessions (i) we will either
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furnish to each person to whom any such sale or offer is made a copy of the then
current Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, or inform
such person that such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus will be available
upon request, and (ii) we will furnish to each person to whom any such sale or
offer is made such prospectus, advertisement or other offering document
containing information relating to the Securities or the Company as may be
required under the law of the jurisdiction in which such sale or offer is made.
Any prospectus, advertisement or other offering document furnished by us to any
person in accordance with the preceding sentence and any such additional
offering material as we may furnish to any person (x) shall comply in all
respects with the law of the jurisdiction in which it is so furnished, (y) shall
be prepared and so furnished at our sole risk and expense and (z) shall not
contain information relating to the Securities or the Company which is
inconsistent in any respect with the information contained in the then current
Preliminary Prospectus or in the Prospectus, as the case may be.
We understand that, in consideration of your services in connection
with the public offering of the Securities, the Company has agreed with you
individually and not as Representative of the Underwriters (a) to sell to you
the Representative's Option referred to in Section 1 of the Underwriting
Agreement for the sum of $.001 per underlying Unit, (b) to pay to you a
non-accountable expense allowance referred to in Section 8(b) of the
Underwriting Agreement, and (c) to enter into the Consulting Agreement described
in Section 3(bb) of the Underwriting Agreement. In addition, you may, at your
sole discretion, elect to exercise the over-allotment option described in
Section 1 hereof, individually. We confirm to you that we shall make no claim to
the Representative's Option, any rights related thereto, the Company's
securities underlying the Representative's Option, the non-accountable expense
allowance, or, to the over-allotment option, to the extent you elect to exercise
such option individually. You confirm to us that we shall have no obligations or
liabilities with respect to the purchase of the Representative's Option, the
exercise thereof, the Company's securities underlying the Representative's
Option, or the non-accountable expense allowance, or, to the over-allotment
option, to the extent you elect to exercise such option individually.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly states the understanding
between us by signing and returning to us a counterpart hereof.
Very truly yours,
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Name of Registered Broker-Dealer
By:
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Name:
Title:
Confirmed as of the date first above written:
FIRST LIBERTY INVESTMENT GROUP, INC.,
as Representative
By:
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Name:
Title:
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