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February 18, 1997
2,200,000 Shares
DIGITAL MICROWAVE CORPORATION
Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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March __, 1997
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ INC.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & CO., INC.
▇▇▇▇▇ & COMPANY
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters
c/o ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ INC.
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Dear Sirs:
Digital Microwave Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
proposes to issue and sell an aggregate of 2,136,000 shares of its common
stock, $0.01 par value per share, to the several Underwriters named in
Schedule II hereto (the "Underwriters") and the persons named in Schedule I
hereto (the "Selling Stockholders") propose to sell to the several
Underwriters an aggregate of 64,000 shares of common stock of the Company.
The Company and the Selling Stockholders are hereinafter sometimes referred
to as the "Sellers". The Company's common stock, $0.01 par value per share, is
hereinafter referred to as the "Common Stock" and the 2,136,000 shares of
Common Stock to be issued and sold to the Underwriters by the Company and the
64,000 shares of Common Stock to be sold to the Underwriters by the Selling
Stockholders are hereinafter referred to as the "Firm Shares". The Company
also proposes to sell to the Underwriters, upon the terms and conditions set
forth in Section 2 hereof, up to an additional 330,000 shares (the
"Additional Shares") of Common Stock. The Firm Shares and the Additional
Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Shares."
The Company and the Selling Stockholders wish to confirm as follows their
respective agreements with you (the "Representatives") and the other several
Underwriters on whose behalf you are acting, in connection with the several
purchases of the Shares by the Underwriters.
1. REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROSPECTUS. The Company has prepared and
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the
"Act"), a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Act (the "registration
statement"), including a prospectus subject to completion relating to the
Shares. The term "Registration Statement" as used in this Agreement means the
registration statement (including all financial schedules and exhibits), as
amended at the time it becomes effective, or, if the registration statement
became effective prior to the execution of this Agreement, as supplemented or
amended prior to the execution of this Agreement. If it is contemplated, at
the time this Agreement is executed, that a post-effective amendment to the
registration statement will be filed and must be declared effective before the
offering of the Shares may commence, the term "Registration Statement" as used
in this Agreement means the registration statement as amended by said
post-effective amendment. If an abbreviated registration statement is prepared
and filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Act ("an
Abbreviated Registration Statement"), the term "Registration Statement" as used
in this Agreement includes the Abbreviated Registration Statement. The term
"Prospectus" as used in this Agreement means the prospectus in the form
included in the Registration Statement, or, if the prospectus included in the
Registration Statement omits information in reliance on Rule 430A under the Act
and such information is included in a prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, the term "Prospectus" as used in this
Agreement means the prospectus in the form included in the Registration
Statement as supplemented by the addition of the Rule 430A information
contained in the prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b).
The term "Prepricing Prospectus" as used in this Agreement means the prospectus
subject to completion in the form included in the registration statement at the
time of the initial filing of the registration statement with the Commission,
and as such prospectus shall have been amended from time to time prior to the
date of the Prospectus. Any reference in this Agreement to the registration
statement, the Registration Statement, any Prepricing Prospectus or the
Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated
by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act, as of the
date of the registration statement, the Registration Statement, such Prepricing
Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to any
amendment or supplement to the registration statement, the Registration
Statement, any Prepricing Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") which, upon filing, are
incorporated by reference therein, as required by paragraph (b) of Item 12 of
Form S-3. As used herein, the term "Incorporated Documents" means the
documents which at the time are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement, the Registration Statement, any Prepricing Prospectus, the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto.
2. AGREEMENTS TO SELL AND PURCHASE. Subject to such adjustments as you
may determine in order to avoid fractional shares, the Company hereby agrees,
subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, to issue and sell to
each Underwriter and, upon the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders herein contained and
subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Underwriter
agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase
price of [$_____] per Share (the "purchase price per share"), the number of
Firm Shares which bears the same proportion to the aggregate number of Firm
Shares to be
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issued and sold by the Company as the number of Firm Shares set
forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule II hereto (or such
number of Firm Shares increased as set forth in Section 12 hereof) bears to the
aggregate number of Firm Shares to be sold by the Company and the Selling
Stockholders.
Subject to such adjustments as you may determine in order to avoid
fractional shares, each Selling Stockholder agrees, subject to all the terms
and conditions set forth herein, to sell to each Underwriter and, upon the
basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the
Selling Stockholders herein contained and subject to all the terms and
conditions set forth herein, each Underwriter, severally and not jointly,
agrees to purchase from each Selling Stockholder at the purchase price per
share that number of Firm Shares which bears the same proportion to the number
of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Selling Stockholder in
Schedule I hereto as the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of
such Underwriter in Schedule II hereto (or such number of Firm Shares increased
as set forth in Section 12 hereof) bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares
to be sold by the Company and the Selling Stockholders.
The Company also agrees, subject to all the terms and conditions set forth
herein, to sell to the Underwriters, and, upon the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Selling
Stockholders herein contained and subject to all the terms and conditions set
forth herein, the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase from the
Company, at the purchase price per share, pursuant to an option (the "over-
allotment option") which may be exercised at any time and from time to time
prior to 9:00 p.m., New York City time, on the 30th day after the date of the
Prospectus (or, if such 30th day shall be a Saturday or Sunday or a holiday, on
the next business day thereafter when the New York Stock Exchange is open for
trading), up to an aggregate of 330,000 Additional Shares. Additional Shares
may be purchased only for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in
connection with the offering of the Firm Shares. Upon any exercise of the over-
allotment option, each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to
purchase from the Company the number of Additional Shares (subject to such
adjustments as you may determine in order to avoid fractional shares) which
bears the same proportion to the number of Additional Shares to be purchased by
the Underwriters as the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of
such Underwriter in Schedule II hereto (or such number of Firm Shares increased
as set forth in Section 12 hereof) bears to the aggregate number of Firm
Shares.
Certificates in transferable form for the Shares which each of the
Selling Stockholders agrees to sell pursuant to this Agreement have been
placed in custody with ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C. (the
"Custodian") for delivery under this Agreement pursuant to a Custody
Agreement and Power of Attorney (the "Custody Agreement") executed by each of
the Selling Stockholders appointing ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as
agents and attorneys-in-fact (the "Attorneys-in-Fact"). Each Selling
Stockholder agrees that (i) the Shares represented by the certificates held
in custody pursuant to the Custody Agreement are subject to the interests of
the Underwriters, the Company and each other Selling Stockholder, (ii) the
arrangements made by the Selling Stockholders for such custody are, except as
specifically provided in the Custody Agreement, irrevocable, and (iii) the
obligations of the Selling Stockholders hereunder and under the Custody
Agreement shall not be terminated by any act of such
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Selling Stockholder or by operation of law, whether by the
death or incapacity of any Selling Stockholder or the occurrence of any other
event. If any Selling Stockholder shall die or be incapacitated or if any other
event shall occur before the delivery of the Shares hereunder, certificates for
the Shares of such Selling Stockholder shall be delivered to the Underwriters
by the Attorneys-in-Fact in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the Custody Agreement as if such death or incapacity or other
event had not occurred, regardless of whether or not the Attorneys-in-Fact or
any Underwriter shall have received notice of such death, incapacity or other
event. Each Attorney-in-Fact is authorized, on behalf of each of the Selling
Stockholders, to execute this Agreement and any other documents necessary or
desirable in connection with the sale of the Shares to be sold hereunder by
such Selling Stockholder, to make delivery of the certificates for such Shares,
to receive the proceeds of the sale of such Shares, to give receipts for such
proceeds, to pay therefrom any expenses to be borne by such Selling Stockholder
in connection with the sale and public offering of such Shares, to distribute
the balance thereof to such Selling Stockholder, and to take such other action
as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. Each Attorney-in-Fact agrees to perform his
duties under the Custody Agreement.
3. TERMS OF PUBLIC OFFERING. The Sellers have been 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 and initially to offer the
Shares upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.
4. DELIVERY OF THE SHARES AND PAYMENT THEREFOR. Delivery to the
Underwriters of and payment for the Firm Shares shall be made at the office of
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, at 10:00 a.m., New
York City time, on March __, 1997 (the "Closing Date"). The place of
closing for the Firm Shares and the Closing Date may be varied by agreement
between you and the Company.
Delivery to the Underwriters of and payment for any Additional Shares to
be purchased by the Underwriters shall be made at the aforementioned office
of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc. at such time on such date (the "Option Closing Date"),
which may be the same as the Closing Date but shall in no event be earlier
than the Closing Date nor earlier than two nor later than ten business days
after the giving of the notice hereinafter referred to, as shall be specified
in a written notice from you on behalf of the Underwriters to the Company of
the Underwriters' determination to purchase a number, specified in such
notice, of Additional Shares. The place of closing for any Additional Shares
and the Option Closing Date for such Shares may be varied by agreement
between you and the Company.
Certificates for the Firm Shares and for any Additional Shares to be
purchased hereunder shall be registered in such names and in such denominations
as you shall request prior to 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the second
business day preceding the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, as the case
may be. Such certificates shall be made available to you in New York City for
inspection and packaging not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the
business day next preceding the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the
case may be. The certificates evidencing the Firm Shares and any Additional
Shares to be purchased hereunder shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date
or the
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Option Closing Date, as the case may be, against payment of the purchase
price therefor in immediately available funds to accounts
specified by the Company and the Attorneys-in-Fact.
5. AGREEMENTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company agrees with the several
Underwriters as follows:
(a) If, at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is
necessary for the Registration Statement or a post-effective amendment thereto
(or any Abbreviated Registration Statement) to be declared effective before the
offering of the Shares may commence, the Company will endeavor to cause the
Registration Statement or such post-effective amendment to become effective as
soon as possible and will advise you promptly and, if requested by you, will
confirm such advice in writing, when the Registration Statement or such post-
effective amendment has become effective.
(b) The Company will advise you promptly and, if requested by you,
will confirm such advice in writing: (i) of any request by the Commission for
amendment of or a supplement to the Registration Statement, any Prepricing
Prospectus or the Prospectus or for additional information; (ii) of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement or of the suspension of qualification of the
Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any
proceeding for such purpose; and (iii) within the period of time referred to
in paragraph (f) below, of any change in the Company's condition (financial
or other), business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of
operations, or of the happening of any event, which makes any statement of a
material fact made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as then
amended or supplemented) untrue or which requires the making of any additions
to or changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as then
amended or supplemented) in order to state a material fact required by the
Act or the regulations thereunder to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein not misleading, or of the necessity to amend
or supplement the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) to comply with
the Act or any other law. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company
will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at
the earliest possible time.
(c) The Company will furnish to you, without charge (i) four (4)
signed copies of the registration statement as originally filed with the
Commission and of each amendment thereto, including financial statements and
all exhibits to the registration statement, (ii) such number of conformed
copies of the registration statement as originally filed and of each
amendment thereto, but without exhibits, as you may reasonably request, (iii)
such number of copies of the Incorporated Documents, without exhibits, as you
may reasonably request, and (iv) four (4) copies of the exhibits to the
Incorporated Documents.
(d) The Company will not file any amendment to the Registration
Statement or make any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or, prior to
the end of the period of time referred to in the first sentence in subsection
(f) below, file any document which, upon filing becomes an Incorporated
Document, of which you shall not previously have been advised or to which,
after you shall have received a copy of the document proposed to be filed,
you shall reasonably object.
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(e) Prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Company has delivered to you, without charge, in such quantities as you have
reasonably requested, copies of each form of the Prepricing Prospectus. The
Company consents to the use, in accordance with the provisions of the Act and
with the securities or Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Shares
are offered by the several Underwriters and by dealers, prior to the date of
the Prospectus, of each Prepricing Prospectus so furnished by the Company.
(f) As soon after the execution and delivery of this Agreement as
possible and thereafter from time to time for such period as in the
reasonable opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus is required
by the Act to be delivered in connection with sales by any Underwriter or
dealer, the Company will expeditiously deliver to each Underwriter and each
dealer, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (and of any
amendment or supplement thereto) as you may reasonably request. The Company
consents to the use of the Prospectus (and of any amendment or supplement
thereto) in accordance with the provisions of the Act and with the securities
or Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Shares are offered by the
several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom Shares may be sold, both in
connection with the offering and sale of the Shares and for such period of
time thereafter as the Prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered in
connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer. If during such period of
time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Company or in the
opinion of counsel for the Underwriters is required to be set forth in the
Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) or should be set forth therein
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to
supplement or amend the Prospectus (or to file under the Exchange Act any
document which, upon filing, becomes an Incorporated Document) in order to
comply with the Act or any other law, the Company will forthwith prepare and,
subject to the provisions of paragraph (d) above, file with the Commission an
appropriate supplement or amendment thereto (or to such document), and will
expeditiously furnish to the Underwriters and dealers a reasonable number of
copies thereof. In the event that the Company and you, as Representatives of
the several Underwriters, agree that the Prospectus should be amended or
supplemented, the Company, if requested by you, will promptly issue a press
release announcing or disclosing the matters to be covered by the proposed
amendment or supplement.
(g) The Company will cooperate with you and with counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares
for offering and sale by the several Underwriters and by dealers under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you may designate and will
file such consents to service of process or other documents necessary or
appropriate in order to effect such registration or qualification; provided
that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in
any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action which
would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out
of the offering or sale of the Shares, in any jurisdiction where it is not now
so subject.
(h) The Company will make generally available to its security
holders a consolidated earnings statement, which need not be audited,
covering a twelve-month period commencing after the effective date of the
Registration Statement and ending not later than 15 months thereafter, as
soon as
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practicable after the end of such period, which consolidated earnings
statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act.
(i) During the period of five years hereafter, the Company will
furnish to you (i) as soon as available, a copy of each report of the Company
mailed to stockholders or filed with the Commission, and (ii) from time to
time such other information concerning the Company as you may reasonably
request.
(j) If this Agreement shall terminate or shall be terminated after
execution pursuant to any provisions hereof (otherwise than pursuant to the
second paragraph of Section 12 hereof or by notice given by you terminating
this Agreement pursuant to Section 12 or Section 13 hereof) or if this
Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters because of any failure or
refusal on the part of the Company or the Selling Stockholders to comply
with the terms or fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the
Company agrees to reimburse the Representatives for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel for the
Underwriters) incurred by you in connection herewith.
(k) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the
Shares to be sold by it hereunder substantially in accordance with the
description set forth in the Prospectus.
(l) If Rule 430A of the Act is employed, the Company will timely
file the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and will advise you
of the time and manner of such filing.
(m) Except as provided in this Agreement, the Company will not
sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any Common Stock or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock,
or grant any options (other than pursuant to its employee stock option plans,
director stock option plans and employee stock purchase plans) or warrants to
purchase Common Stock, for a period of 90 days after the date of the
Prospectus, without the prior written consent of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc.
(n) The Company has furnished or will furnish to you "lock-up"
letters, in form and substance satisfactory to you, signed by each of its
current officers and directors and each of its stockholders designated by you.
(o) Except as stated in this Agreement and in the Prepricing
Prospectus and Prospectus, the Company has not taken, nor will it take,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might reasonably be
expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of
the Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(p) The Company will use its best efforts to have the shares of
Common Stock which it agrees to sell under this Agreement listed, subject to
notice of issuance, on the Nasdaq National Market on or before the Closing
Date.
6. AGREEMENTS OF THE SELLING STOCKHOLDERS. Each of the Selling
Stockholders agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
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(a) Such Selling Stockholder will cooperate to the extent necessary
to cause the registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto
to become effective at the earliest possible time.
(b) Such Selling Stockholder will pay all federal and other taxes,
if any on the transfer or sale of the Shares being sold by such Selling
Stockholder to the Underwriters.
(c) Such Selling Stockholder will do or perform all things required
to be done or performed by the Selling Stockholder prior to the Closing Date
to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Shares pursuant to
this Agreement.
(d) Such Selling Stockholder has executed or will execute a
"lock-up" letter as provided in Section 5(n) above and will not sell, contract
to sell or otherwise dispose of any Common Stock, except for the sale of
Shares to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, prior to the
expiration of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior
written consent of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc.
(e) Except as stated in this Agreement and in the Prepricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus, such Selling Stockholder will not take,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might reasonably be
expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of
the Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(f) Such Selling Stockholder will advise you promptly, and if
requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing, within the period of
time referred to in Section 5(f) hereof, of any change in the Company's
condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties, net worth or
results of operations or of any change in information relating to such
Selling Stockholder or the Company or any new information relating to the
Company or relating to any matter stated in the Prospectus or any amendment
or supplement thereto which comes to the attention of such Selling
Stockholder that causes such Selling Stockholder to believe that any
statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as then
amended or supplemented, if amended or supplemented) is or may be untrue in
any material respect or that the Registration Statement or Prospectus (as
then amended or supplemented, if amended or supplemented) omits or may omit
to state a material fact or a fact necessary to be stated therein in order to
make the statements therein not misleading in any material respect, or of the
necessity to amend or supplement the Prospectus (as then amended or
supplemented, if amended or supplemented) in order to comply with the Act or
any other law.
7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company
represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) Each Prepricing Prospectus included as part of the registration
statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment or supplement
thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, complied when so filed
in all material respects with the provisions of the Act. The Commission has
not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of any Prepricing
Prospectus.
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(b) The Company and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
meet the requirements for using Form S-3 under the Act. The registration
statement in the form in which it became or becomes effective and also in
such form as it may be when any post-effective amendment thereto shall become
effective and the prospectus and any supplement or amendment thereto when
filed with the Commission under Rule 424(b) under the Act, complied or will
comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Act and will not
at any such times contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, except that this representation and
warranty does not apply to statements in or omissions from the registration
statement or the prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing
by or on behalf of any Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.
(c) The Incorporated Documents heretofore filed, when they were
filed (or, if any amendment with respect to any such document was filed, when
such amendment was filed), conformed in all material respects with the
requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder,
any further Incorporated Documents so filed will, when they are filed,
conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations thereunder; no such document when it was filed
(or, if an amendment with respect to any such document was filed, when such
amendment was filed), contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and no such further
document, when it is filed, will contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading.
(d) All the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company have
been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and
are free of any preemptive or similar rights; the Shares to be issued and
sold by the Company have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered
to the Underwriters against payment therefor in accordance with the terms
hereof, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of any
preemptive or similar rights; and the capital stock of the Company conforms
to the description thereof in the registration statement and the prospectus.
(e) The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly
existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with full
corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, and is duly registered and qualified to conduct its business and
is in good standing in each jurisdiction or place where the nature of its
properties or the conduct of its business requires such registration or
qualification, except where the failure so to register or qualify does not
have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other),
business, properties, net worth or results of operations of the Company and
the Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined) taken as a whole.
(f) All the Company's subsidiaries (collectively, and including the
Company's subsidiary in India, the "Subsidiaries"), other than the Company's
subsidiary in India, are listed in an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K which is incorporated by reference into the
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Registration Statement. Each Subsidiary is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing in the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, with full corporate power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and is duly registered and
qualified to conduct its business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction or place where the nature of its properties or the conduct of
its business requires such registration or qualification, except where the
failure so to register or qualify does not have a material adverse effect on
the condition (financial or other), business, properties, net worth or
results of operations of such Subsidiary; all the outstanding shares of
capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and
validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable, and are owned by the
Company directly, or indirectly through one of the other Subsidiaries, free
and clear of any lien, adverse claim, security interest, equity or other
encumbrance.
(g) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to
the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries, or to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or to which
any of their respective properties is subject, that are required to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus but are not
described as required, and there are no agreements, contracts, indentures,
leases or other instruments that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement or any Incorporated Document that are not described or
filed as required by the Act or the Exchange Act.
(h) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in violation
of its certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws, or other
organizational documents, or of any law, ordinance, administrative or
governmental rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries or of any decree of any court or governmental agency or body
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or in
default in any material respect in the performance of any obligation,
agreement or condition contained in any bond, debenture, note or any other
evidence of indebtedness or in any material agreement, indenture, lease or
other instrument to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party
or by which any of them or any of their respective properties may be bound.
(i) Neither the issuance and sale of the Shares, the
execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Company nor the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby (i)
requires any consent, approval, authorization or other order of or
registration or filing with, any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or other governmental body, agency or official (except such as may be
required for the registration of the Shares under the Act and the Exchange
Act and compliance with the securities or Blue Sky laws of various
jurisdictions, all of which have been or will be effected in accordance with
this Agreement) or conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will
constitute a breach of, or a default under, the certificate or articles of
incorporation or bylaws, or other organizational documents, of the Company or
any of the Subsidiaries or (ii) conflicts or will conflict with or
constitutes or will constitute a breach of, or a default under, any
agreement, indenture, lease or other instrument to which the Company or any
of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their
respective properties may be bound, or violates or will violate any statute,
law, regulation or filing or judgment, injunction, order or decree applicable
to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties, or will result in the creation or imposition
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of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any agreement or
instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them may be
bound or to which any of the property or assets of any of them is subject.
(j) The accountants, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, who have certified or shall
certify the financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) are independent public accountants as required by the Act.
(k) The financial statements, together with related schedules and
notes, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto), present fairly
the consolidated financial position, results of operations and changes in
financial position of the Company and the Subsidiaries on the basis stated in
the Registration Statement at the respective dates or for the respective
periods to which they apply; such statements and related schedules and notes
have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as
disclosed therein; and the other financial and statistical information and
data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) are accurately
presented and prepared on a basis consistent with such financial statements
and the books and records of the Company and the Subsidiaries.
(l) The execution and delivery of, and the performance by the
Company of its obligations under, this Agreement have been duly and validly
authorized by the Company, and this Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Company and constitutes the valid and legally binding
agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms, except as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be
limited by federal or state securities laws.
(m) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), subsequent to the
respective dates as of which such information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto),
neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has incurred any liability or
obligation, direct or contingent, or entered into any transaction, not in the
ordinary course of business, that is material to the Company and the
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and there has not been any change in the
capital stock, or material increase in the short-term debt or long-term debt,
of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or any material adverse change, or
any development involving or which may reasonably be expected to involve, a
prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other),
business, net worth or results of operations of the Company and the
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(n) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has good and
marketable title to all property (real and personal) described in the
Prospectus as being owned by it, free and clear of all liens, claims,
security interests or other encumbrances except such as are described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in a document filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement and all
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the property described in the Prospectus as being held under lease by each of
the Company and the Subsidiaries is held by it under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases.
(o) The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to
occur of (i) the Closing Date and (ii) completion of the distribution of the
Shares, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the
offering and sale of the Shares other than the Registration Statement, the
Prepricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or other materials, if any, permitted
by the Act.
(p) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries has such permits,
licenses, franchises and authorizations of governmental or regulatory
authorities ("permits") as are necessary to own its respective properties and
to conduct its business in the manner described in the Prospectus, subject to
such qualifications as may be set forth in the Prospectus; the Company and
each of the Subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed all their material
obligations with respect to such permits and no event has occurred which
allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or
termination thereof or results in any other material impairment of the rights
of the holder of any such permit, subject in each case to such qualification
as may be set forth in the Prospectus; and, except as described in the
Prospectus, none of such permits contains any restriction that is materially
burdensome to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.
(q) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorization;
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets
is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific
authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared
with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken
with respect to any differences.
(r) To the Company's knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries nor any employee or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary has
made any payment of funds of the Company or any Subsidiary or received or
retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation, which
payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be
disclosed in the Prospectus.
(s) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries have filed all tax
returns required to be filed (or has requested extensions thereof in a timely
manner), which returns are complete and correct, and neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary is in default in the payment of any taxes which were payable
pursuant to said returns or any assessments with respect thereto, except for
any such taxes or assessments that are currently being contested in good faith.
(t) No holder of any security of the Company has any right to
require registration of shares of Common Stock or any other security of the
Company because of the filing of the registration statement or consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(u) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries own or possess, or can
acquire on commercially reasonable terms, adequate licenses or other rights
to use all patents, trademarks, service
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marks, trade names, copyrights, mask work rights, technology, software,
know-how and trade secrets necessary to conduct their respective businesses
as described in the Prospectus, and except as disclosed in the Prospectus,
neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have received any notice of
infringement of or conflict with (and knows of no such infringement of or
conflict with) asserted rights of others with respect to any patents,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, mask work rights,
technology, know-how or trade secrets; and, except as disclosed in the
Prospectus, to the knowledge of the Company or its Subsidiaries, the
discoveries, inventions, products, services or processes of the Company and
the Subsidiaries referred to in the Prospectus do not infringe or conflict
with any right or patent of any third party, or any discovery, invention,
product or process which is the subject of a patent application filed by any
third party.
(v) The Company has complied with all provisions of Florida
Statutes, '517.075, relating to issuers doing business with Cuba.
8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLING STOCKHOLDERS. Each
Selling Stockholder represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) Such Selling Stockholder now has, and on the Closing Date will
have, valid and marketable title to the Shares to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder, free and clear of any lien, claim, security interest or other
encumbrance, including, without limitation, any restriction on transfer.
(b) Such Selling Stockholder now has, and on the Closing Date will
have, full legal right, power and authorization, and any approval required by
law, to sell, assign transfer and deliver such Shares in the manner provided
in this Agreement, and upon delivery of and payment for such Shares
hereunder, the several Underwriters will acquire valid and marketable title
to such Shares free and clear of any lien, claim, security interest, or other
encumbrance.
(c) This Agreement and the Custody Agreement have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling
Stockholder and are the valid and binding agreements of such Selling
Stockholder enforceable against such Selling Stockholder in accordance with
their terms, except as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be
limited by federal or state securities laws.
(d) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the
Custody Agreement by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder nor the
consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated by or on
behalf of such Selling Stockholder requires any consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body, agency or
official (except such as may be required under the Act and the Exchange Act
or such as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws governing
the purchase and distribution of the Shares) or conflicts or will conflict
with or constitutes or will constitute a breach of, or default under, or
violates or will violate, any agreement, indenture or other instrument to
which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling
Stockholder is or may be bound or to which any of such Selling Stockholder's
property or assets is subject, or any statute, law, rule, regulation, ruling,
judgment, injunction, order or decree applicable to such Selling Stockholder
or to any property or assets of such Selling Stockholder.
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(e) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus, insofar as they
relate to such Selling Stockholder, do not and will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(f) Such Selling Stockholder does not have any knowledge or any
reason to believe that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto) contains any untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(g) The representations and warranties of such Selling Stockholder
in the Custody Agreement are, and on the Closing Date and any Option Closing
Date will be, true and correct.
(h) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to or that might reasonably be expected to cause or
result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Stock to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares, except for the lock-up
arrangements described in the Prospectus.
9. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.
(a) The Company and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (the "Indemnifying Selling
Stockholder"), jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless
each of you and each other Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls
any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a)
of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses (including reasonable costs of investigation)
arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in any Prepricing Prospectus or in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
thereto, or arising out of or based upon 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, liabilities or expenses arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission which
has been made therein or omitted therefrom in reliance upon and in conformity
with the information relating to such underwriter furnished in writing to the
Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through you expressly for use in
connection therewith; provided, however, that (i) the liability of the
Indemnifying Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Section 9 shall be limited
to the net proceeds (prior to deduction of expenses) to the Indemnifying
Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement from the
sale of Shares by such Indemnifying Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters
pursuant to this Agreement; and (ii) the indemnification contained in this
paragraph (a) with respect to any Prepricing Prospectus shall not inure to
the benefit of any Underwriter (or to the benefit of any person controlling
such Underwriter) on account of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
expense arising from the sale of the Shares by such Underwriter to any person
if a copy of the Prospectus shall not have been delivered or sent to such
person within the time required by the Act and the regulations thereunder,
and the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission of a material fact contained in such Prepricing Prospectus was
corrected in the Prospectus, provided that the Company has delivered
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the Prospectus to the several Underwriters in requisite quantity on a timely
basis to permit such delivery or sending. The foregoing indemnity agreement
shall be in addition to any liability which the Company or any Selling
Stockholder may otherwise have. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this paragraph (a), each Underwriter agrees with the Indemnifying Selling
Stockholder that any claim for indemnification pursuant to this paragraph (a)
shall first be satisfied by the Company and shall only then be satisfied by
the Indemnifying Selling Stockholder if, and to the extent that, such claim
for indemnification has not been satisfied in full by the Company. The
foregoing limitation shall not prohibit the Underwriters from proceeding
concurrently against the Company and the Indemnifying Selling Stockholder but
shall only prohibit the Underwriters from recovering from the Indemnifying
Selling Stockholder until the Underwriters have requested indemnification in
writing from the Company and the Company has failed for a period of thirty
(30) days after such written request to provide such indemnification.
(b) If any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against any
Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter in respect of which
indemnity may be sought against the Company or any Selling Stockholder, such
Underwriter or such controlling person shall promptly notify the parties
against whom indemnification is being sought (the "indemnifying parties"),
and such indemnifying parties shall assume the defense thereof, including the
employment of counsel and payment of all fees and expenses. Such Underwriter
or any such controlling person shall have the right to employ separate
counsel in any such action, suit or proceeding and to participate in the
defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of such Underwriter or such controlling person unless (i) the
indemnifying parties have agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses,
(ii) the indemnifying parties have failed to assume the defense and employ
counsel, or (iii) the named parties to any such action, suit or proceeding
(including any impleaded parties) include both such Underwriter or such
controlling person and the indemnifying parties and such Underwriter or such
controlling person shall have been advised by its counsel that representation
of such indemnified party and any indemnifying party by the same counsel
would be inappropriate under applicable standards of professional conduct
(whether or not such representation by the same counsel has been proposed)
due to actual or potential differing interests between them (in which case
the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such
action, suit or proceeding on behalf of such Underwriter or such controlling
person). It is understood, however, that the indemnifying parties shall, in
connection with any one such action, suit or proceeding or separate but
substantially similar or related actions, suits or proceedings in the same
jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be
liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of only one separate firm of
attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time for all such
Underwriters and controlling persons not having actual or potential differing
interests with you or among themselves, which firm shall be designated in
writing by ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc., and that all such fees and expenses shall be
reimbursed as they are incurred. The indemnifying parties shall not be liable
for any settlement of any such action, suit or proceeding effected without
their written consent, but if settled with such written consent, or if there
be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, suit or proceeding,
the indemnifying parties agree to indemnify and hold harmless any
Underwriter, to the extent provided in the preceding paragraph, and any such
controlling person from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or
expense by reason of such settlement or judgment.
(c) Each Selling Stockholder (other than the Indemnifying Selling
Stockholder whose indemnification obligations are covered under Section 9(a)
above) agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless each
of you and each other Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 (a) of
the Exchange Act, the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the
Registration Statement, and any person who controls the Company within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act to the
same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Indemnifying
Selling Stockholder to each Underwriter, but only with respect to the
information furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any
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Prepricing Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto; provided,
however, that the liability of any Selling Stockholder pursuant to this
provision shall be limited to the net proceeds (prior to deduction of
expenses) to the Selling Stockholder from the sale of Shares by such Selling
Stockholder.
If any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against any
Underwriter, any such controlling person of any Underwriter, the Company, any
of its directors, any such officer, or any such controlling person of the
Company, based on the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any
Prepricing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, and in respect
of which indemnity may be sought against any Selling Stockholder pursuant to
this paragraph (c), such Selling Stockholder shall have the rights and duties
given to the Company by paragraph (b) above (except that if the Company shall
have assumed the defense thereof such Selling Stockholder shall not be
required to do so, but may employ separate counsel therein and participate in
the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at
such Selling Stockholder's expense), and each Underwriter, each such
controlling person of any Underwriter, the Company, its directors, any such
officer, and any such controlling person of the Company shall have the rights
and duties given to the Underwriters by paragraph (b) above. The foregoing
indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which any Selling
Stockholder may otherwise have.
(d) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who
sign the Registration Statement, each Selling Stockholder, and any person who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section
20(a) of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from
the Company and the Indemnifying Selling Stockholder to each Underwriter, but
only with respect to information relating to such Underwriter furnished in
writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through you expressly for use in
the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Prepricing Prospectus, or
any amendment or supplement thereto.
If any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against the
Company, any of its directors, any such officer, any Selling Stockholder, or
any such controlling person based on the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or any Prepricing Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, and in respect of which indemnity may be sought against any
Underwriter pursuant to this paragraph (d), such Underwriter shall have the
rights and duties given to the Company by paragraph (b) above (except that if
the Company shall have assumed the defense thereof such Underwriter shall not
be required to do so, but may employ separate counsel therein and participate
in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at
such Underwriter's expense), and the Company, its directors, any such
officer, the Selling Stockholders, and any such controlling person shall have
the rights and duties given to the Underwriters by paragraph (b) above. The
foregoing indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which any
Underwriter may otherwise have.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is
unavailable to an indemnified party under paragraphs (a), (c) or (d) hereof in
respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to
therein, then an indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified
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party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses
(i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Shares, or (ii) if
the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable
law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative
benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the
Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on
the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on
the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net
proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the
Company and the Selling Stockholders bear to the total underwriting discounts
and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in
the table on the cover page of the Prospectus; provided that, in the event
that the Underwriters shall have purchased any Additional Shares hereunder,
any determination of the relative benefits received by the Company, the
Selling Stockholders or the Underwriters from the offering of the Shares
shall include the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the
Company, and the underwriting discounts and commissions received by the
Underwriters, from the sale of the Additional Shares, in each case computed
on the basis of the respective amounts set forth in the notes to the table on
the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company and the
Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company or the Selling Stockholders on the one hand or by the Underwriters on
the other hand and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(f) The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to
this Section 9 were determined by a 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 paragraph (e) above. The amount paid or payable
by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses referred to in paragraph (e) above 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 any claim or defending any such action, suit or proceeding.
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 of the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public
exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 9 are several in proportion to the respective
numbers of Firm Shares set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto
(or such numbers of Firm Shares increased as set forth in Section 12 hereof)
and not joint.
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(g) No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent
of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
action, suit or 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 action, suit or proceeding.
(h) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which
an indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under
this Section 9 shall be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified
party as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are incurred.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 9 and the
representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders
set forth in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and
effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any
Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter, the Company, its
directors or officers, the Selling Stockholders or any person controlling
the Company, (ii) acceptance of any Shares and payment therefor hereunder,
and (iii) any termination of this Agreement. A successor to any Underwriter
or any person controlling any Underwriter, or to the Company, its directors
or officers, or any person controlling the Company, shall be entitled to the
benefits of the indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements
contained in this Section 9.
10. CONDITIONS OF UNDERWRITERS' OBLIGATIONS. The several obligations of
the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares hereunder are subject to the
following conditions:
(a) If, at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is
necessary for the registration statement or a post-effective amendment
thereto (or an Abbreviated Registration Statement) to be declared effective
before the offering of the Shares may commence, the registration statement or
such post-effective amendment (or an Abbreviated Registration Statement)
shall have become effective not later than 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on
the date hereof, or at such later date and time as shall be consented to in
writing by you, and all filings, if any, required by Rules 424 and 430A under
the Act shall have been timely made; no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the registration statement shall have been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge
of the Company or any Underwriter, threatened by the Commission, and any
request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the
registration statement or the prospectus or otherwise) shall have been
complied with to your satisfaction.
(b) Subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, there shall
not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or other),
business, properties, net worth, or results of operations of the Company or
the Subsidiaries not contemplated by the Prospectus, which in your opinion,
as Representatives of the several Underwriters, would materially adversely
affect the market for the Shares, or (ii) any event or development relating
to or involving the Company or any officer or director of the Company or any
Selling Stockholder which makes any statement made in the Prospectus untrue
or which, in the opinion of the Company and its counsel or the Underwriters
and their counsel, requires the making of any addition to or change in the
Prospectus in order to state a material fact required by the Act or any other
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law to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein
not misleading, if amending or supplementing the Prospectus to reflect such
event or development would, in your opinion, as Representatives of the
several Underwriters, materially adversely affect the market for the Shares.
(c) You shall have received on the Closing Date, an opinion of
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company and the Selling
Stockholders, dated the Closing Date and addressed to you, as Representatives
of the several Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and validly
existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with full
corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto), and is duly registered
and qualified to conduct its business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction or place where the nature of its properties or the conduct of
its business requires such registration or qualification, except where the
failure so to register or qualify does not have a material adverse effect on
the condition (financial or other), business, properties, net worth or
results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(ii) The authorized and outstanding capital stock of the
Company is as set forth under the caption "Capitalization" in the Prospectus;
and the authorized capital stock of the Company conforms in all material
respects as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in the
Prospectus under the caption "Description of Capital Stock";
(iii) All the shares of capital stock of the Company outstanding
prior to the issuance of the Shares to be issued and sold by the Company
hereunder, have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid
and nonassessable;
(iv) The Shares to be issued and sold to the Underwriters by
the Company hereunder have been duly authorized and, when issued and
delivered to the Underwriters against payment therefor in accordance with the
terms hereof, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free
of any preemptive, or to the best knowledge of such counsel after reasonable
inquiry, similar rights that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire
any Shares upon the issuance thereof by the Company;
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(v) The form of certificates for the Shares conforms to the
requirements of the Delaware General Corporation Law;
(vi) The Registration Statement and all post-effective
amendments, if any, have become effective under the Act and, to the best
knowledge of such counsel after reasonable inquiry, no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose are pending before or contemplated by the
Commission; and any required filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b)
has been made in accordance with Rule 424(b);
(vii) The Company has corporate power and authority to enter
into this Agreement and to issue, sell and deliver the Shares to be sold by
it to the Underwriters as provided herein, and this Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid, legal
and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except as enforcement of rights to indemnity
and contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws
or principles of public policy and except as the enforcement thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, fraudulent
conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity;
(viii) The Company is not in violation of its certificate or
articles of incorporation or bylaws, or other organizational documents, or to
the best knowledge of such counsel after reasonable inquiry, is not in
default in the performance of any material obligation, agreement or condition
contained in any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness,
except as may be disclosed in the Prospectus;
(ix) Neither the offer, sale or delivery of the Shares, the
execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, compliance by the
Company with the provisions hereof nor consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby conflicts or will conflict with or
constitutes or will constitute a breach of, or a default under, the
certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws, or other organizational
documents, of the Company or any agreement, indenture, lease or other
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its properties
is bound that is an exhibit to the Registration Statement or to any
Incorporated Document, or is known to such counsel after reasonable inquiry,
or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company, nor will any such
action result in any violation of any existing law, regulation, ruling
(assuming compliance with all applicable state securities and Blue Sky laws),
judgment, injunction, order or decree known to such counsel after reasonable
inquiry, applicable to the Company or any of its properties;
(x) No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or
registration or filing with, any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or other governmental body, agency, or official is required on the
part of the Company (except as have been obtained under the Act and the
Exchange Act or such as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky
laws governing the purchase and distribution of the Shares) for the valid
issuance and sale of the Shares to the Underwriters as contemplated by this
Agreement;
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(xi) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any
supplements or amendments thereto (except for the financial statements and
the notes thereto and the 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 requirements of the Act;
and each of the Incorporated Documents (except for the financial statements
and the notes thereto and the schedules and other financial and statistical
data included therein, as to which counsel need not express any opinion)
complies as to form in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(xii) To the best knowledge of such counsel after reasonable
inquiry, (A) other than as described or contemplated in the Prospectus (or
any supplement thereto), there are no legal or governmental proceedings
pending or threatened against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or to
which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or any of their property, is
subject, which are required to be described in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) and (B) there are no
agreements, contracts, indentures, leases or other instruments, that are
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or
any amendment or supplement thereto) or to be filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement or any Incorporated Document that are not described or
filed as required, as the case may be;
(xiii) To the best knowledge of such counsel after reasonable
inquiry, the Company is not in violation of any law, ordinance,
administrative or governmental rule or regulation applicable to the Company
or of any decree of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Company;
(xiv) The statements in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, insofar as they are descriptions of contracts, agreements or
other legal documents, or refer to statements of law or legal conclusions,
are accurate and present fairly the information required to be shown;
(xv) The Company and the Subsidiaries own all patents,
trademarks, trademark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses,
inventions, trade secrets and rights described in the Prospectus as being
owned by them or any of them or necessary for the conduct of their respective
businesses, and such counsel is not aware of any claim to the contrary or any
challenge by any other person to the rights of the Company and the
Subsidiaries with respect to the foregoing;
(xvi) This Agreement and the Custody Agreement have each been
duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of each of the Selling
Stockholders and are valid and binding agreements of each Selling Stockholder
enforceable against each Selling Stockholder in accordance with their terms,
except as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder and thereunder may
be limited by federal or state securities laws or principles of public policy
and except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium
or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally
and by general principles of equity;
(xvii) To the knowledge of such counsel, each Selling
Stockholder has full legal right, power and authorization, and any approval
required by law, to sell, assign, transfer and deliver good and marketable
title to the Shares which such Selling Stockholder has agreed to sell
pursuant to this Agreement;
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(xviii) To the knowledge of such counsel after reasonable
inquiry, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Custody
Agreement by each of the Selling Stockholders and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not conflict with, violate,
result in a breach of or constitute a default under the terms or provisions of
any agreement, indenture, mortgage or other instrument known to such counsel
to which any Selling Stockholder is a party or by which any of them or any of
their assets or properties is bound, or any court order or decree or any law,
rule, or regulation applicable to any Selling Stockholder or to any of the
properties or assets of any Selling Stockholder;
(xix) Upon delivery of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement
and payment therefor as contemplated herein the Underwriters will acquire
good and marketable title to the Shares free and clear of any lien, claim,
security interest, or other encumbrance, restriction on transfer or other
defect in title; and
(xx) Although counsel has not undertaken, except as otherwise
indicated in their opinion, to determine independently, and does not assume
any responsibility for, the accuracy or completeness of the statements in the
Registration Statement, such counsel has participated in the preparation of
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including review and
discussion of the contents thereof (including review and discussion of the
contents of all Incorporated Documents), and nothing has come to the
attention of such counsel that has caused them to believe that the
Registration Statement (including the Incorporated Documents) at the time the
Registration Statement became effective, or the Prospectus, as of its date
and as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be,
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or that any amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus, as of its respective date, and as of the Closing Date or the
Option Closing Date, as the case may be, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted 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 (it being understood that such counsel need express
no opinion with respect to the financial statements and the notes thereto and
the schedules and other financial and statistical data included in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any Incorporated Document).
In rendering their opinion as aforesaid, counsel may rely upon an
opinion or opinions, each dated the Closing Date, of other counsel retained
by them or the Company as to laws of any jurisdiction other than the United
States or the State of California, provided that (1) each such local counsel
is acceptable to the Representatives, (2) such reliance is expressly
authorized by each opinion so relied upon and a copy of each such opinion is
delivered to the Representatives and is, in form and substance satisfactory
to them and their counsel, and (3) counsel shall state in their opinion that
they believe that they and the Underwriters are justified in relying thereon.
In rendering their opinions as aforesaid, counsel may rely, as to matters of
fact, to the extent such counsel deems proper, on certificates of the
executive officers of the Company, certificates of the Selling Stockholders
and public officials.
(d) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the
Closing Date and addressed to you, as Representatives of the several
Underwriters, with respect to the matters referred to in clauses (v) , (vii),
(viii), (xii) and (xxi) of the foregoing paragraph (c) and such other related
matters as you may request.
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(e) You shall have received letters addressed to you, as
Representatives of the several Underwriters, and dated the date hereof and
the Closing Date from ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, independent public accountants,
substantially in the forms heretofore approved by you.
(f) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall
have been taken or, to the knowledge of the Company, shall be contemplated by
the Commission at or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) there shall not have
been any change in the capital stock of the Company nor any material increase
in the short-term or long-term debt of the Company (other than in the
ordinary course of business) from that set forth or contemplated in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto); (iii) there shall not have been, since the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto) , except as may otherwise be stated
in the Registration Statement and Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto), any material adverse change in the condition (financial or other) ,
business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations of the
Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (iv) the Company and the
Subsidiaries shall not have any liabilities or obligations, direct or
contingent (whether or not in the ordinary course of business), that are
material to the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than
those reflected in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto); and (v) all the representations and
warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and
correct on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as if
made on and as of the Closing Date, and you shall have received a
certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by the chief executive officer
and the chief financial officer of the Company (or such other officers as are
acceptable to you), to the effect set forth in this Section 10(f) and in
Section 10(g) hereof.
(g) The Company shall not have failed at or prior to the Closing
Date to have performed or complied with any of its agreements herein
contained and required to be performed or complied with by it hereunder at or
prior to the Closing Date.
(h) All the representations and warranties of the Selling
Stockholders contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as
of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of
the Closing Date, and you shall have received a certificate, dated the
Closing Date and signed by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholders to the
effect set forth in this Section 10(h) and in Section 10(i) hereof.
(i) The Selling Stockholders shall not have failed at or prior to
the Closing Date to have performed or complied with any of their agreements
herein contained and required to be performed or complied with by them
hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date.
(j) Prior to the Closing Date the Shares which the Company agrees
to sell pursuant to this Agreement shall have been listed, subject to notice
of issuance, on the Nasdaq National Market.
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(k) The Sellers shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to
you such further certificates and documents as you shall have requested.
All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents will be in
compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are satisfactory in form
and substance to you and your counsel.
Any certificate or document signed by any officer of the Company, any
Attorney-in-Fact or any Selling Stockholder and delivered to you, as
Representatives of the Underwriters, or to counsel for the Underwriters,
shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, the Selling
Stockholders or the particular Selling Stockholder, as the case may be, to
each Underwriter as to the statements made therein.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Additional
Shares hereunder are subject to the satisfaction on and as of any Option
Closing Date of the conditions set forth in this Section 10, except that, if
any Option Closing Date is other than the Closing Date, the certificates,
opinions and letters referred to in paragraphs (c) through (h) shall be dated
the Option Closing Date in question and the opinions called for by paragraphs
(c) and (d) shall be revised to reflect the sale of Additional Shares.
11. EXPENSES. The Company agrees to pay the following costs and
expenses and all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by it
of its obligations hereunder: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction,
and filing with the Commission of the registration statement (including
financial statements and exhibits thereto) , each Prepricing Prospectus, the
Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the
printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight
charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the
registration statement, each Prepricing Prospectus, the Prospectus, the
Incorporated Documents, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as
may be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale
of the Shares; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and
delivery of certificates for the Shares, including any stamp taxes in
connection with the original issuance and sale of the Shares; (iv) the
printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, the preliminary
and supplemental Blue Sky Memoranda and all other agreements or documents
printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the
Shares; (v) the listing of the Shares on the Nasdaq National Market; (vi) the
registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of the several states as provided in Section 5(g)
hereof (including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel
for the Underwriters relating to the preparation, printing or reproduction,
and delivery of the preliminary and supplemental Blue Sky Memoranda and such
registration and qualification); (vii) the filing fees and the reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with any
filings required to be made with the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.; (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on
behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to
prospective purchasers of the Shares; and (ix) the fees and expenses of the
Company's accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local
and special counsel) for the Company and the Selling Stockholders. As between
such parties, the Company and the Selling Stockholders have agreed that the
Company shall be responsible for all such expenses.
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12. EFFECTIVE DATE OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall become
effective: (i) upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto;
or (ii) if, at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is
necessary for the registration statement or a post-effective amendment
thereto to be declared effective before the offering of the Shares may
commence, when notification of the effectiveness of the registration
statement or such post-effective amendment has been released by the
Commission. Until such time as this Agreement shall have become effective,
it may be terminated by the Company, by notifying you, or by you, as
Representatives of the several Underwriters, by notifying the Company and the
Selling Stockholders.
If any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase
Shares which it or they are obligated to purchase hereunder on the Closing
Date, and the aggregate number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters are obligated but fail or refuse to purchase is not more than
one-tenth of the aggregate number of Shares which the Underwriters are
obligated to purchase on the Closing Date, each non-defaulting Underwriter
shall be obligated, severally, in the proportion which the number of Firm
Shares set forth opposite its name in Schedule II hereto bears to the
aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of all
non-defaulting Underwriters or in such other proportion as you may specify in
accordance with Section 20 of the Master Agreement Among Underwriters of
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc., to purchase the Shares which such defaulting Underwriter
or Underwriters are obligated, but fail or refuse to purchase. If any one or
more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares which it or
they are obligated to purchase on the Closing Date and the aggregate number
of Shares with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of
the aggregate number of Shares which the Underwriters are obligated to
purchase on the Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to you and the
Company for the purchase of such Shares by one or more nondefaulting
Underwriters or other party or parties approved by you and the Company are
not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate
without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the
Company. In any such case which does not result in termination of this
Agreement, either you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the
Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the
required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or
any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under
this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in
respect of any such default of any such Underwriter under this Agreement. The
term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement includes, for all purposes of
this Agreement, any party not listed in Schedule II hereto who, with your
approval and the approval of the Company, purchases Shares which a defaulting
Underwriter is obligated, but fails or refuses, to purchase.
Any notice under this Section 12 may be given by telegram, telecopy or
telephone but shall be subsequently confirmed by letter.
13. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall be subject to
termination in your absolute discretion, without liability on the part of any
Underwriter to the Company or any Selling Stockholder, by notice to the
Company, if prior to the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date (if
different from the Closing Date and then only as to the Additional Shares),
as the case may be, (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock
Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or
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the Nasdaq National Market shall have been suspended or materially limited,
(ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York or
California shall have been declared by either federal or state authorities,
or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities
or other international or domestic calamity, crisis or change in political,
financial or economic conditions, the effect of which on the financial
markets of the United States is such as to make it, in your judgment,
impracticable or inadvisable to commence or continue the offering of the
Shares at the offering price to the public set forth on the cover page of the
Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the resale of the Shares by the
Underwriters. Notice of such termination may be given to the Company by
telegram, telecopy or telephone and shall be subsequently confirmed by letter.
14. INFORMATION FURNISHED BY THE UNDERWRITERS. The statements set
forth in the last paragraph on the cover page, the stabilization legend on
the inside cover page, and the statements in the first and third paragraphs
under the caption "Underwriting" in any Prepricing Prospectus and in the
Prospectus, constitute the only information furnished by or on behalf of the
Underwriters through you as such information is referred to in Sections 7(b)
and 9 hereof.
15. MISCELLANEOUS. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 5, 12 and
13 hereof, notice given pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be
in writing and shall be delivered (i) if to the Company, at the office of the
Company at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention:
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive
Officer; or (ii) if to the Selling Stockholders, at the office of the Company
at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, or (iii) if to you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters,
care of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
Attention: Manager, Investment Banking Division.
This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the
several Underwriters, the Company, its directors and officers, the Selling
Stockholders and the other controlling persons referred to in Section 9
hereof and their respective successors and assigns, to the extent provided
herein, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by
virtue of this Agreement. Neither the term "successor" nor the term
"successors and assigns" as used in this Agreement shall include a purchaser
from any Underwriter of any of the Shares in his status as such purchaser.
16. APPLICABLE LAW; COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable
to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.
This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts which together
constitute one and the same instrument. If signed in counterparts, this
Agreement shall not become effective unless at least one counterpart hereof
shall have been executed and delivered on behalf of each party hereto.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among
the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
DIGITAL MICROWAVE CORPORATION
By:
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Each of the Selling Stockholders named in
Schedule I hereto
By:
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Attorney-in-Fact
Confirmed as of the date first above mentioned
on behalf of themselves and the other several
Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto.
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ INC.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & CO., INC.
▇▇▇▇▇ & COMPANY
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ INC.
By:
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇.
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SCHEDULE I
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NAME OF COMPANY
PART A - FIRM SHARES
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NUMBER OF
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS FIRM SHARES
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇...................... 50,000
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇....................... 2,000
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇............................ 8,000
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇............................. 4,000
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Total........ 64,000
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SCHEDULE II
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NAME OF COMPANY
NUMBER OF
UNDERWRITER FIRM SHARES
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▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc. ..................
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. Inc. .............
▇▇▇▇▇ & Company.....................
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Total........................ 2,136,000
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