Exhibit 1.01
ONI Systems Corp.
[X]% Convertible Subordinated Notes due [___]
Underwriting Agreement
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October [_____], 2000
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co.,
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation,
Banc of America Securities LLC,
Chase Securities, Inc.,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Inc.,
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
ONI Systems Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes,
subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") an aggregate of
$250,000,000 principal amount of the Convertible Subordinated Notes, convertible
into Common Stock, $0.0001 per value ("Stock"), of the Company, specified above
(the "Firm Securities") and, at the election of the Underwriters, up to an
aggregate of $37,500,000 additional aggregate principal amount (the "Optional
Securities") (the Firm Securities and the Optional Securities which the
Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof are herein
collectively called the "Securities").
1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the
Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-46784) (the
"Initial Registration Statement") in respect of the Securities and shares
of the Stock issuable upon conversion thereof has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"); the Initial
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in
the form heretofore delivered to you, and, excluding exhibits thereto, to
you for each of the other Underwriters, have been declared effective by the
Commission in such form; other than a registration statement, if any,
increasing the size of the offering (a "Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement"), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act"), which became effective upon filing, no other
document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement has heretofore
been filed with the Commission; and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective
amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has
been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or
threatened by the Commission (any
preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration Statement or
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and
regulations of the Commission under the Act, is hereinafter called a
"Preliminary Prospectus"; the various parts of the Initial Registration
Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all
exhibits thereto but excluding Form T-1 and including the information
contained in the form of final prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a)
hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the Act to be part of the
Initial Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective, each
as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement
became effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if
any, became or hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively
called the "Registration Statement"; and such final prospectus, in the form
first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, is hereinafter called
the "Prospectus;"
(b) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary
Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided,
however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. expressly for use therein;
(c) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any
further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of
the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable
effective date as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto
and as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment
or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this
representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions
made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in
writing to the Company by an Underwriter through ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Sachs & Co.
expressly for use therein;
(d) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since
the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the
Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from fire,
explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or
from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree,
otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; and, since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital
stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
material adverse change, or any development that may cause a prospective
material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management,
financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated
in the Prospectus;
(e) The Company and its subsidiaries own no real property and have good
and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are
described in the Prospectus or such as
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do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the
Company and its subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held
under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under
valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not
material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of
such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;
(f) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with
corporate power and corporate authority to own its properties and conduct
its business as described in the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as
a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good
standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or
leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such
qualification, except where failure to be so qualified would not have a
material adverse effect on the general affairs, management, consolidated
financial position, business prospects, stockholders' equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole ("Material
Adverse Effect");
(g) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Prospectus under the heading "Capitalization", and all of the issued shares
of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and
issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the shares of Stock initially
issuable upon conversion of the Securities have been duly and validly
authorized and reserved for issuance and, when issued and delivered in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities and the Indenture referred
to below, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable
and will conform in all material respects to the description of the Stock
contained in the Prospectus; and all of the issued shares of capital stock
of each "significant subsidiary" of the Company (as defined in Rule 1-02(w)
of Regulations S-X under the Act) have been duly and validly authorized and
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except for directors'
qualifying shares are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances, equitable interests or claims;
(h) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and
delivered pursuant to this Agreement, will have been duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the
indenture dated as of [____], 2000 (the "Indenture") between the Company
and State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trustee
(the "Trustee"), under which they are to be issued, which is substantially
in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; the
Indenture has been duly authorized and duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act and, when executed and delivered by the Company and the
Trustee, will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general
equity principles; and the Securities and the Indenture will conform to the
descriptions thereof in the Prospectus;
(i) The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the
Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture and
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein
contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of
any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of
the property or assets of the Company or any of its
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subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of
the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the
Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or any of their properties; and no consent, approval,
authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such
court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of
the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture, except the registration
under the Act (and the Exchange Act) of the Securities and the shares of
Stock issuable upon conversion thereof, such consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as have been obtained under
the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations,
registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities
or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Securities by the Underwriters;
(j) Neither the Company nor any of its significant subsidiaries is (i)
in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or (ii) in
default in the performance or observance of any material obligation,
agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed
of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which
it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, except,
with respect to subclause (ii), where such default would not have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(k) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the captions
"Description of the Notes" and "Description of Capital Stock", insofar as
they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities and the
Stock, and under the caption "[Taxation]" and under the caption
"Underwriting", insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the
documents referred to therein, are accurate and complete in all material
respects;
(l) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate
have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the best of the Company's
knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(m) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Securities, will not be an "investment company", as such term
is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"Investment Company Act");
(n) KPMG LLP who have certified certain financial statements of the
Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public accountants as
required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
(o) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess valid licenses or
other rights to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, know-how, trade secrets and other intellectual property
necessary to conduct the business of the Company and its significant
subsidiaries in the manner in which it has been and is being conducted, and
except as set forth in the Prospectus the Company and its subsidiaries have
not received any notice of infringement or of conflict with (and the
Company knows of no such infringement or conflict with) asserted rights of
others with respect to any patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, know-how, trade secrets or other intellectual property which,
if determined
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adversely to the Company or its subsidiaries, would individually or in the
aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and the inventions, products or
processes referred to in the Prospectus do not, to the knowledge of the
Company, infringe or conflict with any right or patent, or any invention,
product or process which is the subject of a patent application known to
the Company, which if determined adversely would have a Material Adverse
Effect; and
(p) The Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are insured by
insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and
risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the business in
which they are engaged; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing
insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar
coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business
at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company
agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at
a purchase price of [__]% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest
[, if any,] from [____], 2000 to the First Time of Delivery hereunder, the
principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter
in Schedule I hereto, and (b) in the event and to the extent that the
Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Securities as
provided below, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the
Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Company, at the same purchase price set forth in clause (a) of
this Section 2, that portion of the aggregate principal amount of the Optional
Securities as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted
by you so as to eliminate fractions of $1,000 determined by multiplying such
aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the maximum aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities which
such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such
Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum
aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities which all of the Underwriters
are entitled to purchase hereunder.
The Company hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at
their election up to $37,500,000 aggregate principal amount of Optional
Securities, at the purchase price set forth in clause (a) of the first paragraph
of this Section 2, for the sole purpose of covering sales of securities in
excess of the aggregate principal amount of Firm Securities. Any such election
to purchase Optional Securities may be exercised by written notice from you to
the Company, given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this
Agreement, setting forth the aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities
to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Securities are to be
delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than the First Time of
Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or, unless you and the Company
otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two or later than ten business days
after the date of such notice.
3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Firm Securities,
the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Securities for sale upon the
terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
4. (a) The Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in
definitive form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such
names as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. may request upon at least forty-eight hours' prior
notice to the Company, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Sachs & Co., through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company
("DTC"), for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of
such Underwriter of
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the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the
account specified by the Company to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. at least forty-eight
hours in advance. The Company will cause the certificates representing the
Securities to be made available for checking and packaging at least twenty-four
hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) at the office of DTC or
its designated custodian (the "Designated Office"). The time and date of such
delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm Securities, 6:30 a.m.,
Palo Alto time, on [___], 2000 or such other time and date as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Sachs &
Co. and the Company may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the Optional
Securities, 6:30 a.m., Palo Alto time, on the date specified by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ &
Co. in the written notice given by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Sachs & Co. of the Underwriters'
election to purchase such Optional Securities, or such other time and date as
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and
date for delivery of the Firm Securities is herein called the "First Time of
Delivery", such time and date for delivery of the Optional Securities, if not
the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the "Second Time of Delivery", and
each such time and date for delivery is herein called a "Time of Delivery".
(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf
of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 7 hereof, including the cross-receipt
for the Securities and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters
pursuant to Section 7(l) hereof, will be delivered at the offices of Fenwick &
West LLP, Two Palo Alto Square, Palo Alto, California 94306 (the "Closing
Location"), and the Securities will be delivered at the Designated Office, all
at the Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 3:30
p.m., Palo Alto time, on the New York Business Day next preceding the Time of
Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered
pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties
hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, "New York Business Day" shall mean
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in New York City are generally authorized or obligated by
law or executive order to close.
5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and to file such
Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission's
close of business on the second business day following the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be
required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no further amendment or any
supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus which shall be
disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you,
promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the
Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to
the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you with
copies thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or prospectus, of the
suspension of the qualification of the Securities or the shares of Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Securities for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such
purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing
of the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; and,
in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or prospectus or suspending any
such qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of
such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably
request to qualify the Securities and the shares of Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of
such jurisdictions as you may request and to comply with such laws so as to
permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for
as long as may
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be necessary to complete the distribution of the Securities, provided that in
connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign
corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any
jurisdiction;
(c) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day
next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the
Underwriters with written and electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York
City in such quantities as you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a
prospectus is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after
the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of
the Securities and the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Securities and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of
which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any
other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or
supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act or the Trust Indenture
Act, to notify you and upon your request to prepare and furnish without charge
to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many written and
electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended
Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement
or omission or effect such compliance; and in case any Underwriter is required
to deliver a prospectus in connection with sales of any of the Securities and
the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities at any time nine
months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon your request but
at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter
as many written and electronic copies as you may request of an amended or
supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as
practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the effective
date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an
earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be
audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule
158);
(e) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and
including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, not to offer, sell,
contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder any
securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Securities or
the Stock, including but not limited to any securities that are convertible into
or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such
substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to employee stock option
and employee stock purchase plans existing on, or upon the conversion or
exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date
of this Agreement), without your prior written consent;
(f) to take reasonable steps to enforce (including, without limitation,
through the issuance of stop transfer instructions to the Company's transfer
agent), and, without the prior written consent of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co., not to
waive or amend, all agreements between the Company and any employee or other
holder of such securities or any Company policy restricting such holder from
effecting any offer, sale or other disposition of such securities. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, during such 90-day period the Company
shall take reasonable steps to enforce its policy prohibiting its employees from
engaging in the purchase and sale of options, forwards or other derivative
securities on the Stock or in otherwise engaging in transactions that would
hedge or transfer the economic benefits or risks relating to the Stock. The
Company represents and warrants that it has the valid and enforceable right to
restrict the sale, transfer or disposition of all such securities of the Company
in accordance with the foregoing held by employees of the Company
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(other than employees that have executed and delivered to the Underwriters the
agreement contemplated by Section 7(j) hereof);
(g) To furnish to the holders of the Securities as soon as practicable
after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet
and statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the Company and
its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and,
as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each
fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the effective date
of the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of
the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail;
(h) During a period of three years from the effective date of the
Registration Statement, to furnish to you copies of all reports or other
communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders, and to deliver to
you (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial
statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities
exchange on which the Securities or any class of securities of the Company is
listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and
financial condition of the Company as you may from time to time reasonably
request (such financial statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent
the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports
furnished to its stockholders generally or to the Commission);
(i) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities
pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Prospectus under the
caption "Use of Proceeds";
(k) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall file
a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule
462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and
the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing
fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions
for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act;
(l) To reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights,
shares of Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy any
obligations to issue shares of its Stock upon conversion of the Securities;
(m) To use its best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the
shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities on the Nasdaq
National Market; and
(n) Upon request of any Underwriter, to furnish, or cause to be furnished,
to such Underwriter an electronic version of the Company's trademarks,
servicemarks and corporate logo for use on the website, if any, operated by such
Underwriter for the purpose of facilitating the on-line offering of the Shares
(the "License"); provided, however, that the License shall be used solely for
the purpose described above, is granted without any fee and may not be assigned
or transferred.
6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that the
Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements
and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in connection with the
registration of the Securities and the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion
of the Securities under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the
preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the
mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii)
the cost of printing or producing any Agreement among Underwriters, this
Agreement, the Indenture, the Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including
any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the
offering,
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purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection
with the qualification of the Securities and the shares of Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws
as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in
connection with the Blue Sky survey; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating
services for rating the Securities; (v) the filing fees incident to, and the
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, any
required review by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the
terms of the sale of the Securities; (vi) the cost of preparing the Securities;
(vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and the
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the
Indenture and the Securities; and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident
to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise
specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that,
except as provided in this Section, and Sections 8 and 11 hereof, the
Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of
their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and
any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder shall be subject, in
their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and
other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of such Time of Delivery,
true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its
obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional
conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the
rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof;
if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 P.M., Washington,
D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been
issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or
threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the
part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your reasonable
satisfaction;
(b) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished
to you such written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, with
respect to such matters as you may reasonably request, and such counsel shall
have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to
enable them to pass upon such matters;
(c) Fenwick & West LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to
you their written opinion (a draft of such opinion is attached as Annex II(a)
hereto), dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you,
to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as
a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
with corporate power and corporate authority to own its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;
(ii) The Company had, as of the date specified in the Prospectus, an
authorized capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus under the heading
"Capitalization", and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the
Company described therein have been duly and validly authorized and issued,
are non-assessable, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, are fully paid,
and the shares of Stock initially issuable upon conversion of the
Securities have been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance
and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the
Securities and the Indenture, were such actions to be
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completed at or prior to the date of such opinion, will be duly and validly
authorized and issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and will conform in
all material respects to the description of the Stock contained in the
Prospectus;
(iii) The Company has been duly qualified in the United States as a
foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing
under the laws of each other jurisdiction within the United States in which
it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such
qualification, except where such failure to be so qualified would not have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv) Each "significant subsidiary" of the Company as defined in Rule
1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Act has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation; and all of the issued shares of capital
stock of each such subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and
issued, are non-assessable, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, are
fully paid and (except for directors' qualifying shares) are owned directly
or indirectly by the Company to such counsel's knowledge free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;
(v) Any real property and buildings held under leases filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Company and its subsidiaries
are held by them under valid and enforceable leases with such exceptions as
are not material and, to the knowledge of such counsel, do not interfere
with the use made of such property and buildings by the Company and its
subsidiaries;
(vi) To such counsel's knowledge and other than proceedings disclosed
in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending
to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party which, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would
individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect and, to
such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or
contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(vii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company;
(viii) The issuance of the Securities has been duly authorized by the
Company and the Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued
and delivered and constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms; and
the Securities and the Indenture conform to the descriptions thereof in the
Prospectus;
(ix) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of
the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and
other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors'
rights and to general equity principles; and the Indenture has been duly
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;
(x) The issue and sale of the Securities being issued at such Time
of Delivery and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of
the Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions herein and therein contemplated, were they to be completed
at or prior to the date of such opinion and assuming the absence of any
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applicable cure period or waiting period, do not conflict with or result in
a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or
other agreement or instrument identified to such counsel as material
pursuant to a certificate executed by an officer of the Company, to which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is bound, nor will such actions result in any
violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws
of the Company or any violation of any statute or any order, rule or
regulation known to such counsel of any court or governmental agency or
body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
of their properties;
(xi) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is
required for the issue and sale of the Securities being issued at such Time
of Delivery or the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture, except such as have been
obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act, such as may be required
under the Act in connection with the shares of Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Securities and such consents, approvals, authorizations,
registrations or qualifications as may be required under the By-laws, rules
and regulations of the NASD or foreign or state securities or Blue Sky laws
in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the
Underwriters;
(xii) Neither the Company nor any of its significant subsidiaries is
in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or in default
in the performance or observance of any material obligation, covenant or
condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, lease or other agreement or filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement, which such counsel believes constitute the only
such agreements or instruments required to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement;
(xiii) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the captions
"Description of the Notes" and "Description of Capital Stock", insofar as
they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities and the
Stock, and under the caption "[Taxation]" and under the caption
"Underwriting", insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the
laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate and complete in all
material respects;
(xiv) The Company is not an "investment company", as such term is
defined in the Investment Company Act; and
(xv) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any further
amendments and supplements filed with respect thereto by the Company prior
to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related
notes, related schedules and financial data included therein, as to which
such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and
the rules and regulations thereunder, and they do not know of any contracts
or other agreements of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement or required to be described in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus which are not so filed or described;
In addition, such counsel shall state that although they are
not passing upon and do not assume any responsibility for, nor have they
independently verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
except for those referred to in the opinion in subsection (xiii) of this
Section 7(c), on the basis of their participation in certain conferences
with officers and other employees of the Company, representatives of the
independent certified public accountants for the
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Company and representatives of the Underwriters, at which conferences the
contents of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and related
matters were discussed, no facts have come to their attention that have
caused them to believe that, as of its effective date, the Registration
Statement or any further amendment filed with respect thereto by the
Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements
and related notes, related schedules and financial data included therein,
as to which such counsel need express no opinion) contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or that, as of its date, the Prospectus or any further amendment
or supplement filed with respect thereto made by the Company prior to such
Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related notes and
related schedules and financial data included therein, as to which such
counsel need express no opinion) contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading or that, as of such Time of Delivery, either the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any further amendment or
supplement filed with respect thereto by the Company prior to such Time of
Delivery (other than the financial statements and related notes and related
schedules therein as to which such counsel need express no opinion)
contains no untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material
fact necessary to make the statement therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(d) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, patent counsel for the Company, shall have
furnished to you their written opinion (a draft of such opinion is attached as
Annex II(b) hereto), dated such Time of Delivery, in a form and substance
satisfactory to you, to the effect that:
(i) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any claim of
infringement of any patent, except as set forth in such opinion; and
(ii) Such counsel has reviewed the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, the amendments and supplements thereto, and insofar as they
concern patents, patent rights or patent licenses, such counsel has no
reason to believe that either the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto (including particularly the
information in the Prospectus under the caption "Risk Factors--If we are
unable to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights, we may be
unable to compete effectively" and "--We are involved in an intellectual
property dispute and in the future we may become involved in similar
disputes, which could subject us to significant liability, divert the time
and attention of our management and prevent us from selling our products")
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel (i) shall state that they have
represented the Company as to patent matters, are knowledgeable about its
technologies and have discussed such technologies with scientists and
researchers for the Company and (ii) may state that insofar as such opinion
relates to factual matters, it is based upon certificates by officers of the
Company, provided that such counsel shall state that they believe that both you
and they are justified in relying upon such certificates.
(e) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this
Agreement, at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any post-
effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date
of this Agreement and also at each Time of Delivery, KMPG
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LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates
of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect
set forth in Annex I hereto (the executed copy of the letter delivered prior to
the execution of this Agreement is attached as Annex I(a) hereto and a draft of
the form of letter to be delivered on the effective date of any post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement and as of each Time of Delivery is
attached as Annex I(b) hereto");
(f) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have
sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in
the Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion,
flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set
forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, and (ii) since the respective dates as
of which information is given in the Prospectus there shall not have been any
change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change,
in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, the
effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in the
judgment of the Underwriters so material and adverse as to make it impracticable
or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the
Securities being issued at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus;
(g) On or after the date hereof (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in
the rating accorded the Company's debt securities by any "nationally recognized
statistical rating organization", as that term is defined by the Commission for
purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, and (ii) no such organization shall
have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible
negative implications, its rating of any of the Company's debt securities;
(h) On or after the date hereof there shall not have occurred any of the
following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities
generally on the New York Stock Exchange; or on the Nasdaq National Market (ii)
a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company's securities on
the Nasdaq National Market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking
activities declared by either Federal or New York or California State
authorities; or (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the
United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or
war, if the effect of any such event specified in this clause (iv) in the
judgment of the Underwriters makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed
with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities being issued at such
Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(i) The shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities shall
have been duly listed for quotation, subject to notice of issuance, on the
Nasdaq National Market;
(j) Except as set forth in Schedule II hereto, the Company shall have
obtained and delivered or caused to be delivered to the Underwriters executed
copies of an agreement from (i) each officer and director of the Company and
(ii) each stockholder holding or beneficially owning 1% or more of the
outstanding capital stock of the Company substantially in the form attached
hereto as Annex III in form and substance satisfactory to you.
(k) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(c)
hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business
Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement;
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(l) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at
such Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory to
you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company
herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company
of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of
Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (e) of this Section
and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.
8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise
out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are
incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such
case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of
or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter
through ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become
subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case
to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment
or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co.
expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or
defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall
not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party
otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought
against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate
therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the
consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and,
after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be
liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of
other counsel or any other expenses, in each case
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subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party
shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the
settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with
respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which
indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the
indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim)
unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional
release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action
or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable
to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the
offering of the Securities. If, however, the allocation provided by the
immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the
indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above,
then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only
such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company 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 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. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the
other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and
the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if
the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other
method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an
indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be
deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action
or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the
public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this subsection
(d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend,
upon the same terms and conditions, to
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each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act;
and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in
addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have
and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and
director of the Company including any person who, with his or her consent, is
named in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company
and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the
Act.
9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the
Securities which it has agreed to purchase hereunder, you may in your discretion
arrange for you or another party or other parties to purchase such Securities on
the terms contained herein at a Time of Delivery. If within thirty-six hours
after such default by any Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of
such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of
thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties
satisfactory to you to purchase such Securities on such terms. In the event
that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Company that you
have so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, or the Company notifies
you that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, you or the
Company shall have the right to postpone such Time of Delivery for a period of
not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be
made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other
documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any
amendments to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in your opinion
may thereby be made necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement
shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if
such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such
Securities.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company as
provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such
Securities which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the
aggregate principal amount of all the Securities to be purchased at such Time of
Delivery, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting
Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Securities which such
Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in
addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata
share (based on the principal amount of Securities which such Underwriter agreed
to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein
shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company as
provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of Securities
which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount
of all the Securities to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if the
Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to
require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Securities of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement (or, with respect to the Second
Time of Delivery, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and of the
Company to sell the Optional Securities) shall thereupon terminate, without
liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except
for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in
Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 8
hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability
for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties
and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth
in this Agreement or made by
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or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in
full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to
the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling
person of any Underwriter, or the Company, or any officer or director or
controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for
the Securities.
11. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof,
the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as
provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof; but, if for any other reason, any
Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein,
the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket
expenses approved in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of
counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the
purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities, but the Company shall then be
under no further liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 6
and 8 hereof.
12. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the
Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any
statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or
given by you jointly or by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. on behalf of you.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail or
facsimile transmission to you in care of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Sachs & Co., ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Registration Department; and if to
the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, or facsimile transmission to the
address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention:
Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to
Section 8(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile
transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters'
Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be
supplied to the Company by you upon request. Any such statements, requests,
notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
13. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit
of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 8 and
10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who
controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or
have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the
Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason
merely of such purchase.
14. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the
term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in
Washington, D.C. is open for business.
15. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York.
16. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties
hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and
the same instrument.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us nine counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on
behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall
constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters and the Company.
It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the
Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among
Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for
examination upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority
of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours,
ONI Systems Corp.
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
Accepted as of the date hereof:
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co.
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Banc of America Securities LLC
Chase Securities Inc.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Inc.
By:______________________________________
(▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Sachs & Co.)
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ANNEX I
FORM OF COMFORT LETTER
Pursuant to Section 7(e) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants
shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that:
(i) They are independent certified public accountants with respect
to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the
applicable published rules and regulations thereunder;
(ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and any
supplementary financial information and schedules (and, if applicable,
financial forecasts and/or pro forma financial information) examined by
them and included in the Prospectus or the Registration Statement comply as
to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the related published rules and regulations
thereunder; and, if applicable, they have made a review in accordance with
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants of the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements,
selected financial data, pro forma financial information, financial
forecasts and/or condensed financial statements derived from audited
financial statements of the Company for the periods specified in such
letter, as indicated in their reports thereon, copies of which have been
separately furnished to the Underwriters;
(iii) They have made a review in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of
the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated
balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the
Prospectus as indicated in their reports thereon copies of which have been
separately furnished to the Underwriters and on the basis of specified
procedures including inquiries of officials of the Company who have
responsibility for financial and accounting matters regarding whether the
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements referred to in
paragraph (vi)(A)(i) below comply as to form in all material respects with
the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published
rules and regulations, nothing came to their attention that cause them to
believe that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do
not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the related published rules and
regulations;
(iv) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to
the consolidated results of operations and financial position of the
Company for the five most recent fiscal years included in the Prospectus
agrees with the corresponding amounts (after restatements where applicable)
in the audited consolidated financial statements for such five fiscal years
which were included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual
Reports on Form 10-K for such fiscal years;
(v) They have compared the information in the Prospectus under
selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K and on
the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter nothing came to
their attention as a result of the foregoing procedures that caused them to
believe that this information does not conform in all material respects
with
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the disclosure requirements of Items 301, 302, 402 and 503(d),
respectively, of Regulation S-K;
(vi) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an
examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards,
consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other
information referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim
financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, inspection of the
minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus, inquiries
of officials of the Company and its subsidiaries responsible for financial
and accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may be
specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that caused them
to believe that:
(A) (i) the unaudited consolidated statements of income,
consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows
included in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and
the related published rules and regulations, or (ii) any material
modifications should be made to the unaudited condensed consolidated
statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated
statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus for them to be in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles;
(B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance sheet
items included in the Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding
items in the unaudited consolidated financial statements from which
such data and items were derived, and any such unaudited data and
items were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the
basis for the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated
financial statements included in the Prospectus;
(C) the unaudited financial statements which were not included
in the Prospectus but from which were derived any unaudited condensed
financial statements referred to in clause (A) and any unaudited
income statement data and balance sheet items included in the
Prospectus and referred to in clause (B) were not determined on a
basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited
consolidated financial statements included in the Prospectus;
(D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial
statements included in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Act and the published rules and regulations thereunder or the pro
forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical
amounts in the compilation of those statements;
(E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the
date of such letter, there have been any changes in the consolidated
capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of
options and stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of performance
shares and upon conversions of convertible securities, in each case
which were outstanding on the date of the latest financial statements
included in the Prospectus) or any increase in the consolidated long-
term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, or any decreases in
consolidated net current assets or stockholders' equity or other items
specified by the Underwriters, or any increases in any items specified
by the Underwriters, in each case as compared with amounts shown in
the latest balance sheet included in the Prospectus, except in
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each case for changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus
discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such
letter; and
(F) for the period from the date of the latest financial
statements included in the Prospectus to the specified date referred
to in clause (E) there were any decreases in consolidated net revenues
or operating profit or the total amount of consolidated net income or
other items specified by the Underwriters, or any increases in any
items specified by the Underwriters, in each case as compared with the
comparable period of the preceding year and with any other period of
corresponding length specified by the Underwriters, except in each
case for decreases or increases which the Prospectus discloses have
occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and
(vii) In addition to the examination referred to in their report(s)
included in the Prospectus and the limited procedures, inspection of minute
books, inquiries and other procedures referred to in paragraphs (iii) and
(vi) above, they have carried out certain specified procedures, not
constituting an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards, with respect to certain amounts, percentages and financial
information specified by the Underwriters, which are derived from the
general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, which
appear in the Prospectus, or in Part II of, or in exhibits and schedules
to, the Registration Statement specified by the Underwriters, and have
compared certain of such amounts, percentages and financial information
with the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and have
found them to be in agreement.
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