EXHIBIT 1.1
____________ shares
VIRATA, INC.
COMMON STOCK
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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_________, 1999
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Warburg Dillon Read LLC
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Partners LLC,
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,
c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation,
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Dear Sirs:
1. Introductory. Virata, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Company"),
proposes to issue and sell to the Underwriters shares ("Firm Securities") of its
Common Stock ("Securities") and also proposes to issue and sell to the
Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an aggregate of not more than
$______________ additional shares ("Optional Securities") of its Securities as
set forth below. The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities are herein
collectively called the "Offered Securities". As part of the offering
contemplated by this Agreement, Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation ("CSFBC")
(the "Designated Underwriter") has agreed to reserve out of the Firm Securities
purchased by it under this Agreement, up to __________________________ shares,
for sale to the Company's directors, officers, employees and other parties
associated with the Company (collectively, "Participants"), as set forth in the
Prospectus (as defined herein) under the heading "Underwriters" (the "Directed
Share Program"). The Firm Securities to be sold by the Designated Underwriter
pursuant to the Directed Share Program (the "Directed Shares") will be sold by
the Designated Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement at the public offering
price. Any Directed Shares not orally confirmed for purchase by a Participant by
the end of the business day on which this Agreement is executed will be offered
to the public by the Underwriters as set forth in the Prospectus. The Company
hereby agrees with the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto
("Underwriters") as follows:
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company.
The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several
Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement (No. 333-_______) relating to the
Offered Securities, including a form of prospectus, has been filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") and either
(i) has been declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933
("Act") and is not proposed to be amended or (ii) is proposed
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to be amended by amendment or post-effective amendment. If such
registration statement ("initial registration statement") has been
declared effective, either (i) an additional registration statement
("additional registration statement") relating to the Offered
Securities may have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
462(b) ("Rule 462(b)") under the Act and, if so filed, has become
effective upon filing pursuant to such Rule and the Offered Securities
all have been duly registered under the Act pursuant to the initial
registration statement and, if applicable, the additional registration
statement or (ii) such an additional registration statement is
proposed to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) and
will become effective upon filing pursuant to such Rule and upon such
filing the Offered Securities will all have been duly registered under
the Act pursuant to the initial registration statement and such
additional registration statement. If the Company does not propose to
amend the initial registration statement or if an additional
registration statement has been filed and the Company does not propose
to amend it, and if any post-effective amendment to either such
registration statement has been filed with the Commission prior to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the most recent amendment
(if any) to each such registration statement has been declared
effective by the Commission or has become effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(c) ("Rule 462(c)") under the Act or, in the case
of the additional registration statement, Rule 462(b). For purposes of
this Agreement, "Effective Time" with respect to the initial
registration statement or, if filed prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the additional registration statement
means (i) if the Company has advised the Representatives that it does
not propose to amend such registration statement, the date and time as
of which such registration statement, or the most recent post-
effective amendment thereto (if any) filed prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, was declared effective by the Commission
or has become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c), or (ii)
if the Company has advised the Representatives that it proposes to
file an amendment or post-effective amendment to such registration
statement, the date and time as of which such registration statement,
as amended by such amendment or post-effective amendment, as the case
may be, is declared effective by the Commission. If an additional
registration statement has not been filed prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement but the Company has advised the
Representatives that it proposes to file one, "Effective Time" with
respect to such additional registration statement means the date and
time as of which such registration statement is filed and becomes
effective pursuant to Rule 462(b). "Effective Date" with respect to
the initial registration statement or the additional registration
statement (if any) means the date of the Effective Time thereof. The
initial registration statement, as amended at its Effective Time,
including all information contained in the additional registration
statement (if any) and deemed to be a part of the initial registration
statement as of the Effective Time of the additional registration
statement pursuant to the General Instructions of the Form on which it
is filed and including all information (if any) deemed to be a part of
the initial registration statement as of its Effective Time pursuant
to Rule 430A(b) ("Rule 430A(b)") under the Act, is hereinafter
referred to as the "Initial Registration Statement". The additional
registration statement, as amended at its Effective Time, including
the contents of the initial registration statement incorporated by
reference therein and including all information (if any) deemed to be
a part of the additional registration statement as of its Effective
Time pursuant to Rule 430A(b), is hereinafter referred to as the
"Additional Registration Statement". The Initial Registration
Statement and the Additional Registration Statement are herein
referred to collectively as the "Registration Statements" and
individually as a "Registration Statement". The form of prospectus
relating to the Offered Securities, as first filed with the Commission
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pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) ("Rule 424(b)") under
the Act or (if no such filing is required) as included in a
Registration Statement, is hereinafter referred to as the
"Prospectus". No document has been or will be prepared or distributed
in reliance on Rule 434 under the Act.
(b) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement
is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: (i) on the
Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial
Registration Statement conformed in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission ("Rules and Regulations") and did not include any 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, (ii) on the Effective Date of the Additional
Registration Statement (if any), each Registration Statement
conformed, or will conform, in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not
include, or will not include, any untrue statement of a material fact
and did not omit, or will not omit, to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading and (iii) on the date of this Agreement, the
Initial Registration Statement and, if the Effective Time of the
Additional Registration Statement is prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement each
conforms, and at the time of filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule
424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective Date of the
Additional Registration Statement in which the Prospectus is included,
each Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all
material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations, and neither of such documents includes, or will include,
any untrue statement of a material fact or omits, or will omit, to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading. If the Effective Time of
the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement: on the Effective Date of the Initial
Registration Statement, the Initial Registration Statement and the
Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements
of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, neither of such documents
will include any untrue statement of a material fact or will omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, and no Additional
Registration Statement has been or will be filed. The two preceding
sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from a
Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon written
information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and
agreed that the only such information is that described as such in
Section 7(b) hereof.
(c) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties
and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and the
Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in
good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or
lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification.
(d) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated
and is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, with power and authority (corporate
and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described
in the Prospectus; and each subsidiary of the Company
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is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good
standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of
property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification,
except where the failure to so qualify would not have a Material
Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of
each subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and validly
issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and the capital stock of
each subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or through
subsidiaries, is owned free from liens, encumbrances and defects.
(e) The Offered Securities and all other outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized; all
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are, and, when the
Offered Securities have been delivered and paid for in accordance with
this Agreement on each Closing Date (as defined below), such Offered
Securities will have been, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and will conform to the description thereof contained in
the Prospectus; and the stockholders of the Company have no preemptive
rights with respect to the Securities.
(f) On or prior to the Closing Date (as defined below), Virata
Limited., a company organized under the laws of the United Kingdom and
its subsidiaries Virata Santa ▇▇▇▇▇ Corporation, a Delaware
Corporation, and Virata Raleigh Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
will have been reorganized into subsidiaries of a newly-formed United
States holding company, Virata, Corporation., a Delaware corporation
(the "Reorganization").
(g) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between
the Company and any person granting such person the right to require
the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with
respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such
person or to require the Company to include such securities in the
securities registered pursuant to a Registration Statement or in any
securities being registered pursuant to any other registration
statement filed by the Company under the Act other than those rights
that have either been waived or satisfied.
(h) The Offered Securities have been approved for listing on the
Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market subject to notice of issuance.
(i) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing
with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in
connection with the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities by the
Company, except such as have been obtained and made under the Act and
such as may be required under state securities laws, and such as have
been made in connection with the Reorganization.
(j) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement,
and the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities will not result in
a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any statute, any rule, regulation or order
of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign,
having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary of the Company
or any of their properties or the charter or by-laws of the Company or
any such subsidiary, and the Company has full power and authority to
authorize, issue and sell the Offered Securities as contemplated by
this Agreement.
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(k) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement,
and the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities will not result in
a breach or violation of any of the terms of, or constitute a default
under any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any
subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any such subsidiary
is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or any such
subsidiary is subject which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(m) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company and its
subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and
all other properties and assets owned by them, in each case free from
liens, encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value
thereof or materially interfere with the use made or to be made
thereof by them; and except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the
Company and its subsidiaries hold any leased real or personal property
under valid and enforceable leases with no exceptions that would
materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.
(n) The Company and its subsidiaries possess adequate
certificates, authorities or permits issued by appropriate
governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now
operated by them and have not received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate,
authority or permit that, if determined adversely to the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other),
business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole ("Material Adverse Effect").
(o) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any
subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent
that might have a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess or can acquire
on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks, trade names and other rights
to inventions, know-how, patents, copyrights, confidential information
and other intellectual property (collectively, "intellectual property
rights") necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, or
presently employed by them, and have not received any notice of
infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with
respect to any intellectual property rights that, if determined
adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would
individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, any rule,
regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or
any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or
release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection
or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or
toxic substances (collectively, "environmental laws"), owns or
operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is
subject to any environmental laws, is liable for any off-site disposal
or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or is subject to
any claim relating to any environmental laws, which violation,
contamination, liability or claim
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would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect;
and the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which might
lead to such a claim.
(r) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no pending
actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company, any of
its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would
individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, or
would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, or which are otherwise
material in the context of the sale of the Offered Securities; and no
such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or, to the Company's
knowledge, contemplated.
(s) The financial statements included in each Registration
Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the financial position of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown
and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown,
and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with
the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
applied on a consistent basis.
(t) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus there
has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event
involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition
(financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and, except as
disclosed in or contemplated by the Prospectus, there has been no
dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the
Company on any class of its capital stock.
(u) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering
and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds
thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be an "investment
company" as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(v) Furthermore, the Company represents and warrants to the
Underwriters that (i) the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and
any preliminary prospectus comply, and any further amendments or
supplements thereto will comply, with any applicable laws or
regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Prospectus or any
preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, are
distributed in connection with the Directed Share Program, and that
(ii) no authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration
or qualification of or with any government, governmental
instrumentality or court, other than such as have been obtained, is
necessary under the securities law and regulations of foreign
jurisdictions in which the Directed Shares are offered outside the
United States.
(w) The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to
offer, any offered Securities to any person pursuant to the Directed
Share Program with the specific intent to unlawfully influence (i) a
customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer's or
supplier's level or type of business with the Company or (ii) a trade
journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information
about the Company or its products.
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3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities. On the basis
of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject
to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the
Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase
from the Company, at a purchase price of $__________ per share, the respective
numbers of shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite the names of the
Underwriters in Schedule A hereto.
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The Company will deliver the Firm Securities to the Representatives
for the accounts of the Underwriters, against payment of the purchase price in
Federal (same day) funds by official bank check or checks or wire transfer to an
account at a bank acceptable to CSFBC drawn to the order of _________________ at
the office of _____________________, at ____ A.M., New York time, on
___________, 1999, or at such other time not later than seven full business days
thereafter as CSFBC and the Company determine, such time being herein referred
to as the "First Closing Date". For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the First Closing Date (if later than the otherwise
applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of funds
and delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to the
offering. The certificates for the Firm Securities so to be delivered will be in
definitive form, in such denominations and registered in such names as CSFBC
requests and will be made available for checking and packaging at the office of
___________________ at least 24 hours prior to the First Closing Date.
In addition, upon written notice from CSFBC given to the Company from
time to time not more than 30 days subsequent to the date of the Prospectus, the
Underwriters may purchase all or less than all of the Optional Securities at the
purchase price per Security to be paid for the Firm Securities. The Company
agrees to sell to the Underwriters the number of shares of Optional Securities
specified in such notice and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly,
to purchase such Optional Securities. Such Optional Securities shall be
purchased for the account of each Underwriter in the same proportion as the
number of shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter's name
bears to the total number of shares of Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by
CSFBC to eliminate fractions) and may be purchased by the Underwriters only for
the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offer and
sale of the Firm Securities. No Optional Securities shall be sold or delivered
unless the Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and
delivered. The right to purchase the Optional Securities or any portion thereof
may be exercised from time to time and to the extent not previously exercised
may be surrendered and terminated at any time upon notice by CSFBC to the
Company.
Each time for the delivery of and payment for the Optional Securities,
being herein referred to as an "Optional Closing Date", which may be the First
Closing Date (the First Closing Date and each Optional Closing Date, if any,
being sometimes referred to as a "Closing Date"), shall be determined by CSFBC
but shall be not later than five full business days nor less than two full
business days after written notice of election to purchase Optional Securities
is given. The Company will deliver the Optional Securities being purchased on
each Optional Closing Date to the Representatives for the accounts of the
several Underwriters, against payment of the purchase price therefor in Federal
(same day) funds by official bank check or checks or wire transfer to an account
at a bank acceptable to CSFBC drawn to the order of ________________, at the
office of ______________. The certificates for the Optional Securities being
purchased on each Optional Closing Date will be in definitive form, in such
denominations and registered in such names as CSFBC requests upon reasonable
notice prior to such Optional Closing Date and will be made available for
checking and packaging at the office ______________________ at a reasonable time
in advance of such Optional Closing Date.
4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several
Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public as
set forth in the Prospectus.
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5. Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the
several Underwriters that:
(a) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement
is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company
will file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to and in
accordance with subparagraph (1) (or, if applicable and if consented
to by CSFBC, subparagraph (4)) of Rule 424(b) not later than the
earlier of (A) the second business day following the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or (B) the fifteenth business day after the
Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement.
The Company will advise CSFBC promptly of any such filing pursuant to
Rule 424(b). If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration
Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
an additional registration statement is necessary to register a
portion of the Offered Securities under the Act but the Effective Time
thereof has not occurred as of such execution and delivery, the
Company will file the additional registration statement or, if filed,
will file a post-effective amendment thereto with the Commission
pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 462(b) on or prior to 10:00
P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, on
or prior to the time the Prospectus is printed and distributed to any
Underwriter, or will make such filing at such later date as shall have
been consented to by CSFBC.
(b) The Company will advise CSFBC promptly of any proposal to
amend or supplement the initial or any additional registration
statement as filed or the related prospectus or the Initial
Registration Statement, the Additional Registration Statement (if any)
or the Prospectus and will not effect such amendment or
supplementation without CSFBC's consent; and the Company will also
advise CSFBC promptly of the effectiveness of each Registration
Statement (if its Effective Time is subsequent to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement) and of any amendment or supplementation of
a Registration Statement or the Prospectus and of the institution by
the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of a
Registration Statement and will use its best efforts to prevent the
issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its
lifting, if issued.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered
Securities is required to be delivered under the Act in connection
with sales by any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs 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 to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is
necessary at any time to amend the Prospectus to comply with the Act,
the Company will promptly notify CSFBC of such event and will promptly
prepare and file with the Commission, at its own expense, an amendment
or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an
amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither CSFBC's consent
to, nor the Underwriters' delivery of, any such amendment or
supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set
forth in Section 6.
(d) As soon as practicable, but not later than the Availability
Date (as defined below), the Company will make generally available to
its securityholders an earnings statement covering a period of at
least 12 months beginning after the Effective
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Date of the Initial Registration Statement (or, if later, the
Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement) which will
satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act including Rule 158
adopted thereunder. For the purpose of the preceding sentence,
"Availability Date" means the 45th day after the end of the fourth
fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes such
Effective Date, except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last
quarter of the Company's fiscal year, "Availability Date" means the
90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of
each Registration Statement (four (4) of which will be signed and will
include all exhibits), each related preliminary prospectus, and, so
long as a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is required to
be delivered under the Act in connection with sales by any Underwriter
or dealer, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such
documents, in each case in such quantities as CSFBC requests. The
Prospectus shall be so furnished on or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York
time, on the business day following the later of the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement. All other documents shall be so furnished as
soon as available. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and
distributing to the Underwriters all such documents.
(f) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the
Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as
CSFBC designates and will continue such qualifications in effect so
long as required for the distribution.
(g) During the period of five (5) years hereafter, the Company
will furnish to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the
other Underwriters, as soon as practicable after the end of each
fiscal year, a copy of its annual report to stockholders for such
year; and the Company will furnish to the Representatives (i) as soon
as available, a copy of each report and any definitive proxy statement
of the Company filed with the Commission under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 or mailed to stockholders, and (ii) from time to time,
such other information concerning the Company as CSFBC may reasonably
request.
(h) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, for any filing
fees and other expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel)
incurred in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities
for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as CSFBC designates and
the printing of memoranda relating thereto, for the filing fee
incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to
the Underwriters in connection with, the review by the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the Offered Securities],
for any travel expenses of the Company's officers and employees and
any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or
hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities
and for expenses incurred in distributing preliminary prospectuses and
the Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements thereto) to
the Underwriters.
(i) For a period of 180 days after the date of the initial
public offering of the Offered Securities, the Company will not offer,
sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under
the Act relating to, any additional shares of its Securities or
securities
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convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of its
Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer,
sale, pledge, disposition or filing, without the prior written consent
of CSFBC, except issuances of Securities pursuant to the conversion or
exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities or the exercise of
warrants or options, in each case outstanding on the date hereof,
grants of employee stock options pursuant to the terms of a plan in
effect on the date hereof, and issuances of Securities pursuant to the
exercise of such options.
(j) In connection with the Directed Share Program, the Company
will ensure that the Directed Shares will be restricted to the extent
required by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the
"NASD") or the NASD rules from sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or
hypothecation for a period of three months following the date of the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Designated
Underwriter will notify the Company as to which Participants will need
to be so restricted. The Company will direct the transfer agent to
place stop transfer restrictions upon such securities for such period
of time.
(k) The Company will pay all fees and disbursements of counsel
incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Shares
Program and stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if
any, incurred by the underwriters in connection with the Directed
Share Program.
Furthermore, the company covenants with the Underwriters that the
company will comply with all applicable securities and other
applicable laws, rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in
which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed
Share Program.
6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The
obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm
Securities on the First Closing Date and the Optional Securities to be purchased
on each Optional Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the
accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions
hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to
the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the
date of delivery thereof (which, if the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, shall be on or prior to the date of this Agreement or, if
the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent
to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, shall be prior to the
filing of the amendment or post-effective amendment to the
registration statement to be filed shortly prior to such Effective
Time), of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP confirming that they are
independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and the
applicable published Rules and Regulations thereunder and stating to
the effect that:
(i) in their opinion the financial statements, summary of
earnings and schedules examined by them and included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statements comply
as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the related published
Rules and Regulations;
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(ii) they have performed the procedures specified by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a review
of interim financial information as described in Statement of
Auditing Standards No. 71, Interim Financial Information, on the
unaudited financial statements included in the Registration
Statements;
(iii) on the basis of the review referred to in clause (ii)
above, a reading of the latest available interim financial
statements of the Company, inquiries of officials of the Company
who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters and
other specified procedures, nothing came to their attention that
caused them to believe that:
(A) the unaudited financial statements included in
the Registration 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 or any material modifications should be made to
such unaudited financial statements for them to be in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles;
(B) at the date of the latest available balance
sheet read by such accountants, or at a subsequent specified
date not more than three business days prior to the date of
such letter, there was any change in the capital stock or
any increase in short-term indebtedness or long-term debt of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries or, at the
date of the latest available balance sheet read by such
accountants, there was any decrease in consolidated net
current assets or net assets, as compared with amounts shown
on the latest balance sheet included in the Prospectus; or
(C) for the period from the closing date of the
latest income statement included in the Prospectus to the
closing date of the latest available income statement read
by such accountants there were any decreases, as compared
with the corresponding period of the previous year and with
the period of corresponding length ended the date of the
latest income statement included in the Prospectus, in net
operating income, in the total or per share amounts of
consolidated net income
except in all cases set forth in clauses (A), (B) and (C) above
for changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus
discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in
such letter; and
(iv) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or
percentages derived from such dollar amounts) and other financial
information contained in the Registration Statements (in each
case to the extent that such dollar amounts, percentages and
other financial information are derived from the general
accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries subject to
the internal controls of the Company's accounting system or are
derived directly from such records by analysis or computation)
with the results obtained from inquiries, a reading of such
general accounting records or other procedures specified in such
letter and have found such dollar amounts,
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percentages and other financial information to be in agreement
with such results, except as otherwise specified in such letter.
For purposes of this subsection, (i) if the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, "Registration Statements" shall mean the initial registration
statement as proposed to be amended by the amendment or post-effective amendment
to be filed shortly prior to its Effective Time, (ii) if the Effective Time of
the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement but the Effective Time of the Additional Registration is
subsequent to such execution and delivery, "Registration Statements" shall mean
the Initial Registration Statement and the additional registration statement as
proposed to be filed or as proposed to be amended by the post-effective
amendment to be filed shortly prior to its Effective Time, and (iii)
"Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in the Registration Statements.
(b) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement
is not prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such
Effective Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York
time, on the date of this Agreement or such later date as shall have
been consented to by CSFBC. If the Effective Time of the Additional
Registration Statement (if any) is not prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, such Effective Time shall have occurred
not later than 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this
Agreement or, if earlier, the time the Prospectus is printed and
distributed to any Underwriter, or shall have occurred at such later
date as shall have been consented to by CSFBC. If the Effective Time
of the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Prospectus shall have been filed with
the Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and
Section 5(a) of this Agreement. Prior to such Closing Date, no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement shall
have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been
instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Representatives,
shall be contemplated by the Commission.
(c) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or
event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or
other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries taken as one enterprise which, in the judgment of
a majority in interest of the Underwriters including the
Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public offering or the
sale of and payment for the Offered Securities; (ii) any material
suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally
on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for
trading on such exchange, or any suspension of trading of any
securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter
market; (iii) any banking moratorium declared by U.S. Federal or New
York authorities; or (iv) any outbreak or escalation of major
hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of
war by Congress or any other substantial national or international
calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of a majority in interest of
the Underwriters including the Representatives, the effect of any such
outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it
impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public
offering or the sale of and payment for the Offered Securities.
(d) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated
such Closing Date, of ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the
Company, to the effect that:
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(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an
existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions
in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its
business requires such qualification;
(ii) The offer and sale of the Series E Preference Shares
to certain qualified institutional buyers pursuant to the terms
of a Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of September [ ], 1999,
are exempt from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the
Act, by virtue of Section 4(2) thereof and [from the
qualification requirements of the California Corporate Securities
Law of 1968, as amended, by virtue of Section 25102(f) thereof
and from the registration requirements of the applicable
securities laws of the states of ________, _______ and _______]
[insert states or countries where the sales will occur], and the
applicable securities laws of the United Kingdom;
(iii) The Offered Securities delivered on such Closing
Date and all other outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the
Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully
paid and nonassessable and conform to the description thereof
contained in the Prospectus; and the stockholders of the Company
have no preemptive rights with respect to the Securities;
(iv) Virata Raleigh Corporation and Virata Santa ▇▇▇▇▇
Corporation have each been duly incorporated and are validly
existing as corporations in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which each is chartered or organized, with full
corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may
be, and to operate their respective properties and conduct their
respective businesses as described in the Prospectus, and are
duly qualified to do business as foreign corporations and are in
good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires
such qualification;
(v) All the outstanding shares of capital stock of
Virata Raleigh Corporation and Virata Santa ▇▇▇▇▇ Corporation
have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully
paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the
Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock of Virata
Raleigh Corporation and Virata Santa ▇▇▇▇▇ Corporation are owned
by the Company either directly or through wholly owned
subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security interest
and, to the knowledge of such counsel, after due inquiry, any
other security interest, claim, lien or encumbrance;
(vi) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings
known to such counsel between the Company and any person granting
such person the right to require the Company to file a
registration statement under the Act with respect to any
securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or
to require the Company to include such securities in the
securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or
in any securities being registered pursuant to any other
registration statement filed by the Company
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under the Act other than those rights that have been waived or
satisfied;
(vii) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application
of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not
be an "investment company" as defined in the Investment Company
Act of 1940.
(viii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is
required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement in connection with the issuance or sale of the
Offered Securities by the Company, except such as have been
obtained and made under the Act and such as may be required under
state securities laws and such as have been made and obtained in
connection with the Reorganization;
(ix) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities
will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, any
rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or
any court having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary
of the Company or any of their properties, or any agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party
or by which the Company or any such subsidiary is bound or to
which any of the properties of the Company or any such subsidiary
is subject known to such counsel and which would result in a
Material Adverse Effect, or the charter or by-laws of the Company
or any such subsidiary, and the Company has full power and
authority to authorize, issue and sell the Offered Securities as
contemplated by this Agreement;
(x) The Initial Registration Statement was declared
effective under the Act as of the date and time specified in such
opinion, the Additional Registration Statement (if any) was filed
and became effective under the Act as of the date and time (if
determinable) specified in such opinion, the Prospectus either
was filed with the Commission pursuant to the subparagraph of
Rule 424(b) specified in such opinion on the date specified
therein or was included in the Initial Registration Statement or
the Additional Registration Statement (as the case may be), and,
to the best of the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or any
part thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose
have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the
Act, and each Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and each
amendment or supplement thereto, as of their respective effective
or issue dates, complied as to form in all material respects with
the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations; such
counsel have no reason to believe that any part of a Registration
Statement or any amendment thereto, as of its effective date or
as of such Closing Date, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto, as of its issue date or as of such Closing Date,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state any
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material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; the descriptions in the Registration Statements and
Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and
contracts and other documents are accurate and fairly present the
information required to be shown; and such counsel do not know of
any legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in
a Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are not
described as required or of any contracts or documents of a
character required to be described in a Registration Statement or
the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to a Registration
Statement which are not described and filed as required; it being
understood that such counsel need express no opinion or belief as
to the financial statements or other financial or statistical
data contained in the Registration Statements or the Prospectus;
(xi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company, and
(xii) [The Reorganization was duly and properly
effectuated in accordance with the laws of the United Kingdom and
the State of Delaware.]
(e) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated
such Closing Date, of [▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Squire or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇], patent
counsel for the Company, to the effect that:
(i) The Company is listed in the records of the United
States Patent and Trademark Office as the holder of record of the
patents listed on a schedule to such opinion (the "Patents") and
each of the applications listed on a schedule to such opinion
(the "Applications"). To the knowledge of such counsel, there are
no claims of third parties to any ownership interest or lien with
respect to any of the Patents or Applications. Such counsel is
not aware of any material defect in form in the preparation or
filing of the Applications on behalf of the Company. To the
knowledge of such counsel, the Applications are being pursued by
the Company. To the knowledge of such counsel, the Company owns
as its sole property the Patents and pending Applications;
(ii) The Company is listed in the records of the
appropriate foreign offices as the sole holder of record of the
foreign patents listed on a schedule to such opinion (the
"Foreign Patents") and each of the applications listed on a
schedule to such opinion (the "Foreign Applications"). Such
counsel knows of no claims of third parties to any ownership
interest or lien with respect to the Foreign Patents or Foreign
Applications. Such counsel is not aware of any material defect of
form in the preparation or filing of the Foreign Applications on
behalf of the Company. To the knowledge of such counsel, the
Foreign Applications are being pursued by the Company. To the
knowledge of such counsel, the Company owns as its sole property
the Foreign Patents and pending Foreign Applications;
(iii) Such counsel knows of no reason why the Patents or
Foreign Patents are not valid as issued. Such counsel has no
knowledge of any reason
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why any patent to be issued as a result of any Application or
Foreign Application would not be valid or would not afford the
Company useful patent protection with respect thereto;
(iv) As to the statements under the captions "Risk
Factors -- Our future success will depend in part on our ability
to protect our proprietary rights and the technologies used in
our principal products, and if we do not enforce and protect our
intellectual property or if others bring infringement claims
against us, our business would be harmed" and "Business --
Intellectual Property," nothing has come to the attention of such
counsel which caused them to believe that the above-mentioned
sections of the Registration Statement and any amendment or
supplement thereto made available and reviewed by such counsel,
at the time the Registration Statement became effective and at
all times subsequent thereto up to and on the Closing Date and on
any later date on which Option Stock are to be purchased,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; and
(v) Such counsel knows of no material action, suit,
claim or proceeding relating to patents, patent rights or
licenses, trademarks or trademark rights, copyrights,
collaborative research, licenses or royalty arrangements or
agreements or trade secrets, know-how or proprietary techniques,
including processes and substances, owned by or affecting the
business or operations of the Company which are pending or
threatened against the Company or any of its officers or
directors.
(f) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated
such Closing Date, of Olswang, counsel for Virata Limited, to the
effect that:
(i) Virata Limited has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws
of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized, with
full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case
may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Prospectus, and has all necessary authorizations
in the United Kingdom to enable it to do business as a foreign
corporation in those jurisdictions in which it conducts business
and which are described in the Prospectus; and
(ii) all the outstanding shares of capital stock of
Virata Limited have been duly and validly authorized and issued
and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise
set forth in the Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital
stock of Virata Limited are owned by the Company either directly
or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any
perfected security interest and, to the knowledge of such
counsel, after due inquiry, any other security interest, claim,
lien or encumbrance.
(g) The Representatives shall have received from ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
Phleger & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or
opinions, dated such Closing Date, with respect to the incorporation
of the Company, the validity of the
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Offered Securities delivered on such Closing Date, the Registration
Statements, the Prospectus and other related matters as the
Representatives may require, and the Company shall have furnished to
such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(h) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated
such Closing Date, of the Chief Executive Officer, President or any
Vice President and a principal financial or accounting officer of the
Company in which such officers, to the best of their knowledge after
reasonable investigation, shall state that: the representations and
warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct; the
Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions
on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such
Closing Date; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of any
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission;
the Additional Registration Statement (if any) satisfying the
requirements of subparagraphs (1) and (3) of Rule 462(b) was filed
pursuant to Rule 462(b), including payment of the applicable filing
fee in accordance with Rule 111(a) or (b) under the Act, prior to the
time the Prospectus was printed and distributed to any Underwriter;
and, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in
the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, nor any
development or event involving a prospective material adverse change,
in the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results
of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole
except as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus or as
described in such certificate.
(i) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated such
Closing Date, of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP which meets the
requirements of subsection (a) of this Section, except that the
specified date referred to in such subsection will be a date not more
than three days prior to such Closing Date for the purposes of this
subsection.
The Company will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies of such
opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives reasonably
requests. CSFBC may in its sole discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters
compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder,
whether in respect of an Optional Closing Date or otherwise.
7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company will
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, directors and
officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act, 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 any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in
any Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, 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 loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred;
provided, however, that the Company will 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 in or omission or alleged
omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed
that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter
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consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below; and
provided, further, that with respect to any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement in or omission or alleged omission from any preliminary prospectus the
indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the
benefit of any Underwriter from whom the person asserting any such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities purchased the Offered Securities concerned, to
the extent that a prospectus relating to such Offered Securities was required to
be delivered by such Underwriter under the Act in connection with such purchase
and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Underwriter results from
the fact that there was not sent or given to such person, at or prior to the
written confirmation of the sale of such Offered Securities to such person, a
copy of the Prospectus if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to
such Underwriter.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Designated Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls the
Designated Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (the "Designated
Entities"), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and
liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or
investigating any such action or claim) (i) caused by any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
any material prepared by or with the consent of the Company for
distribution to Participants in connection with the Directed Share
Program or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; (ii) caused by the failure of any
Participant to pay for and accept delivery of Directed Shares that the
Participant agreed to purchase; or (iii) related to, arising out of,
or in connection with the Directed Share Program, other than losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or expenses relating thereto) that are
finally judicially determined to have resulted from the bad faith or
gross negligence of the Designated Entities.
(b) Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers and each
person, if any who controls the Company within the meaning of Section
15 of the Act, 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 any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are
based upon the omission or the 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 reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by
such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use
therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending
any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are
incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following
information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter:
the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the paragraph
under the caption "Underwriting," and the fifth and the (eleventh)
paragraphs under the caption "Underwriting".
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(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified
party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to
notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability
which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under
subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought
against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party
of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled
to participate therein and, to the extent that it may 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 will not be liable
to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other
expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if
indemnity may be sought pursuant to the last paragraph in Section 7
(a) hereof in respect of such action or proceeding, then in addition
to such separate firm for the indemnified parties, the indemnifying
party shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of not more
than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the
Designated Underwriter for the defense of any losses, claims, damages
and liabilities arising out of the Directed Share Program, and all
persons, if any, who control the Designated Underwriter within the
meaning of either Section 15 of the Act of Section 20 of the Exchange
Act. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of
the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or
threatened action 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 (i) includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on
any claims that are the subject matter of such action 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 an indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party
under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as
a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in
subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the
Securities 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 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 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. 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
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by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified
party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to in the first sentence of 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 action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d).
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 shall be
in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and
shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if
any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and
the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 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 director of the Company, to each officer of the Company who
has signed a Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
8. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters
default in their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either
the First or any Optional Closing Date and the aggregate number of shares of
Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but
failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of shares that the
Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, CSFBC may make
arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Offered
Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such
arrangements are made by such Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters
shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments
hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriters
agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date. If any Underwriter or
Underwriters so default and the aggregate number of shares of Offered Securities
with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total
number of shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to
purchase on such Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to CSFBC and the
Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons 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, except
as provided in Section 9 (provided that if such default occurs with respect to
Optional Securities after the First Closing Date, this Agreement will not
terminate as to the Firm Securities or any Optional Securities purchased prior
to such termination). As used in this Agreement, the term "Underwriter" includes
any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein
will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
9. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The
respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other
statements of the Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters set
forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof,
made by or on behalf of
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any Underwriter, the Company or any of their respective representatives,
officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of
and payment for the Offered Securities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant
to Section 8 or if for any reason the purchase of the Offered Securities by the
Underwriters is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the
expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 5 and the respective
obligations of the Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7 shall
remain in effect, and if any Offered Securities have been purchased hereunder
the representations and warranties in Section 2 and all obligations under
Section 5 shall also remain in effect; provided, however, nothing contained in
this Section 9 shall prohibit the Company from seeking damages against a
defaulting underwriter causing a termination pursuant to Section 8 hereof. If
the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated
for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement
pursuant to Section 8 or the occurrence of any event specified in clause (iii),
(iv) or (v) of Section 6(c), the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all
out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably
incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities.
10. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if
sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered, sent by facsimile or
telegraphed and confirmed to the Representatives at c/o Credit Suisse First
Boston Corporation, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention:
Investment Banking Department--Transactions Advisory Group, or, if sent to the
Company, will be mailed, delivered, sent by facsimile and confirmed to it at
Virata, Inc., ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇; provided, however, that any notice to an
Underwriter pursuant to Section 7 will be mailed, delivered, sent by facsimile
or telegraphed and confirmed to such Underwriter.
11. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7, and no other
person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
12. Representation of Underwriters. The Representatives will act for
the several Underwriters in connection with this financing, and any action under
this Agreement taken by the Representatives jointly or by CSFBC will be binding
upon all the Underwriters.
13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
14. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard
to principles of conflicts of laws.
The Company hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the
Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in
any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives' understanding of our
agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof,
whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and the several
Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
Virata, Inc.
By________________________________
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Chief Executive Officer
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the date first above
written.
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Warburg Dillon Read LLC
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Partners LLC
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the
Representatives of the several
Underwriters
By Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
By___________________________________
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