EXHIBIT 1.1
6,000,000 Shares
FOGDOG, INC.
Common Stock, $.001 par value per share
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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, 1999
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Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities Inc.
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Partners LLC
Warburg Dillon Read 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. Fogdog, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Company"),
proposes to issue and sell 6,000,000 shares ("Firm Securities") of its Common
Stock, $.001 par value per share ("Securities"), and also proposes to issue and
sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an aggregate of not
more than 900,000 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 (the
"Designated Underwriter") has agreed to reserve out of the Firm Securities
purchased by it under this Agreement, up to 510,000 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 "Underwriting" (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 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. 333-87819) 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 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
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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 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 as of such Effective Date 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 as of any such Effective Date 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
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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, and the Initial Registration Statement will not
include any untrue statement of a material fact and will not omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading and the Prospectus will 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, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, 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, other than
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have
a Material Adverse Effect (as defined herein).
(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 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
be so qualified and in good standing would not have a Material Adverse
Effect (as defined herein); 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 in all material respects to the description thereof
contained in the Prospectus; and the stockholders of the Company have no
preemptive rights with respect to the Securities.
(f) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no
contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any
person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any
Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder's fee or other like
payment in connection with this offering.
(g) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, 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
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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 that have been waived in writing.
(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.
(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 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, or the charter or by-laws of
the Company or any such subsidiary, other than a breach, violation or
default that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect (as defined herein), and the Company has full power and authority
to authorize, issue and sell the Offered Securities as contemplated by
this Agreement.
(k) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(l) 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 proposed to be made thereof by them.
(m) 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 written 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 financial condition, business, properties or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole ("Material Adverse Effect").
(n) The Company and its subsidiaries have sufficient interests
in all trademarks, service marks, trade names, patents, patent rights,
licenses, inventions, know-how, copyrights, trade secrets, confidential
information and other intellectual property (collectively, "intellectual
property") necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, or
presently employed by them. The Company and its subsidiaries are not
aware of any rights of third parties to any such intellectual property,
and the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any infringement,
misappropriation or violation by others of, or conflict by others with
asserted rights of the Company with respect to, any intellectual
property of the Company. The Company has had U.S. Patent No. 5,451,998
(hereinafter "the `998 patent") brought to its attention. The Company
retained independent outside counsel, which outside counsel provided the
Company with a written opinion concerning the `998 patent. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) there are no United States
or foreign patents known to the Company that the Company believes to be
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valid and infringed by the present activities of the Company and its
subsidiaries or to have been valid and infringed by their past
activities, or which the Company believes would preclude the pursuit of
its business and business strategy as described in the Prospectus to any
material extent, (ii) except as described in the Prospectus, there is no
pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened action, suit,
proceeding or claim challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of
the Company's rights in or to any of the Company's or its subsidiaries'
intellectual property, and (iii) except as described in the Prospectus,
there is no pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened action,
suit, proceeding or claim by any other person or entity that the Company
or any of its subsidiaries has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise
violated, or is infringing, misappropriating or violating, any
intellectual property rights of any other person or entity, which, if
determined adversely, could have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) 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 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.
(p) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no pending
actions, suits or proceedings against or (to the Company's knowledge)
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.
(q) The financial statements and the related notes and schedules
included in each Registration Statement and the Prospectus present
fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and the results of
operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries 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 throughout
the periods involved; the schedules included in each Registration
Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein;
and the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial statements
included in each Registration Statement and the Prospectus provide a
reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly
attributable to the transactions or events described therein, the
related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those
assumptions, and the pro forma columns therein reflect the proper
application of those adjustments to the corresponding historical
financial statement amounts.
(r) 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 which
could reasonably be expected to result in a 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.
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(s) 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.
(t) The Agreement and Plan of Merger dated _________, 1999 (the
"Plan of Merger") by and between the Company and Fogdog, Inc., a
California corporation ("Fogdog California"), has been duly authorized
by all necessary board of directors and stockholder action on the part
of the Company and Fogdog California and has been duly executed and
delivered by each of the parties thereto. The execution and delivery of
the Plan of Merger and the consummation of the merger contemplated
thereby did not and does not contravene any statute, rule, regulation,
judgment, decree or order of any governmental agency or body or any
court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or
Fogdog California or any of their properties, or any agreement or
instrument to which the Company or Fogdog California is a party or by
which either of them is bound or to which any of their properties is
subject (except for instances of contravention which would not have a
Material Adverse Effect), or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws
of the Company or the articles of incorporation or bylaws of Fogdog
California, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of or
qualification with any governmental agency or body or court is required
for the performance by the Company or Fogdog California of its
respective obligations under the Plan of Merger except such as have been
obtained and such whose absence would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(u) At least __% of all outstanding Securities, and all
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
Securities (including all holders of greater than 0.5% of such
securities), are subject to valid and binding agreements (collectively,
"Lock-Up Agreements") that restrict the holders thereof from offering to
sell, selling, contracting to sell, pledging or otherwise disposing of,
directly or indirectly, any Securities or any such securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Securities, or
entering into any swap or similar agreement that transfers, in whole or
in part, the economic risk of ownership of any Securities, or publicly
disclosing any intention to do any of the foregoing, for a period of 180
days after the initial public offering of Offered Securities, without
the prior written consent of Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation; and
substantially all remaining Securities and securities convertible into
or exercisable or exchangeable for Securities are subject to
restrictions on offers, sales and other transfers in other agreements
with the Company (which the Company agrees not to release during the
foregoing 180-day period) substantially similar to the Lock-up
Agreements.
(v) To the knowledge of the Company, except as set forth in each
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are no agreements,
claims, payment, issuances, arrangements or understandings, whether oral
or written, for services in the nature of finder's, consulting or
origination fees with respect to the sale of the Offered Securities or
any other arrangements, agreements, understandings, payments or issuance
with respect to the Company or any of its officers, directors,
shareholders, partners, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates that may
affect the Underwriters' compensation as determined by the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD").
(w) 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.
(x) 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
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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.
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
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numbers of shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite the names of the
Underwriters in Schedule A hereto.
The Company will deliver the Firm Securities to the Representatives for
the accounts of the Underwriters at the office of Credit Suisse First Boston
Corporation ("CSFBC"), Eleven ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, 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 the Company at the office of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, at 10:00 A.M., New York time, on
, 1999, or at such other time not later than seven full
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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 above office of CSFBC 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 number
of share 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 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 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, at the above
office of CSFBC, 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 the Company, at the above office
of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP. 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 above office of CSFBC at a reasonable time in
advance of such Optional Closing Date.
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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.
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 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. 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.
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(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of
each Registration Statement (five 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 reasonably 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 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 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 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 or the
exercise of any other employee stock options outstanding on the date
hereof.
(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 NASD or the NASD rules from sale, transfer, assignment,
pledge or hypothecation for a period of three months (or such longer
period as may be required by the NASD or the Commission) 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 Share
Program and stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if
any, incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share
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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 and
schedules examined by them and included 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;
(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
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period of corresponding length ended the date of the
latest income statement included in the Prospectus, in
consolidated net sales or net operating income or in the
total or per share amounts of consolidated net income,
except in all cases set forth in clauses (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 and other procedures
specified in such letter and have found such dollar amounts,
percentages and other financial information to be in agreement
with such results, except as otherwise specified in such letter.
(v) At our request, they have
(A) Read the unaudited pro forma consolidated
balance sheet as of September 30, 1999, and the unaudited pro
forma consolidated statements of operations for the year ended
December 31, 1998, and the nine months ended September 30, 1999,
included in the Registration Statement.
(B) Inquired of certain officials of the company
and of Sports Universe, Inc. who have responsibility for
financial and accounting matters about
(1) The basis for their determination of
the pro forma adjustments, and
(2) Whether the unaudited pro forma
condensed consolidated financial statements
referred to in (A) comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X.
(C) Proved the arithmetic accuracy of the
application of the pro forma adjustments to the
historical amounts in the unaudited pro forma condensed
consolidated financial statements.
(vi) Nothing came to their attention as a result of the
procedures specified in clause(v) above, however, that caused
them to believe that the unaudited pro forma condensed
consolidated financial statements referred to in clause (v)(A)
included in the Registration Statement do not comply as to form
in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X and that the pro
forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the
historical amounts in the compilation of those statements.
For purposes of this subsection 6(a), (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
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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 downgrading in the rating
of any debt securities or preferred stock of the Company by any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined for
purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that
any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any
debt securities or preferred stock of the Company (other than an
announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no
implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) 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; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by U.S. Federal or New York
authorities; or (v) 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 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Phleger & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the
Company, to the effect that:
(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, other than
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would
not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole (such counsel being entitled to
rely in respect of the opinion in this clause (i) upon a
certificate of good standing from the Delaware Secretary
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of State and certificates from applicable Secretaries of State
of States other than Delaware);
(ii) The Offered Securities have been duly authorized
and, when issued, delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement will be duly
authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and
conform to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus;
all other outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company
have been duly authorized and are validly issued and (to such
counsel's knowledge) are fully paid and nonassessable; and the
stockholders of the Company have no preemptive rights arising
under the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or by-laws or
, to such counsel's knowledge, otherwise with respect to the
Securities;
(iii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, there
are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the
Company and any person granting such person the right to require
the Company to file a registration statement under the 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 under the Act,
other than such rights as have been waived or are described in
the Prospectus;
(iv) 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) 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;
(vi) 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 that is an exhibit to the Registration Statement 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
(other than any breach, violation or default that could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), or
the charter or by-laws of the Company or any such subsidiary;
and the Company has the corporate power and authority to
authorize, issue and sell the Offered Securities as contemplated
by this Agreement;
(vii) To such counsel's knowledge, based on oral advice
from the staff of the Commission, the Initial Registration
Statement was declared effective under the Act, 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 within the time period required by
Rule 424(b) 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 based
on the oral advice of the staff of the Commission, 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
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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 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 to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or properties is subject which are required to be
described in a Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto) 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 any amendment or supplement thereto) 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 as to the financial statements
or other financial data contained in the Registration Statements
or the Prospectus;
(viii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company;
(ix) All of the Offered Securities have been duly
approved for quotation on the Nasdaq National Market, subject to
official notice of issuance; and
(x) The statements in the Prospectus under the caption
"Description of Capital Stock," insofar as such statements
purport to summarize certain provisions of the capital stock and
warrants of the Company and certain provisions of the
registration rights agreements described therein, under the
caption "Management-Benefit Plans" and "-Employment Contracts,
Termination of Employment Arrangements and Change in Control
Arrangements," insofar as such statements purport to describe
the provisions of the documents referred to therein, have been
reviewed by such counsel and are correct and complete in all
material respects.
(e) The Representatives shall have received from Pillsbury
Madison & Sutro 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 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.
(f) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated
such Closing Date, of the 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
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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 dates 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.
(g) 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 consists of the information described as
such in subsection (b) below.
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 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
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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 (i) the following information in the
Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession and
reallowance figures appearing in the fourth paragraph under the caption
"Underwriting," and the information contained in the sixth and
thirteenth paragraphs under the caption "Underwriting"; and (ii) the,
following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Partners LLC: the information contained in the twelfth paragraph
under the caption "Underwriting."
(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), 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 or 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
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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 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 share of Offered
Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to
purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of share of Offered Securities
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
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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 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. 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 or telegraphed and confirmed
to the, 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 or
telegraphed and confirmed to it at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
Attention: Chief Financial Officer; provided, however, that any notice to an
Underwriter pursuant to Section 7 will be mailed, delivered 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 alone 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,
FogDog, Inc.
By
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Name
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Title
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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement
is hereby confirmed and accepted as
of the date first above written.
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities Inc.
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Partners LLC
Warburg Dillon Read 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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Name
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Title
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SCHEDULE A
Number of
Underwriter Firm Securities
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Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation......................................
▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities Inc..................................................
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Partners LLC..................................................
Warburg Dillon Read LLC.....................................................
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Total........................................................ 6,000,000
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