2,956,000 Shares DG FastChannel, Inc. Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share Underwriting Agreement

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EX-1.1 2 a06-26028_1ex1d1.htm EX-1.1

Exhibit 1.1

 

2,956,000 Shares

DG FastChannel, Inc.

Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share

Underwriting Agreement

 

December 14, 2006

 

OPPENHEIMER & CO.
   As Representative of the several Underwriters
125 Broad Street, 16th Floor
New York, New York 10004

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Introductory. DG FastChannel, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and CrossPoint Venture Partners 2000 Q, L.P. and CrossPoint Venture Partners 2000, L.P. (collectively, the “Selling Stockholder”), propose to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of 2,956,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company, of which 2,556,000 Firm Shares are to be issued and sold by the Company and 400,000 Firm Shares are to be sold by the Selling Stockholder. In addition, the Company has granted to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 443,400 shares (the “Optional Shares”) of Common Stock, as provided in Section 2. The Firm Shares and, if and to the extent such option is exercised, the Optional Shares are collectively called the “Shares.” Oppenheimer & Co. (“Oppenheimer”) has agreed to act as representative of the several Underwriters (in such capacity, the “Representative”) in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares.

 

The Company has filed, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement, including a base prospectus, on Form S-3 (File No. 333-137958) under the Securities Act (the “registration statement”). Such registration statement, as amended, has been declared by the Commission to be effective under the Securities Act. The Company will next file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act a final prospectus supplement to the base prospectus, describing the Shares and the offering thereof, in such form as has been provided to or discussed with, and approved by, the Representative.

 

The term “Registration Statement” as used in this Agreement means the registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective and as supplemented or amended (including all information deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act) prior to the execution of this Agreement, including (i) all financial schedules and exhibits thereto and (ii) all documents incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. If an abbreviated registration statement is prepared and filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (an “Abbreviated Registration Statement”), the term “Registration

 



 

Statement” includes the Abbreviated Registration Statement.

 

The term “Base Prospectus” as used in this Agreement means the base prospectus, dated as of December 4, 2006, included in the Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective by the Commission or in the form in which it has been most recently filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement. The term “Prospectus Supplement” as used in this Agreement means the final prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Shares in the form that is first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act after the date and time this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto. The term “Prospectus” as used in this Agreement means the Base Prospectus as amended or supplemented by the Company prior to the date of the filing of the Prospectus Supplement together with the Prospectus Supplement. “Preliminary Prospectus” means any preliminary form of the Prospectus.

 

“Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses,” as used herein, means the documents listed on Schedule II hereto and each “road show” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act), if any, related to the offering of the Shares contemplated hereby that is a “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) (each such road show, a “Road Show”). “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” as used herein means issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act. “Disclosure Package,” as used herein, means the Preliminary Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, all considered together.

 

Any reference herein to the registration statement, the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. Any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) after the effective date of the Registration Statement, or the date of such Base Prospectus, or the Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference (the “Incorporated Documents”).

 

The Company and the Selling Stockholder hereby confirm their respective agreements with the Underwriters as follows:

 

SECTION 1.           Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholder.

 

A.            Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents, warrants and covenants to each Underwriter as follows:

 

(a)           Registration Statement. The Registration Statement has been declared effective under the Securities Act; no stop order of the Commission preventing or suspending the use of the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus or the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose have been

 

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instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission; the Registration Statement complied when it became effective, complies and will comply, at the time of purchase, in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Base Prospectus complied, as of its date and at the time of purchase, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Securities Act; the conditions to the use of Form S-3 in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares as contemplated hereby have been satisfied; the Registration Statement meets, and the offering and sale of the Shares as contemplated hereby complies with, the requirements of Rule 415(a)(1)(i) and (x) under the Securities Act; the Registration Statement did not, as of the time such Registration Statement became effective, and at the time of purchase, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; at all times during the period beginning with the execution of this Agreement and ending at the time of purchase, the Disclosure Package does not and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; the Prospectus will comply, as of the date that it is filed with the Commission, the date of the Prospectus Supplement and, as amended or supplemented, at all times during the period beginning with the execution of this Agreement and ending on the Closing Date (as defined below) or any Subsequent Closing Date (as defined below), in all material respects, with the requirements of the Securities Act (including, without limitation, Section 10(a) of the Securities Act); the Prospectus, as of the date that it is filed with the Commission, the date of the Prospectus Supplement and, as amended or supplemented, at the time of purchase did not or will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statement contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information concerning the Underwriters and furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Underwriters to the Company expressly for use therein; provided, further, that if, at any time after the time of purchase, the Company is obligated to prepare and furnish to the Underwriters an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus under Section 3(A)(e) of this Agreement and so furnishes such amendment or supplement, then from and after the time that such Prospectus as amended or supplemented is furnished to the Underwriters in accordance with Section 3(A)(e), the term “Prospectus” shall be deemed to mean the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented.

 

Each copy of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, delivered  to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares was identical to the copies thereof filed by electronic transmission pursuant to EDGAR (except as may be permitted by Regulation S-T under the Securities Act).

 

There are no contracts or other documents required to be described in the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not been described or filed as required.

 

(b)           Incorporated Documents. The Incorporated Documents, when they became effective or at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,

 

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as applicable, and, when read together with the other information in the Prospectus and Disclosure Package, (a) at the time the Registration Statement became effective, (b) at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties and (c) at the Closing Date (as defined below) or any Subsequent Closing Date (as defined below) did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

(c)           Company Not Ineligible Issuer. (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and (ii) as of the date of the execution and delivery of this Agreement (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 of the Securities Act that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.

 

(d)           Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Shares or until any earlier date on which the Company notified or notifies the Representative as described in Section 3A(e), (i) did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein that has not been superseded or modified, and (ii) when taken together with the preliminary prospectus preceding or accompanying such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, does not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(e)           Distribution of Offering Material By the Company. The Company has not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the last Subsequent Closing Date (as defined below) and the completion of the Underwriters’ distribution of the Shares, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other than the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus reviewed and consented to in writing by the Representative or the Registration Statement.

 

(f)            The Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

(g)           Authorization of the Shares. The Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement on the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

(h)           No Transfer Taxes. There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance by the Company or sale by the Company of the Shares.

 

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(i)            No Applicable Registration or Other Similar Rights. There are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement, except for such persons whose securities are included in the shares of Common Stock registered under the Registration Statement or for such rights as have been duly waived.

 

(j)            No Material Adverse Change. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package: (i) there has been no material adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, properties, operations or prospects, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity (any such change is called a “Material Adverse Change”); (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity, have not incurred any material liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, nor entered into any material transaction or agreement; and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company or, except for dividends paid to the Company or other subsidiaries, any of its subsidiaries on any class of capital stock or repurchase or redemption by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any class of capital stock.

 

(k)           Independent Accountants. KPMG LLP, who has expressed its opinion with respect to the annual financial statements (which term as used in this Agreement includes the related notes thereto) filed with the Commission as a part of the Registration Statement and included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent registered public accountants as required by the Securities Act. Vitale, Caturano & Company, LTD., who has expressed its opinion with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of FastChannel Network, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“FastChannel”) as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 and the consolidated statements of operations, changes in redeemable preferred stock and stockholders deficit, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2005 of FastChannel filed with the Commission as a part of the Registration Statement and included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent registered public accountants as required by the Securities Act. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who has expressed its opinion with respect to the consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 of FastChannel and the consolidated balance sheet data at December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 of FastChannel filed with the Commission as a part of the Registration Statement and included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent registered public accountants as required by the Securities Act.

 

(l)            Preparation of the Financial Statements. The financial statements and schedules of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries and FastChannel as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified. The supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein. Such financial statements and supporting schedules comply as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States

 

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applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto. No other financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. The financial data set forth in each of the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus and the Registration Statement under the captions “Summary - Summary Consolidated Financial Statements,” “Capitalization,” and “Interim Financial Statements of FastChannel Network, Inc.” fairly present the information set forth therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements contained in the Registration Statement. The pro forma combined financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the related notes thereto included or under the captions “Summary - Summary Consolidated Financial Statements - Pro Forma,” “Combined Company Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations” and elsewhere in each of the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus and the Registration Statement present fairly the information contained therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly presented on the basis described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein.

 

(m)          Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Each of the Company and FastChannel Network, Inc., DG Systems Acquisition II Corporation, StarGuide Digital Networks, Inc. and Corporate Computer Systems, Inc. (the “Significant Subsidiaries”) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and has the power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, in the case of the Company, to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity or ownership interest of each subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and nonassessable and, except as set forth in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or adverse claim.

 

(n)           Capitalization and Other Capital Stock Matters. The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization” (other than upon exercise of outstanding options or warrants described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus). The Common Stock (including the Shares) conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and have been issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. None of the outstanding shares of Common Stock were issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company. There are no authorized or outstanding options, warrants, preemptive

 

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rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than those described or summarized in or incorporated by reference into the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The description of the Company’s stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other rights granted thereunder, set forth in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus accurately and fairly presents the information required to be shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and rights.

 

(o)           Company’s Accounting System. The Company makes and keeps books and records and maintains a system of accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that:  (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

(p)           Stock Exchange Listing. The Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and are listed on the Nasdaq Global Market, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Shares under the Exchange Act or delisting the Shares from the Nasdaq Global Market, nor has the Company received any notification that is still in effect that the Commission or the Nasdaq Global Market is contemplating such deregistration or delisting.

 

(q)           Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation or in default (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, would be in default) (“Default”) under its charter or by-laws, (ii) in Default under any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, deed of trust, note, contract, franchise, lease or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (each, an “Existing Instrument”), or (iii) in violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company, such subsidiary or any of their properties, as applicable, except with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for such Defaults and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Change. The Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Disclosure Package and by the Prospectus and the issuance and sale of the Shares (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not result in any Default under the charter or by-laws of the Company or any subsidiary, (ii) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or Default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party to, any Existing Instrument, and (iii) will not result in any violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any subsidiary of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority

 

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having jurisdiction over the Company, any subsidiary or any of their properties. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency is required for the Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Disclosure Package and by the Prospectus, except such as have been obtained or made by the Company and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws and from the Nasdaq Global Market and the NASD Inc. (the “NASD”).

 

(r)            No Material Actions or Proceedings. There are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened (i) against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) which has as the subject thereof any officer or director of, or property owned or leased by, the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) relating to environmental or discrimination matters, where in any such case (A)(1) there is a reasonable possibility that such action, suit or proceeding might be determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (2) any such action, suit or proceeding, if so determined adversely, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change or adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (B) any such action, suit or proceeding is or would be material in the context of the sale of Common Stock.

 

(s)           Labor Matters. No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened or imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, that could result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

(t)            Intellectual Property Rights. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use, on reasonable terms, all material patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of the Company’s or any of its subsidiary’s business as now conducted or as proposed in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package, (i) no party has been granted an exclusive license to use any portion of such Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no material infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (iii) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ rights in or to any material Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (iv) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; and (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company’s or any of its subsidiary’s business as now conducted infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark,

 

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copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, and the Company is unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim.

 

(u)           Patent Applications. The Company and its subsidiaries have duly and properly filed or caused to be filed with the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (the “PTO”) and applicable foreign and international patent authorities all patent applications owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (the “Company Patent Applications”). Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has complied with the PTO’s duty of candor and disclosure for the Company Patent Applications and have made no material misrepresentation in the Company Patent Applications. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company Patent Applications disclose patentable subject matters. To the Company’s knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been notified of any inventorship challenges nor has any interference been declared or provoked nor is any material fact known by the Company that would preclude the issuance of patents with respect to the Company Patent Applications or would render such patents, if issued, invalid or unenforceable.

 

(v)           Intellectual Property Licenses. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has breached or is currently in breach of any provision of any license, contract or other agreement governing the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ use of Intellectual Property owned by third parties (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Licenses”) and no third party has alleged any such breach and the Company is unaware of any facts that would form a reasonable basis for such a claim. To the Company’s knowledge, no other party to the Intellectual Property Licenses has breached or is currently in breach of any provision of the Intellectual Property Licenses. Each of the Intellectual Property Licenses is in full force and effect and constitutes a valid and binding agreement between the parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, and there has not occurred any breach or default under any such Intellectual Property Licenses or any event that with the giving of notice or lapse of time would constitute a breach or default thereunder. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Change, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been or is currently involved in any disputes regarding the Intellectual Property Licenses. To the Company’s knowledge, all patents licensed to the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the Intellectual Property Licenses are valid, enforceable and being duly maintained. To the Company’s knowledge, all patent applications licensed to the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the Intellectual Property Licenses are being duly prosecuted.

 

(w)          All Necessary Permits, etc. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries possesses such valid and current licenses, certificates, authorizations or permits issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies (“Licenses”) necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except to the extent that any failure to have any such licenses, certificates, authorizations or permits would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or non-compliance with, any such License which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could result in a Material Adverse Change. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in compliance with the terms of the Licenses (except where the failure to so comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change). No registrations, filings, applications, notices, transfers, consents, approvals, audits, qualifications,

 

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waivers or other actions of any kind is required by virtue of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, by the Disclosure Package or by the Prospectus and the issuance and sale of the Shares (i) to avoid the loss of any such License or any asset, property or right pursuant to the terms thereof, or the violation or breach of any applicable law thereto or (ii) to enable the Company or its subsidiaries to hold and enjoy the same after the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, in the conduct of its business as conducted prior to the Closing Date (except, in each case, for such registrations, filings, applications, notices, transfers, consents, approvals, audits, qualifications, waivers or other actions the failure to obtain or complete which would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change).

 

(x)            Title to Properties. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, each of the Company and its subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all the properties and assets reflected as owned in the financial statements referred to in Section 1(k) above (or elsewhere in the Disclosure Package), in each case free and clear of any security interests, mortgages, liens, encumbrances, equities, claims and other defects, except such as do not materially and adversely affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. The real property, improvements, equipment and personal property held under lease by the Company or any of its subsidiaries are held under valid and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such real property, improvements, equipment or personal property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

(y)           Tax Law Compliance. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has filed all necessary federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns in a timely manner (after giving effect to all permissible extensions) and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, except for any taxes, assessments, fines or penalties being contested in good faith for which reserves in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been provided or where the failure to so file or pay would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has made appropriate provisions in the applicable financial statements referred to in Section 1(k) above in respect of all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise taxes for all current or prior periods as to which the tax liability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has not been finally determined.

 

(z)            Company Not an “Investment Company”. The Company has been advised of the rules and requirements under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). The Company is not, and after receipt of payment for the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in each of the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act and will conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.

 

(aa)         Insurance. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is insured by recognized, financially sound and reputable institutions with policies in such amounts and with such deductibles and covering such risks as the Company reasonably believes are prudent and

 

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deems adequate including, but not limited to, policies covering real and personal property owned or leased by the Company and its subsidiaries against theft, damage, destruction, and acts of vandalism. All policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company and its subsidiaries or their businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and there are no claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; and since December 1, 2003, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has no reason to believe that it will not be able (i) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

(bb)         No Restrictions on Dividends. No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(cc)         No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters may engage in passive market making transactions in the Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act.

 

(dd)         Related Party Transactions. There are no business relationships or related-party transactions involving the Company, any subsidiary or any other person required by the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to be described in the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus that have not been described as required.

 

(ee)         Controls and Procedures. The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act), which (i) are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by others within those entities, particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act are being prepared, (ii) have been evaluated for effectiveness as of a date within 90 days prior to the earlier of the date that the Company filed its most recent annual or quarterly report with the Commission and the date of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (iii) are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established.

 

(ff)           No Material Weakness in Internal Controls. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no significant deficiency or material weakness in the design or

 

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operation of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) (ii) no fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and (iii) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

(gg)         No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments. Neither the Company, any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA (as defined below), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA, and each of the Company and its subsidiaries, and, to the knowledge of the Company, their respective affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith. For purposes of this paragraph, “FCPA” means Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(hh)         No Conflict with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of each of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

(ii)           No Conflict with OFAC Laws. Neither the Company, any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and each of the Company and its subsidiaries will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds, to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

 

(jj)           Compliance with Environmental Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus:  (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, order, permit, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment or other requirement relating to pollution or protection of human health or

 

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the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including without limitation, laws and regulations relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum and petroleum products (collectively, “Materials of Environmental Concern”), or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Materials of Environment Concern (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), which violation includes, but is not limited to, noncompliance with any permits or other governmental authorizations required for the operation of the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries under applicable Environmental Laws, or noncompliance with the terms and conditions thereof, nor has the Company or any of its subsidiaries received any written communication, whether from a governmental authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges that the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any Environmental Law, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change; (ii) there is no claim, action or cause of action filed with a court or governmental authority, no investigation with respect to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has received written notice, and no written notice by any person or entity alleging potential liability for investigatory costs, cleanup costs, governmental responses costs, natural resources damages, property damages, personal injuries, attorneys’ fees or penalties arising out of, based on or resulting from the presence, or release into the environment, of any Material of Environmental Concern at any location owned, leased or operated by the Company or any of its subsidiaries now or in the past (collectively, “Environmental Claims”), pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any person or entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Company or any of its subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change; (iii) to the Company’s knowledge, there are no past, present or anticipated future actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events or incidents, including, without limitation, the release, emission, discharge, presence or disposal of any Material of Environmental Concern, that reasonably could result in a violation of any Environmental Law, require expenditures to be incurred pursuant to Environmental Law, or form the basis of a potential Environmental Claim against the Company, any of its subsidiaries or against any person or entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Company or any of its subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change; and (iv) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is subject to any pending or threatened proceeding under Environmental Law to which a governmental authority is a party and which is reasonably likely to result in monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more.

 

(kk)         ERISA Compliance. No “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “Code”)) or “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA (other than events with respect to which the thirty-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) has occurred with respect to any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which would result in a Material Adverse Change. Each employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material

 

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respects with applicable law, including ERISA and the Code. The Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred and do not expect to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of, or withdrawal from, any pension plan as defined in ERISA). Each “pension plan” for which the Company or any of its subsidiaries would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which could cause the loss of such qualification.

 

(ll)           Brokers. There is no broker, finder or other party, except for the Underwriters, that is entitled to receive from the Company any brokerage or finder’s fee or other fee or commission as a result of any transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(mm)       No Outstanding Loans or Other Indebtedness. There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees or indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the members of any of them, except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(nn)         Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of the their respective directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with, in all material respects, any applicable provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), including Section 402 related to loans.

 

(oo)         Subsidiaries. Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association, or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. Other than the Significant Subsidiaries, none of the subsidiaries of the Company, considered alone or in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, constitutes a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.

 

(pp)         Lending Relationship. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company (i) does not have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of any Underwriter, and (ii) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Common Shares hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any Underwriter.

 

(qq)         Statistical and Market Related Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.

 

(rr)           SEC Comment Letters. There are no comments outstanding under any letters from the staff of the SEC relating to the Company’s SEC filings.

 

(ss)         Compliance with Laws. The Company has not been advised, and has no reason to believe, that it and each of its subsidiaries are not conducting business in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are conducting

 

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business except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or except where failure to be so in compliance would not result in a Material Adverse Change

 

(tt)           Preliminary Prospectus. Each Preliminary Prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

B.            Representations and Warranties of the Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder represents, warrants and covenants to each Underwriter as follows:

 

(a)           The Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Selling Stockholder, enforceable against the Selling Stockholder in accordance with its terms.

 

(b)           The Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney. Certificates in negotiable form representing all of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder have been placed in custody under a Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney (the “Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney”), in the form heretofore furnished to you, duly executed and delivered by the Selling Stockholder to Mellon Investor Services, LLC, as custodian (the “Custodian”), and the Selling Stockholder has duly executed and delivered the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney, in the form heretofore furnished to you, appointing James Dorrian, as the Selling Stockholder’s attorney-in-fact (the “Attorney-in-Fact”) with authority to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of the Selling Stockholder, to determine the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters to the Selling Stockholder as provided in Section 2 hereof, to authorize the delivery of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder and otherwise to act on behalf of the Selling Stockholder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney. The Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Selling Stockholder.

 

(c)           Obligations of the Selling Stockholder. The Shares represented by the certificates held in custody for the Selling Stockholder under the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney are subject to the interests of the Underwriters hereunder; the arrangements made by the Selling Stockholder for such custody, and the appointment by the Selling Stockholder of the Attorney-in-Fact by the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney, are to that extent irrevocable; the obligations of the Selling Stockholder hereunder shall not be terminated by operation of law, whether by the death or incapacity of the Selling Stockholder or, in the case of an estate or trust, by the death or incapacity of any executor or trustee or the termination of such estate or trust, or in the case of a partnership or corporation, by the dissolution of such partnership or corporation, or by the occurrence of any other event; if the Selling Stockholder or any such executor or trustee should die or become incapacitated, or if any such estate or trust should be terminated, or if any such partnership or corporation should be dissolved, or if any other such event should occur, before the delivery of the Shares hereunder, certificates representing the Shares shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholder in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and of each Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney; and actions taken by the Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to each Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney shall be as valid as if such death, incapacity, termination,

 

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dissolution or other event had not occurred, regardless of whether or not the Custodian, the Attorney-in-Fact, or any of them, shall have received notice of such death, incapacity, termination, dissolution or other event.

 

(d)           Title to Shares to be Sold; All Authorizations Obtained. The Selling Stockholder is, on the Closing Date, the record and beneficial owner of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities and claims and has duly indorsed such Shares in blank, and, assuming that the Underwriters purchase such Shares without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(1) of the New York Uniform Commercial Code), upon sale and delivery of, and payment for, such Shares, as provided herein, the Underwriters will own the Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities and claims whatsoever. The Selling Stockholder has the legal right and power, and all authorizations and approvals required by law and under its partnership agreement or other organizational documents to enter into this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney, to sell, transfer and deliver all of the Shares which may be sold by the Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement and to comply with its other obligations hereunder and thereunder.

 

(e)           Delivery of the Shares to be Sold. Delivery of the Shares which are sold by the Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement will pass good and valid title to such Shares, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or other claim.

 

(f)            Non-Contravention; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required. The execution and delivery by the Selling Stockholder of, and the performance by the Selling Stockholder of its obligations under, this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney (i) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or Default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Selling Stockholder is a party or by which it is bound or under which it is entitled to any right or benefit, and (ii) will not result in any violation of any statute, law, regulation, order or decree applicable to the Selling Stockholder of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Selling Stockholder or its properties. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental authority or agency, is required for the consummation by the Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws and from the NASD.

 

(g)           No Registration or Other Similar Rights. The Selling Stockholder does not have any registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale by the Company under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(h)           No Further Consents, etc. No consent, approval or waiver is required under any instrument or agreement to which the Selling Stockholder is a party or by which it is bound or under which it is entitled to any right or benefit, in connection with the offering, sale or purchase by the Underwriters of any of the Shares which may be sold by the Selling Stockholder under this Agreement or the consummation by the Selling Stockholder of any of the other transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(i)            Disclosure Made by the Selling Stockholder in the Prospectus. All information furnished by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholder in writing expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or any free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act (each, a “Free Writing Prospectus”) or any amendment or supplement thereto used by the Company or any Underwriter, as the case may be, as of the date of purchase, and on the Closing Date, and on any Subsequent Closing Date will be, true, correct and complete in all material respects, and as of the date of purchase, and on the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make such information not misleading. In addition, the Selling Stockholder confirms as accurate the number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite the Selling Stockholder’s name in each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Principal and Selling Stockholder” (both prior to and after giving effect to the sale of the Shares).

 

(j)            No Free Writing Prospectuses. The Selling Stockholder has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, and will not prepare or have prepared on its behalf or use or refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus, and has not distributed and will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.

 

(k)           No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. The Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares

 

(l)            No Association with NASD. Neither the Selling Stockholder nor any of his or its affiliates directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, or is a person associated with (within the meaning of Article I (dd) of the By-laws of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.), any member firm of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

 

Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholder acknowledge that the Underwriters and for purposes of the opinions to be delivered pursuant to Section 5 hereof, counsel to the Company and counsel to the Underwriters, will rely upon the accuracy and truthfulness of the foregoing representations and hereby consents to such reliance.

 

SECTION 2.           Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Shares.

 

(a)           The Firm Shares. The Company and the Selling Stockholder agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to the several Underwriters the Firm Shares upon the terms herein set forth. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and the Selling Stockholder that number of Firm Shares, which number of Firm Shares is set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto. The purchase price per Firm Common Share to be paid by the several Underwriters to the Company and the Selling Stockholder shall be $10.716 per share.

 

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(b)           The Closing Date. Delivery of certificates for the Firm Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, 275 Battery Street, Suit 2600, San Francisco, California 94111 (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Representative) at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time, on the third business day after the date of this Agreement (fourth, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 p.m. Eastern time), or such other time and date as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company, but not more than three business days after the foregoing date (the time and date of such closing are called the “Closing Date”).

 

(c)           The Optional Shares; the Subsequent Closing Date. In addition, the Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, severally and not jointly, up to an aggregate of 443,400 Optional Shares from the Company at the purchase price per share to be paid by the Underwriters for the Firm Shares. The option granted hereunder may be exercised at any time and from time to time upon notice by the Representative to the Company, which notice may be given at any time within 30 days from the date of this Agreement. Such notice shall set forth (i) the aggregate number of Optional Shares as to which the Underwriters are exercising the option, (ii) the names and denominations in which the certificates for the Optional Shares are to be registered and (iii) the time, date and place at which such certificates will be delivered (which time and date may be simultaneous with, but not earlier than, the Closing Date; and in such case the term “Closing Date” shall refer to the time and date of delivery of certificates for the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares). Each time and date of delivery, if subsequent to the Closing Date, is called a “Subsequent Closing Date” and shall be determined by the Representative and shall not be earlier than three nor later than five full business days after delivery of such notice of exercise. If any Optional Shares are to be purchased, each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of Optional Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the Representative may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Optional Shares to be purchased as the number of Firm Shares set forth on Schedule I opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares.

 

(d)           Public Offering of the Shares. The Representative hereby advises the Company and the Selling Stockholder that the Underwriters intend to offer for sale to the public, as described in the Prospectus, their respective portions of the Shares as soon after this Agreement has been executed and the Registration Statement has been declared effective as the Representative, in its sole judgment, has determined is advisable and practicable.

 

(e)           Payment for the Shares. Payment for the Shares to be sold by the Company shall be made at the Closing Date (and, if applicable, on any Subsequent Closing Date) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Company. Payment for the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder shall be made on the Closing Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Selling Stockholder.

 

It is understood that the Representative has been authorized, for its own account and the accounts of the several Underwriters, to accept delivery of and receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Firm Shares and any Optional Shares the Underwriters have agreed to purchase. Oppenheimer, individually and not as the Representative of the

 

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Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment for any Shares to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds shall not have been received by the Representative by the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, for the account of such Underwriter, but any such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from any of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

The Selling Stockholder hereby agrees that (i) it will pay all stock transfer taxes, stamp duties and other similar taxes, if any, payable upon the sale or delivery of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder to the several Underwriters, or otherwise in connection with the performance of the Selling Stockholder’s obligations hereunder and (ii) the Custodian is authorized to deduct for such payment any such amounts from the proceeds to the Selling Stockholder hereunder and to hold such amounts for the account of the Selling Stockholder with the Custodian under the Custody Agreement.

 

(f)            Delivery of the Shares. Delivery of the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representative shall otherwise instruct. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the Underwriters.

 

SECTION 3.           Covenants.

 

A.            Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter as follows:

 

(a)           Delivery of Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus. The Company shall furnish to the Representative, without charge, one signed copy of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and for delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and to furnish to the Representative in New York City, without charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the second business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period mentioned in Section 3(b) or 3(d) below, as many copies of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as the Representative may reasonably request.

 

(b)           Representative’s Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements. During such period beginning on the date of purchase, and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date, as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or dealer, including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representative for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file or use any such proposed amendment or supplement without the Representative’s consent.

 

(c)           Securities Act Compliance. After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and

 

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date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing or quotation the Common Stock from any securities exchange upon which it is listed for trading or included or designated for quotation, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or suspension of such use. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its best efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b) and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under such Rule 424(b) were received in a timely manner by the Commission.

 

(d)           Exchange Act Compliance. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act in the manner and within the time periods required by the Exchange Act.

 

(e)           Amendments and Supplements to the Prospectus and Other Securities Act Matters. If, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, any event or development shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit 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, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if in the opinion of the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters it is otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order to comply with law, the Company agrees to (i) notify the Representative of any such event or condition and (ii) promptly prepare (subject to Sections 3(A)(b) and 3(A)(d) hereof), file with the Commission and furnish at its own expense to the Underwriters and to dealers, amendments or supplements to the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, necessary in order to make the statements in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented, in the light of the circumstances when the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or so that the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with law. If at any time following the issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or any other registration statement relating to the Shares or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or prevailing at the time such event or development occurs or condition exists, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly

 

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amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

 

(f)            Copies of any Amendments and Supplements to the Prospectus. The Company shall furnish the Representative, without charge, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto as the Representative may request.

 

(g)           Copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Company shall furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Securities Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representative may reasonably request.

 

(h)           Blue Sky Compliance. The Company shall cooperate with the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters to qualify or register the Shares for sale under (or obtain exemptions from the application of) the state securities or blue sky laws or Canadian provincial securities laws of those jurisdictions designated by the Representative, shall comply with such laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Shares. The Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Shares in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. The Company will advise the Representative promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Shares for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.

 

(i)            Use of Proceeds. The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares sold by it in the manner described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(j)            Transfer Agent. The Company shall engage and maintain, at its expense, a registrar and transfer agent for the Common Stock.

 

(k)           Earnings Statement. As soon as practicable, the Company shall make generally available to its security holders and to the Representative an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering the twelve-month period beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 under the Securities Act.

 

(l)            Periodic Reporting Obligations. During the Prospectus Delivery Period the Company shall file, on a timely basis, with the Commission and the Nasdaq Global Market all reports and documents required to be filed under the Exchange Act. Additionally, the Company

 

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shall report the use of proceeds from the issuance of the Shares as may be required under Rule 463 under the Securities Act.

 

(m)          Company to Provide Interim Financial Statements. Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will furnish the Underwriters, as soon as they have been prepared by or are available to the Company, a copy of any unaudited interim financial statements of the Company for any period subsequent to the period covered by the most recent financial statements appearing in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

(n)           Listing. The Company will use its best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market and maintain the listing of the Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market.

 

(o)           Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Shares. During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the 90th day following the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-up Period”), the Company will not, without the prior written consent of Oppenheimer (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of Oppenheimer), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell (including, without limitation, any short sale), pledge, lend, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” or liquidate or decrease a “call equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act, enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership, or otherwise dispose of or transfer (or enter into any transaction which is designed to result in the disposition or transfer of), any shares of Common Stock, options or warrants to acquire shares of Common Stock, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock (regardless of whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of any shares of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise) currently or hereafter owned either of record or beneficially (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), or publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any shares of Common Stock, options or warrants to acquire shares of the Common Stock or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Shares); provided, however, that the foregoing does not apply to (i) the issuance of stock options not exercisable during the Lock-Up Period pursuant to stock option plans described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; (ii) any exercise of warrants or options to acquire shares of Common Stock (including with respect to any “net exercise” provisions thereof) or the exchange of any securities of the Company for Common Stock; or (iii) any sale of shares of Common Stock to the Underwriters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day period, the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The Company will provide the Representative and any co-managers and each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to the lockup letters described in Section 5(l) with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.

 

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(p)           Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company shall comply in all material respects with all applicable securities and other laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and use its best efforts to cause the Company’s directors and officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with such laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

(q)           Future Reports to Stockholders. For so long as required by the Exchange Act, the Company will furnish or make available to its stockholders in compliance with the Exchange Act as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent registered public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the effective date of the Registration Statement), make available to its stockholders consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail.

 

(r)            Future Reports to the Representative. For so long as the Company has a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act, during the period of five years hereafter the Company will furnish to the Representative at 125 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004; Attention: Sun Jen Yung: (i) as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, copies of the Annual Report of the Company containing the balance sheet of the Company as of the close of such fiscal year and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended and the opinion thereon of the Company’s independent public or certified public accountants; (ii) as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, copies of each proxy statement, Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other report filed by the Company with the Commission, the NASD or any securities exchange; and (iii) as soon as available, copies of any report or communication of the Company mailed generally to holders of its capital stock; provided, however, if such documents are publicly available in electronic format on the website of the Company or the Commission, the Company shall be deemed to have satisfied this covenant.

 

(s)           Investment Limitation. The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds received by the Company from its sale of the Shares in such a manner as would require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.

 

(t)            No Manipulation of Price. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares or any other securities of the Company, whether to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares, or otherwise.

 

B.            Covenants of the Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder further covenants and agrees with each Underwriter:

 

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(a)           Delivery of Forms W-8 and W-9. The Selling Stockholder shall deliver to the Representatives prior to the Closing Date a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-8 (if the Selling Stockholder is a non-United States person) or Form W-9 (if the Selling Stockholder is a United States Person).

 

(b)           Notification of Material Changes. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Selling Stockholder will advise the Representative promptly, and if requested by the Representative, will confirm such advice in writing, of (i) any Material Adverse Change, (ii) any change in information in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto relating to the Selling Stockholder or (iii) any new material information relating to the Company or relating to any matter stated in the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto which comes to the attention of the Selling Stockholder.

 

The Representative, on behalf of the several Underwriters, may, in its sole discretion, waive in writing the performance by the Company or the Selling Stockholder of any one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for their performance.

 

C.            Covenant of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Company, it will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise (without taking into account any approval, authorization, use or reference to such Free Writing Prospectus by the Company) constitute a Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Securities Act; provided that the prior written consent of the Company hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of any Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto. Any such Free Writing Prospectus consented to by the Company is included in the definition of Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and will be treated by the Company as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

 

SECTION 4.           Payment of Expenses. The Company agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Shares (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all fees and expenses of the registrar and transfer agent of the Common Stock, (iii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares to the Underwriters, (iv) all fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors, (v) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Registration Statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules, consents and certificates of experts), each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, (vi) all filing fees, attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Company or the Underwriters in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Shares for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws or the provincial securities laws of Canada, and, if requested by the Representative, preparing and printing a “Blue Sky Survey” or memorandum, and any supplements thereto, advising the Underwriters of such qualifications, registrations and exemptions, (vii) the filing fees incident to the NASD’s review and approval of

 

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the Underwriters’ participation in the offering and distribution of the Shares, (viii) all transportation and other expenses incurred in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Shares and (ix) all other fees, costs and expenses referred to in Item 14 of Part II of the Registration Statement. Except as provided in this Section 4, Section 6, Section 8 and Section 9 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.

 

The Selling Stockholder further agrees to pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement which are not otherwise specifically provided for herein, including, but not limited to, (i) fees and expenses of any special counsel and other advisors for the Selling Stockholder, (ii) fees and expenses of the Custodian and (iii) expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters hereunder (which taxes, if any, may be deducted by the Custodian under the provisions of Section 2 of this Agreement).

 

SECTION 5.           Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Shares as provided herein on the Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Shares, any Subsequent Closing Date, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholder set forth in Section 1 hereof as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though then made and, with respect to the Optional Shares, as of any Subsequent Closing Date as though then made, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the timely performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholder of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:

 

(a)           Accountants’ Comfort Letter. On the date hereof, the Representative shall have received from KPMG LLP, independent registered public accountants for the Company, a letter dated the date hereof addressed to the Underwriters, the form of which is attached as Exhibit A-1. On the date hereof, the Representative shall have also received from Vitale, Caturano & Company, LTD., independent registered public accountants for the company, a letter dated the date hereof addressed to the Underwriters, the form of which is attached as Exhibit A-2.

 

(b)           Compliance with Registration Requirements; No Stop Order; No Objection from NASD. For the period from and after effectiveness of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Shares, any Subsequent Closing Date:

 

(i)            the Company shall have filed the Prospectus with the Commission (including the information required by Rule 430A under the Securities Act) in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act; or the Company shall have filed a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement containing the information required by such Rule 430A, and such post-effective amendment shall have become effective;

 

(ii)           no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, shall be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose shall have been instituted or threatened by the Commission; and

 

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(iii)          the NASD shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.

 

(c)           No Material Adverse Change or Ratings Agency Change. For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Shares, any Subsequent Closing Date:

 

(i)            in the judgment of the Representative there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Change;

 

(ii)           there shall not have been any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section 5 which is, in the sole judgment of the Representative, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Shares as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; and

 

(iii)          there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act.

 

(d)           Opinion of Counsel for the Company. On each of the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, counsel for the Company, dated as of such closing date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit B.

 

(e)           Opinion of Intellectual Property Counsel for the Company. On each of the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of McAndrews, Held and Malloy, Ltd., intellectual property counsel for the Company, dated as of such closing date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit C.

 

(f)            Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. On each of the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated as of such closing date, in form and substance satisfactory to, and addressed to, the Representative, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Shares, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representative may reasonably 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.

 

(g)           Officers’ Certificate. On each of the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the Representative shall have received a written certificate executed by the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer or President of the Company and the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, dated as of such closing date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and this Agreement, to the effect set forth in subsections (b) and (c)(iii) of this Section 5, and further to the effect that:

 

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(i)            for the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to such closing date, there has not occurred any Material Adverse Change;

 

(ii)           the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 1 of this Agreement are true and correct on and as of such closing date with the same force and effect as though expressly made on and as of such closing date; and

 

(iii)          the Company has complied with all of the agreements hereunder and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such closing date.

 

(h)           Bring-down Comfort Letter. On each of the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the Representative shall have received from KPMG LLP, independent registered public accountants for the Company, a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, to the effect that it reaffirms the statements made in the letter furnished by it pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 5, except that the specified date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date or Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be. On each of the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the Representative shall have also received from Vitale, Caturano & Company, LTD., independent registered public accountants for the Company, a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, to the effect that it reaffirms the statements made in the letter furnished by it pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 5, except that the specified date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date or Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be.

 

(i)            Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Stockholder. On the Closing Date, the Representative shall have received an opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholder, dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit D.

 

(j)            Selling Stockholder’s Certificate. On each of the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the Representative shall have received a written certificate executed by the Attorney-in-Fact of the Selling Stockholder, dated as of such Closing Date, to the effect that:

 

(i)            the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and this Agreement, and that the representations, warranties and covenants of the Selling Stockholder set forth in Section 1(B) of this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though expressly made by the Selling Stockholder on and as of such Closing Date; and

 

(ii)           the Selling Stockholder has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to such Closing Date.

 

(k)           Selling Stockholder’s Documents. On the date hereof, the Company and the Selling Stockholder shall have furnished for review by the Representative copies of each Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney executed by the Selling Stockholder and such further information, certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.

 

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(l)            Lock-Up Agreement. On or prior to the date hereof, the Company shall have furnished to the Representative an agreement in the form of Exhibit E hereto from each director, officer, the Selling Stockholder and H. Chase Lenfest, and such agreement shall be in full force and effect on each of the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date.

 

(m)          Additional Documents. On or before each of the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters shall have received such information, documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Shares as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained.

 

If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company and the Selling Stockholder at any time on or prior to the Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Shares, at any time prior to the applicable Subsequent Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Section 4, Section 6, Section 7, Section 8 and Section 9 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

 

SECTION 6.           Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representative pursuant to Section 5, Section 7, or Section 11, or if the sale to the Underwriters of the Shares on the Closing Date is not consummated because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof, the Company or the Selling Stockholder agrees to reimburse the Representative and the other Underwriters (or such Underwriters as have terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves), severally, upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably incurred by the Representative and the Underwriters in connection with the proposed purchase and the offering and sale of the Shares, including but not limited to fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges.

 

SECTION 7.           Effectiveness of this Agreement. This Agreement shall not become effective until the execution of this Agreement by the parties hereto.

 

Prior to such effectiveness, this Agreement may be terminated by any party by notice to each of the other parties hereto, and any such termination shall be without liability on the part of (a) the Company to any Underwriter, except that the Company shall be obligated to reimburse the expenses of the Representative and the Underwriters pursuant to Sections 4 and 6 hereof or (b) any Underwriter to the Company.

 

SECTION 8.           Indemnification.

 

(a)           Indemnification of the Underwriters by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors, officers, employees and agents, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which

 

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such Underwriter or such controlling person may become subject, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based (i) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430A, Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Securities Act, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (ii) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and to reimburse each Underwriter, its officers, directors, employees, agents and each such controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representative) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Underwriter, or its officers, directors, employees and agents or such controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto). The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company and the Selling Stockholder may otherwise have.

 

(b)           Indemnification by the Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors, officers, employees and agents, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which such Underwriter or such controlling person may become subject, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based (i) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430A, Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Securities Act, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (ii) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and to reimburse each Underwriter, its officers, directors, employees, agents and each such controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representative) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Underwriter, or its officers, directors, employees and agents or such controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim,

 

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damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); provided, further, that the liability under this subsection of the Selling Stockholder shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate gross proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts, but before expenses, to the Selling Stockholder from the sale of Shares sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Selling Stockholder may otherwise have.

 

(c)           Indemnification by the Underwriters. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, the Selling Stockholder and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Selling Stockholder within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which the Company, or any such director, officer, Selling Stockholder or controlling person may become subject, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or arises out of or is based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Base Prospectus, or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Representative expressly for use therein; and to reimburse the Company, or the Selling Stockholder, or any such director, officer, or controlling person for any legal and other expense reasonably incurred by the Company, or the Selling Stockholder, or any such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. The Company and the Selling Stockholder hereby acknowledge that the only information that the Underwriters have furnished to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the statements set forth in (i) the table at the end of the first paragraph and (ii) the second, ninth, tenth, eleventh and thirteenth paragraphs in each case under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(c) shall be in addition to any liabilities that each Underwriter may otherwise have.

 

(d)           Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but

 

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the failure to so notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any liability other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (other than local counsel), reasonably approved by the indemnifying party (or by the Representative in the case of Section 9), representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action) or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.

 

(e)           Settlements. The indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for indemnifiable fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by Section 8(d) hereof, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party,

 

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unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

 

SECTION 9.           Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 is for any reason unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions or inaccuracies in the representations and warranties herein which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholder, and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the front cover page of the Prospectus bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Shares as set forth on such cover. The relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact or any such inaccurate or alleged inaccurate representation or warranty relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, or the Underwriters, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8(d), any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. The provisions set forth in Section 8(d) with respect to notice of commencement of any action shall apply if a claim for contribution is to be made under this Section 9; provided, however, that no additional notice shall be required with respect to any action for which notice has been given under Section 8(d) for purposes of indemnification.

 

The Company, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in

 

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this Section 9.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting commissions received by such Underwriter in connection with the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several, and not joint, in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments as set forth opposite their names in Schedule I. For purposes of this Section 9, each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.

 

SECTION 10.         Default of One or More of the Several Underwriters. If, on the Closing Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the several Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of the Shares to be purchased on such date, the Representative may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Shares by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if such arrangements are not made by the Closing Date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated, severally, in the proportions that the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule I bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as may be specified by the Representative with the consent of the non-defaulting Underwriters, to purchase the Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date. If, on the Closing Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares and the aggregate number of Shares with respect to which such default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate number of Shares to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representative and the Company for the purchase of such Shares are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability of any party, other than the liability of a defaulting Underwriter, to any other party except that the provisions of Section 4, Section 6, Section 7, Section 8 and Section 9 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. No action taken pursuant to this Section 10 shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default. In any such case either the Representative or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.

 

As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” shall be deemed to include any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter under this Section 10. Any action taken

 

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under this Section 10 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.

 

SECTION 11.         Termination of this Agreement. Prior to the Closing Date, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice given to the Company and the Selling Stockholder if at any time (i) trading or quotation in any of the Company’s securities shall have been suspended or limited by the Commission or by the Nasdaq Global Market, or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on any of such stock exchanges by the Commission or the NASD; (ii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or New York authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States has occurred; (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or any crisis or calamity, or any change in the United States or international financial markets, or any substantial change or development involving a prospective substantial change in United States’ or international political, financial or economic conditions, as in the judgment of the Representative is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Shares in the manner and on the terms described in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the sale of securities; or (iv) the Company shall have sustained a loss by strike, fire, flood, earthquake, accident or other calamity of such character as in the judgment of the Representative may interfere materially with the conduct of the business and operations of the Company regardless of whether or not such loss shall have been insured. Any termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be without liability on the part of (a) the Company or the Selling Stockholder to any Underwriter, except that the Company and the Selling Stockholder shall be obligated to reimburse the expenses of the Representative and the Underwriters pursuant to Sections 4 and 6 hereof or (b) any Underwriter to the Company or the Selling Stockholder.

 

SECTION 12.         No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Shares and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, and each of the Company and the Selling Stockholder is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with each transaction contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary of the Company, the Selling Stockholder or their respective affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other party; (iii) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or the Selling Stockholder with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or the Selling Stockholder on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company or the Selling Stockholder with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the several Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the Selling

 

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Stockholder and that the several Underwriters have no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company and the Selling Stockholder have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate.

 

This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, the Selling Stockholder and the several Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. The Company and the Selling Stockholder hereby waive and release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company and the Selling Stockholder may have against the several Underwriters with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.

 

SECTION 13.         Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, of the Selling Stockholder and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement (i) will remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any (A) investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the officers or employees of any Underwriter, or the Company, the officers or employees of the Company, or any person controlling the Company, the Selling Stockholder or any person controlling the Selling Stockholder, as the case may be or (B) acceptance of the Shares and payment for them hereunder and (ii) will survive delivery of and payment for the Shares sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 14.         Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:

 

If to the Representative:

 

Oppenheimer & Co.
125 Broad Street, 16th Floor
New York, New York 10004
Facsimile: (212) 445-2028
Attention: Ms. Sun Jen Yung

 

with a copy to:

 

O’Melveny & Myers LLP
275 Battery Street, Suite 2600
San Francisco, California 94115
Facsimile: (415) 984-8701
Attention: C. Brophy Christensen, Esq.

 

If to the Company:

 

DG FastChannel, Inc.
750 West John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 7
Irving, Texas 75039

 

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Facsimile: (972) 581-2001
Attention: Mr. Omar A. Choucair

 

with a copy to:

 

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
1601 Elm Street, Suite 3000
Dallas, Texas ###-###-####
Facsimile: (214) 999-3645
Attention: David R. Earhart, Esq.

 

If to the Selling Stockholder:

 

CrossPoint Venture Partners
The Pioneer Hotel Building
2925 Woodside Road
Woodside, California 94062
Facsimile: (650) 851-7661
Attention: Mr. James Dorrian

 

Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving written notice to the others.

 

SECTION 15.         Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, including any substitute Underwriters pursuant to Section 10 hereof, and to the benefit of (i) the Company, its directors, any person who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and any officer of the Company who signs the Registration Statement, (ii) the Selling Stockholder, (iii) the Underwriters, the officers, directors, employees and agents of the Underwriters, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and (iv) the respective successors and assigns of any of the above, all as and to the extent provided in this Agreement, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include a purchaser of any of the Shares from any of the several Underwriters merely because of such purchase.

 

SECTION 16.         Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

 

SECTION 17.         Governing Law Provisions. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE.

 

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SECTION 18.         Failure of the Selling Stockholder to Sell and Deliver Shares. If the Selling Stockholder shall fail to sell and deliver to the Underwriters the Shares to be sold and delivered by the Selling Stockholder at the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, then the Underwriters may at their option, by written notice from the Representative to the Company and the Selling Stockholder, either (i) terminate this Agreement without any liability on the part of any Underwriter or, except as provided in Section 4, Section 6, Section 8 and Section 9 hereof, the Company or the Selling Stockholder, or (ii) purchase the Shares which the Company has agreed to sell and deliver in accordance with the terms hereof. If the Selling Stockholder shall fail to sell and deliver to the Underwriters the Shares to be sold and delivered by the Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement at the Closing Date, then the Underwriters shall have the right, by written notice from the Representative to the Company and the Selling Stockholder, to postpone the Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than seven business days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.

 

SECTION 19.         General Provisions. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it is a sophisticated business person who was adequately represented by counsel during negotiations regarding the provisions hereof, including, without limitation, the indemnification provisions of Section 8 and the contribution provisions of Section 9, and is fully informed regarding said provisions. Each of the parties hereto further acknowledges that the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereto fairly allocate the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company, its affairs and its business in order to assure that adequate disclosure has been made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (and any amendments and supplements thereto), as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company and the Custodian the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

DG FASTCHANNEL, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ OMAR A. CHOUCAIR

 

 

Name: Omar A. Choucair

 

 

Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

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CROSSPOINT VENTURE PARTNERS
2000 Q, L.P.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ JAMES DORRIAN

 

 

As Attorney-in-Fact acting on behalf

 

 

of the Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CROSSPOINT VENTURE PARTNERS
2000, L.P.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ JAMES DORRIAN

 

 

As Attorney-in-Fact acting on behalf

 

 

of the Selling Stockholder

 

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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Representative as of the date first above written.

 

 

OPPENHEIMER & CO. INC.

 

Acting as Representative of the

 

several Underwriters named in

 

the attached Schedule I.

 

 

By:

/s/ SUN YUNG

 

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Name of Underwriter

 

Number of
Firm Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

 

1,625,800

 

ThinkEquity Partners LLC

 

739,000

 

Roth Capital Partners, LLC

 

591,200

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

2,956,000

 

 

Schedule I-1



 

SCHEDULE II

 

Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses