Underwriting Agreement for Sale of Common Stock by United Defense Industries, Inc. and Selling Stockholders to Underwriters
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United Defense Industries, Inc. and certain stockholders have agreed to sell a total of 21,100,000 shares of common stock to a group of underwriters led by Lehman Brothers Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, and Credit Suisse First Boston. The agreement also gives the underwriters an option to purchase up to 3,165,000 additional shares. The contract outlines the terms of the sale, representations and warranties by the company, and the obligations of all parties involved. This agreement is part of a public offering of the company's stock.
EX-1.1 3 dex11.txt UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT Exhibit 1.1 21,100,000 shares UNITED DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, INC. Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT ---------------------- December __, 2001 LEHMAN BROTHERS INC. GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INCORPORATED CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION c/o Lehman Brothers Inc. 790 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 Dear Sirs: United Defense Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and certain stockholders of the Company named in Schedule 2 hereto (the "Selling Stockholders"), propose to sell an aggregate of 21,100,000 shares (the "Firm Stock") of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"). Of the 21,100,000 shares of Firm Stock, 9,250,000 shares are being sold by the Company and 11,850,000 shares are being sold by the Selling Stockholders. In addition, the Selling Stockholders propose to grant to the Underwriters named in Schedule 1 hereto (the "Underwriters") an option to purchase up to an additional 3,165,000 shares of Common Stock on the terms and for the purposes set forth in Section 3 (the "Option Stock"). The Firm Stock and the Option Stock, if purchased, are hereinafter collectively called the "Stock." This is to confirm the agreement concerning the purchase of the Stock from the Company and the Selling Stockholders by the Underwriters. 1. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company. The Company represents, warrants and agrees that: (a) A registration statement on Form S-1, and amendments thereto, have (i) been prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the rules and regulations (the "Rules and Regulations") of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, (ii) been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act and (iii) become effective under the Securities Act. Copies of such registration statement and each of the amendments thereto have been delivered by the Company to the Underwriters. As used in this Agreement, "Effective Time" means the date and the time as of which such registration statement, or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto, if any, was declared effective by the Commission; "Effective Date" means the date of the Effective Time; "Preliminary Prospectus" means each prospectus included in such registration statement, or amendments thereof, before it became effective under the Securities Act and any prospectus filed with the Commission by the Company with the consent of the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the Rules and Regulations; "Registration Statement" means such registration statement, as amended at the Effective Time, including all information contained in the final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations and deemed to be a part of the registration statement as of the Effective Time pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, and including any registration statement registering additional shares of Common Stock filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations; and "Prospectus" means such final prospectus, as first filed with the Commission pursuant to paragraph (1) or (4) of Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations. The Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus. (b) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus will, when they become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conform in all respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date (as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto) and as of the applicable filing date (as to the Prospectus and any supplement thereto) contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which made) to make the statements therein not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein. (c) The Company and each of its subsidiaries (as defined in Section 18) have been duly incorporated or organized and are validly existing as corporations or limited partnerships in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing as foreign corporations or limited partnerships in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the business, 2 prospects, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a "Material Adverse Effect") and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses described in the Registration Statement; and none of the subsidiaries of the Company (other than ________, ________ and ________ (collectively, the "Significant Subsidiaries")) is a "significant subsidiary," as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations. (d) As of the first Delivery Date, the Company will have an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus under the caption, "Description of Capital Stock." All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and conform to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and (except for directors' qualifying shares and except as set forth in the Registration Statement with respect to shares subject to liens under the Credit Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2001, among Iron Horse Investors, L.L.C., United Defense Industries, Inc., various lending institutions party thereto, Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown Inc., and Lehman Brothers Inc., as co-lead arrangers, Citicorp USA, Inc., The Bank of Nova Scotia and Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, as Documentation Agents, Bankers Trust Company as Administrative Agent and Lehman Commercial Paper Inc. as Syndication Agent, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims. (e) The shares of the Stock to be issued and sold by the Company to the Underwriters hereunder have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and the Stock will conform to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus. (f) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. (g) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, 3 except for such conflicts, breaches or violations that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, nor will such actions result in any violation of (i) the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (ii) any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets, except, with respect to this clause (ii) only, for such violations that would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and except for the registration of the Stock under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and applicable state or foreign securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Stock by the Underwriters, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby other than such consents, approvals, authorizations orders, filings or registrations the failure to make or obtain would not have a Material Adverse Effect. (h) Except as described in the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act. (i) Except as described in the Prospectus, the Company has not sold or issued any shares of Common Stock during the six-month period preceding the date of the Prospectus, including any sales pursuant to Regulations D or S of the Securities Act, other than shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock options plans or other employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or warrants. (j) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus, any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; and, since such date, there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any other change or development which has had or could reasonably be 4 expected to have a Material Adverse Effect otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus. (k) The financial statements (including the related notes and supporting schedules) filed as part of the Registration Statement or included in the Prospectus present fairly the financial condition and results of operations of the entities purported to be shown thereby, at the dates and for the periods indicated, and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. (l) Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company, whose report appears in the Prospectus and who have delivered the initial letter referred to in Section 10(f) hereof, are independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. (m) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Prospectus or such as have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and its subsidiaries; and all real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (n) The Company and each of its subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries. (o) The Company and each of its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights and licenses necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses and have no reason to believe that the conduct of their respective businesses will conflict with, and have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such rights of others in each such case except as have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (p) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any 5 property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would have or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others. (q) There are no contracts or other documents which are required to be described in the Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Securities Act or by the Rules and Regulations which have not been described in the Prospectus or filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits to the Registration Statement or incorporated therein by reference as permitted by the Rules and Regulations. (r) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company on the other hand, which is required to be described in the Prospectus which is not so described. (s) No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (t) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder ("ERISA"); no "reportable event" (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any "pension plan" (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any "pension plan" or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the "Code"); and each "pension plan" for which the Company 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 would cause the loss of such qualification. (u) The Company has filed all federal, state and local income and franchise tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof and has paid all taxes due thereon, and the Company does not have knowledge of any tax deficiency which has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries which has had (nor does the Company have any knowledge of any tax deficiency which, if determined adversely 6 to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (v) Since the date as of which information is given in the Prospectus through the date hereof, and except as may otherwise be disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company has not (i) issued or granted any securities other than shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock options or other employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or warrants, (ii) incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, other than liabilities and obligations which were incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iii) entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary course of business or (iv) declared or paid any dividend on its capital stock. (w) The Company (i) makes and keeps accurate books and records and (ii) maintains internal accounting controls which provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management's authorization, (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of its financial statements and to maintain accountability for its assets, (C) access to its assets is permitted only in accordance with management's authorization and (D) the reported accountability for its assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals. (x) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (i) is in violation of its charter or by-laws, (ii) is in default, in any material respect, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) is in violation of any law, ordinance, governmental rule, regulation or court decree to which it or its property or assets may be subject or has failed to obtain any material license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental authorization or permit necessary to the ownership of its property or to the conduct of its business that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. (y) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, employee or, to the Company's knowledge, any agent or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, has used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate 7 funds; violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. (z) There has been no storage, disposal, generation, manufacture, refinement, transportation, handling or treatment of toxic wastes, medical wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their predecessors in interest) at, upon or from any of the property now or previously owned or leased by the Company or its subsidiaries in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or which would require remedial action under any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit, except for any violation or remedial action which would not have, or would not be reasonably likely to have, singularly or in the aggregate with all such violations and remedial actions, a Material Adverse Effect; there has been no material spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape, dumping or release of any kind onto such property or into the environment surrounding such property of any toxic wastes, medical wastes, solid wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances due to or caused by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or with respect to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries have knowledge, except for any such spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape, dumping or release which would not have or would not be reasonably likely to have, singularly or in the aggregate with all such spills, discharges, leaks, emissions, injections, escapes, dumpings and releases, a Material Adverse Effect; and the terms "hazardous wastes," "toxic wastes," "hazardous substances" and "medical wastes" shall have the meanings specified in any applicable local, state, federal and foreign laws or regulations with respect to environmental protection. (aa) Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is, or, as of the First Delivery Date after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Stock and the application of the net proceeds therefrom will be, an "investment company" within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. (bb) Other than in Canada and Sweden, the Company has taken no action to offer or sell the Directed Shares (as defined in Section 5) distributed in connection with the Directed Share Program outside of the United States. 2. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Selling Stockholders. Each Selling Stockholder severally and not jointly represents, warrants and agrees that: 8 (a) The Selling Stockholder has, and immediately prior to the First Delivery Date (as defined in Section 6 hereof) will have, good and valid title to the shares of Stock to be sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder on such date, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims; and upon delivery of such shares and payment therefor pursuant hereto, good and valid title to such shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, will pass to the several Underwriters. (b) The Selling Stockholder has placed in custody under a custody agreement (the "Custody Agreement" and, together with all other similar agreements executed by the other Selling Stockholders, the "Custody Agreements") with American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as custodian (the "Custodian"), for delivery under this Agreement, certificates in negotiable form (with signature guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company having an office or correspondent in the United States or a member firm of the New York or American Stock Exchanges) representing the shares of Stock to be sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder. (c) The Selling Stockholder has duly and irrevocably executed and delivered a power of attorney (the "Power of Attorney" and, together with all other similar agreements executed by the other Selling Stockholders, the "Powers of Attorney") appointing [ _______ ] and one or more other persons, as attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full authority (exercisable by any one or more of them) to execute and deliver this Agreement and to take such other action as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the provisions hereof on behalf of the Selling Stockholder. (d) The Selling Stockholder has full right, power and authority, corporate or otherwise, to enter into this Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement; the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement by the Selling Stockholder and the consummation by the Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Selling Stockholder is a party or by which the Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Selling Stockholder is subject, nor will such actions result in any violation of the provisions of the constituent documents of the Selling Stockholder if other than a natural person or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Selling Stockholder or the property or assets of the Selling Stockholder; and, except for the registration of the Stock under the Securities Act and such 9 consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as will have been obtained prior to the date hereof as may be required under the Exchange Act and applicable state or foreign securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Stock by the Underwriters, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Power of Attorney or the Custody Agreement by the Selling Stockholder and the consummation by the Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby. (e) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus will, when they become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date (as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto) and as of the applicable filing date (as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto) contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which made) to make the statements therein not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein and provided further that this paragraph (e) should apply to each of the Selling Stockholders only to the extent that the statements or omissions from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus were based on written information provided by such Selling Shareholders specifically for inclusion therein. (f) The Selling Stockholder is not prompted to sell shares of Common Stock by any information concerning the Company which is not set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. (g) The Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the shares of the Stock. 3. Purchase of the Stock by the Underwriters. On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement, the Company agrees to sell 9,250,000 shares of the Firm Stock and each Selling Stockholder hereby agrees to sell the number of shares of the Firm Stock set 10 opposite its or his, as the case may be, name in Schedule 2 hereto, severally and not jointly, to the several Underwriters and each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase the number of shares of the Firm Stock set opposite that Underwriter's name in Schedule 1 hereto. Each Underwriter shall be obligated to purchase from the Company, and from each Selling Stockholder, that number of shares of the Firm Stock which represents the same proportion of the number of shares of the Firm Stock to be sold by the Company, and by each Selling Stockholder, as the number of shares of the Firm Stock set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule 1 represents of the total number of shares of the Firm Stock to be purchased by all of the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement. The respective purchase obligations of the Underwriters with respect to the Firm Stock shall be rounded among the Underwriters to avoid fractional shares, as the Underwriters may determine. In addition, the Selling Stockholders grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to 3,165,000 shares of Option Stock. Such option is granted for the purpose of covering over-allotments in the sale of Firm Stock and is exercisable as provided in Section 6 hereof. Shares of Option Stock shall be purchased severally for the account of the Underwriters in proportion to the number of shares of Firm Stock set opposite the name of such Underwriters in Schedule 1 hereto. The respective purchase obligations of each Underwriter with respect to the Option Stock shall be adjusted by the Underwriters so that no Underwriter shall be obligated to purchase Option Stock other than in 100 share amounts. The price of both the Firm Stock and any Option Stock shall be $_____ per share. The Company and the Selling Stockholders shall not be obligated to deliver any of the Stock to be delivered on any Delivery Date (as hereinafter defined), as the case may be, except upon payment for all the Stock to be purchased on such Delivery Date as provided herein. 4. Offering of Stock by the Underwriters. Upon authorization by the Underwriters of the release of the Firm Stock, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Stock for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus. 5. Directed Share Program. It is understood that 1,266,000 shares of the Firm Stock ("Directed Shares") will initially be reserved by the several Underwriters for offer and sale to employees and persons having business relationships with the Company and its subsidiaries ("Directed Share Participants") upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Under no circumstances will Lehman Brothers Inc. or any Underwriter or other broker-dealer be liable to the Company or to any Directed Share Participant for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith in connection with such Directed Share Program. To the extent that any Directed Shares are not affirmatively reconfirmed for purchase by any Directed Share Participant on or immediately after the date of this Agreement, such Directed Shares may be offered to the public as part of the public offering contemplated hereby. 11 The Company agrees to pay all fees and disbursements incurred by the Underwriters or other broker-dealer in connection with the Directed Share Program, and any stamp duties or other taxes incurred by the Underwriters or other broker-dealer in connection with the Directed Share Program. 6. Delivery of and Payment for the Stock. Delivery of and payment for the Firm Stock shall be made at the office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10153, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the fourth full business day following the date of this Agreement or at such other date or place as shall be determined by agreement between the Underwriters and the Company. This date and time are sometimes referred to as the "First Delivery Date." On the First Delivery Date, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall deliver or cause to be delivered certificates representing the Firm Stock to the Underwriters for the account of each Underwriter against payment to or upon the order of the Company and the Selling Stockholders of the purchase price by wire transfer in immediately available funds. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the obligation of each Underwriter hereunder. Upon delivery, the Firm Stock shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as the Underwriters shall request in writing not less than two full business days prior to the First Delivery Date. For the purpose of expediting the checking and packaging of the certificates for the Firm Stock, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall make the certificates representing the Firm Stock available for inspection by the Underwriters in New York, New York, not later than 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the First Delivery Date. The option granted in Section 3 will expire 30 days after the date of this Agreement and may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time by written notice being given to the Company by the Underwriters. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of shares of Option Stock as to which the option is being exercised, the names in which the shares of Option Stock are to be registered, the denominations in which the shares of Option Stock are to be issued and the date and time, as determined by the Underwriters, when the shares of Option Stock are to be delivered; provided, however, that this date and time shall not be earlier than the First Delivery Date nor earlier than the second business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised nor later than the fifth business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised. The date and time the shares of Option Stock are delivered are sometimes referred to as a "Second Delivery Date" and the First Delivery Date and any Second Delivery Date are sometimes each referred to as a "Delivery Date"). Delivery of and payment for the Option Stock shall be made at the place specified in the first sentence of the first paragraph of this Section 6 (or at such other place as shall be determined by agreement between the Underwriters and the Custodian) at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Second Delivery Date. On such Second Delivery Date, the Custodian shall deliver or cause to be delivered the certificates representing the Option Stock to the Underwriters for the account of each Underwriter against payment to or upon the order of the Custodian of the purchase price by wire 12 transfer in immediately available funds. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the obligation of each Underwriter hereunder. Upon delivery, the Option Stock shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as the Underwriters shall request in the aforesaid written notice. For the purpose of expediting the checking and packaging of the certificates for the Option Stock, the Custodian shall make the certificates representing the Option Stock available for inspection by the Underwriters in New York, New York, not later than 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to such Second Delivery Date. 7. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees: (a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Underwriters and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act not later than Commission's close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Securities Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus except as permitted herein; to advise the Underwriters, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Underwriters with copies thereof; to advise the Underwriters, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of the Stock for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain its withdrawal; (b) To furnish promptly to each of the Underwriters and to counsel for the Underwriters a signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission, and each amendment thereto filed with the Commission, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith; (c) To deliver promptly to the Underwriters such number of the following documents as the Underwriters shall reasonably request: (i) conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each amendment thereto (in each case excluding exhibits other than this Agreement), and (ii) each Preliminary Prospectus, the 13 Prospectus and any amended or supplemented Prospectus; and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time after the Effective Time in connection with the offering or sale of the Stock, and if at such time any events shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act, to notify the Underwriters and, upon their request, to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Underwriters may from time to time reasonably request of a supplemented Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; (d) To file promptly with the Commission any amendment to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any supplement to the Prospectus that may, in the judgment of the Company or the Underwriters, be required by the Securities Act or requested by the Commission; (e) Prior to filing with the Commission any amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or any Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 of the Rules and Regulations, to furnish a copy thereof to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters and obtain the consent of the Underwriters to the filing, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld; (f) As soon as practicable after the Effective Date, to make generally available to the Company's security holders and to deliver to the Underwriters an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158) (it being understood that such delivery requirements shall be deemed met by the Company's reporting requirements pursuant to the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations), to the extent set forth in Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act); (g) For a period of five years following the Effective Date, to furnish to the Underwriters copies of all materials furnished by the Company to its shareholders and all public reports and all reports and financial statements furnished by the Company to the principal national securities exchange upon which the Common Stock may be listed pursuant to requirements of or agreements with such exchange or to the 14 Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation of the Commission thereunder; (h) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Underwriters may reasonably request to qualify the Stock for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Stock; provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction; (i) For a period of 180 days from the date of the Prospectus, not to, directly or indirectly, (1) (A) offer for sale, sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device which is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (other than the Stock and shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other employee compensation plans existing on the date hereof or pursuant to currently outstanding options, warrants or rights), or (B) sell or grant options, rights or warrants with respect to any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (other than the grant of options pursuant to option plans existing on the date hereof or subsequently adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company), or (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of such shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, in each case without the prior written consent of Lehman Brothers Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. on behalf of the Underwriters; and to cause each officer, director and shareholder of the Company identified on schedule ____ to furnish to the Underwriters, prior to the First Delivery Date, a letter or letters, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, to which each such person shall agree not to, directly or indirectly, (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device which is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of such shares of Common Stock, whether any such 15 transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, in each case for a period of 180 days from the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Lehman Brothers Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. on behalf of the Underwriters; (j) Prior to the Effective Date, to apply for the listing of the Stock on the New York Stock Exchange and to use its best efforts to complete that listing, subject only to official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory distribution, prior to the First Delivery Date; (k) To apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Stock being sold by the Company as set forth in the Prospectus; (l) To take such steps as shall be necessary to ensure that neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall become an "investment company" within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and (m) In connection with the Directed Share Program, to use its best efforts to ensure that the Directed Shares will be restricted to the extent required by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or the rules of such association from sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation for a period of three months following the date of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement; provided that Lehman Brothers Inc. will notify the Company as to which Directed Share Participants will need to be so restricted. At the request of Lehman Brothers Inc., the Company will direct the transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon such securities for such period of time. 8. Further Agreements of the Selling Stockholders. Each Selling Stockholder agrees: (a) For a period of 180 days from the date of the Prospectus, not to, directly or indirectly, (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device which is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (other than the Stock) or (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of such shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, in each case without the prior written consent of Lehman Brothers Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. other than as permitted by the Lock-up Agreement. 16 (b) To deliver to the Underwriters prior to the First Delivery 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.) 9. Expenses. The Company agrees to pay (a) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Stock and any stamp duties or other taxes payable in that connection; (b) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement and any amendments and exhibits thereto; (c) the costs of distributing the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto and any post-effective amendments thereof (including, in each case, exhibits), any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, all as provided in this Agreement; (d) the costs of producing and distributing this Agreement and any other related documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the stock; (e) the costs of delivering and distributing the Custody Agreements and the Powers of Attorney; (f) the filing fees incident to securing any required review by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of sale of the Stock; (g) any applicable listing or other fees; (h) the fees and expenses (not in excess, in the aggregate, of $2500) of qualifying the Stock under the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as provided in Section 7(h) and of preparing, printing and distributing a Blue Sky Memorandum (including related fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters); (i) all costs and expenses of the Underwriters, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters, incident to the offer and sale of shares of the Stock by the Underwriters to employees and persons having business relationships with the Company and its subsidiaries, as described in Section 5; and (j) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement; provided that, except as provided in this Section 9 and in Section 14 the Underwriters shall pay their own costs and expenses, including the costs and expenses of their counsel, any transfer taxes on the Stock which they may sell and the expenses of advertising any offering of the Stock made by the Underwriters, and the Selling Stockholders shall pay the fees and expenses of their counsel, the Custodian (and any other attorney-in-fact), and any transfer taxes payable in connection with their respective sales of Stock to the Underwriters. 10. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The respective obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and on each Delivery Date, of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions: (a) The Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission in accordance with Section 7(a); no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and any request of the Commission for 17 inclusion of additional information in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise shall have been complied with. (b) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the Custody Agreements, the Powers of Attorney, the Stock, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the Underwriters, and the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters. (c) Latham & Watkins shall have furnished to the Underwriters its written opinion, as counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and dated such Delivery Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto: (d) The counsel for each of the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to the Underwriters their written opinion, as counsel to each of the Selling Stockholders for whom they are acting as counsel, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the First Delivery Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto. (e) The Underwriters shall have received from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such Delivery Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Stock, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and other related matters as the Underwriters may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (f) At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Underwriters shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP a letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the date hereof (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, and (ii) stating, as of the date hereof (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Prospectus, as of a date not more than five days prior to the date hereof), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters in connection with registered public offerings. 18 (g) With respect to the letter of Ernst & Young LLP referred to in the preceding paragraph and delivered to the Underwriters concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the "initial letter"), the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters a letter (the "bring-down letter") of such accountants, addressed to the Underwriters and dated such Delivery Date (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, (ii) stating, as of the date of the bring-down letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Prospectus, as of a date not more than five days prior to the date of the bring-down letter), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters covered by the initial letter and (iii) confirming in all material respects the conclusions and findings set forth in the initial letter. (h) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters a certificate, dated such Delivery Date, executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President and its chief financial officer stating that: (i) The representations, warranties and agreements of the Company in Section 1 are true and correct as of such Delivery Date; the Company has complied with all its agreements contained herein; and the conditions set forth in Sections 10(a) and 10(j) have been fulfilled; and (ii) They have, on behalf of the Company, carefully examined the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and, in their opinion (A) as of the Effective Date the Registration Statement did not, and as of its date and as of the Delivery Date the Prospectus did not and does not, include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not or does not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which made) to make the statements therein not misleading, and (B) since the Effective Date no event has occurred which should have been set forth in an amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the Prospectus. (i) Each Selling Stockholder (or the Custodian or one or more attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the Selling Stockholders) shall have furnished to the Underwriters on the First Delivery Date a certificate, dated the First Delivery Date, signed by, or on behalf of, the Selling Stockholder stating that the representations, warranties and agreements of 19 the Selling Stockholder contained herein are true and correct as of the First Delivery Date and that the Selling Stockholder has complied with all agreements contained herein to be performed by the Selling Stockholder at or prior to the First Delivery Date. (j) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus or (ii) since such date there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is, in the judgment of the Underwriters, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Stock being delivered on such Delivery Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus. (k) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange or in the over-the-counter market, or trading in any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been suspended or the settlement of such trading generally shall have been materially disrupted or minimum prices shall have been established on any such exchange or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by Federal or state authorities, (iii) the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities, there shall have been an escalation in hostilities involving the United States or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or (iv) there shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions, including without limitation as a result of terrorist activities after the date hereof (or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States shall be such) as to make it, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the several Underwriters, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or delivery of the Stock being delivered on such Delivery Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus. 20 (l) The New York Stock Exchange shall have approved the Stock for listing, subject only to official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory distribution. All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters. 11. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its officers, employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and sales of Stock), to which that Underwriter, officer, employee, agent or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or (B) in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Stock ("Marketing Materials"), including any road show or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically), (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Marketing Materials any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (iii) any act or failure to act or any alleged act or failure to act by any Underwriter in connection with, or relating in any manner to, the Stock or the offering contemplated hereby, and that is included as part of or referred to in any loss, claim, damage, liability or action arising out of or based upon matters covered by clause (i) or (ii) above (provided that the Company shall not be liable under this clause (iii) to the extent that it is determined in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such loss, claim, damage, liability or action resulted directly from any such acts or failures to act undertaken or omitted to be taken by such Underwriter through its gross negligence or willful misconduct), and shall reimburse each Underwriter and each such officer, employee, agent or controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by that Underwriter, officer, employee, agent or controlling person in connection with 21 investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action (i) arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein which information consists solely of the information specified in Section 11(f); or (ii) results solely from an untrue statement of material fact contained in, or the omission of a material fact from, such Preliminary Prospectus, which untrue statement or omission was corrected in the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) if the Underwriters sold shares to the person alleging such loss, claim, damage, liability or action without sending or giving, at or prior to the written confirmation of such sale, a copy of the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to the Underwriters within a reasonable amount of time prior to such sale or such confirmation, and the Underwriters failed to deliver the corrected Prospectus, if required by law to have so delivered it and if delivered would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to any Underwriter or to any officer, employee or controlling person of that Underwriter. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Lehman Brothers Inc. (including its officers and employees) and each person, if any, who controls Lehman Brothers Inc. within the meaning of the Securities Act ("Lehman Brothers Entities"), from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability or any action in respect thereof to which any of the Lehman Brothers Entities may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon the failure of any Directed Share Participant to pay for and accept delivery of the Directed Shares sold pursuant to the Directed Share Program which, immediately following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, were subject to a properly confirmed agreement to purchase or (ii) the Directed Share Program, provided that, the Company shall not be responsible under this subparagraph (ii) for any loss, claim, damage, liability or action that is finally judicially determined to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Lehman Brothers Entities. The Company shall reimburse the Lehman Brothers Entities promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with 22 investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred. (b) The Selling Stockholders, severally and not jointly, in proportion to the number of shares of stock to be sold by them hereunder, shall indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its officers, employees, agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and sales of Stock), to which that Underwriter, officer, employee, agent or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Preliminary Prospectus, Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and shall reimburse each Underwriter, its officers, employees and agents and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by that Underwriter, its officers and employees or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Selling Stockholders shall be liable in any such case only to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such Selling Stockholder furnished to the Company specifically for inclusion therein; provided further, however, that the Selling Stockholder shall have no such liability that results solely from an untrue statement of material fact contained in, or the omission of a material fact from, such Preliminary Prospectus, which untrue statement or omission was corrected in the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) if the Underwriters sold shares to the person alleging such loss, claim, damage, liability or action without sending or giving, at or prior to the written confirmation of such sale, a copy of the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to the Underwriters within a reasonable amount of time prior to such sale or such confirmation, and the Underwriters failed to deliver the corrected Prospectus, if required by law to have so delivered it and if delivered 23 would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, further, the aggregate amount of any Selling Stockholder's indemnity and contribution obligations under this paragraph 11(b) shall not exceed the cash proceeds received by such Selling Stockholder from its sale of stock. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which the Selling Stockholders may otherwise have to any Underwriter or any officer, employee or controlling person of that Underwriter. (c) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers and employees, each of its directors (including any person who, with his or her consent, is named in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company), and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of that Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein; and shall reimburse the Company and any such director, officer or controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have to the Company or any such director, officer, employee or controlling person. (d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 11 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under Section 11(a), 11(b) or 11(c) hereof, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of 24 that action; provided, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under Section 11(a), 11(b) or 11(c), except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by such failure and, provided further, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under Section 11(a), 11(b) or 11(c). If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this Section 11 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that the Underwriters shall have the right to employ counsel to represent jointly the Underwriters and their respective officers, employees, agents and controlling persons who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the Underwriters against the Company or any Selling Stockholders under this Section 11 if, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriters, it is advisable for the Underwriters, officers, employees and controlling persons to be jointly represented by separate counsel, and in that event the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be paid by the Company and the Selling Stockholders. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof in respect of such claim or action, then in addition to such separate firm for the indemnified parties, the indemnifying party shall be liable for the fees and expenses of not more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Lehman Brothers Entities for the defense of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action arising out of the Directed Share Program. No indemnifying party shall (i) without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding, or (ii) be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with the consent of the indemnifying 25 party or if there be a final judgment of the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. (e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 11 shall for any reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 11(a), 11(b) or 11(c) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Stock or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other with respect to the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other with respect to such offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Stock purchased under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters with respect to the shares of the Stock purchased under this Agreement, on the other hand, bear to the total gross proceeds from the offering of the shares of the Stock under this Agreement, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Selling Stockholders or the Underwriters, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 11 were to be 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 into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, 26 referred to above in this Section 11 shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 11(e), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 11(e), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Stock underwritten by it and distributed to the public was offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations to contribute as provided in this Section 11(e) are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint. (f) The Underwriters severally confirm and the Company acknowledges that the statements with respect to the public offering of the Stock by the Underwriters set forth on the cover page of, and the concession and reallowance figures appearing under the caption "Underwriting" in, the Prospectus are correct and constitute the only information concerning such Underwriters furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. 12. Defaulting Underwriters. If, on either Delivery Date, any Underwriter defaults in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated to purchase the Stock which the defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase on such Delivery Date in the respective proportions which the number of shares of the Firm Stock set opposite the name of each remaining non-defaulting Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto bears to the total number of shares of the Firm Stock set opposite the names of all the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters in Schedule 1 hereto; provided, however, that the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters shall not be obligated to purchase any of the Stock on such Delivery Date if the total number of shares of the Stock which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such date exceeds 9.09% of the total number of shares of the Stock to be purchased on such Delivery Date, and any remaining non-defaulting Underwriter shall not be obligated to purchase more than 110% of the number of shares of the Stock which it agreed to purchase on such Delivery Date pursuant to the terms of Section 3. If the foregoing maximums are exceeded, the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to purchase, in such proportion as may be agreed upon among them, all the Stock to be purchased on such Delivery Date. If the remaining Underwriters do not elect to purchase the shares which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such Delivery Date, this Agreement (or, with respect to the Second Delivery Date, the 27 obligation of the Underwriters to purchase, and of the Selling Stockholders to sell, the Option Stock) shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company or the Selling Stockholders, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses to the extent set forth in Sections 9 and 14. As used in this Agreement, the term "Underwriter" includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise, any party not listed in Schedule 1 hereto who, pursuant to this Section 12, purchases Firm Stock which a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase. Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company and the Selling Stockholders for damages caused by its default. If other Underwriters are obligated or agree to purchase the Stock of a defaulting or withdrawing Underwriter, either the Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Delivery Date for up to seven full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement. 13. Termination. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the Underwriters by notice given to and received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders prior to delivery of and payment for the Firm Stock if, prior to that time, any of the events described in Sections 10(j), 10(k) or 10(l), shall have occurred or if the Underwriters shall decline to purchase the Stock for any reason permitted under this Agreement. 14. Reimbursement of Underwriters' Expenses. If (a) the Company or any Selling Stockholder shall fail to tender the Stock for delivery to the Underwriters by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company or the Selling Stockholders to perform any agreement on its part to be performed, or because any other condition of the Underwriters' obligations hereunder required to be fulfilled by the Company or the Selling Stockholders is not fulfilled, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the proposed purchase of the Stock, and upon demand the Company shall pay the full amount thereof to the Underwriters. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 12 by reason of the default of one or more Underwriters, neither the Company nor any Selling Stockholder shall be obligated to reimburse any defaulting Underwriter on account of those expenses. 15. Notices, etc. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and: (a) (i) if to the Lehman Brothers Inc., shall be delivered or sent by mail, or facsimile transmission to Lehman Brothers Inc., [790 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Syndicate Department (Fax: ____________)], with a copy, in the case of any notice pursuant to 28 Section 11(d), to the Director of Litigation, Office of the General Counsel, Lehman Brothers Inc., 790 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019, (ii) it to Goldman, Sachs & Co. shall be delivered or sent by mail, or facsimile transmission to 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, _____________ , (iii) if to Merrill Lynch, pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated shall be delivered or sent by mail, or facsimile transmission to ______________ and (iv) if to Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation shall be delivered or sent by mail, or facsimile transmission to _______________ ; (b) if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: _________ (Fax: _________); (c) if to any Selling Stockholders, shall be delivered or sent by mail, or facsimile transmission to such Selling Stockholder at the address set forth on Schedule 2 hereto; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 11(d) shall be delivered or sent by mail, or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in Section 15(a) above. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof. The Company, and the Selling Stockholders shall be entitled to act and rely upon any request, consent, notice or agreement given or made on behalf of the Underwriters by Lehman Brothers Inc. on behalf of the Underwriters and the Company and the Underwriters shall be entitled to act and rely upon any request, consent, notice or agreement given or made on behalf of the Selling Stockholders by the Custodian. 16. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company, the Selling Stockholders and their respective personal representatives and successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that (A) the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the person or persons, if any, who control any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and (B) the indemnity agreement of the Underwriters contained in Section 11(c) of this Agreement shall be deemed to be for the benefit of directors of the Company, officers of the Company who have signed the Registration Statement and any person controlling the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to in this Section 16, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. 17. Survival. The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters 29 contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf on them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Stock and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any of them or any person controlling any of them. 18. Definition of the Terms "Business Day" and "Subsidiary". For purposes of this Agreement, (a) "business day" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close and (b) "subsidiary" has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations. 19. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New York. 20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. 21. Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement. 30 If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among the Company the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters, please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below. Very truly yours, UNITED DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, INC. By -------------------------------------- Name: Title: The Selling Stockholders named in Schedule 2 to this Agreement By -------------------------------------- Attorney-in-Fact Accepted: LEHMAN BROTHERS INC. GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INCORPORATED CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION 31 For the several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 hereto By LEHMAN BROTHERS INC. By: ------------------------------------ Authorized Representative By GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. By: ------------------------------------ Authorized Representative 32 SCHEDULE 1 Number of Underwriters Shares ------------ --------------- Lehman Brothers Inc. ......................................... Goldman, Sachs & Co. ......................................... Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated........... Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation........................ --------------- Total......................................................... =============== 33 SCHEDULE 2 Number of Shares Name and address of Selling Stockholder - --------------------------------------- ---------------- Total ================ 34 Exhibit A LOCK-UP LETTER AGREEMENT LEHMAN BROTHERS INC. GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INCORPORATED CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION c/o Lehman Brothers Inc. 790 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 Dear Sirs: The undersigned understands that you and certain other firms propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") providing for the purchase by you and such other firms (the "Underwriters") of shares (the "Shares") of Common Stock, par value $[ ] per share (the "Common Stock"), of United Defense Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and that the Underwriters propose to reoffer the Shares to the public (the "Offering"). In consideration of the execution of the Underwriting Agreement by the Underwriters, and for other good and valuable consideration, the undersigned hereby irrevocably agrees that, without the prior written consent of Lehman Brothers Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not, directly or indirectly, (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any shares of Common Stock (including, without limitation, shares of Common Stock that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon exercise of any option or warrant) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (other than the Shares) owned by the undersigned on the date of execution of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement or on the date of the completion of the Offering, or (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of such shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, for a period of 180 days after the date of the final Prospectus relating to the Offering. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its Transfer Agent are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement. 35 It is understood that, if the Company notifies you that it does not intend to proceed with the Offering, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Shares, we will be released from our obligations under this Lock-Up Letter Agreement. The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters will proceed with the Offering in reliance on this Lock-Up Letter Agreement. Whether or not the Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions. Any Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Underwriters. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Letter Agreement and that, upon request, the undersigned will execute any additional documents necessary in connection with the enforcement hereof. Any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned. Very truly yours, By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: Dated: ----------------- 36
