Wintegra, Inc. Common Stock Par Value $0.001 Per Share Underwriting Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

 

___________, 2006

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.

Thomas Weisel Partners LLC

CIBC World Markets Corp.

As representatives of the several Underwriters

named in Schedule I hereto,

c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.

85 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Wintegra, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") an aggregate of 3,170,000 shares and, at the election of the Underwriters, up to 613,531 additional shares of the Common Stock, $0.001 par value, ("Stock") of the Company, and the stockholders of the Company named in Schedule II hereto (the "Selling Stockholders") propose, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to sell to the Underwriters an aggregate of 1,830,000 shares and, at the election of the Underwriters, up to 136,469 additional shares of Stock. The aggregate of 5,000,000 shares to be sold by the Company and the Selling Stockholders is herein called the "Firm Shares" and the aggregate of 750,000 additional shares to be sold by the Company and the Selling Stockholders is herein called the "Optional Shares." The Firm Shares and the Optional Shares that the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof are herein collectively called the "Shares."

 

1.  (a)  The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:

 

(i)  A registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-131937) (the "Initial Registration Statement") in respect of the Shares has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"); the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered to you, and, excluding exhibits thereto, to you for each of the other Underwriters, have been declared effective by the Commission in such form; other than a registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement"), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), which became effective upon filing, no other document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement has heretofore been filed with the Commission; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission (any preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act is hereinafter called a "Preliminary Prospectus"; the various parts of the Initial Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits thereto and including the information contained in the form of final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective, each as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement became effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively called the "Registration Statement"; the Preliminary Prospectus relating to the Shares that was included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below) is hereinafter referred to as the "Pricing Prospectus"; such final prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, is hereinafter called the "Prospectus"; and any "issuer free writing prospectus" as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Shares is hereinafter called an "Issuer Free Writing Prospectus");

 

(ii)  No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein or by a Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the preparation of the answers therein to Items 7 and 11(m) of Form S-1;

 

(iii)  For the purposes of this Agreement, the "Applicable Time" is ___:___ __m (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement; the Pricing Prospectus as supplemented by the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses and any other documents listed in Schedule III(a) hereto, taken together (collectively, the "Pricing Disclosure Package") as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule III(a) or Schedule III(b) hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein;

 

(iv)  The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement and as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein or by a Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the preparation of the answers therein to Items 7 and 11(m) of Form S-1;

 

(v)  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing 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 Pricing Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change which, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on the general affairs, management, properties, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a "Material Adverse Effect");

 

(vi)  The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title 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 Pricing Prospectus or such as would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;

 

(vii)  The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction; each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated or formed and is validly existing as a corporation or other legal entity in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation or entity for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction;

 

(viii)  The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid, non-assessable and conform to the description of the Stock contained in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus and were issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws; all of the Company's options, warrants and other rights to purchase or exchange any securities for shares of the Company's capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus and were issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except for directors' qualifying shares) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims except as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus;

 

(ix)  The unissued Shares 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 duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will conform to the description of the Stock contained in the Prospectus and will be free of statutory and contractual preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal and similar rights;

 

(x)  This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnification hereunder may be limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles;

 

(xi)  The issue and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, except for such violation or default that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Shares or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except the registration under the Act of the Shares and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"), the Nasdaq National Market or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters;

 

(xii)  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (a) in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, except for such default that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (b) in violation of its certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents.

 

(xiii)  The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption "Description of Capital Stock," insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Stock, under the caption “Israeli Taxation and Government Requirements,” under the caption “Material U.S. Federal Tax Considerations for Non U.S. Holders,” under the caption "Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions," under the caption "Shares Eligible for Future Sale," and under the caption "Underwriting," insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate and fair;

 

(xiv)  Other than as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;

 

(xv)  The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof, will not be an "investment company," as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act");

 

(xvi)  At the time of filing the Initial Registration Statement the Company was not, and the Company currently is not, an "ineligible issuer," as defined under Rule 405 under the Act;

 

(xvii)  Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global (“E&Y”), who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent registered public accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and, during the periods covered by their reports, was an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of Article 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

 

(xviii)  Each of the Company and its subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect thereto;

 

(xix)  Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Prospectus, there has been no change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting;

 

(xx)  The Company and each of its subsidiaries have made and keep books, records and accounts, which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries in all material respects;

 

(xxi)  The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company and its subsidiaries is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; such disclosure controls and procedures are effective;

 

(xxii)  The Shares have been duly authorized for quotation on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation ("Nasdaq") National Market System, subject to official notice of issuance. A registration statement on Form 8-A has been filed with respect to the Stock pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, which complies in all material respects with the Exchange Act. The Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Stock under the Exchange Act or the quotation of the Shares on Nasdaq, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or Nasdaq is contemplating terminating such registration or quotation;

 

(xxiii)  There are no contracts or other documents which are required to be described in the Pricing Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Securities Act or the applicable rules and regulations thereunder which have not been described in the Pricing Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement;

 

(xxiv)  No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, shareholders, customers or suppliers of the Company, on the other hand, which is required to be described in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus and which is not so described. There are no outstanding loans, advances or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company or any of their respective family members, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus. All transactions by the Company with office holders or control persons of the Company have been duly approved by the board of directors of the Company, or duly appointed committees or officers thereof, if and to the extent required under U.S. and Israeli law, as applicable;

 

(xxv)  The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable United States, foreign, state and local laws, orders, rules, regulations, directives, decrees and judgments relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants ("Environmental Laws"), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(xxvi)  The Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred and do not expect to incur any costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(xxvii)  There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person or entity granting such person or entity the right, contractually or otherwise, to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the Company or to require the Company to include such securities with the Shares registered pursuant to the Registration Statement other than as described in the Registration Statement and as have been waived in writing in connection with the offering contemplated hereby;

 

(xxviii)  The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on commercially reasonable terms, legally enforceable rights to use all trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, patents, patent applications, inventions, know how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), and other intellectual property rights ("Intellectual Property") as are necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Prospectus, except where the failure to own, possess or acquire such rights would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, (i) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement, misappropriation or violation by third parties of any such Intellectual Property owned or possessed by, exclusively licensed to, or otherwise controlled by, the Company or its subsidiaries; (ii) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company's or any of its subsidiaries' rights in or to any such Intellectual Property owned or possessed by, exclusively licensed to, or otherwise controlled by, the Company or its subsidiaries; (iii) the Intellectual Property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries and to the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property licensed to the Company and its subsidiaries has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property; (iv) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others against the Company or any of its subsidiaries that the Company or any of its subsidiaries infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property or other proprietary rights of others, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice of such claim; and (v) to the Company's knowledge, no employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject of any claim or proceeding involving a violation of any term of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure agreement or any restrictive covenant to or with a former employer where the basis of such violation relates to such employee's employment with the Company or any of the Company's subsidiaries or actions undertaken by the employee while employed with the Company or any of the Company's subsidiaries, except, in each of cases (i) through (v), for any instances which would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(xxix)  Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and each of its subsidiaries are in compliance in all 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"); (ii) no "reportable event" (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any "pension plan" (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company or any of its subsidiaries would have any liability; (iii) the Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred and do not expect to incur liability under (a) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any "pension plan" or (b) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the "Code"); (iv) each "pension plan" for which the Company and its subsidiaries would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification; and (v) the Company and each of its subsidiaries have not incurred any unpaid liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (other than for payment of premiums in the ordinary course of business);

 

(xxx)  No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent; and the Company is not aware of any existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(xxxi)  The Company and its subsidiaries are insured by the insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All policies of insurance owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries are, to the best of the Company's knowledge, in full force and effect in all material respects; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies in all material respects; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received written notice from any insurer, agent of such insurer or the broker of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that any material capital improvements or any other material expenditures (other than premium payments) are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance. None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries insures risk of loss through any captive insurance, risk retention group, reciprocal group or by means of any fund or pool of assets specifically set aside for contingent liabilities other than in connection with the Company's insurance business activities or as described in the Pricing Prospectus;

 

(xxxii)  The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares;

 

(xxxiii)  The Company and its subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective business, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(xxxiv)  The financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries (including the statement of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and all notes and schedules thereto) included in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus present fairly the financial position of the Company and the Company's consolidated subsidiaries at the dates and for the periods indicated; and such financial statements and related schedules and notes thereto, and the unaudited financial information filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement, have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied throughout the periods involved. The summary and selected financial data included in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus and the present fairly the information shown therein as at the respective dates and for the respective periods specified and have been presented on a basis consistent with the consolidated financial statements set forth in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus and other financial information;

 

(xxxv)  Neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries, or to the knowledge of the Company, other person acting on behalf of the Company or any subsidiary, including without limitation, any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries has, directly or indirectly, while acting on behalf of the Company or its subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment;

 

(xxxvi)  To the Company’s knowledge, the Company is in compliance with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) that are applicable, or will be applicable as of the date of payment for and delivery of the Shares pursuant hereto, to the Company;

 

(xxxvii)  Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has filed all United States federal, state, local and foreign tax returns and tax forms required to be filed. Such returns and forms are complete and correct in all material respects. All payroll withholdings required to be made by of the Company and its subsidiaries with respect to employees have been made. There have been no tax deficiencies asserted against the Company or its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, no tax deficiency could be reasonably asserted or threatened against the Company or its subsidiaries that could, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(xxxviii)  Neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries, or to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U. S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U. S. Treasury Department ("OFAC"); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purposes of financing the activities of any person subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the OFAC;

 

(xxxix)  The Company is not a Passive Foreign Investment Company ("PFIC") within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code and does not expect to become a PFIC in the future;

 

(xl)  The Company is not a "controlled foreign corporation" within the meaning of the Code;

 

(xli)  The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of any Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) and completion of the distribution of the Shares, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Stock other than the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and, subject to compliance with Section 6.1 hereof, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus;

 

(xlii)  The Company, and its Israeli subsidiary, is in compliance in all material respects with all conditions and requirements stipulated by the instruments of approval granted to it with respect to the "Approved Enterprise" status of any of the Company's facilities as well as with respect to the other tax benefits received by the Company as set forth under the caption "Israeli Taxation and Government Programs" in the Prospectus and by Israeli laws and regulations relating to such "Approved Enterprise" status and the aforementioned other tax benefits received by the Company. The Company has not received any notice of any proceeding or investigation relating to revocation or modification of any "Approved Enterprise" status granted with respect to any of the Company's facilities; and

 

(xliii)  Since the date as of which information is given in the Pricing Prospectus through the date hereof, and except as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) issued or granted any securities other than options to purchase common stock pursuant to the Company's 2000 Share Option Plan, 2003 Share Option Plan and 2006 Equity Inventive Plan, (ii) incurred any material 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 other than in the ordinary course of business or (iv) declared or paid any dividend on its capital stock (except, in the case of clause (iv), to the extent required in connection with the conversion of the Company's convertible preferred stock).

 

(xliv)  All agreements granting an option or right to purchase or otherwise acquire Stock or other securities of the Company, including warrants and any other security convertible into or exchangeable for Stock, contain provisions prohibiting the sale, pledge, grant, transfer or other disposition of such security and the shares of Stock into which such security is convertible to the same extent as set forth in Section 1(b)(iv) hereof.

 

(b)   Each of the Selling Stockholders severally represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters and the Company that:

 

(i)  All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary for the execution and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of this Agreement, the Power of Attorney, the Stockholder Irrevocable Election to Sell, the Custody Agreement and the Stockholder Lock Up Agreement hereinafter referred to, and for the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, have been obtained; and such Selling Stockholder has full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the Power of Attorney, the Custody Agreement and the Stockholder Lock Up Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder;

 

(ii)  The sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and the compliance by such Selling Stockholder with all of the provisions of this Agreement, the Power of Attorney, the Stockholder Irrevocable Election to Sell, the Custody Agreement and the Stockholder Lock Up Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not (A) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling Stockholder is subject; (B) result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, or other organizational documents of such Selling Stockholder if such Selling Stockholder is a corporation, the partnership agreement of such Selling Stockholder if such Selling Stockholder is a partnership, or the articles of organization and operating agreement or similar documents and agreements of such Selling Stockholder if such Selling Stockholder is a limited liability company; nor (C) result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or the property of such Selling Stockholder;

 

(iii)  Such Selling Stockholder has, and immediately prior to each Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) such Selling Stockholder will have, good and valid title to the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, 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;

 

(iv)  During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 180 days after the date of the Prospectus (the initial "Lock-Up Period"), not to offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase or sell, make any short sale or otherwise dispose (collectively, a "Disposition") of any shares of Stock, or any options or warrants to purchase any shares of Stock, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive shares of Stock (collectively the "Securities"), whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, owned directly by the undersigned (including holding as a custodian) or with respect to which the undersigned has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the Commission, without your prior written consent; provided, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or announces material news or a material event or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 15-day period following the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be automatically extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the release of the earnings results or the announcement of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless Goldman, Sachs & Co. waives, in writing, such extension; such Selling Stockholder hereby acknowledges that the Company has agreed herein to provide written notice of any event that would result in an extension of the Lock-Up Period pursuant to the previous sentence to such Selling Stockholder (in accordance with Section 12 herein) and agrees that any such notice properly delivered will be deemed to have been given to, and received by, the Selling Stockholder; such Selling Stockholder hereby further agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this provision during the period from the date hereof to and including the 34th day following the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as such may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired;

 

(v)  Such 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 stabilization or manipulation of the price of any Securities to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares;

 

(vi)  To the extent that any statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto are made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein, such Preliminary Prospectus and the Registration Statement did, and the Pricing Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;

 

(vii)  In order to document the Underwriters' compliance with the reporting and withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect to the transactions herein contemplated, such Selling Stockholder will deliver to you prior to or at the Time of Delivery (as hereinafter defined) a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof);

 

(viii)  Except as set forth in the NASD Questionnaire previously completed and executed by such Selling Stockholder, a copy of which has been provided to the Underwriters, neither such Selling Stockholder nor any of its affiliates directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, or has any other association with (within the meaning of Article I, Section (ee) of the By-laws of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD")), any member firm of the NASD;

 

(ix)  Certificates in negotiable form representing all of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder have been placed in custody under a Custody Agreement, in the form heretofore furnished to you (the "Custody Agreement"), duly executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as custodian (the "Custodian"), and such Selling Stockholder has duly executed and delivered a Power of Attorney, in the form heretofore furnished to you (the "Power of Attorney"), appointing the persons indicated in Schedule II hereto, and each of them, as such Selling Stockholder's attorneys-in-fact (the "Attorneys-in-Fact") with authority to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of such Selling Stockholder, to determine the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters to the Selling Stockholders as provided in Section 2 hereof, to authorize the delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and otherwise to act on behalf of such Selling Stockholder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Custody Agreement; and

 

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

 

2.  Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders, at a purchase price per share of [$_______], the number of Firm Shares (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying the aggregate number of Shares to be sold by the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders as set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II hereto by a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased by all of the Underwriters from the Company and all of the Selling Stockholders hereunder and (b) in the event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares as provided below, the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders agrees, severally and not jointly, to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders, at the purchase price per share set forth in clause (a) of this Section 2, that portion of the number of Optional Shares as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number of Optional Shares by a fraction the numerator of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase hereunder.

 

The Company and the Selling Stockholders, as and to the extent indicated in Schedule II hereto hereby grant, severally and not jointly, to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their election up to 750,000 Optional Shares, at the purchase price per share set forth in the paragraph above, for the sole purpose of covering sales of shares in excess of the number of Firm Shares, provided that the purchase price per Optional Share shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on the Optional Shares. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares shall be made in proportion to the maximum number of Optional Shares to be sold by the Company and each Selling Stockholder as set forth in Schedule II hereto initially with respect to the Optional Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders in proportion to the maximum number of Optional Shares to be sold by each Selling Stockholder as set forth in Schedule II hereto and then with respect to the Optional Shares to be sold by the Company. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised only by written notice from you to the Company and the Attorneys-in-Fact, given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement and setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or, unless you and the Company and the Attorneys-in-Fact otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.

 

3.  Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Firm Shares, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.

 

4.  (a) The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in definitive form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as Goldman, Sachs & Co. may request upon at least forty-eight hours' prior notice to the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company and the Selling Stockholders to Goldman, Sachs & Co., through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified by the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders, as their interests may appear, to Goldman, Sachs & Co. at least forty-eight hours in advance. The Company will cause the certificates representing the Shares to be made available for checking and packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) with respect thereto at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the "Designated Office"). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on ____________, 2006 or such other time and date as Goldman, Sachs & Co. and the Company may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the Optional Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified by Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the written notice given by Goldman, Sachs & Co. of the Underwriters' election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such other time and date as Goldman, Sachs & Co. and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares is herein called the "First Time of Delivery," such time and date for delivery of the Optional Shares, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the "Second Time of Delivery," and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a "Time of Delivery."

 

(b)   The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross receipt for the Shares and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8(n) hereof will be delivered at the offices of the offices of Underwriters' counsel: Morrison & Foerster LLP, 425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 (the "Closing Location"), and the Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at such Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding such Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, "New York Business Day" shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

 

5.  The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:

 

(a)  To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission's close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus prior to the last Time of Delivery which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you with copies thereof; to file promptly all material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Shares, of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares 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 other prospectus or suspending any such qualification, promptly to use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;

 

(b)  Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;

 

(c)  Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with written and electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares 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 (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act, to notify you and upon your request to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many written and electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales of any of the Shares at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon your request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as you may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;

 

(d)  To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than sixteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158 under the Act);

 

(e)  During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of the Prospectus (the initial "Lock-Up Period"), not to effect a Disposition of any Securities, except as provided hereunder and pursuant to employee stock option plans existing on, or upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date of this Agreement, without your prior written consent; provided, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or announces material news or a material event or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 15-day period following the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be automatically extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the announcement of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless Goldman, Sachs & Co. waives, in writing, such extension; the Company will provide the representatives and any co-managers and each stockholder subject to the Lock-Up Period pursuant to the lockup letters described in Section 1(b)(iv) and 8(l) with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the Lock-up Period;

 

(f)  The Company shall enforce the provisions referenced in Section 1(a)(xliv) hereof prohibiting the sale, pledge, grant, transfer or other disposition of the Company’s securities during the Lock-Up Period and any extension thereof described in Section 1(b)(iv), and shall not amend or waive any such restrictions without the prior written consent of Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

(g)  To furnish to its stockholders or file with the Commission by EDGAR as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the effective date of the Registration Statement), to make available to its stockholders consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail;

 

(h)  During a period of three years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, to furnish to you or file with the Commission by EDGAR copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders, and to deliver to you or file with the Commission by EDGAR (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as you may from time to time reasonably request (such financial statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its stockholders generally or to the Commission);

 

(i)  To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Pricing Prospectus under the caption "Use of Proceeds";

 

(j)  To use its best efforts to list for quotation the Shares on the Nasdaq National Market;

 

(k)  To file with the Commission such information on Form 10-Q or Form 10-K as may be required by Rule 463 under the Act;

 

(l)  If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act; and

 

(m)  Upon request of any Underwriter, to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such Underwriter an electronic version of the Company's trademarks, servicemarks and corporate logo for use on the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter for the purpose of facilitating the on-line offering of the Shares (the "License"); provided, however, that the License shall be used solely for the purpose described above, is granted without any fee and may not be assigned or transferred.

 

6.  (a)     The Company represents and agrees that

 

(i)  Without the prior consent of Goldman, Sachs & Co., it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a "free writing prospectus" as defined in Rule 405 under the Act;

 

(ii)  The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission or retention where required and legending; and the Company represents that it has satisfied and agrees that it will, satisfy the conditions under Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show; and

 

(iii)  If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or 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 then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to Goldman, Sachs & Co. and, if requested by Goldman, Sachs & Co., will prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein

 

(b)  Each Selling Stockholder represents and agrees that it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a "free writing prospectus" as defined in Rule 405 under the Act.

 

(c)  Each Underwriter represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co., it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a free writing prospectus; any such free writing prospectus the use of which has been consented to by the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co. is listed on Schedule III hereto.

 

7.  (a)     The Company covenants and agrees that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, the Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey; (iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares on Nasdaq; (v) the filing fees incident to, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, securing any required review by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale of the Shares; (vi) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vii) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. Each of the Selling Stockholders agree that such Selling Stockholder will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of such Selling Stockholder's obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section, including (i) any fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholder, (ii) such Selling Stockholder's pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the Attorneys-in-Fact and the Custodian, and (iii) all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters hereunder. In connection with clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, Goldman, Sachs & Co. agrees to pay New York State stock transfer tax, and each Selling Stockholder agrees to reimburse Goldman, Sachs & Co. for associated carrying costs if such tax payment is not rebated on the day of payment and for any portion of such tax payment not rebated. It is understood, however, that the Company shall bear, and the Selling Stockholders shall not be required to pay or to reimburse the Company for, the cost of any other matters not directly relating to the sale and purchase of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement, and that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 9 and 13 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aircraft charter expenses incurred in connection with meetings of prospective purchasers of the Shares shall be borne 50% by the Company, on the one hand, and 50% by the Underwriters, on the other.

 

(b)    The Selling Stockholders covenant and agree with the several Underwriters (i) that they will pay or cause to be paid all taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters hereunder, and (ii) the underwriting discount associated with the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder shall be deducted from the Selling Stockholders' proceeds from the sale of such Shares.

 

8.  The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to be delivered at each Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company and of the Selling Stockholders herein are, at and as of such Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have performed all of its and their obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:

 

(a)  The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; all material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 433 under the Act; if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;

 

(b)  Morrison & Foerster LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions (a draft of each such opinion is attached as Annex II(a) hereto), dated such Time of Delivery, with respect to the matters as you may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;

 

(c)  Meitar Liquornik Geva & Leshem Brandwein, Israeli counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions (a draft of each such opinion is attached as Annex II(b) hereto), dated such Time of Delivery, with respect to the matters as you may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;

 

(d)  Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion (a draft of such opinion is attached as Annex II(c) hereto), dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:

 

(i)  The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as described in the Prospectus;

 

(ii)  The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company (including the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non assessable; and the Shares conform in all material respects to the description of the Stock contained in the Prospectus;

 

(iii)  The Company has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in the U.S. in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by reason of failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction (such counsel being entitled to rely in respect of the opinion in this clause upon opinions of local counsel and in respect of matters of fact upon certificates of officers of the Company, provided that (A) such counsel shall state that they believe that both you and they are justified in relying upon such opinions and certificates, and (B) copies of such opinions and certificates are provided to the Underwriters and counsel to the Underwriters);

 

(iv)  To such counsel's knowledge and other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party which if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and to such counsel’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened by governmental authorities or threatened by others;

 

(v)  This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

 

(vi)  The issue and sale of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery to be sold by the Company and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (A) do not violate any provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, (B) do not violate any statute, rule or regulation known to such counsel to be customarily applicable to transactions of the nature contemplated by this Agreement, (C) do not violate, breach, or constitute a default under, any of the terms or provisions of, any contract or agreement filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K (the “Reviewed Agreements”) and (D) do not violate any judgment, order or decree known to such counsel of any court, regulatory body, arbitrator or other authority;

 

(vii)  No consent, approval, authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any governmental agency or body on the part of the Company is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the valid execution and delivery of this Agreement, or the offer, sale or issuance of the Shares, except such as have been obtained or made under the Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the Shares, and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters;

 

(viii)  The offer, sale and issuance of the Shares will not be subject to any statutory preemptive or similar rights, any preemptive rights pursuant to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or, to such counsel’s knowledge, pursuant to any contract or written agreement;

 

(ix)  The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption "Description of Capital Stock," insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Stock, under the caption "Risk Factors - Provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law could discourage a takeover that stockholders may consider favorable," under the caption "Material U.S. Federal Tax Considerations for Non-U.S. Holders," under the caption "Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions," under the caption "Shares Eligible for Future Sale," and under the caption “Underwriting,” and in Part II of the Registration Statement under Item 14, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are fair and accurate summaries and descriptions of the matters referred to therein in all material respects;

 

(x)  The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof, will not be an "investment company," as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act; and

 

Such counsel shall have also furnished to you its written statement that although such counsel does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, except for those referred to in the opinion in subsection (x) of this Section 8(c) and only to the extent referred to therein, no facts have come to such counsel’s attention, in the course of its review and discussion, that have caused such counsel to believe that, (i) any part of the Registration Statement or any further amendment made thereto by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery when such part or amendment became effective contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading (other than the financial statements and related schedules and the financial data derived from such financial statements or schedules, as to which such counsel expresses no belief), (ii) the Pricing Disclosure Package, when considered together with and as supplemented by the price to public set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus, as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (other than the financial statements and related schedules and the financial and statistical data derived from such financial statements or schedules, as to which such counsel expresses no belief), or (iii) the Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Time of Delivery, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (other than the financial statements and related schedules and the financial data derived from such financial statements or schedules, as to which such counsel expresses no belief). In addition, such counsel shall have confirmed that the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules and the financial data derived from such financial statements or schedules, as to which we express no confirmation), comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder; and they do not know of any contracts or other documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are not filed or described as required.

 

(e)  Danziger, Klagsbald & Co., Israeli counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion (a draft of such opinion is attached as Annex II(d) hereto), dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:

 

(i)  Wintegra, Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the State of Israel and a subsidiary of the Company (the "Israeli Subsidiary") has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Israel, with requisite power and authority to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; to the knowledge of such counsel, no proceeding has been instituted by the Registrar of Companies in Israel for the dissolution of the Israeli Subsidiary;

 

(ii)  the outstanding ordinary shares of the Israeli Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized, issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus; and to such counsel's knowledge after reasonable investigation, except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company or the Israeli Subsidiary are outstanding;

 

(iii)  the statements included in the Prospectus under the heading "Risk Factors - Risks Related to Our Operations in Israel," "Risk Factors - The tax benefits available to us require us to meet several conditions and may be terminated or reduced in the future, which would increase our taxes," and "Israeli Taxation and Government Programs," insofar as such statements summarize legal matters as to Israeli law, provisions of the Israeli Subsidiary's articles of association, or agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein governed by the laws of the State of Israel, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, provisions of the Israeli Subsidiary's articles of association, agreements, documents or proceedings;

 

(iv)  to such counsel's knowledge and other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending in or before any Israeli court or Israeli governmental agency to which the Israeli Subsidiary is a party or of which any property of the Israeli Subsidiary or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Israeli Subsidiary, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect on the current or future consolidated financial position stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened by any Israeli governmental authorities or threatened by others;

 

(v)  no consent, approval, authorization, order, license, registration or qualification of or with any Israeli court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Shares or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, licenses, registrations or qualifications as have been obtained in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters; provided that with respect to the opinion set forth in this Section (v), such counsel has assumed, without independent verification, that, aside from investors that meet any of the definitions set forth in Section 15A(b)(1) of the Israeli Securities Law, 1968, the aggregate number of offerees to whom the Company, the Underwriters, the Selling Shareholders, and any of their respective representatives, have made an offering in Israel of any securities of the Company in the past twelve months did not exceed 35 offerees;

 

(vi)  the Israeli Subsidiary is not in violation of or default under (a) any provision of its articles of association or other organizational documents, (b) to the knowledge of such counsel, the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any Reviewed Agreement, or (c) any Israeli statute, law, rule or regulation known to such counsel to be customarily applicable to transactions of the nature contemplated by this Agreement, or any judgment, order or decree of any Israeli court, regulatory body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction in Israel over the Israeli subsidiary, except for defaults and violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(vii)  the issue and sale of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery to be sold by the Company and execution, delivery and compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under the Reviewed Agreements to which the Israeli Subsidiary is a party or by which the Israeli Subsidiary is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Israeli Subsidiary is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the articles of association or other organizational documents of the Israeli Subsidiary or any Israeli statute, rule or regulation known to such counsel to be customarily applicable to transactions of the nature contemplated by this Agreement, of any judgment, order or decree of any Israeli court or Israeli governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Israeli Subsidiary or any of its properties;

 

(viii)  to ensure the legality, validity or admissibility into evidence in the State of Israel of this Agreement, it is not necessary that this Agreement be filed or recorded with any court or other authority in the State of Israel;

 

(ix)  under the Israeli Law on Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, 5718-1958, the submission by the Israeli subsidiary under this Agreement to the jurisdiction of any court sitting in New York and the designation of New York law to apply to this Agreement, is binding upon the Israeli Subsidiary and, if properly brought to the attention of a court or administrative body in accordance with the laws of Israel, would be enforceable in any judicial or administrative proceeding in Israel; subject to certain time limitations, Israeli courts are empowered to enforce foreign final non-appealable executory judgments in civil matters, obtained after completion of process before a court which was, according to the laws of the state of such court, competent to render the judgment, and such court is in a state that recognizes similar Israeli judgments, provided such judgments or the enforcement thereof are not contrary to Israeli law, public policy, security or the sovereignty of the State of Israel; and the enforcement of judgments is conditional upon: (a) adequate service of process being effected and the defendant having had a reasonable opportunity to be heard; (b) such judgment having been obtained before a court of competent jurisdiction according to the rules of private international law prevailing in Israel; (c) such judgment not being in conflict with another valid judgment in the same matter between the same parties; (d) such judgment not having been obtained by fraudulent means; and (e) an action between the same parties in the same matter not pending in any Israeli court at the time the lawsuit is instituted in the foreign court;

 

(x)  no stamp duty, and assuming that none of the Underwriters is subject to taxation in the State of Israel, no other issuance or transfer taxes or duties and no capital gains, income, withholding or other taxes are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters to the State of Israel or to any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein in connection with the sale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Shares as contemplated herein; and

 

(xi)  Although they do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Prospectus, except for those referred to in the opinion in subsection (iii) of this Section 8(e), they have no reason to believe (a) that, any part of the Registration Statement or any further amendment thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when such part or amendment became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (b) the Pricing Disclosure Package, when considered together with and as supplemented by the price to public set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus, as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (c) that, as of its date and as of such Time of Delivery, the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and they do not know of any amendment to the Registration Statement required to be filed or of any contracts or other documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are not filed or described as required.

 

In rendering the opinion in paragraph (e), such counsel may rely upon certificates of the responsible officers of the Company and the Israeli Subsidiary in respect of matters of fact, provided that (A) such counsel shall state that they believe that both you and they are justified in relying upon such certificates, and (B) a copy of such certificates are provided to the Underwriters and counsel to the Underwriters;

 

(f)  Each of Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer and Ehrlich & Partners, intellectual property counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion (drafts of such opinions are attached as Annex II(e)(i) and Annex II(e)(ii) hereto), dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:

 

(i)  the Company's patents (collectively, the "Opinion Patents") are valid and subsisting; provided, that such opinion shall include a description of such counsel's prior art searches in a form satisfactory to counsel to the Representatives;

 

(ii)  the Company's issued Opinion Patents and filed patent applications filed in the U.S. (the "Applications") have been properly prepared and filed on behalf of the Company, are being diligently pursued by the Company and to the best of such counsel's knowledge, the Company has complied with all applicable examination requirements of duty of candor and disclosure; the inventions described in the Applications are assigned or licensed to the Company to the best of such counsel's knowledge, except for Applications where the Company has obtained a field of use license, and/or where certain rights have been retained by the licensor or the U.S. government, no other entity or individual has any right or claim in any of the inventions, Applications, or any patent to be issued therefrom, and in such counsel's opinion, each of the Applications discloses patentable subject matter;

 

(iii)  the statements contained in the Registration Statement and Prospectus including, but not limited to, the statements under the captions "Risk Factors - If we fail to secure or protect our intellectual property rights, other persons or entities may be able to sue our technologies, which could weaken our competitive position, reduce our revenue or increase our costs," "Risk Factors - We may be subject to claims of infringement of third party intellectual property rights or demands that we license third party technology, which could result in significant expense and loss of our intellectual property rights" and "Business - Intellectual Property," (collectively, the "Intellectual Property Portion") are accurate descriptions of the Company's patent applications, issued and allowed patents, and fairly summarize the legal matters, documents and proceedings relating thereto of which such counsel is aware;

 

(iv)  except as disclosed in the Prospectus, such counsel is not aware or has not been put on notice of any valid patent that is or would be infringed by the activities of the Company in the manufacture, use or sale of any presently proposed product, as described in the Prospectus;

 

(v)  except as disclosed in the Prospectus, such counsel is not aware of any pending or threatened judicial or governmental proceedings relating to patents or proprietary information to which the Company is a party or of which any property of the Company is subject, including any interference, reexamination, reissue or declaratory action proceeding, and such counsel is not aware of any pending or threatened action, suit or claim by others that the Company is infringing or otherwise violating any patent rights of others, nor is such counsel aware of any rights of third parties to any of the Company's inventions described in the Applications, issued, approved or licensed patents which could reasonably be expected to materially affect the ability of the Company to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; and

 

(vi)  such counsel has no reason to believe that the information contained in the Intellectual Property Portion of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus at the time each became effective, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

In rendering such opinion in paragraph (f), such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Israel and federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials.

 

(g)  The respective counsel for each of the Selling Stockholders, as indicated in Schedule II hereto, each shall have furnished to you their written opinion with respect to each of the Selling Stockholders for whom they are acting as counsel (a draft of each such opinion is attached as Annex II(f) hereto), dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:

 

(i)  A Power of Attorney and a Custody Agreement have been duly executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder and constitute valid and binding agreements of such Selling Stockholder in accordance with their terms;

 

(ii)  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder; and the sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and the compliance by such Selling Stockholder with all of the provisions of this Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling Stockholder is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of such Selling Stockholder if such Selling Stockholder is a corporation or any order, rule or regulation known to such counsel of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or the property of such Selling Stockholder;

 

(iii)  No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, except [name any such consent, approval, authorization or order] which [has] [have] been duly obtained and [is] [are] in full force and effect, such as have been obtained under the Act and such as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of such Shares by the Underwriters;

 

(iv)  Immediately prior to such Time of Delivery, such Selling Stockholder had good and valid title to the Shares to be sold at such Time of Delivery by such Selling Stockholder under this Agreement, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, and full right, power and authority to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder; and

 

(v)  Good and valid title to such Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, has been transferred to each of the several Underwriters who have purchased such Shares in good faith and without notice of any such lien, encumbrance, equity or claim or any other adverse claim within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

In rendering the opinion in paragraph (g)(iv), such counsel may rely upon a certificate of such Selling Stockholder in respect of matters of fact as to ownership of, and liens, encumbrances, equities or claims on, the Shares sold by such Selling Stockholder, provided that (A) such counsel shall state that they believe that both you and they are justified in relying upon such certificate, and (B) a copy of such certificate is provided to the Underwriters and counsel to the Underwriters;

 

(h)  On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement, at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at each Time of Delivery, E&Y shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Annex I hereto (the executed copy of the letter delivered prior to the execution of this Agreement is attached as Annex I(a) hereto and a draft of the form of letter to be delivered on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement and as of each Time of Delivery is attached as Annex I(b) hereto);

 

(i)  (A)   Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing 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 Pricing Prospectus, and (B) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (A) or (B), is in your judgment so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;

 

(j)  On or after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on Nasdaq; (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal, New York, California, or Texas State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iii) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or (iv) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iii) or (iv) in your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;

 

(k)  The Shares at such Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed for quotation on the Nasdaq National Market;

 

(l)  The Company shall have obtained and delivered to the Underwriters executed copies of an agreement (the "Stockholder Lock-Up Agreement") from each officer and director of the Company and each of the persons set forth in Annex III hereto, substantially to the effect set forth in Subsection 1(b)(iv) hereof in form and substance satisfactory to you, and shall have taken all actions necessary to ensure that each holder of options to purchase the Company's securities is bound by the same Lock-Up Period as set forth in Subsection 1(b)(iv) hereof;

 

(m)  The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement; and

 

(n)  The Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at such Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company and of the Selling Stockholders, respectively, satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, respectively, herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company and duly authorized representatives of the Selling Stockholders of all of their respective obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished certificates as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (i) of this Section and such other matters as you may reasonably request.

 

9.  (a)     The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers, any person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter or any such person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any "issuer information" filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter or any such person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or any such person in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein.

 

 

(b)     Each of the Selling Stockholders, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers, any person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter or any such person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any "issuer information" filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information relating to such Selling Stockholder furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein; and will reimburse each Underwriter or any such person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or any such person in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that such Selling Stockholder shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein; provided further, that the liability of any Selling Stockholder pursuant to this subsection (b) shall not exceed the aggregate gross proceeds received, but before expenses, from the sale of Shares by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement (with respect to each Selling Stockholder, such amount being referred to herein as such Selling Stockholder's "Gross Proceeds").

 

(c)     Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each Selling Stockholder against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or such Selling Stockholder may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Pricing Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company and each Selling Stockholder for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or such Selling Stockholder in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.

 

(d)     Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof (each such notice to the indemnifying party, a "Notice"); but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

 

(e)     If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the Notice required under subsection (d) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Stockholders on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, each of the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (e) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (e). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (e) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this subsection (e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), no Selling Stockholder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of such Stockholder’s Gross Proceeds under this subsection (e).

 

(f)     The obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the respective Selling Stockholders may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act and each broker-dealer affiliate of any Underwriter; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling Stockholder within the meaning of the Act.

 

10.  (a)     If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Shares which it has agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of Delivery, you may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other parties to purchase such Shares on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such Shares on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Company and the Selling Stockholders that you have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, or the Company and the Selling Stockholders notify you that they have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, you or the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have the right to postpone a Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in your opinion may thereby be made necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Shares.

 

(b)   If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company and the Selling Stockholders as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, then the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

 

(c)     If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company and the Selling Stockholders as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all of the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement (or, with respect to the Second Time of Delivery, the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Company and the Selling Stockholders to sell the Optional Shares) shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company or the Selling Stockholders, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters as provided in Section 7 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 9 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

 

11.  The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company, or any of the Selling Stockholders, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, or any controlling person of any Selling Stockholder, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.

 

12.  In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by you jointly or by Goldman, Sachs & Co. on behalf of you as the representatives; and in all dealings with any Selling Stockholder hereunder, you and the Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of such Selling Stockholder made or given by any or all of the Attorneys-in-Fact for such Selling Stockholder.

 

All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as the representatives in care of Goldman, Sachs & Co., One New York Plaza, 42^nd Floor, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Registration Department; if to any Selling Stockholder shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Selling Stockholder or its counsel at the address set forth in Schedule II hereto; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 9(d) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company or the Selling Stockholders by you on request; provided, however, that notices under subsection 5(e) shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as the representatives at Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Control Room. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.

 

13.  If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof, neither the Company nor the Selling Stockholders shall then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; provided that if for any other reason (a) any Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter in respect of the Shares not so delivered except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof, and (b) any Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholders as provided herein, each of the Selling Stockholders, pro rata (based on the number of Shares to be sold by the Company and such Selling Stockholder hereunder), will reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Selling Stockholders shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter in respect of the Shares not so delivered except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof.

 

14.  This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Stockholders and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company, any Selling Stockholder or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.

 

15.  Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.

 

16.  The Company and each of the Selling Stockholders acknowledge and agree that (i) the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement is an arm's-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or of any Selling Stockholder, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or of any Selling Stockholder with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or any Selling Stockholder on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company or to any Selling Stockholder except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iv) the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.  The Company and each of the Selling Stockholders agree that it will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company or to any Selling Stockholder, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

 

17.  This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, or between any Selling Stockholder and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

18.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

19.  The Company, each of the Selling Stockholders and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

20.  This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

21.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company and the Selling Stockholders are authorized to disclose to any persons the U.S. federal and state income tax treatment and tax structure of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Company and the Selling Stockholders relating to that treatment and structure, without the Underwriters imposing any limitation of any kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any person to comply with securities laws. For this purpose, "tax structure" is limited to any facts that may be relevant to that treatment.

 

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us one for the Company and each of the Representatives plus one for each counsel and the Custodian counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the Underwriters, the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company and the Selling Stockholders for examination, upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.

 

 

 

[Signature page follows.]

 

Any person executing and delivering this Agreement as Attorney-in-Fact for a Selling Stockholder represents by so doing that he has been duly appointed as Attorney-in-Fact by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to a validly existing and binding Power of Attorney which authorizes such Attorney-in-Fact to take such action.

 

	Very truly yours,
	WINTEGRA, INC.
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

	TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED CHINA DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL BANK, INC. MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR ISRAEL LTD. PMC-SIERRA, INC. MIZRAHI TEFAHOT BANK LTD. AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TMURA, INC.
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
		As Attorney-in-Fact acting on behalf of each of the Selling Stockholders named in Schedule II to this Agreement.

 

 

Accepted as of the date hereof

 

at New York, New York:

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.

Thomas Weisel Partners LLC

CIBC World Markets Corp.

 

By: _________________________________________________

(Goldman, Sachs & Co.)

On behalf of each of the Underwriters

 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

					Number of Optional
					Shares to be
		Total Number of			Purchased if
		Firm Shares			Maximum Option
Underwriter		to be Purchased			Exercised
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.
Thomas Weisel Partners LLC
CIBC World Markets Corp.
Total

 

 

 

SCHEDULE II
					Number of Optional
					Shares to be
		Total Number of			Sold if
		Firm Shares			Maximum Option
		to be Sold			Exercised
The Company			3,170,000			613,531
The Selling Stockholder(s):
Texas Instruments Incorporated (a)			981,788			-
PMC-Sierra, Inc. (b)			426,512			-
Marvell Semiconductor Israel Ltd. (c)			258,837			-
China Development Industrial Bank, Inc. (d)			108,599			54,275
Plenus Technologies Ltd. (e)			54,264			-
Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd. (f)			-			67,829
American Friends of Tmura, Inc. (g)			-			14,365
Total			5,000,000			750,000

 

____________

(a) This Selling Stockholder is represented by [Name and Address of Counsel] and has appointed Jacob (Kobi) Ben-Zvi and Alon Rozner, and each of them, as the Attorneys-in-Fact for such Selling Stockholder. The address for notice to such Selling Stockholder is [_____________].

 

(b) This Selling Stockholder is represented by [Name and Address of Counsel] and has appointed Jacob (Kobi) Ben-Zvi and Alon Rozner, and each of them, as the Attorneys-in-Fact for such Selling Stockholder.

 

(c) This Selling Stockholder is represented by [Name and Address of Counsel] and has appointed Jacob (Kobi) Ben-Zvi and Alon Rozner, and each of them, as the Attorneys-in-Fact for such Selling Stockholder.

 

(d) This Selling Stockholder is represented by [Name and Address of Counsel] and has appointed Jacob (Kobi) Ben-Zvi and Alon Rozner, and each of them, as the Attorneys-in-Fact for such Selling Stockholder.

 

(e) This Selling Stockholder is represented by [Name and Address of Counsel] and has appointed Jacob (Kobi) Ben-Zvi and Alon Rozner, and each of them, as the Attorneys-in-Fact for such Selling Stockholder.

 

(f) This Selling Stockholder is represented by [Name and Address of Counsel] and has appointed Jacob (Kobi) Ben-Zvi and Alon Rozner, and each of them, as the Attorneys-in-Fact for such Selling Stockholder.

 

(g) This Selling Stockholder is represented by [Name and Address of Counsel] and has appointed Jacob (Kobi) Ben-Zvi and Alon Rozner, and each of them, as the Attorneys-in-Fact for such Selling Stockholder.

 

 

 

(a)	Materials other than the Pricing Prospectus that comprise the Pricing Disclosure Package:

 

[_____________]

 

(b) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not included in the Pricing Disclosure Package:

[Roadshow]

 

 

Pursuant to Section 8(h) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that :

 

(i)  They are independent certified public accountants with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder;

 

(ii)  In their opinion, the financial statements and any supplementary financial information and schedules (and, if applicable, financial forecasts and/or pro forma financial information) examined by them and included in the Prospectus or the Registration Statement comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published rules and regulations thereunder; and, if applicable, they have made a review in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements, selected financial data, pro forma financial information, financial forecasts and/or condensed financial statements derived from audited financial statements of the Company for the periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their reports thereon, copies of which have been furnished to the representatives of the Underwriters (the "Representatives") and are attached hereto;

 

(iii)  They have made a review in accordance with standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board of the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus as indicated in their reports thereon copies of which are attached hereto and on the basis of specified procedures including inquiries of officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters regarding whether the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements referred to in paragraph (vi)(A)(i) below comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published rules and regulations, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published rules and regulations;

 

(iv)  The unaudited selected financial information with respect to the consolidated results of operations and financial position of the Company for the five most recent fiscal years included in the Prospectus agrees with the corresponding amounts (after restatements where applicable) in the audited consolidated financial statements for such five fiscal years;

 

(v)  They have compared the information in the Prospectus under selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K and on the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter nothing came to their attention as a result of the foregoing procedures that caused them to believe that this information does not conform in all material respects with the disclosure requirements of Item 301 of Regulation S-K;

 

(vi)  On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other information referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, inspection of the minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus, inquiries of officials of the Company and its subsidiaries responsible for financial and accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that:

 

(A) (i) the unaudited consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published rules and regulations, or (ii) any material modifications should be made to the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus for them to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(B) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, there have not been any changes in the consolidated capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of options and stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of performance shares and upon conversions of convertible securities, in each case which were outstanding on the date of the latest financial statements included in the Prospectus) or any increase in the consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, or any decreases in consolidated net current assets or stockholders' equity or other items specified by the Representatives, or any increases in any items specified by the Representatives, in each case as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet included in the Prospectus, except in each case for changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and

 

(C) for the period from the date of the latest financial statements included in the Prospectus to the specified date referred to in clause (C) there were any decreases in consolidated net revenues or operating profit or the total or per share amounts of consolidated net income or other items specified by the Representatives, or any increases in any items specified by the Representatives, in each case as compared with the comparable period of the preceding year and with any other period of corresponding length specified by the Representatives, except in each case for decreases or increases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter;

 

(vii) In addition to the examination referred to in their report(s) included in the Prospectus and the limited procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (vi) above, they have carried out certain specified procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to certain amounts, percentages and financial information specified by the Representatives, which are derived from the general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, which appear in the Prospectus, or in Part II of, or in exhibits and schedules to, the Registration Statement specified by the Representatives, and have compared certain of such amounts, percentages and financial information with the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and have found them to be in agreement.