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Tripath Technology Inc.
7,500,000 Shares(1)
Common Stock
($.001 par value)
Underwriting Agreement
New York, New York
July __, 2000
Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.
Dain Rauscher Incorporated
As Representatives of the several Underwriters,
c/o Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Tripath Technology Inc., a corporation organized under the
laws of Delaware (the "Company"), proposes to sell to the several underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters"), for whom you (the
"Representatives") are acting as representatives, shares of Common Stock, $.001
par value ("Common Stock") of the Company (said shares to be issued and sold by
the Company being hereinafter called the "Underwritten Securities"). The Company
also proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to 1,125,000
additional shares of Common Stock to cover over-allotments (the "Option
Securities"; the Option Securities, together with the Underwritten Securities,
being hereinafter called the "Securities"). To the extent there are no
additional Underwriters listed on Schedule I other than you, the term
Representatives as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters, and the terms
Representatives and Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural as the
context requires. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 17 hereof.
As part of the offering contemplated by this Agreement,
Salomon Smith Barney Inc. has agreed to reserve out of the Securities set forth
opposite its name on the Schedule I to this Agreement, up to 3,750,000 shares,
for sale to the Company's employees, officers, and directors and other parties
associated with the Company (collectively, "Participants"), as set forth in the
Prospectus under the heading "Underwriting" (the "Directed Share Program"). The
Securities to be sold by Salomon Smith Barney Inc. pursuant to the Directed
Share Program (the "Directed Shares") will be sold by Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
pursuant to this Agreement at the
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(1) Plus an option to purchase from the Company, up to 1,125,000
additional Securities to cover over-allotments.
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public offering price. Any Directed Shares not orally confirmed for purchase by
any Participants by the end of the business day on which this Agreement is
executed will be offered to the public by Salomon Smith Barney Inc. as set forth
in the Prospectus.
1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Company represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this
Section 1.
(a) The Company has prepared and filed with the Commission a
registration statement (file number 333-35028) on Form S-1, including a
related preliminary prospectus, for registration under the Act of the
offering and sale of the Securities. The Company may have filed one or more
amendments thereto, including a related preliminary prospectus, each of
which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will next file with
the Commission either (1) prior to the Effective Date of such registration
statement, a further amendment to such registration statement (including
the form of final prospectus) or (2) after the Effective Date of such
registration statement, a final prospectus in accordance with Rules 430A
and 424(b). In the case of clause (2), the Company has included in such
registration statement, as amended at the Effective Date, all information
(other than Rule 430A Information) required by the Act and the rules
thereunder to be included in such registration statement and the
Prospectus. As filed, such amendment and form of final prospectus, or such
final prospectus, shall contain all Rule 430A Information, together with
all other such required information, and, except to the extent the
Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all
substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution
Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain
only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that
contained in the latest Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised
you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein.
(b) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did or will,
and when the Prospectus is first filed (if required) in accordance with
Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined herein) and on any date on
which Option Securities are purchased, if such date is not the Closing Date
(a "settlement date"), the Prospectus (and any supplements thereto) will,
comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act
and the rules thereunder; on the Effective Date and at the Execution Time,
the Registration Statement did not or will not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading; and, on the Effective Date, the Prospectus, if not filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b), will not, and on the date of any filing pursuant
to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date and any settlement date, the
Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not, include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the
information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement, or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon
and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by
or on behalf of any Underwriter through the
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Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto).
(c) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as
a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which
it is chartered or organized with full corporate power and authority to own
or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of
each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except where the
failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in
the ordinary course of business, except as set in or contemplated by the
Prospectus (a "Material Adverse Effect").
(d) The Company's authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in
the Prospectus; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material
respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus; the
outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly and validly authorized
and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; the Securities have been
duly and validly authorized, and, when issued and delivered to and paid for
by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will be fully paid and
nonassessable; the certificates for the Securities are in valid and
sufficient form; the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company are not entitled to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the
Securities; and, except as set forth in the 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 are
outstanding.
(e) There is no franchise, contract or other document of a character
required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to
be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as
required.
(f) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as
described in the Prospectus, will not be an "investment company" as defined
in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(g) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the
transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been obtained under
the Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any
jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the
Prospectus.
(h) Neither the issue and sale of the Securities nor the consummation
of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of
the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation or
imposition of any lien, charge or
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encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease,
mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement,
obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property
is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or
decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or
other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of its or their properties.
(i) No holders of securities of the Company have rights to the
registration of such securities under the Registration Statement.
(j) The consolidated historical financial statements and schedules of
the Company included in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement
present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the Company as of the dates and for the
periods indicated, comply as to form with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the
periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). The selected
financial data set forth under the caption "Selected Financial Information"
in the Prospectus and Registration Statement fairly present, on the basis
stated in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement, the information
included therein. The pro forma financial statements included in the
Prospectus and the Registration Statement include assumptions that provide
a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly
attributable to the transactions and events described therein, the related
pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the
pro forma adjustments reflect the proper application of those adjustments
to the historical financial statement amounts in the pro forma financial
statements included in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement. The
pro forma financial statements included in the Prospectus and the
Registration Statement comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X under the Act and the
pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts
in the compilation of those statements.
(k) No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property is pending or,
to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i) could reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this
Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
hereby or (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(l) The Company owns or leases all such properties as are necessary
to the conduct of its operations as presently conducted, except where any
failure to own or lease any such property would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(m) The Company is not in violation or default of (i) any provision
of its charter or bylaws, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease,
mortgage, deed of trust, note
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agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition,
covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its
property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment,
order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency,
governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over
the Company or any of its properties, as applicable, except, in the case of
clauses (ii) and (iii) above, where any such violation or default would not
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and delivered
their report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements
and schedules included in the Prospectus, are independent public
accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and
the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.
(o) There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges
under Federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision
thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement or the issuance by the Company or sale by the Company of
the Securities.
(p) The Company has filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax
returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof
(except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a
Material Adverse Effect and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it
and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent
that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such
assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith
or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries exists or is threatened or imminent, and the
Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the
employees of any of its or its subsidiaries' principal suppliers,
contractors or customers, that could have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) The Company is insured by 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; all
material policies of insurance and fidelity and surety bonds insuring the
Company or its respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and
directors are in full force and effect; the Company is in compliance with
the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and
there are no material claims by the Company under any such policy or
instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or
defending under a reservation of rights clause; the Company has not been
refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and the Company has
not 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.
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(s) The Company possesses all licenses, certificates, permits and
other authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its businesses, and the Company
has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly
or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or
finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) The Company 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 asset accountability; (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 to any differences.
(u) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action
that has constituted or that was designed to or might reasonably be
expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company
to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(v) The Company is (i) in compliance with any and all applicable
foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the
protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or
toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants ("Environmental
Laws"), (ii) has received and is in compliance with all permits, licenses
or other approvals required of it under applicable Environmental Laws to
conduct its business and (iii) has not received notice of any actual or
potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or
release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants, except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws,
failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals, or
liability would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Prospectus, the Company has not
been named as a "potentially responsible party" under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended.
(w) In the ordinary course of its business, the Company periodically
reviews the effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and
properties of the Company, in the course of which it identifies and
evaluates associated costs and liabilities (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). On the basis of such review, the Company has
reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities would not,
singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) The Company has fulfilled its obligations, if any, under the
minimum funding standards of Section 302 of the United States Employee
Retirement Income Security Act
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of 1974 ("ERISA") and the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder with respect to each "plan" (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA
and such regulations and published interpretations) in which employees of
the Company and its subsidiaries are eligible to participate and each such
plan is in compliance in all material respects with the presently
applicable provisions of ERISA and such regulations and published
interpretations. The Company has not incurred any unpaid liability to the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (other than for the payment of
premiums in the ordinary course) or to any such plan under Title IV of
ERISA.
(y) The Company owns, possesses, licenses or has other rights to use,
on reasonable terms, all patents, patent applications, trade and service
marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights,
licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other
intellectual property (collectively, the "Intellectual Property")
reasonably necessary for the conduct of the Company's business as now
conducted or as proposed in the Prospectus to be conducted. Except as set
forth in the Prospectus under the caption "Business--Intellectual
Property," (a) to the Company's best knowledge, there are no rights of
third parties to any such Intellectual Property; (b) to the Company's best
knowledge, there is no material infringement by third parties of any such
Intellectual Property; (c) there is no pending or, to the Company's best
knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others
challenging the Company's rights in or to any such Intellectual Property,
and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis
for any such claim; (d) to the Company's best knowledge, there is no
pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others
challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property, and
the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for
any such claim; (e) there is no pending or, to the Company's knowledge,
threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company
infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade
secret or other proprietary rights of others, and the Company is unaware of
any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (f)
to the Company's knowledge, there is no U.S. patent or published U.S.
patent application which contains claims that dominate or may dominate any
Intellectual Property described in the Prospectus as being owned by or
licensed to the Company or that interferes with the issued or pending
claims of any such Intellectual Property; and (g) there is no prior art of
which the Company is aware that may render any U.S. patent held by the
Company invalid or any U.S. patent application held by the Company
unpatentable which has not been disclosed to the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office.
(z) The statements contained in the Prospectus under the captions
"Risk Factors -- Our business depends in part on our ability to obtain and
preserve intellectual property rights" and "Business -- Intellectual
Property," insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements,
documents, or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair
summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to
the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the
offering of the Securities
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shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters
covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
Furthermore, the Company represents and warrants to Salomon Smith
Barney Inc. that (i) the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
preliminary prospectus comply, and any further amendments or supplements thereto
will comply, with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in
which the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented,
if applicable, are distributed in connection with the Directed Share Program,
and that (ii) no authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration
or qualification of or with any government, governmental instrumentality or
court, other than such as have been obtained, is necessary under the securities
laws and regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Directed Shares are
offered outside the United States.
The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to offer,
Securities to any person pursuant to the Directed Share Program with the
specific intent to unlawfully influence (i) a customer or supplier of the
Company to alter the customer's or supplier's level or type of business with the
Company, or (ii) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable
information about the Company or its products.
2. PURCHASE AND SALE. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions and in
reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the
Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase
price of $ per share, the amount of the Underwritten Securities set
forth opposite such Underwriter's name in Schedule I hereto.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company hereby grants
an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not
jointly, up to 1,125,000 Option Securities at the same purchase price per
share as the Underwriters shall pay for the Underwritten Securities. Said
option may be exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sale of the
Underwritten Securities by the Underwriters. Said option may be exercised
in whole or in part at any time (but not more than once) on or before the
30th day after the date of the Prospectus upon written or telegraphic
notice by the Representatives to the Company setting forth the number of
shares of the Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are
exercising the option and the settlement date. The number of Option
Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage
of the total number of shares of the Option Securities to be purchased by
the several Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the
Underwritten Securities, subject to such adjustments as you in your
absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any fractional shares.
3. DELIVERY AND PAYMENT. Delivery of and payment for the
Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities (if the option provided for in
Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the third Business
Day prior to the Closing Date) shall be made at 10:00 AM, New York City time, on
__________, 2000, or at such time on such later date not more than three
Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate,
which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representatives
and the
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Company or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and
payment for the Securities being herein called the "Closing Date"). Delivery of
the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts
of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through
the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the
Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by
the Company. Delivery of the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities
shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the
Representatives shall otherwise instruct.
If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised after
the third Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the Company will deliver the
Option Securities (at the expense of the Company) to the Representatives, at 388
Greenwich Street, New York, New York, on the date specified by the
Representatives (which shall be within three Business Days after exercise of
said option) for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against
payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase
price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in
same-day funds to an account specified by the Company. If settlement for the
Option Securities occurs after the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to the
Representatives on the settlement date for the Option Securities, and the
obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities shall be
conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions, certificates and letters
confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates and letters delivered on
the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6 hereof.
4. OFFERING BY UNDERWRITERS. It is understood that the several
Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth
in the Prospectus.
5. AGREEMENTS. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters
that:
(a) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration
Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, and any amendment
thereof, to become effective. Prior to the termination of the offering of
the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration
Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior
to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to
which you reasonably object. Subject to the foregoing sentence, if the
Registration Statement has become or becomes effective pursuant to Rule
430A, or filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b),
the Company will cause the Prospectus, properly completed, and any
supplement thereto to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the
applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and
will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely
filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (1) when the
Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, shall have
become effective, (2) when the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto,
shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed
with the Commission, (3) when, prior to termination of the offering of the
Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been
filed or become effective, (4) of any request by the Commission or its
staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, or for any
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supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information, (5) of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any
proceeding for that purpose and (6) of the receipt by the Company of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening
of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts
to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of any
such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the
withdrawal thereof.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is
required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of
which the Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend
the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the
Act or the rules thereunder, the Company promptly will (1) notify the
Representatives of any such event, (2) prepare and file with the
Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section
5, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission
or effect such compliance; and (3) supply any supplemented Prospectus to
you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(c) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available
to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.
(d) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for
the Underwriters signed copies of the Registration Statement (including
exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration
Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a
prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act, as many
copies of each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and any supplement
thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(e) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of
the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the
Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in
effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; PROVIDED
that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business
in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action
that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those
arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction
where it is not now so subject.
(f) The Company will not, and the Company will cause its officers,
directors and shareholders not to, without the prior written consent of
Salomon Smith Barney Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or
otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to,
or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by
actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement
or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person
in privity with
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the Company or any affiliate of the Company) directly or indirectly,
including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration
statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put
equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position
within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other shares of
Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or
exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention
to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of
this Underwriting Agreement, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company may issue
and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock
ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at
the Execution Time and the Company may issue Common Stock issuable upon the
conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the
Execution Time.
(g) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected
to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, in stabilization
or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate
the sale or resale of the Securities.
(h) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the
following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing
with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial
statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the
printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight
charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the
Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, and
all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be
reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of
the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance
and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or
transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the
Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this
Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents
printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of
the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange
Act and the listing of the Securities on the Nasdaq National Market; (vi)
any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale
under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including
filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the
Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification); (vii) any
filings required to be made with the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses
of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the
transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company
representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers
of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company's accountants
and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel)
for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the
performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.
(i) The Company will pay all fees and disbursements of counsel
incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program
and stamp duties, similar
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taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by the Underwriters in
connection with the Directed Share Program.
(j) In connection with the Directed Share Program, the Company will
ensure that the Directed Shares will be restricted to the extent required
by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") or the
NASD rules from sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation for a
period of three months following the date of the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement. Salomon Smith Barney Inc. will notify the Company
as to which Participants will need to be so restricted. The Company will
direct the removal of such transfer restrictions upon the expiration of
such period of time.
Furthermore, the Company covenants with Salomon Smith Barney Inc. that
the Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable
laws, rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the Directed
Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program.
6. CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNDERWRITERS. The
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the
Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein as of
the Execution Time, the Closing Date and any settlement date pursuant to Section
3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any
certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the
Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) If the Registration Statement has not become effective prior to
the Execution Time, unless the Representatives agree in writing to a later
time, the Registration Statement will become effective not later than (i)
6:00 PM New York City time on the date of determination of the public
offering price, if such determination occurred at or prior to 3:00 PM New
York City time on such date or (ii) 9:30 AM on the Business Day following
the day on which the public offering price was determined, if such
determination occurred after 3:00 PM New York City time on such date; if
filing of the Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, is required pursuant
to Rule 424(b), the Prospectus, and any such supplement, will be filed in
the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have
been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted
or threatened.
(b) The Company shall have requested and caused Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, counsel for the Company, to
have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing Date
and addressed to the Representatives, in substantially the form attached
hereto as EXHIBIT A.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters
involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State
of Delaware or the 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
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extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the
Company and public officials. References to the Prospectus in this
paragraph (b) include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.
(c) The Representatives shall have received from Brobeck Phleger &
Harrison LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated
the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, with respect to the
issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters
as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall have
furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(d) The Company shall have requested and caused both Townsend &
Townsend and Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP, intellectual property counsels for
the Company, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated
the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives to the effect that:
(i) As to the statements under the captions "Risk Factors-- Our
intellectual property and proprietary rights may be insufficient to
protect our competitive position" and "--We may be subject to
intellectual property rights disputes which could divert management's
attention and could be costly" and "Business-- Intellectual Property,"
nothing has come to the attention of such counsel which caused them to
believe that the above-mentioned sections of the Registration
Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto made available and
reviewed by such counsel, at the time the Registration Statement
became effective and at all times subsequent thereto up to and on the
Closing Date and on any later date on which Option Stock are to be
purchased, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(ii) Such counsel knows of no material action, suit, claim or
proceeding relating to patents, patent rights or licenses, trademarks
or trademark rights, copyrights, collaborative research, licenses or
royalty arrangements or agreements or trade secrets, know-how or
proprietary techniques, including processes and substances, owned by
or affecting the business or operations of the Company which are
pending or threatened against the Company or any of its officers or
directors.
(iii) The Company is listed in the records of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office as the holder of record of the patents
listed on a schedule to such opinion (the "Patents") and each of the
applications listed on a schedule to such opinion (the
"Applications"). To the knowledge of such counsel, there are no claims
of third parties to any ownership interest or lien with respect to any
of the Patents or Applications. Such counsel is not aware of any
material defect in form in the preparation or filing of the
Applications on behalf of the Company. To the knowledge of such
counsel, the Applications are being pursued by the
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Company. To the knowledge of such counsel, the Company owns as its
sole property the Patents and pending Applications;
(iv) The Company is listed in the records of the appropriate
foreign offices as the sole holder of record of the foreign patents
listed on a schedule to such opinion (the "Foreign Patents") and each
of the applications listed on a schedule to such opinion (the "Foreign
Applications"). Such counsel knows of no claims of third parties to
any ownership interest or lien with respect to the Foreign Patents or
Foreign Applications. Such counsel is not aware of any material defect
of form in the preparation or filing of the Foreign Applications on
behalf of the Company. To the knowledge of such counsel, the Foreign
Applications are being pursued by the Company. To the knowledge of
such counsel, the Company owns as its sole property the Foreign
Patents and pending Foreign Applications; and
(v) Such counsel knows of no reason why the Patents or Foreign
Patents are not valid as issued. Such counsel has no knowledge of any
reason why any patent to be issued as a result of any Application or
Foreign Application would not be valid or would not afford the Company
useful patent protection with respect thereto.
(e) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a
certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the
President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company,
dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate
have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any
supplements to the Prospectus and this Agreement and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as
of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing
Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and
satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or, to the Company's knowledge,
threatened; and
(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements
included in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto),
there has been no material adverse effect on the condition (financial
or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising
from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set
forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto).
(f) The Company shall have requested and caused
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to have furnished to the Representatives, at the
Execution Time and at the Closing Date, letters, dated respectively as of
the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form
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and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, confirming that they are
independent accountants within the meaning of the Act and the applicable
rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder and that they
have performed a review of the unaudited interim financial information of
the Company for the six-month period ended June 30, 2000, and as at June
30, 2000, in accordance with Statement on Auditing Standards No. 71 and
stating in effect that:
(i) in their opinion the audited financial statements and
financial statement schedules included in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus and reported on by them comply as to form with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related rules
and regulations adopted by the Commission;
(ii) on the basis of a reading of the latest unaudited financial
statements made available by the Company and its subsidiaries; their
limited review, in accordance with standards established under
Statement on Auditing Standards No. 71, of the unaudited interim
financial information for the six-month period ended June 30, 2000,
and as at June 30, 2000; carrying out certain specified procedures
(but not an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards) which would not necessarily reveal matters of significance
with respect to the comments set forth in such letter; a reading of
the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders, directors and
compensation and audit committees of the Company and the Subsidiaries;
and inquiries of certain officials of the Company who have
responsibility for financial and accounting matters of the Company and
its subsidiaries as to transactions and events subsequent to June 30,
2000, nothing came to their attention which caused them to believe
that:
(1) any unaudited financial statements included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus do not comply as to
form in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and with the related rules and
regulations adopted by the Commission with respect to
registration statements on Form S-1; and said unaudited financial
statements are not in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a basis substantially consistent
with that of the audited financial statements included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus;
(2) with respect to the period subsequent to March 31,
2000, there were any changes, at a specified date not more than
five days prior to the date of the letter, in the long-term debt
of the Company and its subsidiaries or capital stock of the
Company or decreases in the stockholders' equity of the Company
or decreases in working capital of the Company as compared with
the amounts shown on the June 30, 2000 consolidated balance sheet
included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, or for
the period from July 1, 2000 to such specified date there were
any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period in the
preceding quarter in net revenues or income before income taxes
or in total or per
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share amounts of net income, operating income, and net interest
income after provision for loan losses of the Company, except in
all instances for changes or decreases set forth in such letter,
in which case the letter shall be accompanied by an explanation
by the Company as to the significance thereof unless said
explanation is not deemed necessary by the Representatives; or
(3) the information included in the Registration Statement
and Prospectus in response to Regulation S-K, Item 301 (Selected
Financial Data), Item 302 (Supplementary Financial Information),
Item 402 (Executive Compensation) and Item 503(d) (Ratio of
Earnings to Fixed Charges) is not in conformity with the
applicable disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K.
(iii) they have performed certain other specified procedures as a
result of which they determined that certain information of an
accounting, financial or statistical nature (which is limited to
accounting, financial or statistical information derived from the
general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries) set
forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including the
information set forth under the captions "Summary Consolidated
Financial Data" and "Selected Consolidated Financial Data" in the
Prospectus, agrees with the accounting records of the Company and its
subsidiaries, excluding any questions of legal interpretation; and
(iv) References to the Prospectus in this paragraph (f) include
any supplement thereto at the date of the letter.
The Company shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (and
furnished to the Representatives) a report with respect to a review of
unaudited interim financial information of the Company for the ten quarters
ending June 30, 2000, in accordance with Statement on Auditing Standards
No. 71.
(g) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any
amendment thereof) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in
the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (e) of this Section 6 or
(ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or
properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or
not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as
set forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii)
above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and
adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the
offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration
Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto).
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(h) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to
the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as
the Representatives may reasonably request.
(i) The Securities shall have been listed and admitted and authorized
for trading on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, and satisfactory evidence of such
actions shall have been provided to the Representatives.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have
been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement,
or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form
and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this
Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at,
or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of such
cancelation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or
facsimile confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be
delivered at the office of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, counsel for the
Underwriters, at One Market Plaza, Spear Street Tower, San Francisco, California
94105, on the Closing Date.
7. REIMBURSEMENT OF UNDERWRITERS' EXPENSES. If the sale of the
Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the
obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied,
because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any
refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any
agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a
default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters
severally through Salomon Smith Barney Inc. on demand for all out-of-pocket
expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall
have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of
the Securities.
8. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of each
Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning
of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may
become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state
statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement for
the registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment
thereof, or in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, 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 agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as
incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
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liability or action; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company will not be liable
in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Salomon Smith
Barney Inc., the directors, officers, employees and agents of Salomon Smith
Barney Inc. and each person, who controls Salomon Smith Barney Inc. within
the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act ("Salomon Smith Barney
Inc. Entities"), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and
liabilities to which they may become subject under the Act, the Exchange
Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or
otherwise (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such
action or claim), insofar as such losses, claims damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) (i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
prospectus wrapper material prepared by or with the consent of the Company
for distribution in foreign jurisdictions in connection with the Directed
Share Program attached to the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, or
arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statement therein, when considered in conjunction with the Prospectus
or any applicable preliminary prospectus, not misleading; (ii) caused by
the failure of any Participant to pay for and accept delivery of the
securities which immediately following the Effective Date of the
Registration Statement, were subject to a properly confirmed agreement to
purchase; or (iii) related to, arising out of, or in connection with the
Directed Share Program, provided that, the Company will not be liable in
any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability
arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and
in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of Salomon Smith Barney Inc. specifically for inclusion therein.
(c) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers
who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the
Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the
same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each
Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to
such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such
Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the
documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement
will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise
have. The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth in the last
paragraph of the cover page regarding delivery of the Securities and, under
the heading "Underwriting" or "Plan of Distribution," (i) the list of
Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale of the
Securities, (ii) the sentences related to concessions and reallowances and
(iii) the paragraph related to stabilization, syndicate
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covering transactions and penalty bids in any Preliminary Prospectus and
the Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or
on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus.
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will,
if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party
under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party
(i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a), (b) or (c)
above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action
and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of
substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve
the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other
than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (c)
above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the
indemnifying party's choice at the indemnifying party's expense to
represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is
sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be
responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by
the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified party.
Notwithstanding the indemnifying party's election to appoint counsel to
represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall
have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and
the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses
of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the
indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such
counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential
defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified
party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have
reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it
and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to
those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party
shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to
represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of
the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall
authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense
of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the
prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or
consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or
threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which
indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the
indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or
action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an
unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising
out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, if indemnity may be sought pursuant to
Section 8(b) hereof in respect of such action or proceeding, then in
addition to such separate firm for the indemnified parties, the
indemnifying party shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of
not more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for
Salomon Smith Barney Inc., the directors, officers, employees and agents of
Salomon Smith Barney Inc., and all persons, if any, who control Salomon
Smith Barney Inc. within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act
for the
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defense of any losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of the
Directed Share Program.
(e) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a), (b) or
(c) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters
severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and
liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in
connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively "Losses") to
which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the Company on the one hand and by the Underwriters on the other from
the offering of the Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in no case shall
any Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among
underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for
any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable
to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. If the
allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable
for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally shall contribute
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative
benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of
the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed
to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting
expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall
be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions,
in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus. Relative
fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any
untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission
or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
provided by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other,
the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or
omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just
and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any
other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
paragraph (e), 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. For
purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within
the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director,
officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to
contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company
within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of
the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each
director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the
Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of
this paragraph (e).
9. DEFAULT BY AN UNDERWRITER. If any one or more Underwriters shall
fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by
such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall
constitute a default in the performance
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of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters
shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective
proportions which the amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in
Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of Securities set forth opposite
the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities which the defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of
the aggregate amount of Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto, the remaining
Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any
obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting
Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate
without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter or the Company. In the event
of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date
shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the
Representatives shall determine in order that the required changes in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other documents or
arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve
any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company and any
nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.
10. TERMINATION. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in
the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Company
prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to
such time (i) trading in the Company's Common Stock shall have been suspended by
the Commission or the Nasdaq National Market or trading in securities generally
on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market shall have been
suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on either of
such Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, (ii) a banking moratorium shall
have been declared either by Federal or New York State authorities or (iii)
there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration
by the United States of a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis
the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole
judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the
offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto).
11. REPRESENTATIONS AND INDEMNITIES TO SURVIVE. The respective
agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the
Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to
this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of
the officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in
Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.
The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or
cancelation of this Agreement.
12. NOTICES. All communications hereunder will be in writing and
effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed,
delivered or telefaxed to the Salomon Smith Barney Inc. General Counsel (fax
no.: (212) 816-7912) and confirmed to the General Counsel, Salomon Smith Barney
Inc., at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York, 10013, Attention: General
Counsel; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to
(408) 567-3003 and confirmed to it at (650) 493-6811, attention of the Chief
Financial Officer and Michael J. Danaher, respectively.
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13. SUCCESSORS. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the
officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons referred to in
Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation
hereunder.
14. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement will be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts
made and to be performed within the State of New York.
15. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be signed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
16. HEADINGS. The section headings used herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
17. DEFINITIONS. The terms which follow, when used in this Agreement,
shall have the meanings indicated.
"Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a
legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are
authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Effective Date" shall mean each date and time that the Registration
Statement, any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement became or become effective.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"Execution Time" shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is
executed and delivered by the parties hereto.
"Preliminary Prospectus" shall mean any preliminary prospectus
referred to in paragraph 1(a) above and any preliminary prospectus included in
the Registration Statement at the Effective Date that omits Rule 430A
Information.
"Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus relating to the Securities that
is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time or, if no filing
pursuant to Rule 424(b) is required, shall mean the form of final prospectus
relating to the Securities included in the Registration Statement at the
Effective Date.
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"Registration Statement" shall mean the registration statement
referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial
statements, as amended at the Execution Time (or, if not effective at the
Execution Time, in the form in which it shall become effective) and, in the
event any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such
registration statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement,
as the case may be. Such term shall include any Rule 430A Information deemed to
be included therein at the Effective Date as provided by Rule 430A.
"Rule 424," "Rule 430A" and "Rule 462" refer to such rules under the
Act.
"Rule 430A Information" shall mean information with respect to the
Securities and the offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the
Registration Statement when it becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A.
"Rule 462(b) Registration Statement" shall mean a registration
statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to
the offering covered by the registration statement referred to in Section 1(a)
hereof.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon
this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the
Company and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
Tripath Technology Inc.
By: ...............................
Name:
Title:
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.
Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.
Dain Rauscher Incorporated
By: Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
By:
..........................
Name:
Title:
For themselves and the other several
Underwriters named in Schedule I to
the foregoing Agreement.
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SCHEDULE I
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NUMBER OF UNDERWRITTEN
UNDERWRITERS SECURITIES TO BE PURCHASED
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Salomon Smith Barney Inc..................................................
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.............................................
U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc............................................
Dain Rauscher Incorporated................................................
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[LETTERHEAD OF OFFICER, DIRECTOR OR MAJOR SHAREHOLDER OF
TRIPATH TECHNOLOGY INC.]
TRIPATH TECHNOLOGY INC.
PUBLIC OFFERING OF COMMON STOCK
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Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities
U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.
Dain Rauscher Incorporated
As Representatives of the several Underwriters,
c/o Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is being delivered to you in connection with
the proposed Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement"), between
Tripath Technology Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and each of
you as representatives of a group of Underwriters named therein, relating to
an underwritten public offering of Common Stock, $ par value (the "Common
Stock"), of the Company.
In order to induce you and the other Underwriters to enter
into the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned will not, without the prior
written consent of Salomon Smith Barney Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell,
pledge or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed
to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by
actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or
otherwise) by the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned or any person
in privity with the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned) directly or
indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing of) a
registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect
of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease
a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any
shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into, or
exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock, or publicly announce an
intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the
date of the final prospectus, other than shares of Common Stock disposed of as
bona fide gifts approved by Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
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If for any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be
terminated prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement),
the agreement set forth above shall likewise be terminated.
Yours very truly,
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EXHIBIT A
Opinion of Company Counsel
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