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Exhibit 1.1
27,500,000 SHARES OF
CORVIS CORPORATION
COMMON STOCK
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Fleetboston Robertson Stephens Inc.
Banc of America Securities LLC
Chase Securities Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
CIBC World Markets Corp.,
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,
c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation,
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
DB Alex. Brown LLC
As Designated Dealer
1 South Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Dear Sirs:
1. Introductory. Corvis Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Company"),
proposes to issue and sell 27,500,000 shares ("Firm Securities") of its common
stock ("Securities") and also proposes to issue and sell to the Underwriters, at
the option of the Underwriters, an aggregate of not more than 4,125,000
additional shares ("Optional Securities") of its Securities as set forth below.
The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities are herein collectively called
the "Offered Securities". As part of the offering contemplated by this
Agreement, the Underwriters have agreed to reserve out of the Firm Securities
purchased by the Underwriters under this Agreement 1,375,000 shares for sale to
the Company's directors, officers, employees and other parties associated with
the Company through DB Alex. Brown LLC (the "Designated Dealer") (collectively,
"Participants"), as set forth in the Prospectus (as defined herein) under the
heading "Underwriting" (the "Directed Share Program"). The Firm Securities to be
sold by the Designated Dealer pursuant to the Directed Share Program (the
"Directed Shares") will be sold by the Designated Dealer pursuant to this
Agreement at the public offering price. Any Directed Shares not subscribed for
before trading of the Offered Securities begins will be offered to the public by
the Underwriters as set forth in the Prospectus. The Company hereby agrees with
the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto ("Underwriters") as follows:
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:
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(a) A registration statement (No. 333-36238) relating to the Offered
Securities, including a form of prospectus, has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") and either (i) has been
declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Act") and is not
proposed to be amended or (ii) is proposed to be amended by amendment or
post-effective amendment. If such registration statement ("initial
registration statement") has been declared effective, either (i) an
additional registration statement ("additional registration statement")
relating to the Offered Securities may have been filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 462(b) ("Rule 462(b)") under the Act and, if so filed, has
become effective upon filing pursuant to such Rule and the Offered
Securities all have been duly registered under the Act pursuant to the
initial registration statement and, if applicable, the additional
registration statement or (ii) such an additional registration statement is
proposed to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) and will
become effective upon filing pursuant to such Rule and upon such filing the
Offered Securities will all have been duly registered under the Act
pursuant to the initial registration statement and such additional
registration statement. If the Company does not propose to amend the
initial registration statement or if an additional registration statement
has been filed and the Company does not propose to amend it, and if any
post-effective amendment to either such registration statement has been
filed with the Commission prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the most recent amendment (if any) to each such registration
statement has been declared effective by the Commission or has become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c) ("Rule 462(c)") under the Act
or, in the case of the additional registration statement, Rule 462(b). For
purposes of this Agreement, "Effective Time" with respect to the initial
registration statement or, if filed prior to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, the additional registration statement means (i) if the
Company has advised the Representatives that it does not propose to amend
such registration statement, the date and time as of which such
registration statement, or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto
(if any) filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, was
declared effective by the Commission or has become effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(c), or (ii) if the Company has advised the
Representatives that it proposes to file an amendment or post-effective
amendment to such registration statement, the date and time as of which
such registration statement, as amended by such amendment or post-effective
amendment, as the case may be, is declared effective by the Commission. If
an additional registration statement has not been filed prior to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement but the Company has advised the
Representatives that it proposes to file one, "Effective Time" with respect
to such additional registration statement means the date and time as of
which such registration statement is filed and becomes effective pursuant
to Rule 462(b). "Effective Date" with respect to the initial registration
statement or the additional registration statement (if any) means the date
of the Effective Time thereof. The initial registration statement, as
amended at its Effective Time, including all information contained in the
additional registration statement (if any) and deemed to be a part of the
initial registration statement as of the Effective Time of the additional
registration statement pursuant to the General Instructions of the Form on
which it is filed and including all information (if any) deemed to be a
part of the initial registration statement as of its Effective Time
pursuant to Rule 430A(b) ("Rule 430A(b)") under the Act, is hereinafter
referred to as the "Initial Registration Statement". The additional
registration statement, as amended at its Effective Time, including the
contents of the initial registration statement incorporated by reference
therein and including all information (if any) deemed to be a part of the
additional registration statement as of its Effective Time pursuant to Rule
430A(b), is hereinafter referred to as the "Additional Registration
Statement". The Initial Registration Statement and the Additional
Registration Statement are herein referred to collectively as the
"Registration Statements" and individually as a "Registration Statement".
The form of prospectus relating to the Offered Securities, as first filed
with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) ("Rule
424(b)") under the Act or (if no such filing is required) as included in a
Registration Statement, is hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus". No
document has been or will be prepared or distributed in reliance on Rule
434 under the Act.
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(b) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is prior
to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: (i) on the Effective Date
of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial Registration Statement
conformed in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission ("Rules and Regulations") and did not include
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, (ii) on the Effective Date of the Additional Registration
Statement (if any), each Registration Statement conformed, or will conform,
in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations and did not include, or will not include, any untrue statement
of a material fact and did not omit, or will not omit, to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading and (iii) on the date of this Agreement,
the Initial Registration Statement and, if the Effective Time of the
Additional Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement each conforms, and at
the time of filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (if no such
filing is required) at the Effective Date of the Additional Registration
Statement in which the Prospectus is included, each Registration Statement
and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and neither of such
documents includes, or will include, any untrue statement of a material
fact or omits, or will omit, to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent
to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: on the Effective Date of
the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial Registration Statement and
the Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of
the Act and the Rules and Regulations, neither of such documents will
include any untrue statement of a material fact or will omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and no Additional Registration Statement
has been or will be filed. The two preceding sentences do not apply to
statements in or omissions from a Registration Statement or the Prospectus
based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter
through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being
understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as
such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(c) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with
power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct
its business as described in the Prospectus; and the Company is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all
other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the
failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have, either
individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of
operation of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (such
material adverse effect, either individually or in the aggregate, a
"Material Adverse Effect").
(d) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is an
existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own
its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and
each subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which
its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires
such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued
and outstanding capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company has been
duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and
the capital stock of each subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or
through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens, encumbrances and defects.
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(e) (i) The Offered Securities and all other outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized; (ii) all
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are (assuming the
receipt of proceeds from a note payable by a certain stockholder in respect
of _____ shares of Common Stock of the Company held by such stockholder),
and, when the Offered Securities have been delivered and paid for in
accordance with this Agreement on each Closing Date (as defined below),
such Offered Securities will have been, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and will conform in all material respects to the description
thereof contained in the Prospectus; and (iii) the stockholders of the
Company have no preemptive rights with respect to the Securities.
(f) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no contracts,
agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that would
give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Underwriter for a
brokerage commission, finder's fee or other like payment in connection with
this offering.
(g) The Offered Securities have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq
Stock Market's National Market subject to notice of issuance.
(h) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with,
any governmental agency or body or any court is required for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in
connection with the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities by the
Company, except such as have been obtained and made under the Act and such
as may be required under state securities laws and the rules of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD").
(i) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the
issuance and sale of the Offered Securities will not result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default
under, (i) any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any governmental
agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over
the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of their properties,
except for the breaches, violations or defaults which would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party or by
which the Company or any such subsidiary is bound or to which any of the
properties of the Company or any such subsidiary is subject, except for the
breaches, violations or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) the charter or by-laws of the
Company or any such subsidiary, and the Company has full power and
authority to authorize, issue and sell the Offered Securities as
contemplated by this Agreement.
(j) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company.
(k) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company and its
subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and all
other properties and assets owned by them, in each case free from liens,
encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value thereof or
materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them; and
except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries
hold any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable
leases with no exceptions that would materially interfere with the use made
or to be made thereof by them.
(l) The Company and its subsidiaries possess adequate certificates,
authorities or permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or
bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them and have not
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(m) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any subsidiary
exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
[(n) The Company and its subsidiaries have the right to use all
trademarks, trade names and other rights to inventions, know-how, patents,
copyrights, confidential information and other intellectual property
(collectively, "intellectual property rights") material to or used in the
Company's current or anticipated business; the operation of the business of
the Company does not conflict with or infringe the intellectual property
rights of any third party, and no claim is pending or, to the best
knowledge of the Company, threatened asserting that the operation of such
business does or may conflict with or infringe the intellectual property
rights of any third party; to the best knowledge of the Company no
employee, independent contractor or agent of the Company has
misappropriated any trade secrets of any other entity in the course of his,
her or its performance as an employee, independent contractor or agent; to
the best knowledge of the Company, no employee, independent contractor or
agent of the Company is in default or breach of any term of any employment
agreement, non-disclosure agreement, assignment of invention agreement or
similar agreement or contract relating in any way to the protection,
ownership, development, use or transfer of intellectual property; for those
intellectual property rights that the Company or its subsidiaries have
licensed from third parties, those licenses are valid, not breached or
defaulted by the Company or its subsidiaries, and the Company or its
subsidiaries have not received notice of breach or default; except as
disclosed in the prospectus, to the best knowledge of the Company, no
person is engaging in any activity that infringes any of the Company's
owned or assigned intellectual property; and the Company and its
subsidiaries have taken reasonable steps in accordance with normal industry
practice to maintain the confidentiality of its trade secrets and other
confidential intellectual property.]
(o) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (i) to the knowledge
of the Company, is in violation of any statute, any rule, regulation,
decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic
or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic
substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment
or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively,
"environmental laws"), (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, owns or
operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject
to any environmental laws, (iii) is liable for any asserted off-site
disposal or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or (iv) is
subject to any claim relating to any environmental laws, which violation,
contamination, liability or claim could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not aware of any pending
investigation which could reasonably be expected to lead to such a claim.
(p) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no pending actions,
suits or proceedings against or, to the knowledge of the Company, affecting
the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties
that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or would
reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of
the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, or which are
otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Offered Securities;
and no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or, to the
Company's knowledge, contemplated.
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(q) The financial statements included in each Registration Statement and
the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial
position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates
shown and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown,
and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a
consistent basis and the schedules included in each Registration Statement
present fairly in all material respects the information required to be
stated therein and the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma
financial statements included in each Registration Statement and the
Prospectus provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant
effects directly attributable to the transactions or events described
therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those
assumptions, and the pro forma columns therein reflect the proper
application of those adjustments to the corresponding historical financial
statement amounts.
(r) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, since the date of the latest
audited financial statements included in the Prospectus there has been no
material adverse change, nor any development or event that could reasonably
be expected to result in a prospective material adverse change, in the
condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and,
except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Prospectus, there has been no
dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company
on any class of its capital stock.
(s) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale
of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as
described in the Prospectus, will not be an "investment company" as defined
in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(t) (i) the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary
prospectus comply, and any further amendments or supplements thereto will
comply in all material respects, with any applicable laws or regulations of
foreign jurisdictions in which the Prospectus or any preliminary
prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, are distributed in
connection with the Directed Share Program, and that (ii) no authorization,
approval, consent, license, order, registration or qualification of or with
any government, governmental instrumentality or court, other than such as
have been obtained, is necessary under the securities law and regulations
of foreign jurisdictions in which the Directed Shares are offered outside
the United States.
(u) The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to offer,
any Offered Securities to any person pursuant to the Directed Share Program
with the specific intent to 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.
(v) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the
Company and any person granting such person the right to require the
Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any
securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require
the Company to include such securities in the securities registered
pursuant to any registration statement that have not been satisfied or
waived prior to the date hereof or are inapplicable for the sale of
Securities in an initial public offering.
3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities. On the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the
terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the
Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase
from the Company, at a purchase price of $ per share, the respective
number of shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite the names of the
Underwriters in Schedule A hereto.
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The Company will deliver the Firm Securities to the Representatives for the
accounts of the Underwriters, against payment of the purchase price in Federal
(same day) funds by wire transfer to an account at a bank designated by the
Company that is located in the Eastern time zone of the United States, capable
of receiving a wire transfer of the size contemplated by this Agreement and with
which arrangements have been made to confirm receipt of the wire transfer as
early as 10:00 A.M., drawn to the order of Corvis Corporation at the office of
Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, D.C., at 10:00 A.M., New York time, on
__________ ___, 2000, or at such other time not later than seven full business
days thereafter as Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation ("CSFBC") and the
Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the "First Closing
Date". For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the First Closing Date (if later than the otherwise applicable settlement date)
shall be the settlement date for payment of funds and delivery of securities for
all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to the offering. The certificates for
the Firm Securities so to be delivered will be in definitive form, in such
denominations and registered in such names as CSFBC requests and will be made
available for checking and packaging at the office of Mayer, Brown & Platt at
least 24 hours prior to the First Closing Date.
In addition, upon written notice from CSFBC given to the Company from time
to time not more than 30 days subsequent to the date of the Prospectus, the
Underwriters may purchase all or less than all of the Optional Securities at the
purchase price per Security to be paid for the Firm Securities. The Company
agrees to sell to the Underwriters the number of shares of Optional Securities
specified in such notice and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly,
to purchase such Optional Securities. Such Optional Securities shall be
purchased for the account of each Underwriter in the same proportion as the
number of shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter's name
bears to the total number of shares of Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by
CSFBC to eliminate fractions) and may be purchased by the Underwriters only for
the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the sale of the
Firm Securities. No Optional Securities shall be sold or delivered unless the
Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered.
The right to purchase the Optional Securities or any portion thereof may be
exercised from time to time and to the extent not previously exercised may be
surrendered and terminated at any time upon notice by CSFBC to the Company.
Each time for the delivery of and payment for the Optional Securities,
being herein referred to as an "Optional Closing Date", which may be the First
Closing Date (the First Closing Date and each Optional Closing Date, if any,
being sometimes referred to as a "Closing Date"), shall be determined by CSFBC
but shall be not later than five full business days after written notice of
election to purchase Optional Securities is given. The Company will deliver the
Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date to the
Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment of
the purchase price therefor in Federal (same day) funds by wire transfer to an
account at a bank designated by the Company that is located in the Eastern time
zone of the United States, capable of receiving a wire transfer of the size
contemplated by this Agreement and with which arrangements have been made to
confirm receipt of the wire transfer as early as 10:00 A.M., drawn to the order
of Corvis Corporation, at the office of Mayer, Brown & Platt. The certificates
for the Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date will
be in definitive form, in such denominations and registered in such names as
CSFBC requests upon reasonable notice prior to such Optional Closing Date and
will be made available for checking and packaging at the office of Mayer, Brown
& Platt at a reasonable time in advance of such Optional Closing Date.
4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several
Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public as
set forth in the Prospectus.
5. Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the several
Underwriters that:
(a) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is prior
to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will file the
Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with subparagraph
(1) (or, if applicable and if consented to by CSFBC, subparagraph (4)) of Rule
424(b) not later than the earlier of (A) the second business day
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following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or (B) the fifteenth
business day after the Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement.
The Company will advise CSFBC promptly of any such filing pursuant to Rule
424(b). If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is prior
to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and an additional registration
statement is necessary to register a portion of the Offered Securities under
the Act but the Effective Time thereof has not occurred as of such execution
and delivery, the Company will file the additional registration statement or,
if filed, will file a post-effective amendment thereto with the Commission
pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 462(b) on or prior to 10:00 P.M., New
York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, on or prior to the
time the Prospectus is printed and distributed to any Underwriter, or will
make such filing at such later date as shall have been consented to by CSFBC.
(b) The Company will advise CSFBC promptly of any proposal to amend or
supplement the initial or any additional registration statement as filed or
the related prospectus or the Initial Registration Statement, the Additional
Registration Statement (if any) or the Prospectus and, if prior to the First
Closing Date, will not effect such amendment or supplementation without
CSFBC's consent; and the Company will also advise CSFBC promptly of the
effectiveness of each Registration Statement (if its Effective Time is
subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement) and of any
amendment or supplementation of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus and
of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect
of a Registration Statement and will use its commercially reasonable best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon
as possible its lifting, if issued.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities
is required to be delivered under the Act in connection with sales by any
Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as
then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Prospectus to
comply with the Act, the Company will promptly notify CSFBC of such event and
will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, at its own expense, an
amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an
amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither CSFBC's consent to, nor
the Underwriters' delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall
constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.
(d) As soon as practicable, but not later than the Availability Date (as
defined below), the Company will make generally available to its
securityholders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months
beginning after the Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement (or,
if later, the Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement) which
will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act. For the purpose of
the preceding sentence, "Availability Date" means the 45th day after the end
of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes such
Effective Date, except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter
of the Company's fiscal year, "Availability Date" means the 90th day after the
end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of each
Registration Statement (7 of which will be photocopies of such signed
Registration Statement and will include all exhibits), each related
preliminary prospectus, and, so long as a prospectus relating to the Offered
Securities is required to be delivered under the Act in connection with sales
by any Underwriter or dealer, the Prospectus and all amendments and
supplements to such documents, in each case in such quantities as CSFBC
requests. The Prospectus shall be so furnished on or prior to 3:00 P.M., New
York time, on the business day
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following the later of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the
Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement. All other documents
shall be so furnished as soon as available. The Company will pay the expenses
of printing and distributing to the Underwriters all such documents.
(f) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Offered
Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as CSFBC designates
and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the
distribution; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
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qualify to do business, consent to service of process or become subject
to taxation in any jurisdiction in which it has not already done so.
(g) During the period of 3 years hereafter, the Company will furnish to
the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other Underwriters, as
soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual
report to stockholders for such year; and the Company will furnish to the
Representatives (i) as soon as available, a copy of each report and any
definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or mailed to stockholders, and (ii) from time
to time, such other public information concerning the Company as CSFBC may
reasonably request.
(h) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement, for any filing fees and other expenses
(including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred in connection with
qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such
jurisdictions as CSFBC designates pursuant to subparagraph (f) and the
printing of memoranda relating thereto, for the filing fee incident to the
review by the NASD of the Offered Securities, for any travel expenses of the
Company's officers and employees and any other expenses of the Company in
connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of
the Offered Securities and for expenses incurred in distributing preliminary
prospectuses and the Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements
thereto) to the Underwriters.
(i) For a period of 180 days after the date of this Agreement, the
Company will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose
of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration
statement under the Act relating to, any additional shares of its Securities
or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares
of its Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer,
sale, pledge, disposition or filing, without the prior written consent of
CSFBC, except issuances of Securities pursuant to the conversion or exchange
of convertible or exchangeable securities or the exercise of warrants or
options, in each case outstanding on the date hereof, grants of employee stock
options pursuant to the terms of a plan in effect on the date hereof or to be
in effect on the First Closing Date, issuances of Securities pursuant to the
exercise of such options or issuances of Securities to the shareholders of
Algety Telecom S.A ("Algety") pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of
Reorganization between the Company and the Stockholders of Algety, dated April
28, 2000.
(j) In connection with the Directed Share Program, the Company will take
steps intended to ensure that the Directed Shares will be restricted to the
extent required by the NASD or the NASD rules to be restricted from sale,
transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation for a period of three months
following the date of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The
Designated Dealer will notify the Company as to which Participants will need
to be so restricted, including in the case of any such shares in certificated
form, directing the transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon
such securities for such period of time.
(k) The Company will pay all reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share
Program and stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any,
incurred by the underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program.
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(l) The Company will comply in all material respects with all applicable
securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations in each foreign
jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the
Directed Share Program.
6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of
the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities on the
First Closing Date and the Optional Securities to be purchased on each Optional
Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements
of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance
by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional
conditions precedent:
(a) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the date of
delivery thereof (which, if the Effective Time of the Initial Registration
Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, shall be
on or prior to the date of this Agreement or, if the Effective Time of the
Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, shall be prior to the filing of the amendment or post-
effective amendment to the registration statement to be filed shortly prior to
such Effective Time), of KPMG LLP confirming they are independent public
accountants within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published Rules
and Regulations thereunder and stating to the effect that:
(i) in their opinion the financial statements, the unaudited pro
forma condensed consolidated financial data and schedules, the
summary consolidated financial data and the selected consolidated
financial data examined by them and included in the Registration
Statements comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related
published Rules and Regulations;
(ii) they have performed the procedures specified by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a review of interim
financial information as described in Statement of Auditing
Standards No. 71, Interim Financial Information, on the unaudited
financial statements included in the Registration Statements;
(iii) on the basis of the review referred to in clause (ii) above,
a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of
the Company and the unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed
financial statements of the Company included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (the "Pro Formas"), inquiries of
officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and
accounting matters and other specified procedures, including,
without limitation, proving the arithmetic accuracy of the
application of the pro forma adjustments to the historical amounts
in the Pro Formas, 1nothing came to their attention that caused
them to believe that:
(A) the unaudited financial statements included in the
Registration Statements do not comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act
and the related published Rules and Regulations or any material
modifications should be made to such unaudited financial
statements, , the summary consolidated financial data and the
selected consolidated financial data for them to be in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles;
(B) the unaudited consolidated revenue, net operating loss, net
loss and net loss per share amounts for the three-month periods
ended April 3, 1999 and April 1, 2000 included in the Prospectus
do not agree with the amounts set forth in the unaudited
consolidated financial statements for those same periods or were
not determined on a basis substantially consistent with that of
the corresponding amounts in the audited statements of income;
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(C) at the date of the latest available balance sheet read by
such accountants, or at a subsequent specified date not more
than three business days prior to the date of this Agreement,
there was any change in the capital stock or any increase in
short-term or long-term debt of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries or, at the date of the latest available balance
sheet read by such accountants, there was any decrease in
consolidated net current assets or net assets, as compared with
amounts shown on the latest balance sheet included in the
Prospectus;
(D) for the period from the closing date of the latest income
statement included in the Prospectus to the closing date of the
latest available income statement read by such accountants there
were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period of
the previous year and with the period of corresponding length
ended the date of the latest income statement included in the
Prospectus, in consolidated net operating loss, or in the total
or per share amounts of consolidated net loss, or
(E) (i) the Pro Formas do not comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act
and the published rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) the pro
forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the
historical amounts in the compilation of those statements, (iii)
the methods followed in compiling the Pro Formas were not proper
for such purpose, (iv) the pro forma adjustments with respect to
the Pro Formas were not appropriate adjustments, or (v) the Pro
Formas would require any further adjustments to give effect to
the proposed acquisition of Algety.
except in all cases set forth in clauses (C) and (D) above for
changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have
occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and
(iv) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or percentages
derived from such dollar amounts) and other financial information
contained in the Registration Statements (in each case to the
extent that such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial
information are derived from the general accounting records of the
Company and its subsidiaries subject to the internal controls of
the Company's accounting system or are derived directly from such
records by analysis or computation) with the results obtained from
inquiries, a reading of such general accounting records and other
procedures specified in such letter and have found such dollar
amounts, percentages and other financial information to be in
agreement with such results, except as otherwise specified in such
letter.
For purposes of this subsection and subsection (b) below, (i) if the Effective
Time of the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, "Registration Statements" shall mean the initial
registration statement as proposed to be amended by the amendment or post-
effective amendment to be filed shortly prior to its Effective Time, (ii) if
the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement but the Effective Time of the
Additional Registration is subsequent to such execution and delivery,
"Registration Statements" shall mean the Initial Registration Statement and
the additional registration statement as proposed to be filed or as proposed
to be amended by the post-effective amendment to be filed shortly prior to its
Effective Time, and (iii) "Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in
the Registration Statements.
(b) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the date
of delivery thereof (which, if the Effective Time of the Initial Registration
Statement is prior to the execution and
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delivery of this Agreement, shall be on or prior to the date of this Agreement
or, if the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent
to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, shall be prior to the filing
of the amendment or post-effective amendment to the registration statement to
be filed shortly prior to such Effective Time), of PricewaterhouseCoopers
confirming they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the
Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations thereunder and stating
to the effect that:
(i) in their opinion the financial statements and schedules
examined by them and included in the Registration Statements comply
as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the related published Rules and
Regulations;
(ii) they have performed the procedures specified by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a review of interim
financial information as described in Statement of Auditing
Standards No. 71, Interim Financial Information, on the unaudited
financial statements included in the Registration Statements; and
(iii) on the basis of the review referred to in clause (ii) above,
a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of
Algety, inquiries of officials of Algety who have responsibility
for financial and accounting matters and other specified
procedures, nothing came to their attention that caused them to
believe that:
(A) the unaudited financial statements included in the
Registration Statements do not comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act
and the related published Rules and Regulations or any material
modifications should be made to such unaudited financial
statement for them to be in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles;
(B) the unaudited consolidated revenue, net operating loss, net
loss and net loss per share amounts for the three-month period
ended March 31, 2000 included in the Prospectus do not agree
with the amounts set forth in the unaudited consolidated
financial statements for those same periods or were not
determined on a basis substantially consistent with that of the
corresponding amounts in the audited statements of income;
(C) at the date of the latest available balance sheet read by
such accountants, or at a subsequent specified date not more
than three business days prior to the date of this Agreement,
there was any change in the capital stock or any increase in
short-term or long-term debt of Algety and its consolidated
subsidiaries or, at the date of the latest available balance
sheet read by such accountants, there was any decrease in
consolidated net current assets or net assets, as compared with
amounts shown on the latest balance sheet included in the
Prospectus; or
(D) for the period from the closing date of the latest income
statement included in the Prospectus to the closing date of the
latest available income statement read by such accountants there
were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period of
the previous year and with the period of corresponding length
ended the date of the latest income statement included in the
Prospectus, in consolidated net operating loss, or in the total
or per share amounts of consolidated net loss,
except in all cases set forth in clauses (C) and (D) above for
changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have
occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter.
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(c) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is not
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such Effective Time
shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of
this Agreement or such later date as shall have been consented to by CSFBC. If
the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement (if any) is not
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such Effective Time
shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of
this Agreement or, if earlier, the time the Prospectus is printed and
distributed to any Underwriter, or shall have occurred at such later date as
shall have been consented to by CSFBC. If the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in
accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) of this Agreement.
Prior to such Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the
Representatives, shall be contemplated by the Commission.
(d) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there
shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event that could
reasonably be expected to result in a prospective change, in the condition
(financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as one enterprise which, in the reasonable
judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters including the
Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public offering or the sale of
and payment for the Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of
any debt securities or preferred stock of the Company by any "nationally
recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined for purposes of Rule
436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any such organization
has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities or
preferred stock of the Company (other than an announcement with positive
implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible
downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any material suspension or material
limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange
or the American Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq Stock Market National Market
or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange, or any
suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in
the over-the-counter market; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by U.S.
Federal or New York authorities; or (v) any outbreak or escalation of major
hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by
Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or
emergency if, in the reasonable judgment of a majority in interest of the
Underwriters including the Representatives, the effect of any such outbreak,
escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public offering or the sale of
and payment for the Offered Securities.
(e) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such
Closing Date, of Mayer, Brown & Platt, counsel for the Company, to the effect
that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with
corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus;
(ii) The (A) Offered Securities delivered on such Closing Date and
all other outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company (x) have
been duly authorized and (y) conform in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in the Prospectus, and (B) Offered
Securities delivered on such Closing Date have been validly issued and are
fully paid and nonassessable; and the stockholders of the Company have no
preemptive rights with respect to the Securities;
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(iii) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering
and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds
thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be an "investment
company" as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940;
(iv) To the knowledge of such counsel, no consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body
or any court is required for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the issuance or sale of
the Offered Securities by the Company, except such as have been obtained
and made under the Act and such as may be required under state securities
laws and the rules of the NASD;
(v) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities will not result in a
breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a
default under, any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any
governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of their properties, or
any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any such subsidiary is
a party or by which the Company or any such subsidiary is bound or to
which any of the properties of the Company or any such subsidiary is
subject and of which such counsel has knowledge, except for breaches,
violations or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, or the charter or by-laws of the Company or any
such subsidiary, and the Company has full corporate power and authority to
authorize, issue and sell the Offered Securities as contemplated by this
Agreement;
(vi) Such counsel was notified by a member of the Staff of the
Commission that the Initial Registration Statement was declared effective
under the Act as of the date and time specified in such opinion, the
Additional Registration Statement (if any) was filed and became effective
under the Act as of the date and time (if determinable) specified in such
opinion, the Prospectus either was filed with the Commission pursuant to
the subparagraph of Rule 424(b) specified in such opinion on the date
specified therein or was included in the Initial Registration Statement or
the Additional Registration Statement (as the case may be), and, to the
best of the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement or any part thereof has been
issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are
pending or contemplated under the Act, and each Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of their
respective effective or issue dates, complied as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations;
the descriptions in the Registration Statements and Prospectus of
statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other
documents are accurate and complete in all material respects and present
the information required by the Rules and Regulations to be shown; and
such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings
required by the Rules and Regulations to be described in either of the
Registration Statements or the Prospectus which are not described as
required or of any contracts or documents of a character required by the
Rules and Regulations to be described in a Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to a Registration Statement which
are not described and filed as required;
(vii) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings known to
such counsel between the Company and any person granting such person the
right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the
Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by
such person or to require the Company to include such securities in the
securities registered pursuant to any registration statement
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that have not been satisfied or waived prior to the date hereof or are
inapplicable for the sale of Securities in an initial public offering; and
(viii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
Such counsel has no reason to believe that any part of a
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, as of its effective date
or as of such Closing Date, contained any untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its issue date or
as of such Closing Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; it being understood that such counsel need
express no opinion as to the financial statements or other financial data
contained in the Registration Statements or the Prospectus;
(f) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such
Closing Date, of Kim Larsen, General Counsel of the Company, to the effect
that:
(i) The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its
ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires
such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not
have a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) All outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company (other
than the Offered Securities, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion) are validly issued and (assuming the receipt of proceeds from a
note payable by a certain stockholder in respect of _____ shares of Common
Stock of the Company held by such stockholder) are fully paid and
nonassessable;
(iii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing
with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in
connection with the issuance or sale of the Offered Securities by the
Company, except such as have been obtained and made under the Act and such
as may be required under state securities laws and the rules of the NASD;
and
(iv) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities will not result in a
breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a
default under, any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any
governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of their properties, or
any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any such subsidiary is
a party or by which the Company or any such subsidiary is bound or to
which any of the properties of the Company or any such subsidiary is
subject, or the charter or by-laws of the Company or any such subsidiary,
and the Company has full power and authority to authorize, issue and sell
the Offered Securities as contemplated by this Agreement.
(g) The Representatives shall have received from Shearman & Sterling,
counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such Closing
Date, with respect to the incorporation of the Company, the validity of the
Offered Securities delivered on such Closing Date, the Registration
Statements, the Prospectus and other related matters as the Representatives
may
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reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such
documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass
upon such matters.
(h) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated
such Closing Date, of the President or any Vice President and a principal
financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers, to the
best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that: the
representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and
correct; the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to
such Closing Date; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of any
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose
have been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission; the Additional
Registration Statement (if any) satisfying the requirements of subparagraphs
(1) and (3) of Rule 462(b) was filed pursuant to Rule 462(b), including
payment of the applicable filing fee in accordance with Rule 111(a) or (b)
under the Act, prior to the time the Prospectus was printed and distributed to
any Underwriter; and, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial
statements in the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, nor
any development or event which could reasonably be expected to result in a
prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other),
business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in or contemplated by the
Prospectus or as described in such certificate.
(i) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated such Closing
Date, of KPMG, LLP which meets the requirements of subsection (a) of this
Section, except that the specified date referred to in such subsection will be
a date not more than three days prior to such Closing Date for the purposes of
this subsection.
(j) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated such Closing
Date, of PricewaterhouseCoopers which meets the requirements of subsection (b)
of this Section, except that the specified date referred to in such subsection
will be a date not more than three days prior to such Closing Date for the
purposes of this subsection.
The Company will furnish the Representatives with such number of conformed
copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the
Representatives reasonably request. CSFBC may in its sole discretion waive on
behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the obligations of
the Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect of an Optional Closing Date or
otherwise.
7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company will indemnify and
hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers and each
person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15
of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement,
the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related
preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse
each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however,
that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such
loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from
any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed
that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the
information described as such in subsection (b) below, and provided, further,
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that with respect to any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or
omission or alleged omission from any preliminary prospectus, the indemnity
agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the
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benefit of any Underwriter from whom the person asserting any such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities purchased the Offered Securities concerned, to
the extent that a prospectus relating to such Offered Securities was required to
be delivered by such Underwriter under the Act in connection with such purchase
and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Underwriter results from
the fact that there was not sent or given to such person, at or prior to the
written confirmation of the sale of such Offered Securities to such person, a
copy of the Prospectus if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to
such Underwriter.
The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Designated Dealer and
each person, if any, who controls the Designated Dealer within the meaning of
either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (the
"Designated Entities"), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and
liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such
action or claim) (i) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in any material prepared by or with the consent of
the Company for distribution to Participants in connection with the Directed
Share Program or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading or (ii) caused by the failure of any Participant to pay
for and accept delivery of Directed Shares that the Participant agreed to
purchase.
(b) Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, its directors and officers and each person, if any who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject,
under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in
any Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use
therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred, it being understood
and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists
of (i) the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each
Underwriter: the information contained in the fourth, fifteenth and sixteenth
paragraphs under the caption "Underwriting" and (ii) the following information
in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of FleetBoston Robertson Stephens Inc. and
Banc of America Securities LLC: the information in the twelfth paragraph under
the caption "Underwriting".
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of
notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under
subsection (a) or (b), notify the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve
it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than
under subsection (a) or (b) above, unless the indemnifying party is prejudiced
by such omission. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified
party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent
that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified,
to assume the defense thereof, with counsel 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 will not be liable to such indemnified
party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than
reasonable costs of investigation. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the contrary, if indemnity may be sought pursuant to the last
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paragraph in Section 7 (a) hereof in respect of such action or proceeding, then
in addition to such separate firm for the indemnified parties, the indemnifying
party shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of not more than one
separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Designated Dealer for
the defense of any losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of the
Directed Share Program, and all persons, if any, who control the Designated
Dealer within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act of Section 20 of the
Exchange Act. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of
the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action
in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and
indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such
settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from
all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii)
does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a
failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b)
above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities
or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of
the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with
the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the
other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds
from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to
the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters.
The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first
sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this
subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no
Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in
this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective
underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section shall be in addition to
any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the
same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter
within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under
this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the respective
Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and
conditions, to each director of the Company, to each officer of the Company who
has signed a Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Act.
8. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in
their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the First
or any Optional Closing Date and the aggregate number of shares of Offered
Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to
purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of Offered Securities
that the Underwriters
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are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, CSFBC may make arrangements
satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other
persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made
by such Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated
severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase
the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to
purchase on such Closing Date. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and
the aggregate number of shares of Offered Securities with respect to which such
default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total number of shares of Offered
Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date
and arrangements satisfactory to CSFBC and the Company for the purchase of such
Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such
default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-
defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 9 (provided
that if such default occurs with respect to Optional Securities after the First
Closing Date, this Agreement will not terminate as to the Firm Securities or any
Optional Securities purchased prior to such termination). As used in this
Agreement, the term "Underwriter" includes any person substituted for an
Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default.
9. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective
indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the
Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made
pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of
any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter, the Company or any of their respective representatives,
officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of
and payment for the Offered Securities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant
to Section 8 or if for any reason the purchase of the Offered Securities by the
Underwriters is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the
expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 5 and the respective
obligations of the Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7 shall
remain in effect, and if any Offered Securities have been purchased hereunder
the representations and warranties in Section 2 and all obligations under
Section 5 shall also remain in effect. If the purchase of the Offered Securities
by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because
of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8 or the occurrence of
any event specified in clause (iii), (iv) or (v) of Section 6(d), the Company
will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees
and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the
offering of the Offered Securities.
10. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to
the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to the
Representatives, c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Eleven Madison
Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention: Investment Banking Department--
Transactions Advisory Group, or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed,
delivered, telegraphed or faxed and confirmed to it at Corvis Corporation, 7015
Albert Einstein Drive, Columbia, Maryland 21046-9400, Attention: Kim Larsen,
facsimile: (443) 259- 4417; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter
pursuant to Section 7 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to
such Underwriter.
11. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and
directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7, and no other person
will have any right or obligation hereunder.
12. Representation of Underwriters. The Representatives will act for the
several Underwriters in connection with this financing, and any action under
this Agreement taken by the Representatives jointly or by CSFBC will be binding
upon all the Underwriters.
13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
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14. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles
of conflicts of laws.
The Company hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal
and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit
or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives' understanding of
our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts
hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and the
several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
CORVIS CORPORATION
By.................................
Name: David R. Huber
Title: Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Fleetboston Robertson Stephens Inc.
Banc of America Securities LLC
Chase Securities Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
CIBC World Markets Corp.
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the
Representatives of the several
Underwriters
By Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
By.......................................................
[Insert title]
DB Alex. Brown LLC
Acting as Designated Dealer
By DB Alex. Brown LLC
By............................................
[Insert title]
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SCHEDULE A
Number of
Underwriter Firm Securities
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Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation...................
FleetBoston Robertson Stephens Inc ......................
Banc of America Securities LLC...........................
Chase Securities Inc ....................................
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc ..............................
CIBC World Markets Corp..................................
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Total..................................... 27,500,0000
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