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Exhibit 1
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND SUPPORT, INC.
3,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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________________, 2000
FRIEDMAN, BILLINGS, RAMSEY & CO., INC.
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc.
1001 19th Street North
Arlington, Virginia 22209
Dear Sirs:
Innovative Solutions and Support, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the
"Company"), confirms its agreement with each of the Underwriters listed on
Schedule II hereto (collectively, the "Underwriters"), for whom Friedman,
Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc., Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the
"Representatives"), with respect to (i) the sale by the Company of 3,000,000
shares (the "Initial Shares") of Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, of the
Company ("Common Stock") in the respective numbers of shares set forth opposite
the name of the Company in Schedule I hereto, and the purchase by the
Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective number of
shares of Common Stock set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters in
Schedule II hereto, and (ii) the grant of the option described in Section 1(b)
hereof to purchase all or any part of 450,000 additional shares of Common Stock
to cover overallotments (the "Option Shares"), if any, from the Company in the
number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite the name of the Company in
Schedule I hereto, to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, in the
respective numbers of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite the names of the
Underwriters in Schedule II hereto. The 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock to be
purchased by the Underwriters and all or any part of the 450,000 shares of
Common Stock subject to the option described in Section l(b) hereof are
hereinafter called, collectively, the "Shares".
The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public
offering of the Shares as soon as the Underwriters deem advisable after this
Agreement has been executed and delivered.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
Commission"), a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-36584) and a related
preliminary prospectus for the registration of the Shares under the Securities
Act of 1933,
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as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the rules and regulations
thereunder (the "Securities Act Regulations"). The Company has prepared and
filed such amendments thereto, if any, and such amended preliminary
prospectuses, if any, as may have been required to the date hereof, and will
file such additional amendments thereto and such amended prospectuses as may
hereafter be required. The registration statement has been declared effective
under the Securities Act by the Commission. The registration statement as
amended at the time it became effective (including all information deemed
(whether by incorporation by reference or otherwise) to be a part of the
registration statement at the time it became effective pursuant to Rule 430A(b)
of the Securities Act Regulations) is hereinafter called the "Registration
Statement," except that, if the Company files a post-effective amendment to such
registration statement which becomes effective prior to the Closing Time (as
defined below), "Registration Statement" shall refer to such registration
statement as so amended. Any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule
462(b) of the Securities Act Regulations is hereinafter called the "Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement," and after such filing the term "Registration Statement"
shall include the 462(b) Registration Statement. Each prospectus included in the
registration statement, or amendments thereof or supplements thereto, before it
became effective under the Securities Act and any prospectus filed with the
Commission by the Company with the consent of the Underwriters pursuant to Rule
424(a) of the Securities Act Regulations is hereinafter called the "Preliminary
Prospectus." The term "'Prospectus" means the final prospectus, as first filed
with the Commission pursuant to paragraph (1) or (4) of Rule 424(b) of the
Securities Act Regulations, and any amendments thereof or supplements thereto.
The Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus.
The Company and the Underwriters agree as follows:
1. Sale and Purchase:
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(a) Initial Shares. Upon the basis of the warranties and
representations and other terms and conditions herein set forth, at the purchase
price per share of [$________], the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters
the number of Initial Shares set forth in Schedule I opposite its name, and each
Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the
number of Initial Shares set forth in Schedule II opposite such Underwriter's
name, plus any additional number of Initial Shares which such Underwriter may
become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 8 hereof,
subject in each case, to such adjustments among the Underwriters as Friedman,
Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc. in its sole discretion shall make to eliminate any
sales or purchases of fractional shares. The Underwriters may from time to time
increase or decrease the public offering price after the initial public offering
to such extent as the Underwriters may determine.
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(b) Option Shares. In addition, upon the basis of the warranties and
representations and other terms and conditions herein set forth, at the purchase
price per share set forth in paragraph (a), the Company hereby grants an option
to purchase, in the number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite the name
of the Company in Schedule I hereto, to the Underwriters, acting severally and
not jointly, in the respective numbers of shares of Common Stock set forth
opposite the names of the Underwriters in Schedule II hereto, plus any
additional number of Option Shares which such Underwriter may become obligated
to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 8 hereof. The option hereby
granted will expire 30 days after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole
or in part from time to time only for the purpose of covering over-allotments
which may be made in connection with the offering and distribution of the
Initial Shares upon notice by the Representatives to the Company setting forth
the number of Option Shares as to which the several Underwriters are then
exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such
Option Shares. Any such time and date of delivery (a "Date of Delivery") shall
be determined by the Representatives, but shall not be later than three full
business days (or earlier, without the consent of the Company, than two full
business days) after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the
Closing Time, as hereinafter defined. If the option is exercised as to all or
any portion of the Option Shares, the Company will sell that proportion of the
total number of Option Shares then being purchased which the number of Initial
Shares set forth in Schedule I opposite the name of the Company bears to the
total number of Initial Shares, and each of the Underwriters, acting severally
and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number of Option
Shares then being purchased which the number of Initial Shares set forth in
Schedule II opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of
Initial Shares, subject in each case to such adjustments among the Underwriters
as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make to eliminate any
sales or purchases of fractional shares. The Underwriters may from time to time
increase or decrease the public offering price of the Option Shares after the
initial public offering to such extent as the Underwriters may determine.
2. Payment and Delivery:
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(a) Initial Shares and Warrants. Payment of the purchase price for the
Initial Shares shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately
available funds or certified or official bank check payable in federal (same-
day) funds at the offices of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation,
located at 1919 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20006-3404
(unless another place shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the
Company) against delivery of the certificates for the Initial Shares to the
Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters. Such payment
and delivery shall be made at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the third
(fourth, if pricing occurs after 4:30 p.m., New York City time) business day
after the date hereof (unless another time, not later than ten business days
after such date, shall be agreed to by the Representatives and the Company). The
time at which such payment
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and delivery are actually made is hereinafter sometimes called the "Closing
Time." Certificates for the Initial Shares shall be delivered to the
Representatives in definitive form registered in such names and in such
denominations as the Representatives shall specify. For the purpose of
expediting the checking of the certificates for the Initial Shares by the
Representatives, the Company agrees to make such certificates available to the
Representatives for such purpose at least one full business day preceding the
Closing Time.
(b) Option Shares. In addition, payment of the purchase price for the
Option Shares shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately
available funds or certified or official bank check payable in federal (same-
day) funds at the offices of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation,
located at 1919 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suit 600, Washington, D.C. 20006-3404
(unless another place shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the
Company), against delivery of the certificates for the Option Shares to the
Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters. Such payment
and delivery shall be made at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on each Date of
Delivery determined pursuant to Section 1(b) above. Certificates for the Option
Shares shall be delivered to the Representatives in definitive form registered
in such names and in such denominations as the Representatives shall specify.
For the purpose of expediting the checking of the certificates for the Option
Shares by the Representatives, the Company agrees to make such certificates
available to the Representatives for such purpose at least one full business day
preceding the relevant Date of Delivery.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company: The Company represents
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and warrants to the Underwriters that:
(a) the Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Prospectus under the caption "Capitalization;" the outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized
and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and all of the outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Subsidiaries are directly or indirectly owned of
record and beneficially by the Company; except as disclosed in the Prospectus,
there are no outstanding (i) securities or obligations of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock of the
Company or any such Subsidiary, (ii) warrants, rights or options to subscribe
for or purchase from the Company or any such Subsidiary any such capital stock
or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations, or (iii)
obligations of the Company or any such Subsidiary to issue any shares of capital
stock, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligation, or any
such warrants, rights or options;
(b) the Company and the Company's Subsidiaries (all of which are named
in an exhibit to the Registration Statement) each has been duly incorporated or
organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
respective
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jurisdiction of incorporation or organization with full corporate power and
authority to own its respective properties and to conduct its respective
business as described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus and, in the
case of the Company, to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby;
(c) the Company and all of its Subsidiaries are duly qualified or
licensed by each jurisdiction in which they conduct their respective businesses
and in which the failure, individually or in the aggregate, to be so qualified
or licensed could have a material adverse effect on the assets, business,
operations, earnings, prospects, properties or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and the Company
and its Subsidiaries are duly qualified, and are in good standing, in each
jurisdiction in which they own or lease real property or maintain an office and
in which such qualification is necessary, except where the failure to be so
qualified and in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the
assets, business, operations, earnings, prospects, properties or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
except as disclosed in the Prospectus, no Subsidiary is prohibited or
restricted, directly or indirectly, from paying dividends to the Company, or
from making any other distribution with respect to such Subsidiary's capital
stock or from repaying to the Company or any other Subsidiary any amounts which
may from time to time become due under any loans or advances to such Subsidiary
from the Company or such other Subsidiary, or from transferring any such
Subsidiary's property or assets to the Company or to any other Subsidiary; other
than as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company does not own, directly or
indirectly, any capital stock or other equity securities of any other
corporation or any ownership interest in any partnership, joint venture or other
association;
(d) the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, decrees and
judgments, including those relating to transactions with affiliates;
(e) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in breach of or
in default under (nor has any event occurred which with notice, lapse of time,
or both would constitute a breach of, or default under), its respective articles
of incorporation or charter or by-laws, or in the performance or observance of
any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any license,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement or other agreement
or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by
which any of them or their respective properties is bound, except for such
breaches or defaults which would not have a material adverse effect on the
assets, business, operations, earnings, prospects, properties or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby will not conflict with, or result in any
breach of, or constitute a default under (nor constitute any event which with
notice, lapse of time, or both would
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constitute a breach of, or default under), (i) any provision of the articles of
incorporation or charter or bylaws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(ii) any provision of any license, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or
credit agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or their respective
properties may be bound or affected, or under any federal, state, local or
foreign law, regulation or rule or any decree, judgment or order applicable to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in the case of this clause (ii)
for such breaches or defaults which would not have a material adverse effect on
the assets, business, operations, earnings, prospects, properties or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, claim or
encumbrance upon any property or asset of the Company or its Subsidiaries;
(f) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company and is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally, and by general principles of equity, and except to
the extent that the indemnification and contribution provisions of Section 9
hereof may be limited by federal or state securities laws and public policy
considerations in respect thereof;
(g) no approval, authorization, consent or order of or filing with any
federal, state or local governmental or regulatory commission, board, body,
authority or agency is required in connection with the Company's execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, its consummation of the transaction
contemplated hereby, and its sale and delivery of the Shares, other than (A)
such as have been obtained, or will have been obtained at the Closing Time or
the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, under the Securities Act, (B)
such approvals as have been obtained in connection with the approval of the
quotation of the Shares on the Nasdaq National Market and (C) any necessary
qualification under the securities or blue sky laws of the various jurisdictions
in which the Shares are being offered by the Underwriters;
(h) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has all necessary
licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals and has made all necessary
filings required under any federal, state or local law, regulation or rule, and
has obtained all necessary authorizations, consents and approvals from other
persons, required in order to conduct their respective businesses as described
in the Prospectus, except to the extent that any failure to have any such
licenses, authorizations, consents or approvals, to make any such filings or to
obtain any such authorizations, consents or approvals would not, individually or
in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the assets, business,
operations, earnings, prospects, properties or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required by any applicable law to obtain
accreditation or certification from
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any governmental agency or authority in order to provide the products and
services which it currently provides or which it proposes to provide as set
forth in the Prospectus; neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
violation of, in default under, or has received any notice regarding a possible
violation, default or revocation of any such license, authorization, consent or
approval or any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule or any
decree, order or judgment applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
the effect of which could be material and adverse to the assets, business,
operations, earnings, prospects, properties or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and no such
license, authorization, consent or approval contains a materially burdensome
restriction that is not adequately disclosed in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus;
(i) each of the Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act and no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement has been issued under the Securities Act and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the Commission, and any request on
the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with;
(j) the Preliminary Prospectus and the Registration Statement comply
and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements thereto will, when
they have become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be,
comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and
the Securities Act Regulations; the Registration Statement did not, and any
amendment thereto will not, in each case as of the applicable effective date,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and
the Preliminary Prospectus does not, and the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto will not, as of the applicable filing date and at the Closing
Time and on each Date of Delivery (if any), contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company
makes no warranty or representation with respect to any statement contained in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity
with the information concerning the Underwriters and furnished in writing by or
on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives to the Company
expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (that
information being limited to that described in the last sentence of the first
paragraph of Section 9(b) hereof);
(k) the Preliminary Prospectus was and the Prospectus delivered to the
Underwriters for use in connection with this offering will be identical to the
versions of
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the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus created to be transmitted to the
Commission for filing via the Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval
System ("EDGAR"), except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T;
(l) all legal or governmental proceedings, contracts or documents of a
character required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or to
be summarized or described in the Prospectus have been so filed, summarized or
described as required;
(m) there are no actions, suits, proceedings, inquiries or
investigations pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers and
directors or to which the properties, assets or rights of any such entity are
subject, at law or in equity, before or by any federal, state, local or foreign
governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority, arbitral panel or
agency which could result in a judgment, decree, award or order having a
material adverse effect on the assets, business, operations, earnings,
prospects, properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(n) the financial statements, including the notes thereto, included in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the consolidated
financial position of the entities to which such financial statements relate
(the "Covered Entities") as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results
of operations and changes in financial position and cash flows of the Covered
Entities for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared
in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis during the periods involved and in accordance with Regulation
S-X promulgated by the Commission; the financial statement schedules included in
the Registration Statement and the amounts in the Prospectus under the captions
"Prospectus Summary - Summary Financial Data" and "Selected Financial Data"
fairly present the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis
consistent with the financial statements included in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus; the unaudited pro forma financial information (including the
related notes) included in the Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus complies
as to form in all material respects to the applicable accounting requirements of
the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations, and management of the
Company believes that the assumptions underlying the pro forma adjustments are
reasonable; such pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the
historical amounts in the compilation of the information and such information
fairly presents with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries, the financial
position, results of operations and other information purported to be shown
therein at the respective dates and for the respective periods specified;
(o) Arthur Andersen LLP, whose reports on the consolidated financial
statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries are filed with the Commission as
part of
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the Registration Statement and Prospectus, are and were during the periods
covered by their reports independent public accountants as required by the
Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations;
(p) subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and except as may be
otherwise stated in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, there has not been
(A) any material adverse change in the assets, business, operations, earnings,
prospects, properties or condition (financial or otherwise), present or
prospective, of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or
not arising in the ordinary course of business, (B) any transaction, which is
material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, contemplated or
entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (C) any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, directly or indirectly incurred by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, which is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole or (D) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or
made by the Company on any class of its capital stock;
(q) the Shares conform in all material respects to the description
thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus;
(r) there are no persons with registration or other similar rights to
have any equity securities, including securities which are convertible into or
exchangeable for equity securities, registered pursuant to the Registration
Statement or otherwise registered by the Company under the Securities Act except
for those registration or similar rights which have been waived with respect to
the offering contemplated by this Agreement, all of which registration or
similar rights described above are fairly summarized in the Prospectus;
(s) the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and duly
delivered against payment therefor as contemplated by this Agreement, will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of any pledge,
lien, encumbrance, security interest or other claim, and the issuance and sale
of the Shares by the Company is not subject to preemptive or other similar
rights arising by operation of law, under the articles of incorporation or by-
laws of the Company, under any agreement to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or otherwise;
(t) the Company has not taken, and will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which
might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation
of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of
the Shares;
(u) neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (i) is required to
register as a "broker" or "dealer" in accordance with the provisions of the
Securities
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Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or the rules and
regulations thereunder, or (ii) directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls or has any other association with (within the meaning
of Article I of the By-laws of the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. (the "NASD")) any member firm of the NASD;
(v) the Company has not relied upon the Representatives or legal
counsel for the Representatives for any legal, tax or accounting advice in
connection with the offering and sale of the Shares;
(w) any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any
Subsidiary delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters
pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters
covered thereby;
(x) the form of certificate used to evidence the Common Stock complies
in all material respects with all applicable statutory requirements, with any
applicable requirements of the articles of incorporation and by-laws of the
Company and the requirements of the Nasdaq National Market;
(y) the Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in
fee simple to all real property, if any, and good title to all personal property
owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, security interests,
pledges, charges, encumbrances, mortgages and defects, except such as are
disclosed in the Prospectus or such as do not materially and adversely affect
the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made or proposed to
be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries; and any real
property and buildings held under lease by the Company or any Subsidiary are
held under valid, existing and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as are
disclosed in the Prospectus or are not material and do not interfere with the
use made or proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company or
such Subsidiary;
(z) the descriptions in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
of the contracts, leases and other legal documents therein described present
fairly the information required to be shown, and there are no contracts, leases,
or other documents of a character required to be described in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement which are not described or filed as required;
(aa) the Company and each Subsidiary owns or possesses adequate
license or other rights to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade
names, copyrights, software and design licenses, trade secrets, manufacturing
processes, other intangible property rights and know-how (collectively
"Intangibles") necessary to entitle
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the Company and each Subsidiary to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus, and neither the Company, nor any Subsidiary, has received notice of
infringement of or conflict with (and the Company knows of no such infringement
of or conflict with) asserted rights of others with respect to any Intangibles
which could materially and adversely affect the business, prospects, properties,
assets, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Company or any Subsidiary;
(bb) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain 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;
(cc) each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has filed on a timely
basis all necessary federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax
returns required to be filed through the date hereof and have paid all taxes
shown as due thereon; and no tax deficiency has been asserted against any such
entity, nor does any such entity know of any tax deficiency which is likely to
be asserted against any such entity which if determined adversely to any such
entity, could materially adversely affect the business, prospects, properties,
assets, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of any such
entity, respectively; all tax liabilities are adequately provided for on the
respective books of such entities;
(dd) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries maintain insurance
(issued by insurers of recognized financial responsibility) of the types and in
the amounts generally deemed adequate for their respective businesses and
consistent with insurance coverage maintained by similar companies in similar
businesses, including, but not limited to, insurance covering real and personal
property owned or leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries against theft,
damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and all other risks customarily insured
against, all of which insurance is in full force and effect;
(ee) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has violated, or
received notice of any violation with respect to, any applicable environmental,
safety or similar law applicable to the business of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, nor any federal or state law relating to discrimination in the
hiring, promotion or pay of employees, nor any applicable federal or state wages
and hours law, nor any provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, nor any state law
precluding the denial of credit due to the neighborhood in
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which a property is situated, the violation of any of which could have a
material adverse effect on the business, operations, earnings, prospects,
properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(ff) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any officer
or director purporting to act on behalf of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has at any time; (i) made any contributions to any candidate for
political office, or failed to disclose fully any such contributions, in
violation of law, (ii) made any payment to any state, federal or foreign
governmental officer or official, or other person charged with similar public or
quasi-public duties, other than payments required or allowed by applicable law,
(iii) made any payment outside the ordinary course of business to any investment
officer or loan broker or person charged with similar duties of any entity to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries sells or from which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries buys loans or servicing arrangements for the purpose of
influencing such agent, officer, broker or person to buy loans or servicing
arrangements from or sell loans to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(iv) engaged in any transactions, maintained any bank account or used any
corporate funds except for transactions, bank accounts and funds which have been
and are reflected in the normally maintained books and records of the Company
and its Subsidiaries;
(gg) except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no
material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to or for the benefit of any of the
officers or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of the
members of the families of any of them;
(hh) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, any employee or agent of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, has made any payment of funds of the Company or of any Subsidiary
or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation or
of a character required to be disclosed in the Prospectus;
(ii) all securities issued by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or
any trusts established by the Company or any Subsidiary, have been issued and
sold in compliance with (i) all applicable federal and state securities laws,
(ii) the laws of the applicable jurisdiction of incorporation of the issuing
entity, and (iii) to the extent applicable to the issuing entity, the
requirements of the Nasdaq National Market;
(jj) in connection with this offering, the Company has not offered and
will not offer its Common Stock or any other securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for Common stock in a manner in violation of the
Securities Act. The Company has not distributed and will not distribute any
Prospectus or other offering material in connection with the offer and sale of
the Shares;
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(kk) the Company has complied and will comply with all the provisions
of Florida Statutes, Section 517.075 (Chapter 92-198, Laws of Florida). Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates does business with the
government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba;
(ll) the Company has not incurred any liability for any finder's fees
or similar payments in connection with the transactions herein contemplated;
(mm) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries on the one hand, and the directors, officers,
stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
on the other hand, which is required by the Securities Act and the Securities
Act Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
and which is not so described;
(nn) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is and, after
giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares, will be an "investment
company" or an entity "controlled" by and "investment company", as such terms
are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment
Company Act");
(oo) there are no existing or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened labor disputes with the employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries which are likely to have individually or in the aggregate a
material adverse effect on assets, business, operations, earnings, prospects,
properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and
(pp) All computer software (including, without limitation software
which forms a part of any hardware) owned or used by the Company or any
Subsidiary, or licensed by the Company or any Subsidiary, as licensor or as
licensee, other than any shrinkwrap software available generally to retail
customers, is "Year 2000 Compliant" (as hereinafter defined). For purposes of
this Agreement, "Year 2000 Compliant" shall mean (i) all such software shall
operate in 4-digit year format and, in all material respects, without errors in
the recognition, calculation and processing of date data relating to century
recognition, leap years, single and multi-century formulae, date values and
interfaces of date-related functionalities; (ii) all date processing shall be
conducted in a four-digit year format and all date sorting that includes a "year
field" or "year category" shall be based upon a four-digit year format; and
(iii) any date arithmetic programs or calculators in the software shall operate
in all material respects in accordance with the related user documentation in
the Year 2000, and the years following, without degrading functionality or
performance.
4. Certain Covenants: The Company hereby agrees with each Underwriter:
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(a) to furnish such information as may be required and otherwise to
cooperate in qualifying the Shares for offering and sale under the securities or
blue sky laws of such states as the Representatives may designate and to
maintain such qualifications in effect as long as required for the distribution
of the Shares, provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a
foreign corporation or to consent to the service of process under the laws of
any such state (except service of process with respect to the offering and sale
of the Shares);
(b) to prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Underwriters
and file such Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) not later
than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time), on the day following the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and to furnish promptly (and with respect to the
initial delivery of such Prospectus, not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City
time) on the day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement) to the
Underwriters as many copies of the Prospectus (or of the Prospectus as amended
or supplemented if the Company shall have made any amendments or supplements
thereto after the effective date of the Registration Statement) as the
Underwriters may reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by the
Securities Act Regulations, which Prospectus and any amendments or supplements
thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the version created
to be transmitted to the Commission for filing via EDGAR, except to the extent
permitted by Regulation S-T;
(c) to advise the Representatives promptly and (if requested by the
Representatives) to confirm such advice in writing, when the Registration
Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto
becomes effective under the Securities Act Regulations;
(d) to advise the Representatives immediately, confirming such advice
in writing, of (i) the receipt of any comments from, or any request by, the
Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or
Prospectus or for additional information with respect thereto, or (ii) the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the
qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the
initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes and, if
the Commission or any other government agency or authority should issue any such
order, to make every reasonable effort to obtain the lifting or removal of such
order as soon as possible; to advise the Representatives promptly of any
proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus and to
file no such amendment or supplement to which the Representatives shall
reasonably object in writing;
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(e) to furnish to the Underwriters for a period of five years from the
date of this Agreement (i) as soon as available, copies of all annual, quarterly
and current reports or other communications supplied to holders of shares of
Common Stock, (ii) as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, copies of
all reports filed by the Company with the Commission, the NASD or any securities
exchange and (iii) such other information as the Underwriters may reasonably
request regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(f) to advise the Underwriters promptly of the happening of any event
known to the Company within the time during which a Prospectus relating to the
Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act Regulations which,
in the judgment of the Company, would require the making of any change in the
Prospectus then being used so that the Prospectus would not include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and, during such time,
to prepare and furnish, at the Company's expense, to the Underwriters promptly
such amendments or Supplements to such Prospectus as may be necessary to reflect
any such change and to furnish to the Underwriters a copy of such proposed
amendment or supplement before filing any such amendment or supplement with the
Commission;
(g) to furnish promptly to each Representative a signed copy of the
Registration Statement, as initially filed with the Commission, and of all
amendments or supplements thereto (including all exhibits filed therewith or
incorporated by reference therein) and such number of conformed copies of the
foregoing as the Representative may reasonably request;
(h) to furnish to each Representative, not less than two business days
before filing with the Commission subsequent to the effective date of the
Prospectus and during the period referred to in paragraph (f) above, a copy of
any document proposed to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13,
14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
(i) to apply the net proceeds of the sale of the Shares in accordance
with its statements under the caption "Use of Proceeds" in the Prospectus;
(j) to make generally available to its security holders as soon as
practicable, but in any event not later than the end of the fiscal quarter first
occurring after the first anniversary of the effective date of the Registration
Statement an earnings statement complying with the provisions of Section 11(a)
of the Securities Act (in form, at the option of the Company, complying with the
provisions of Rule 158 of the Securities Act Regulations,) covering a period of
12 months beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement;
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(k) to use its best efforts to effect and maintain the quotation of
the Shares on the Nasdaq National Market and to file with the Nasdaq National
Market all documents and notices required by the Nasdaq National Market of
companies that have securities that are traded in the over-the-counter market
and quotations for which are reported by the Nasdaq National Market;
(l) to engage and maintain, at its expense, a registrar and transfer
agent for the Shares;
(m) to refrain during a period of 180 days from the date of the
Prospectus, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, from (i)
offering, pledging, selling, contracting to sell, selling any option or contract
to purchase, purchasing any option or contract to sell, granting any option for
the sale of, or otherwise disposing of or transferring, directly or indirectly,
any share of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock, or filing any registration statement under the
Securities Act with respect to any of the foregoing, or (ii) entering into any
swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in
part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the
Common Stock, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or
(ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other
securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A)
the Shares to be sold hereunder, or (B) any shares of Common Stock issued by the
Company upon the exercise of an option outstanding on the date hereof and
referred to in the Prospectus;
(n) to not itself and to use its best efforts to cause its officers,
directors and affiliates not to, (i) take, directly or indirectly prior to
termination of the underwriting syndicate contemplated by this Agreement, any
action designed to stabilize or manipulate the price of any security of the
Company, or which may cause or result in, or which might in the future
reasonably be expected to cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation
of the price of any security of the Company, to facilitate the sale or resale of
any of the Shares, (ii) sell, bid for, purchase or pay anyone any compensation
for soliciting purchases of the Shares or (iii) pay or agree to pay to any
person any compensation for soliciting any order to purchase any other
securities of the Company;
(o) if at any time during the 30-day period after the Registration
Statement becomes effective, any rumor, publication or event relating to or
affecting the Company shall occur as a result of which in the reasonable opinion
of the Representatives the market price of the Common Stock has been or is
likely to be materially affected (regardless of whether such rumor, publication
or event necessitates a supplement to or amendment of the Prospectus) and after
written notice from the Representatives advising the Company to the effect set
forth above, to forthwith prepare, consult with the Representatives concerning
the substance of, and disseminate a press release or other
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public statement, reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, responding to
or commenting on such rumor, publication or event.
5. Payment of Expenses:
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(a) The Company agrees to pay all costs and expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated or this Agreement is
terminated, including expenses, fees and taxes in connection with (i) the
preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the
printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to the Underwriters and to
dealers (including costs of mailing and shipment), (ii) the preparation,
issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Shares to the Underwriters,
including any stock or other transfer taxes or duties payable upon the sale of
the Shares to the Underwriters, (iii) the printing of this Agreement and any
dealer agreements and furnishing of copies of each to the Underwriters and to
dealers (including costs of mailing and shipment), (iv) the qualification of the
Shares for offering and sale under state laws that the Company and the
Representatives have mutually agreed are appropriate and the determination of
their eligibility for investment under state law as aforesaid (including the
legal fees and filing fees and other disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters in the [maximum] amount of $________ assuming that the Common Stock
is approved for quotation on the Nasdaq National Market and the printing and
furnishing of copies of any blue sky surveys or legal investment surveys to the
Underwriters and to dealers, (v) filing for review of the public offering of the
Shares by the NASD (including the legal fees and filing fees and other
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters relating thereto), (vi) the fees
and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Shares and miscellaneous
expenses referred to in the Registration Statement, (vii) the fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the inclusion of the Shares in the Nasdaq National
Market, (viii) making road show presentations with respect to the offering of
the Shares, (ix) preparing and distributing bound volumes of transaction
documents for the Representatives and its legal counsel and (x) the performance
of the Company's other obligations hereunder. Upon the request of the
Representative, the Company will provide funds in advance for filing fees.
(b) The Company agrees to reimburse the Representatives for its
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the performance of its
activities under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, costs such as
printing, facsimile, courier service, direct computer expenses, accommodations
and travel, but excluding the fees and expenses of the Underwriters' outside
legal counsel and any other advisors, accountants, appraisers, etc. (other than
the fees and expenses of counsel with respect to state securities or blue sky
laws and obtaining the filing for review of the public offering of the Shares by
the NASD, all of which shall be reimbursed by the Company pursuant to the
provisions of subsection (a) above).
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6. Conditions of the Underwriters' Obligations: The obligations of the
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Underwriters hereunder to purchase Shares at the Closing Time or on the Date of
Delivery, as applicable, are subject to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties on the part of the Company in all material respects on the date
hereof and at the Closing Time and on each Date of Delivery, as applicable, the
performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder in all material respects
and to the satisfaction of the following further conditions at the Closing Time
or on the Date of Delivery, as applicable:
(a) The Company shall furnish to the Underwriters at the Closing
Time and on each Date of Delivery an opinion of Cozen & O'Connor, a professional
corporation, counsel for the Company and its Subsidiaries, addressed to the
Underwriters and dated the Closing Time and each Date of Delivery and in form
and substance satisfactory to Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation,
counsel for the Underwriters, stating that:
(i) the Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Prospectus under the caption "Capitalization"; the outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized
and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and all of the outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Subsidiaries are directly or indirectly owned of
record and beneficially by the Company; except as disclosed in the Prospectus,
there are no outstanding (i) securities or obligations of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock of the
Company or any such Subsidiary, (ii) warrants, rights or options to subscribe
for or purchase from the Company or any such Subsidiary any such capital stock
or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations, or (iii)
obligations of the Company or any such Subsidiary to issue any shares of capital
stock, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligation, or any
such warrants, rights or options;
(ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries (all of which are named in an
exhibit to the Registration Statement) each has been duly incorporated or
organized and is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company
in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization with full corporate or limited liability company power and
authority to own its respective properties and to conduct its respective
business as described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus and, in the
case of the Company, to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions described in this Agreement;
(iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries are duly qualified or licensed
by each jurisdiction in which they conduct their respective businesses and in
which the failure, individually or in the aggregate, to be so licensed could
have a material adverse effect on the assets, business, operations, earnings,
prospects, properties or condition
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(financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
and the Company and its Subsidiaries are duly qualified, and are in good
standing, in each jurisdiction in which they own or lease real property or
maintain an office and in which such qualification is necessary except where the
failure to be so qualified and in good standing would not have a material
adverse effect on the assets, business, operations, earnings, prospects,
properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; except as disclosed in the Prospectus, no
Subsidiary is prohibited or restricted, directly or indirectly, from paying
dividends to the Company, or from making any other distribution with respect to
such Subsidiary's capital stock or from repaying to the Company or any other
Subsidiary, any amounts which may from time to time become due under any loans
or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or such other Subsidiary, or
from transferring any such Subsidiary's property or assets to the Company or to
any other Subsidiary; other than as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company
does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other equity
securities of any other corporation or any ownership interest in any
partnership, joint venture or other association;
(iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all
material respects with all applicable laws, orders, rules, regulations and
orders, including those relating to transactions with affiliates;
(v) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in breach of,
or in default under (nor has any event occurred which with notice, lapse of
time, or both would constitute a breach of, or default under), any license,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement or any other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or by which any of them or their respective properties may be bound or
affected or under any law, regulation or rule or any decree, judgment or order
applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except such breaches or
defaults which would not have a material adverse effect on the assets, business,
operations, earnings, prospects, properties or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(vi) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement do not and will not (A) conflict with, or result in any breach
of, or constitute a default under (nor constitute any event which with notice,
lapse of time, or both would constitute a breach of or default under), (i) any
provisions of the articles of incorporation, charter or by-laws of the Company
or any Subsidiary, (ii) any provision of any license, indenture, mortgage, deed
of trust, loan, credit or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them or their respective properties
or assets may be bound or affected, (iii) any law or regulation binding upon or
applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective
properties or assets, or (iv) any decree, judgment or order applicable to the
Company or
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any Subsidiary; or (B) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge,
claim or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its
Subsidiaries;
(vii) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company and is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally, and by general principles of equity, and except
that enforceability of the indemnification and contribution provisions set forth
in Section 9 of this Agreement may be limited by the federal or state securities
laws of the United States or public policy underlying such laws;
(viii) no approval, authorization, consent or order of or filing with
any federal or state governmental or regulatory commission, board, body,
authority or agency is required in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, the consummation of the transaction contemplated
hereby, and the sale and delivery of the Shares by the Company as contemplated
hereby, other than such as have been obtained or made under the Securities Act
and the Securities Act Regulations, and except that such counsel need express no
opinion as to any necessary qualification under the state securities or blue sky
laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Shares are being offered by the
Underwriters or any approval of the underwriting terms and arrangements by the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.;
(ix) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has all necessary
licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals and has made all necessary
filings required under any federal, state or local law, regulation or rule, and
has obtained all necessary authorizations, consents and approvals from other
persons, required to conduct their respective businesses, as described in the
Prospectus; to such counsel's knowledge neither the Company nor any Subsidiaries
is in violation of, in default under, or has received any notice regarding a
possible violation, default or revocation of any such license, authorization,
consent or approval or any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or
decree, order or judgment applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(x) the Shares have been duly authorized and when the Shares have
been issued and duly delivered against payment therefor as contemplated by this
Agreement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and
the Underwriters will acquire the good and marketable title to the Shares, free
and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest, or other claim;
(xi) the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company is not
subject to preemptive or other similar rights arising by operation of law, under
the articles of incorporation, charter or by-laws of the Company, or under any
agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or, to such
counsel's knowledge, otherwise;
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(xii) there are no persons with registration or other similar rights
to have any equity securities, including securities which are convertible into
or exchangeable for equity securities, registered pursuant to the Registration
Statement or otherwise registered by the Company under the Securities Act,
except for those registration or similar rights which have been waived with
respect to the offering contemplated by this Agreement;
(xiii) the Shares conform in all material respects to the
descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement and Prospectus;
(xiv) the form of certificate used to evidence the Common Stock
complies in all material respects with all applicable statutory requirements,
with any applicable requirements of the articles of incorporation and by-laws of
the Company and the requirements of the Nasdaq National Market;
(xv) the Registration Statement has become effective under the
Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and, to such counsel's knowledge, no
proceedings with respect thereto have been commenced or threatened;
(xvi) as of the effective date of the Registration Statement, the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus (except as to the financial statements
and other financial and statistical data contained therein, as to which such
counsel need express no opinion) complied as to form in all material respects
with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations;
(xvii) the statements under the captions "Risk Factors,"
"Capitalization," "Business - Government Regulation," "Description of Capital
Stock," and "Shares Eligible for Future Sale," in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal
matters referred to therein, constitute accurate summaries thereof in all
material respects;
(xviii) to such counsel's knowledge, there are no actions, suits or
proceedings, inquiries, or investigations pending or threatened against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers and
directors or to which the properties, assets or rights of any such entity are
subject, at law or in equity, before or by any federal, state, local or foreign
governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority, arbitral panel or
agency which are required to be described in the Prospectus but are not so
described;
(xix) there are no contracts or documents of a character which are
required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or required to be
described or summarized in the Prospectus which have not been so filed,
summarized or described,
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and all such summaries and descriptions, in all material respects, fairly and
accurately set forth the material provisions of such contracts and documents;
(xx) the Company and each Subsidiary owns or possesses adequate
license or other rights to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade
names, copyrights, software and design licenses, trade secrets, manufacturing
processes, other intangible property rights and know-how (collectively
"Intangibles") necessary to entitle the Company and each Subsidiary to conduct
its business as described in the Prospectus, and neither the Company, nor any
Subsidiary, has received notice of infringement of or conflict with (and knows
of no such infringement of or conflict with) asserted rights of others with
respect to any Intangibles which could materially and adversely affect the
business, prospects, properties, assets, results of operations or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Company or any Subsidiary;
(xxi) each of the Company, and the Subsidiaries has filed on a
timely basis all necessary federal, state, local and foreign income and
franchise tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof and have paid
all taxes shown as due thereon; and no tax deficiency has been asserted against
any such entity, nor does any such entity know of any tax deficiency which is
likely to be asserted against any such entity which if determined adversely to
any such entity, could materially adversely affect the business, prospects,
properties, assets, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise)
of any such entity, respectively.
In addition, such counsel shall state that they have participated in
conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, independent
public accountants of the Company, representatives of the Representatives, at
which the contents of the Registration Statement and Prospectus were discussed
and, although such counsel is not passing upon and does not assume
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements
contained in the Registration Statement or Prospectus (except as and to the
extent stated in subparagraphs (xiii), (xvii), and (xix) above), they have no
reason to believe that the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or
the Prospectus, as of their respective effective or issue date, and as of the
date of such counsel's opinion, contained or contains an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being understood
that, in each case, such counsel need express no view with respect to the
financial statements and other financial and statistical data included in the
Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus).
(b) The Representatives shall have received from Arthur Andersen
LLP, letters dated, respectively, as of the date of this Agreement, the Closing
Time and each Date of Delivery, as the case may be, addressed to the
Representatives, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives,
relating to the financial statements,
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including any pro forma financial statements, of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, and such other matters customarily covered by comfort letters
issued in connection with registered public offerings.
(c) The Representatives shall have received at the Closing Time
and on each Date of Delivery the favorable opinion of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a
Professional Corporation, dated the Closing Time or such Date of Delivery,
addressed to the Representatives and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives.
(d) No amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or
Prospectus shall have been filed to which the Underwriters shall have objected
in writing.
(e) Prior to the Closing Time and each Date of Delivery (i) no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or
Prospectus has been issued, and no proceedings for such purpose shall have been
initiated or threatened, by the Commission, and no suspension of the
qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the
initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes, has
occurred; and (ii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus shall not
contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(f) Between the time of execution of this Agreement and the
Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery (i) no material and unfavorable
change in the assets, business, operations, earnings, prospects, properties or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as
a whole shall occur or become known (whether or not arising in the ordinary
course of business), and (ii) no transaction which is material and unfavorable
to the Company shall have been entered into by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(g) The Shares shall have been approved for inclusion in the
Nasdaq National Market.
(h) The NASD shall not have raised any objection with respect to
the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.
(i) The Representatives shall have received lock-up agreements
from each stockholder of the Company, in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto,
and such letter agreements shall be in full force and effect.
(j) The Company will, at the Closing Time and on each Date of
Delivery, deliver to the Underwriters a certificate of its Chairman of the Board
and Chief
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Executive Officer, its President, its Vice President of Operations and its Chief
Financial Officer, to the effect that, to each of such officer's knowledge, the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement are
true and correct and the conditions set forth in paragraphs (g), (h) and (i)
have been satisfied, in each case as of such date.
(k) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters such
other documents and certificates as to the accuracy and completeness of any
statement in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the representations,
warranties and statements of the Company contained herein, and the performance
by the Company of its covenants contained herein, and the fulfillment of any
conditions contained herein, as of the Closing Time or any Date of Delivery as
the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(l) The Company shall have performed such of its obligations under
this Agreement as are to be performed by the terms hereof at or before the
Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery.
7. Termination: The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder
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shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the
Representatives, at any time prior to the Closing Time or any Date of Delivery,
(i) if any of the conditions specified in Section 6 shall not have been
fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be fulfilled, or (ii) if
there has been since the respective dates as of which information is given in
the Registration Statement, any material adverse change, or any development
involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the assets,
business, operations, earnings, prospects, properties, condition (financial or
otherwise) or management of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not
arising in the ordinary course of business, or (iii) if there has occurred
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international
calamity or crisis or change in economic, political or other conditions the
effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make
it, in the judgment of the Representative, impracticable to market the Shares or
enforce contracts for the sale of the Shares, or (iv) if trading in any
securities of the Company has been suspended by the Commission or by Nasdaq, or
if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq over-the-
counter market has been suspended (including automatic halt in trading pursuant
to market-decline triggers other than those in which solely program trading is
temporarily halted), or limitations on prices for trading (other than
limitations on hours or numbers of days of trading) have been fixed, or maximum
ranges for prices for securities have been required, by such exchange or the
NASD or Nasdaq or by order of the Commission or any other governmental
authority, or (v) any federal or state statute, regulation, rule or order of any
court or other governmental authority has been enacted, published, decreed or
otherwise promulgated which in the reasonable opinion of the Representatives
materially adversely affects or will materially adversely affect the business or
operations of the Company, or (vi) any action has been taken by any federal,
state or local government or agency in respect of its
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monetary or fiscal affairs which in the reasonable opinion of the
Representatives has a material adverse effect on the securities markets in the
United States.
If the Representatives elect to terminate this Agreement as provided in
this Section 7, the Company and the Underwriters shall be notified promptly by
telephone, promptly confirmed by facsimile.
If the sale to the Underwriters of the Shares, as contemplated by this
Agreement, is not carried out by the Underwriters for any reason permitted under
this Agreement or if such sale is not carried out because the Company shall be
unable to comply in all material respects with any of the terms of this
Agreement, the Company shall not be under any obligation or liability under this
Agreement (except to the extent provided in Sections 5 and 9 hereof) and the
Underwriters shall be under no obligation or liability to the Company under this
Agreement (except to the extent provided in Section 9 hereof) or to one another
hereunder.
8. Increase in Underwriters' Commitments: If any Underwriter shall
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default at the Closing Time or on a Date of Delivery in its obligation to take
up and pay for the Shares to be purchased by it under this Agreement on such
date the Representatives shall have the right, within 36 hours after such
default, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting
Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all,
of the Shares which such Underwriter shall have agreed but failed to take up and
pay for (the "Defaulted Shares"). Absent the completion of such arrangements
within such 36 hour period, (i) if the total number of Defaulted Shares does not
exceed 10% of the total number of Shares to be purchased on such date, each non-
defaulting Underwriter shall take up and pay for (in addition to the number of
Shares which it is otherwise obligated to purchase on such date pursuant to this
Agreement) the portion of the total number of Shares agreed to be purchased by
the defaulting Underwriter on such date in the proportion that its underwriting
obligations hereunder bears to the underwriting obligations of all non-
defaulting Underwriters; and (ii) if the total number of Defaulted Shares
exceeds 10% of such total, the Representatives may terminate this Agreement by
notice to the Company, without liability to any non-defaulting Underwriter.
Without relieving any defaulting Underwriter from its obligations
hereunder, the Company agrees with the non-defaulting Underwriters that it will
not sell any Shares hereunder on such date unless all of the Shares to be
purchased on such date are purchased on such date by the Underwriters (or by
substituted Underwriters selected by the Representatives with the approval of
the Company or selected by the Company with the approval of the
Representatives).
If a new Underwriter or Underwriters are substituted for a defaulting
Underwriter in accordance with the foregoing provision, the Company or the non-
defaulting Underwriters shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time or the
relevant Date of
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Delivery for a period not exceeding five business days in order that any
necessary changes in the Registration Statement and Prospectus and other
documents may be effected.
The term Underwriter as used in this Agreement shall refer to and include
any Underwriter substituted under this Section 8 with the like effect as, if
such substituted Underwriter had originally been named in this Agreement.
9. Indemnity and Contribution by the Company and the Underwriters:
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(a) The Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each
Underwriter and any person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and
against any loss, expense, liability, damage or claim (including the reasonable
cost of investigation) which, jointly or severally, any such Underwriter or
controlling person may incur under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or
otherwise, insofar as such loss, expense, liability, damage or claim arises out
of or is based upon (A) any breach of any representation, warranty or covenant
of the Company contained herein, (B) any failure on the part of the Company to
comply with any applicable law, rule or regulation relating to the offering of
securities being made pursuant to the Prospectus, or (C) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement (or in the Registration Statement as amended by any post-effective
amendment thereof by the Company) or in a Prospectus (the term Prospectus for
the purpose of this Section 9 being deemed to include any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented by the
Company), or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact required to be stated in either such Registration
Statement or Prospectus or necessary to make the statements made therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except
insofar as any such loss, expense, liability, damage or claim arises out of or
is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission of a material fact contained in and in conformity with
information furnished in writing by the Underwriters through the Representatives
to the Company expressly for use in such Registration Statement or such
Prospectus, provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this
subsection (a)(i) with respect to the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
shall not inure to the benefit of an Underwriter (or to the benefit of any
person controlling such Underwriter) with respect to any person asserting any
such loss, expense, liability, damage or claim which is the subject thereof if
the Prospectus or any supplement thereto prepared with the consent of the
Representatives and furnished to the Underwriters prior to the Closing Time
corrected any such alleged untrue statement or omission and if such Underwriter
failed to send or give a copy of the Prospectus or supplement thereto to such
person at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of Shares to such
person, unless such failure resulted from noncompliance by the Company with
Section 4(b) above).
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(b) If any action is brought against an Underwriter or controlling
person in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Company pursuant
to subsection (a) above, such Underwriter shall promptly notify the Company in
writing of the institution of such action, and the Company shall assume the
defense of such action, including the employment of counsel and payment of
expenses, provided, however, that any failure or delay to so notify the Company
will not relieve the Company of any obligation hereunder, except to the extent
that its ability to defend is actually impaired by such failure or delay. Such
Underwriter or controlling person shall have the right to employ its or their
own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be
at the expense of such Underwriter or such controlling person unless the
employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by the Company
in connection with the defense of such action, or the Company shall not have
employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such action within a
reasonable time or such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably
concluded (based on the advice of counsel) that there may be defenses available
to it or them which are different from or additional to those available to the
Company (in which case the Company shall not have the right to direct the
defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of
which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by the Company and paid as
incurred (it being understood, however, that the Company shall not be liable for
the expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys for the Underwriters or
controlling persons in any one action or series of related actions in the same
jurisdiction (other than local counsel in any such jurisdiction) representing
the indemnified parties who are parties to such action). Anything in this
paragraph to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not be liable for
any settlement of any such claim or action effected without its written consent.
(c) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, the Company's directors, the
Company's officers that signed the Registration Statement, and any person who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any loss, expense, liability,
damage or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly
or severally, the Company or any such person may incur under the Securities Act,
the Exchange Act or otherwise, but only insofar as such loss, expense,
liability, damage or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in and in conformity
with information furnished in writing by such Underwriter through the
Representatives to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement
(or in the Registration Statement as amended by any post-effective amendment
thereof by the Company) or in a Prospectus, or arises out of or is based upon
any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in connection with
such information required to be stated either in such Registration Statement or
Prospectus or necessary to make such information, in the light of the
circumstances under which made, not misleading. The statements set forth (i) in
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the last paragraph on the cover page and (ii) under the caption "Underwriting"
in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (to the extent such statements
relate to the Underwriters) constitute the only information furnished by or on
behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives to the Company for
purposes of Section 3(j) and this Section 9.
If any action is brought against the Company or any such person in respect
of which indemnity may be sought against any Underwriter pursuant to the
foregoing paragraph, the Company or such person shall promptly notify the
Representatives in writing of the institution of such action and the
Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall assume the defense of such
action, including the employment of counsel and payment of expenses. The Company
or such person shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such case,
but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Company
or such person unless the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized
in writing by the Representatives in connection with the defense of such action
or the Representatives shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the
defense of such action within a reasonable time or such indemnified party or
parties shall have reasonably concluded (based on the advice of counsel) that
there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from or
additional to those available to the Underwriters (in which case the
Representatives shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on
behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such fees
and expenses shall be borne by such Underwriter and paid as incurred (it being
understood, however, that the Underwriters shall not be liable for the expenses
of more than one separate firm of attorneys in any one action or series of
related actions in the same jurisdiction (other than local counsel in any such
jurisdiction) representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such
action). Anything in this paragraph to the contrary notwithstanding, no
Underwriter shall be liable for any settlement of any such claim or action
effected without the written consent of the Representatives.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is
unavailable to an indemnified party under subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this
Section 9 in respect of any losses, expenses, liabilities, damages or claims
referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, expenses,
liabilities, damages or claims (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the
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Underwriters from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if (but only if) the
allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and
of the Underwriters in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such losses, expenses, liabilities, damages or claims, as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by
the Company and the Underwriters shall be deemed to be in the same proportion
as, the total proceeds from the offering (net of underwriting discounts and
commissions but before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters. The
relative fault of the Company and of the Underwriters shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission relates to
information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to above shall be
deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by
such party in connection with investigating or defending any claim or action.
(e) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for
such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account
of the equitable considerations referred to in subsection (d)(i) and, if
applicable (ii), above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no
Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the Shares purchased by
such Underwriter. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations to contribute pursuant to this
Section 9 are several in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments
and not joint.
10. Survival: The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in
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Section 9 and the covenants, warranties and representations of the Company
contained in Sections 3, 4 and 5 of this Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any
Underwriter, or any person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, or by or on
behalf of the Company, its directors and officers or any person who controls the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act, and shall survive any termination of this Agreement or the
sale and delivery of the Shares. The Company and each Underwriter agree promptly
to notify the others of the commencement of any litigation or proceeding against
it and, in the case of the Company, against any of the Company's officers and
directors, in connection with the sale and delivery of the Shares, or in
connection with the Registration Statement or Prospectus.
11. Notices: Except as otherwise herein provided, all statements,
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requests, notices and agreements shall be in writing or by telegram and, if to
the Underwriters, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered to Friedman,
Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc.,
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1001 19th Street North, Arlington, Virginia 22209, Attention: Syndicate
Department; if to the Company, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered
to the Company at the offices of the Company at 420 Lapp Road, Malvern,
Pennsylvania 19355.
12. Governing Law; Headings: THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
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CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, WITHOUT
REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES. The section headings in this Agreement
have been inserted as a matter of convenience of reference and are not a part of
this Agreement.
13. Parties at Interest: The Agreement herein set forth has been and is
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made solely for the benefit of the Underwriters, the Company and the controlling
persons, directors and officers referred to in Sections 9 and 10 hereof, and
their respective successors, assigns, executors and administrators. No other
person, partnership, association or corporation (including a purchaser, as such
purchaser, from any of the Underwriters) shall acquire or have any right under
or by virtue of this Agreement.
14. Counterparts and Facsimile Signatures: This Agreement may be signed
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by the parties in counterparts which together shall constitute one and the same
agreement among the parties. A facsimile signature shall constitute an original
signature for all purposes.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding among the
Company and the Underwriters, please so indicate in the space provided below for
the purpose, whereupon this Agreement shall constitute a binding agreement among
the Company and the Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND
SUPPORT, INC.
By:_____________________________
By:
Title:
Accepted and agreed to as
of the date first above written:
FRIEDMAN, BILLINGS, RAMSEY & CO., INC.
By:_______________________________
Title:
For itself and as Representatives of the other
Underwriters named on Schedule I hereto.
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Schedule I
Number of Initial Number of Option
Name of Party Selling Shares Shares to be Sold Shares to be Sold
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Innovative Solutions and Support,
Inc. 3,000,000 450,000
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Schedule II
Number of Initial
Underwriter Shares to be Purchased
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Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc.
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
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