Exhibit 1.1
Spansion Inc.
35,000,000 Shares
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Class A Common Stock
($0.001 par value)
Underwriting Agreement
New York, New York
November 15, 2006
Citigroup Global Markets
Inc.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters,
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c/o
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Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
AMD Investments, Inc., a corporation
incorporated under the laws of Delaware (“ AMDI
”), and Fujitsu Limited, a corporation incorporated under the
laws of Japan (“ Fujitsu ”, and together with
AMDI, the “ Selling Stockholders ” and each a
“ Selling Stockholder ”), propose to sell to the
several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “
Underwriters ”), for whom you (the “
Representatives ”) are acting as representatives,
35,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001
per share (“ Common Stock ”) of Spansion Inc., a
corporation incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the “
Company ”), (said shares hereinafter called (the
“ Underwritten Securities ”). The number of
Underwritten Securities sold by each Selling Stockholder shall be
as set forth on Schedule II hereto. The Company proposes to
grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to 5,250,000
newly issued shares of Common Stock to cover over-allotments, if
any (the “ Option Securities ”; the Option
Securities, together with the Underwritten Securities, being
hereinafter called the “ Securities ”). To the
extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on
Schedule I other than you, the term Representatives as used
herein shall mean you, as Underwriters, and the terms
Representatives and Underwriters shall mean either the singular or
plural as the context requires. Certain terms used herein are
defined in Section 17 hereof.
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Plus an option to purchase from the
Company, up to 5,250,000 additional Securities to cover
over-allotments.
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1. Representations and
Warranties.
(i) The Company represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below
in this Section 1.
(a) The Company has prepared and
filed with the Commission a registration statement (file number
333-137928) on Form S-1, including a related preliminary
prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and sale
of the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any
amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, has become
effective. The Company may have filed one or more amendments
thereto, including a related preliminary prospectus, each of which
has previously been furnished to you. The Company will file with
the Commission a final prospectus in accordance with
Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus shall contain all
information required by the Act and the rules thereunder and,
except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to
a modification, shall be in all material respects in the form
furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not
completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific
additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in
the latest Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you,
prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made
therein.
(b) On the Effective Date, the
Registration Statement did, and when the Prospectus is first filed
(if required) in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the
Closing Date (as defined herein) and on any date on which Option
Securities are purchased, if such date is not the Closing Date (a
“ settlement date ”), the Prospectus (and any
supplements thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder; on the
Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration
Statement did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading;
and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on
the Closing Date and any settlement date, the Prospectus (together
with any supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided , however , that the Company makes no
representations or warranties as to the information contained in or
omitted from the Registration Statement, or the Prospectus (or any
supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of
any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for
inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any
supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only
such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the
information described as such in Section 8 hereof.
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(c) (i) The Disclosure Package and
the price to the public, the number of Underwritten Securities and
the number of Option Securities disclosed on the cover page of the
Prospectus, when taken together as a whole, and (ii) each
electronic roadshow, when taken together with the Disclosure
Package, and the price to the public, the number of Underwritten
Securities and the number of Option Securities on the cover page of
the Prospectus, do not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does
not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package
based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that
the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any
Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
Section 8 hereof.
(d) (i) At the time of filing the
Registration Statement and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with
such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this
clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer
(as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any
determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not
necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible
Issuer.
(e) Each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus does not include any information that conflicts with the
information contained in the Registration Statement, including any
document incorporated by reference therein that has not been
superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to
statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that
the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of
the information described as such in Section 8
hereof.
(f) Each of the Company and its
subsidiaries has been duly incorporated or organized, as the case
may be, and is validly existing, in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction in which it is organized with full power
(corporate or otherwise), and authority to own or lease, as the
case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business
as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is
duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, partnership
or limited liability company, as the case may be, and is in good
standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such
qualification except where the failure to be so qualified or in
good standing would not reasonably be expected, individually or in
the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, businesses or
properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole,
whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of
business (a “ Material Adverse Effect
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(g) The Company’s authorized
equity capitalization will be as set forth in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus; the capital stock of the Company
conforms in all material respects to the description thereof
contained therein; the outstanding shares of Common Stock have been
duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable; the Securities have been duly and validly
authorized, and, when issued and delivered to and paid for by the
Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will be fully paid and
nonassessable; the certificates for the Securities will be in valid
and sufficient form; the holders of outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company are not entitled to preemptive or other rights
to subscribe for the Securities; and, except as set forth in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no options, warrants or
other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue,
or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any
securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests
in the Company are outstanding.
(h) All the outstanding shares of
capital stock of each subsidiary have been duly and validly
authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and,
except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock of the
subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through
wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security
interest or any other security interests, claims, liens or
encumbrances, except for shares of any direct or indirect
subsidiary of the Company held by directors or nominees pursuant to
the requirements of the law of the jurisdiction of incorporation of
such subsidiary and which in the aggregate represent less than one
percent of the outstanding capital stock of such
subsidiary.
(i) There is no franchise, contract
or other document of a character required to be described in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit
thereto, which is not described or filed as required (the
Disclosure Package contained in all material respects the same
descriptions of the foregoing matters contained in the Prospectus);
and the statements in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
under the headings “Certain U.S. Federal Tax Considerations
for Non-U.S. Holders” and “Description of Capital
Stock”, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters,
agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are
accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements,
documents or proceedings.
(j) This agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company
(k) The Company is not and, after
giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the
application of the proceeds to the Company thereof as described in
the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
(l) No consent, approval,
authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental
agency or body is required in connection with the transactions
contemplated herein and such as may be required under the blue sky
laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the issuance and sale
of the Securities to the Underwriters in the manner contemplated
herein and in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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(m) Neither the issuance and sale of
the Securities nor the consummation of any other of the
transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms
hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or
assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, as the case may
be, pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, as the case may be, (ii) the terms of
any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note
agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation,
condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their
property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule,
regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or
any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other
authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of its or their properties which violation
would, in the cases of clauses (ii) and (iii) of this
Section (1)(m), reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect or a material adverse effect on the transaction contemplated
hereby.
(n) Except for the Selling
Shareholders, no holder of securities of the Company have rights to
the registration of such securities under the Registration
Statement.
(o) The consolidated historical
financial statements and schedules of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries included in the Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus and the Registration Statement present fairly in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations
and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as
of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form in
all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements
of the Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as
otherwise noted therein); and the Company has no material
contingent obligation which is not disclosed in such Disclosure
Package and Prospectus. The selected financial data set forth under
the caption “Selected Historical Consolidated Financial
Data” in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the
Registration Statement fairly present in all material respects, on
the basis stated in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and
the Registration Statement, the information included
therein.
(p) No action, suit or proceeding by
or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or
any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
its or their property is pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Company, threatened that could have (i) a material adverse
effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of
any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) a Material
Adverse Effect, except as set forth or contemplated in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto).
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(q) Each of the Company and each of
its subsidiaries owns or leases all such properties as are
necessary to the conduct of its operations as presently
conducted.
(r) Neither the Company nor any
subsidiary is in violation or default of (i) any provision of
its operating agreement, charter or bylaws, as the case may be,
(ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage,
deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement,
obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a
party or bound or to which its property is subject, or
(iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or
decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency,
governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having
jurisdiction over the Company or such subsidiary or any of its
properties, as applicable which violation or default would, in the
case of clauses (ii) or (iii), reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(s) Ernst & Young LLP,
which has certified certain financial statements of the Company and
its consolidated subsidiaries and delivered their report with
respect to the audited consolidated financial statements and
schedules included in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, are
independent public accountants with respect to the Company within
the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and
regulations thereunder and the rules of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board.
(t) There are no transfer taxes or
other similar fees or charges under federal law or the laws of any
state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in
connection with the Company’s execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the issuance or sale by the Company of the
Securities.
(u) Except as set forth in or
contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto), the Company (i) has
filed all non-U.S., U.S. federal, state and local tax returns that
are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof except
in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a
Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) has paid all taxes required
to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied
against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and
payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is
currently being contested in good faith or as would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) No labor problem or dispute with
the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or,
to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened or imminent, except
as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(w) The Company and each of its
subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as
are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are
engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds
insuring the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective
businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full
force and effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in
compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all
material respects; and there are no claims by the Company or any of
its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which
any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a
reservation of rights clause; neither the Company nor any such
subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or
applied for; and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has
any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its
existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to
obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary
to continue its business at a cost that would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in
or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(x) No subsidiary of the Company is
currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any
dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on
such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company
any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from
transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to
the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as
described in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(y) Except as would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its
subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other
authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit
which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in
or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(z) 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 United
States 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. The
Company and its subsidiaries’ internal controls over
financial reporting are effective and the Company and its
subsidiaries are not aware of any material weakness in their
internal controls over financial reporting.
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(aa) The Company and its
subsidiaries maintain “disclosure controls and
procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under
the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are
effective.
(bb) The Company has not taken,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would
constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result
in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(cc) Except as set forth in or
contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto), the Company and its
subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with any and all applicable
non-U.S., U.S. federal, state and local laws and regulations
relating to the protection of human health and safety, the
environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants
or contaminants (“ Environmental Laws ”),
(ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits,
licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable
Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and
(iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential
liability under any environmental law, except where such
non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required
permits, licenses or other approvals, failure to comply with the
terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals or
liability would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth
in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company
nor any of the subsidiaries has been named as a “potentially
responsible party” under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended.
(dd) In the ordinary course of its
business, the Company periodically reviews the effect of
Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of
the Company and its subsidiaries, in the course of which it
identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities
(including, without limitation, any capital or operating
expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or
compliance with any Environmental Laws, permit, license or
approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any
potential liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such
review, the Company has reasonably concluded that such associated
costs and liabilities would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as
set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
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(ee) Except as set forth in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any
of its subsidiaries has violated the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulation and published
interpretations thereunder, or similar non-U.S. laws, except for
violations which, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither
the Company or any entity which is under common control with the
Company (as determined under Section 414 of the Code) sponsors
or has sponsored a plan subject to Title IV of ERISA.
(ff) There is and has been no
failure on the part of the Company and any of the Company’s
directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with
any provision of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and
regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “
Sarbanes Oxley Act ”), including Section 402
relating to loans and Sections 302 and 906 relating to
certifications.
(gg) Neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any
director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action,
directly or indirectly, that would result in a material violation
by such Persons of the FCPA, including, without limitation, making
use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate
commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to
pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other
property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of
anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such
term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or
official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in
contravention of the FCPA and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to
the knowledge of the Company, its Affiliates have conducted their
businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and
maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are
reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance
therewith.
“FCPA” means Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
(hh) The operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in
compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act
of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all
jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related
or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered
or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “
Money Laundering Laws ”) and no action, suit or
proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority
or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its
subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending
or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
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(ii) Neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any
director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S.
Treasury Department (“ OFAC ”); and the Company
will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds to the Company of
the offering, if any, or lend, contribute or otherwise make
available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or
other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities
of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered
by OFAC.
(jj) The subsidiaries listed on
Annex A attached hereto are the only significant
subsidiaries of the Company as defined by Rule 1-02(w) of
Regulation S-X (the “ Subsidiaries
”).
(kk) Except as set forth in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and its
subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use all
patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and
service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses,
inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other
intellectual property (collectively, the “ Intellectual
Property ”) necessary for the conduct of their respective
businesses as now conducted or as proposed in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus to be conducted except where the failure
to own or possess or otherwise be able to acquire such Intellectual
Property would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) to the
knowledge of the Company, there is no material infringement by
third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (ii) to the
knowledge of the Company, there is no pending or threatened action,
suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the rights of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries in or to any such Intellectual
Property; (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no
pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others
challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual
Property; (iv) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others
that the Company infringes or otherwise violates any patent,
trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of
others; (v) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no U.S.
patent or published U.S. patent application which contains claims
that dominate or may dominate any Intellectual Property described
in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned by or
licensed to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or that
interferes with the issued or pending claims or any such
Intellectual Property; and (vi) there is no prior art of which
the Company is aware that may render any U.S. patent held by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries invalid or any U.S. patent
application held by the Company or any of its subsidiaries
unpatentable which has not been disclosed to the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office, except for the foregoing items set forth in
clauses (i) through (vi) of this subparagraph, which
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business.
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(ll) Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
the Company (i) does not have any material lending or other
relationship with any bank or lending Affiliate of any Underwriter
and (ii) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the
sale of the Securities hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed
to any Affiliate of any Underwriter.
Any certificate signed by any
officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives, either
Selling Stockholder or counsel for the Underwriters or either
Selling Stockholder in connection with the offering of the
Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the
Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each
Underwriter.
(ii) Each Selling Stockholder,
severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to, and agrees
with, each Underwriter that:
(a) Such Selling Stockholder is the
record and beneficial owner of the Securities to be sold by it
hereunder free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities and
claims and has duly endorsed such Securities in blank, and has full
power and authority to sell its interest in such Securities, and,
assuming that each Underwriter acquires its interest in the
Securities it has purchased from such Selling Stockholder without
notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of
Section 8-105 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (“
UCC ”)), each Underwriter that has purchased such
Securities delivered on the Closing Date to The Depository Trust
Company or other securities intermediary by making payment therefor
as provided herein, and that has had such Securities credited to
the securities account or accounts of such Underwriters maintained
with The Depository Trust Company or such other securities
intermediary will have acquired a security entitlement (within the
meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities
purchased by such Underwriter, and no action based on an adverse
claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC) may be
asserted against such Underwriter with respect to such
Securities.
(b) Such Selling Stockholder has not
taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would
constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result
in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(c) No consent, approval,
authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body
is required for the consummation by such Selling Stockholder of the
transactions contemplated herein, except such as may have been
obtained under the Act and such as may be required under the blue
sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters and such other
approvals as have been obtained.
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(d) Neither the sale of the
Securities being sold by such Selling Stockholder nor the
consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated
by such Selling Stockholder or the fulfillment of the terms hereof
by such Selling Stockholder will conflict with, result in a breach
or violation of, or constitute a default under any law or the
charter or by-laws of such Selling Stockholder or the terms of any
indenture or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling
Stockholder or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound, or any
judgment, order or decree applicable to such Selling Stockholder or
any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having
jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or any of its
subsidiaries.
(e) The sale of Securities by such
Selling Stockholder pursuant hereto is not prompted by any
information concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries which
is not set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or
any supplement thereto.
(f) In respect of any statements in
or omissions from the Disclosure Package, the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or any supplements thereto used by the
Company or any Underwriter, as the case may be, made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company by any Selling Stockholder specifically for use in
connection with the preparation t