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Exhibit 1.1
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
___________________ __, 2006
FELTL AND COMPANY, INC.
d/b/a Feltl and Company
225 South Sixth Street
Suite 4200
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Global Traffic Network, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"),
proposes to issue and sell to Feltl and Company, Inc., d/b/a Feltl
and Company,
a Minnesota corporation (the "Underwriter") 3,800,000 shares of its
common
stock, $.001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"). The
3,800,000 shares of
Common Stock to be sold by the Company are called the "Firm Common
Shares." In
addition, the Company has granted to the Underwriter an option to
purchase up to
an additional 570,000 shares of Common Stock (the "Optional Common
Shares"), as
provided in Section 2 of this Underwriting Agreement (this
"Agreement"). The
Firm Common Shares and, if and to the extent such option is
exercised, the
Optional Common Shares are collectively called the "Common
Shares."
The
Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement on Form S-1
(File No.
333-130417), which contains a form of prospectus to be used in
connection with
the public offering and sale of the Common Shares, and such
amendments thereof
as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. Such
registration
statement, as amended, including the financial statements, exhibits
and
schedules thereto, in the form in which it was declared effective
by the
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the "Securities
Act"),
including any information deemed to be a part thereof at the time
of
effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act, is
called the
"Registration Statement." Any registration statement filed by the
Company
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act is called the
"Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement," and from and after the date and time of
filing of the
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the term "Registration
Statement" shall
include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. Such prospectus, in
the form
first used by the Underwriter to confirm sales of the Common
Shares, is called
the "Prospectus." All references in this Agreement to (i) the
Registration
Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, a preliminary
prospectus or
the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements to any of the
foregoing, shall
include any copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its
Electronic
Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System ("EDGAR") and (ii)
the Prospectus
shall be deemed to include the "electronic Prospectus" provided for
use in
connection with the offering of the Common Shares as contemplated
by Section
3(s) of this Agreement.
The
Company hereby confirms its agreements with the Underwriter as
follows:
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Section 1. Representations and Warranties. The Company hereby
represents,
warrants, covenants and agrees with the Underwriter that:
(a)
Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Registration
Statement
and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement have been declared
effective by the
Commission under the Securities Act. The Company has complied with
all requests
of the Commission for additional or supplemental information. No
stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such
purpose have
been instituted or are pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Company, are
contemplated or threatened by the Commission.
Each
preliminary prospectus, the final preliminary prospectus included
in
the Disclosure Package (as defined below) and the Prospectus when
filed complied
in all material respects with the Securities Act and, if filed by
electronic
transmission pursuant to EDGAR (except as may be permitted by
Regulation S-T
under the Securities Act), was identical to the copy thereof
delivered to the
Underwriter for use in connection with the offer and sale of the
Common Shares.
Each of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement and
any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became
effective, at the
First Closing Date (as defined below) and at the Second Closing
Date (as defined
below), complied and will comply in all material respects with the
Securities
Act and did not and will not contain any 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 light of the circumstances under which
they were
made, not misleading. The Prospectus, as amended or supplemented,
as of its
date, at the First Closing Date and at the Second Closing Date, did
not and will
not contain 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. The
representations
and warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding sentences
do not apply
to statements in or omissions from the "Underwriting" section of
the
Registration Statement, or of any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement, or any
post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus, or any
amendments or
supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information
relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by
the
Underwriter expressly for use therein. There are no contracts or
other documents
required to be described in the Prospectus or to be filed as
exhibits to the
Registration Statement which have not been described or filed as
required. There
are no material agreements or understandings affecting the Company
that have not
been reduced to writing and so filed.
(b)
Offering Materials Furnished to the Underwriter. The Company
has
delivered to the Underwriter three complete manually signed copies
of the
Registration Statement and of each consent and certificate of
experts filed as a
part thereof, and conformed copies of the Registration Statement
(without
exhibits) and preliminary prospectuses and the Prospectus, as
amended or
supplemented, in such quantities and at such places as the
Underwriter has
reasonably requested.
(c)
Disclosure Package. The term "Disclosure Package" shall mean,
collectively, (i) the preliminary prospectus that is included in
the
Registration Statement immediately prior to the Initial Sale Time
(as defined
below), if any, as amended or supplemented, (ii) the issuer
free
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writing prospectuses as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act
(each, an
"Issuer Free Writing Prospectus") identified in Schedule 1 hereto,
and (iii) any
other free writing prospectus that the parties hereto shall
hereafter expressly
agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package. As of
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(Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement (the "Initial Sale
Time"), the
Disclosure Package did 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 the Underwriter
specifically for use
therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished
by the Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
Section 9
hereof.
(d)
Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus,
as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the
completion of the
public offering and sale of the Common Shares or until any earlier
date that the
Company notified or notifies the Underwriter as described in the
next sentence,
did not, does not and will not include any information that
conflicted,
conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the
Registration
Statement. 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 the Underwriter
specifically for
use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information
furnished by the Underwriter consists of the information described
as such in
Section 9 hereof.
(e)
Distribution of Offering Material By the Company. The Company has
not
distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the
Second Closing
Date and the completion of the Underwriter's distribution of the
Common Shares,
any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of
the Common
Shares other than a preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, any
Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus reviewed and consented to by the Underwriter or
included in
Schedule 1 hereto or the Registration Statement.
(f)
The Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly
authorized,
executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of,
the Company
and, with respect Section 17 of this Agreement, each of the
Subsidiaries (as
defined below) enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
rights to
indemnification hereunder may be limited by applicable law and
except as the
enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the
rights and
remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.
(g)
Authorization of the Common Shares. The Common Shares to be
purchased
by the Underwriter from the Company have been duly authorized for
issuance and
sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by
the Company
pursuant to this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid
and
nonassessable.
(h)
No Transfer Taxes. There are no transfer taxes or other similar
fees or
charges under federal law or the laws of any state, or any
political subdivision
thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and
delivery of
this Agreement or the issuance by the Company or sale by the
Company of the
Common Shares.
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(i)
No Applicable Registration or Other Similar Rights. There are
no
persons with registration or other similar rights to have any
equity or debt
securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or
included in
the offering contemplated by this Agreement, except for such rights
as have been
duly waived in writing prior to the date of this Agreement, with
copies of such
written waivers furnished to the Underwriter.
(j)
No Material Adverse Change. Except as otherwise expressly disclosed
or
described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, subsequent
to the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure
Package and
the Prospectus: (i) there has been no adverse change, or any
development that
could reasonably be expected to result in an adverse change in the
condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, operations or
prospects of
the Company or any of its direct and indirect wholly-owned
subsidiaries,
including The Australia Traffic Network Pty Limited, an Australian
proprietary
company registered under the Corporations Act of Australia (the
"Australia
Traffic Network"), Global Traffic Canada, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and
Canadian Traffic Network ULC, an Alberta business corporation
("Subsidiaries"),
that is, individually or in the aggregate, material to either of
the Company's
Canadian or Australian business operations, whether or not arising
from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company or
any of its
Subsidiaries (any such change or effect is called a "Material
Adverse Change");
(ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred
any material
liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, not in the
ordinary
course of business nor entered into any material transaction or
agreement not in
the ordinary course of business; and (iii) there has been no
dividend or
distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on
any class of
capital stock or repurchase or redemption by the Company of any
class of capital
stock, nor is there any agreement or understanding with respect to
the same.
(k)
Independent Accountants. BDO, who have expressed their opinion
with
respect to the financial statements (which term as used in this
Agreement
includes the related notes and schedules thereto) filed with the
Commission as a
part of the Registration Statement and included in the Disclosure
Package and
the Prospectus, are and, during the periods covered by their
report, were an
independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of
Regulation
S-X issued under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), and as required under the Securities
Act and the
Exchange Act.
(l)
Preparation of the Financial Statements. The financial statements
filed
with the Commission as a part of the Registration Statement and
included in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the financial
position of
the Company as of and at the dates indicated and the results of its
operations
and cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements
have been
prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles as applied
in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the
periods
involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes
thereto. No
other financial statements or supporting schedules are required to
be included
in the Registration Statement. The financial data set forth under
the captions
"Prospectus Summary--Summary Historical and Pro Forma Financial
Data,"
"Capitalization," "Dilution," "Selected Financial Data,"
"Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations" and
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elsewhere in the preliminary prospectus included the Disclosure
Package and the
Prospectus fairly present the information set forth therein on a
basis
consistent with that of the financial statements contained in the
Registration
Statement.
(m)
Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company. Each of the Company
and
its Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its
incorporation and has corporate power and authority to own, lease
and operate
its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus and, with respect to the Company, to
enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement. Each of the Company
and its
Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact
business and
is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is
required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property
or the
conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the
failure to so
qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the
aggregate,
result in a Material Adverse Change. All of the issued and
outstanding capital
stock of the Subsidiaries issued to the Company has been duly
authorized and
validly issued, is fully paid and nonassessable and is owned by the
Company free
and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien,
encumbrance or claim
except are described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
The Company
does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation,
association or
other entity other than the Subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to
the
Registration Statement.
(n)
Capitalization and Other Capital Stock Matters. The authorized,
issued
and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in
each of the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption
"Capitalization" (other
than for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to employee benefit
plans
described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or upon
exercise of
outstanding options or warrants described in the Disclosure Package
and the
Prospectus). The Common Stock (including the Common Shares)
conforms in all
material respects to the description thereof contained in the
Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus. All of the issued and outstanding shares of
Common Stock
have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and
nonassessable
and have been issued in compliance with all applicable federal and
state
securities laws. None of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
were issued in
violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or
other similar
rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company.
There are no
authorized or outstanding options, warrants, preemptive rights,
rights of first
refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities
convertible
into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock of the
Company, other
than those accurately described in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
The description of the Company's stock option, stock bonus and
other stock plans
or arrangements, and the options or other rights granted
thereunder, set forth
in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus accurately and
fairly
presents the information required to be shown with respect to such
plans,
arrangements, options and rights.
(o)
Quotation; Exchange Act Registration. The Company has satisfied all
of
the requirements of the Nasdaq National Market for listing the
Common Shares on
such market and for the trading of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq
National
Market, and the Common Shares have been approved for inclusion on
the Nasdaq
National Market, subject only to official notice of issuance. A
registration
statement has been filed on Form 8-A pursuant to Section 12 of
the
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Exchange Act with respect to the Common Stock, which registration
statement
complies in all material respects with the Exchange Act.
(p)
Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further
Authorizations or
Approvals Required. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is (i) in
violation or is in default (or, with the giving of notice or lapse
of time,
would be in default) ("Default") under its charter or bylaws, (ii)
is in Default
under any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, deed of
trust, note,
contract, franchise, lease or other agreement, obligation,
condition, covenant
or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or by
which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the
property or assets
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject (each, an
"Existing
Instrument"), or (iii) is in violation of any statute, law, rule,
regulation,
judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency,
governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having
jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its properties, as
applicable,
except with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for such
violations as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Change. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Company and with
respect to Section 17 of this Agreement, by each of the
Subsidiaries, and
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, by the
Disclosure Package
and by the Prospectus (i) have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate
action and will not result in any Default under the charter or
bylaws of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) will not conflict with or
constitute a
breach of, or Default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as
defined below)
under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge
or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party
to, any
Existing Instrument, except for such conflicts, breaches, Defaults,
Debt
Repayment Triggering Events (as defined below), liens, charges or
encumbrances
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a
Material Adverse
Change, and (iii) will not result in any violation of any law,
regulation, 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, except for such violations as would
not,
individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Change. No
consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration
or filing
with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or
agency, is
required for the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the
Company and, with respect to Section 17 of this Agreement, by the
Subsidiaries
and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, by the
Disclosure
Package and by the Prospectus, except such as have been obtained or
made by the
Company or its Subsidiaries and are in full force and effect under
the
Securities Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws and
from the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD"), and
(B) such
consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or
qualifications
that, if not obtained or made, would not individually or in the
aggregate result
in a Material Adverse Change. As used herein, but excluding that
certain loan
transaction between Metro Networks Communications, Inc. and
Canadian Traffic
Network ULC, a "Debt Repayment Triggering Event" means any event or
condition
which gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would
give, the
holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or
any person
acting on such holder's behalf) the right to require the
repurchase, redemption
or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the
Company or its
Subsidiaries.
(q)
No Material Actions or Proceedings. There are no legal or
governmental
actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of the
Company's
knowledge, threatened (i) against
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or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) which has
as the
subject thereof any officer, director or employee of, or property
owned or
leased by, any of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (iii) relating
to
environmental or discrimination matters, where in any such case any
such action,
suit or proceeding, if so determined adversely, would reasonably be
expected to
result in a Material Adverse Change or adversely affect the
consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or by the Prospectus.
No labor
problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries
or with the employees of any third party, with whom the Company or
its
Subsidiaries has a material relationship, exists or, to the best of
the
Company's knowledge, is threatened or imminent.
(r)
Intellectual Property Rights. Except as otherwise expressly
disclosed
or described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the
Company and its
Subsidiaries own or possess valid and enforceable licenses or other
rights to
use all trademarks, trade names, service marks, patent rights
(including all
patents and patent applications), copyrights, domain names,
licenses, approvals,
know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or
unpatentable
proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures),
inventions,
trade secrets, technologies, proprietary techniques (including
processes and
substances) and other similar rights (collectively, "Intellectual
Property
Rights") reasonably necessary to conduct its business as now
conducted and as
currently contemplated to be conducted as disclosed in the
Registration
Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, free and
clear of all
liens, claims and encumbrances, other than as described in the
Registration
Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the
expected
expiration of any of such Intellectual Property Rights would not
result in a
Material Adverse Change. Other than as described in the
Registration Statement,
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus: (i) there are no third
parties who
have any rights in the Intellectual Property Rights that could
preclude the
Company and its Subsidiaries from conducting their business as
currently
conducted or as presently contemplated to be conducted as described
in the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
(ii) there
are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened
actions,
suits, proceedings, investigations or claims by others challenging
the rights of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or if the Intellectual
Property Rights
are licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the
licensor thereof) in
any Intellectual Property owned or licensed to the Company and its
Subsidiaries;
(iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor (if the
Intellectual
Property Rights are licensed to the Company and its Subsidiaries)
the licensor
thereof has infringed, or received any notice of infringement of or
conflict
with, any rights of others with respect to the Intellectual
Property; and (iv)
there is no dispute between any of the Company and its Subsidiaries
and any
licensor with respect to any Intellectual Property Right. The
Company and its
Subsidiaries have taken all steps necessary or appropriate to
protect, maintain
and safeguard the Intellectual Property Rights for which improper
or
unauthorized disclosure would impair its value or validity and has
entered into
appropriate and enforceable (i) nondisclosure and confidentiality
agreements,
(ii) invention assignment and other assignment agreements with all
current
employees and contractors, and all past employees and contractors
to the extent
material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and
(iii) has made
appropriate filings and registrations in connection with the
foregoing.
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(s)
Title to Properties. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good
and
marketable title to all the properties and assets reflected as
owned in the
financial statements referred to in Section 1(l) above (or
elsewhere in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), in each case free and clear
of any
security interests, mortgages, liens, encumbrances, equities,
claims and other
defects, except as expressly disclosed or described in the
Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus or such as do not materially and adversely
affect the value
of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made
or proposed
to be made of such property by the Company or its Subsidiaries. The
real
property, improvements, equipment and personal property held under
lease by the
Company or its Subsidiaries are held under valid and enforceable
leases, with
such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere
with the use
made or proposed to be made of such real property, improvements,
equipment or
personal property by the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(t)
Tax Law Compliance. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries have
filed
all necessary federal, state and foreign income, employment and
franchise tax
returns and has paid all taxes required to be paid by any of them
and, if due
and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty
levied against
any of them. The Company has made adequate charges, accruals and
reserves in the
applicable financial statements referred to in Section 1(l) above
in respect of
all federal, state and foreign income and franchise taxes for all
periods as to
which the tax liability of the Company and its Subsidiaries has not
been finally
determined.
(u)
Company Not an "Investment Company." The Company has been advised
by
its legal counsel of the rules and requirements under the
Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"). The Company is
not, and
after receipt of payment for the Common Shares and application of
the proceeds
thereof contemplated under "Use of Proceeds" in each of the
Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus will not be, an "investment company" within the
meaning of
the Investment Company Act and will conduct its business in a
manner so that it
will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.
(v)
Insurance. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries are insured
by
recognized, financially sound and reputable institutions with
policies in such
amounts and with such deductibles and covering such risks as are
generally
deemed adequate and customary for their business including, but not
limited to,
policies covering real and personal property owned or leased by the
Company and
its Subsidiaries against theft, damage, destruction and acts of
vandalism. All
policies of insurance and surety bonds insuring the Company or 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 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. The Company has no reason to
believe that
it or its Subsidiaries will not be able (i) to renew its existing
insurance
coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain
comparable coverage
from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to
conduct its
business as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a
Material
Adverse Change. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
have been denied
any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has
applied.
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(w)
No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. The Company has not taken
and
will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or
that might be
reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or
manipulation of the
price of the Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Common Shares.
The Company acknowledges that the Underwriter may engage in passive
market
making transactions in the Common Shares on the Nasdaq National
Market in
accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act.
(x)
Related Party Transactions. No relationship, direct or indirect,
exists
between or among any of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on
the one hand,
and the directors, officers, employees, contractors, stockholders,
customers,
distributors or suppliers of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, on the
other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in
the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
and that is
not so described.
(y)
Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company has established
and
will maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is
defined in
Rule 13a-14 under the Exchange Act), which (i) are designed to
ensure that
information relating to the Company is made known to the Company's
principal
executive officer and its principal financial officer by others
within the
Company, particularly during the periods in which the periodic
reports required
under the Exchange Act are being prepared, and (ii) are effective
in all
material respects to perform the functions for which they were
established.
Based on the evaluation of the Company's disclosure controls and
procedures
described above, the Company is not aware of (a) any deficiency in
the design or
operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the
Company's
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or
any material
weaknesses in internal controls or (b) any fraud, whether or not
material, that
involves management or other employees who have a significant role
in the
Company's internal controls. Since the most recent evaluation of
the Company's
disclosure controls and procedures described above, there have been
no
significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that
could
significantly affect internal controls.
(z)
No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments. Neither the Company
nor
its Subsidiaries nor, to the best of the Company's knowledge, any
director,
officer, employee, agent, contractor, distributor or other persons
acting on
behalf of any of the Company or its Subsidiaries, has made any
contribution or
other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal,
state or
foreign office in violation of any law or of the character required
to be
disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(aa)
Company's Accounting System. The books, records and accounts of
the
Company and its Subsidiaries accurately and fairly reflect, in all
material
respects and in reasonable detail, the transaction in, and the
dispositions of,
the assets of, and the results of operations of, the Company and
its
Subsidiaries. The Company and its Subsidiaries maintain a system of
accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i)
transactions are
executed in accordance with management's general or specific
authorization; (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial
statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles as
applied in the United States and to maintain accountability for
assets;
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(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 existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is
taken with respect to any differences. The Company has no
"off-balance sheet
arrangements," as that term is defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of
Regulation S-K
under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(bb)
Compliance with Environmental Laws. Except as would not,
individually
or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change (i)
neither the Company
nor its Subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local
or foreign law
or regulation relating to pollution or protection of human health
or the
environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface
water,
groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife,
including, without
limitation, laws and regulations relating to emissions, discharges,
releases or
threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes,
toxic
substances, hazardous substances, petroleum and petroleum
products
(collectively, "Materials of Environmental Concern"), or otherwise
relating to
the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal,
transport or handling of Materials of Environment Concern
(collectively,
"Environmental Laws"), which violation includes, but is not limited
to,
noncompliance with any permits or other governmental authorizations
required for
the operation of the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries
under
applicable Environmental Laws, or noncompliance with the terms and
conditions
thereof, nor has the Company or its Subsidiaries received any
written
communication, whether from a governmental authority, citizens
group, employee
or otherwise, that alleges that the Company or its Subsidiaries is
in violation
of any Environmental Law; (ii) there is no claim, action or cause
of action
filed with a court or governmental authority, no investigation with
respect to
which the Company or its Subsidiaries have received written notice,
and no
written notice by any person or entity alleging potential liability
for
investigatory costs, cleanup costs, governmental responses costs,
natural
resources damages, property damages, personal injuries, attorneys'
fees or
penalties arising out of, based on or resulting from the presence,
or release
into the environment, of any Material of Environmental Concern at
any location
owned, leased or operated by the Company or its Subsidiaries, now
or in the past
(collectively, "Environmental Claims"), pending or, to the best of
the Company's
knowledge, threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries or
any person or
entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Company or
its
Subsidiaries have retained or assumed either contractually or by
operation of
law; (iii) to the best of the Company's knowledge, there are no
past or present
actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events or
incidents, including,
without limitation, the release, emission, discharge, presence or
disposal of
any Material of Environmental Concern, that reasonably could result
in a
violation of any Environmental Law or form the basis of a
potential
Environmental Claim against the Company or its Subsidiaries or
against any
person or entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim the
Company or its
Subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or by
operation of
law, and neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is subject to any
pending or
threatened proceeding under Environmental Law to which a
governmental authority
is a party and which is reasonably likely to result in monetary
sanctions of
$100,000 or more.
(cc)
ERISA Compliance. The Company and any "employee benefit plan"
(as
defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended,
and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder
(collectively,
"ERISA")) established or maintained by the Company, its
Subsidiaries or its
"ERISA Affiliates" (as defined below) are in compliance in all
material respects
with ERISA. "ERISA Affiliate" means, with respect to the Company
and
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its Subsidiaries, any member of any group of organizations
described in Sections
414(b),(c),(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the
regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the "Code")
of which the
Company and its Subsidiaries are a member. No "reportable event"
(as defined
under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with
respect to any
"employee benefit plan" established or maintained by the Company,
its
Subsidiaries or any of its ERISA Affiliates. No "employee benefit
plan"
established or maintained by the Company, its Subsidiaries or any
of its ERISA
Affiliates, if such "employee benefit plan" were terminated, would
have any
"amount of unfunded benefit liabilities" (as defined under ERISA).
Neither the
Company nor its Subsidiaries nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has
incurred or
reasonably expects to incur any liability under (i) Title IV of
ERISA with
respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any "employee
benefit plan" or
(ii) Section 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code. Each "employee
benefit plan"
established or maintained by the Company, its Subsidiaries or any
of its ERISA
Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of
the Code is
so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure
to act,
which would cause the loss of such qualification.
(dd)
Brokers. Other than as required by the terms of this Agreement,
there
is no broker, finder or other party that is entitled to receive
from the Company
or its Subsidiaries any brokerage or finder's fee or other fee,
commission or
performance-based compensation as a result of any transactions
contemplated by
this Agreement.
(ee)
No Outstanding Loans or Other Indebtedness. There are no
outstanding
loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses in
the ordinary
course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by any of the
Company or its
Subsidiaries to, or for the benefit of, any of the officers,
directors,
employees or consultants of any of the Company or its
Subsidiaries.
(ff)
Compliance with Laws. Except as expressly disclosed or described
in
the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, the
Company and its Subsidiaries: (i) are and at all times have been in
full
compliance with all statutes, rules, regulations, permits,
licenses,
authorizations, ordinances, orders, decrees and guidances issued by
the
applicable federal, state, local or foreign governmental or
self-regulatory
agencies or bodies having authority over the Company or its
Subsidiaries
("Governmental Authority") applicable to the conduct of their
business, use and
piloting of fixed wing aircraft and helicopters, ownership,
testing,
development, manufacture, packaging, processing, recordkeeping,
use,
distribution, marketing, labeling, promotion, sale, offer for sale,
storage,
import, export or disposal of any product manufactured or
distributed by the
Company and its Subsidiaries ("Applicable Laws"), except for such
non-compliance
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a
Material Adverse
Change; (ii) have not received any notice of adverse finding,
warning letter,
untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from any
Governmental
Authority alleging or asserting noncompliance with any Applicable
Laws or any
licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, registrations,
authorizations,
permits, orders and supplements or amendments thereto required by
any such
Applicable Laws ("Authorizations"); (iii) possess all
Authorizations and such
Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and neither
the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of any
such
Authorizations, except for any failure to possess or violation of
any
Authorization as would not,
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individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Change; (iv) have
not received notice of any pending or threatened claim, suit,
proceeding,
hearing, enforcement, audit, investigation, arbitration or other
action from any
Governmental Authority or third party alleging that any company
operation or
activity is in violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations
and the
Company has no knowledge or reason to believe that any such
Governmental
Authority or third party is considering any such claim, suit,
proceeding,
hearing, enforcement, audit, investigation, arbitration or other
action; (v)
have not received notice that any Governmental Authority has taken,
is taking or
intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any
Authorizations
and the Company has no knowledge or reason to believe that any such
Governmental
Authority is considering such action; (vi) have filed, obtained,
maintained or
submitted all reports, documents, forms, notices, applications,
records, claims,
submissions and supplements or amendments as are required by all
Applicable Laws
or Authorizations and all such reports, documents, forms, notices,
applications,
records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were
complete and
correct on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a
subsequent
submission), except for any failure to file, obtain, maintain, or
submit, and
any failure to be complete and correct as would not result,
individually or in
the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change; and (vii) have not,
either
voluntarily or involuntarily, initiated, conducted, or issued or
caused to be
initiated, conducted or issued, any recall, market withdrawal or
replacement,
post-sale warning or other notice or action relating to an alleged
lack of
efficacy of any product, any alleged product defect, or violation
on any
Applicable Laws or Authorizations; the Company is not aware of any
facts that
would cause the Company or its Subsidiaries to initiate any such
notice or
action; and the Company does not have any knowledge or reason to
believe that
any Governmental Authority or third party intends to initiate any
such notice or
action.
(gg)
Nasdaq Governance Rules. The Company has duly adopted
organizational
structures and policies sufficient to comply with the requirements
of the Nasdaq
National Market corporate governance rules in effect as of the date
hereof.
(hh)
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(ii)
Statistical and Market Data. The scientific, statistical and
market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the
Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus are accurately based on or derived from
sources that
are credible and generally recognized as authoritative in the
Company's
industry.
(jj)
MD&A. There are no transactions, arrangements or other
relationships
that are required to be disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus
by the Commission's "Statement About Management's Discussion and
Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations" (January 22, 2002)
that are not
so disclosed or described as required.
(kk)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company is in material compliance with
all
applicable provisions of the U.S. Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 that
are effective
and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection
therewith.
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(ll)
Underwriter's Warrants. The Underwriter's Warrants have been
duly
authorized for issuance to the Underwriter or its designees and
will, when
issued, possess rights, privileges, and characteristics as
represented in the
most recent form of Underwriter's Warrants filed as an exhibit to
the
Registration Statement. Further, the securities to be issued upon
exercise of
the Underwriter's Warrants, when issued and delivered against
payment therefor
in accordance with the terms thereof, will be duly and validly
issued, fully
paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights, and all
corporate action
required to be taken for the authorization and issuance of the
Underwriter's
Warrants, and the securities to be issued upon their exercise, have
been validly
and sufficiently taken. The execution by the Company of the
Underwriter's
Warrants has been duly authorized by all required action of the
Company and,
when so executed and delivered, will constitute the valid and
binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with
their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy,
insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or
affecting
creditors' rights and remedies or by general equitable
principles.
(mm)
Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the
Company
and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in
material
compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of
the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as
amended, the USA
Patriot Act, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions to
which the
Company and its Subsidiaries are subject, 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
any of the
Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering
Laws is
pending, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(nn)
Sanctions by OFAC. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries nor,
to
the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent,
employee or
affiliate of any of the Company or its Subsidiaries is currently
subject to any
U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control
of the U.S.
Treasury Department ("OFAC"); and the Company and its Subsidiaries
will not
directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend,
contribute or
otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint
venture partner
or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the
activities of any
person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by
OFAC.
(oo)
No Issuance of Securities. Except as expressly disclosed or
described
in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not
sold or issued
any securities during the six-month period preceding the date of
the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, including any sales pursuant to Rule
144A under, or
Regulations D or S of, the Securities Act.
(pp)
Lock-Up Agreements. All of the lock-up agreements described in
Section
6(j) hereof are in full force and effect.
(qq)
Share Exchange Transaction. The issuance of Common Stock and
certain
promissory notes by the Company to the holders of outstanding
ordinary shares of
the Australia Traffic Network in exchange for all such outstanding
ordinary
shares of the Australia Traffic
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Network in the share exchange transaction, as described in the
Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus (the "Share Exchange Transaction"), has
been duly
authorized by the Company and has been duly consummated by the
Company and each
other party to the Share Exchange Transaction. The Share Exchange
Transaction
does not require any governmental or third party consent or
approval. Neither
the issuance of Common Stock nor the issuance of promissory notes
by the Company
in accordance with the Share Exchange Transaction requires
registration under
the Securities Act and such issuances will not be integrated with
the sale of
the Common Shares hereunder.
Any
certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to
the
Underwriter or to counsel for the Underwriter shall be deemed to be
a
representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriter as to
the matters
set forth therein. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriter
and, for
purposes of the opinions to be delivered pursuant to Section 6
hereof, counsels
to the Company and counsel to the Underwriter, will rely upon the
accuracy and
truthfulness of the foregoing representations and hereby consents
to such
reliance.
Section 2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Common Shares.
(a)
The Firm Common Shares. The Company agrees to issue and sell to
the
Underwriter the Firm Common Shares upon the terms herein set forth.
On the basis
of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained,
and upon the
terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, the
Underwriter agrees to
purchase from the Company the Firm Common Shares. The purchase
price per Firm
Common Share to be paid by the Underwriter to the Company shall be
$ 4.65 per
share.
(b)
The First Closing Date. Delivery of certificates for the Firm
Common
Shares to be purchased by the Underwriter and payment therefor
shall be made at
the offices of Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP, 90 South 7th
Street, Suite
3300, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 (or such other place as may be
agreed to by
the Company and the Underwriter) at 9:00 a.m., Minneapolis,
Minnesota time, on
____________, 2006, or such other time as the Underwriter shall
designate by
notice to the Company (the time and date of such closing are called
the "First
Closing Date"). The Company hereby acknowledges that circumstances
under which
the Underwriter may provide notice to postpone the First Closing
Date as
originally scheduled include, but are in no way limited to, any
determination by
the Company or the Underwriter to recirculate to the public copies
of an amended
or supplemented Prospectus.
(c)
The Optional Common Shares; the Second Closing Date. In addition,
on
the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein
contained,
and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth,
the Company
hereby grants an option to the Underwriter to purchase up to an
aggregate of
570,000 Optional Common Shares from the Company at the purchase
price per share
to be paid by the Underwriter for the Firm Common Shares. The
option granted
hereunder is for use by the Underwriter solely in covering any
over-allotments
in connection with the sale and distribution of the Firm Common
Shares. The
option granted hereunder may be exercised at any time (but not more
than once)
upon notice by the Underwriter to the Company, which notice may be
given at any
time within 45 days from the date of this Agreement. Such notice
shall set forth
(i) the aggregate number of Optional
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Common Shares as to which the Underwriter is exercising the option,
(ii) the
names and denominations in which the certificates for the Optional
Common Shares
are to be registered and (iii) the time, date and place at which
such
certificates will be delivered (which time and date may be
simultaneous with,
but not earlier than, the First Closing Date; and in such case the
term "First
Closing Date" shall refer to the time and date of delivery of
certificates for
the Firm Common Shares and the Optional Common Shares). Such time
and date of
delivery, if subsequent to the First Closing Date, is called the
"Second Closing
Date" and shall be determined by the Underwriter and shall not be
earlier than
three nor later than five full business days after delivery of such
notice of
exercise. If any Optional Common Shares are to be purchased, the
Underwriter
agrees to purchase the number of Optional Common Shares (subject to
such
adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the Underwriter may
determine) set
forth in the notice from the Underwriter to the Company referenced
in this
subsection (c). The Underwriter may cancel the option at any time
prior to its
expiration by giving written notice of such cancellation to the
Company.
(d)
Public Offering of the Common Shares. The Underwriter hereby
advises
the Company that it intends to offer for sale to the public, as
described in the
Prospectus, the Common Shares as soon after this Agreement has been
executed and
the Registration Statement has been declared effective as the
Underwriter, in
its sole judgment, has determined is advisable and practicable.
(e)
Payment for the Common Shares. Payment for the Common Shares shall
be
made at the First Closing Date (and, if applicable, at the Second
Closing Date)
by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the
Company. It
is understood that the Underwriter has been authorized, for its own
account, to
accept delivery of and receipt for, and make payment of the
purchase price for,
the Firm Common Shares and any Optional Common Shares the
Underwriter has agreed
to purchase.
(f)
Delivery of the Common Shares. The Company shall deliver, or cause
to
be delivered, to the Underwriter certificates for the Firm Common
Shares at the
First Closing Date, against the irrevocable release of a wire
transfer of
immediately available funds for the amount of the purchase price
therefor. The
Company shall also deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the
Underwriter
certificates for the Optional Common Shares the Underwriter has
agreed to
purchase at the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as
the case may
be, against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of
immediately available
funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor. The
certificates for the
Common Shares shall be in definitive form and registered in such
names and
denominations as the Underwriter shall have requested at least two
full business
days prior to the First Closing Date (or the Second Closing Date,
as the case
may be) and shall be made available for inspection on the business
day preceding
the First Closing Date (or the Second Closing Date, as the case may
be) at a
location in Minneapolis, Minnesota as the Underwriter may
designate. Time shall
be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in
this
Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the
Underwriter.
(g)
Delivery of Prospectus to the Underwriter. Not later than 3:00
p.m.
(Minneapolis, Minnesota time) on the next business day, or such
shorter period
as may be required by law, following the date of this Agreement,
the Company
shall deliver or cause to be
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delivered copies of the Prospectus in such quantities and at such
places as the
Underwriter shall request.
Section 3. Covenants of the Company. The Company further covenants
and
agrees with the Underwriter as follows:
(a)
Underwriter's Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements.
During
such period beginning on the Initial Sale Time and ending on the
later of the
First Closing Date or such other date, as in the opinion of counsel
for the
Underwriter, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be
delivered in
connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, including in
circumstances
where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 (the
"Prospectus
Delivery Period"), prior to amending or supplementing the
Registration Statement
(including any registration statement filed under Rule 462(b) under
the
Securities Act), the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the
Company shall
furnish to the Underwriter for review a copy of each such proposed
amendment or
supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed
amendment or
supplement to which the Underwriter reasonably objects.
(b)
Securities Act Compliance. After the date of this Agreement,
the
Company shall promptly advise the Underwriter in writing of (i) the
receipt of
any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental
information from,
the Commission, (ii) the time and date of any filing of any
post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement to any
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, (iii) the time and date
that any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes
effective and
(iv) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending
the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment
thereto or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the
Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or of any
proceedings
to remove, suspend or terminate from listing or quotation the
Common Stock from
any securities exchange upon which it is listed for trading or
included or
designated for quotation, or of the threatening or initiation of
any proceedings
for any of such purposes. The Company shall use all reasonable
commercial
efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or
prevention or
suspension of such use. If the Commission shall enter any such stop
order at any
time, the Company will use its best efforts to obtain the lifting
of such order
at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees
that it shall
comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b) and 434, as applicable,
under the
Securities Act and will use its best efforts to confirm that any
filings made by
the Company under such Rule 424(b) were received in a timely manner
by the
Commission.
(c)
Amendments and Supplements to the Prospectus and Other Securities
Act
Matters. (i) If the preliminary prospectus included in the
Disclosure Package is
being used to solicit offers to buy the Common Shares and any event
or
development shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it
is necessary
to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package in order to make the
statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made or then
prevailing, as the case may be, not misleading (in which case the
Company agrees
to notify the Underwriter of any such event or condition), or if in
the
reasonable opinion of the Underwriter it is otherwise necessary to
amend or
supplement the Disclosure Package to comply with law, the Company
agrees to
promptly prepare (subject to Section 3(a) hereof), file with
the
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Commission and furnish to the Underwriter and to dealers, at its
own expense,
amendments or supplements to the Disclosure Package so that the
statements in
the Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not be,
in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made or then prevailing,
as the case
may be, misleading or so that the Disclosure Package, as amended
or
supplemented, will comply with law. (ii) If, during the Prospectus
Delivery
Period, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of
which it is
necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under
which they were made or then prevailing, as the case may be, not
misleading, or
if in the opinion of the Underwriter or counsel for the Underwriter
it is
otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the Registration
Statement or the
Prospectus to comply with applicable law, including in connection
with the
delivery of the Prospectus, the Company agrees to promptly prepare
(subject to
Section 3(a) hereof), file with the Commission and furnish at its
own expense to
the Underwriter and to dealers, amendments or supplements to the
Registration
Statement or the Prospectus so that the statements in the
Registration Statement
or the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the
light of the
circumstances under which they were made or then prevailing, as the
case may be,
misleading or so that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
as amended
or supplemented, will comply with law.
(d)
Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company agrees that,
unless it
obtains the prior written consent of the Underwriter, it will not
make any offer
relating to the Common Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free
Writing
Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a "free writing
prospectus" (as
defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) required to be filed by
the Company
with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of
the Securities
Act; provided that the prior written consent of the Underwriter
hereto shall be
deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing
Prospectuses included
in Schedule 1 hereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to
by the
Underwriter is hereinafter referred to as a "Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus".
The Company agrees that (i) it has treated and will treat, as the
case may be,
each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, and
(ii) has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the
requirements of
Rules 164 and 433 of the Securities Act applicable to any Permitted
Free Writing
Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the
Commission, legending
and record keeping.
(e)
Copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The
Company
will furnish to the Underwriter signed copies of the Registration
Statement
(including exhibits thereto) and, during the Prospectus Delivery
Period, as many
copies of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto
and the
Disclosure Package as the Underwriter may reasonably request.
(f)
Blue Sky Compliance. The Company shall cooperate with the
Underwriter
and counsel for the Underwriter to qualify or register the Common
Shares for
sale under (or obtain exemptions from the application of) the state
securities
or blue sky laws or other foreign laws of those jurisdictions
designated by the
Underwriter, shall comply with such laws and shall continue such
qualifications,
registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for the
distribution
of the Common Shares. The Company shall not be required to qualify
as a foreign
corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general
service of
process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently
qualified or where it
would be subject to taxation as a
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foreign corporation. The Company will advise the Underwriter
promptly of the
suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such
exemption
relating to) the Common Shares for offering, sale or trading in any
jurisdiction
or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose,
and in the
event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification,
registration
or exemption, the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the
withdrawal
thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(g)
Use of Proceeds. The Company shall apply the proceeds from the sale
of
the Common Shares sold by it in the manner described under the
caption "Use of
Proceeds" in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(h)
Transfer Agent. The Company shall engage and maintain, at its
expense,
an independent, qualified and experienced registrar and transfer
agent for the
Common Stock.
(i)
Earnings Statement. As soon as practicable, the Company will
make
generally available to its security holders and to the Underwriter
an earnings
statement (which need not be audited) covering the twelve-month
period ending
March 31, 2007, that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of
the, and
Rule 158 under the, Securities Act.
(j)
Periodic Reporting Obligations. During the Prospectus Delivery
Period,
the Company shall file, on a timely basis, with the Commission and
the Nasdaq
National Market all reports and documents required to be filed
under the
Exchange Act. Additionally, the Company shall timely report the use
of proceeds
from the issuance of the Common Shares as may be required under
Rule 463 under
the Securities Act.
(k)
Company to Provide Interim Financial Statements. Prior to the
Closing
Date, the Company will furnish the Underwriter as soon as they have
been
prepared by or are available to the Company, a copy of any
unaudited interim
financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for any
period
subsequent to the period covered by the most recent financial
statements
appearing in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(l)
Quotation. The Company will use its best efforts to maintain
the
listing of the Common Shares on the Nasdaq National Market, or will
use its best
efforts to list and maintain the listing of the Common Shares on
the New York
Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange, and will comply with
the
corporate governance or similar rules of the Nasdaq National
Market, the New
York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange, as
applicable.
(m)
Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities. During the
period
commencing on the date hereof and ending on the 180th day following
the date of
the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written
consent of the
Underwriter (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion
of the
Underwriter), directly or indirectly, sell, offer to sell, contract
to sell,
pledge, hypothecate, grant any option to purchase, transfer or
otherwise dispose
of, grant any rights with respect to, or file a registration
statement with the
Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent
position or
liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning
of Section
16 of the Exchange Act, or be the subject of any hedging, short
sale, derivative
or other transaction that is designed to, or reasonably
expected