Exhibit 1.1
2,500,000 Shares *
BANCSHARES OF FLORIDA,
INC.
Common Stock
UNDERWRITING
AGREEMENT
St. Petersburg, Florida
April ,
2006
Raymond James & Associates,
Inc.
As Representative of the Several
Underwriters
listed on
Schedule I hereto
880 Carillon Parkway
St. Petersburg, Florida
33716
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Bancshares of Florida, Inc., a
Florida corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject
to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the
several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the
“Underwriters”), an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares of
its Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common
Stock”). The aggregate of 2,500,000 shares to be purchased
from the Company are called the “Firm Shares.” In
addition, the Company has agreed to sell to the Underwriters, upon
the terms and conditions stated herein, up to an additional 375,000
shares of Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”) to
cover over-allotments by the Underwriters, if any. The Firm Shares
and the Additional Shares are collectively referred to in this
Agreement as the “Shares.” Raymond James &
Associates, Inc. is acting as the representative of the several
Underwriters and in such capacity is referred to in this Agreement
as the “Representative.”
The Company wishes to confirm as
follows its agreement with you and the other several Underwriters,
on whose behalf you are acting, in connection with the several
purchases of the Shares from the Company.
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Plus an
additional 375,000 shares subject to Underwriter's over-allotment
option.
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1. Registration Statement and
Prospectus . The Company has prepared and filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the “Act”), a registration statement on
Form S-3 (File No. 333-132903), including a prospectus subject
to completion, relating to the Shares. Such registration statement,
as amended, including the financial statements, exhibits and
schedules thereto, at the time when it becomes effective and as
thereafter amended by any post-effective amendment, is referred to
in this Agreement as the “Registration Statement.” The
prospectus in the form included in the Registration Statement or,
if the prospectus included in the Registration Statement omits
certain information in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Act and
such information is thereafter included in a prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act or as part of
a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement after the
Registration Statement becomes effective, the prospectus as so
filed, is referred to in this Agreement as the
“Prospectus.” If the Company files another registration
statement with the Commission to register a portion of the Shares
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the “Rule 462
Registration Statement”), then any reference to
“Registration Statement” herein shall be deemed to
include the registration statement on Form S-3 (File
No. 333-132903) and the Rule 462 Registration Statement, as
each such registration statement may be amended pursuant to the
Act. The prospectus subject to completion in the form included in
the Registration Statement at the time of the initial filing of
such Registration Statement with the Commission and as such
prospectus is amended from time to time until the date of the
Prospectus is referred to in this Agreement as the
“Preliminary Prospectus.” For purposes of this
Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning
ascribed to it in Rule 405 under the Act, and “Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus” shall mean each free writing prospectus
prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by
the Company in connection with the offering of the Common Stock.
“Time of Sale Information” shall mean the Preliminary
Prospectus together with the free writing prospectuses, if any,
each identified in Schedule II hereto. All references in this
Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462 Registration
Statement, a Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Time of
Sale Information, or any amendments or supplements to any of the
foregoing, shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents
incorporated by reference therein, and shall include any copy
thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System
(“EDGAR”).
Any reference in this Agreement to
the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form
S-3 under the Act, as of the date of the Registration Statement,
such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be,
and any reference to any amendment or supplement to the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents
filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”) that, upon filing, are
incorporated by reference therein, as required by paragraph
(b) of Item 12 of Form S-3. As used herein, the term
“Incorporated Documents” means the documents that at
the time of filing are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto.
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2. Agreements to Sell and
Purchase . The Company hereby agrees to issue and sell the Firm
Shares to the Underwriters and, upon the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements of the Company herein
contained and subject to all the terms and conditions set forth
herein, each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Company at a purchase price of $[
] per Share (the “purchase price per Share”), the
number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such
Underwriter in Schedule I hereto.
The Company hereby also agrees to
sell to the Underwriters, and, upon the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements of the Company herein
contained and subject to all the terms and conditions set forth
herein, the Underwriters shall have the right for 30 days from the
date of the Prospectus to purchase from the Company up to 375,000
Additional Shares at the purchase price per Share for the Firm
Shares. The Additional Shares may be purchased solely for the
purpose of covering over-allotments, if any, made in connection
with the offering of the Firm Shares. If any Additional Shares are
to be purchased, each Underwriter, severally and not jointly,
agrees to purchase the number of Additional Shares (subject to such
adjustments as you may determine to avoid fractional shares) that
bears the same proportion to the total number of Additional Shares
to be purchased by the Underwriters as the number of Shares set
forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto
bears to the total number of Shares. The option to purchase
Additional Shares may be exercised at any time within 30 days after
the date of the Prospectus, but no more than once.
3. Terms of Public Offering .
The Company has been advised by you that the Underwriters propose
to make a public offering of their respective portions of the
Shares as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement
have become effective as in your judgment is advisable and
initially to offer the Shares upon the terms set forth in the
Prospectus.
Not later than 12:00 p.m. on the
second business day following the date the Shares are released by
the Underwriters for sale to the public, the Company shall deliver
or cause to be delivered copies of the Prospectus in such
quantities and at such places as the Representative shall
reasonably request.
4.
Delivery of the Shares and Payment Therefor
. Delivery to the Underwriters of the Firm Shares and payment
therefor shall be made at the offices of Raymond James &
Associates, Inc., 880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, Florida at
10:00 a.m., St. Petersburg, Florida time, on the fourth full
business day after the date of this Agreement, unless the pricing
occurs at a time earlier than 4:30 p.m., St. Petersburg, Florida
time, in which case insert the third full business day after the
date of this Agreement., or such other place, time and date not
later than 1:30 p.m., St. Petersburg, Florida time, on
, 2006 [ten business days following the original contemplated
Closing Date] as the Representative shall designate by notice to
the Company (the time and date of such closing are called the
“Closing Date”). The place of closing for the Firm
Shares and the Closing Date may be varied by agreement between the
Representative and the Company. The Company hereby acknowledges
that circumstances under which the Representative may provide
notice to postpone the Closing Date as originally scheduled include
any determination by the Company or the Representative to
recirculate to the public copies of an amended or supplemented
Prospectus or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of
Section 11 hereof.
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Delivery to the Underwriters of and
payment for any Additional Shares to be purchased by the
Underwriters shall be made at the offices of Raymond
James & Associates, Inc., 880 Carillon Parkway, St.
Petersburg, Florida, at 10:00 a.m., St. Petersburg, Florida time,
on such date or dates (the “Additional Closing Date”)
(which may be the same as the Closing Date, but shall in no event
be earlier than the Closing Date nor earlier than three nor later
than ten business days after the giving of the notice hereinafter
referred to) as shall be specified in a written notice, from the
Representative on behalf of the Underwriters to the Company, of the
Underwriters’ determination to purchase a number, specified
in such notice, of Additional Shares. Such notice may be given at
any time within 30 days after the date of the Prospectus and must
set forth (i) the aggregate number of Additional Shares as to
which the Underwriters are exercising the option and (ii) the
names and denominations in which the certificates for which the
Additional Shares are to be registered. The place of closing for
the Additional Shares and the Additional Closing Date may be varied
by agreement between you and the Company.
Certificates for the Firm Shares and
for any Additional Shares to be purchased hereunder shall be
registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall
request prior to 1:00 p.m., St. Petersburg, Florida time, not later
than the second full business day preceding the Closing Date or the
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be. Such certificates
shall be made available to you in St. Petersburg, Florida for
inspection and packaging not later than 9:30 a.m., St. Petersburg,
Florida time, on the business day immediately preceding the Closing
Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be. The
certificates evidencing the Firm Shares and any Additional Shares
to be purchased hereunder shall be delivered to you on the Closing
Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, against
payment of the purchase price therefore by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account specified in writing, not
later than the close of business on the business day next preceding
the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may
be, by the Company. Payment for the Shares sold by the Company
hereunder shall be delivered by the Representative to the
Company
It is understood that the
Representative has been authorized, for its own account and the
accounts of the several Underwriters, to accept delivery of and
receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price per Share for
the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares, if any, that the
Underwriters have agreed to purchase. Raymond James and Associates,
Inc., individually and not as Representative of the Underwriters,
may, but shall not be obligated to, make payment for any Shares to
be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds shall not have been
received by the Representative by the Closing Date or the
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for the account of
such Underwriter, but any such payment shall not relieve such
Underwriter from any of its obligations under this
Agreement.
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5. Covenants and Agreements of
the Company .
5.1 The Company covenants and agrees
with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will use its best
efforts to cause the Registration Statement and any amendments
thereto to become effective, if it has not already become
effective, and will advise you promptly and, if requested by you,
will confirm such advice in writing (i) when the Registration
Statement has become effective and the time and date of any filing
of any post-effective Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and the
time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement becomes effective, (ii) if Rule 430A under the Act
is employed, when the Prospectus has been timely filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Act, (iii) of the receipt of any
comments of the Commission, or any request by the Commission for
amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or for additional
information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or of the suspension of qualification of the Shares for
offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any
proceeding for such purposes and (v) within the period of time
referred to in Section 5(i) below, of any change in the
Company’s condition (financial or other), business,
prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations, or of
any event that comes to the attention of the Company that makes any
statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as
then amended or supplemented) untrue in any material respect or
that requires the making of any additions thereto or changes
therein in order to make the statements therein (in the case of the
Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made) not misleading in any material respect, or of the necessity
to amend or supplement the Prospectus (as then amended or
supplemented) to comply with the Act or any other law. If at any
time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make
every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such
order at the earliest possible time. The Company will provide the
Underwriters with copies of the form of Prospectus, in such number
as the Underwriters may reasonably request, and file with the
Commission such Prospectus in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the
Act before the close of business on the first business day
immediately following the date hereof.
(b) The Company will furnish to you,
without charge, two signed duplicate copies of the Registration
Statement as originally filed with the Commission and of each
amendment thereto, including financial statements and all exhibits
thereto, and will also furnish to you, without charge, such number
of conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally
filed and of each amendment thereto as you may reasonably
request.
(c) The Company will promptly file
with the Commission any amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus that may, in the judgment of the
Company or the Representatives be required by the Act or requested
by the Commission.
(d) The Company will furnish a copy
of any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or to
the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to you and
counsel for Underwriters and obtain your consent prior to filing
any of those with the Commission, which consent shall not
unreasonably be withheld.
(e) The Company will not make any
offer relating to the Common Stock that would constitute an Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus without your prior consent.
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(f) The Company will retain in
accordance with the Act all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not
required to be filed pursuant to the Act; and if at any time after
the date hereof any events shall have occurred as a result of which
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as then amended or
supplemented, would conflict with the information in the
Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus or
the Prospectus or would include an 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, or, if for any other reason
it shall be necessary to amend or supplement any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, to notify you and, upon your request, to file
such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each
Underwriter as many copies as they may from time to time reasonably
request of an amended or supplemented Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus that will correct such conflict, statement or omission
or effect such compliance;
(g) Prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Company has delivered or will
deliver to you, without charge, in such quantities as you have
requested or may hereafter reasonably request, copies of each form
of the Preliminary Prospectus. Consistent with the provisions of
Section 5(i) hereof, the Company consents to the use, in
accordance with the provisions of the Act and with the securities
or Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Shares are
offered by the several Underwriters and by dealers, prior to the
date of the Prospectus, of each Preliminary Prospectus so furnished
by the Company.
(h) During the Prospectus Delivery
Period, the Company will file all documents required to be filed
with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 and 15 of the
Exchange Act in the manner and within the time periods required by
the Exchange Act.
(i) As soon after the execution and
delivery of this Agreement as is practicable and thereafter from
time to time for such period as in the reasonable opinion of
counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus is required by the Act to
be delivered in connection with sales by any Underwriter or a
dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), and for so
long a period as you may request for the distribution of the
Shares, the Company will deliver to each Underwriter and each
dealer, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus and the
Time of Sale Information (and of any amendment or supplement
thereto) as they may reasonably request. The Company consents to
the use of the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information (and of
any amendment or supplement thereto) in accordance with the
provisions of the Act and with the securities or Blue Sky laws of
the jurisdictions in which the Shares are offered by the several
Underwriters and by all dealers to whom Shares may be sold, both in
connection with the offering and sale of the Shares and for such
period of time thereafter as the Prospectus is required by the Act
to be delivered in connection with sales by any Underwriter or
dealer. If at any time prior to the later of (i) the
completion of the distribution of the Shares pursuant to the
offering contemplated by the Registration Statement or
(ii) the expiration of prospectus delivery requirements with
respect to the Shares under Section 4(3) of the Act and Rule
174 thereunder, any event shall occur that in the judgment of the
Company or in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters is
required to be set forth in the Prospectus (as then amended or
supplemented) or
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should be set forth therein in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary
to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with the Act or any
other law, the Company will forthwith prepare and, subject to
Section 5(a) hereof, file with the Commission and use its best
efforts to cause to become effective as promptly as possible an
appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will furnish to
each Underwriter who has previously requested Prospectuses, without
charge, a reasonable number of copies thereof.
(j) The Company will cooperate with
you and counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the
registration or qualification of the Shares for offering and sale
by the several Underwriters and by dealers under the securities or
Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you may reasonably designate
and will file such consents to service of process or other
documents as may be reasonably necessary in order to effect and
maintain such registration or qualification for so long as required
to complete the distribution of the Shares; provided that in no
event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in
any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any
action that would subject it to general service of process in
suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the
Shares, as contemplated by this Agreement and the Prospectus, in
any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. In the event that
the qualification of the Shares in any jurisdiction is suspended,
the Company shall so advise you promptly in writing. The Company
will use its best efforts to qualify or register its Common Stock
for sale in non-issuer transactions under (or obtain exemptions
from the application of) the Blue Sky laws of each state where
necessary to permit market making transactions and secondary
trading and will comply with such Blue Sky laws and will continue
such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect for a
period of two years after the date hereof.
(k) The Company will make generally
available to its security holders a consolidated earnings statement
(in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158), which need not
be audited, covering a twelve-month period commencing after the
effective date of the Registration Statement and the Rule 462
Registration Statement, if any, and ending not later than 15 months
thereafter, as soon as practicable after the end of such period,
which consolidated earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions
of Section 11(a) of the Act.
(l) During the period ending five
years from the date hereof, the Company will furnish to you and,
upon your request, to each of the other Underwriters, (i) as
soon as available, a copy of each proxy statement, quarterly or
annual report or other report of the Company mailed to stockholders
or filed with the Commission, the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. (the “NASD”) or the Nasdaq
Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) or any national securities
exchange and (ii) from time to time such other information
concerning the Company as you may reasonably request.
(m) If this Agreement shall
terminate or shall be terminated after execution pursuant to any
provision hereof (except pursuant to a termination under
Section 12 hereof, other than clauses (iv) or (v))
or if this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters
because of any inability, failure or refusal on the part of the
Company to perform in all material respects any
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agreement herein or to comply in all
material respects with any of the terms or provisions hereof or to
fulfill in all material respects any of the conditions of this
Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse you and the other
Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including travel
expenses and reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the
Underwriters, but excluding wages and salaries paid by you)
reasonably incurred by you in connection herewith.
(n) The Company will apply the net
proceeds from the sale of the Shares to be sold by it hereunder in
accordance in all material respects with the statements under the
caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.
(o) For a period commencing on the
date hereof and ending on the 90th day after the date of the
Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”), not to, directly or
indirectly, (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge or otherwise
dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is
designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by
any person at any time in the future of) any shares of Common Stock
or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock
(other than the Common Stock issued pursuant to employee benefit
plans, qualified stock option plans or other employee compensation
plans existing on the date hereof or pursuant to currently
outstanding options, warrants or rights), or sell or grant options,
rights or warrants with respect to any shares of Common Stock or
securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (other
than the grant of options pursuant to option plans existing on the
date hereof), (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives
transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of
the economic benefits or risks of ownership of such shares of
Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause
(1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common
Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, (3) except
for the registration statement on Form S-4 that will be used to
consummate the Bristol Bank merger, file or cause to be filed a
registration statement, including any amendments, with respect to
the registration of any shares of Common Stock or securities
convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into Common Stock or any
other securities of the Company or (4) publicly disclose the
intention to do any of the foregoing, in each case without the
prior written consent of the Representatives on behalf of the
Underwriters, which shall not be unreasonably withheld and to cause
each officer, director and stockholder of the Company set forth on
Schedule 3 hereto to furnish to the Representatives, prior
to the Initial Delivery Date, a letter or letters, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A hereto (the “ Lock-Up
Agreements ”); notwithstanding the foregoing, if
(1) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, the Company
issues an earnings release or announces material news or a material
event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the
expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it
will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on
the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then the restrictions imposed
in the preceding paragraph shall continue to apply until the
expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the
issuance of the earnings release or the announcement of the
material news or the occurrence of the material event, unless the
Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, waive such
extension in writing.
(p) Prior to the Closing Date or the
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company will
furnish to you, as promptly as possible, copies of any unaudited
interim consolidated financial statements of the Company and its
subsidiaries for any period subsequent to the periods covered by
the financial statements appearing in the Prospectus.
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(q) The Company will comply with all
provisions of any undertakings contained in the Registration
Statement.
(r) The Company will not at any
time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed, or which
might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or which will
constitute, stabilization or manipulation of the price of the
shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of
the Shares.
(s) The Company will timely file
with NASDAQ all documents and notices required by the NASDAQ of
companies that have or will issue securities that are traded on the
NASDAQ.
(t) The Company shall engage and
maintain, at its expense, a transfer agent and, if necessary under
the jurisdiction of its incorporation or the rules of any national
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, a
registrar (which, if permitted by applicable laws and rules may be
the same entity as the transfer agent) for the Common
Stock.
6. Representations and Warranties
of the Company .
6.1 The Company hereby represents
and warrants to each Underwriter on the date hereof, and shall be
deemed to represent and warrant to each Underwriter on the Closing
Date and the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be,
that:
(a) The Company satisfies all of the
requirements of the Act for use of Form S-3 for the offering of
Shares contemplated hereby. The Company was not at the time of
initial filing of the Registration Statement and at the earliest
time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant
made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the
Act) of the Common Stock, is not on the date hereof and will not be
on the applicable Delivery Date an “ineligible issuer”
(as defined in Rule 405).
(b) The Registration Statement
conformed, and any amendment to the Registration Statement filed
after the date hereof will conform in all material respects when
filed, to the requirements of the Act. The most recent Preliminary
Prospectus conformed, and the Prospectus will conform, in all
material respects when filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b).
(c) The Registration Statement does
not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading; provided , that no
representation or warranty is made as to information contained in
or omitted from the Registration Statement in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company
through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter
specifically for inclusion therein.
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(d) The Incorporated Documents
heretofore filed, when they were filed (or, if any amendment with
respect to any such document was filed, when such amendment was
file), conformed in all material respects with the requirements of
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and any
further Incorporated Documents so filed will, when they are filed,
conform in all material respects with the requirements of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; no such
Incorporated Document when it was filed (or, if an amendment with
respect to any such document was filed, when such amendment was
filed), contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and no such
further Incorporated Document, when it is filed, will contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or will omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein not misleading.
(e) The Prospectus will not contain
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided that no representation or
warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the
Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by
or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion
therein.
(f) The Time of Sale Information
does not, and will not at the time of sale of the Shares, contain
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided that no representation or
warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the
Time of Sale Information in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company through the
Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for
inclusion therein.
(g) Each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus (including, without limitation, any road show that is a
free writing prospectus under Rule 433), when considered together
with the Time of Sale Information at the time of sale of the
Shares, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
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(h) Each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus conformed or will conform in all material respects to
the requirements of the Act on the date of first use, and the
Company has complied with all prospectus delivery and any filing
requirements applicable to such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
pursuant to the Act. The Company has not made any offer relating to
the Stock that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
without the prior written consent of the Representatives. The
Company has retained in accordance with the Act all Issuer Free
Writing Prospectuses that were not required to be filed pursuant to
the Act. The Company has taken all actions necessary so that any
“road show” (as defined in Rule 433) in connection with
the offering of the Stock will not be required to be filed pursuant
to the Act.
(i) The capitalization of the
Company is and will be as set forth in the Prospectus as of the
date set forth therein. All the outstanding shares of Common Stock
of the Company have been, and as of the Closing Date and the
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will be, duly
authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and
are free of any preemptive or similar rights; except as set forth
in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the Company is
not a party to or bound by any outstanding options, warrants or
similar rights to subscribe for, or contractual obligations to
issue, sell, transfer or acquire, any of its capital stock or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable for any of such capital
stock; the Shares to be issued and sold to the Underwriters by the
Company hereunder have been duly authorized and, when issued and
delivered to the Underwriters against full payment therefor in
accordance with the terms hereof will be validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable and free of any preemptive or similar rights; the
capital stock of the Company conforms to the description thereof in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); and the
delivery of certificates for the Shares being sold by the Company
against payment therefor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
will pass valid title to the Shares being sold by the Company, free
and clear of any claim, encumbrance or defect in title, to the
several Underwriters purchasing such shares in good faith and
without notice of any lien, claim or encumbrance. The certificates
for the Shares being sold by the Company are in valid and
sufficient form.
(j) The Company and each of its
subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized and validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the state of
its incorporation with full corporate power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as
presently conducted and as described in the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (and any amendment
or supplement thereto) and is duly registered and qualified to
conduct its business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
or place where the nature of its properties or the conduct of its
business requires such registration or qualification, except where
the failure to so register or qualify has not had or will not have
a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other),
business, properties, net worth, results of operations or prospects
of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a
“Material Adverse Effect”).
(k) The issued shares of capital
stock of each of the Company’s subsidiaries have been duly
authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and
are owned by the Company free and clear of any security interests,
liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.
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The Company does not have any
subsidiaries and does not own a material interest in or control,
directly or indirectly, any other corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, trust or other business organization, except
as set forth in Exhibit 21 to the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, which
is incorporated by reference into the Prospectus. As used in this
Agreement, subsidiaries shall mean direct and indirect subsidiaries
of the Company.
(l) There are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Company, threatened, against the Company or its subsidiaries or to
which the Company or its subsidiaries or any of their properties
are subject, that are required to be described in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) but are not described as required. Except as described in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and
Prospectus, there is no action, suit, inquiry, proceeding or
investigation by or before any court or governmental or other
regulatory or administrative agency or commission pending or, to
the best knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or involving
the Company or its subsidiaries, which might individually or in the
aggregate prevent or adversely affect the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or result in a Material Adverse Effect, nor to
the Company’s knowledge, is there any basis for any such
action, suit, inquiry, proceeding or investigation. There are no
agreements, contracts, indentures, leases or other instruments that
are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto) or to be filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement that are not described, filed or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Information and the Prospectus as required by the Act. All
such contracts to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a
party have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company or the applicable subsidiary, constitute valid and binding
agreements of the Company or the applicable subsidiary and are
enforceable against the Company or the applicable subsidiary in
accordance with the terms thereof, except as enforceability thereof
may be limited by (i) the application of bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency and other laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and (ii) equitable
principles being applied at the discretion of a court before which
any proceeding may be brought. Neither the Company nor the
applicable subsidiary has received notice or been made aware that
any other party is in breach of or default to the Company under any
of such contracts.
(m) Neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of (A) its articles
of incorporation or bylaws, or other organizational documents,
(B) any law, ordinance, administrative or governmental rule or
regulation applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
the violation of which would have a Material Adverse Effect or
(C) any decree of any court or governmental agency or body
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or
(ii) in default in any material respect in the performance of
any obligation, agreement or condition contained in (A) any
bond, debenture, note or any other evidence of indebtedness or
(B) any agreement, indenture, lease or other instrument (each
of (A) and (B), an “Existing Instrument”) to which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any
of their properties may be bound, which default would have a
Material Adverse Effect; and there does not exist any state of
facts that constitutes an event of default on the part of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries as defined in such documents or
that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such
an event of default.
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(n) The Company’s execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the performance by the Company
of its obligations under this Agreement have been duly and validly
authorized by the Company and has been duly executed and delivered
by the Company, and this Agreement constitutes a valid and legally
binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with its terms, except to the extent enforceability
may be limited by (i) the application of bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency and other laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and (ii) equitable
principles being applied at the discretion of a court before which
any proceeding may be brought, except as rights to indemnity and
contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or state
securities laws.
(o) None of the issuance and sale of
the Shares by the Company, the execution, delivery or performance
of this Agreement by the Company nor the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated hereby (i) requires
any consent, approval, authorization or other order of or
registration or filing with, any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental body, agency or
official (except such as may be required for the registration of
the Shares under the Act, the listing of the Shares for trading on
the NASDAQ, the registration of the Common Stock under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the
“Exchange Act”) and compliance with the securities or
Blue Sky laws of various jurisdictions, all of which will be, or
have been, effected in accordance with this Agreement and except
for the NASD’s clearance of the underwriting terms of the
offering contemplated hereby as required under the NASD’s
Rules of Fair Practice), (ii) conflicts with or will conflict
with or constitutes or will constitute a breach of, or a default
under, the Company’s articles of incorporation or the
Company’s bylaws or any agreement, indenture, lease or other
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a
party or by which any of its properties may be bound,
(iii) violates any statute, law, regulation, ruling, filing,
judgment, injunction, order or decree applicable to the Company or
any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, or
(iv) results in a breach of, or default under, or results 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 requires the consent of any other party to, any
Existing Instrument, except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults,
liens, charges or encumbrances that will not, individually or in
the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) Except as described in the Time
of Sale Information and the Prospectus, and except for options to
purchase capital stock issued pursuant to the Company’s stock
option or other plans existing as of the date of this Agreement,
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has outstanding and
at the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date, as the case
may be, will have outstanding any options to purchase, or any
warrants to subscribe for, or any securities or obligations
convertible into, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell,
any shares of Common Stock or any such warrants or convertible
securities or obligations. No holder of securities of the Company
has rights to the registration of any securities of the Company as
a result of or in connection with the filing of the Registration
Statement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby that have not been satisfied or heretofore waived in
writing.
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(q) Hacker, Johnson &
Smith, PA and KPMG, LLP, the certified public accountants who have
certified the financial statements (including the related notes
thereto and supporting schedules) filed as part of the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto), are independent public accountants as required by the Act
and the Exchange Act.
(r) The financial statements,
together with related schedules and notes, included in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto), present
fairly the financial condition, results of operations, cash flows
and changes in financial position of the Company on the basis
stated in the Registration Statement at the respective dates or for
the respective periods to which they apply; such statements and
related schedules and notes have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied
throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein; and
the other financial and statistical information and data set forth
in the Registration Statement and Prospectus (and any amendment or
supplement thereto) is accurately presented and prepared on a basis
consistent with such financial statements and the books and records
of the Company. The pro forma consolidated financial statements
together with related notes thereto included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement
thereto) present fairly the information contained therein, have
been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and
regulations with respect to pro forma financial statements and have
been properly presented on the bases described therein.
Additionally, the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are
reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give
effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein.
No other financial statements or schedules are required to be
included in the Registration Statement.
(s) Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto),
(i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
incurred any material liabilities or obligations, indirect, direct
or contingent, or entered into any transaction that is not in the
ordinary course of business, (ii) neither the Company nor any
of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or interference
with its business or properties from fire, flood, windstorm,
accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance,
(iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has paid
or declared any dividends or other distributions with respect to
its cap