Exhibit 1.1
Spansion Inc.
42,200,000 Shares a/
Class A Common Stock
($0.001 par value)
Underwriting Agreement
New York, New York
December 15, 2005
Citigroup Global Markets
Inc.
Credit Suisse First Boston
LLC
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters,
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c/o
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Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.
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388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Spansion Inc., a corporation
incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the “ Company
”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in
Schedule I hereto (the “ Underwriters ”), for
whom you (the “ Representatives ”) are acting as
representatives, 42,200,000 shares of Class A Common Stock,
par value $0.001 per share (“ Common Stock ”) of
the Company (said shares to be issued and sold by the Company being
hereinafter called (the “ Underwritten Securities
”). The Company also proposes to grant to the Underwriters an
option to purchase up to 5,064,000 additional shares of Common
Stock to cover over-allotments (the “ Option
Securities ”; the Option Securities, together with the
Underwritten Securities, being hereinafter called the “
Securities ”). To the extent there are no additional
Underwriters listed on Schedule I other than you, the term
Representatives as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters, and
the terms Representatives and Underwriters shall mean either the
singular or plural as the context requires. Certain terms used
herein are defined in Section 17 hereof.
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Plus an option
to purchase from the Company, up to 5,064,000 additional Securities
to cover over-allotments.
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1. Representations and
Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees
with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section
1.
(a) The Company has prepared and
filed with the Commission a registration statement (file number
333-124041) on Form S-1, including a related preliminary
prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and sale
of the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any
amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, has become
effective. The Company may have filed one or more amendments
thereto, including a related preliminary prospectus, each of which
has previously been furnished to you. The Company will file with
the Commission a final prospectus in accordance with Rule 424(b).
As filed, such final prospectus shall contain all information
required by the Act and the rules thereunder and, except to the
extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a
modification, shall be in all material respects in the form
furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not
completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific
additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in
the latest Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you,
prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made
therein.
(b) On the Effective Date, the
Registration Statement did, and when the Prospectus is first filed
(if required) in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing
Date (as defined herein) and on any date on which Option Securities
are purchased, if such date is not the Closing Date (a “
settlement date ”), the Prospectus (and any
supplements thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder; on the
Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration
Statement did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading;
and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the
Closing Date and any settlement date, the Prospectus (together with
any supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided ,
however , that the Company makes no representations or
warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the
Registration Statement, or the Prospectus (or any supplement
thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any
Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement
thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the
information described as such in Section 8 hereof.
(c) (i) The Disclosure Package and
the price to the public, the number of Underwritten Securities, the
number of Option Securities and the underwriting discount disclosed
on the cover page of the Prospectus, when taken together as a
whole, and (ii) each electronic roadshow when taken together with
the Disclosure Package, and the price to the public, the number of
Underwritten Securities, the
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number of Option Securities and the
underwriting discount disclosed on the cover page of the
Prospectus, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not
apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package
based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that
the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any
Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
Section 8 hereof.
(d) (i) At the time of filing the
Registration Statement and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with such
date being used as the determination date for purposes of this
clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer
(as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any
determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not
necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible
Issuer.
(e) Each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus does not include any information that conflicts with the
information contained in the Registration Statement, including any
document incorporated by reference therein that has not been
superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to
statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company
by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use
therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the
information described as such in Section 8 hereof.
(f) Each of the Company and its
subsidiaries has been duly incorporated or organized, as the case
may be, and is validly existing, in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction in which it is organized with full power
(corporate or otherwise), and authority to own or lease, as the
case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business
as described in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and
is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires
such qualification except where the failure to be so qualified or
in good standing would not reasonably be expected, individually or
in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, businesses
or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole,
whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of
business (a “ Material Adverse Effect
”).
(g) The Company’s authorized
equity capitalization will be as set forth in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus; the capital stock of the Company
conforms in all material respects to the description thereof
contained therein; the outstanding shares of Common Stock have been
duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and
nonassessable; the Securities have been duly and validly
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authorized, and, when issued and
delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this
Agreement, will be fully paid and nonassessable; the certificates
for the Securities will be in valid and sufficient form; the
holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are
not entitled to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the
Securities; and, except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase,
agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any
obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital
stock of or ownership interests in the Company are
outstanding.
(h) All the outstanding shares of
capital stock of each subsidiary have been duly and validly
authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and,
except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock of the
subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through
wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security
interest or any other security interests, claims, liens or
encumbrances, except for shares of any direct or indirect
subsidiary of the Company held by directors or nominees pursuant to
the requirements of the law of the jurisdiction of incorporation of
such subsidiary and which in the aggregate represent less than one
percent of the outstanding capital stock of such
subsidiary.
(i) There is no franchise, contract
or other document of a character required to be described in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit
thereto, which is not described or filed as required (the
Disclosure Package contained in all material respects the same
descriptions of the foregoing matters contained in the Prospectus);
and the statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
under the headings “Certain U.S. Federal Tax Considerations
for Non-U.S. Holders” and “Description of Capital
Stock”, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters,
agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are
accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements,
documents or proceedings.
(j) The Company is not and, after
giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the
application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus,
will not be an “investment company” as defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(k) No consent, approval,
authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental
agency or body is required in connection with the transactions
contemplated herein and such as may be required under the blue sky
laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the issuance and sale
of the Securities to the Underwriters in the manner contemplated
herein and in the Prospectus.
(l) Neither the issuance and sale of
the Securities nor the consummation of any other of the
transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms
hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or
assets of
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the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, as the case may be, pursuant to, (i) the charter
or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, as the case
may be, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease,
mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other
agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to
which its or their property is subject, or (iii) any statute,
law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other
authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of its or their properties which violation
would, in the cases of clauses (ii) and (iii) of this
Section (1)(l), have a Material Adverse Effect or a material
adverse effect on the transaction contemplated hereby.
(m) No holders of securities of the
Company have rights to the registration of such securities under
the Registration Statement.
(n) The consolidated historical
financial statements and schedules of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries included in the Preliminary Prospectus,
the Prospectus and the Registration Statement present fairly in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations
and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as
of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form in
all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements
of the Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as
otherwise noted therein). The selected financial data set forth
under the caption “Selected Historical Consolidated Financial
Data” in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and
Registration Statement fairly present in all material respects, on
the basis stated in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and
the Registration Statement, the information included therein. The
pro forma financial statements included in the Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement include
assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the
significant effects directly attributable to the transactions and
events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give
appropriate effect to those assumptions, and reflect the proper
application of those adjustments to the historical financial
statement amounts in the pro forma financial statements included in
the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration
Statement. The pro forma financial statements included in the
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration
Statement comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X under the
Act.
(o) No action, suit or proceeding by
or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or
any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
its or their property is pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Company, threatened that (i) could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect on the performance of this Agreement
or the
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consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in
or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(p) Each of the Company and each of
its subsidiaries owns or leases all such properties as are
necessary to the conduct of its operations as presently
conducted.
(q) Neither the Company nor any
subsidiary is in violation or default of (i) any provision of
its operating agreement, charter or bylaws, as the case may be,
(ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage,
deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement,
obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a
party or bound or to which its property is subject, or
(iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or
decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency,
governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having
jurisdiction over the Company or such subsidiary or any of its
properties, as applicable which violation or default would, in the
case of clauses (ii) or (iii), have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(r) Ernst & Young LLP which
have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries and delivered their report with respect
to the audited consolidated financial statements and schedules
included in the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with
respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the
applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.
(s) 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
Securities.
(t) The Company has filed all
non-U.S., U.S. federal, state and local tax returns that are
required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof (except in
any case in which the failure so to file would not have a Material
Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto)) and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any
other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent
that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such
assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in
good faith or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except
as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(u) No labor problem or dispute with
the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or
is threatened or, to the knowledge of the Company, imminent, except
as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(v) The Company and each of its
subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as
are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are
engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds
insuring the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective
businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full
force and effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in
compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all
material respects; and there are no claims by the Company or any of
its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which
any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a
reservation of rights clause; neither the Company nor any such
subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or
applied for; and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has
any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its
existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to
obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary
to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material
Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto).
(w) No subsidiary of the Company is
currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any
dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on
such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company
any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from
transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to
the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as
described in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(x) The Company and its subsidiaries
possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other
authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit
which, absence, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material
Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto).
(y) The Company and each of its
subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorizations;
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset
accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets
is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
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(z) The Company has not taken,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would
constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result
in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(aa) The Company and its
subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with any and all applicable
non-U.S., U.S. federal, state and local laws and regulations
relating to the protection of human health and safety, the
environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants
or contaminants (“ Environmental Laws ”),
(ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits,
licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable
Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and
(iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential
liability under any environmental law, except where such
non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required
permits, licenses or other approvals, or liability would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect,
except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). Except as
set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the
Company nor any of the subsidiaries has been named as a
“potentially responsible party” under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended.
(bb) In the ordinary course of its
business, the Company periodically reviews the effect of
Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of
the Company and its subsidiaries, in the course of which it
identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities
(including, without limitation, any capital or operating
expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or
compliance with Environmental Laws, or any permit, license or
approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any
potential liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such
review, the Company has reasonably concluded that such associated
costs and liabilities would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto).
(cc) Except as set forth in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any
of its subsidiaries has violated the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulation and published
interpretations thereunder, or similar non-U.S. laws, except for
violations which, singly, or in the aggregate, would not have a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company or any entity which is
under common control with Company (as determined under
Section 414 of the Code sponsors or has sponsored a plan
subject to Title IV of ERISA.
(dd) There is and has been no
failure on the part of the Company and any of the Company’s
directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with
any provision of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules
and
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regulations promulgated in
connection therewith that are in effect as of the date hereof (the
“ Sarbanes Oxley Act ”), including
Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related
to certifications.
(ee) Neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any
director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action,
directly or indirectly, that would result in a material violation
by such Persons of the FCPA, including, without limitation, making
use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate
commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to
pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other
property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of
anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such
term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or
official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in
contravention of the FCPA and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to
the knowledge of the Company, its Affiliates have conducted their
businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and
maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are
reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance
therewith.
“FCPA” means Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
(ff) The operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in
compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act
of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all
jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related
or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered
or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “
Money Laundering Laws ”) and no action, suit or
proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority
or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its
subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending
or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(gg) Neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any
director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S.
Treasury Department (“ OFAC ”); and the Company
will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds 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.
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(hh) The subsidiaries listed on
Annex A attached hereto are the only significant
subsidiaries of the Company as defined by Rule 1-02 of Regulation
S-X (the “ Subsidiaries ”).
(ii) The Company and its
subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use all
patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and
service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses,
inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other
intellectual property (collectively, the “ Intellectual
Property ”) necessary for the conduct of their respective
businesses as now conducted or as proposed in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus to be conducted except where the failure
to own or possess or otherwise be able to acquire such Intellectual
Property would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, (i) there is no material infringement by third
parties of any such Intellectual Property; (ii) to the
knowledge of the Company, there is no pending or threatened action,
suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the rights of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries in or to any such Intellectual
Property; (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no
pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others
challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual
Property; (iv) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no
pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others
that the Company infringes or otherwise violates any patent,
trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of
others; (v) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no U.S.
patent or published U.S. patent application which contains claims
that dominate or may dominate any Intellectual Property described
in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned by or
licensed to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or that
interferes with the issued or pending claims or any such
Intellectual Property; and (vi) there is no prior art of which
the Company is aware that may render any U.S. patent held by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries invalid or any U.S. patent
application held by the Company or any of its subsidiaries
unpatentable which has not been disclosed to the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office, except for the foregoing items set forth in
clauses (i) through (vi) of this subparagraph, which
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the
ordinary course of business.
(jj) Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
the Company (i) does not have any material lending or other
relationship with any bank or lending Affiliate of any Underwriter
and (ii) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the
sale of the Securities hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed
to