EXHIBIT 10.01 3,250,000 Shares Splash Technology Holdings, Inc. Common Stock ($0.001 Par Value) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT ---------------------- August 19, 1997 Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated Montgomery Securities Piper Jaffray Inc. As Representatives of the Several Underwriters c/o Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated 1 South Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Ladies and Gentlemen: Splash Technology Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and certain stockholders of the Company (the "Selling Stockholders") propose to sell to the several underwriters (the "Underwriters") named in Schedule I hereto for whom you are acting as representatives (the "Representatives") an aggregate of 3,250,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, $0.001 par value (the "Firm Shares") of which 1,340,500 shares will be sold by the Company and 1,909,500 shares will be sold by the Selling Stockholders. The respective amounts of the Firm Shares to be so purchased by the several Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto and the respective amounts to be sold by the Selling Stockholders are set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto. The Company and the Selling Stockholders are sometimes referred to herein collectively as the "Sellers." The Company and certain Selling Stockholders also propose to sell at the Underwriters' option an aggregate of up to 487,500 additional shares of the Company's Common Stock (the "Option Shares") as set forth below. As the Representatives, you have advised the Company and the Selling Stockholders (a) that you are authorized to enter into this Agreement on behalf of the several Underwriters, and (b) that the several Underwriters are willing, acting severally and not jointly, to purchase the numbers of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I, plus their pro rata portion of the Option Shares if you elect to exercise the over-allotment option in whole or in part for the accounts of the several Underwriters. The Firm Shares and the Option Shares (to the extent the aforementioned option is exercised) are herein collectively called the "Shares." In consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and of the interest of the parties in the transactions contemplated hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows: 1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters as follows: (i) A registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-32243) with respect to the Shares has been carefully prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and the Rules and Regulations (the "Rules and Regulations") of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder and has been filed with the Commission. Copies of such registration statement, including any amendments thereto, the preliminary prospectuses (meeting the requirements of the Rules and Regulations) contained therein and the exhibits, financial statements and schedules, as finally amended and revised, have heretofore been delivered by the Company to you. Such registration statement, together with any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Act, herein referred to as the "Registration Statement," which shall be deemed to include all information omitted therefrom in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the Prospectus referred to below, has become effective under the Act and no post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed as of the date of this Agreement. "Prospectus" means (a) the form of prospectus first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (b) the last preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement filed prior to the time it becomes effective or filed pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Act that is delivered by the Company to the Underwriters for delivery to purchasers of the Shares, together with the term sheet or abbreviated term sheet filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(7) under the Act. Each preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement prior to the time it becomes effective is herein referred to as a "Preliminary Prospectus." (ii) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement. Each of Splash Technology, Inc. and Splash-Quintar Company (collectively, the "U.S. Subsidiaries") has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement. The U.S. Subsidiaries, Splash Foreign Sales Corporation and Splash Technology S.a.r.l. (collectively, the "Subsidiaries") are the only subsidiaries, direct or indirect, of the Company. The Company and the U.S. Subsidiaries are duly qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of their business requires such qualification and the failure to be so qualified would have a material adverse effect upon the Company. The outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and 2 clear of all liens, encumbrances and equities and claims; and no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or other rights to convert any obligations into shares of capital stock or ownership interests in the Subsidiaries are outstanding. (iii) The outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, including all shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders, have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the Shares have been duly authorized and when issued and paid for as contemplated herein will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and no preemptive rights granted by the Company to any stockholders exist with respect to any of the Shares or the issue and sale thereof. Neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights, other than those that have been waived or satisfied, for or relating to the registration of any shares of Common Stock. (iv) The information set forth under the caption "Capitalization" in the Prospectus is true and correct. All of the Shares conform to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement. The form of certificates for the Shares conforms in all material respects to the corporate law of the jurisdiction of the Company's incorporation. (v) The Commission has not issued an order preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus relating to the proposed offering of the Shares nor instituted proceedings for that purpose. The Registration Statement contains, and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto will contain, all statements which are required to be stated therein by, and will conform to, the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations. The Registration Statement and any amendment thereto do not contain, and will not contain, any untrue statement of a material fact and do not omit, and will not omit, to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto do not contain, and will not contain, any untrue statement of material fact; and do not omit, and will not omit, to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives, specifically for use in the preparation thereof. (vi) The consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Subsidiaries, together with related notes and schedules as set forth in the Registration Statement, present fairly the financial position and the results of operations and cash flows of the Company and the consolidated Subsidiaries, at the indicated dates and for the indicated periods. Such financial statements and related schedules have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed herein, and all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of results for such periods have been made. The summary financial, statistical and pro forma data included in the Registration Statement presents fairly the information shown therein and such data has been 3 compiled on a basis consistent with the financial statements presented therein and the books and records of the Company. The pro forma financial statements and other pro forma financial information included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission's rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements, have been properly compiled on the pro forma bases described therein, and, in the opinion of the Company, the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions or circumstances referred to therein. (vii) Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., who have certified certain of the financial statements filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement, are independent public accountants as required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations. (viii) There is no action, suit, claim or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries before any court or administrative agency or otherwise which if determined adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries might result in any material adverse change in the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole or to prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except as set forth in the Registration Statement. (ix) The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all of the properties and assets reflected in the financial statements (or as described in the Registration Statement) hereinabove described, subject to no lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind except those reflected in such financial statements (or as described in the Registration Statement) or those that do not materially affect the value of such properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such properties and assets by the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The Company and the Subsidiaries occupy their leased properties under valid and binding leases conforming in all material respects to the description thereof set forth in the Registration Statement. (x) The Company and the Subsidiaries have filed all Federal, State, local and foreign income tax returns that have been required to be filed and have paid all taxes indicated by said returns and all assessments received by them or any of them to the extent that such taxes have become due. All tax liabilities have been adequately provided for in the financial statements of the Company. (xi) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, as it may be amended or supplemented, there has not been any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in or affecting the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not occurring in the ordinary course of business, and there has not been any material transaction entered into by the Company or the Subsidiaries, other than transactions in the ordinary course of 4 business and changes and transactions described in the Registration Statement, as it may be amended or supplemented. The Company and the Subsidiaries have no material contingent obligations that are not disclosed in the Registration Statement. (xii) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, will be, in violation of or in default under its Charter or By-Laws or under any agreement, lease, contract, indenture or other instrument or obligation to which it is a party or by which it, or any of its properties, is bound and which violation or default is of material significance in respect of the business or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and the fulfillment of the terms hereof will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party, or of the Charter or by-laws of the Company or, to its knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary of any court or of any regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their activities or properties. (xiii) Each approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing by or with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (except such additional steps as may be required by the Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") or such additional steps as may be necessary to qualify the Shares for public offering by the Underwriters under state securities or Blue Sky laws) has been obtained or made and is in full force and effect. (xiv) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries holds all material licenses, certificates and permits from governmental authorities which are necessary to the conduct of their businesses, except where the failure to have such licenses, certificates and permits would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. (xv) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries owns or possess licenses or other rights to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, mask work rights, technology know-how and other intellectual property rights ("Intellectual Property") necessary to conduct the business now conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole as described in the Prospectus, and, except as disclosed in the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or conflict with (or knows of such infringement of or conflict with) asserted rights of others with respect to the Intellectual Property which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse effect upon the business or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and, except as disclosed in the Prospectus and to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, do not in the conduct of their business as described in the Prospectus, infringe or conflict with any 5 Intellectual Property of any third party, or any discovery, invention, product or process which is the subject of a patent application filed by any thirty party, known to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. (xvi) Neither the Company, nor to the Company's best knowledge, any of its affiliates, has taken or may take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters may engage in passive market making transactions in the Shares on The Nasdaq National Market in accordance with Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). (xvii) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is an "investment company" within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. (xviii) The Company maintains a system of internal 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 and to maintain accountability for assets; (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. (xix) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar industries. (xx) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder ("ERISA"); no "reportable event" (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any "pension plan" (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any "pension plan" or (i) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the "Code"); and each "pension plan" for which the Company would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification. (xxi) The Company has obtained the agreement of each executive officer and Selling Stockholder not to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into, or exercisable 6 or exchangeable for Common Stock or other rights to purchase Common Stock until 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, subject to certain limited exceptions agreed to by the Underwriters. (b) Each of the Selling Stockholders severally represents and warrants as follows: (i) Such Selling Stockholder now has and at the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, as the case may be (as such dates are hereinafter defined), will have good and marketable title to the Firm Shares and the Option Shares, if any, to be sold by such Selling Stockholder, free and clear of any liens, encumbrances, equities and claims (other than liens with respect to the shares of Common Stock of the Company to be sold by Radius Inc. pursuant to this Agreement held by IBM Credit Corporation ("IBM Credit"), pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Working Capital Financing and Term Loan Agreement dated August 30, 1996, which IBM Credit has consented to the sale of such shares under this Agreement) and full right, power and authority to effect the sale and delivery of such Firm Shares and Option Shares; and upon the delivery of, against payment for, such Firm Shares and Option Shares pursuant to this Agreement, the Underwriters will acquire good and marketable title thereto, free and clear of any liens, encumbrances, equities and claims. (ii) Such Selling Stockholder has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Power of Attorney, and the Custody Agreement referred to below and to perform its obligations under such Agreements. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by such Selling Stockholder of the transactions herein contemplated and the fulfillment by such Selling Stockholder of the terms hereof will not require any consent, approval, authorization, or other order of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body (except as may be required under the Act, state securities laws or Blue Sky laws) and will not result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, organizational documents of such Selling Stockholder, if not an individual, or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party, or of any order, rule or regulation applicable to such Selling Stockholder of any court or of any regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction. (iii) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or which has constituted, or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Stock of the Company and, other than as permitted by the Act, the Selling Stockholder will not distribute any prospectus or other offering material in connection with the offering of the Shares. (iv) Without having undertaken to determine independently the accuracy or completeness of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, no Selling Stockholder who is an executive officer of the Company has any reason to believe that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Section 1 are not true and correct. 7 (v) Without having undertaken to determine independently the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in the Registration Statement, each Selling Stockholder is familiar with the Registration Statement and has no knowledge of any material fact, condition or information not disclosed in the Registration Statement which has adversely affected or may adversely affect the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and the sale of the Firm Shares and the Option Shares by such Selling Stockholder pursuant hereto is not prompted by any information concerning the Company or any of the Subsidiaries which is not set forth in the Registration Statement or the documents incorporated by reference therein. The information pertaining to such Selling Stockholder under the caption "Selling Stockholders" in the Prospectus is complete and accurate in all material respects. (vi) Each of the Selling Stockholders who is an executive officer of the Company, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants and agrees that each of them has reviewed the Registration Statement and Prospectus and during the course of such review, no facts have come to such Selling Stockholder's attention which leads such Selling Stockholder to believe that the Registration Statement, at the time it became effective, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or that the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 2. PURCHASE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF THE FIRM SHARES. (a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, and subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Sellers agree to sell to the Underwriters and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase, at a price of $30.875 per share, the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of each Underwriter in Schedule I hereof, subject to adjustments in accordance with Section 9 hereof. (b) Certificates in negotiable form for the total number of the Shares to be sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been placed in custody with BankBoston, N.A. as custodian (the "Custodian") pursuant to the Custody Agreement executed by each Selling Stockholder for delivery of all Firm Shares and any Option Shares to be sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders. Each of the Selling Stockholders specifically agrees that the Firm Shares and any Option Shares represented by the certificates held in custody for the Selling Stockholders under the Custody Agreement are subject to the interests of the Underwriters hereunder, that the arrangements made by the Selling Stockholders for such custody are to that extent irrevocable, and that the obligations of the Selling Stockholders hereunder shall not be terminable by any act or deed of the Selling Stockholders (or by any other person, firm or corporation including the Company, the Custodian or the Underwriters) or by operation of law (including the death of an individual Selling Stockholder or the dissolution of a corporate Selling Stockholder) or by the occurrence of any other event or events, except as set forth in the Custody 8 Agreement. If any such event should occur prior to the delivery of the Underwriters of the Firm Shares or the Option Shares hereunder, certificates for the Firm Shares or the Option Shares, as the case may be, shall be delivered by the Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement as if such event has not occurred. The Custodian is authorized to receive and acknowledge receipt of the proceeds of sale of the Shares held by it against delivery of such Shares. (c) Payment for the Firm Shares to be sold hereunder is to be made in same day funds by wire transfer to the order of the Company for the shares to be sold by it and to the order of BankBoston, N.A. "as Custodian" for the shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders, in each case against delivery of certificates therefor to the Representatives for the several accounts of the Underwriters. Such payment and delivery are to be made at the offices of Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated, 1 South Street, Baltimore, Maryland, at 10:00 a.m., Baltimore time, on the third or fourth business day after the date of this Agreement in accordance with Rule 15c6(1) under the Exchange Act or at such other time and date not later than five business days thereafter as you and the Company shall agree upon, such time and date being herein referred to as the "Closing Date." (As used herein, "business day" means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading and on which banks in New York are open for business and are not permitted by law or executive order to be closed.) The certificates for the Firm Shares will be delivered in such denominations and in such registrations as the Representatives requests in writing not later than the second full business day prior to the Closing Date, and will be made available for inspection by the Representatives at least one business day prior to the Closing Date. (d) In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company and certain of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule II hereto hereby grant an option to the several Underwriters to purchase the Option Shares at the price per share as set forth in the first paragraph of this Section 2. The maximum number of Option Shares to be sold by the Company and such Selling Stockholders is set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule II hereto. The option granted hereby may be exercised in whole or in part by giving written notice (i) at any time before the Closing Date and (ii) only once thereafter within 30 days after the date of this Agreement, by you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, to the Company, the Attorney-in-fact, and the Custodian setting forth the number of Option Shares as to which the Option Shares are to be registered and the time and date at which such certificates are to be delivered. If the option granted hereby is exercised in part, the respective number of Option Shares to be sold by the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders listed Schedule II hereto shall be determined on a pro rata basis in accordance with the percentages set forth opposite their names on Schedule II hereto, adjusted by you in such manner to avoid fractional shares. The time and date at which certificates for Option Shares are to be delivered shall be determined by the Representatives but shall not be earlier than three nor later than 10 full business days after the exercise of such option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Date (such time and date being herein referred to as the "Option Closing Date"). If the date of exercise of the option is three or more days before the Closing Date, the notice of exercise shall set the Closing Date as the Option Closing Date. The number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be in the 9 same proportion to the total number of Option Shares being purchased as the number of Firm Shares being purchased by such Underwriters bears to the total number of Firm Shares, adjusted by you in such manner as to avoid fractional shares. The option with respect to the Option Shares granted hereunder may be exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sale of the Firm Shares by the Underwriters. You, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, may cancel such option at any time prior to its expiration by giving written notice of such cancellation to the Company and the Attorney-in-fact. To the extent, if any, that the option is exercised, payment for the Option Shares shall be made on the Option Closing Date in same day funds by wire transfer to the order of the Company for the Option Shares to be sold by it and to the order of "BankBoston, N.A., as Custodian" for the Option Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders against delivery of certificates therefor at the offices of Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated, 1 South Street, Baltimore, Maryland. 3. OFFERING BY THE UNDERWRITERS. It is understood that the several Underwriters are to make a public offering of the Firm Shares as soon as the Representatives deem it advisable to do so. The Firm Shares are to be initially offered to the public at the initial public offering price set forth in the Prospectus. The Representatives may from time to time thereafter change the public offering price and other selling terms. To the extent, if at all, that any Option Shares are purchased pursuant to Section 2 hereof, the Underwriters will offer them to the public on the foregoing terms. It is further understood that you will act as the Representatives for the Underwriters in the offering and sale of the Shares in accordance with a Master Agreement Among Underwriters entered into by you and the several other Underwriters. 4. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY AND THE SELLING STOCKHOLDERS. (a) The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that: (i) The Company will (A) use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective or, if the procedure in Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations is followed, to prepare and timely file with the Commission under Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations a Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives containing information previously omitted at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, and (B) not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus of which the Representatives shall not previously have been advised and furnished with a copy or to which the Representatives shall have reasonably objected in writing or which is not in compliance with the Rules and Regulations. (ii) The Company will advise the Representatives promptly (A) when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto shall have become effective, (B) of receipt of any comments from the Commission, (C) of any request of the Commission for amendment of the Registration Statement or for supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information, and (D) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the use of the Prospectus or of the institution of 10 any proceedings for that purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus and to obtain as soon as possible the lifting thereof, if issued. (iii) The Company will cooperate with the Representatives in endeavoring to qualify the Shares for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably have designated in writing and will make such applications, file such documents, and furnish such information as may be reasonably required for that purpose, provided the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or required to file such a consent. The Company will, from time to time, prepare and file such statements, reports and other documents, as are or may be required to continue such qualifications in effect for so long a period as the Representatives may reasonably request for distribution of the Shares. (iv) The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives, from time to time, as many copies of any Preliminary Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives during the period when delivery of a Prospectus is required under the Act, as many copies of the Prospectus in final form, or as thereafter amended or supplemented, as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to the Representatives at or before the Closing Date, two signed copies of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto including all exhibits filed therewith, and will deliver to the Representatives such number of copies of the Registration Statement (including such number of copies of the exhibits filed therewith that may reasonably be requested), and of all amendments thereto, as the Representatives may reasonably request. (v) The Company will comply with the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the shares as contemplated in this Agreement and the Prospectus. If during the period in which a prospectus is required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with any law, the Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus so that the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with the law. (vi) The Company will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as it is practicable to do so, but in any event no later than 15 months after the effective date of the Registration Statement, an earning statement (which need not be audited) in reasonable detail, covering a period of at least 12 consecutive months beginning after the 11 effective date of the Registration Statement, which earning statement shall satisfy the requirements of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations and will advise you in writing when such statement has been so made available. (vii) The Company will, for a period of five years from the Closing Date, deliver to the Representatives copies of annual reports and copies of all other documents, reports and information furnished by the Company to its stockholders or filed with any securities exchange pursuant to the requirements of such exchange or with the Commission pursuant to the Act or the Exchange Act. The Company will deliver to the Representatives similar reports with respect to significant subsidiaries, as that term is defined in the Rules and Regulations, which are not consolidated in the Company's financial statements. (viii) No offering, sale, short sale or other disposition of any shares of Common Stock of the Company or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock or derivative of Common Stock (or agreement for such) will be made for a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, by the Company otherwise than hereunder or with the prior written consent of Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated except that the Company may, without such consent, issue shares upon exercise of options issued pursuant to the 1996 Stock Option Plan or the 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. (ix) The Company will use its best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Shares on the Nasdaq National Market. (x) The Company has caused each executive officer and each Selling Stockholder of the Company's outstanding capital stock to furnish to you, on or prior to the date of this Agreement, a letter or letters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, pursuant to which each such person shall agree not to offer, sell, sell short or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock of the Company or other capital stock of the Company, or any other securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for Common Shares or derivative of Common Shares owned by such person or request the registration for the offer or sale of any of the foregoing (or as to which such person has the right to direct the disposition of) for a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, except with the prior written consent of Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated ("Lockup Agreements"). (xi) The Company shall apply the net proceeds of its sale of the Shares substantially as set forth in the Prospectus and shall file such reports with the Commission with respect to the sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds therefrom as may be required in accordance with Rule 463 under the Act. (xii) The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds received by the Company from its sale of the Shares in such a manner as would require the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"). 12 (xiii) The Company will maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, a registrar for the Common Stock. (xiv) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company. (b) Each of the Selling Stockholders covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that: (i) No offering, sale, short sale or other disposition of any shares of Common Stock of the Company or other capital stock of the Company or other securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock or derivative of Common Stock owned by the Selling Stockholder or request the registration for the offer or sale of any of the foregoing (or as to which the Selling Stockholder has the right to direct the disposition of) will be made for a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, by such Selling Stockholder otherwise than hereunder or with the prior written consent of Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated, except that Radius Inc. may, without such consent, transfer shares of Common Stock it holds to IBM Credit pursuant to Radius Inc.'s existing option arrangement with IBM Credit covering up to 171,421 shares of Common Stock; provided, however, that prior to any such transfer to IBM Credit pursuant to such option arrangement, IBM Credit shall have entered into an agreement described in Section 1(xxi) hereof. (ii) In order to document the Underwriters' compliance with the reporting and withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 and the Interest and Dividend Tax Compliance Act of 1983 with respect to the transactions herein contemplated, each of the Selling Stockholders agrees to deliver to you prior to or at the Closing Date a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof). (iii) Such Selling Stockholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company. 5. COSTS AND EXPENSES. The Company will pay all costs, expenses and fees incident to the performance of the obligations of the Sellers under this Agreement, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following: accounting fees of the Company; the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Selling Stockholders; the cost of printing and delivering to, or as requested by, the Underwriters copies of the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectuses, the Prospectus, this Agreement, the Underwriters' Selling Memorandum, the Underwriters' Invitation Letter, the Blue Sky Survey and any supplements or amendments thereto; the filing fees of the Commission; the filing fees and expenses (including legal fees and disbursements) incident to securing any required review by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. 13 (the "NASD") of the terms of the sale of the Shares; the Listing Fee of the Nasdaq National Market; and the expenses, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters, incurred in connection with the qualification of the Shares under State securities or Blue Sky laws. The fees and expenses of Hutchins, Wheeler & Dittmar, counsel to Summit Ventures IV, L.P., Summit Investors III, L.P. and Summit Subordinated Debt Fund, L.P. (collectively, the "Summit Entities"), incurred in connection with this offering, shall be borne by the Company. Any transfer taxes imposed on the sale of the Shares to the several Underwriters will be paid by the Sellers pro rata. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay for any of the Underwriters expenses (other than those related to qualification under NASD regulation and State securities or Blue Sky laws) except that, if this Agreement shall not be consummated because the conditions in Section 6 hereof are not satisfied, or because this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives pursuant to subsections (b)(i), (iv), (vi) or (vii) of Section 11 hereof, or by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company or the Selling Stockholders to perform any undertaking or satisfy any condition of this Agreement or to comply with any of the terms hereof on their part to be performed, unless such failure to satisfy said condition or to comply with said terms be due to the default or omission of any Underwriter, then the Company shall reimburse the several Underwriters for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, marketing and proposing to market the Shares or in contemplation of performing their obligations hereunder; but the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall not in any event be liable to any of the several Underwriters for damages on account of loss of anticipated profits from the sale by them of the Shares. 6. CONDITIONS OF OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNDERWRITERS. The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares on the Closing Date and the Option Shares, if any, on the Option Closing Date are subject to the accuracy, as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein, and to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their covenants and obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Registration Statement and all post-effective amendments thereto shall have become effective and any and all filings required by Rule 424 and Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations shall have been made, and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or otherwise) shall have been disclosed to the Representatives and complied with to their reasonable satisfaction. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been taken or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Selling Stockholders, shall be contemplated by the Commission and no injunction, restraining order, or order of any nature by a Federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Closing Date which would prevent the issuance of the Shares. 14 (b) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., counsel for the Company and the Selling Stockholders (other than the Summit Entities and Radius Inc. (the Summit Entities and Radius Inc. are herein collectively referred to as the "non-Company Selling Stockholders")), dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters (and stating that it may be relied upon by counsel to the Underwriters) to the effect that: (i) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement; each of the U.S. Subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement; the Company and the U.S. Subsidiaries are duly qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of their business requires such qualification, or in which the failure to qualify would have a materially adverse effect upon the business of the Company and the U.S. Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and the outstanding shares of capital stock of the U.S. Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by the Company; and to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or other rights to convert any obligations into any shares of capital stock or of ownership interests in the U.S. Subsidiaries are outstanding. (ii) The Company has authorized and outstanding capital stock as set forth under the caption "Capitalization" in the Prospectus; the authorized shares of the Company's Common Stock have been duly authorized; the outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock, including the shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders, have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; all of the Shares conform to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus; the certificates for the Shares, assuming they are in the form filed with the Commission, are in due and proper form; the shares of Common Stock, including the Option Shares, if any, to be sold by the Company pursuant to this Agreement have been duly authorized and upon the Closing of the offering and payment for the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement such Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; none of such shares will be issued in violation of any preemptive right in the corporate charter or bylaws of the Company or to such counsel's knowledge any contractual right of first refusal; and, to such counsel's knowledge, the Shares will not be subject to any such preemptive rights or right of first refusal. (iii) Except as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus, to the knowledge of such counsel, there are no outstanding securities of the Company convertible or exchangeable into or evidencing the right to purchase or subscribe for any shares of capital stock of the Company and there are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants or rights of any character obligating the Company to issue any shares of its capital stock or any securities convertible or exchangeable into or evidencing the right to purchase or subscribe for any shares 15 of such stock; and except as described in the Prospectus, to the knowledge of such counsel, no holder of any securities of the Company or any other person has the right, contractual or otherwise, which has not been satisfied or effectively waived, to cause the Company to sell or otherwise issue to them, or to permit them to underwrite the sale of, any of the Shares or the right to have any Common Shares or other securities of the Company included in the Registration Statement or the right, as a result of the filing of the Registration Statement, to require registration under the Act of any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company. (iv) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and, to the best of the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order proceedings with respect thereto have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the Act. (v) The Registration Statement, the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder (except that such counsel need express no opinion as to the financial statements and schedules and other financial data included therein). (vi) The statements under the captions "Management--Compensation Plans," "Certain Transactions," "Description of Capital Stock" and "Shares Eligible for Future Sale" in the Prospectus, and in the Registration Statement in Part II, Items 14 and 15, in each case insofar as such statements constitute a summary of documents referred to therein or matters of law, fairly present the information called for with respect to such documents and matters and fairly summarize the matters referred to therein. (vii) Such counsel does not know of any contracts or documents required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are not so filed or described as required. (viii) Such counsel knows of no material legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries except as set forth in the Prospectus. (ix) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated do not and will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Charter or by-laws of the Company, or to such counsel's knowledge any agreement or instrument to which the Company or of the U.S. Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or the U.S. Subsidiaries may be bound. (x) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. (xi) No approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing by or with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body is necessary in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (other than as may be required by the NASD or as required by 16 State securities and Blue Sky laws as to which such counsel need express no opinion) except such as have been obtained or made, specifying the same. (xii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Selling Stockholders (other than the non-Company Selling Stockholders, as to which no opinion need be expressed). (xiii) Each Selling Stockholder (other than the non-Company Selling Stockholders, as to which no opinion need be expressed) has full legal right, power and authority to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the portion of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders. (xiv) The Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder (other than the non-Company Selling Stockholders, as to which no opinion need be expressed) is valid and binding. (xv) The Underwriters (assuming that they are bona fide purchasers within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code), upon payment therefor pursuant to this Agreement, have acquired valid title to the Shares being sold by each Selling Stockholder (other than the non-Company Selling Stockholders, as to which no opinion need be expressed) on the Closing Date, and the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, free and clear of any adverse claim within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code. In rendering such opinion Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. may rely as to matters of fact on certificates of the non-Company Selling Stockholders and certain officers of the Company and of governmental officials as to matters governed by state laws other than California law, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware corporate law or applicable Federal laws on local counsel in such jurisdictions, provided that in each case Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. shall state that they believe that they and the Underwriters are justified in relying on such other counsel. In addition to the matters set forth above, such opinion shall also include a statement to the effect that such counsel has participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, involving, among other things, review and discussion of the contents thereof, discussion and inquiries concerning various legal matters and the review of certain records, documents and proceedings, and participation in conferences with certain officers and other representatives of the Company, including its independent accountants, and with the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters at which the contents of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus were discussed, but without independent check or verification of the accuracy or completeness of such information, except as specified herein. On the basis of such consideration, review and discussion, but without independent check or verification, nothing has come to such counsel's attention which causes them to believe (i) that, as of its effective date, the Registration Statement or any further amendment thereto made by the Company prior to the date hereof (other than the financial statements and related schedules and financial and statistical data therein, as to which such counsel may express no belief) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) that as of its date, the 17 Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to the date hereof (other than the financial statements and related schedules and financial and statistical data therein, as to which we express no belief) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, or (iii) that, as of the date hereof, either the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to the date hereof (other than the financial statements and related schedules and financial and statistical data therein, as to which we express no belief) contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. (c) Hutchins, Wheeler & Dittmar, counsel for the Summit Entities, and the internal counsel for Radius Inc., shall have furnished to the Representatives their respective written opinions consistent with Sections 6(a)(xii) through 6(a)(xv) of this Agreement, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be (and stating that it may be relied upon by counsel to the Underwriters). (d) Fenwick & West, LLP, patent counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives its written opinion, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that such counsel is familiar with the technology used by the Company in its business and the manner of its use thereof and has read the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including particularly the portions of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus referring to patents and trade secrets, and: (i) to such counsel's knowledge and except as set forth in the Prospectus under the captions "Risk Factors-Dependence on Proprietary Technology; Reliance on Third Party Licenses" and "Business--Intellectual Property," there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending relating to patent rights trade secrets, of the Company, and to such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or others; (ii) except as set forth in the Prospectus, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, the Company is not infringing or otherwise violating any patents or trade secrets of others. (e) The Representatives shall have received from Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, an opinion dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, substantially to the effect specified in subparagraphs (iv) and (v) of Paragraph (b) of this Section 6, and that the Company is a duly organized and validly existing corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware. In rendering such opinion Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP may rely as to all matters governed other than by the laws of the States of California and Delaware or Federal laws on the opinion of counsel referred to in Paragraph (b) of this Section 6. In addition to the matters set forth above, such opinion shall also include a statement to the effect that nothing has 18 come to the attention of such counsel which leads them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, as of the time it became effective under the Act (but after giving effect to any modifications incorporated therein pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act) as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and (ii) the Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, on the date it was filed pursuant to the Rules and Regulations and as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact, necessary in order to make the statements, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading (except that such counsel need express no view as to financial statements, financial data, schedules and statistical information therein). With respect to such statement, Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP may state that their belief is based upon the procedures set forth therein, but is without independent check and verification. (f) The Representatives shall have received at or prior to the Closing Date from Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP a memorandum or summary, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, with respect to the qualification for offering and sale by the Underwriters of the Shares under the State securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably have designated to the Company. (g) The Representatives shall have received, on each of the dates hereon, the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a letter dated the date hereof, the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to you, of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations thereunder and stating that in their opinion the financial statements and schedules examined by them and included in the Registration Statement comply in form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published Rules and Regulations; and containing such other statements and information as is ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to Underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial and statistical information contained in the Registration Statement and Prospectus. (h) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate or certificates of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company to the effect that, as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, each of them severally represents as follows: (i) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued, and no proceedings for such purpose have been taken or are, to his knowledge, contemplated by the Commission; 19 (ii) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof are true and correct as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be; (iii) All filings required to have been made pursuant to Rules 424 or 430A under the Act have been made; (iv) He or she has carefully examined the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and, in his or her opinion, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement, the statements contained in the Registration Statement were true and correct, and such Registration Statement and Prospectus did not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, and since the effective date of the Registration Statement, no event has occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement to or an amendment of the Prospectus which has not been so set forth in such supplement or amendment; and (v) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, there has not been any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business. (i) The Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates and documents confirming the representations and warranties, covenants and conditions contained herein and related matters as the Representatives may reasonably have requested. (j) The Lockup Agreements described in Section 1(xxi) shall be in full force and effect. The opinions and certificates mentioned in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in all material respects satisfactory to the Representatives and to Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP, counsel for the Underwriters. If any of the conditions hereinabove provided for in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be fulfilled, the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the Representatives by notifying the Company and the Selling Stockholders of such termination in writing or by telegram at or prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be. In such event, the Selling Stockholders, the Company and the Underwriters shall not be under any obligation to each other (except to the extent provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof). 20 7. CONDITIONS OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY. (a) The obligations of the Sellers to sell and deliver the Shares as and when specified in this Agreement are subject to the conditions that at the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and in effect or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened. 8. INDEMNIFICATION. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter or any such controlling person may become subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and will reimburse each Underwriter and each such controlling person upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage or liability, action or proceeding or in responding to a subpoena or governmental inquiry related to the offering of the Shares, whether or not such Underwriter or controlling person is a party to any action or proceeding; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, or such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or through the Representatives specifically for use in the preparation thereof; provided further that the indemnity agreement provided in this Section 8(a) with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of the Underwriters from whom the person asserting any loss, claim, charge, liability or litigation based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact regarding the purchased Shares, if a copy of the Prospectus in which such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was corrected has not been sent or given to such person within the time required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder unless such failure is the result of noncompliance by the Company with Section 4(a)(iv) hereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have. (b) The Selling Stockholders severally and not jointly agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter or any such controlling person may become subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceeds in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any breach of any representation or warranty contained herein 21 made by such Selling Stockholders, and will reimburse each Underwriter and each such controlling person upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage or liability, action or proceeding or in responding to a subpoena or governmental inquiry related to the offering of the Shares, whether or not such Underwriter or controlling person is a party to any action or proceeding; provided, however, that the Selling Stockholders will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, or such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or through the Representatives specifically for use in the preparation thereof; provided further that the indemnity agreement provided in this Section 8(b) with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of the Underwriters from whom the person asserting any loss, claim, charge, liability or litigation based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact regarding the purchased Shares, if a copy of the Prospectus in which such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was corrected has not been sent or given to such person within the time required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder unless such failure is the result of noncompliance by the Company with Section 4(a)(iv) hereof; and provided further that under this Agreement, the liability of each Selling Stockholder shall not exceed the lesser of (A) that proportion of the total of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities indemnified against equal to the proportion of the total shares sold hereunder which is being sold by such Selling Stockholder; or (B) the aggregate proceeds (net of discounts) received by such Selling Stockholder upon the sale of the Shares by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters. No Selling Stockholder shall be required to provide indemnification or reimbursement hereunder until such Underwriter or such controlling person seeking indemnification shall have first made a written demand for payment on the Company with respect to any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense and the Company shall have either rejected such demand or failed to make such requested payment within sixty (60) days after receipt thereof. The Company and the Selling Stockholders may agree, as among themselves and without limiting the rights of the Underwriters under this Agreement, as to the respective amounts of such liability for which they each shall be responsible. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Selling Stockholders may otherwise have. (c) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who have signed the Registration Statement, the Selling Stockholders, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Selling Stockholders within the meaning of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer, Selling Stockholder or controlling person may become subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or (ii) the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated 22 therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made; and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer, Selling Stockholder or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding; provided, however, that each Underwriter will be liable in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission has been made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or through the Representatives specifically for use in the preparation thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Underwriter may otherwise have. (d) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Section 8, such person (the "indemnified party") shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying party") in writing. No indemnification provided for in Section 8(a), (b) or (c) shall be available to any party who shall fail to give notice as provided in this Section 8(d) if the party to whom notice was not given was unaware of the proceeding to which such notice would have related and was materially prejudiced by the failure to give such notice, but the failure to give such notice shall not relieve the indemnifying party or parties from any liability which it or they may have to the indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than on account of the provisions of Section 8(a), (b) or (c). In case any such proceeding shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party and shall pay as incurred the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel at its own expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing (and subject to Section 8(a) and (b)), the indemnifying party shall pay as incurred (or within 30 days of presentation) the reasonable fees and expenses of the counsel retained by the indemnified party to the extent (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel, (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them or (iii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense and employ counsel acceptable to the indemnified party within a reasonable period of time after notice of commencement of the action. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm for all such indemnified parties. Such firm shall be designated in writing by you in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a) and (b) and by the Company and the Selling Stockholders in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(c). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or 23 liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. In addition, the indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not any indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such claim action or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action or proceeding. (e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 8(a), (b) or (c) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Stockholders on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 8(e) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 8(e). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 8(e) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), (i) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the Shares purchased by such Underwriter, (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to 24 contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation, and (iii) no Selling Stockholder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the lesser of (A) that proportion of the total of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities contributed against equal to the proportion of the total shares sold hereunder which is being sold by such Selling Stockholder; or (B) the aggregate proceeds (net of discounts) received by such Selling Stockholder upon the sale of the Shares by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters. The Underwriters' obligations in this Section 8(e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint. (f) In any proceeding relating to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any supplement or amendment thereto, each party against whom contribution may be sought under this Section 8 hereby consents to the jurisdiction of any court having jurisdiction over any other contributing party, agrees that process issuing from such court may be served upon him or it by any other contributing party and consents to the service of such process and agrees that any other contributing party may join him or it as an additional defendant in any such proceeding in which such other contributing party is a party. (g) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which an indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Section 8 shall be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified party as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are incurred. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 8 and the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter, the Company, its directors or officers or any persons controlling the Company, (ii) acceptance of any Shares and payment therefor hereunder, and (iii) any termination of this Agreement. A successor to any Underwriter, or to the Company, its directors or officers, or any person controlling the Company, shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this Section 8. 9. DEFAULT BY UNDERWRITERS. If on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter shall fail to purchase and pay for the portion of the Shares which such Underwriter has agreed to purchase and pay for on such date (otherwise than by reason of any default on the part of the Company or Selling Stockholder), you, as Representatives of the Underwriters, shall use your reasonable efforts to procure within 36 hours thereafter one or more of the other Underwriters, or any others, to purchase from the Company and the Selling Stockholders such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms set forth herein, the Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be, which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase. If during such 36 hours you, as such Representatives, shall not have procured such other Underwriters, or any others, to purchase the Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be, agreed to be purchased by the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then (a) if the aggregate number of shares with respect to which such default shall occur does not exceed 10% of the Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be, covered hereby, the other Underwriters shall be 25 obligated, severally, in proportion to the respective numbers of Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be, which they are obligated to purchase hereunder, to purchase the Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be, which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase, or (b) if the aggregate number of shares of Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be, with respect to which such default shall occur exceeds 10% of the Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be, covered hereby, the Company and the Selling Stockholders or you as the Representatives of the Underwriters will have the right, by written notice given within the next 36-hour period to the parties to this Agreement, to terminate this Agreement without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters or of the Company or of the Selling Stockholders except to the extent provided in Section 8 hereof. In the event of a default by any Underwriter or Underwriters, as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date or Option Closing date, as the case may be, may be postponed for such period, not exceeding seven days, as you, as Representatives, may determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement or in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. The term "Underwriter" includes any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter. Any action taken under this Section 9 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement. 10. NOTICES. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, except as otherwise provided herein, will be mailed, delivered, telecopied or telegraphed and confirmed as follows: if to the Underwriters, to Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated, 101 California Street, 48th Floor, San Francisco, California 94111, Attention: Andrew T. Sheehan, with a copy to Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated, 1 South Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, Attention: General Counsel; if to the Company or the Selling Stockholders to Splash Technology Holdings, Inc., 555 Del Rey Avenue, Sunnyvale, California 94086, Attention: Joan P. Platt, with a copy to (i) Summit Partners, L.P., 2884 Sand Hill Road, Suite 121, Menlo Park, California 94025, Attention: Gregory M. Avis and (ii) Radius Inc., 215 Moffett Park Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089, Attention: Mark Housley. 11. TERMINATION. This Agreement may be terminated by you by notice to the Sellers as follows: (a) at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the time the Shares are released by you for sale by notice to the Underwriters, or (ii) 11:30 a.m. on the first business day following the date of this Agreement; (b) at any time prior to the Closing Date if any of the following has occurred: (i) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any outbreak or 26 escalation of hostilities or declaration of war or national emergency or other national or international calamity or crisis or change in economic or political conditions if the effect of such outbreak, escalation, declaration, emergency, calamity, crisis or change on the financial markets of the United States would, in your reasonable judgment, make it impracticable to market the Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Shares, or (iii) suspension of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange or limitation on prices (other than limitations on hours or numbers of days of trading) for securities on either such Exchange, (iv) the enactment, publication, decree or other promulgation of any statute, regulation, rule or order of any court or other governmental authority which in your opinion materially and adversely affects or may materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company, (v) declaration of a banking moratorium by United States or New York State authorities, (vi) any downgrading in the rating of the Company's debt securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Exchange Act); (vii) the suspension of trading of the Company's common stock by the Commission on the Nasdaq National Market or (viii) the taking of any action by any governmental body or agency in respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs which in your reasonable opinion has a material adverse effect on the securities markets in the United States; or (c) as provided in Sections 6 and 9 of this Agreement. 12. SUCCESSORS. This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Stockholders and their respective successors, executors, administrators, heirs and assigns, and the officers, directors and controlling persons referred to herein, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. No purchaser of any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign merely because of such purchase. 13. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY UNDERWRITERS. The Company and the Underwriters acknowledge and agree that the only information furnished or to be furnished by any Underwriter to the Company for inclusion in any Prospectus or the Registration Statement consists of the information set forth in the last paragraph on the front cover page (insofar as such information relates to the Underwriters), legends required by Item 502(d) of Regulation S-K under the Act and the information under the caption "Underwriting" in the Prospectus. 14. MISCELLANEOUS The reimbursement, indemnification and contribution agreements contained in this Agreement and the representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of (a) any termination of this Agreement, (b) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person thereof, or by or on behalf of the Company or its directors or officers and (c) delivery of and payment for the Shares under this Agreement. 27 This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Maryland. If the foregoing letter is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicates hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Selling Stockholders, the Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms. 28 EXHIBIT 10.01 Any person executing and delivering this Agreement as Attorney-in-fact for a Selling Stockholder represents by so doing that he has been duly appointed as Attorney-in-fact by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to a validly existing and binding Power of Attorney which authorizes such Attorney-in-fact to take such action. Very truly yours, SPLASH TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC. By: /s/ Kevin K. Macgillivray -------------------------------- Kevin K. Macgillivray, President and Chief Executive Officer SELLING STOCKHOLDERS LISTED ON SCHEDULE II By: /s/ Kevin K. Macgillivray -------------------------------- Kevin K. Macgillivray Attorney-in-fact The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written. ALEX. BROWN & SONS INCORPORATED MONTGOMERY SECURITIES PIPER JAFFRAY INC. As Representatives of the several Underwriters listed on Schedule I By: Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated By: /s/ Andrew T. Sheehan --------------------------- Andrew T. Sheehan Managing Director EXHIBIT 10.01 SCHEDULE I SCHEDULE OF UNDERWRITERS NUMBER OF FIRM SHARES UNDERWRITER TO BE PURCHASED - ----------- --------------------- Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated .............. 1,083,334 Montgomery Securities ........................ 1,083,333 Piper Jaffray Inc. ........................... 1,083,333 --------- TOTAL UNDERWRITERS (3) ....................... 3,250,000 --------- --------- SCHEDULE II SCHEDULE OF SELLING STOCKHOLDERS MAXIMUM MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF NUMBER OF NUMBER OF TOTAL NUMBER FIRM SHARES TO OPTION SHARES OF OPTION NAME OF SELLER BE SOLD TO BE SOLD SHARES -------------- ------------- ------------- Summit Subordinated Debt Fund, L.P. 875,000 121,875 25% Summit Ventures IV, L.P. (all Summit (all Summit (all Summit Summit Investors III, L.P. Entities included Entities included Entities included in this number) in this number) in this percentage Radius Inc. 875,000 121,875 25% Kevin K. Macgillivray 43,000 -- -- Joan P. Platt 10,000 -- -- Timothy D. Kleffman 43,000 -- -- Christine A. Beheshti 33,500 -- -- Other Non-Executive Employee Selling Stockholders 30,000 -- -- ---------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL SELLING STOCKHOLDER SHARES 1,909,500 243,750 50% TOTAL COMPANY SHARES 1,340,500 243,750 50% ---------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL SHARES 3,250,000 487,500 100% ---------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------