Exhibit 1.1
__________ Shares
VOYAGER.NET, INC.
Common Stock
Form of
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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__________, 1999
DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE
SECURITIES CORPORATION
FIRST UNION CAPITAL MARKETS
CIBC WORLD MARKETS
As representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto
c/o Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation
277 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10172
Dear Sirs:
Voyager.net, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to
issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the
"Underwriters"), and certain stockholders of the Company named in Schedule II
hereto (the "Selling Stockholders") severally propose to sell to the several
Underwriters, an aggregate of _______________ shares of the common stock, par
value $.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company (the "Firm Shares"),
of which _____________ shares are to be issued and sold by the Company and
_____________ shares are to be sold by the Selling Stockholders, each Selling
Stockholder selling the amount set forth opposite such Selling Stockholder's
name in Schedule II hereto. The Company and the Selling Stockholders also
propose to issue and sell to the several Underwriters not more than an
additional _______ shares of its Common Stock (the "Additional Shares") if
requested by the Underwriters as provided in Section 2 hereof. The Firm Shares
and the Additional Shares are hereinafter referred to collectively as the
"Shares". The shares of common stock of the Company to be outstanding after
giving effect to the sales contemplated hereby are hereinafter referred to as
the "Common Stock". The Company and the Selling Stockholders are hereinafter
sometimes referred to collectively as the "Sellers."
Section 1. Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company has
prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the "Act"), a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-
77917), including a prospectus, relating to the Shares. The registration
statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information
(if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of
effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act, is hereinafter referred to as
the "Registration Statement"; and the prospectus in the form first used to
confirm sales of Shares is hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus". If the
Company has filed or is required pursuant to the terms hereof to file a
registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act registering
additional shares of Common Stock (a "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement"),
then, unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to the term "Registration
Statement" shall be deemed to include such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement.
Section 2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase and Lock-Up Agreements. On the
basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and
subject to its terms and conditions, (i) the Company agrees to issue and sell
______________ Firm Shares, (ii) each Selling Stockholder agrees, severally and
not jointly, to sell the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite such Selling
Stockholder's name in Schedule II hereto and (iii) each Underwriter agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from each Seller at a price per Share of
$______ (the "Purchase Price") the number of Firm Shares (subject to such
adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may determine) that bears the
same proportion to the total number of Firm Shares to be sold by such Seller as
the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in
Schedule I hereto bears to the total number of Firm Shares.
On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company and the Selling
Stockholders agree to issue and sell the Additional Shares set forth opposite
the Company's and the Selling Stockholders' names in Schedule II hereto and the
Underwriters shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to
_______ Additional Shares from the Company and up to ___ Additional Shares from
the Selling Stockholders (such amounts set forth opposite the name of each
Selling Stockholder in Schedule II) at the Purchase Price. Additional Shares
may be purchased solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in
connection with the offering of the Firm Shares. The Underwriters may exercise
their right to purchase Additional Shares in whole or in part from time to time
by giving written notice thereof to the Company and the Selling Stockholders
within 30 days after the date of this Agreement. You shall give any such notice
on behalf of the Underwriters and such notice shall specify the aggregate number
of Additional Shares to be purchased pursuant to such exercise and the date for
payment and delivery thereof, which date shall be a business day (i) no earlier
than two business days after such notice has been given (and, in any event, no
earlier than the
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Closing Date (as hereinafter defined)) and (ii) no later than ten business days
after such notice has been given. If any Additional Shares are to be purchased,
each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company
and the Selling Stockholders the number of Additional Shares (subject to such
adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may determine) which bears the
same proportion to the total number of Additional Shares to be purchased from
the Company and the Selling Stockholders as the number of Firm Shares set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I bears to the total number of
Firm Shares.
Each Seller hereby agrees not to (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell,
sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to
sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or
dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock other than the
exercise of options exercisable for the purchase of Common Stock or (ii) enter
into any swap or other arrangement that transfers all or a portion of the
economic consequences associated with the ownership of any Common Stock
(regardless of whether any of the transactions described in clause (i) or (ii)
is to be settled by the delivery of Common Stock, or such other securities, in
cash or otherwise), except to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, for a
period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus without the prior written
consent of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, during such period (i) the Company may grant stock options
pursuant to the Company's existing stock option plan and (ii) the Company may
issue shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the
conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof. The Company also
agrees not to file any registration statement except on Form S-8 with respect to
any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock for a period of 180 days after the date of the
Prospectus without the prior written consent of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Securities Corporation. In addition, each Selling Stockholder agrees that, for
a period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus without the prior written
consent of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation, it will not make
any demand for, or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any
shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, each
Selling Stockholder may transfer any or all of the Common Stock currently owned
or held by the Selling Stockholder or, issued to the Selling Stockholder upon
the exercise of options, without the prior written consent of Donaldson, Lufkin
& Jenrette Securities Corporation (i) in connection with this Initial Public
Offering, (ii) by gift, will or intestacy, (iii) to the Selling Stockholder's
affiliates, as such term is defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or (iv) in the event the Selling Stockholder is an
individual, to his or her immediate family or to a trust the beneficiaries of
which are exclusively the undersigned and/or a member or members of his or her
immediate family. However, in the case of a transfer pursuant to the foregoing
sentence (except in the instance of the Company's Initial Public Offering),
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prior to such transfer, the transferee shall execute and deliver a lock-up
agreement, in the form of the lock-up agreement executed by the transferor, to
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation, 277 Park Avenue, New York,
New York 10172 (Attention: Legal Department) and Hale and Dorr LLP, 60 State
Street, Boston, MA 02109 (Attention: Thomas L. Barrette, Jr., Esq.) via Federal
Express. For purposes of the foregoing, "immediate family" shall mean any
relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.
The Company shall, prior to or concurrently with the execution of this
Agreement, deliver an agreement executed by (i) each Selling Stockholder,
(ii) each of the directors and officers of the Company who is not a Selling
Stockholder and (iii) each stockholder and optionholders listed on Annex I
hereto to the effect that such person will not, during the period commencing on
the date such person signs such agreement and ending 180 days after the date of
the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Donaldson, Lufkin &
Jenrette Corporation, (A) engage in any of the transactions described in the
first sentence of this paragraph or (B) make any demand for, or exercise any
right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.
Section 3. Terms of Public Offering. The Sellers are advised by you that
the Underwriters propose (i) to make a public offering of their respective
portions of the Shares as soon after the execution and delivery of this
Agreement as in your judgment is advisable and (ii) initially to offer the
Shares upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.
Section 4. Delivery and Payment. The Shares shall be represented by
definitive certificates and shall be issued in such authorized denominations and
registered in such names as Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation
shall request no later than two business days prior to the Closing Date or the
applicable Option Closing Date (as defined below), as the case may be. The
Shares shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Sellers, with any transfer
taxes thereon duly paid by the respective Sellers, to Donaldson, Lufkin &
Jenrette Securities Corporation through the facilities of The Depository Trust
Company ("DTC"), for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters,
against payment to the Sellers of the Purchase Price therefore by wire transfer
of Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City. The
certificates representing the Shares shall be made available for inspection not
later than 9:30 A.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the
Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, at the
office of DTC or its designated custodian (the "Designated Office"). The time
and date of delivery and payment for the Firm Shares shall be 9:00 A.M.,
New York City time, on ________, 1999 or such other time on the same or such
other date as Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation and the
Company shall agree in writing. The time and date of delivery and payment for
the Firm Shares are hereinafter referred to as the "Closing Date". The time and
date of delivery and payment for any Additional Shares to be purchased by the
Underwriters shall be 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date specified in
the applicable exercise notice given by you pursuant to Section 2 or such other
time on the same or such
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other date as Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation and the
Company shall agree in writing. The time and date of delivery and payment for
any Additional Shares are hereinafter referred to as the "Option Closing Date".
The documents to be delivered on the Closing Date or any Option Closing
Date on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 9 of this Agreement
shall be delivered at the offices of Hale and Dorr LLP, 60 State Street, Boston,
MA 02109 and the Shares shall be delivered at the Designated Office, all on the
Closing Date or such Option Closing Date, as the case may be.
Section 5. Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with you:
(a) To advise you promptly and, if requested by you, to confirm such
advice in writing, (i) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the
Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for
additional information, (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the suspension
of qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the
initiation of any proceeding for such purposes, (iii) when any amendment to the
Registration Statement becomes effective, (iv) if the Company is required to
file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement after the effectiveness of this
Agreement, when the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has become effective and
(v) of the happening of any event during the period referred to in Section 5(d)
below which makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus untrue or which requires any additions to or changes
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements
therein not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company
will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such
order at the earliest possible time.
(b) To furnish to you four (4) signed copies of the Registration Statement
as first filed with the Commission and of each amendment to it, including all
exhibits, and to furnish to you and each Underwriter designated by you such
number of conformed copies of the Registration Statement as so filed and of each
amendment to it, without exhibits, as you may reasonably request.
(c) To prepare the Prospectus, the form and substance of which shall be
satisfactory to you, and to file the Prospectus in such form with the Commission
within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Act; during the
period specified in Section 5(d) below, not to file any further amendment to the
Registration Statement and not to make any amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus of which you shall not previously have been advised or to which you
shall reasonably object after being so advised; and, during such period, to
prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon your reasonable request, any
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amendment to the Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus which may be necessary or advisable in connection with the
distribution of the Shares by you, and to use its reasonable best efforts to
cause any such amendment to the Registration Statement to become promptly
effective.
(d) Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the first business day
after the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter for such
period as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus is
required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or a
dealer, to furnish in New York City to each Underwriter and any dealer as many
copies of the Prospectus (and of any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus)
as such Underwriter or dealer may reasonably request.
(e) If during the period specified in Section 5(d), any event shall occur
or condition shall exist as a result of which, in the opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the
Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of
counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the
Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare and file with the
Commission an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Prospectus so that the
statements in 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 applicable law, and to furnish to each
Underwriter and to any dealer as many copies thereof as such Underwriter or
dealer may reasonably request.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, to cooperate with you and
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the registration or
qualification of the Shares for offer and sale by the several Underwriters and
by dealers under the state securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as
you may request, to continue such registration or qualification in effect so
long as required for distribution of the Shares and to file such consents to
service of process or other documents as may be necessary in order to effect
such registration or qualification; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation in
any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified or to take any action that
would subject it to general consent to service of process or taxation other than
as to matters and transactions relating to the Prospectus, the Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the offering or sale of the Shares, in
any jurisdiction in which it is not now so subject.
(g) To mail and make generally available to its stockholders as soon as
practicable an earnings statement covering the twelve-month period ending
__________, 2000 that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act,
and to advise you in writing when such statement has been so made available.
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(h) During the period of three years after the date of this Agreement, to
furnish to you as soon as available copies of all reports or other
communications furnished to the record holders of Common Stock or furnished to
or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any
class of securities of the Company is listed and such other publicly available
information concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined herein) as
you may reasonably request.
(i) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are
consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all
expenses incident to the performance of the Sellers' obligations under this
Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company's
counsel, the Company's accountants and any Selling Stockholder's counsel (in
addition to the Company's counsel) in connection with the registration and
delivery of the Shares under the Act and all other fees and expenses in
connection with the preparation, printing, filing and distribution of the
Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits), any
preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to any
of the foregoing, including the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the
Underwriters and dealers in the quantities specified herein, (ii) all costs and
expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters,
including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) all costs of
printing or producing this Agreement and any other agreements or documents in
connection with the offering, purchase, sale or delivery of the Shares, (iv) all
expenses in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for
offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the several states and
all costs of printing or producing any Preliminary and Supplemental Blue Sky
Memoranda in connection therewith (including the filing fees and fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such
registration or qualification and memoranda relating thereto), (v) the filing
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the
review and clearance of the offering of the Shares by the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc., (vi) all fees and expenses in connection with the
preparation and filing of the registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the
Common Stock and all costs and expenses incident to the listing of the Shares on
the Nasdaq National Market, (vii) the cost of printing certificates representing
the Shares, (viii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar and/or
depositary, and (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of
the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders hereunder for which
provision is not otherwise made in this Section. The provisions of this Section
shall not supersede or otherwise affect any agreement that the Company and the
Selling Stockholders may otherwise have for allocation of such expenses among
themselves.
(j) To use its reasonable best efforts to list for quotation the Shares on
the Nasdaq National Market and to maintain the listing of the Shares on the
Nasdaq National Market for a period of three years after the date of this
Agreement.
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(k) To use its reasonable best efforts to do and perform all things
required or necessary to be done and performed under this Agreement by the
Company prior to the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Shares.
(l) If the Registration Statement at the time of the effectiveness of this
Agreement does not cover all of the Shares, to file a Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement with the Commission registering the Shares not so covered in
compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date of
this Agreement and to pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement at the time of the filing thereof or to give irrevocable
instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act.
Section 6. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company
represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) The Registration Statement has become effective (other than any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement to be filed by the Company after the effectiveness
of this Agreement); any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement filed after the
effectiveness of this Agreement will become effective no later than 10:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on the date of this Agreement; and no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings
for such purpose are pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened by the Commission.
(b)(i) The Registration Statement (other than any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement to be filed by the Company after the effectiveness of this Agreement),
when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended, if applicable, will
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, (ii) the Registration Statement (other than any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement to be filed by the Company after the effectiveness of
this Agreement) and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or supplemented, if
applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Act, (iii) if the
Company is required to file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement after the
effectiveness of this Agreement, such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any
amendments thereto, when they become effective (A) will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and
(B) will comply in all material respects with the Act and (iv) the Prospectus
does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and
warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus based
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upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing
by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.
(c) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the registration
statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed
pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, complied when so filed in all material
respects with the Act, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties
set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in any
preliminary prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly
for use therein.
(d) The Company has no direct or indirect subsidiaries other than Voyager
Information Networks, Inc., Voyager Data Services, Inc., Horizon
Telecommunications, Inc., GDR Enterprises, Inc., Mall 2000, Inc., EriNet
Telecom, Inc., and TDIN, Inc. (collectively, the "Subsidiaries").
(e) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated,
is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation and has the corporate power and authority to carry
on its business as described in the Prospectus and to own, lease and operate its
properties, and each is duly qualified and is in good standing as a foreign
corporation authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature
of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such
qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a
material adverse effect on the business, prospects, financial condition or
results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a
"Material Adverse Effect").
(f) There are no outstanding subscriptions, rights, warrants, options,
calls, convertible securities, commitments of sale or liens granted or issued by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to or entitling any person to
purchase or otherwise to acquire any shares of the capital stock of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration
Statement and except for additional stock options that may be granted after the
date hereof pursuant to the Company's stock option plan.
(g) All the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company (including
the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders) have been duly authorized and
validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and not subject to any
preemptive or similar rights; and the Shares to be issued and sold by the
Company have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to the
Underwriters against payment therefor as provided by this Agreement, will
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be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such
Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(h) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company's
Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable, and are owned by the Company, directly or indirectly through one
or more Subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, claim, lien,
encumbrance or adverse interest of any nature other than any liens under the
Credit Agreement, dated as of September 23, 1998, as amended, among the Company,
the several lenders from time to time parties thereto and Fleet National Bank
(the "Credit Agreement").
(i) The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal
matters to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus.
(j) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of its
respective charter or by-laws. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is (i) in default in the performance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or
condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other
agreement or instrument that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or
by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective property is
bound, or (ii) in violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment or
court decree applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except where
such default or violation would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Company, the compliance by the Company with all the provisions hereof and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) require any
further consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or qualification
with, any court or governmental body or agency (except such as may be required
under the securities or Blue Sky laws of various jurisdictions), (ii) conflict
with or constitute a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or a default
under, the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or,
except where such conflict, breach of default would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or
instrument that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective property is bound,
(iii) violate or conflict with any applicable law or any rule, regulation,
judgment, order or decree of any court or any governmental body or agency having
jurisdiction over the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or their respective
property or (iv) result in the suspension, termination or revocation of any
Authorization (as defined below) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
any other impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Authorization.
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(l) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or to the
knowledge of the Company threatened to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is or could reasonably be expected to be a party or to which any of
their respective property is or could reasonably be expected to be subject that
are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and
are not so described; nor are there any statutes, regulations, contracts or
other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that
are not so described or filed as required.
(m) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has violated any
foreign, federal, state or local law or regulation relating to the protection of
human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or
wastes, pollutants or contaminants ("Environmental Laws"), any provisions of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or any
provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, except for such violations which, singly or in the
aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has such permits, licenses,
consents, exemptions, franchises, authorizations and other approvals (each, an
"Authorization") of, and has made all filings with and notices to, all
governmental or regulatory authorities and self-regulatory organizations and all
courts and other tribunals, including, without limitation, under any applicable
Environmental Laws, as are necessary to own, lease, license and operate its
respective properties and to conduct its business, except where the failure to
have any such Authorization or to make any such filing or notice would not,
singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Each such
Authorization is valid and in full force and effect and each of the Company and
its Subsidiaries is in material compliance with all the terms and conditions
thereof and with the rules and regulations of the authorities and governing
bodies having jurisdiction with respect thereto; and no event has occurred
(including, without limitation, the receipt of any notice from any authority or
governing body) which allows or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
allow, revocation, suspension or termination of any such Authorization or
results or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in any other
impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Authorization; and such
Authorizations contain no restrictions that are burdensome to the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries; except where such failure to be valid and in full force and
effect or to be in compliance, the occurrence of any such event or the presence
of any such restriction would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(o) To the knowledge of the Company, there are no costs or liabilities
associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital
or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or
compliance with Environmental Laws or any Authorization, any related constraints
on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which
would, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(p) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
(q) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who has certified the financial statements
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are independent public
accountants with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries as required by the
Act.
(r) The consolidated financial statements included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto), together
with related schedules and notes, present fairly the consolidated financial
position, results of operations and changes in financial position of the Company
and its Subsidiaries on the basis stated therein at the respective dates or for
the respective periods to which they apply; such statements and related
schedules and notes have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied throughout the periods involved,
except as disclosed therein; the supporting schedules, if any, included in the
Registration Statement present fairly in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles the information required to be stated therein; and the
other financial and statistical information and data set forth in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement
thereto) are, in all material respects, accurately presented and prepared on a
basis consistent with such financial statements and the books and records of the
Company.
(s) The pro forma financial information included in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus (A) present fairly in all material respects the
information shown therein and (B) have been prepared in accordance with
applicable requirements of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). The assumptions used in
preparation of the pro forma financial statements included in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are
appropriate to give effect tot he transactions or circumstances referred to
therein.
(t) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale
of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the
Prospectus, will not be, an "investment company" as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(u) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the
Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to
file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of
the Company or to require the Company to include such securities with the Shares
registered pursuant to the Registration Statement, other than rights which have
been satisfied or waived.
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(v) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Prospectus other than as set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of any
amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement),
(i) there has not occurred any material adverse change or any development
involving a prospective material adverse change in the condition, financial or
otherwise, or the earnings, business, management or operations of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) there has not been any material
adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse
change in the capital stock or in the long-term debt of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, other than
in the ordinary course of business.
(w) Each certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to
the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriters as to the matters
covered thereby.
(x) The Company has reviewed its operations and those of its Subsidiaries
and third parties with which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has a
relationship which is material to the Company to evaluate the extent to which
the business or operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will be
affected by Year 2000 issues. As a result of such review, the Company
represents and warrants that the disclosure in the Registration Statement
relating to Year 2000 issues is accurate and complies in all material respects
with the rules and regulations of the Act. "Year 2000 issues" as used herein
means Year 2000 issues described in or contemplated by the Commission's
Interpretation: Disclosure of Year 2000 Issues and Consequences by Public
Companies, Investment Advisers, Investment Companies and Municipal Securities
Issuers (Release No. 33-7558).
(y) The Company and its Subsidiaries maintain insurance of the type and in
the amounts generally deemed adequate for its business, including, but not
limited to, general liability insurance, business interruption insurance and
insurance covering personal property owned or leased by the Company against
theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and all other risks customarily
insured against, all of which insurance is in full force and effect.
Section 7. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Stockholders.
Each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to
each Underwriter that:
(a) Such Selling Stockholder is the lawful owner of the Shares to be sold
by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement and has, and on the
Closing Date will have, good and marketable title to such Shares, free of all
restrictions on transfer, liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities and
claims whatsoever.
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(b) Such Selling Stockholder has, and on the Closing Date and any Option
Closing Date will have, full legal right, power and authority, and all
authorization and approval required by law, to enter into this Agreement, the
Custody Agreement signed by such Selling Stockholder and the Company, as
Custodian, relating to the deposit of the Shares to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder (the "Custody Agreement") and the Power of Attorney of such Selling
Stockholder appointing certain individuals as such Selling Stockholder's
attorneys-in-fact (the "Attorneys") to the extent set forth therein, relating to
the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Registration Statement and the
Custody Agreement (the "Power of Attorney") and to sell, assign, transfer and
deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder in the manner provided
herein and therein.
(c) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or
on behalf of such Selling Stockholder.
(d) The Custody Agreement of such Selling Stockholder has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder and is a valid
and binding agreement of such Selling Stockholder, enforceable in accordance
with its terms except as to rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder which
may be limited by federal or state securities laws or principles of public
policy and subject to the qualification that the enforceability of such Selling
Stockholder's obligations hereunder and thereunder may be limited by bankruptcy,
fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws
relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and by general equitable
principles.
(e) The Power of Attorney of such Selling Stockholder has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder and is a valid
and binding instrument of such Selling Stockholder, enforceable in accordance
with its terms (except as noted in paragraph (d) above), and, pursuant to such
Power of Attorney, such Selling Stockholder has, among other things, authorized
the Attorneys, or any one of them, to execute and deliver on such Selling
Stockholder's behalf this Agreement and any other document that they, or any one
of them, may deem necessary or desirable in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby and to deliver the Shares to be sold by such
Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement.
(f) Upon delivery of and payment for the Shares to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement, good and marketable title to such Shares
will pass to the Underwriters, free and clear of all restrictions on transfer,
liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities and claims whatsoever,
assuming the Underwriters are bona fide purchasers within the meaning of the
Uniform Commercial Code.
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(g) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney of such Selling Stockholder by or on
behalf of such Selling Stockholder, the compliance by such Selling Stockholder
with all the provisions hereof and thereof and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) require any further
consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or qualification with, any
court or governmental body or agency (except such as may be required under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of various jurisdictions), (ii) conflict with or
constitute a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or a default under,
the organizational documents of such Selling Stockholder, if such Selling
Stockholder is not an individual, or any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage,
lease or other agreement or instrument that is material to such Selling
Stockholder to which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such
Selling Stockholder or any property of such Selling Stockholder is bound, except
where such conflict, breach or default would not have a Material Adverse Effect
on such Selling Stockholder or (iii) violate or conflict with any applicable law
or any rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court or any
governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or
any property of such Selling Stockholder.
(h) The information in the Registration Statement under the caption
"Principal and Selling Stockholders" which specifically relates to such Selling
Stockholder does not, and will not on the Closing Date or any Option Closing
Date, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or 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.
(i) At any time during the period described in Section 5(d), if there is
any change in the information referred to in Section 7(h), such Selling
Stockholder will immediately notify you of such change.
(j) Each certificate signed by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder and
delivered to the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to
be a representation and warranty by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters
as to the matters covered thereby.
Section 8. Indemnification. (a) The Sellers, jointly and severally, agree
to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors, its officers and
each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section
15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and judgments ("Losses") (including, without limitation, any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or
defending any matter, including any action, that could give rise to any such
Losses) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any
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amendment thereto), the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or
any preliminary prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or judgments are caused by any such untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information relating
to any Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by such Underwriter
through you expressly for use therein provided, however, that the foregoing
indemnity agreement with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure
to the benefit of any Underwriter who failed to deliver a Prospectus, as then
amended or supplemented, (so long as the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto was provided by the Company to the several Underwriters in
the requisite quantity and on a timely basis to permit proper delivery on or
prior to the Closing Date) to the person asserting any losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or judgments caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in such preliminary prospectus, or caused
by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, if
such material misstatement or omission or alleged material misstatement or
omission was cured in the Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, and such
Prospectus was required by law to be delivered at or prior to the written
confirmation of sale to such person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) each
Selling Stockholder (each, a "Specified Selling Stockholder") will be liable
only to the extent that any such Losses caused by any such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by
or on behalf of any such Specified Selling Stockholder expressly for use
therein; (ii) the aggregate liability of any Selling Stockholder pursuant to
this Section 8(a) shall be limited to an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the
net proceeds (after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions) received
by such Selling Stockholder from the Underwriters for the sale of the Shares
sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and (y) such Selling Stockholder's
pro rata portion of the Losses. Each Selling Stockholder shall be released from
its indemnity obligation with respect to any such losses pursuant to this
Section 8(a) to the extent the Company has accepted its indemnity obligation
with respect to such Losses under this Section 8(a) and has satisfied such
obligation in compliance with this Section 8. Each of the Underwriters further
agrees that it will not seek indemnification from any Selling Stockholder unless
and until such Underwriter has first requested indemnification from the Company
and the Company, within 30 days after the receipt of each such request, has not
made actual payment to such Underwriter in accordance with such request.
(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration
Statement, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Act or Section 20
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of the Exchange Act, each Selling Stockholder and each person, if any, who
controls such Selling Stockholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity
from the Sellers to such Underwriter but only with reference to information
relating to such Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by such
Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto), the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or
any preliminary prospectus.
(c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any person in respect
of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b) (the
"Indemnified Party"), the Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the person
against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "Indemnifying Party") in writing
and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense of such action, including
the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and
the payment of all fees and expenses of such counsel, as incurred (except that
in the case of any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant
to both Sections 8(a) and 8(b), the Underwriter shall not be required to assume
the defense of such action pursuant to this Section 8(c), but may employ
separate counsel and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel, except as provided below, shall be at the expense of
such Underwriter). Any Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ
separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but
the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnified
Party unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been specifically
authorized in writing by the Indemnifying Party, (ii) the Indemnifying Party
shall have failed to assume the defense of such action or employ counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party or (iii) the named parties to
any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnified
Party and the Indemnifying Party, and the Indemnified Party shall have been
advised by such counsel in writing that there may be one or more legal defenses
available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the
Indemnifying Party (in which case the Indemnifying Party shall not have the
right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of the Indemnified Party).
In any such case, the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any one
action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same
jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be
liable for (i) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys
(in addition to any local counsel) for all Underwriters, their officers and
directors and all persons, if any, who control any Underwriter within the
meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act,
(ii) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in
addition to any local counsel) for the Company, its directors, its officers who
sign the Registration Statement and all persons, if any, who control the Company
within the meaning of either such Section and (iii) the fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for
all Selling Stockholders and all persons, if any, who control any Selling
Stockholder within the meaning of either such Section, and all such fees and
expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case of any such
separate firm for the Underwriters, their officers and directors and such
control persons of any Underwriters, such firm shall be designated in
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writing by Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation. In the case of
any such separate firm for the Company and such directors, officers and control
persons of the Company, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Company.
In the case of any such separate firm for the Selling Stockholders and such
control persons of any Selling Stockholders, such firm shall be designated in
writing by the Attorneys. The Indemnifying Party shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Indemnified Party from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and judgments by reason of any settlement of any action
(i) effected with its written consent or (ii) effected without its written
consent if the settlement is entered into more than twenty business days after
the Indemnifying Party shall have received a request from the Indemnified Party
for reimbursement for the fees and expenses of counsel (in any case where such
fees and expenses are at the expense of the Indemnifying Party) and, prior to
the date of such settlement, the Indemnifying Party shall have failed to comply
with such reimbursement request. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior
written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement or compromise
of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or
threatened action in respect of which the Indemnified Party is or could have
been a party and indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought
hereunder by the Indemnified Party, unless such settlement, compromise or
judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the Indemnified Party from all
liability on claims that are or could have been the subject matter of such
action and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the Indemnified Party.
(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient in respect of any losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to therein, then each
Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Sellers on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering
of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 8(d)(i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above but also the
relative fault of the Sellers on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other
hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Sellers on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the
same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (after deducting
underwriting discounts and commissions, but before deducting expenses) received
by the Sellers, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by
the Underwriters, bear to the total price to the public of the Shares, in each
case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The
relative fault of the Sellers on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other
hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue
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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
hand and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Sellers and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) 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 in the immediately preceding paragraph.
The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Party in
connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any action,
that could have given rise to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
judgments. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public
were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 8(d) are several in proportion to the respective number
of Shares purchased by each of the Underwriters hereunder and not joint.
(e) The remedies provided for in this Section 8 are not exclusive and
shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any
Indemnified Party at law or in equity.
(f) Each Selling Stockholder hereby designates Voyager.net, Inc.,
4660 S. Hagadorn Road, Suite 320, East Lansing, MI 48823, as its authorized
agent, upon which process may be served in any action which may be instituted in
any state or federal court in the State of New York by any Underwriter, any
director or officer of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter
asserting a claim for indemnification or contribution under or pursuant to this
Section 8, and each Selling Stockholder will accept the jurisdiction of such
court in such action, and waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, any defense based upon lack of personal jurisdiction or venue. A copy of
any such process shall be sent or given to such Selling Stockholder, at the
address for notices specified in Section 12 hereof.
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Section 9. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The several
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares under this Agreement
are subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(a) All the representations and warranties of the Company contained in
this Agreement shall be true and correct on the Closing Date with the same force
and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date.
(b) If the Company is required to file a Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement after the effectiveness of this Agreement, such Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the date of this Agreement; and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been commenced or shall be pending
before or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission.
(c) You shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate dated the
Closing Date, signed by Christopher Torto and Dennis Stepaniak, in their
capacities as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, respectively, confirming the matters set forth in Sections 6(v), 9(a)
and 9(b) and that the Company has complied with all of the agreements and
satisfied all of the conditions herein contained and required to be complied
with or satisfied by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date.
(d) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Prospectus other than as set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of any
amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement),
(i) there shall not have occurred any adverse change or any development
involving a prospective adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise,
or the earnings, business, management or operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) there shall not have been any adverse
change or any development involving a prospective adverse change in the capital
stock or in the long-term debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and
(iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have incurred any
liability or obligation, direct or contingent, the effect of which, in any such
case described in clause 9(d)(i), 9(d)(ii) or 9(d)(iii), in your judgment, is
material and adverse and, in your judgment, makes it impracticable to market the
Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(e) All the representations and warranties of each Selling Stockholder
contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on the Closing Date with
the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date and you shall
have received on the Closing Date a certificate dated the Closing Date from each
Selling Stockholder to such effect and to the effect that such Selling
Stockholder has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied
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all of the conditions herein contained and required to be complied with or
satisfied by such Selling Stockholder on or prior to the Closing Date.
(f) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion (satisfactory
to you and counsel for the Underwriters), dated the Closing Date, of Goodwin,
Procter & Hoar LLP, counsel for the Company and special counsel for the Selling
Stockholders, to the effect that:
(i) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated,
is validly existing in corporate good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation and has the corporate power and authority to carry
on its business as described in the Prospectus and to own, lease and operate its
properties as described in the Prospectus;
(ii) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified and is in
good standing as a foreign corporation authorized to do business in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or its ownership or leasing of
property requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects,
financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(iii) all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company (including
the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders) have been duly authorized and
validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and not subject to any
statutory preemptive or similar rights;
(iv) the Shares to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder have been
duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to the Underwriters against
payment therefor as provided by this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares will not be subject to
any preemptive or similar rights;
(v) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and by or on behalf of each Selling Stockholder;
(vi) the authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal
matters to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus;
(vii) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, and to
such counsel's knowledge, no stop order suspending its effectiveness has been
issued and no proceedings for that purpose are pending before or threatened by
the Commission;
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(viii) the statements under the captions "Description of Capital Stock"
(insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the capital
stock of the Company), and paragraph ___ of "Underwriting" in the Prospectus and
Items 15 of Part II of the Registration Statement, insofar as such statements
constitute matters of law or legal conclusions, have been reviewed by us and are
correct in all material respects;
(ix) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the
compliance by the Company with all the provisions hereof and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby will not (A) require any further consent,
approval, authorization or other order of, or qualification with, any court or
governmental body or agency (except such as may be required under the securities
or Blue Sky laws of various jurisdictions), (B) conflict with or constitute a
breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or a default under, the charter or
by-laws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any indenture, loan
agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or their respective property is bound and which is an exhibit to
the Registration Statement, (C) violate or conflict with any applicable law or
any rule or regulation (assuming compliance with all applicable blue sky laws),
judgment, order or decree of any court or any governmental body or agency having
jurisdiction over the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or their respective
property and which specifically names the Company and is known to us or (D)
result in the suspension, termination or revocation of any Authorization of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any other impairment of the rights of the
holder of any such Authorization;
(x) such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings
pending or threatened to which the Company is a party or to which any of its
respective property is subject that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described, or of any
statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not so described or filed as
required;
(xi) the Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale
of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the
Prospectus, will not be, an "investment company" as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(xii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any supplement or
amendment thereto (except for the financial statements and notes thereto, the
schedules and other financial statistical and accounting data included therein
as to which no opinion need be expressed) comply as to form with the Act;
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(xiii) to such counsel's knowledge, each Selling Stockholder has full legal
right, power and authority, and all authorization and approval required by law,
to enter into this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney
of such Selling Stockholder and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares
to be sold by such Selling Stockholder in the manner provided herein and
therein;
(xiv) to such counsel's knowledge, the Custody Agreement of each Selling
Stockholder has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling
Stockholder and is a valid and binding agreement of such Selling Stockholder,
enforceable in accordance with its terms;
(xv) to such counsel's knowledge, the Power of Attorney of each Selling
Stockholder has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling
Stockholder and is a valid and binding instrument of such Selling Stockholder,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, and, pursuant to such Power of
Attorney, such Selling Stockholder has, among other things, authorized the
Attorneys, or any one of them, to execute and deliver on such Selling
Stockholder's behalf this Agreement and any other document they, or any one of
them, may deem necessary or desirable in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby and to deliver the Shares to be sold by such
Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement;
(xvi) upon the Underwriters' obtaining control of the Shares to be sold by
Selling Stockholders pursuant to this Agreement and assuming the Underwriters
purchased such Shares for value and without notice of adverse claim to such
Shares within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the Massachusetts Uniform
Commercial Code, the Underwriters will have obtained all rights of the Selling
Stockholders in such Shares, free of any adverse claim, any lien in favor of the
Company and any restrictions on transfer; and
(xvii) to such counsel's knowledge, the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney of each
Selling Stockholder by such Selling Stockholder, the compliance by such Selling
Stockholder with all the provisions hereof and thereof and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (A) require any
further consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or qualification
with, any court or governmental body or agency (except such as may be required
under the securities or Blue Sky laws of various jurisdictions), (B) conflict
with or constitute a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or a default
under, the organizational documents of such Selling Stockholder, if such Selling
Stockholder is not an individual, or any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage,
lease or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a
party or by which any property of such Selling Stockholder is bound or
(C) violate or conflict with any applicable law or any rule, regulation,
judgment, order or decree of any court or any governmental body or agency having
jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or its property of and specifically
naming such Selling Stockholder;
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(xviii) such counsel has no reason to believe that at the time the
Registration Statement became effective or on the date of this Agreement, the
Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein (except for the
financial statements and other financial data as to which such counsel need not
express any belief) contained any 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 (C) such counsel has no reason to believe
that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable (except for the
financial statements and other financial data, as aforesaid) contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstanced under
which they were made, not misleading.
The opinion of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP described in Section 9(f) above
shall be rendered to you at the request of the Company and the Selling
Stockholders and shall so state therein.
(g) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion, dated the
Closing Date, of Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, as to the
matters referred to in Sections 9(f)(iii), 9(f)(iv), 9(f)(v) (but only with
respect to the Company), and 9(f)(viii) (but only with respect to the statements
under the caption "Description of Capital Stock" and "Underwriting") and
9(f)(xvii).
In giving such opinions with respect to the matters covered by Section
9(f)(xvii), counsel for the Company and the Selling Stockholders and counsel for
the Underwriters may state that their opinion and belief are based upon their
participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement and Prospectus
and any amendments or supplements thereto and review and discussion of the
contents thereof, but are without independent check or verification except as
specified.
(h) You shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing
Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in
form and substance satisfactory to you, from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
independent public accountants, containing the information and statements of the
type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to Underwriters with
respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(i) The Company shall have delivered to you the agreements specified in
Section 2 hereof which agreements shall be in full force and effect on the
Closing Date.
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(j) The Shares shall have been duly listed for quotation, subject to
notice of issuance, on the Nasdaq National Market.
(k) The Company and the Selling Stockholders shall not have failed on or
prior to the Closing Date to perform or comply with any of the agreements herein
contained and required to be performed or complied with by the Company or the
Selling Stockholders, as the case may be, on or prior to the Closing Date.
(l) You shall have received on the Closing Date, a certificate of each
Selling Stockholder who is not a U.S. Person (as defined under applicable U.S.
federal tax legislation) to the effect that such Selling Stockholder is not a
U.S. Person, which certificate may be in the form of a properly completed and
executed United States Treasury Department Form W-8 (or other applicable form or
statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase any Additional
Shares hereunder are subject to the delivery to you on the applicable Option
Closing Date of such documents as you may reasonably request with respect to the
good standing of the Company, the due authorization and issuance of such
Additional Shares and other matters related to the issuance of such Additional
Shares.
Section 10. Effectiveness of Agreement and Termination. This Agreement
shall become effective upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
parties hereto.
This Agreement may be terminated at any time on or prior to the Closing
Date by you by written notice to the Sellers if any of the following has
occurred: (i) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or
international calamity or crisis or change in economic conditions or in the
financial markets of the United States that, in your judgment, is material and
adverse and, in your judgment, makes it impracticable to market the Shares on
the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus, (ii) the suspension
or material limitation of trading in securities or other instruments on the New
York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board of Options
Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade or the
Nasdaq National Market or limitation on prices for securities or other
instruments on any such exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, (iii) the
suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the
over-the-counter market, (iv) the enactment, publication, decree or other
promulgation of any federal or state statute, regulation, rule or order of any
court or other governmental authority which in your opinion materially and
adversely affects, or will materially and adversely affect, the business,
prospects, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (v) the declaration of a banking moratorium by
either federal or New York State authorities or (vi) the taking of any action by
any federal, state or local government or agency in respect of its monetary or
fiscal affairs which in your opinion has a material adverse effect on the
financial markets in the United States.
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If on the Closing Date or on an Option Closing Date, as the case may be,
any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase the Firm
Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, which it has or they have
agreed to purchase hereunder on such date and the aggregate number of Firm
Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, which such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more
than one-tenth of the total number of Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the
case may be, to be purchased on such date by all Underwriters, each non-
defaulting Underwriter shall be obligated severally, in the proportion which the
number of Firm Shares set forth opposite its name in Schedule I bears to the
total number of Firm Shares which all the non-defaulting Underwriters have
agreed to purchase, or in such other proportion as you may specify, to purchase
the Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, which such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such
date; provided that in no event shall the number of Firm Shares or Additional
Shares, as the case may be, which any Underwriter has agreed to purchase
pursuant to Section 2 hereof be increased pursuant to this Section 10 by an
amount in excess of one-ninth of such number of Firm Shares or Additional
Shares, as the case may be, without the written consent of such Underwriter. If
on the Closing Date any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase Firm Shares and the aggregate number of Firm Shares with respect to
which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Firm
Shares to be purchased by all Underwriters and arrangements satisfactory to
you, the Company and the Selling Stockholders for purchase of such Firm Shares
are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate
without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter, the Company or
the Selling Stockholders. In any such case which does not result in
termination of this Agreement, either you or the Sellers shall have the right to
postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order
that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be effected. If, on an
Option Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase Additional Shares and the aggregate number of Additional Shares with
respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate
number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such date, the non-defaulting
Underwriters shall have the option to (i) terminate their obligation hereunder
to purchase such Additional Shares or (ii) purchase not less than the number of
Additional Shares that such non-defaulting Underwriters would have been
obligated to purchase on such date in the absence of such default. Any action
taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from
liability in respect of any default of any such Underwriter under this
Agreement.
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Section 11. Agreements of the Selling Stockholders. Each Selling
Stockholder agrees with you and the Company:
(a) To pay or to cause to be paid all transfer taxes payable in connection
with the transfer of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder to the
Underwriters.
(b) To do and perform all things to be done and performed by such Selling
Stockholder under this Agreement prior to the Closing Date and to satisfy all
conditions precedent to the delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 12. Miscellaneous. Notices given pursuant to any provision of
this Agreement shall be addressed as follows: (i) if to the Company, to
Voyager.net, Inc., 4660 S. Hagadorn Road, Suite 320, East Lansing, MI, (ii) if
to the Selling Stockholders, to c/o Voyager.net, Inc., 4660 S. Hagadorn Road,
Suite 320, East Lansing, MI, Attention: President and (iii) if to any
Underwriter or to you, to you c/o Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities
Corporation, 277 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10172, Attention: Syndicate
Department, or in any case to such other address as the person to be notified
may have requested in writing.
The respective indemnities, contribution agreements, representations,
warranties and other statements of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the
several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement shall
remain operative and in full force and effect, and will survive delivery of and
payment for the Shares, regardless of (i) any investigation, or statement as to
the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the officers or
directors of any Underwriter, any person controlling any Underwriter, the
Company, the officers or directors of the Company, any person controlling the
Company, any Selling Stockholder or any person controlling such Selling
Stockholder, (ii) acceptance of the Shares and payment for them hereunder and
(iii) termination of this Agreement.
If for any reason the Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of any
Seller as provided herein (other than as a result of any termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 10), the Sellers agree, jointly and severally, to
reimburse the several Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the
fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them. Notwithstanding
any termination of this Agreement, the Company shall be liable for all expenses
which it has agreed to pay pursuant to Section 5(i) hereof. The Sellers also
agree, jointly and severally, to reimburse the several Underwriters, their
directors and officers and any persons controlling any of the Underwriters for
any and all fees and expenses (including, without limitation, the fees
disbursements of counsel) incurred by them in connection with enforcing their
rights hereunder (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 8 hereof).
Except as otherwise provided, this Agreement has been and is made solely
for the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company, the Selling
Stockholders, the Underwriters, the Underwriters' directors and officers, any
controlling persons referred to
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herein, the Company's directors and the Company's officers who sign the
Registration Statement and their respective successors and assigns, all as and
to the extent provided in this Agreement, and no other person shall acquire or
have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The term "successors and
assigns" shall not include a purchaser of any of the Shares from any of the
several Underwriters merely because of such purchase.
This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York.
This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among
the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
Voyager.net, Inc.
By:
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Title:
THE SELLING STOCKHOLDERS NAMED IN SCHEDULE II HERETO, ACTING SEVERALLY
By:
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Attorney-in-fact
DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE
SECURITIES CORPORATION
FIRST UNION CAPITAL MARKETS
CIBC WORLD MARKETS
Acting severally on behalf of
themselves and the several
Underwriters named in
Schedule I hereto
By: DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE
SECURITIES CORPORATION
By:
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Title:
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SCHEDULE I
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Number of Number of
Firm Shares Additional
to be Shares to be
Underwriters Purchased Purchased
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Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities
Corporation
First Union Capital Markets
CIBC World Markets
Total
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SCHEDULE II
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Selling Stockholders
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Number of Number of
Firm Shares Additional
Name Being Sold Shares being Sold
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Total
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Annex I
Baird, Alan
deFaria, Osvaldo
Diez, David F.
Friedly, Glenn R.
Gaffney, Christopher
Goldney, James
Hayes, John G.
Heinze, Michael
Holda, Joan
Joslin, Chris
Media/Communications
Investors Limited
Partnership
Media/Communications
Partners II Limited
Partnership
Michaels, Christopher
Mittelstadt, Michael
Quoss, Scott
Rouble, Garth
Scott, Dave
Shambeu, Curt
Shires, David
Stepaniak, Dennis
Torto, Christopher
Vickers, Mark
William, Michael
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