EXHIBIT (1)(b)
GATEWAY AMERICAN PROPERTIES CORPORATION
1,500,000 Shares of Common Stock and
3,000,000 Common Stock Purchase Warrants
AGREEMENT AMONG UNDERWRITERS
Boca Raton, Florida
______________, 1997
Dr. Robert T. Kirk, President
Barron Chase Securities, Inc.
7700 West Camino Real
Boca Raton, Florida 33433
Dear Sirs:
1. Underwriting Agreement. We understand that Gateway American Properties
Corporation (the "Company"), proposes to enter into an underwriting agreement
attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Underwriting Agreement") with Barron Chase
Securities, Inc. (the "Representative") and the other underwriters named in
Schedule A to the Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriters"), acting severally
and not jointly, with respect to the purchase of an aggregate of 1,500,000
Shares of Common Stock (the "Shares") and 3,000,000 Warrants (the "Warrants").
The Shares and Warrants are hereinafter also referred to collectively as the
"Securities". The Securities and the terms under which they are to be offered
for sale by the several Underwriters are more particularly described in the
Registration Statement, Underwriting Agreement and Prospectus.
Unless the context indicates otherwise, the term Securities shall also
include an additional 225,000 Shares and an additional 450,000 Warrants (the
"Option Securities"), all or any part of which the Representative and/or the
Underwriters are entitled to purchase from the Company upon exercise of the
Representative's over-allotment option referred to in Section 2(b) of the
Underwriting Agreement.
This is to confirm that we agree to purchase, in accordance with the terms
hereof and of the Underwriting Agreement, the number of Securities set forth
opposite our name in Schedule A, plus such number of Securities, if any, which
we may become obligated to purchase pursuant to Section 2(b) of the Underwriting
Agreement and Section 4 hereof ("our Securities"). The ratio which the number of
our Securities bears to the total number of Securities purchased pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement is herein called "our underwriting proportion".
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2. Registration Statement and Prospectus. We have heretofore received and
examined a copy of the registration statement, as amended to the date hereof,
and the related prospectus in respect of the Securities, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The registration statement as amended at the
time it becomes effective, including financial statements and exhibits, is
hereafter referred to as the "Registration Statement", and the prospectus in the
form first filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to its
Rule 424(b) after the Registration Statement becomes effective is referred to as
the "Prospectus".
We confirm that the information furnished to you by us for use in the
Registration Statement and in the Prospectus is correct and is not misleading
insofar as it relates to us. We consent to being named as an Underwriter in such
Registration Statement and we are willing to accept our responsibilities under
the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), as a result thereof. We confirm that we
have authorized you to advise the Company on our behalf (a) as to the statements
to be included in any Preliminary Prospectus and in the Prospectus under the
heading "Underwriting" insofar as they relate to us and (b) that there is no
other information about us required to be stated in the Registration Statement
or Prospectus. We further confirm that, upon request by you as Representative,
we have furnished a copy of any amended Preliminary Prospectus to each person to
whom we have furnished a copy of any previous Prospectus, and we confirm that we
have delivered, and we agree that we will deliver, all preliminary and final
Prospectuses required for compliance with the provisions of Rule 15c2-8 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act").
3. Authority of the Representative. We authorize you, acting as
Representative of the Underwriters, to execute and deliver on our behalf, the
Underwriting Agreement, and to agree to any variation of its terms (except as to
the purchase price and the number of our Securities) which, in your judgment, is
not a variation which materially and adversely affects our rights and
obligations. We also authorize you, in your discretion and on our behalf, with
approval of counsel for the Underwriters, to approve the Prospectus and to
approve of, or object to, any further amendments to the Registration Statement,
or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus. We further authorize you to
exercise all the authority and discretion vested in the Underwriters and in you
by the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement and to take all such action as
you in your discretion may believe desirable to carry out the provisions of the
Underwriting Agreement and of this Agreement including the extension of any date
specified in the Underwriting Agreement, the exercise of any right of
cancellation or termination and to determine all matters relating to the public
advertisement of the Securities; provided, however, that, except with the
consent of Underwriters who shall have agreed to purchase in the aggregate 50%
or more of the Securities, no extension of the time by which the Registration
Statement is to become effective as provided in the Underwriting Agreement shall
be for a period in excess of two business days. We authorize you to take such
action as in your discretion may be necessary or desirable to effect the sale
and distribution of the Securities, including, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the right to determine the terms of any proposed offering, the
concession to Selected Dealers (as hereinafter defined) and the reallowance, if
any, to other dealers and the right to make the judgments provided for in the
Underwriting Agreement.
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4. Authority of Representative as to Defaulting Underwriters. Until the
termination of this Agreement, we authorize you to arrange for the purchase by
other persons, who may include you or any of the other Underwriters, of any
Securities not taken up by any defaulting Underwriter. In the event that such
arrangements are made, the respective amounts of the Securities to be purchased
by the non-defaulting Underwriters and by such other person or persons, if any,
shall be taken as the basis for all rights and obligations hereunder; but this
shall not in any way affect the liability of any defaulting Underwriter to the
other Underwriters for damages resulting from its default, nor shall any such
default relieve any other Underwriter of any of its obligations hereunder or
under the Underwriting Agreement except as herein or therein provided.
In the event of default by one or more Underwriters in respect of their
obligations (a) under the Underwriting Agreement to purchase the Securities
agreed to be purchased by them thereunder, (b) under this Agreement to take up
and pay for any Securities purchased or (c) to deliver any Securities sold or
over-allotted by you for the respective accounts of the Underwriters pursuant to
this Agreement, or to bear their respective share of expenses or liabilities
pursuant to this Agreement, and to the extent that arrangements shall not have
been made by you for any persons to assume the obligations of such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters, we agree to assume our proportionate share of the
obligations of each defaulting Underwriter (subject in the case of clause (a)
above to the limitations contained in the Underwriting Agreement) without
relieving any such defaulting Underwriter of its liability therefor.
5. Offering of Securities. We understand that you will notify us when the
public offering of the Securities is to be made and of the initial public
offering price. We hereby authorize you to fix the concession to dealers and the
reallowance to dealers and in your sole discretion after the public offering to
change the public offering price, the concession and the reallowance. The
offering price at any time in effect is hereinafter referred to as the "public
offering price". We agree that we will not offer any of the Securities for sale
at a price other than the public offering price or allow any discount therefrom
except as herein otherwise specifically provided.
We agree that public advertisement of the offering shall be made by you on
behalf of the Underwriters on such date as you shall determine. We have not
advertised the offering and will not do so until after such date. We understand
that any advertisement we may then make will be on our own responsibility and at
our own expense.
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We authorize you to reserve and offer for sale to institutions and other
retail purchasers and to dealers (the "Selected Dealers") to be selected by you
(such dealers may include any Underwriter ) such of our Securities as you in
your sole discretion shall determine. Any such offering to Selected Dealers may
be made pursuant to a Selling Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B, or otherwise , as you may determine. The form of Selling Agreement attached
hereto as Exhibit B is satisfactory to us.
We authorize you to make purchases and sales of the Securities from or to
any Selected Dealers or Underwriters at the public offering price less all or
any part of the concession and, with your consent, any Underwriter may make
purchases or sales of the Securities from or to any Selected Dealer or
Underwriter at the public offering price less all or any of the concession.
We understand that you will notify each Underwriter promptly upon the
release of the Securities for public offering as to the amount of Securities
reserved for sale to Selected Dealers and retail purchasers. Securities not so
reserved may be sold by each Underwriter for its own account, except that from
time to time you may, in your discretion, add to the Securities reserved for
sale to Selected Dealers and retail purchasers any Securities retained by an
Underwriter remaining unsold. We agree to notify you from time to time upon
request of the amount of our Securities retained by us remaining unsold. If all
the Securities reserved for offering to Selected Dealers and retail purchasers
are not promptly sold by you, any Underwriter may from time to time, with your
consent, obtain a release of all or any Securities of such Underwriter then
remaining unsold and Securities so released shall thereafter be deemed not to
have been reserved. Securities of any Underwriter so reserved which remain
unsold, or, if sold, have not been paid for at any time prior to the termination
of this Agreement may, in your discretion or upon the request of such
Underwriter, be delivered to such Underwriter for carrying purposes only, but
such Securities shall remain subject to redelivery to you upon demand for
disposition by you until this Agreement is terminated.
We agree that in connection with sales and offers to sell the Securities,
if any, made by us outside the United States or its territories or possessions,
(a) we will furnish to each person to whom any such offer or sale is made such
Prospectus, advertisement or other offering document containing information
relating to the Securities or the Company as may be required under the laws of
the jurisdiction in which such offer or sale is made and (b) we will furnish to
each person to whom any such offer is made a copy of the then current
Preliminary Prospectus and to each person to whom any such sale is made a copy
of the Prospectus referred to in the Underwriting Agreement (as then amended or
supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements
thereto). Any Prospectus, advertisement or other offering document (other than
any such preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus) furnished by us to any person in
accordance with the preceding sentence and all such additional offering
material, if any, as we may furnish to any person (i) shall comply in all
respects with the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is so furnished, (ii)
shall be prepared and so furnished at our sole risk and expense, and (iii) shall
not contain information relating to the Securities or the Company which is
inconsistent in any respect with information contained in the then current
Preliminary Prospectus or in the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented if
the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), as the
case may be.
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We recognize the importance of a broad distribution of the Securities
among bona fide investors and we agree to use our best efforts to obtain such
broad distribution and to that end, to the extent we deem practicable, to give
priority to small orders.
We agree that we will not sell to any account over which we exercised
discretionary authority any of the Securities which we have agreed to purchase
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
6. Compensation to Representative. We authorize you to charge to our
account, as compensation for your services as Representative in connection with
this offering, including the purchase from the Company of the Securities and the
management of the offering, an amount equal to $ per Share and/or $ per Warrant
in respect to each of our Securities.
7. Payment and Delivery. At or about 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on the
Closing Dates (including the first Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as
defined in the Underwriting Agreement), we agree to deliver to you at your
office by wire transfer to the account of the Representative or by a certified
or official bank check payable in New York Clearing House funds to your order in
an amount equal to the initial public offering price, less the concession to the
Selected Dealers in respect of that portion of our Securities which has been
retained by or released to us for direct sales.
In the event that our funds are not received by you when required, you are
authorized, in your discretion, but shall not be obligated, to make payment for
our account pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement by advancing your own funds.
Any such payment by you shall not relieve us from any of our obligations
hereunder or under the Underwriting Agreement.
We authorize you to hold and deliver against payment any of our Securities
which have been sold or reserved for sale to Selected Dealers or retail
purchasers. Any of our Securities not sold or reserved by you as aforesaid, will
be available for delivery to us at your office as soon as practicable after such
Securities have been delivered to you.
Upon the termination of this Agreement, or prior thereto at your
discretion, you will deliver to us any of our Securities reserved by you for
sale to Selected Dealers or retail purchasers but not sold and paid for against
payment by us of an amount equal to the initial public offering price of such
Securities, less the concession to the Selected Dealers in respect thereof.
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8. Authority to Borrow. We authorize you to arrange loans for our account
and to execute and deliver any notes or other instruments in connection
therewith, and to pledge as security therefor all or any part of our Securities,
as you may deem necessary or advisable to carry out the purchase, carrying and
distribution of the Securities, and to advance your own funds, charging current
interest rates.
9. Over-allotment; Stabilization. We authorize you, for the account of
each Underwriter, prior to the termination of this Agreement, and for such
longer period as may be necessary to cover any short position incurred for the
accounts of the several Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, (a) to
over-allot in arranging for sales of Securities to Selected Dealers and others
and, if necessary, to purchase Securities (whether pursuant to exercise of the
option set forth in Section 2(b) of the Underwriting Agreement or otherwise) at
such prices as you may determine for the purpose of covering such
over-allotments, and (b) for the purpose of stabilizing the market in the
Securities, to make purchases and sales of Securities on the open market or
otherwise, for long or short account, on a when-issued basis or otherwise, at
such prices, in such amounts and in such manner as you may determine; provided,
however, that at no time shall our net commitment, either for long or short
account, under this Section exceed 15% of the amount of our Securities. Such
purchases, sales and over-allotments shall be made for the respective accounts
of the several Underwriters as nearly as practicable to their respective
underwriting proportions. We agree to take up on demand at cost any Securities
so purchased for our account and deliver on demand any Securities so sold or
over-allotted for our account. We authorize you to sell for the account of the
Underwriters any Securities purchased pursuant to this Section, upon such terms
as you may deem advisable, and any Underwriter, including yourselves, may
purchase such Securities. You are authorized to charge the respective accounts
of the Underwriters with broker's commissions or dealer's mark-up on purchases
and sales effected by you.
If pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and prior to the
termination of this Agreement (or prior to such earlier date as you may have
determined) you purchase or contract to purchase for the account of any
Underwriter in the open market or otherwise any Securities which were retained
by, or released to, us for direct sale, or any Securities which may have been
issued in exchange for such Securities, we authorize you either to charge our
account with an amount equal to the concession to Selected Dealers with respect
thereto, which amount shall be credited against the cost of such Securities, or
to require us to repurchase such Securities at a price equal to the total cost
of such purchase, including transfer taxes and broker's commissions or dealer's
mark-up, if any. In lieu of such action you may, in your discretion, withhold
any Underwriting fees in the event an Underwriter fails to retain all of the
Securities received as an allocation by such Underwriter. In addition, in your
discretion, you may sell for our account the Securities so purchased and debit
or credit our account for the loss or profit resulting from such sale.
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You will notify us promptly if and when you engage in any stabilization
transaction pursuant to this Section or otherwise and will notify us of the date
of termination of stabilization. We agree to file with you any reports required
of us including "Not as Manager" reports pursuant to Rule 17a-2 under the 1934
Act not later than five business days following the date upon which
stabilization was terminated, and we authorize you to file on our behalf with
the Securities and Exchange Commission any reports required by such Rule.
10. Limitation on Transactions by Underwriters. Except as permitted by
you, we will not during the term of this Agreement bid for, purchase, sell or
attempt to induce others to purchase or sell, directly or indirectly, any
Securities other than (i) as provided in the Underwriting Agreement and in this
agreement, (ii) purchases from or sales to dealers of the Securities at the
public offering price less all or any part of the reallowance to dealers or
(iii) purchases or sales by us of any Securities as broker or unsolicited orders
for the account of others.
We represent that we have not participated in any transaction prohibited
by the preceding paragraph and that we have at all times complied with the
provisions of Regulation M and the other rules and regulations of the Commission
applicable to this offering.
We may, with your prior consent, make purchases of the Securities from and
sales to other Underwriters at the public offering price, less all or any part
of the concession to dealers.
11. Allocation and Payment of Expenses. We understand that all expenses of
a general nature incurred by you, as Representative, in connection with the
purchase, carrying, marketing and sale of the Securities shall be borne by the
Underwriters in accordance with their respective share of the underwriting
obligations. We authorize you to charge our account with our share, based on our
underwriting obligation, of the aforesaid expenses including all transfer taxes
paid of our behalf on sales or transfers made for our account.
As promptly as possible after the termination of this Agreement, the
accounts arising pursuant hereto shall be settled and paid. Your ascertainment
of all expenses and the apportionment thereof shall be conclusive.
Notwithstanding any settlement or settlements hereunder, we will remain liable
for our share of all expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by or the
accounts of the Underwriters, including any expenses and liabilities referred to
in Sections 13 and 14 hereof, which shall be determined as provided in this
Section.
12. Termination. Unless this Agreement or any provision hereof is earlier
terminated by you and except for provisions herein that contemplate obligations
surviving the termination hereof as noted in the next paragraph, this Agreement
will terminate at the close of business on the 45th day after the date hereof,
but in your discretion may be extended by you for a further period not exceeding
30 days with the consent of the Underwriters who have agreed to purchase in the
aggregate 50% or more of the Securities. No termination or suspension pursuant
to this Section shall affect your authority to cover any short position under
this Agreement.
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Upon termination of this Agreement, all authorizations, rights and
obligations hereunder shall cease, except (i) the mutual obligations to settle
accounts under Section 11, (ii) our obligation to pay any transfer taxes which
may be assessed and paid on account of any sales thereunder for our account,
(iii) our obligation with respect to purchases which may be made by you from
time to time thereafter to cover any short position incurred under this
Agreement, (iv) the provisions of Sections 13 and 14 and (v) the obligations of
any defaulting Underwriter, all of which shall continue until fully discharged.
13. Liability of Representative and Underwriters. Neither as
Representative nor individually shall you be under any liability whatsoever to
any other Underwriter nor shall you be under any liability in respect of any
matters connected herewith or action taken by you pursuant hereto, except for
the obligations expressly assumed by you in this Agreement. You shall be under
no liability for or in respect of the value for the Securities or the validity
of the form thereof, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or agreements
or other instruments executed by the Company or others; or for or in respect of
the delivery of the Securities; or for the performance by the Company or others
of any agreement on its or their part.
Nothing herein contained shall constitute the several Underwriters an
association, or partners with us or with each other, or, except as herein
expressly provided, render any Underwriter liable for the obligation of any
other Underwriter. The rights, obligations and liabilities of each of the
Underwriters are several, in accordance with their respective obligations, and
not joint. Notwithstanding any settlement of accounts under this Agreement, we
agree to pay our underwriting proportion of the amount of any claim demand or
liability which may be asserted against and discharged by the Underwriters or
any of them, based on the claim that the Underwriters constitute an association,
unincorporated business or other entity, and also to pay our underwriting
proportion of expenses approved by you incurred by the Underwriters, or any of
them, in contesting any such claims, demands or liabilities. If the Underwriters
shall be deemed to constitute a partnership for income tax purposes, it is the
intent of each Underwriter to be excluded from the application of Subchapter K,
Chapter 1, Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended. Each
Underwriter elects to be so excluded and agrees not to take any position
inconsistent with such election. Each Underwriter authorizes you, in your
discretion, to execute and file on behalf of the Underwriters such evidence of
election as may be required by the Internal Revenue Service.
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14. Indemnification and Future Claims.
(a) We agree to indemnify and hold harmless you and each other
Underwriter, and each person, if any, who controls you and such other
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, and
to reimburse their expenses, to the extent and upon the terms that we agree to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company and to reimburse expenses as set forth
in the Underwriting Agreement. Our indemnity agreement set forth in this Section
remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on
behalf of such other Underwriter or controlling person and shall survive the
delivery of and payment for the Securities and the termination of this
Agreement.
(b) In the event that at any time any claim or claims shall be asserted
against you, as Representative, or otherwise involving the Underwriters
generally, relating to the Registration Statement or any Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus, as such may be from time to time amended or supplemented, the
public offering of the Securities or any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, we authorize you to take such other action as you shall deem
necessary or desirable under the circumstances, including settlement of any such
claim or claims if such course of action shall be recommended by counsel
retained by you. We agree to pay to you on request, our underwriting proportion
of all expenses incurred by you (including, but not limited to, disbursements
and fees of counsel so retained) in investigating and defending against such
claim or claims and our underwriting proportion of any liability incurred by you
in respect of such claim or claims, whether such liability shall be the result
of a judgment or as a result of any such settlement.
15. Title to Securities. The Securities purchased by, or on behalf of, the
respective Underwriters shall remain the property of such Underwriters until
sold, and title to any such Securities shall not in any event pass to the
Representative by virtue of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
16. Blue Sky Matters. It is understood that you assume no responsibility
with respect to the right of any Underwriter or other person to offer or to sell
Securities in any jurisdiction, not withstanding any information which you may
furnish as to the jurisdictions under the securities laws of which it is
believed the Securities may be sold.
17. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Florida.
18. Capital Requirements. We confirm that the incurrence by us of our
obligation under this Agreement and under the Underwriting Agreement will not
place us in violation of the net capital requirements of Rule 15c3-1 under the
1934 Act or of any applicable rules relating to capital requirements of any
securities exchange to which we are subject.
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19. Miscellaneous. Any notice from you to us shall be deemed to have been
duly given if telefaxed or telegraphed, and confirmed by mail to us at the
address set forth in the Underwriters Questionnaire furnished by us to you. Any
notice from us to you shall be deemed to have been duly given if telefaxed or
telegraphed, and confirmed by mail to you at 7700 West Camino Real, Boca Raton,
Florida 33433, Attention: Robert T. Kirk.
We understand that you are a member in good standing of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"). We hereby confirm that we are
actually engaged in the investment banking or securities business and are either
(i) a member in good standing of the NASD or (ii) a dealer with its principal
place of business located outside the United States, its territories and its
possession and not registered as a broker or dealer under the 1934 Act who
agrees not to make any sales within the United States, its territories or its
possessions or to persons who are nationals thereof or residents therein (except
that we may participate in sales to Selected Dealers and others under Section 5
of this Agreement). We hereby agree that if we are members of the NASD, we will
comply with all of the provisions of the NASD Conduct Rules. If we are a foreign
dealer, we agree to comply with Rule 2740 of the NASD Conduct Rules. If we are a
foreign dealer and not a member of the NASD, we agree to comply with the NASD's
interpretation with respect to free-riding and withholding, as though we were a
member of the NASD, with the provisions of Rules 2730 and 2750 of the NASD
Conduct Rules, and to comply with Rule 2420 of the NASD Conduct Rules as that
applies to a non-member foreign dealer. In connection with sales and offers to
sell Securities made by us outside the United States, its territories and
possessions (i) we will either furnish to each person to whom any such sale or
offer is made a copy of the then current Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus, as the case may be, or inform such person that such Preliminary
Prospectus or Prospectus will be available upon request, and (ii) we will
furnish to each person to whom any such sale or offer is made such Prospectus,
advertisement or other offering document containing information relating to the
Securities or the Company as may be required under the law of the jurisdiction
in which such sale or offer is made. Any Prospectus, advertisement or other
offering document furnished by us to any person in accordance with the preceding
sentence and any such additional offering material as we may furnish to any
person (i) shall comply in all respects with the law of the jurisdiction in
which it is so furnished, (ii) shall be prepared and so furnished at our sole
risk and expenses and (iii) shall not contain information relating to the
Securities or the Company which is inconsistent in any respect with the
information contained in the then current preliminary Prospectus or in the
Prospectus, as the case may be.
We understand that, in consideration of your services in connection with
the public offering of the Securities, the Company has agreed with you
individually, and not as Representative of the Underwriters (a) to sell to you
the Representative's Warrants referred to in the Underwriting Agreement for the
sum of $10; (b) to pay to you a non-accountable expense allowance referred to in
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the Underwriting Agreement; (c) to pay you a financial advisory fee referred to
in the Underwriting Agreement; and (d) to enter into the Merger and Acquisition
Agreement (the "M/A Agreement") referred to in the Underwriting Agreement. In
addition, you may, at your sole discretion, elect to exercise the over-allotment
option individually. We confirm to you that we shall make no claim to the
Representative's Warrants (or any offering of the Company's securities related
thereto, or any right to participate in any capacity in any offering resulting
therefrom), any rights related thereto, the Company's securities underlying the
Representative's Warrants, the non-accountable expense allowance, the financial
advisory fee, or, to the over-allotment option to the extent you elect to
exercise such option individually, or the M/A Agreement. You confirm to us that
we shall have no obligation or liabilities with respect to the purchase of the
Representative's Warrants, the exercise thereof, the Company's securities
underlying the Representative's Warrants (or any offering of the Company's
securities related thereto, unless we shall subsequently agree to become an
underwriter for, or otherwise participate in any such offering) or the
non-accountable expense allowance, the financial advisory agreement, the M/A
Agreement, or, the over-allotment option, to the extent you elect to exercise
such option individually.
Please confirm that the foregoing correctly states the understanding
between us by signing and returning to us a counterpart hereof.
Very truly yours,
By:______________________________________
(Attorney-in-fact for each of the
several Underwriters named in Schedule
A to the attached Underwriting
Agreement.)
Confirmed as of the date first above written:
BARRON CHASE SECURITIES, INC.
By:_________________________
Robert T. Kirk, President
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint Robert T. Kirk and/or Barron Chase
Securities, Inc., the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of the
undersigned with respect to all matters arising in connection with the
undersigned's acting as one of the Underwriters of the proposed offering of an
aggregate of
1,500,000 Shares of Common Stock and
3,000,000 Common Stock Purchase Warrants
of
GATEWAY AMERICAN PROPERTIES CORPORATION
(such securities being more fully described in the Registration Statement
No.________ filed by Gateway American Properties Corporation pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933) with full power and authority to execute and deliver for
and on behalf of the undersigned all such agreements, consents and documents in
connection therewith as said agent and attorney-in-fact may deem advisable. The
undersigned hereby gives to said agent and attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to act in the premises, including, but not limited to, the power an
authority to execute and deliver an Agreement Among Underwriters relating to
such financing, to agree to increase or decrease the size of the offering to an
amount as shall be approved by Barron Chase Securities, Inc., as Representative
of the Underwriters, and to appoint a substitute or substitutes to act hereunder
with the same power and authority as said agent and attorney-in-fact would have
if personally acting. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
agent and attorney-in-fact, or any substitute or substitutes, may do by virtue
hereof.
WITNESS the due execution hereof at ___________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
(Street) (City)
this _______ day of _____________________ , 1997.
__________________________
Firm Name
By:
_________________________ ___________________________
Witness Partner, Officer or
Sole Proprietor
(indicate which)
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CORPORATE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On this _____ day of_____________, 1997, before me personally
came____________________, to me know, who being by me duly sworn, deposes and
say that he resides at No._____________________________________________________
____________________________________ : that he is the of _______________ , the
aforementioned corporation, which executed the foregoing instrument; that he
knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is
such corporate seal; and that it was so affixed by order the Board of Directors
of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like order.
_______________________________
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
PARTNERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On this ________ day of _______________ , 1997, before me personally came
__________________, one of the members of the firm of
___________________________ , to me known and known to me to be the individual
who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that he executed, and was
duly authorized to execute, the same as and for the act and deed of said firm.
________________________
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
________________________
Unless prior to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on the date immediately preceding
the proposed public offering date, Robert T. Kirk of the Syndicate Department of
Barron Chase Securities, Inc., 7700 West Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida 33433
receives a telegram or letter from you revoking the Power of Attorney, the power
and authority granted by such Power of Attorney may be exercised in accordance
with the terms thereof.
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