EXHIBIT 1.1
[__________] Shares
JFAX.COM, Inc.
Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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[__________] [__], 1999
DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE
SECURITIES CORPORATION
BANCBOSTON ROBERTSON STEPHENS INC.
CIBC OPPENHEIMER CORP.
DLJdirectInc.
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:
JFAX.COM, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue
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and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the
"Underwriters"), an aggregate of [__________] shares (the "Firm Shares") of the
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common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, of which [__________]
shares (the "Firm Shares") are to be issued and sold by the Company. The
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Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters not more
than an additional [__________] shares (the "Company Additional Shares") of
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common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company if requested by the
Underwriters as provided in Section 2 hereof, and the stockholders of the
Company named in Schedule II hereto (the "Selling Stockholders") propose to sell
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to the several Underwriters not more than an aggregate of an additional
[__________] shares (the "Selling Stockholders Additional Shares" and together
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with the Company Additional Shares, the "Additional Shares") of common stock,
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par value $0.01 per share, of the Company 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
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stock of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sales
contemplated hereby are hereinafter referred to as the "Common Stock". The
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Company and the Selling Stockholders are hereinafter sometimes referred to
collectively as the "Sellers."
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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,
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as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the "Act"), a registration statement on Form S-1, including a
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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,"
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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
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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
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Statement"), then, unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to the term
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"Registration Statement" shall be deemed to include such Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement.
SECTION 2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase; Lock-Ups; QIU; and Reserved
Shares. 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 the Firm Shares, and (ii) each Underwriter agrees, severally and
not jointly, to purchase from the Company at a price per Share of $[______] (the
"Purchase Price") the number of Firm Shares (subject to such adjustments to
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eliminate fractional shares as you may determine) that bears the same proportion
to the total number of Firm Shares to be sold by the Company as the number of
Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedules 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, (i) the Company agrees to
issue and sell the Company Additional Shares, and the Underwriters shall have
the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to all the Company
Additional Shares from the Company at the Purchase Price and (ii) each Selling
Stockholder agrees, severally and not jointly, to sell the number of Selling
Stockholders Additional Shares set forth opposite such Selling Stockholder's
name in Schedule II hereto, and the Underwriters shall have the right to
purchase, severally and not jointly, up to all the Selling Stockholders
Additional Shares from the Selling Stockholders at the Purchase Price.
The 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 Company Additional Shares and
their right to purchase Selling Stockholders Additional Shares only
simultaneously and may exercise such rights in whole or in part from time to
time by giving written notice (an "Option Exercise Notice") thereof to the
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Company and to the Selling Stockholders within 30 days after the date of this
Agreement; provided, however, that the Company shall have the right, if less
than all of the Additional Shares are to be purchased, to designate the priority
in which Additional Shares are to be purchased from the Company or from any
Selling Stockholder (so that the Company may designate a disproportionate
allocation), but in the absence of such designation by the Company, then the
ratio of (i) the number of Company Additional Shares actually purchased from the
Company to (ii) the total number of Company Additional Shares set forth in the
first paragraph hereof, shall be equal to the ratio of (i) the number of Selling
Stockholders Additional Shares actually purchased from the Selling Stockholders
to (ii) the total number of Selling Stockholders Additional Shares set forth on
Schedule II hereto; provided, further, that if any Selling Stockholder refuses
or fails to deliver any Selling Stockholders Additional Shares in accordance
with the provisions hereof, the Company shall be obligated to issue and sell to
the Underwriters an additional number of Shares equal to the number of Selling
Stockholders Additional Shares that such Selling Stockholder refused or failed
to deliver. Only Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation shall be
entitled to give Option Exercise Notices on behalf of the Underwriters and each
such notice shall specify the aggregate number of Company Additional Shares and
the aggregate number of Selling Stockholders 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 Closing Date (as
hereinafter defined)) and (ii) no later than ten business days after such notice
has been given.
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If any Additional Shares are to be purchased, each Underwriter, severally
and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company the number of Company
Additional Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as
you may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Company
Additional Shares to be purchased from the Company 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. Similarly if any Additional Shares are to be purchased,
each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Selling
Stockholders the number of Selling Stockholder Additional Shares (subject to
such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may determine) that bears
the same proportion to the total number of Selling Stockholder Additional Shares
to be purchased from 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, except as set forth in the last sentence of this
paragraph, 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 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) (each
of the actions specified in such clauses (i) and (ii), a "Transfer"), 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 (other than a registration statement 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. 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 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 Securities 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. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this
paragraph, any of the following Transfers shall be permitted, without requiring
the prior written consent of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities
Corporation, and each letter delivered by the Company pursuant to the
immediately preceding sentence may contain a provision permitting any of the
following Transfers, without requiring the prior written consent of Donaldson,
Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation: (i) any Transfer of shares of Common
Stock by a corporation, limited liability company or partnership solely to its
shareholders, members or partners; provided that each transferee executes and
delivers a lock-up letter agreeing to the foregoing restrictions during the
remainder of the 180-day period referenced above; (ii) any Transfer of shares of
Common Stock to any family member of the transferor or to any charitable trust
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foundation or similar charitable entity; provided that each transferee (other
than a private charitable foundation if the existence of the lock-up letter
would cause the contribution to be non-deductible) executes and delivers a lock-
up letter agreeing to the foregoing restrictions during the remainder of the
180-day period referenced above; and (iii) any Transfer of shares of Common
Stock to the Company in payment of debts or other obligations owed by the
transferor to the Company.
The Company hereby confirms its engagement of BancBoston Robertson Stephens
Inc. ("BBRS") as, and BBRS hereby confirms its agreement with the Company to
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render services as, a "qualified independent underwriter", within the meaning of
Section (b)(15) of Rule 2720 of the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. with respect to the offering and sale of the Shares. BBRS, solely in its
capacity as the qualified independent underwriter and not otherwise, is referred
to herein as the "QIU." The price at which the Shares will be sold to the public
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shall not be higher than the maximum price recommended by the QIU.
The Sellers and the Underwriters agree that up to [_______] of the Firm
Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters (the "Reserved Shares") shall be
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reserved for sale by the Underwriters to certain eligible directors, officers,
employees and persons having business relationships with the Company, as part of
the distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters, subject to the terms of this
Agreement, the applicable rules, regulations and interpretations of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and all other applicable laws, rules and
regulations. To the extent that such Reserved Shares are not orally confirmed
for purchase by such eligible employees and persons having business
relationships with the Company by the end of the first business day after the
date of this Agreement, such Reserved Shares may be offered to the public as
part of the public offering contemplated hereby.
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,
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against payment to the Sellers of the Purchase Price therefor by wire transfer
of Federal funds immediately available in New York City to the accounts
specified by the Company and to a single custodian bank on behalf of all of the
Selling Stockholders. 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
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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
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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 and in accordance with Section 2 or such other time on the same
or such other date as Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation and
the Company shall agree in
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writing. The time and date of delivery and payment for any Additional Shares are
hereinafter referred to as an "Option Closing Date."
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The documents to be delivered on the Closing Date or any Option Closing
Date on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 10 hereof shall be
delivered at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 300 South
Grand Avenue, Suite 3400, Los Angeles, California 90071, 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 any 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 best
efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest
possible time.
(b) To furnish to you four 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; and 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.
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(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 you may reasonably request; provided, however, that in case
any Underwriter or dealer is so required to deliver a prospectus in
connection with sales of any of the Shares at any time nine months or more
after the time of issue of the Prospectus, the preparation and delivery of
such copies of the Prospectus (and of any amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus) as you so request shall be at the expense of such Underwriter
or dealer.
(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, upon your request 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 you may
reasonably request; provided, however, that in case any Underwriter or
dealer is required to deliver a prospectus in connection with the sale of
any of the Shares at any time nine months or more after the time of issue
of the Prospectus, the preparation and delivery of such copies of the
Prospectus (and of any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus) as you so
request shall be at the expense of such Underwriter or dealer.
(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 make generally available to its stockholders as soon as
practicable but in any event not later than eighteen months after the
"effective date of the Registration Statement" (as defined in Rule 158(c)
under the Act), an earnings statement (which need not be audited) that
shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including, at the
option of the Company, Rule 158 under the Act), and to advise you in
writing when such statement has been so made available.
(h) During the period of five 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 generally or
non-confidential reports, financial statements and other communications
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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 you may reasonably request.
(i) Regardless of whether the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, and except as
otherwise provided herein, 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 the reasonable
fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in
connection with such registration or qualification and memoranda
relating thereto),
(v) the filing fees, fees, charges 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) the fees, if any, and expenses, if any, of
the QIU (including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to
the QIU), 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
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any agreement that the Company and the Selling Stockholders may
otherwise have for allocation of such expenses among themselves.
It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5 and
Sections 8, 9 and 13 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own
costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer
taxes on resale of any of the Shares by them, and any advertising expenses
connected with any offers they may make.
(j) To list for quotation the Shares on the Nasdaq National Market and
to use its best efforts to maintain the listing of the Shares on the Nasdaq
National Market for a period of three years after the date of this
Agreement.
(k) To use its best efforts to do and perform all things required or
necessary to be done and performed under this Agreement by the Company on
or 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 the following to each of the Underwriters:
(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) The Registration Statement (other than any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement to be filed by the Company after the effectiveness
of this Agreement) (i) when it became effective, did not contain and, as
amended, if applicable, will not, as of the effective date of any such
amendment, 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 (ii) and the Prospectus comply and,
as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material
respects with the Act. 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. The Prospectus will not contain as of its
filing date and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not
contain as of the filing date of such amendment or supplement 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
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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 upon information furnished
to the Company in writing by any Underwriter through you expressly for use
therein. The parties hereto acknowledge that for purposes of this
Agreement, including this Section 6(b), Section 6(c) and Section 9(b)
hereof, the only information furnished to the Company in writing by the
Underwriters expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement to any of them) is (i) the list
of Underwriters and the number of Shares to be purchased by each of them,
set forth in the first table under the caption "Underwriting" in the
Prospectus and (ii) the information set forth in the third, the eleventh,
the fifteenth, the sixteenth and the seventeenth paragraphs under the
caption "Underwriting" in the Prospectus. Furthermore, the parties hereto
acknowledge that for purposes of this Agreement, including this Section
6(b), Section 6(c) and Section 9(b) hereof, the Underwriters shall not be
deemed to have provided any information (and therefore are not responsible
for any statements or omissions) pertaining to any arrangement or agreement
with respect to any party other than the Underwriters.
(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 furnished to the Company in writing by any Underwriter through
you expressly for use therein.
(d) Each of the Company and its sole subsidiary, JFAX.COM, Europe,
Ltd., 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 as described in
the Prospectus, 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 subsidiary, taken
as a whole (a "Material Adverse Effect"). The only subsidiary of the
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Company is JFAX.COM, Europe, Ltd., a company organized and existing under
the laws of the United Kingdom, and such subsidiary is not a "significant
subsidiary" (as defined in Section 1-02 of Regulation S-X) of the Company.
(e) There are no outstanding subscriptions, rights, warrants, options,
calls, convertible securities, commitments of sale or liens granted or
issued by the Company or its subsidiary relating to or entitling any person
to purchase or otherwise to acquire any shares of the capital stock of the
Company or its subsidiary, except as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement.
(f) 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 be validly issued, fully paid and
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non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares will not be subject to any
preemptive or similar rights.
(g) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company's
subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid
and non-assessable, and are owned directly by the Company, free and clear
of any security interest, claim, lien, encumbrance or adverse interest of
any nature.
(h) The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms in all
material respects as to legal matters to the description thereof contained
in the Prospectus.
(i) Neither the Company nor its subsidiary is (i) in violation of its
respective charter or by-laws or (ii) in default in the performance of any
material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any
indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument
to which the Company or its subsidiary is a party or by which the Company
or its subsidiary or their respective property is bound, other than such
defaults which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(j) 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 consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or
qualification with, any court or governmental body or agency (except the
registration under the Act of the Shares, such as have been already
obtained or such as may be required under the securities or Blue Sky laws
of the various states) or (ii)(A) conflict with or constitute a breach of
any of the terms or provisions of, or a default under, (x) the charter or
by-laws of the Company or its subsidiary or (y) any indenture, loan
agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument that is
material to the Company and its subsidiary, taken as a whole, to which the
Company or its subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or its
subsidiary or their respective property is bound, (B) 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, its subsidiary or their respective property or (C) result in
the suspension, termination or revocation of any Authorization (as defined
below) of the Company or its subsidiary or any other impairment of the
rights of the holder of any such Authorization, other than, in the case of
clauses (A)(y), (B) and (C), such conflicts, breaches, defaults,
violations, suspensions, terminations, revocations or impairments which,
individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect
and would not have an adverse effect on the validity or enforceablity of
this Agreement or on the transactions contemplated hereby.
(k) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened to which the Company or its subsidiary
is or could be a party or to which any of their respective property is or
could 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.
(l) Neither the Company nor its subsidiary 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
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provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, or any provisions
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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.
(m) Each of the Company and its subsidiary 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
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governmental or regulatory authorities and self-regulatory organizations
and all courts and other tribunals, including, without limitation, under
any applicable Environmental Laws and any applicable laws pertaining to
telecommunications or Internet related activities, 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 subsidiary is in
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; 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 its
subsidiary; 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.
(n) 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.
(o) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company.
(p) KPMG LLP are independent public accountants with respect to the
Company and its subsidiary as required by the Act.
(q) 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 subsidiary 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 (subject to
normal year-end adjustments and the lack of complete footnote disclosure in
the case of interim statements); 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 not inconsistent with such financial statements and
the books and records of the Company. The pro forma financial information
and the related notes thereto included in the
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Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement
thereto) present fairly the information shown therein, have been prepared
in accordance with the Commission's rules and guidelines with respect to
pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases
described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are
reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect
to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein.
(r) 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.
(s) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, 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.
(t) 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 subsidiary, 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 its subsidiary and (iii) neither the Company
nor its subsidiary has incurred any material liability or obligation,
direct or contingent.
(u) 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.
(v) The Company and its subsidiary have good and marketable title in
fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all
personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the
Company and its subsidiary, taken as a whole, in each case free and clear
of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as do not materially
affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made
and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiary;
and except as disclosed in the Prospectus, any real property and buildings
held under lease by the Company or its subsidiary are held by it under
valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not
material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of
such property and buildings by the Company or its subsidiary.
(w) The Company and its subsidiary own or have sufficient rights to
use all patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how
(including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable
proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures),
trademarks, service marks and trade names ("Intellectual Property")
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currently employed by them in connection with the business now operated by
them, except where the failure to own or possess or otherwise be able to
acquire such Intellectual Property would not, singly or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor its subsidiary
has received any notice of
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infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to
any of such Intellectual Property which, singly or in the aggregate, if the
subject of a decision, ruling or finding, could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) The Company and its subsidiary are insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in
such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they
are engaged; and neither the Company nor its subsidiary (i) has received
notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that substantial capital
improvements or other material expenditures will have to be made in order
to continue such insurance or (ii) has any reason to believe that it will
not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such
coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers at a
cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the
Company or its subsidiary on the one hand, and the directors, officers,
stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or its subsidiary on
the other hand, which is required by the Act to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which is not so described.
(z) There is no (i) significant unfair labor practice complaint,
grievance or arbitration proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against the Company or its subsidiary before the
National Labor Relations Board or any state or local labor relations board,
(ii) strike, material labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or, to
the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or its
subsidiary or (iii) union representation question existing with respect to
the employees of the Company and its subsidiary, except for such actions
specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, which, singly or in the
aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the best of the
Company's knowledge, no collective bargaining organizing activities are
taking place with respect to the employees of the Company or its
subsidiary.
(aa) The Company and its subsidiary maintain a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i)
transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or
specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general
or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets
is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(bb) The Company and its subsidiary have filed all material United
States federal, state, local, and foreign tax returns, reports, and
statements required to be filed and all such tax returns, reports, and
statements are true, correct, and complete in all material respects. The
Company and its subsidiary have paid all material taxes, assessments, fees,
and levies, together with any interest, penalties or additions thereto,
required to be paid, other than those being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been provided
on the books and records of the Company in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles and practices.
(cc) The Company has reviewed its operations and that of its
subsidiary to evaluate the extent to which the business or operations of
the Company or its subsidiary will be affected by the Year 2000 Problem.
In addition, the Company has received certifications from its key suppliers
of
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hardware and networking equipment for its data centers to the effect that
such hardware and networking equipment are Year 2000 compliant. As a result
of such review and such certifications, the Company has no reason to
believe, and does not believe, that the Year 2000 Problem will have a
Material Adverse Effect. The Prospectus includes in all material respects
all required disclosure relating to the Company's Year 2000 disclosure
obligations and the Year 2000 Problem, including without limitation the
disclosure described in the Commission's interpretive releases entitled (i)
"Statement of the Commission Regarding Disclosure of Year 2000 Issues and
Consequence by Public Companies, Investment Advisers, Investment Companies,
and Municipal Securities Issuers" (SEC Release No. 33-7558, July 29, 1998)
and (ii) "Frequently Asked Questions About the Statement of the Commission
Regarding Disclosure of Year 2000 Issues and Consequences by Public
Companies" (SEC Release 33-7609, November 9, 1998). As used herein, the
"Year 2000 Problem" means any significant risk that computer hardware or
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software used in the receipt, transmission, processing, manipulation,
storage, retrieval, retransmission or other utilization of data or in the
operation of mechanical or electrical systems of any kind will not, in the
case of dates or time periods occurring after December 31, 1999, function
at least as effectively as in the case of dates or time periods occurring
prior to January 1, 2000.
(dd) Neither the Company nor its subsidiary has at any time (i) made
any unlawful contribution to any candidate for foreign office or failed to
disclose fully any contribution in violation of law, or (ii) made any
payment to any federal or state governmental officer or official, or other
person charged with similar public or quasi-public duties, other than
payments required or permitted by the laws of the United States of America
or any jurisdiction thereof.
(ee) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in, or that has
constituted or that might reasonably be expected to constitute, the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company
to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares. Since the filing of the
Registration Statement, the Company has not (i) sold, bid for, purchased,
or paid anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of, the Shares or
(ii) paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting
another to purchase any other securities of the Company.
(ff) The Company has not taken any action that would violate Rule 102
of Regulation M of the Exchange Act.
(gg) Except as set forth in the Prospectus, neither the Company nor
its subsidiary owns any shares of stock or any other equity securities of
any corporation or has any equity interest in any firm, partnership,
company, association or other entity that is material to the Company and
its subsidiary, taken as a whole.
SECTION 7. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Stockholders.
(a) Each of the Selling Stockholders represents and warrants the
following to each of the Underwriters:
(i) Such Selling Stockholder is the lawful owner of the Shares to
be sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement and has
good and clear title to the Shares, free of all restrictions on
transfer, liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities and claims
whatsoever.
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(ii) Such Selling Stockholder has 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 [INSERT NAME OF CUSTODIAN], 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
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such Selling Stockholder appointing certain individuals as such
Selling Stockholder's attorneys-in-fact (the "Attorneys") to the
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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
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the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder in the manner
provided herein and therein.
(iii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder.
(iv) 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, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors' rights and to general equity principles.
(v) 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, 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.
(vi) Upon delivery of and payment for the Shares to be sold by
such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement, good and clear
title to such Shares will pass to the Underwriters, free of all
restrictions on transfer, liens, encumbrances, security interests,
equities and claims whatsoever, other than pursuant to this Agreement,
and, provided that the Underwriters do not have notice of any "adverse
claim" (within the meaning given to such term in Article 8 of the
Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York), each of the
Underwriters will be a "protected purchaser" (within the meaning given
to such term in Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State
of New York) with respect to such Shares and will acquire such Shares
free of any "adverse claim" (within the meaning given to such term in
Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York).
(vii) On the Closing Date (and, if any Additional Shares are
sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to the terms hereof, on the
applicable Option Closing Date), the certificates representing all of
the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder on such date
pursuant to this Agreement will be in suitable form for transfer by
delivery or will be accompanied by duly executed instruments of
transfer or assignment in blank with signatures guaranteed.
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(viii) 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 consent, approval,
authorization or other order of, or qualification with, any court or
governmental body or agency (except the registration under the Act of
the Shares, such as have been already obtained or such as may be
required under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states)
or (ii)(A) conflict with or constitute a breach of any of the terms or
provisions of, or a default under, (x) the organizational documents of
such Selling Stockholder, if such Selling Stockholder is not an
individual, or (y) any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or
other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a
party or by which such Selling Stockholder or any property of such
Selling Stockholder is bound or (B) 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,
other than, in the case of clauses (A)(y) and (B), such conflicts,
breaches, defaults or violations which, individually or in the
aggregate would not have an adverse effect on the validity or
enforceablity of this Agreement or on the transactions contemplated
hereby and in the case of any Selling Stockholder that is not an
individual, would not have a material adverse effect on the business,
financial condition or results of such Selling Stockholder and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or , in the case of any Selling
Stockholder that is an individual, would not have a material adverse
effect on such Selling Stockholder.
(ix) The information in the Registration Statement under the
caption "Principal and Selling Stockholders" which specifically
relates to such Selling Stockholder did not, as of the effective date
of the Registration Statement, 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.
(x) At any time during the period described in Section 5(d),
if there is any change in the information referred to in Section
7(a)(x), such Selling Stockholder will immediately notify you of such
change.
(xi) 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.
(xii) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to or which has
constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result
under the Exchange Act or otherwise, in stabilization or manipulation
of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or
resale of the Securities.
(xiii) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken any action that
would violate Rule 102 of Regulation M of the Exchange Act.
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(xiv) Neither such Selling Stockholder nor any of its affiliates
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls,
or is controlled by, or is under common control with a member, or is a
"person associated with a member" (within the meaning given to such
phrase in Article I, Section 1(ee) of the By-laws of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.), of the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(xv) Such Selling Stockholder shall deliver to you prior to or
at the Closing Date a properly completed and executed United States
Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other applicable form or statement
specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
(b) Each of the Selling Stockholders who controls (within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company or
is controlled (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act) by the Company or who is a director or officer of the
Company or any equity securities of which are held by a director or officer
of the Company or that is controlled (within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) by a director or officer of the
Company, represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters, that such
Selling Stockholder has no knowledge of any material fact or condition that
is not set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and has
adversely affected, or may adversely affect, the business, properties,
business prospects, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of
operations of the Company, and the sale of the Shares proposed to be sold
by such Selling Stockholder is not prompted by any such knowledge.
SECTION 8. Indemnification of QIU.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the QIU, its
directors, its officers and each person, if any, who controls the QIU
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
judgments (including, without limitation, any reasonable legal or other
expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any matter,
including any action, that could give rise to any such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or judgments) related to, based upon or arising out of
(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any preliminary
prospectus, or 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 or (ii) the QIU's activities as QIU under its
engagement pursuant to Section 2 hereof, except in the case of this clause
(ii) insofar as any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments
are found in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction, not
subject to further appeal, to have resulted solely from the willful
misconduct or gross negligence of the QIU.
(b) In case any action shall be commenced involving any person in
respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) hereof
(the "QIU Indemnified Party"), the QIU Indemnified Party shall promptly
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notify the Company in writing and the Company shall assume the defense of
such action, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the QIU Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses of such
counsel, as incurred. Any QIU 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 QIU Indemnified Party unless (i) the employment of such counsel
shall have been specifically authorized
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in writing by the Company, (ii) the Company shall have failed to assume the
defense of such action or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the QIU
Indemnified Party or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including
any impleaded parties) include both the QIU Indemnified Party and the
Company, and the QIU Indemnified Party shall have been advised by such
counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which
are different from or additional to those available to the Company (in
which case the Company shall not have the right to assume the defense of
such action on behalf of the QIU Indemnified Party). In any such case, the
Company shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but
substantially similar or related actions arising out of the same general
allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more
than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for
all QIU Indemnified Parties, which firm shall be designated by the QIU, and
all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. The
Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the QIU 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 Company shall have
received a request from the QIU 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 Company) and, prior to the date of such settlement,
the Company shall have failed to comply with such reimbursement request.
The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the QIU
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 QIU Indemnified Party is or could have been a party
and indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought hereunder by
the QIU Indemnified Party, unless such settlement, compromise or judgment
(i) includes an unconditional release of the QIU 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 QIU
Indemnified Party.
(c) To the extent the indemnification provided for in this Section 8
is unavailable to a QIU Indemnified Party or insufficient in respect of any
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to therein, then
the Company, in lieu of indemnifying such QIU Indemnified Party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such QIU 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 Company on the one hand and the QIU on the other hand from the
offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 8(c)(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(c)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand
and the QIU 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 Company on the one hand and the QIU on
the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total
net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses, but after
deducting underwriting commissions and discounts) received by the Company
as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus, and the fee,
if any, received by the QIU pursuant to Section 2 hereof, bear to the sum
of such total net proceeds and such fee. The relative fault of the Company
on the one hand and the QIU on the other hand shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the QIU and
the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission and whether
the QIU's
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activities as QIU under its engagement pursuant to Section 2 hereof
involved any willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the QIU.
The Company and the QIU agree that it would not be just and equitable
if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(c) were determined by pro rata
allocation 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 a QIU 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 QIU 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. 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.
(d) 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 QIU Indemnified Party at law or in equity.
SECTION 9. Indemnification.
(a) The Company, jointly and severally with each of the Selling
Stockholders, and each of the Selling Stockholders, severally and not
jointly according to the number of Shares sold hereunder, 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,
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claims, damages, liabilities and judgments (including, without limitation,
any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with
investigating or defending any matter, including any action, that could
give rise to any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments)
caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any 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
furnished in writing to the Company by any 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, the aggregate liability of any
Selling Stockholder pursuant
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to this Section 9(a) shall be limited to an amount equal to the total net
proceeds (after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and
expenses) received by such Selling Stockholder from the Underwriters for
the sale of the Shares sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder. In
addition to the foregoing, in connection with the offer and sale of the
Reserved Shares, the Company agrees, promptly upon a request in writing, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters from and against any and all
losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by them as a
result of the failure of purchasers of the Reserved Shares (including
eligible directors, officers, employees and persons having business
relationships with the Company) to pay for and accept delivery of the
Reserved Shares which, by the end of the first business day following the
date of this Agreement, were subject to a properly confirmed application to
purchase.
(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 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 Company and the Selling Stockholders to such Underwriter but only with
reference to information 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 9(a) or 9(b)
(the "indemnified party"), the indemnified party shall promptly notify the
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person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying party")
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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 9(a) and 9(b), the
Underwriter shall not be required to assume the defense of such action
pursuant to this Section 9(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 within a reasonable time 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 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 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
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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 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 a majority in
interest of the Selling Stockholders. 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 9
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
9(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
9(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 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
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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 9(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 9, (i) 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 and (ii) no
Selling Stockholder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of
the amount equal to the total net proceeds (after deducting underwriting
discounts and commissions and expenses) received by such Selling
Stockholder from the Underwriters for the sale of the Shares sold by such
Selling Stockholder hereunder. 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 9(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 9 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 JFAX.COM, Inc., 10960
Wilshire Blvd., Fifth Floor, Los Angeles, California 90024, 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 9, 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 13 hereof.
SECTION 10. 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 date hereof and on the
Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the
Closing Date.
(b) (i) 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
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effective by 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement;
and (ii) 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 threatened by the
Commission.
(c) You shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate dated
the Closing Date, signed by Richard S. Ressler and Nehemia Zucker in their
capacities as the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer,
respectively, of the Company, confirming the matters set forth in Sections
6(t), 10(a) and 10(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,
except for any amendments or supplements of which you had notice and to
which you do not object prior to their filing with the Commission),
(i) there shall not have occurred any change or any development
involving a prospective change in the condition, financial or
otherwise, or the earnings, business, management or operations of the
Company and its subsidiary, taken as a whole,
(ii) there shall not have been any change or any development
involving a prospective change in the capital stock or in the long-
term debt of the Company or its subsidiary, and
(iii) neither the Company nor its subsidiary shall have incurred
any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, the effect of
which, in any such case described in clause 10(d)(i), 10(d)(ii) or
10(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
date hereof and 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 or on behalf of each
Selling Stockholder to such effect and to the effect that such Selling
Stockholder has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied 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 Sullivan & Cromwell, counsel for the Company and the Selling
Stockholders, to the effect that:
(i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware
and has the corporate power and authority to conduct its business as
described in the Prospectus;
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(ii) the Company has been duly qualified as a foreign
corporation for the transaction of business in, and is in good
standing under the laws of, the States of California and New York;
(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 and non-
assessable, and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company was issued in violation of the preemptive rights, rights of
first refusal or other similar rights arising under the Delaware
General Corporation Law, the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of
the Company.
(iv) the Shares to be issued and sold by the Company under this
Agreement have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to
the Underwriters against payment therefor as provided by this
Agreement, will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable;
(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 consists of
200,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 1,000,000 shares of preferred
stock, and such stock conforms in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in the Prospectus;
(vii) the Registration Statement has become effective under the
Act, no stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose are, to the best of such counsel's
knowledge after due inquiry, pending before the Commission;
(viii) the issuance and sale of the Shares to be sold by the
Company and the execution and delivery by the Company of this
Agreement do not (i) violate the Company's certificate of
incorporation or by-laws, (ii) result in a default under or breach of
any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or
instrument filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or any
of the agreements with Ameritech, Critical Path, CompuServe,
CommTouch, Prodigy, Telecom New Zealand or Kuni Research that are
described in the Prospectus, (iii) violate any preemptive rights,
rights of first refusal or similar rights contained in any agreement
or instrument referred to in the preceding clause (ii), (iv) violate
any judgments, orders or decrees, if any, of any governmental
authorities specifically identified to such counsel in an officer's
certificate from the Company or (v) violate any federal law of the
United States or law of the State of New York or the State of
California applicable to the Company or the Delaware General
Corporation Law; provided, however, that counsel need express no
opinion with respect to federal or state securities laws or other
antifraud laws;
(ix) all regulatory consents, authorizations, approvals and
filings required to be obtained or made by the Company under the
Federal laws of the United States and the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware for the issuance, sale and delivery of the
Shares to be issued and sold by the Company to the Underwriters under
this Agreement and for the sale of the Shares to be sold by the
Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters under this Agreement have
been obtained or made;
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(x) 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, or an "investment adviser" as such term is defined
in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(xi) to the best of such counsel's knowledge after due inquiry,
each Selling Stockholder has the applicable power and authority 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;
(xii) the Custody Agreement of each Selling Stockholder has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder
and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of such Selling
Stockholder, enforceable against such Selling Stockholder in
accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and
to general equity principles;
(xiii) the Power of Attorney of each Selling Stockholder has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling
Stockholder and constitutes a valid and binding instrument of such
Selling Stockholder, enforceable against such Selling Stockholder in
accordance with its term, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and
to general equity principles; and
(xiv) assuming that the Underwriters do not have notice of any
"adverse claim" (within the meaning given to such term in Article 8 of
the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York), upon physical
delivery in the State of New York of a certificate or certificates
representing the Shares to be sold by each Selling Stockholder
pursuant to this Agreement, each of the Underwriters will be a
"protected purchaser" (within the meaning given to such term in
Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York)
with respect to such Shares and will acquire such Shares free of any
"adverse claim" (within the meaning given to such term in Article 8 of
the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York).
The opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell described in this Section 10(f)
shall be rendered to you at the request of the Company and the Selling
Stockholders and shall so state therein. Such opinion may be limited to
the laws of the States of New York and California, the Federal law of the
United States of America and the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware. Such counsel shall also deliver a letter to the Underwriters to
the effect that the Registration Statement, as of the effective date of the
Registration Statement, and the Prospectus, as of the date of the
Prospectus, appeared on their face to be appropriately responsive in all
material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; nothing that
came to such counsel's attention in the course of their review has caused
such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement, as of its
effective date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the
Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus, or as of the
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date of such opinion, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. Such counsel may state that they do not assume any
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements
contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, except for those
made under the captions caption "Description of Capital Stock" and
"Underwriting" in the Prospectus. Such counsel shall further state that (i)
they do not know of any litigation or any governmental proceeding
instituted or threatened against the Company or its subsidiary that would
be required to be disclosed in the Prospectus and is not so disclosed and
that they do not know of any documents that are required to be filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement and are not so filed or of any
documents that are required to be summarized in the Prospectus and are not
so summarized and (ii) they have advised the Company with respect to the
disclosure set forth in the Prospectus under the caption "Certain United
States Federal Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders of Common Stock," to
the extent that it relates to matters of United States Federal income tax
law, and in their opinion such disclosure is accurate in all material
respects. Such counsel may also state that they do not express any opinion
or belief as to the financial statements or other financial data contained
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.
(g) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion, dated the
Closing Date, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the
Underwriters, as to such matters as you may reasonably request.
(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 KPMG 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.
(j) The Shares shall have been duly listed for quotation 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).
(m) You shall have received on the Closing Date such additional
documents and certificates as you or your counsel may reasonably request.
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The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase any Additional
Shares under this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction on the applicable
Option Closing Date of each of the conditions set forth above in this Section
10; provided, however, that for the purpose of determining whether each of such
conditions has been satisfied, all references to the "Closing Date" set forth
above in this Section 10 shall be deemed to be references to the applicable
Option Closing Date.
SECTION 11. Effectiveness of Agreement and Termination.
(a) This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto.
(b) 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 of America or
elsewhere 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 subsidiary, 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 of America.
(c) 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
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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 11 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.
SECTION 12. 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 13. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices given pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall
be addressed as follows:
(i) if to the Company, to JFAX.COM, Inc., 10960 Wilshire
Boulevard, Suite 500, Los Angeles, California 90024, Facsimile No.:
(310) 966-1801, Attention: General Counsel, with a copy to Sullivan &
Cromwell, 1888 Century Park East, Los Angeles, California 90067,
Facsimile No.: (310) 712-8800, Attention: Frank H. Golay, Jr.,
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(ii) if to the Selling Stockholders, to Richard S. Ressler and
Nicholas V. Morosoff, the Attorneys-in-Fact, c/o the Company at is
address specified in clause (i) above, 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; Facsimile No. (212) 892-7272, Attention: Syndicate
Department, with a copy to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP,
300 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90071, Facsimile No.
(213) 687-5600, Attention: Nick P. Saggese,
or in any case to such other address as the person to be notified may have
requested in writing.
(b) 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, any QIU Indemnified
Party, 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.
(c) 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 11), the Sellers agree, jointly and
severally, to reimburse the several Underwriters for all out-of-pocket
expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel)
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, any persons controlling any of the Underwriters and the QIU
Indemnified Parties for any and all fees and expenses (including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel)
incurred by them in connection with enforcing their rights hereunder
(including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 8 and 9 hereof).
(d) 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 herein, the QIU Indemnified
Parties, 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.
(e) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED, INTERPRETED AND THE RIGHTS OF
THE PARTIES DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW EXCEPT SECTION 5-
1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW. THE COMPANY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW
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YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW
YORK OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY
OF NEW YORK IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN
RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, JURISDICTION OF THE
AFORESAID COURTS. THE COMPANY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT
MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY AND ANY OBJECTION
THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH
SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY
SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT
IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. THE COMPANY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, TO THE SERVICE OF
PROCESS OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED
MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE COMPANY AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN, SUCH
SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS AFTER SUCH MAILING. NOTHING HEREIN
SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY OF THE UNDERWRITERS TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY
OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE
PROCEED AGAINST THE COMPANY IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
(f) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(g) If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement
is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void
or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and
restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and
shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties
hereto shall use their best efforts to find and employ an alternative means
to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated
by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated
and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have
executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions
without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid,
illegal, void or unenforceable.
(h) This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(Signatures Follow)
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among
the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
JFAX.COM, INC.
By:______________________________________
Name:____________________________________
Title:___________________________________
THE SELLING STOCKHOLDERS NAMED IN
SCHEDULE II HERETO, ACTING SEVERALLY
By:______________________________________
Name:____________________________________
Attorney-in-fact
DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE
SECURITIES CORPORATION
BANCBOSTON ROBERTSON STEPHENS INC.
CIBC OPPENHEIMER CORP.
DLJdirectINC.
Acting severally on behalf of themselves
and the several Underwriters named in
Schedule I hereto
By: DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE
SECURITIES CORPORATION
By:______________________________________
Name:____________________________________
Title:___________________________________
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SCHEDULE I
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Number of Firm Shares
Underwriters to be Purchased
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Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation.....
BancBoston Robertson Stephens Inc.......................
CIBC Oppenheimer Corp...................................
DLJdirectInc. ..........................................
[Names of other Underwriters]...........................
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Total................................................
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SCHEDULE II
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Selling Stockholders
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Number of Option
Selling Stockholders Shares Being Sold
- -------------------- -----------------
Steve M. Aaronson............................. [to come]
William D. Brown.............................. [to come]
Arlene Brown.................................. [to come]
The Regent Trust Company Ltd. R165 Account.... [to come]
Geoffrey S. Goodfellow........................ [to come]
Greg James.................................... [to come]
Boardrush Media LLC........................... [to come]
Toxford Corporation S.A....................... [to come]
Total...................................... [to come]
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Annex I
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Stockholders Subject to Lock-Ups
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John Bell
Mark Cohen
Tiffany Devitt
Aron Gibson
Angela Hakimipour
Gary Hickox
Mark Jensen
Gregg Kalvin
Amit Kumar
Yves LaPage
Enrico Lelina
Jinghong Li
Mark Lopez
Zohar Loshitzer
Nicholas Morosoff
Sonia Nanda
Anand Narasimhan
Aaron Price
James Reed
John Rieley
Michael Schulhof
Jacob Shemesh
Quang Than
Raymond Thu
Nehemia Zucker
Boardrush Media LLC
Delaware State Employees Retirement Fund
GMT Partners
ICI American Holdings Inc. Defined Benefit Plan
JW McConnell Family Foundation
Orchard/JFAX Investors LLC
Zeneca Holdings Inc. Defined Benefit Plan
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