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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 15, 2009
G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   0-18183   41-1590959
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
         
512 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York
      10018
(Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 403-0500
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):
o     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o     Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d 2(b))
o     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
     On December 16, 2009, G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (the “Company”) entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Piper Jaffray & Co., as representative of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (the “Underwriters”), for the sale by the Company to the public (the “Offering”) of 1,700,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share at a price to the public of $19.50 per share, less an underwriting discount of $1.17 per share. The Offering is expected to close on or about December 21, 2009. The Company has granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase an additional 255,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any.
     The Offering is being made pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated December 16, 2009 and an accompanying base prospectus dated November 2, 2009, pursuant to the Company’s existing effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-162675), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 26, 2009 and declared effective by the Commission on November 2, 2009.
     The Purchase Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current report on Form 8-K, and the description of the Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit. The Purchase Agreement is also filed with reference to, and is hereby incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement.
     A copy of the opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the shares in the Offering is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report and is filed with reference to, and is hereby incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement.
     The Company’s press release announcing the Offering is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
     The Company’s press release announcing the pricing of the Offering is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d) Exhibits.
     
1.1
  Purchase Agreement dated December 16, 2009 by and between G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. and Piper Jaffray & Co., as representative of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto.
 
   
5.1
  Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
 
   
99.1
  Press Release dated December 15, 2009.
 
   
99.2
  Press Release dated December 16, 2009.

 


 

SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
Date: December 16, 2009
 
G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD.


 
 
  By:   /s/ Neal S. Nackman    
    Name:   Neal S. Nackman   
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer   

 


 

         
EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit   Description
 
   
1.1
  Purchase Agreement dated December 16, 2009 by and between G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. and Piper Jaffray & Co., as representative of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto.
 
   
5.1
  Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
 
   
99.1
  Press Release dated December 15, 2009.
 
   
99.1
  Press Release dated December 16, 2009.

 

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Exhibit 1.1
1,700,000 Shares1
G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD.
Common Stock
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
December 16, 2009
PIPER JAFFRAY & CO.
     As Representative of the Several Underwriters
     named in Schedule I hereto
c/o Piper Jaffray & Co.
U.S. Bancorp Center
800 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     G-III Apparel Group, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named in Schedule I hereto for whom Piper Jaffray & Co. is acting as representative (the “Representative”), an aggregate of 1,700,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”) of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company. The Company has also granted to the several Underwriters an option to purchase up to 255,000 additional shares of Common Stock on the terms and for the purposes set forth in Section 3 hereof (the “Option Shares”). The Firm Shares and any Option Shares purchased pursuant to this Agreement are herein collectively called the “Securities.”
     Piper Jaffray & Co. will act as the Representative for the several Underwriters in the offering and sale of the Securities in accordance with a Master Agreement Among Underwriters entered into by Piper Jaffray & Co. and the several Underwriters.
     The Company hereby confirms its agreement with respect to the sale of the Securities to the several Underwriters.
     1. Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-162675) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act” or “Act”) and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Commission thereunder, and such amendments to such registration statement as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. Such registration statement has been declared effective by the Commission. Such registration statement, at any given time, including amendments thereto to such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act at such time and the documents and information otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by Rule 430B under the Securities Act (the “Rule 430B Information”) or otherwise
 
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pursuant to the Rules and Regulations at such time, is herein called the “Registration Statement.” The Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective is herein called the “Original Registration Statement.” Any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act is called the “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” and, from and after the date and time of filing of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the term “Registration Statement” shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement.
          The prospectus in the form in which it appeared in the Original Registration Statement is herein called the “Base Prospectus.” Each preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus (including the Base Prospectus as so supplemented), that describes the Securities and the offering thereof, that omitted the Rule 430B Information and that was used prior to the filing of the final prospectus supplement referred to in the following sentence is herein called a “Preliminary Prospectus.” Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus relating to the Securities and the offering thereof in accordance with the provisions Rule 430B and Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations. Such final supplemental form of prospectus (including the Base Prospectus as so supplemented), in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) is herein called the “Prospectus.” Any reference herein to the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act as of the date of such prospectus.
          For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”). All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “described,” “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the Rules and Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the subsequent filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and which is deemed to be incorporated therein by reference therein or otherwise deemed by the Rules and Regulations to be a part thereof.
     2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters as follows:
          (i) The Time of Sale Disclosure Package (as defined below) at the Time of Sale (as defined below) complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations 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. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Time of Sale Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein; it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 6(f).

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          (ii) The Original Registration Statement was initially declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act on November 2, 2009. The Company has complied, to the Commission’s satisfaction, with all requests of the Commission for additional or supplemental information. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission.
          (iii) Each part of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time such part became effective (including each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B or otherwise under the Securities Act), at all other subsequent times until the expiration of the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), and at the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), as the case may be, and the Prospectus, at the time of filing or the time of first use within the meaning of the Rules and Regulations, at all subsequent times until expiration of the Prospectus Delivery Period, and at the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, complied and will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements and provisions of the Securities Act, the Rules and Regulations and the Exchange Act and did not and 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. The Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as of its date, or the time of first use within the meaning of the Rules and Regulations, at all subsequent times until the expiration of the Prospectus Delivery Period, and at the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representations and warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus, made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information relating to an Underwriter furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein; it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 6(f).
          (iv) Neither (A) any Issuer General Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Time of Sale and set forth on Schedule II, the information set forth on Schedule III and the Statutory Prospectus at the Time of Sale, all considered together (collectively, the “Time of Sale Disclosure Package”), nor (B) any individual Issuer Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, includes or included as of the Time of Sale any untrue statement of a material fact or omit or omitted as of the Time of Sale to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Statutory Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein; it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 6(f). As used in this paragraph and elsewhere in this Agreement:
          (1) “Time of Sale” means 8:30 a.m. (New York time) on the date of this Agreement.
          (2) “Statutory Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Time of Sale, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof. For purposes of this definition, Rule 430B Information contained in a form of prospectus that is deemed

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retroactively to be a part of the Registration Statement shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus as of the actual time that form of prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act.
          (3) “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to the Securities that (A) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, or (B) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) under the Securities Act because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, or is a “bona fide electronic roadshow,” as defined in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act.
          (4) “Issuer General Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule II hereto.
          (5) “Issuer Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Free Writing Prospectus.
          (v) (A) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the Prospectus Delivery Period or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Underwriters as described in Section 4(iii)(B), did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished in writing to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein; it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 6(f).
               (B)(1) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Securities and (2) at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, in the preceding three years not having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or having been made the subject of a judicial or administrative decree or order as described in Rule 405 (without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer), nor an “excluded issuer” as defined in Rule 164 under the Securities Act.
               (C) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus satisfied, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the Prospectus Delivery Period, all other conditions to use thereof as set forth in Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act.
          (vi) The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, together with the related notes, set forth or incorporated by reference, in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of operations and changes in cash flows for the periods therein specified in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States consistently applied throughout the periods involved; and the supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have been derived

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from the accounting records of the Company and present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein. No other schedules or financial statements are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. To the Company’s knowledge, Ernst & Young LLP, which has expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements filed as a part of the Registration Statement and included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is (x) an independent public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, (y) a registered public accounting firm (as defined in Section 2(a)(12) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”)) and (z) in the performance of its work for the Company, not in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Except as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations), or any other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons, that may have a material current or, to the Company’s knowledge, future effect on the Company’s financial condition, changes in financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources or significant components of revenue or expenses.
          (vii) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization. The Company and each of its domestic subsidiaries, and, to the Company’s knowledge, each of its foreign subsidiaries, is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has full corporate or limited liability company power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as currently being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or limited liability company in good standing in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases real property or in which the conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary and in which the failure to so qualify might result in a material adverse change in the general affairs, condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, property, operations or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (“Material Adverse Change”).
          (viii) Except as contemplated in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, (a) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions, or declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock; and (b) there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than a change in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants), or any material change in the short term or long term debt, or any issuance of options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to purchase the capital stock, of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than issuances of options, restricted stock units, restricted stock or other rights to acquire stock under the Company’s existing stock incentive plans), or any Material Adverse Change or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
          (ix) Except as set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is not pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated, any action, suit or proceeding to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject before or by any court or governmental agency, authority or body, or any arbitrator, which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse Change. There are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus that have not been so described.

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          (x) There are no statutes, regulations, contracts or documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Act or by the Rules and Regulations that have not been so described or filed.
          (xi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnity hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws and except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and subject to general principles of equity. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not (A) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries are a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries are bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, except for any such conflict, breach violation, default or imposition of a lien, charge or encumbrance that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, (B) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (C) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental agency or regulatory authority, except for any such violation that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance or sale of the Securities by the Company, except (i) such as may be required under the Act, the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) or state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) for any consent, approval, authorization, order or filing the failure of which to make or obtain would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; and the Company has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby including the authorization, issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement.
          (xii) All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, including the outstanding shares of Common Stock, are duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, were not issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or purchase securities that have not been waived in writing (a copy of which has been delivered to counsel to the Underwriters); the Securities which may be sold hereunder by the Company have been duly authorized and, when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will have been validly issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable, and the holders thereof will not be subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such holders; and the capital stock of the Company, including the Common Stock, conforms to the description thereof in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s charter, by laws or any agreement or other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound, other than options to purchase common stock, restricted stock units, restricted stock or other rights to acquire stock under the Company’s existing stock incentive plans. Except as described in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights for or relating to the registration of any shares of

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Common Stock or other securities of the Company that have not been fully complied with or previously waived. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Company’s subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, the Company owns of record and beneficially, free and clear of any security interests, claims, liens, proxies, equities or other encumbrances, all of the issued and outstanding shares of such stock. Except as described or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no options, warrants, agreements, contracts or other rights in existence to purchase or acquire from the Company any shares of the capital stock of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company (other than issuances of options, restricted stock units, restricted stock or other rights to acquire stock under the Company’s existing stock incentive plans). The Company has an authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Common Stock (including the Securities) conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The description of the Company’s stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other rights granted thereunder, set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus accurately and fairly presents in all material respects the information required to be shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and rights. Except as set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Company is not a participant in any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement.
          (xiii) The Company and each of its subsidiaries holds, and is operating in compliance in all material respects with, all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents, certificates and orders of any Governmental Authority or self-regulatory body required for the conduct of its business, and all such franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents, certifications and orders are valid and in full force and effect; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such franchise, grant, authorization, license, permit, easement, consent, certification or order or has reason to believe that any such franchise, grant, authorization, license, permit, easement, consent, certification or order will not be renewed in the ordinary course; and the Company and each of its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, regulations, orders and decrees.
          (xiv) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all property (whether real or personal) described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests, other encumbrances or defects except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except those that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. The property held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries is held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with only such exceptions with respect to any particular lease as do not interfere in any material respect with the conduct of the business of the Company or and its subsidiaries.
          (xv) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, or license all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of their business as now conducted or as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted, except as such failure to own, possess, or acquire such rights would not result in a Material Adverse Change. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (A) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement, misappropriation or violation by third parties of any such Intellectual Property, except as such infringement, misappropriation or violation would not result in a Material Adverse Change; (B) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ rights in or to any such Intellectual Property that would result in a Material Adverse Change and the

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Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (C) the Intellectual Property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries and to the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property licensed to the Company and its subsidiaries have not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property that would result in a Material Adverse Change and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (D) there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that would result in a Material Adverse Change that the Company or any of its subsidiaries infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property or other proprietary rights of others, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice of such claim and the Company is unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; and (E) to the Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in or has ever been in violation of any term of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure agreement or any restrictive covenant to or with a former employer where the basis of such violation relates to such employee’s employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or actions undertaken by the employee while employed with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except as such violation would not result in a Material Adverse Change. “Intellectual Property” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property.
          (xvi) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries are (A) in violation of their charter or by laws; (B) in breach of or otherwise in default, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default in the performance or observance of any term, covenant, obligation, agreement or condition contained in any bond, debenture, note, indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or any other contract, lease or other instrument to which it is subject or by which it may be bound, or to which any of the material property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries are subject; or (C) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in the case of (B) and (C) above, as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
          (xvii) The Company and its subsidiaries have timely filed all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns required to be filed and are not in default in the payment of any material taxes which were payable pursuant to said returns or any assessments with respect thereto, other than any which the Company or any of its subsidiaries are contesting in good faith. There is no pending dispute with any taxing authority relating to any of such returns and the Company has no knowledge of any proposed liability for any tax to be imposed upon the properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries for which there is not an adequate reserve reflected in the Company’s financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
          (xviii) Other than the subsidiaries of the Company listed in Exhibit 21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009, the Company, directly or indirectly, owns no capital stock or other equity or ownership or proprietary interest in any corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity, except for inactive subsidiaries.
          (xix) The Company has not distributed and will not distribute any prospectus or other offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or other materials permitted by the Securities Act to be distributed by the Company; provided, however, that, except as set forth on Schedule II, the Company has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as

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defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, except in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(xvi) of this Agreement.
          (xx) The Common Stock of the Company is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market (“NASDAQ”) under the ticker symbol “GIII.” The Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Stock from NASDAQ nor has the Company received any notice that it is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of NASDAQ. The Company believes that it is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in material compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, there are no affiliations among the Company’s directors and officers and members of the FINRA. A Registration Statement relating to the Common Stock on Form 8-A or other applicable form under the Exchange Act has become effective.
          (xxi) To enable the Underwriters to rely on Rule 5110(b)(7)(C)(i) of FINRA, the Company represents that, as of the date of this Agreement, the Company (i) has a non-affiliate, public common equity float of at least $150 million or a non-affiliate, public common equity float of at least $100 million and annual trading volume of at least three million shares and (ii) has been subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements for a period of at least 36 months.
          (xxii) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective; and since the end of the latest audited fiscal year, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
          (xxiii) The Company’s board of directors has validly appointed an audit committee whose composition satisfies the applicable requirements of the NASDAQ Global Select Market and the Company’s board of directors and/or the audit committee has adopted a charter that satisfies the applicable requirements of the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Neither the Company’s board of directors nor the audit committee has been informed, nor is the Company aware, of (A) any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of the Company’s internal controls which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any material weakness in the Company’s internal controls; or (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees of the Company who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls.
          (xxiv) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company and its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company, on the other hand, which is required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus which is not so described. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, extended or maintained credit, or arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any of its directors or executive officers in violation of applicable laws, including Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

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          (xxv) Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, the Company and its subsidiaries: (A) are and at all times have been in full compliance with all statutes, rules, regulations, or guidances applicable to Company and its subsidiaries and the ownership, testing, development, manufacture, packaging, processing, use, distribution, marketing, labeling, promotion, sale, offer for sale, storage, import, export or disposal of any product manufactured or distributed by the Company (“Applicable Laws”); (B) have not received any notice of adverse finding, warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from any federal, state or foreign governmental authority having authority over the Company (“Governmental Authority”) alleging or asserting noncompliance with any Applicable Laws or any licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Applicable Laws (“Authorizations”); (C) possess all material Authorizations and such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and are not in violation of any term of any such Authorizations; (D) have not received notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any Governmental Authority or third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and have no knowledge that any such Governmental Authority or third party is considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; (E) have not received notice that any Governmental Authority has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any Authorizations and the Company has no knowledge that any such Governmental Authority is considering such action; and (F) have filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and that all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were complete and correct in all material respects on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission).
          (xxvi) The Company and its subsidiaries (A) are in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (B) have received and are in material compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their business; and (C) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except in any such case for any such failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or liability as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change.
          (xxviii) The documents incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and were filed on a timely basis with the Commission (or if not timely filed, the failure to timely file was waived by the staff of the Commission), and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or in the Prospectus, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

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          (xxix) The Company and its subsidiaries (A) are in compliance, in all material respects, with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations, treaties, statutes and codes promulgated by any and all governmental authorities (including pursuant to the Occupational Health and Safety Act) relating to the protection of human health and safety in the workplace (“Occupational Laws”); (B) have received all material permits, licenses or other approvals required of it under applicable Occupational Laws to conduct their business as currently conducted; and (C) are in compliance, in all material respects, with all terms and conditions of such permit, license or approval. No action, proceeding, revocation proceeding, writ, injunction or claim is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Occupational Laws, and the Company does not have knowledge of any facts, circumstances or developments relating to its operations or cost accounting practices that could reasonably be expected to form the basis for or give rise to such actions, suits, investigations or proceedings, except such as would not result in a Material Adverse Change.
          (xxx) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), that is maintained, administered or contributed to by the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any of their affiliates for employees or former employees of the Company and its subsidiaries has been maintained in material compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to, ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). No prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any such plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; and for each such plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no “accumulated funding deficiency” as defined in Section 412 of the Code has been incurred, whether or not waived, and the fair market value of the assets of each such plan (excluding for these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such plan determined using reasonable actuarial assumptions.
          (xxxi) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any subsidiary has made any material grant of rights to develop, manufacture, produce, assemble, distribute, license, market or sell their products to any other person and is not bound by any material agreement that affects either the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ exclusive right to develop, manufacture, produce, assemble, distribute, license, market or sell their products.
          (xxxii) Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data, if any, included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
          (xxxiii) Other than as contemplated by this Agreement or as otherwise set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any liability for any finder’s or broker’s fee or agent’s commission in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
          (xxxiv) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is presently doing business with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba.
          (xxxv) The Company and its subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance issued by insurers of nationally recognized financial responsibility in such amounts and covering such risks as is

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adequate for the conduct of their business and the value of their properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (A) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (B) 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 at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business. All such insurance is outstanding and duly in force on the date hereof.
          (xxxvi) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists that could be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Change or is, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or imminent.
          (xxxvii) Neither the Company, any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the best knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or its subsidiaries has (A) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (B) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (C) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (D) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
          (xxxviii) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, will not be an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
          (xl) No approval of the shareholders of the Company is required for the Company to issue and deliver to the Underwriters the Securities, including such as may be required pursuant to the rules and regulations of any trading market. The conditions for use of Form S-3, set forth in the General Instructions thereto, have been satisfied.
          (xli) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
          (xlii) The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act) and such controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that material information relating to the Company is made known to the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer. The Company has utilized such controls and procedures in preparing and evaluating the disclosures in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus.

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     3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Securities.
          (a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Firm Shares to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereof, subject to adjustments in accordance with Section 9 hereof. The purchase price for each Firm Share shall be $18.33 per share. In making this Agreement, each Underwriter is contracting severally and not jointly; except as provided in Section 9 hereof, the agreement of each Underwriter is to purchase only the respective number of Shares specified in Schedule I.
          The Firm Shares will be delivered by the Company to the Representative against payment of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of same day funds payable to the order of the Company at the offices of Piper Jaffray & Co., U.S. Bancorp Center, 800 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota, or such other location as may be mutually acceptable, at 9:00 am Central time on the third (or if the Firm Shares are priced, as contemplated by Rule 15c6-1(c) under the Exchange Act, after 4:30 p.m. Eastern time, the fourth) full business day following the date hereof, or at such other time and date as the Representative and the Company determine pursuant to Rule 15c6-1(a) under the Exchange Act, such time and date of delivery being herein referred to as the “First Closing Date.” If the Representative so elects, delivery of the Firm Shares may be made by credit through full fast transfer to the accounts at The Depository Trust Company designated by the Representative.
          (b) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants to the several Underwriters an option to purchase all or any portion of the Option Shares at the same purchase price as the Firm Shares, for use solely in covering any over-allotments made by the Underwriters in the sale and distribution of the Firm Shares. The option granted hereunder may be exercised in whole or in part at any time and from time to time within 30 days after the effective date of this Agreement upon notice (confirmed in writing) by the Representative to the Company setting forth the aggregate number of Option Shares as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option, the names and denominations in which the certificates for the Option Shares are to be registered and the date and time, as determined by the Representative, when the Option Shares are to be delivered, such time and date being herein referred to as the “Second Closing” and “Second Closing Date”, respectively; provided, however, that the Second Closing Date shall not be earlier than the First Closing Date nor earlier than the second business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised. The number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total number of Option Shares to be purchased by the several Underwriters as the number of Firm Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter is of the total number of Firm Shares to be purchased by the several Underwriters, as adjusted by the Representative in such manner as the Representative deems advisable to avoid fractional shares. No Option Shares shall be sold and delivered unless the Firm Shares previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered.
          The Option Shares will be delivered by the Company to the Representative against payment of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of same day funds payable to the order of the Company at the offices of Piper Jaffray & Co., U.S. Bancorp Center, 800 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota, or such other location as may be mutually acceptable, at 9:00 am Central time, on the Second Closing Date. If the Representative so elects, delivery of the Option Shares may be made by credit through full fast transfer to the accounts at The Depository Trust Company designated by the Representative.

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     4. Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriters as follows:
          (i) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Second Closing Date and such date, as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (assuming the absence of Rule 172 under the Securities Act), in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer (the Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement), the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Underwriters for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representative or counsel to the Underwriters reasonably objects. Subject to this Section 4(i), immediately following execution of this Agreement, the Company will prepare the Prospectus containing the Rule 430B Information and other selling terms of the Securities, the plan of distribution thereof and such other information as may be required by the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations or as the Representative and the Company may deem appropriate, and if requested by the Representative, an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus containing the selling terms of the Securities and such other information as the Company and the Representative may deem appropriate, and will file or transmit for filing with the Commission, in accordance with Rule 424(b) or Rule 433, as the case may be, copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
          (ii) The Company will advise the Representative, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment thereto, or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose; and the Company will promptly use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such a stop order should be issued. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A or 430B, as applicable, under the Act and will use its reasonable efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b), Rule 433 or Rule 462 were received in a timely manner by the Commission.
          (iii) (A) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply as far as it is able with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If during such period any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) would include an 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 then existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
               (B) If, at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus

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conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus relating to the Securities or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company promptly will notify the Underwriters and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
          (iv) The Company shall take or cause to be taken all necessary action to qualify the Securities for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative shall reasonably designate and to continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities, except that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process in any state.
          (v) The Company will furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters copies of the Registration Statement (including copies of the manually signed signature pages to the Registration Statement and all consents and exhibits filed therewith), and to the Underwriters and any dealer the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request.
          (vi) During a period of three years commencing with the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters copies of all periodic and special reports furnished to the stockholders of the Company and all information, documents and reports filed with the Commission, the FINRA or any securities exchange (other than any such information, documents and reports that are filed with the Commission electronically via EDGAR or any successor system).
          (vii) The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations.
          (viii) The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated or this Agreement is prevented from becoming effective under the provisions of Section 8(a) hereof or is terminated (but subject to clause (I) below), will pay or cause to be paid (A) all expenses (including transfer taxes allocated to the respective transferees) incurred in connection with the delivery to the Underwriters of the Securities, (B) all expenses and fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and counsel) in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, delivery, and shipping of the Registration Statement (including the financial statements therein and all amendments, schedules, and exhibits thereto), the Securities, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, and the printing, delivery, and shipping of this Agreement and other underwriting documents, including Blue Sky Memoranda (covering the states and other applicable jurisdictions), if any, (C) all reasonable filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of the Underwriters’ counsel incurred in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale by the Underwriters or by dealers under the securities or blue sky laws of the states and other jurisdictions which the Representative shall designate, (D) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar, (E) the reasonable filing fees and fees and disbursements of Underwriters’ counsel incident to any required review and approval by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities, (F) listing fees, if any, (G) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations or any “roadshow” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, (H) all other costs and expenses of the Company incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder that are not otherwise specifically provided for herein and (I) all other costs and expenses of the Representative (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder not otherwise specifically

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provided for herein, provided however such costs and expenses provided for in this clause (I) all other costs and expenses of the Representative (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder not otherwise specifically provided for herein, provided however such costs and expenses provided for in this clause (I) shall not exceed $75,000 in the aggregate; provided, however, that no such costs and expenses pursuant to clause (I) shall be payable by the Company if the Firm Shares are not purchased. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9(a) hereof or if the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated by reason of action by the Company pursuant to Section 8(a) hereof which prevents this Agreement from becoming effective, or by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to perform any agreement on its part to be performed, or because any other condition of the Underwriters’ obligations hereunder required to be fulfilled by the Company is not fulfilled, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket disbursements (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges) incurred by the Underwriters in connection with their investigation, preparing to market and marketing the Securities or in contemplation of performing their obligations hereunder. The Company shall not in any event be liable to the Underwriters for loss of any anticipated profits from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
          (ix) The Company intends to apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities to be sold by it hereunder for the purposes set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus.
          (x) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, from the date of execution of this Agreement and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”), (A) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, 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 (B) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (A) or (B) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, except for (A) sales of the Securities to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, (B) grants of options or the issuance of shares of Common Stock by the Company pursuant to equity incentive plans described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, (C) issuance of shares upon exercise or conversion of securities outstanding as of the date hereof and (D) shares of common stock issued in consideration for the acquisition of another entity or in connection with a license, joint venture or similar arrangement. The Company agrees not to accelerate the vesting of any option or warrant or the lapse of any repurchase right prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period. If (1) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, (a) the Company issues an earnings release, (b) the Company publicly announces material news or (c) a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then the restrictions in this Agreement, unless otherwise waived by the Representative in writing, shall continue to apply until the expiration of the date that is 18 calendar days after the date on which (a) the Company issues the earnings release, (b) the Company publicly announces material news or (c) a material event relating to the Company occurs; provided, however, that this sentence shall not apply if the research published or distributed on the Company is compliant under Rule 139 of the Securities Act, and the Company’s securities are actively traded as defined in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M of the Exchange Act. The Company will provide the

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Underwriters and each person subject to the Lock-Up Agreement (as defined below) with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to the extension of the Lock-Up Period.
          (xi) The Company has caused to be delivered to the Representative prior to the date of this Agreement a letter, in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), from each of the Company’s directors and officers identified on Schedule IV. The Company will issue stop-transfer instructions to the transfer agent for the Common Stock with respect to any transaction or contemplated transaction that would constitute a breach of or default under the applicable Lock-Up Agreement.
          (xii) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or which has constituted, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities, and has not effected any sales of Common Stock which are required to be disclosed in response to Item 701 of Regulation S-K under the Act which have not been so disclosed in the Registration Statement.
          (xiii) Other than as contemplated by this Agreement, the Company will not incur any liability for any finder’s or broker’s fee or agent’s commission in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
          (xiv) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will file with the Commission such periodic and special reports as required by the Rules and Regulations.
          (xv) The Company and its subsidiaries will maintain such controls and other procedures, including without limitation those required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the applicable regulations thereunder, that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer and its principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, to ensure that material information relating to the Company is made known to them by others within those entities.
          (xvi) The Company will comply in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
          (xvii) The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, required to be filed with the Commission; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the free writing prospectuses included in Schedule II. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Representative is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required, legending and record keeping.

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     5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy, as of the date hereof and at each of the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date (as if made at such closing date), of and compliance with all representations, warranties and agreements of the Company contained herein, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
          (a) If filing of the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, is required under the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations, the Company shall have filed the Prospectus (or such amendment or supplement) or such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus with the Commission in the manner and within the time period so required (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)); the Registration Statement shall remain effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or any amendment thereof, nor suspending or preventing the use of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued; no proceedings for the issuance of such an order shall have been initiated or threatened; and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Representative.
          (b) No Underwriter shall have advised the Company that (i) the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a material fact which, in the opinion of the Representative, is material or omits to state a material fact which, in the opinion of the Representative, is required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (ii) the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus contains an untrue statement of fact which, in the opinion of the Representative, is material, or omits to state a fact which, in the opinion of the Representative, is material and is required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
          (c) Except as contemplated in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, neither the Company nor any subsidiary shall have incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions, or declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock; and there shall not have been any change in the capital stock (other than a change in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants), or any material change in the short-term or long-term debt of the Company, or any issuance of options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to purchase the capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any Material Adverse Change or any development reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change (whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business), that, in the judgment of the Representative, makes it impractical or inadvisable to offer or deliver the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus.
          (d) On the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, there shall have been furnished to the Underwriters, the opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., counsel for the Company, dated such closing date and addressed to the Representative in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
          (e) On the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, there shall have been furnished to the Underwriters, the opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated such closing date with respect to the formation of the Company, the validity of the

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Securities, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and other related matters as the Representative reasonably may request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
          (f) On the date of this Agreement and the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, the Underwriters shall have received a letter of Ernst & Young LLP, dated such date and addressed to the Representative, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualifications of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, and stating, as of the date of such letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, as of a date not prior to the date hereof or more than five days prior to the date of such letter), the conclusions and findings of said firm with respect to the financial information and other matters covered by its letter delivered to the Underwriters concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and the effect of the letter so to be delivered on the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be to confirm the conclusions and findings set forth in such prior letter.
          (g) On the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, there shall have been furnished to the Underwriters, a certificate, dated such closing date and addressed to the Representative, signed by the chief executive officer and by the chief financial officer of the Company, to the effect that:
          (i) The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, as if made at and as of such closing date, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to such closing date;
          (ii) No stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof or any amendment thereof or the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale, nor suspending or preventing the use of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the best of their knowledge, is contemplated by the Commission or any state or regulatory body; and
          (iii) The signers of said certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, and
          (A) each part of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any amendments thereof or supplements thereto contain, and contained when such part of the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereof, became effective, all statements and information required to be included therein, the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereof, does not contain and did not contain when such part of the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereof, became effective, 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 not misleading, except that such statement shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereof, based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, does not include and did not include as of its date or the time of first use within the meaning of the Rules and Regulations, any

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untrue statement of material fact or omit to state and did not omit to state as of its date or the time of first use within the meaning of the Rules and Regulations a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that such statement shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein,
          (B) neither (1) the Time of Sale Disclosure Package nor (2) any individual Issuer Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, include, nor included as of the Time of Sale any untrue statement of a material fact or omits, or omitted as of the Time of Sale, 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, except that such statement shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or any Individual Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein,
          (C) since the Time of Sale there has occurred no event required to be set forth in an amended or supplemented prospectus which has not been so set forth,
          (D) subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and Prospectus, the Company has not incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions, not in the ordinary course of business, or declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock, and except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than a change in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants), or any material change in the short term or long term debt, or any issuance of options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to purchase the capital stock, of the Company (other than issuances of options, restricted stock units, restricted stock or other rights to acquire stock under the Company’s existing stock incentive plans) or any Material Adverse Change or any development involving a prospective Material Adverse Change (whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business), and
          (E) except as stated in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, there is not pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated, any action, suit or proceeding to which the Company is a party before or by any court or governmental agency, authority or body, or any arbitrator, which could reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse Change.
          (h) The Underwriters shall have received all the Lock-Up Agreements referenced in Section 4(xi).
          (i) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters such additional documents, certificates and evidence as the Representative may have reasonably requested.

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          (j) At the First Closing Date, the Company shall have submitted to NASDAQ a Notification Form: Listing of Additional Shares related to the Securities.
          (k) The Underwriters shall have received on the First Closing Date a certificate of the Secretary of the Company.
          (l) At the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such information, certificates and documents as it may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling it to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated herein and related proceedings, or to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained, or otherwise in connection with the offering of the Securities contemplated hereby.
     All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents mentioned above and elsewhere in this Agreement will be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters. The Company will furnish the Underwriters with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents as the Representative shall reasonably request.
     6. Indemnification and Contribution.
          (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the several Underwriters, their affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Underwriters may become subject, under the Act or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, including the 430B Information and any other information deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness and at any subsequent time pursuant to the Rules and Regulations, if applicable, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any materials or information provided to investors by, at the instruction of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Common Stock (“Marketing Materials” ), including any roadshow or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Underwriters for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending against such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any Marketing Materials, in reliance upon and in conformity with information provided in writing to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein; it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 6(f).
          In addition to its other obligations under this Section 6(a), the Company agrees that, as an interim measure during the pendency of any claim, action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding arising out of or based upon any statement or omission, or any alleged statement or omission, described in

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this Section 6(a), it will reimburse the Underwriters on a monthly basis for all reasonable legal fees or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding, notwithstanding the absence of a judicial determination as to the propriety and enforceability of the Company’s obligation to reimburse the Underwriters for such expenses and the possibility that such payments might later be held to have been improper by a court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent that any such interim reimbursement payment is so held to have been improper, the Underwriters shall promptly return it to the party or parties that made such payment, together with interest, compounded daily, determined on the basis of the prime rate (or other commercial lending rate for borrowers of the highest credit standing) announced from time to time by U.S. Bank (the “Prime Rate”). Any such interim reimbursement payments which are not made to the Underwriters within 30 days of a request for reimbursement shall bear interest at the Prime Rate from the date of such request. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liabilities which the Company may otherwise have.
          (b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of such Underwriter), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information provided in writing to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein; it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 6(f), and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred.
          (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under Section 6(a) or 6(b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party except to the extent such indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced by such failure. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of the indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that if, in the sole judgment of the Representative, it is advisable for the Underwriters to be represented by separate counsel, the Representative shall have the right to employ a single counsel (in addition to local counsel) to represent the Representative and all Underwriters who may

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be subject to liability arising from any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the Underwriters under Section 6(a), in which event the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be borne by the indemnifying party or parties and reimbursed to the Underwriters as incurred. An indemnifying party shall not be obligated under any settlement agreement relating to any action under this Section 6 to which it has not agreed in writing. In addition, no indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party for all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.
          (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section (a) or b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in Section (a) or b) above, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (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 (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relevant intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 6(d) were to be 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 first sentence of this Section 6(d). The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this Section 6(d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending against any action or claim which is the subject of this Section 6(d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(d), the Underwriters shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by them and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that the Underwriters have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this Section 6(d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
          (e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the several Underwriters under this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability that the Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each director of the Company (including any person who, with his consent, is named in the Registration Statement as about to

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become a director of the Company), to each officer of the Company who has signed the Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
          (f) The Underwriters confirm and the Company acknowledges that the statements with respect to the public offering of the Securities by the Underwriters set forth in the third and twelfth through fifteenth paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting” in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus are correct and constitute the only information concerning the Underwriters furnished in writing to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
     7. Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties, and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters herein or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto, including but not limited to the agreements of the Underwriters and the Company contained in Section 6 hereof, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or any controlling person thereof, or the Company or any of its officers, directors, or controlling persons, or any controlling person thereof, and shall survive delivery of, and payment for, the Securities to and by the Underwriters hereunder.
     8. Termination of this Agreement.
          (a) The Representative shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by giving notice to the Company as hereinafter specified at any time at or prior to the First Closing Date, and the option referred to in Section 3(b), if exercised, may be cancelled at any time prior to the Second Closing Date, if (i) the Company shall have failed, refused or been unable, at or prior to such closing date, to perform any agreement on its part to be performed hereunder, (ii) any other condition of the Underwriters’ obligations hereunder is not fulfilled, (iii) trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market, New York Stock Exchange or the NYSE Amex shall have been suspended, (iv) minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, on the NASDAQ Stock Market, New York Stock Exchange or the NYSE Amex, by such Exchange or by order of the Commission or any other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction, (v) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or state authorities, or (vi) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in the Representative’s judgment, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the sale of and payment for the Securities. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 4(viii) and Section 6 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.
          (b) If the Representative elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 8, the Company shall be notified promptly by the Representative by telephone, confirmed by letter.
     9. Defaults.
          (a) If the Company shall fail at the First Closing Date to sell and deliver the number of Securities which it is obligated to sell hereunder, then this Agreement shall terminate without any liability on the part of the Underwriters or, except as provided in Section 4(viii) and Section 6 hereof, any non defaulting party.
          No action taken pursuant to this Section 9(a) shall relieve the Company from liability, if any, in respect of such default.

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          (b) If any Underwriter shall fail at the First Closing Date to purchase and pay for the portion of the Securities which such Underwriter has agreed to purchase and pay for on such date (otherwise than by reason of any default on the part of the Company), the Representative shall use its reasonable efforts to procure within 36 hours thereafter one or more of the other Underwriters, or any others, to purchase from the Company such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms set forth herein, the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase. If during such 36 hours the Representative shall not have procured such other Underwriters, or any others, to purchase the Securities agreed to be purchased by the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then (i) if the aggregate number of shares with respect to which such default shall occur does not exceed 10% of the Securities to be purchased on the First Closing Date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated, severally, in proportion to the respective numbers of Securities which they are obligated to purchase hereunder, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase, or (ii) if the aggregate number of shares with respect to which such default shall occur exceeds 10% of the Securities to be purchased on the First Closing Date, the Company or the Representative will have the right, by written notice given within the next 36-hour period to the parties to this Agreement, to terminate this Agreement without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters or of the Company except to the extent provided in Sections 4(viii) and 6 hereof. In the event of a default by any Underwriter or Underwriters, as set forth in this Section 9(b), the First Closing Date may be postponed for such period, not exceeding seven days, as the Representative may determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. The term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter. Any action taken under this Section 9 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
     10. Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, all communications hereunder shall be in writing and, if to the Underwriters, shall be mailed or delivered to c/o Piper Jaffray & Co., U.S. Bancorp Center, 800 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, Attention: General Counsel; and if to the Company, shall be mailed or delivered to G-III Apparel Group, Ltd., 512 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10018, Attention: Chief Executive Officer. Any party to this Agreement may change such address for notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address for such purpose.
     11. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and the controlling persons, officers and directors referred to in Section 6. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give to any other person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. The term “successors and assigns” as herein used shall not include any purchaser, as such purchaser, of any of the Securities from the Underwriters.
     12. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that: (a) the Underwriters have been retained solely to act as underwriters in connection with the sale of the Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and the Underwriters has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether the Underwriters have advised or are advising the Company on other matters; (b) the price and other terms of the Securities set forth in this Agreement were established by the Company following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Underwriters and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (c) it has been advised that the Underwriters and their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the Underwriters have no obligation to disclose such interest and transactions to the

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Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; (d) it has been advised that the Underwriters are acting, in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, solely for the benefit of the Underwriters, and not on behalf of the Company; (e) it waives to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Underwriters for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and agrees that the Underwriters shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company.
     13. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
     14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
     15. General Provisions. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
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          Please sign and return to the Company the enclosed duplicates of this Agreement whereupon this Agreement will become a binding agreement between the Company and the Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
         
  Very truly yours,

G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.
 
 
  By   /s/ Wayne S. Miller    
    Title: Chief Operating Officer   
       
 
The foregoing Purchase Agreement
is hereby confirmed and accepted as
of the date first above written.
         
Piper Jaffray & Co.

Acting as Representative of the several Underwriters
named in the attached Schedule I
 
   
By   /s/ David W. Stadinski      
  Title: Managing Director     
       
 

 


 

SCHEDULE I
Underwriters
         
    Number of Firm Shares
Underwriter   to be Purchased(1)
Piper Jaffray & Co.
    1,054,000  
Lazard Capital Markets LLC
    476,000  
Brean Murray, Carret & Co. LLC
    85,000  
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.
    85,000  
Total:
    1,700,000  
 
(1)   The Underwriters may purchase up to an additional 255,000 Option Shares, to the extent the option described in Section 3(b) of the Purchase Agreement is exercised, in the proportions and in the manner described in the Purchase Agreement.

 


 

SCHEDULE II
Issuer General Free Writing Prospectuses
None.

 


 

SCHEDULE III
Pricing Information
Number of Firm Shares to be Issued: 1,700,000
Offering Price: $19.50 per share
Underwriting Discounts and Commissions: 6.0%

 


 

SCHEDULE IV
Executive Officers and Directors Subject to Lockup
Morris Goldfarb
Neal S. Nackman
Sammy Aaron
Thomas J. Brosig
Alan Feller
Jeffrey Goldfarb
Carl Katz
Laura Pomerantz
Willem van Bokhorst
Richard White
Wayne S. Miller
Jeanette Nostra

 


 

EXHIBIT A
Form of Lockup Agreement
December ___, 2009
PIPER JAFFRAY & CO.
     As Representative of the Several Underwriters
c/o Piper Jaffray & Co.
U.S. Bancorp Center
800 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Re:   Proposed Public Offering of G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that Piper Jaffray & Co. (“Piper Jaffray”) will act as representative for a group of underwriters (the “Underwriters”) that proposes to enter into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the “Offering”) by the Underwriters of common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”) pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-162675).
In consideration of the Underwriters’ agreement to purchase and make the Offering, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that without the prior written consent of Piper Jaffray, on behalf of the Underwriters (which consent may be withheld in Piper Jaffray’s sole discretion), the undersigned will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 90 days after the date of the Purchase Agreement (the “Lock-Up Period”), directly or indirectly: (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of the Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for the Common Stock; (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for the Common Stock, regardless of whether any such transaction described herein is to be settled by delivery of the Common Stock or such other securities, or by delivery of cash or otherwise; (3) make any demand for, or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of the Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable of exchangeable for the Common Stock; or (4) publicly announce any intention to do any of the foregoing. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) transfers of any shares of Common Stock as a bona fide gift or pledge, (b) in the case of a natural person, transfers of any shares of Common Stock by will or intestate succession or to any trust or partnership for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or any member of the immediate family of the undersigned, (c) in the case of a non-natural person, distributions of any shares of Common Stock to general or limited partners or stockholders or members of the undersigned, (d) in the case of a non-natural person, transfers of any shares of Common Stock (A) in connection with the sale or other bona fide transfer in a single transaction of all or substantially all of the undersigned’s capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests or other similar equity interests, as the case may be, or all or substantially all of the undersigned’s assets, in any such case not undertaken for the purpose of avoiding the restrictions imposed by this Agreement or (B) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity so long as the transferee is an affiliate of the undersigned and such transfer is not for value, (e) the “net” exercise of outstanding options to purchase Common Stock in accordance with their terms, (f) transfers pursuant to a

 


 

sale or an offer to purchase 100% of the outstanding Common Stock, whether pursuant to a merger, tender offer or otherwise, to a third party or group of third parties, (g) directing sales by a charitable foundation of up to 25,000 shares of Common Stock or (h) any shares of Common Stock received upon exercise of options granted to the undersigned which expire during the Lock-Up Period; provided that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d), each donee, pledgee, distributee or transferee shall sign and deliver a lock-up agreement substantially in the form of this Agreement; and provided, further, that any Common Stock acquired upon the net exercise of options described in clause (e) above shall be subject to the restrictions imposed by this Agreement, and no such net exercise of options shall involve any disposition of Common Stock into the public market (except in the event that clause (h) is applicable). For the purposes of this paragraph, “immediate family” shall mean spouse, domestic partner, lineal descendant (including adopted children), father, mother, brother or sister of the transferor.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
(1)   during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or
 
(2)   prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period,
the Lock-Up Period shall be extended and the restrictions imposed by this letter shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that written notice of any extension of the Lock-Up Period pursuant to the previous paragraph will be delivered by Piper Jaffray to the Company (in accordance with the notice provision in the Purchase Agreement) and that any such notice properly delivered will be deemed to have been given to, and received by, the undersigned. The undersigned hereby further agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement during the period from the date of this Lock-Up Agreement to and including the 34th day following the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as such may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company has “actively traded securities” within the meaning of Rule 139 of the Securities Act of 1933, or otherwise satisfies the requirements set forth in Rule 139 that would permit Piper Jaffray or any underwriter to publish issuer-specific research reports pursuant to Rule 139, the Lock-Up Period shall not be extended upon the occurrence of (1) or (2) above.
The undersigned hereby agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent against the transfer of securities of the Company held by the undersigned, except in compliance with this Lock-Up Agreement. In addition, the undersigned hereby waives any and all notice requirements and other rights with respect to the registration of any securities pursuant to any agreement, instrument, understanding or otherwise, including any registration rights agreement or similar agreement, to which the undersigned is a party or under which the undersigned is entitled to any right or benefit, provided that such waiver shall apply only to the Offering.
The undersigned recognizes that the Offering will benefit the undersigned and the Company. The undersigned acknowledges that the Underwriters are relying on the representations and agreements of the

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undersigned contained in this Lock-Up Agreement in carrying out the Offering and in entering into the Purchase Agreement.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement. This Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and all authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.
         
  Very truly yours,
 
 
     
  Printed Name:      
  Capacity:   
  (Indicate capacity of person signing if signing as custodian or trustee or on behalf of an entity)   
  Address:   
 

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EXHIBIT B
Form of Opinion of Company Counsel
     1. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with all corporate power and authority necessary to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus.
     2. Each subsidiary of the company listed on Schedule A hereto, other than certain subsidiaries as to which no opinion need be expressed, has been duly formed, incorporated or organized. Each of such Subsidiaries is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation, incorporation or organization. All of the issued and outstanding shares or membership interests, as the case may be, of each such Subsidiary, other than certain subsidiaries as to which no opinion need be expressed, have been duly and validly authorized and issued. All of the issued and outstanding shares or membership interests of each such Subsidiary are held of record directly or indirectly by the Company.
     3. Based solely on certificates of public officials as of recent dates: (a) the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of the States of New York and New Jersey; and (b) each of the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule A is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction listed in the column “Jurisdictions in which Qualified to Do Business as Foreign Corporation” on Schedule A hereto.
     4. All outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. The authorized capital stock of the Company was as set forth in the Base Prospectus in the Registration Statement under the caption “Description of Capital Stock” as of the date stated therein.
     5. The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to the Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
     6. The holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to preemptive rights under Delaware law or under the charter or bylaws of the Company, or rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for the Securities under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party which is filed as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement (a “Material Contracts”) Except as set forth in the Prospectus as of the dates stated therein, to our knowledge, as of such dates, there were no options, warrants or other rights to purchase any shares of capital stock of the Company.
     7. To our knowledge, there is (i) no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or other governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator pending or overtly threatened against the Company or its properties by a third party of a character required to be disclosed in the Prospectus that is not disclosed in such Prospectus as required by the Act and the rules thereunder, and (ii) no indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan or other agreement or instrument of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, which is not filed as required by the Act and the rules thereunder.
     8. The statements in the Base Prospectus in the Registration Statement under the caption “Description of Capital Stock”, insofar as such statements purport to summarize legal matters, agreements or documents discussed therein, fairly present, to the extent required by the Act and the rules thereunder, in all material respects, such legal matters, agreements or documents.

 


 

     9. The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or overtly threatened. Any required filing of the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b).
     10. The Registration Statement at the time it became effective and the Prospectus as of its date (in each case, other than the financial statements and schedules, related notes and other financial data and statistical data derived therefrom, as to which we express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder.
     11. The Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and has been duly executed and delivered by the Company.
     12. The Company is not, and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act.
     13. No consent, approval, authorization or filing with or order of any U.S. Federal court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company is required for the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement, except such as have been obtained under the Act and except such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated in the Agreement and in the Prospectus, or under the bylaws, rules and regulations of FINRA.
     14. The execution and delivery by the Company of the Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Securities pursuant thereto will not result in (i) a violation of the charter or bylaws of the Company, (ii) a material breach of or default under the terms of any Material Contract; or (iii) to our knowledge, a violation of any statute, law, rule, or regulation which, in our experience is typically applicable to transactions of the nature contemplated by the Agreement and is applicable to the Company, or any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, or award that has been entered against the Company or any of its properties and of which we are aware, in each case of clauses (ii) and (iii) the breach or violation of which would materially and adversely affect the Company.
     15. To our knowledge, except for certain existing registration rights and as set forth in the Prospectus, no holders of securities of the Company have rights to require the registration under the Act of resales of such securities and, except as set forth in the Prospectus, all rights known to us to register the resales of shares of common stock or other securities of the Company, because of the filing of the Registration Statement by the Company, have, with respect to the offering contemplated thereby, been waived or such rights have expired by reason of lapse of time following notification of the Company’s intent to file the Registration Statement.
 
(i)   the Registration Statement (except as to the financial statements and schedules, related notes and other financial data and statistical data derived therefrom, as to which we express no comment), at the date and time that the Registration Statement became effective, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,

 


 

(ii)   the General Disclosure Package (except as to the financial statements and schedules, related notes and other financial and statistical data derived therefrom, as to which we express no comment), taken as a whole as of the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary, in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or
 
(iii)   the Prospectus (except as to the financial statements and schedules, related notes and other financial and statistical data derived therefrom, as to which we express no comment) as of its date or dates as amended or supplemented, as applicable, and as of the date hereof contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary, in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

exv5w1
Exhibit 5.1
Fulbright & Jaworski l.l.p.
A Registered Limited Liability Partnership
666 Fifth Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, New York 10103-3198
www.fulbright.com
     
telephone:     (212) 318-3000   facsimile:     (212) 318-3400
December 16, 2009
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.
512 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10018
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     We have acted as counsel to G-III Apparel Group, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with respect to certain legal matters in connection with the sale by the Company of up to an aggregate of 1,955,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), including up to 255,000 shares that may be purchased pursuant to an over allotment option granted to the Underwriters pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated December 16, 2009 (the “Prospectus Supplement”), supplementing the prospectus dated November 2, 2009 (the “Base Prospectus”) that forms part of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-162675) (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Common Stock is to be sold pursuant to the purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated December 16, 2009, by and between the Company and Piper Jaffray & Co., as representative of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto.
     We have examined (i) the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, (ii) the Registration Statement, (iii) the executed Purchase Agreement and (iv) such records of the Company, other documents and questions of law as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion letter. In our examination of the foregoing documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.
     Based on the foregoing, and having due regard for such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly and validly authorized for issuance, and when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement, and upon receipt by the Company of payment of the consideration therefor provided for therein, will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
     The foregoing opinion is limited to the Delaware General Corporation Law (including the applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and the reported judicial decisions
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G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.
December 16, 2009
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interpreting these laws) and we express no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction, domestic or foreign.
     We hereby consent to the references to this firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus Supplement and to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed by the Company on the date hereof, which Form 8-K will be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. By giving such consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P.
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

 

exv99w1
Exhibit 99.1
G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD.
For: G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.
Contact: Investor Relations
James Palczynski
(203) 682-8229
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.
Wayne S. Miller, Chief Operating Officer
(212) 403-0500
G-III Apparel Group Announces Common Stock Offering
New York, NY — December 15, 2009 — G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (NasdaqGSM: GIII) today announced that it intends to offer shares of its common stock in a public offering. Piper Jaffray & Co. is acting as the sole book-running manager, with Lazard Capital Markets acting as co-lead manager of the offering. Brean Murray, Carret & Co. and KeyBanc Capital Markets are acting as co-managers.
The Company intends to use the proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes to support the growth of its business, which may include acquisitions.
The offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2009. A prospectus supplement relating to the offering will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. When available, copies of the prospectus supplement relating to this offering may be obtained by contacting Piper Jaffray & Co. at 800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 800, Minneapolis, MN 55402 or by calling (800) 747-3924.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the shares in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.
G-III is a leading manufacturer and distributor of outerwear, dresses, sportswear and women’s suits under licensed brands, our own brands and private label brands. G-III has fashion licenses under the Calvin Klein, Sean John, Kenneth Cole, Cole Haan, Guess?, Jones New York, Jessica Simpson, Nine West, Ellen Tracy, Tommy Hilfiger, Enyce, Levi’s and Dockers brands and sports licenses with the National Football League, National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, National Hockey League, Touch by Alyssa Milano and more than 100 U.S. colleges and universities. G-III sells outerwear and handbags under our own Andrew Marc and Marc New York brands and has licensed these brands for women’s footwear, men’s accessories, women’s handbags and men’s cold weather accessories. Our other owned brands include Marvin Richards, G-III, Jessica Howard, Eliza J., Black Rivet, Siena Studio, Tannery West, G-III by Carl Banks and Winlit. G-III works with a diversified group of retailers in developing

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product lines to be sold under their proprietary private labels. G-III also operates 121 retail stores, of which 118 are outlet stores operated under the Wilsons Leather name.
Statements concerning G-III’s business outlook or future economic performance, anticipated revenues, expenses or other financial items; product introductions and plans and objectives related thereto; and statements concerning assumptions made or expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other matters are “forward-looking statements” as that term is defined under the Federal Securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and factors which include, but are not limited to, reliance on licensed product, reliance on foreign manufacturers, risks of doing business abroad, the current economic and credit crisis, the nature of the apparel industry, including changing customer demand and tastes, customer concentration, seasonality, risks of operating a retail business, customer acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, dependence on existing management, possible disruption from acquisitions and general economic conditions, as well as other risks detailed in G-III’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. G-III assumes no obligation to update the information in this release.

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exv99w2
Exhibit 99.2
G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD.
For: G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.
Contact: Investor Relations
James Palczynski
(203) 682-8229
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.
Wayne S. Miller, Chief Operating Officer
(212) 403-0500
G-III Apparel Group Prices Common Stock Offering
New York, NY — December 16, 2009 G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (NasdaqGSM: GIII) today announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 1,700,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $19.50 per share. All of the shares are being offered by the Company. In connection with the offering, the Company has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 255,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. The closing of the offering is expected to take place on or about December 22, 2009, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Piper Jaffray & Co. is acting as the sole book-running manager, with Lazard Capital Markets acting as co-lead manager of the offering. Brean Murray, Carret & Co. and KeyBanc Capital Markets are acting as co-managers.
The Company intends to use the proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes to support the growth of its business, which may include acquisitions.
The offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2009. A prospectus supplement relating to the offering will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. When available, copies of the prospectus supplement relating to this offering may be obtained by contacting Piper Jaffray & Co. at 800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 800, Minneapolis, MN 55402 or by calling (800) 747-3924.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the shares in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.
G-III is a leading manufacturer and distributor of outerwear, dresses, sportswear and women’s suits under licensed brands, our own brands and private label brands. G-III has fashion licenses under the Calvin Klein, Sean John, Kenneth Cole, Cole Haan, Guess?, Jones New York, Jessica Simpson, Nine West, Ellen Tracy, Tommy Hilfiger, Enyce, Levi’s and Dockers brands and sports licenses with the National Football League, National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, National Hockey League, Touch by Alyssa Milano and more than 100 U.S. colleges and universities. G-III sells outerwear and handbags

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under our own Andrew Marc and Marc New York brands and has licensed these brands for women’s footwear, men’s accessories, women’s handbags and men’s cold weather accessories. Our other owned brands include Marvin Richards, G-III, Jessica Howard, Eliza J., Black Rivet, Siena Studio, Tannery West, G-III by Carl Banks and Winlit. G-III works with a diversified group of retailers in developing product lines to be sold under their proprietary private labels. G-III also operates 121 retail stores, of which 118 are outlet stores operated under the Wilsons Leather name.
     Statements concerning G-III’s business outlook or future economic performance, anticipated revenues, expenses or other financial items; product introductions and plans and objectives related thereto; and statements concerning assumptions made or expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other matters are “forward-looking statements” as that term is defined under the Federal Securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and factors which include, but are not limited to, reliance on licensed product, reliance on foreign manufacturers, risks of doing business abroad, the current economic and credit crisis, the nature of the apparel industry, including changing customer demand and tastes, customer concentration, seasonality, risks of operating a retail business, customer acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, dependence on existing management, possible disruption from acquisitions and general economic conditions, as well as other risks detailed in G-III’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. G-III assumes no obligation to update the information in this release.

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