Exempt Offering Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Subordinated Notes by the Company to the Purchasers.
Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Shares During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the 90th day following the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-up Period”), the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Representatives), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” or liquidate or decrease a “call equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of), or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any shares of Common Stock, options or warrants to acquire shares of the Common Stock or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Shares); provided, however, that (i) the Company may file a registration statement on Form S-8 and issue shares of its Common Stock or options to purchase its Common Stock, other stock awards, or Common Stock upon exercise of options or other stock awards, pursuant to any stock option, stock bonus or other stock plan or arrangement described in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus, (ii) the Company may file a registration statement on Form S-8 and issue shares of its Common Stock or options to purchase its Common Stock, other stock awards, or Common Stock upon exercise of options or other stock awards, pursuant to any stock option, stock bonus or other stock plan or arrangement not described in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus, so long as the aggregate amount of such issuances pursuant to this clause (ii) does not exceed three percent (3.0 %) of the Company’s outstanding capital stock measured as of the Closing Date, including the Shares to be issued and sold hereunder, and (iii) the Company may issue shares of Common Stock or securities exercisable for shares of Common Stock in connection with a strategic partnership, licensing, joint venture, collaboration, lending or other similar arrangements, or in connection with the acquisition or license by the Company of any business, products or technologies, so long as the aggregate amount of such issuances pursuant to this clause (iii) does not exceed ten percent (10.0 %) of the Company’s outstanding capital stock measured as of the Closing Date, including the Shares to be issued and sold hereunder, provided, further, that in each of clause (ii) and (iii), such shares of Common Stock, options, other stock awards or securities exercisable for shares of Common Stock shall not be re-sellable during the Lock-up Period (including any extension thereof). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day period, the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The Company will provide the Representatives and each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to the lockup letters described in Section 5(i) with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.
Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Representatives), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any debt securities of the Company similar to the Notes or securities exchangeable for or convertible into debt securities similar to the Notes (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Notes).
Public Offering of the Offered Securities The Representative hereby advises the Company that the Underwriters intend to offer for sale to the public, on the terms set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, their respective portions of the Offered Securities as soon after this Agreement has been executed and the Registration Statement has been declared effective as the Representative, in its sole judgment, has determined is advisable and practicable.