REED’S, INC.
EXHIBIT
1.1
5. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to the Dealer-Manager that:
18. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the exhibit attached hereto and as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, contains the entire agreement among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and there are no other or further agreements outstanding not specifically mentioned herein.
XXXX’X,
INC.
June ___,
2009
Source
Capital Group, Inc.
As
Dealer-Manager,
000 Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The
following will confirm our agreement relating to the proposed rights offering
(the “Rights
Offering”) to be undertaken by Xxxx’x, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”),
pursuant to which the Company will distribute to holders of record of its common
stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”),
subscription rights (the “Rights”) as set forth
in the Company’s S-1 Rights Offering first filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on
January 23, 2009, and as amended on Form S-3 on May 4, 2009 to subscribe for and
purchase shares of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the
“Rights
Shares”), at a subscription price equal to $10.00 per Right in cash (the
“Subscription
Price”).
1. The Rights
Offering.
(a) The
Company proposes to undertake the Rights Offering pursuant to which each holder
of Common Stock shall receive one Right for each share of Common Stock held of
record at the close of business on __________ (the “Record Date”).
Holders of Rights will be entitled to subscribe for and purchase, at the
Subscription Price, one share of Series B Preferred for every 66.7 Rights
granted to you on the Record Date (the “Basic Subscription
Right”).
(b) The
Rights are expected to be listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market or quoted the OTC
Bulletin Board, and shall be transferable in accordance with, applicable state
“blue sky” laws, rules and regulations. The Rights Shares are expected to be
quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board and shall be transferable in accordance
with, applicable state “blue sky” laws, rules and regulations.
(c) Any
holder of Rights who fully exercises all Basic Subscription Rights issued to
such holder is entitled to subscribe for Rights Shares which were not otherwise
subscribed for by others pursuant to their Basic Subscription Rights (the “Over Subscription
Right”). The Over-Subscription Right shall allow a holder of a Right to
subscribe for an additional amount equal to up to 400% of the Rights Shares for
which such holder was otherwise entitled to subscribe. Rights Shares acquired
pursuant to the Over-Subscription Right are subject to allotment, as more fully
discussed in the Prospectus (as defined herein).
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(d) The
Rights will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on ___________, 200__ (the
“Expiration
Date”). The Company shall have the right to extend the Expiration Date
for up to an additional 30 trading days in its sole
discretion.
(e) All funds
from the exercise of Basic Subscription Rights and Over-Subscription Rights will
be deposited with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as the
subscription agent (“Continental” or the
“Subscription
Agent”) and held in a segregated account with the Subscription Agent
pending a final determination of the number of Rights Shares to be issued
pursuant to the exercise of Basic Subscription Rights and Over-Subscription
Rights. As soon as is practicable, the Company shall conduct a closing of the
Rights Offering (a “Closing”). In no
event will the Company raise more than $1,500,000 in this Rights Offering,
unless such maximum offering amount is waived by the Company, in its sole
discretion.
2. Appointment as Dealer-Manager; Role of Dealer-Manager. The
Company hereby engages Source Capital Group, Inc. (“Source”) as the sole
exclusive dealer-manager (the “Dealer-Manager”) in
connection with the Rights Offering, and authorizes the Dealer-Manager to act as
such on its behalf in connection with the Rights Offering, in accordance with
this Dealer-Manager Agreement (this “Agreement”). During
the Engagement Period (as defined in the engagement letter agreement entered
into between the Company and the Dealer-Manager, dated May 13, 2009 (the “Engagement Letter”)),
the Company will not solicit, negotiate with or enter into any agreement with
any other placement agent, financial advisor, dealer manager, brokers, dealers
or underwriters or any other person or entity in connection with the Rights
Offering. On the basis of the representations and warranties and
agreements of the Company contained in this Agreement and subject to and in
accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, the Dealer-Manager agrees that
as Dealer-Manager it will, in accordance with its customary practice and to the
extent requested by the Company, use its commercially reasonable efforts to
(a) advise and assist the Company in soliciting the exercise of the Rights
held by Rights Holders for subscriptions for Rights Shares, (b) advise and
assist the Company in connection with the solicitation of offers to purchase the
Rights that Rights Holders desire to transfer, and (c) provide the Advisory
Services (defined below) in connection with the Rights Offering. The
term “Advisory
Services” means (i) advising on pricing, and other terms and
conditions of the Rights Offering, including transferability and
oversubscription rights and limits, (ii) providing guidance on general
market conditions and their impact on the Rights Offering, and
(iii) assisting the Company in drafting a presentation that may be used to
market the Rights Offering to existing and potential investors. For
the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything that may be to the contrary
in this Agreement, the Company and the Dealer-Manager hereby agree that the
Dealer-Manager will not underwrite the Rights Offering, the Dealer-Manager has
no obligation to act, and will not act, in any capacity as an underwriter in
connection with the Rights Offering and the Dealer-Manager has no obligation to
purchase or procure purchases of the Rights Shares offered in connection with
the Rights Offering. The Company agrees that it will not hold the
Dealer-Manager liable or responsible for the failure of the Rights Offering in
the event that the Rights Offering is not successfully consummated for any
reason.
3. No Liability for Acts of
Brokers, Dealers, Banks and Trust Companies. The Dealer-Manager shall not
be subject to any liability to the Company or any of the Company’s
Subsidiaries (as defined below) or “affiliates” (“Affiliates”, as such
term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”)) for
any act or
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omission
on the part of any broker or dealer in securities (other than the
Dealer-Manager) or any bank or trust company or any other management,
shareholders, creditors or any other natural person, partnership, limited
liability partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust,
joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, or other
entity or organization (each, a “Person”), and the
Dealer-Manager shall not be liable for its own acts or omissions in performing
its obligations as advisor or Dealer-Manager hereunder or otherwise in
connection with the Rights Offering or the related transactions, except for any
losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses determined in a final
judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from
any such acts or omissions undertaken or omitted to be taken by the
Dealer-Manager through its gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. In
soliciting or obtaining exercises of Rights, the Dealer-Manager shall not be
deemed to be acting as the agent of the Company or as the agent of any
broker, dealer, bank or trust company, and no broker, dealer, bank or trust
company shall be deemed to be acting as the Dealer-Manager’s agent or as
the agent of the Company. As used herein, the term “Subsidiary” means a
Subsidiary of the Company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Unless the context specifically requires otherwise, the term “Company” as used in
this Agreement means the Company and its Subsidiaries collectively on a
consolidated basis.
4. The Offer
Documents.
(a) There
will be used in connection with the Rights Offering certain materials in
addition to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus (each as defined herein), including: (i) all exhibits to the
Registration Statement which pertain to the conduct of the Rights Offering
and (ii) any soliciting materials relating to the Rights Offering approved
by the Company (collectively with the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus, the “Offer Documents”).
The Dealer-Manager shall be given an opportunity to review and comment upon the
Offer Documents.
(b) The
Company agrees to furnish the Dealer-Manager with as many copies as it may
reasonably request of the final forms of the Offer Documents and the
Dealer-Manager is authorized to use copies of the Offer Documents in connection
with its acting as Dealer-Manager. The Dealer-Manager hereby agrees that it
will not disseminate any written material for or in connection with the
solicitation of exercises of Rights pursuant to the Rights Offering other than
the Offer Documents.
(c) The
Company represents and agrees that no solicitation material, other than the
Offer Documents and the documents to be filed therewith as exhibits thereto
(each in the form of which has been approved by the Dealer-Manager), will be
used in connection with the Rights Offering by or on behalf of the Company
without the prior approval of the Dealer-Manager, which approval will not be
unreasonably withheld. In the event that the Company uses or permits
the use of any such solicitation material in connection with the Rights
Offering, then the Dealer-Manager shall be entitled to withdraw as
Dealer-Manager in connection with the Rights Offering and the related
transactions without any liability or penalty to the Dealer-Manager or any other
Person identified in Section 11 hereof as an “indemnified party,” and the
Dealer-Manager shall be entitled to receive the payment of all fees and expenses
payable under this Agreement or the Engagement Letter which have accrued
to the date of such withdrawal or which otherwise thereafter become
payable.
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5. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to the Dealer-Manager that:
(a) The
Registration Statement on Form S-1, and as amended on Form S-3 (Registration No.
333-156908), with respect to the Rights and the Rights Shares has: (i) been
prepared by the Company in conformity with, in all material respects and
the requirements of the Securities Act, (ii) been filed with the Commission
under the Securities Act and (iii) become effective under the Securities Act.
Copies of such Registration Statement as amended to date have
been delivered or made available by the Company to the Dealer-Manager. For
purposes of this Agreement, “Effective Time” means
the date and the time as of which such registration statement, or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereto, if any, was declared effective by the
Commission; “Effective
Date” means the date of the Effective Time; “Preliminary
Prospectus” means each prospectus included in such registration
statement, or amendments thereof, before it becomes effective under the
Securities Act and any prospectus filed with the Commission by the Company with
the consent of the Dealer-Manager pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the Securities
Act; “Registration
Statement” means such Registration Statement, as amended at the Effective
Time, including any documents which are exhibits thereto; and “Prospectus” means
such final prospectus, as first filed with the Commission pursuant to paragraph
(1) or (4) of Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act. The Commission has not
issued any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus. All references in this Agreement to the Registration
Statement, a Preliminary Prospectus, and the Prospectus, or any amendments or
supplements to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include any copy
thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering,
Analysis and Retrieval System (“XXXXX”). The
Prospectus delivered to the Dealer-Manager for use in connection with the Rights
Offering will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof
filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by
Regulation S-T promulgated by the Commission.
(b) The
Registration Statement (together with all exhibits filed as part of the
Registration Statement) conforms, and any Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration
Statement conforms or will conform, when they are filed with or become
effective by the Commission, as the case may be, in each case, in all
material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act
and collectively do not and will not, as of the applicable Effective Date
(as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto) and as of the
applicable filing date (as to the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto) contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein (with respect to the Prospectus, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made) not misleading; provided that no
representation or warranty is made by the Company as to information contained in
or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of the Dealer-Manager specifically for inclusion therein, it being
acknowledged and agreed that such information provided by or on behalf of the
Dealer-Manager consists solely and exclusively of disclosure of the name of the
Dealer-Manager acting in its capacity as dealer-manager for the Rights Offering
contained in the Prospectus (collectively, the “Dealer-Manager
Information”) under appropriate headings and in its final form as
approved by the Dealer-Manager and its counsel.
(c) There are
no contracts, agreements, plans or other documents which are required to be
described in the Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement by the Securities Act which have not been described in the Prospectus
or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or referred to in, or
incorporated by reference into, the exhibit table of the Registration Statement
as permitted by the Securities Act.
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(d) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries have been duly incorporated and are validly
existing as corporations in good standing under the laws of their
respective jurisdictions of incorporation, are duly qualified to do business and
are in good standing as foreign corporations in each jurisdiction in
which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of
their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and
authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to
conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the absence of
such power or authority (either individually and in the aggregate) could
not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on: (i) the
business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations,
shareholders’ equity, properties or prospects (as such prospects are disclosed
or described in the Prospectus) of the Company or its Subsidiaries; (ii)
the long-term debt or capital stock of the Company or its Subsidiaries; or (iii)
the Rights Offering or consummation of any of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus (any such effect being a “Material Adverse
Effect”).
(e) This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the
Dealer-Manager, constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity.
(f) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries: (i) is in violation of its charter or
by-laws, (ii) in default under or in breach of, and no event has occurred
which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or
breach under or result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge, mortgage, pledge, security interest, claim, equity, trust or other
encumbrance, preferential arrangement, defect or restriction of any kind
whatsoever (each, a “Lien”) upon any of
their property or assets pursuant to, any material contract, agreement,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its
properties or assets is subject or (iii) is in violation in any respect of any
law, rule, regulation, ordinance, directive, judgment, decree or order,
foreign and domestic, to which it or its properties or assets may be subject or
has failed to obtain any material license, permit, certificate, franchise
or other governmental authorization or permit necessary to the ownership of its
properties or assets or to the conduct of its business, except, in the case of
clauses (ii) and (iii) above, any violation, default or failure to possess
the same that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Prior to
or on the date hereof: (i) the Company and Continental have or will have entered
into a subscription agency agreement (the “Subscription Agency
Agreement”) if required by the Subscription Agent and (ii)
the Company and the MacKenzie Partners, Inc. (the “Information Agent”)
have or will have entered into an information agency agreement (the “Information Agency
Agreement”) if required by the Information Agent. When executed by
the Company, if applicable, each of the Subscription Agency Agreement and the
Information Agency Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery
by Continental or the Information Agent, as the case may be, will
constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity.
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(h) The
Rights to be issued and distributed by the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of
the Offer Documents, will be duly and validly issued, and will constitute valid
and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the
Company in accordance with their terms, no holder of the Rights is or will be
subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder, and
the Rights conform to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus.
The shares of Series B Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of any Rights have
been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered in
accordance with the terms of the Rights, will be duly and validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable and will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance
with their terms, no holder of the Series B Preferred Stock is or will be
subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder, and the Series B
Preferred Stock conforms to the description thereof contained in the
Prospectus. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any
shares of Series B Preferred Stock have been duly and validly authorized and,
when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Series B
Preferred Stock, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable,
no holder of the Common Stock is or will be subject to personal liability by
reason of being such a holder, and the Common Stock conforms to the description
thereof contained in the Prospectus.
(i) Except as
disclosed in the Prospectus with respect to the Company’s authorized
capitalization, the Rights Shares have been duly and validly authorized and
reserved for issuance upon exercise of the Rights and are free of statutory and
contractual preemptive rights and are sufficient in number to meet the
exercise requirements of the Rights Offering; and Rights Shares, when so issued
and delivered against payment therefore in accordance with the terms of
the Rights Offering, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable, with no personal liability attaching to the ownership thereof,
and will conform to the description thereof contained in the
Prospectus.
(j) The
Common Stock is quoted on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“NasdaqCM”). The
Company has not received an oral or written notification from the NasdaqCM
or any court or any other federal, state, local or foreign governmental or
regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets (“Governmental
Authority”) of any inquiry or investigation or other action that
would cause the Common Stock or the Rights Shares to not be quoted on the
NasdaqCM.
(k) The
Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth under the caption “Capitalization” in
the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the
Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and
non-assessable and have been issued in compliance with federal and state
securities laws. None of the outstanding shares of Company capital stock
were issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or
other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the
Company. There are no authorized or outstanding options, warrants, preemptive
rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or
debt securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital
stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than those accurately
described in the Registration Statement. 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 Registration Statement
accurately and fairly presents in all material respects the information required
to be shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and
rights.
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(l) The
warrant (the “Dealer-Manager Warrant”) to be
issued to the Dealer-Manager as described in Section 6 hereof, the Engagement
Letter and in the Prospectus will conform to the description thereof in the
Registration Statement and in the Prospectus and, when issued and delivered by
the Company in accordance with the Dealer-Manager Warrant, will have been duly
authorized and validly issued and will constitute a valid and binding obligation
of the Company. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Dealer-Manager Warrant have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon
exercise of the Dealer-Manager Warrant by all necessary corporate action on the
part of the Company and, when issued and delivered and paid for upon such
exercise in accordance with the terms of the Dealer-Manager Warrant, will
be validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights and
will conform to the description thereof in the Prospectus.
(m) The
Company and its Subsidiaries own or lease all such assets or properties as are
necessary to the conduct of its business as presently operated and as
proposed to be operated as described in the Registration and the Prospectus. The
Company or its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to
all assets or real property and good and marketable title to all personal
property owned by them, in each case free and clear of any Lien, except for such
Liens as are described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
Any assets or real property and buildings held under lease or sublease by the
Company or any Subsidiary is held under valid, subsisting and enforceable
leases with such exceptions as are not material to, and do not interfere with,
the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the
Company or such Subsidiary. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received
any notice of any material claim adverse to its ownership of any real or
personal property or of any material claim against the continued possession of
any real property, whether owned or held under lease or sublease by the
Company or any Subsidiary.
(n) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have all material consents, approvals,
authorizations, orders, registrations, qualifications, licenses, filings
and permits of, with and from all judicial, regulatory and other
Governmental Authorities and all third parties, foreign and domestic
(collectively, with the Licensing Requirements described below, the “Consents”), to own,
lease and operate their properties and conduct their businesses as presently
being conducted and as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, and each such Consent is valid and in full force and effect. The
Company has not received notice of any investigation or proceedings which
results in or, if decided adversely to the Company, could reasonably be expected
to result in, the revocation of any Consent or reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. No Consent contains a materially burdensome
restriction not adequately disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus.
(o) The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, the
issuance of the Rights in accordance with the terms of the Offer Documents,
the issuance of Rights Shares in accordance with the terms of the Rights
Offering, and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby, the Subscription Agency Agreement and the
Information Agency Agreement, will not conflict with or result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement
or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its
Affiliates is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its
Affiliates is bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates is subject, nor will such
actions result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any statute or any order, rule or
regulation of any Governmental Authority; and except for the registration
of the Rights and the Rights Shares under the Securities Act and such consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may
be required under the Exchange Act and applicable state securities laws in
connection with the distribution of the Rights and the sale of the Rights Shares
by the Company, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing
or registration with, any such court or Governmental Authority is required for
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company
and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(p) Except as
otherwise set forth in the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or
understandings between the Company and any Person granting such Person the
right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the
Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be
owned by such Person or to require the Company to include such securities in the
securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or in any
securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed
by the Company under the Securities Act. No holder of any security of
the Company has any rights of rescission or similar rights with respect to
such securities held by them.
(q) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has sustained, since the date of the
latest balance sheet included in the Prospectus or after such date and as
disclosed in the Prospectus, any material loss or interference with its business
from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered
by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action,
order or decree; and, since such date or after such date and as disclosed in the
Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term
debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any material adverse change,
or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or
affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’
equity, results of operations or prospects (as such prospects are disclosed
or described in the Prospectus) of the Company and its Subsidiaries (a “Material Adverse
Change”). Since the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the
Prospectus, the Company has not incurred or undertaken any liabilities or
obligations, whether direct or indirect, liquidated or contingent, matured
or unmatured, or entered into any transactions, including any acquisition or
disposition of any business or asset, which are material to the Company,
except for liabilities, obligations and transactions which are disclosed in
the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus.
(r) Xxxxxxxx
& Company, P.A. (“Xxxxxxxx”), whose
reports relating to the Company are included in the Registration Statement, are
independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”). Xxxxxxxx, to
the best of the Company’s knowledge, is duly registered and in good standing
with the PCAOB. Xxxxxxxx has not, during the periods covered by
the financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, provided to the Company any non-audit
services, as such term is used in Section 10A(g) of the Exchange
Act.
(s) The
financial statements, including the notes thereto, and any supporting schedules
included in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position as
of the dates indicated and the cash flows and results of operations for the
periods specified of the Company. Except as otherwise stated in the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, said
financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved. Any supporting schedules included in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus present
fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated
therein. No other financial statements or supporting schedules are required to
be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. The
other financial and statistical information included in the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly, in
all material respects, the information included therein and have been prepared
on a basis consistent with that of the financial statements that
are included in the Registration Statement, such Preliminary Prospectus and
the Prospectus and the books and records of the respective entities presented
therein.
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(t) There are
no pro forma or as adjusted financial statements which are required to be
included in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act which have
not been included as so required. The pro forma and/or as adjusted
financial information included in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus has been properly compiled and prepared
in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and
include all adjustments necessary to present fairly, in all material
respects, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles the pro
forma and as adjusted financial position of the respective entity or
entities presented therein at the respective dates indicated and their cash
flows and the results of operations for the respective periods specified. The
assumptions used in preparing the pro forma and as adjusted financial
information included in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus
and the Prospectus provide a reasonable basis for presenting the
significant effects directly attributable to the transactions or events
described therein. The related pro forma and pro forma as adjusted
adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions; and the pro forma and
pro forma as adjusted financial information reflect the proper application
of those adjustments to the corresponding historical financial statement
amounts.
(u) The
statistical, industry-related and market-related data included in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus are
based on or derived from sources which the Company reasonably believes are
reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which they
are derived. All applicable third party consents have been obtained in
order for such data to be included in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(v) Except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company
maintains a system of internal accounting and other controls sufficient to
provide reasonable assurances that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles and to
maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the
recorded accounting for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(w) The
Company’s Board of Directors has validly appointed an audit committee,
compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee
whose composition satisfies the requirements of the rules and regulations of the
Commission and the Company’s Board of Directors and/or audit committee,
compensation committee and the nominating corporate governance committee has
each adopted a charter as described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement, and such charters are in full
force and effect as of the date hereof. Neither the Company’s Board of Directors
nor the audit committee thereof has been informed, nor is any director of
the Company aware, of: (i) except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information; or (ii) any fraud, whether
or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting.
(x) The
Company is in material compliance with the provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act
of 2002, as amended (“Sarbanes Oxley”)
applicable to the Company, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder and related or similar rules and regulations promulgated by any other
Governmental Authority or self regulatory entity or agency, except for
violations which, singly or in the aggregate, are disclosed in the Prospectus or
would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(y) To the
best of the Company’s knowledge, no relationship, direct or indirect, exists
between or among any of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, on the one
hand, and any director, officer, shareholder, customer or supplier of the
Company or any Affiliate of the Company, on the other hand, which is required by
the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to be described in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus which is not so described as required. Except
as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are no
outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses in
the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the
Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company
or any of their respective family members. The Company has not, in
violation of Sarbanes Oxley, directly or indirectly, including through any
Affiliate of the Company (other than as permitted under the Sarbanes Oxley
for depositary institutions), extended or maintained credit, arranged for the
extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a
personal loan to or for any director or executive officer of the
Company.
(z) Except as
described in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings
pending to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or of
which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is the
subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
and to the best of the Company’s knowledge, except as disclosed in the
Prospectus, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
Governmental Authorities or threatened by others.
(aa) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal, state and foreign
income and franchise tax returns and have paid all taxes required to be
paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment,
fine or penalty levied against any of them, except where the failure to
make such filings or make such payments, either individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
The Company has made adequate charges, accruals and reserves in its
financial statements above in respect of all federal, state and foreign income
and franchise taxes for all periods as to which the tax liability of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has not been finally determined.
(bb) Each of
the Company and its Subsidiaries maintains insurance of the types and in the
amounts which the Company believes to be reasonable and sufficient for a
company of its size operating in the Company’s industry, including, but not
limited to: (i) directors’ and officers’ insurance (including insurance
covering the Company, its directors and officers for liabilities or losses
arising in connection with the Rights Offering, including, without
limitation, liabilities or losses arising under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act and applicable foreign securities laws), (ii) insurance
covering real and personal property owned or leased against theft, damage,
destruction, acts of vandalism and all other risks customarily insured against,
(iii) business interruption insurance and (iv) product-related or clinical
trial-related insurance. There are no claims by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries under any policy or instrument described in this paragraph as
to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a
reservation of rights clause. All of the insurance policies described in
this paragraph are in full force and effect. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for,
and the Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its
existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain
similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its
business at a cost that would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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(cc) The
Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess or have the right to use on
reasonable terms all patents, patent rights, patent applications, licenses,
inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented
and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or
procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names, service names and other
intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual
Property”) necessary to carry on their respective businesses as described
in the Prospectus and as proposed to be conducted; and neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any
infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any
Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any
Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interests of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict
(if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or
inadequacy, individually or in the aggregate, might result in a Material Adverse
Effect. All former and current employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (and, to the Company’s knowledge, all other agents, consultants and
contractors of the Company or any of its subsidiaries who contributed to or
participated in the conception or development of any Intellectual Property for
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) have executed written contracts or
agreements that assign to the Company all rights to any inventions,
improvements, discoveries or information relating to the business of the Company
and its subsidiaries, including without limitation all Intellectual Property
owned, controlled by or in the possession of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries. To the knowledge of the Company, there is no
unauthorized use, infringement or misappropriation of any of the Intellectual
Property by any third party, employee or former employee. Each
agreement and instrument (each, a “License Agreement”)
pursuant to which any Intellectual Property is licensed to the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is in full force and effect, has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company or the
applicable subsidiary, as the case may be, enforceable against the Company or
such subsidiary in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may
be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles; the
Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with their respective obligations
under all License Agreements and, to the knowledge of the Company, all other
parties to any of the License Agreements are in compliance with all of their
respective obligations thereunder; no event or condition has occurred or exists
that gives or would give any party to any License Agreement the right, either
immediately or with notice or passage of time or both, to terminate or limit (in
whole or in part) any such License Agreement or any rights of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries thereunder, to exercise any of such party’s remedies
thereunder, or to take any action that would adversely affect any rights of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries thereunder or that might have a Material
Adverse Effect and the Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances that
would result in any of the foregoing or give any party to any License Agreement
any such right; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received
any notice of default, breach or non-compliance under any License
Agreement.
(dd) Except as
described in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration
Statement, the Company: (i) is and at all times has been in full compliance
with all statutes, rules, regulations or guidance applicable to 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, distributed or
sold by the Company or any component thereof (such statutes, rules,
regulations or guidance, collectively, “Applicable Laws”);
(ii) has not received any notice of adverse finding, warning letter,
untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the FDA or any other
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”);
(iii) possesses all Authorizations and such Authorizations are valid and in full
force and effect and are not in violation of any term of any such
Authorizations; (iv) has not received notice of any claim, suit, proceeding,
hearing, enforcement, audit, 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 has no knowledge that any such Governmental
Authority or third party is considering any such claim, suit, proceeding,
hearing, enforcement, audit, investigation, arbitration or other
action; (v) has 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 has no knowledge that any such Governmental
Authority is considering such action; (vi) has 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 material 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), except, in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii), for any default, violation or event that would not, individually or
in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(ee) Neither
the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of the Company’s directors,
officers or employees has violated: (i) the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended,
(ii) the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, as amended, (iii) the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act, or (iv) the Uniting and Strengthening of America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA
PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, and/or the rules and regulations promulgated
under any such law, or any successor law, except for such violations which,
singly or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(ff) Neither
the Company nor any of its Affiliates has, prior to the date hereof, made any
offer or sale of any securities which are required to be “integrated”
pursuant to the Securities Act with the offer and sale of the Shares pursuant to
the Registration Statement.
(gg) Except as
described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are no claims,
payments, arrangements, agreements or understandings relating to the
payment of a finder’s, consulting or origination fee or other compensation by
the Company with respect to the issuance or exercise of the Rights or the
sale of the Rights Shares or any other arrangements, agreements or
understandings of the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, the Company’s
officers, directors and employees or Affiliates that may affect the
Dealer-Manager’s compensation, as determined by the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). Except as
previously disclosed by the Company to the Dealer-Manager in writing, no
officer, director, or beneficial owner of 5% or more of any class of the
Company’s securities (whether debt or equity, registered or unregistered,
regardless of the time acquired or the source from which derived) or any
other Affiliate is a member or a Person associated, or affiliated with a member
of FINRA. No proceeds from the exercise of the Rights will be paid to any
FINRA member, or any Persons associated or affiliated with a member of
FINRA, except as specifically contemplated herein. Except as previously
disclosed by the Company to the Dealer-Manager, no Person to whom securities of
the Company have been privately issued within the 180-day period prior to
the initial filing date of the Registration Statement has any relationship or
affiliation or association with any member of FINRA.
(hh) There are
no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any Person
that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or the
Dealer-Manager for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Other than
the Dealer-Manager, the Company has not employed any brokers, dealers or
underwriters in connection with solicitation of exercise of Rights in the
Rights Offering, and except provided for in Section 6 and 7 hereof, no other
commissions, fees or discounts will be paid by the Company or otherwise in
connection with the Rights Offering.
(ii) Neither
the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of the Company’s officers,
directors, employees or agents has at any time during the last five (5)
years: (i) made any unlawful contribution to any candidate for foreign office,
or failed to disclose fully any contribution in violation of law, or (ii)
made any payment to any federal or state governmental officer or official, or
other Person charged with similar public or quasi-public duties, other than
payments that are not prohibited by the laws of the United States of any
jurisdiction thereof.
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(jj) The
Company has not and will not, directly or indirectly through any officer,
director or Affiliate of the Company or through any other Person: (i) taken
any action designed to cause or to result in, or that has constituted or which
might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization
or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate
the issuance of the Rights or the sale or resale of the Rights Shares, (ii)
since the filing of the Registration Statement sold, bid for or purchased,
or paid any Person (other than the Dealer-Manager) any compensation for
soliciting exercises or purchases of, the Rights or the Rights Shares and
(iii) until the later of the expiration of the Rights or the completion of the
distribution (within the meaning of Regulation M under the Exchange Act) of the
Rights Shares, sell, bid for or purchase, apply or agree to pay to any Person
(other than the Dealer-Manager) any compensation for soliciting another to
purchase any other securities of the Company (except for the solicitation of the
exercises of Rights pursuant to this Agreement). The foregoing shall not apply
to the offer, sale, agreement to sell or delivery with respect to: (i) Rights
Shares offered and sold upon exercise of the Rights, as described in the
Prospectus, or (ii) any shares of Common Stock sold pursuant to the Company’s
employee benefit plans.
(kk) Each
“forward-looking
statement” (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act
or Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed with a reasonable basis and has
been disclosed in good faith.
As used
in this Agreement, references to matters being “material” with
respect to the Company or any matter relating to the Company shall mean a
material item, event, change, condition, status or effect related to the
condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets (including
intangible assets), liabilities, business, prospects (as such prospects are
disclosed or described in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus),
operations or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole.
As used
in this Agreement, the term “knowledge of the
Company” (or similar language) shall mean the knowledge of the officers
of the Company who are named in the Prospectus, with the assumption that
such officers shall have made reasonable and diligent inquiry of the matters
presented (with reference to what is customary and prudent for the
applicable individuals in connection with the discharge by the applicable
individuals of their duties as officers or directors of the
Company).
6. Compensation. The
Dealer-Manager shall receive the fee as set forth in the Engagement Letter.
Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the Dealer-Manager’s rights to receive
any fees, compensation or reimbursement set forth in the Engagement Letter in
accordance with the terms thereof. All payments to be made by the
Company pursuant to this Section 6 shall be made at the Closing by wire
transfer of immediately available funds and consummation of the subscriptions
for Rights Shares pursuant to the exercise of Rights (the “Closing
Date”).
7. Expenses. In
addition to the Dealer-Manager’s compensation for services hereunder pursuant to
Section 6 hereof, the Company shall pay or cause to be paid:
(a) all
expenses (including any taxes) incurred in connection with the Rights Offering
and the preparation, issuance, execution, authentication and delivery of the
Rights and the Rights Shares;
(b) all fees,
expenses and disbursements of the Company’s accountants, legal counsel and other
third party advisors;
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(c) all
reasonable and documented costs and expenses of the Dealer-Manager as set forth
in the Engagement Letter;
(d) all fees
and expenses of the Subscription Agent and the Information Agent;
(e) all fees,
expenses and disbursements (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 and exhibits thereto), each
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the other Offer Documents and any
amendments or supplements of the foregoing and any printing, delivery and
shipping of this Agreement, the costs of distributing the terms of any agreement
relating to any organization of soliciting dealers, if any, to the members
thereof by mail, fax or other means of communications;
(f) all fees,
expenses and disbursements relating to the registration or qualification of the
Rights and the Rights Shares under the “blue sky” securities laws of any states
or other jurisdictions and all fees and expenses associated with the preparation
of the preliminary and final forms of Blue Sky Memoranda;
(g) all
filing fees of the Commission;
(h) all
filing fees relating to the review of the Rights Offering by FINRA;
(i) any
applicable listing or other fees;
(j) the cost
of printing certificates representing the Rights and the Rights
Shares;
(k) all
advertising charges pertaining to the Rights Offering;
(l) the cost
and charges of the Company’s transfer agent(s) or registrar(s); and
(m) all other
costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder for
which provision is not otherwise made in this Section.
(n) All
payments to be made by the Company pursuant to this Section 7 shall be made
promptly after the termination or expiration of the Rights Offering or, if
later, promptly after the related fees, expenses or charges accrue and an
invoice therefor is sent by the Dealer-Manager. The Company shall perform its
obligations set forth in this Section 7 whether or not the Rights Offering
commences or any Rights are exercised pursuant to the Rights
Offering.
8. Shareholder Lists;
Subscription Agent; Information
Agent.
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(a) The
Company will cause the Dealer-Manager to be provided with any cards or lists
showing the names and addresses of, and the number of shares of Common Stock
held by, the holders of shares of Common Stock as of a recent date and will use
its best efforts to cause the Dealer-Manager to be advised from time to time
during the period, as the Dealer-Manager shall request, of the Rights Offering
as to any transfers of record of shares of Common Stock.
(b) The
Company (i) has arranged for Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
to serve as subscription agent in connection with the Rights Offering (the
“Subscription
Agent”), (ii) will arrange for the Subscription Agent to advise the
Dealer-Manager regularly as to such matters as the Dealer-Manager may reasonably
request, including the number of Rights that have been exercised, and
(iii) will arrange for the Subscription Agent to be responsible for
receiving subscription funds paid.
(c) The
Company has arranged for MacKenzie Partners, Inc. to serve as information agent
in connection with the Rights Offering (the “Information Agent”
and together with the Subscription Agent the “Agents”) and to
perform services in connection with the Rights Offering that are customary for
an information agent.
9. Covenants of the Company.
The Company covenants and agrees with the Dealer-Manager:
(a) To use
its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto
to become effective; to advise the Dealer-Manager, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the time when the Registration Statement, or any
amendment thereto, becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or
any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Dealer-Manager with
copies thereof; to prepare a Prospectus in a form approved by the Dealer-Manager
(such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and to file such
Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act within the time
prescribed by such rule; to advise the Dealer-Manager, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of the
Rights for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the
Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the
issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use
of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such
qualification, to use promptly its reasonable best efforts to obtain its
withdrawal;
(b) To
deliver promptly to the Dealer-Manager, at any such location as requested by the
Dealer Manger, such number of the following documents as the Dealer-Manager
shall reasonably request: (i) conformed copies of the Registration
Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each amendment thereto (in
each case excluding exhibits other than this Agreement, any other Offer
Documents filed as exhibits, the computation of the ratio of earnings to fixed
charges and the computation of per share earnings), (ii) each Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amended or supplemented Prospectus and (iii)
any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (excluding
exhibits thereto); and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time
during which the Prospectus relating to the Rights or the Rights Shares is
required to be delivered under the Securities Act and if at such time any events
shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such
Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall
be necessary during such period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to
file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act,
to notify the Dealer-Manager and, upon its request, to file such document and to
prepare and furnish without charge to the Dealer-Manager as many copies as
the Dealer-Manager may from time to time reasonably request of an amended or
supplemented Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or
effect such compliance;
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(c) To file
promptly with the Commission any amendment to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or any supplement to the Prospectus that may, in the judgment of
the Company or the Dealer-Manager, be necessary or advisable in connection with
the distribution of the Rights or the sale of the Underlying Shares or be
requested by the Commission;
(d) Prior to
filing with the Commission any: (i) Preliminary Prospectus, (ii) amendment to
the Registration Statement, any document incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus or (iii) any Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act,
to furnish a copy thereof to the Dealer-Manager and counsel for the
Dealer-Manager and obtain the consent of the Dealer-Manager to the filing (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld);
(e) To
furnish to the Dealer-Manager copies of all materials not available via
XXXXX furnished by the Company to its shareholders and all public reports and
all reports and financial statements furnished by the Company to the
principal national securities exchange upon which any of the Company’s
securities may be listed pursuant to requirements of or agreements with
such exchange or to the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act or any rule
or regulation of the Commission thereunder;
(f) To
qualify or register the Rights and the Rights Shares for sale under (or obtain
exemptions from the application of) the state securities or blue sky laws
of those jurisdictions designated by the Dealer-Manager, shall comply with such
laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions
in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Rights and the Rights
Shares. The Company shall not be required to qualify as a
foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general
service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified
or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation. The
Company will advise the Dealer-Manager promptly of the suspension of the
qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Rights
and the Rights Shares for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or
any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the
event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration
or exemption, the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the
withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(g) To apply
the net proceeds from the exercise of the Rights in the manner described under
the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.
(h) Prior to
the effective date of the Registration Statement, to apply for the listing of
the Rights and Common Stock underlying the Rights Shares on the NasdaqCM and to
use its best efforts to complete that listing, subject only to official notice
of issuance (if applicable), prior to the expiration of the Rights
Offering. Prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement,
to apply for the listing of the Rights Shares on the OTC Bulletin Board and to
use its best efforts to complete that listing prior to the expiration of
the Rights Offering.
(i) To take
such steps as shall be necessary to ensure that neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary shall become an “investment company” within the meaning of such
term under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder.
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(j) To advise
the Dealer-Manager, directly or through the Subscription Agent, from time to
time, as the Dealer-Manager shall request, of the number of Rights Shares
subscribed for, and arrange for the Subscription Agent to furnish the
Dealer-Manager with copies of written reports it furnishes to the
Company concerning the Rights Offering;
(k) To
commence mailing the Offer Documents to record holders of the Common Stock not
later than the second business day following the record date for the Rights
Offering, and complete such mailing as soon as practicable;
(l) To
reserve and keep available for issue upon the exercise of the Rights such number
of authorized but unissued shares of Rights Shares as will be sufficient to
permit the exercise in full of all Rights, except as otherwise contemplated by
the Prospectus.
(m) To not
take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in, or
that has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute,
the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the issuance of the Rights or the sale or resale of the
Rights Shares.
10. Conditions of Dealer-Manager’s Obligations. The
obligations of the Dealer-Manager hereunder are subject to (and the occurrence
of any Closing shall be conditioned upon) the accuracy, as of the date
hereof and at all times during the Rights Offering, of the representations and
warranties of the Company contained herein, to the performance by the
Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional
conditions:
(a) (i) The
Registration Statement shall have become effective and the Prospectus shall have
been timely filed with the Commission in accordance with the Securities
Act; (ii) all post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement shall have
become effective; (iii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto shall have been
issued and no proceedings for the issuance of any such order shall have
been initiated or threatened, and any request of the Commission for additional
information (to be included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
or otherwise) shall have been disclosed to the Dealer-Manager and complied with
to the Dealer-Manager’s reasonable satisfaction.
(b) The
Dealer-Manager shall not have been advised by the Company or shall have
discovered and disclosed to the Company that the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue
statement of fact which in the Dealer-Manager’s opinion, or in the opinion
of counsel to the Dealer-Manager, is material, or omits to state a fact which,
in the Dealer-Manager’s opinion, or in the opinion of counsel to the
Dealer-Manager, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading.
(c) All
corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization,
form and validity of this Agreement, the Rights, the Rights Shares, the
Dealer-Manager Warrant, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and all
other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all
material respects to counsel for the Dealer-Manager, and the Company shall have
furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may
reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
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(d) Concurrently
with the execution of this Agreement, there shall have been furnished to the
Dealer-Manager the signed opinion (addressed to the Dealer-Manager) of Qashu
& Xxxxxxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, dated the date hereof and in
form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Dealer-Manager, to the effect
of the opinions set forth on Exhibit A
hereto.
(e) Concurrently
with the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall have furnished to the
Dealer-Manager a letter of Xxxxxxxx, addressed to the Dealer-Manager and dated
the date hereof: (i) confirming that they are independent registered public
accountants of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and are
in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of
accountants under the PCAOB and applicable rules of the Commission, and
(ii) stating, as of the date of the letter (or, with respect to matters
involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of
which specified financial information is given in the Prospectus, as of a
date not more than five days prior to the date of the letter), the conclusions
and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and
other matters specified by the Dealer-Manager.
(f) The
Company shall have furnished to the Dealer-Manager a certificate, dated the date
hereof, of its Chief Executive Officer or President and its Chief Financial
Officer stating that:
i.
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To
the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the
Company hereof are true and correct in all material
respects;
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ii.
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The
conditions set forth in this Agreement have been
fulfilled;
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iii.
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Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or
interference with its business, whether or not covered by insurance,
or from any labor dispute or any legal or governmental
proceeding;
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iv.
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Subsequent
to the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any
Material Adverse Change or any development involving a prospective
Material Adverse Change; and
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v.
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They
have carefully examined the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and,
in their opinion (A) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
as of the Effective Date, did not include any untrue statement of a
material fact and did not omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and (B) since the Effective Date no event has occurred which
should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment to the
Registration Statement or the
Prospectus.
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(g) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of
the latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus any
Material Adverse Change, the effect of which is, in the judgment of the
Dealer-Manager, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable
or inadvisable to proceed with the Rights Offering.
(h) The
NasdaqCM shall have approved the Rights and the Common Stock underlying the
Rights Shares for listing, subject only to official notice of issuance, as
applicable. The OTC Bulletin Board shall have approved the Rights
Shares for quotation.
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(i) All
opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in
this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions
hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel
for the Dealer-Manager.
11. Indemnification and
Contribution.
(a) The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Dealer-Manager and its
affiliates and any officer, director, employee or agent of Source or any
such affiliates and any Person controlling (within the meaning of
Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act) the Dealer-Manager or any of such affiliates
(collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”)
from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
expenses whatsoever, under the Securities Act or otherwise (as incurred or
suffered and including, but not limited to, any and all legal or other
expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or
defending any lawsuit, claim or other proceeding, commenced or
threatened, whether or not resulting in any liability, which legal or other
expenses shall be reimbursed by the Company promptly after receipt of any
invoices therefore from the Dealer-Manager), (A) arising out of or based upon:
(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Offer Documents or any amendment or supplement thereto, in
any other solicitation material used by the Company or authorized by it for use
in connection with the Rights Offering, or in any blue sky application or
other document prepared or executed by the Company (or based on any written
information furnished by the Company) specifically for the purpose of
qualifying any or all of the Rights or the Rights Shares under the securities
laws of any state or other jurisdiction (any such application, document or
information being hereinafter called a “Blue Sky
Application”) or arising out of or based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state in any such document a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading
(other than statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
the Dealer-Manager Information), (ii) any withdrawal or termination by the
Company of, or failure by the Company to make or consummate, the Rights
Offering, (iii) any actions taken or omitted to be taken by an indemnified
party with the consent of the Company or in conformity with actions taken or
omitted to be taken by the Company or (iv) any failure by the Company to
comply with any agreement or covenant, contained in this Agreement or (B)
arising out of, relating to or in connection with or alleged to arise out
of, relate to or be in connection with, the Rights Offering, any of the other
transactions contemplated thereby or the performance of Source’s services to
the Company with respect to the Rights Offering.
(b) If the
indemnification provided for in the foregoing paragraph is judicially determined
to be unavailable (other than in accordance with the terms hereof) to any
Indemnified Party otherwise entitled to indemnity in respect of any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to herein, then, in lieu of indemnifying
such person hereunder, whether or not the Dealer-Manager is the person entitled
to indemnification or reimbursement, the Company shall contribute to the amount
paid or payable by the Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (and expenses relating thereto) (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits to the Company, on
the one hand, and the Dealer-Manager, on the other hand, of the Rights Offering
or (ii) if the allocation provided for in clause (i) above is not
available, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative
benefits referred to in such clause (i) but also the relative fault of each
of the Company and the Dealer-Manager, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations; provided, however, in no event
shall the Dealer-Manager’s aggregate contribution to the amount paid or payable
exceed the aggregate amount of fees actually received by the Dealer-Manger under
this Agreement. For the purposes of this Agreement, the relative
benefits to the Company and to the Dealer-Manager of the engagement shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as (a) the total value paid or
contemplated to be paid or received or contemplated to be received by the
Company in the Rights Offering, whether or not the Rights Offering is
consummated, bears to (b) the fees paid or to be paid to the Dealer-Manager
under this Agreement.
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(c) The
Company also agrees that neither the Dealer-Manager, nor any other Indemnified
Party, shall have any liability to the Company for or in connection with the
Dealer-Manager’s engagement as Dealer-Manager, except for any such liability for
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses incurred by the Company which
are finally judicially determined to have resulted primarily from the
Dealer-Manager’s bad faith, willful misconduct, or gross
negligence. The foregoing agreement shall be in addition to any
rights that the Dealer-Manager, the Company or any Indemnified Party may have at
common law or otherwise, including, but not limited to, any right to
contribution. For the sole purpose of enforcing and otherwise giving
effect to the provisions of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to
personal jurisdiction and service and venue in any court in which any claim
which is subject to this agreement is brought against the Dealer-Manager or any
other indemnified party.
(d) The
Company agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the
Dealer-Manager, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment
with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in
respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder
(whether or not the Dealer-Manager is an actual or potential party to such
claim, action, suit or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or consent
includes an unconditional release, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance
to the Dealer-Manager, releasing the Dealer-Manager from all liability arising
out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
12. Effective Date of Agreement;
Termination.
(a) This
Agreement shall become effective upon the later of the time on which the
Dealer-Manager shall have received notification of the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement and the time which this Agreement shall have been
executed by all of the parties hereto.
(b) This
Agreement shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of (a) the
consummation, termination or withdrawal of the Rights Offering, and (b) the
withdrawal by the Dealer-Manager pursuant to Section 4.
13. Survival of Certain
Provisions. The agreements contained in Sections 3, 6, 7 and
13 through 21 hereof and the representations, warranties and agreements of the
Company contained in Section 5 hereof shall survive the consummation of or
failure to commence the Rights Offering and shall remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or
any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
14. Notices. All notices
and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
(a) delivered personally, (b) sent by facsimile with immediate
telephonic confirmation or (c) sent by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the parties hereto as
follows
If to the
Dealer-Manager:
Source
Capital Group, Inc.
000 Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile
203-341-3500 ext. 224
With a
copy to:
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx LLP
The
Graybar Building
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Facsimile:
212.401.4741
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If to the
Company:
Xxxx’x,
Inc.
00000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Facsimile:
With a
copy to:
Qashu
& Xxxxxxxxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
15. Parties. This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Dealer-Manager,
the Company and their respective successors. This Agreement and the terms
and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those Persons, except
that the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the
Company contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the
benefit of the Person or Persons, if any, who control the Dealer-Manager within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Act. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to give any Person, other than the Persons referred to in this
Section, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect
of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.
16. Amendment. This
Agreement may not be amended or modified except in writing signed by each of the
parties hereto.
17. Governing Law; Venue.
This Agreement shall be deemed to have been executed and delivered in New
York and both this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall
be governed as to validity, interpretation, construction, effect, and in all
other respects by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the
conflicts of laws principals thereof (other than Section 5-1401 of The New York
General Obligations Law). Each of the Dealer-Manager and the Company: (a) agrees
that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement and/or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted
exclusively in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, or
in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York,
(b) waives any objection which it may have or hereafter to the venue of any such
suit, action or proceeding, and (c) irrevocably consents to the
jurisdiction of Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, or in
the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
in any such suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Dealer-Manager and the
Company further agrees to accept and acknowledge service of any and all process
which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding in the Supreme
Court of the State of New York, New York County, or in the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York and agrees that
service of process upon the Company mailed by certified mail to the Company’s
address or delivered by Federal Express via overnight delivery shall be
deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company, in any
such suit, action or proceeding, and service of process upon the
underwriters mailed by certified mail to the Dealer-Manager’s address or
delivered by Federal Express via overnight delivery shall be deemed in
every respect effective service process upon the Underwriter, in any such suit,
action or proceeding. THE COMPANY (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS RESPECTIVE EQUITY HOLDERS AND
CREDITORS) HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN
RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT, ANY PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS AND THE
PROSPECTUS.
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18. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the exhibit attached hereto and as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, contains the entire agreement among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and there are no other or further agreements outstanding not specifically mentioned herein.
19. Severability.
If any term or provision of this Agreement or the performance thereof
shall be invalid or unenforceable to any extent, such invalidity
or unenforceability shall not affect or render invalid or unenforceable any
other provision of this Agreement and this Agreement shall be valid and
enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.
20. Headings. The
headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not
intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this
Agreement.
21. Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of a signed counterpart of this
Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall constitute
valid and sufficient delivery thereof. If the foregoing correctly sets
forth your understanding, please so indicate in the space provided below for
that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement
among us.
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Very
truly yours,
XXXX’X
INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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Accepted
and agreed as of the date first written above:
SOURCE
CAPITAL GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
Title: Sr.
Managing Director, Investment Banking
By: /s/ Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
[Signature
Page to Dealer-Manager Agreement]
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