●] Shares of Common Stock1 and Warrants to Purchase [●] Shares of Common Stock ENDRA LIFE SCIENCES INC. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
[●] Shares of Common Stock1
and
Warrants to Purchase [●] Shares of Common
Stock
[●], 2016
XXXXXXXXX &
COMPANY LLC
As Representative
of the several Underwriters
Named in Schedule
I hereto
c/o Dougherty
& Company LLC
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and
Gentlemen:
ENDRA Life
Sciences Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
proposes to sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule I
hereto (the “Underwriters”)
(i) an aggregate of [●] authorized but unissued shares
(the “Firm
Shares”) of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
(the “Common
Stock”), of the Company, and (ii) warrants of the
Company, to be issued pursuant to a warrant agreement to be entered
into by and between the Company and Corporate Stock Transfer, Inc.,
as warrant agent, in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the
“Warrant
Agreement”), to purchase [●] shares of Common
Stock (“Firm Warrant
Shares”) at an exercise price of [●] per share
(the “Firm
Warrants”). Each Firm Share is being sold together
with a Firm Warrant to purchase one-half of one share of Common
Stock. The Company also has granted to the several Underwriters an
option to purchase up to [●] additional shares of Common Stock
on the terms and for the purposes set forth in Section 3
hereof (the “Option
Shares”) and warrants of the Company, to be issued
pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, to purchase [●] shares of
Common Stock (the “Option Warrant
Shares” and, together with the Firm Warrant Shares,
the “Warrant
Shares”) at an exercise price of [●] per share
(the “Option
Warrants,” and, together with the Firm Warrants, the
“Warrants”) in
each case on the terms and for the purposes set forth in Section 3
hereof. The Firm Shares, the Firm Warrants, the Warrant Shares, any
Option Shares and any Option Warrants purchased pursuant to this
Underwriting Agreement are herein collectively called the
“Securities.”
The Company hereby
confirms its agreement with respect to the sale of the Securities
to the several Underwriters, for whom Xxxxxxxxx & Company LLC
is acting as representative (the “Representative” or “you”).
1Plus
an option to cover over-allotments to purchase up to [●]
additional shares and warrants to purchase up to [●]
additional shares at an exercise price of
[●].
1. Registration Statement and
Prospectus. A registration statement on Form S-1
(File No. 333-214724) with respect to the Securities,
including a preliminary form of prospectus, has been prepared by
the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”),
and the rules and regulations (“Rules and
Regulations”) of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”)
thereunder and has been filed with the Commission. Such
registration statement, including the amendments, exhibits and
schedules thereto, as of the time it became effective, including
the Rule 430A Information (as defined below), is referred to herein
as the “Registration
Statement.” The Company will prepare and file a
prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and
Regulations that discloses the information previously omitted from
the prospectus in the Registration Statement in reliance upon
Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, which information will
be deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration Statement
in accordance with Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations
(“Rule
430A Information”). If the Company has elected to rely
upon Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations to increase the
size of the offering registered under the Act, the Company will
prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement with
respect to such increase pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Rules
and Regulations (such registration statement, including the
contents of the Registration Statement incorporated by reference
therein is the “Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement”). References herein to the
“Registration
Statement” will be deemed to include the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement at and after the time of filing of the Rule
462(b) Registration Statement. “Preliminary
Prospectus” means any prospectus included in the
Registration Statement prior to the effective time of the
Registration Statement, any prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Rules and Regulations and each
prospectus that omits Rule 430A Information used after the
effective time of the Registration Statement. “Prospectus”
means the prospectus that discloses the public offering price and
other final terms of the Securities and the offering and otherwise
satisfies Section 10(a) of the Act. All
references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement to any of the foregoing, is deemed to include the copy
filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System or any successor system
thereto (“XXXXX”).
All references
herein to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or
a Prospectus shall be deemed as of any time to include the
documents and information incorporated therein by reference in
accordance with the Rules and Regulations.
2. Representations and
Warranties of the Company.
(a) Representations and Warranties of the
Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees
with, the several Underwriters as follows:
(i) Registration Statement and
Prospectuses. The Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto has become effective under the
Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued,
and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or, to the
Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission. No order
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or
the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) has been issued by the
Commission and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated
or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission.
As of the time each part of the Registration Statement (or any
post-effective amendment thereto) became or becomes effective, such
Registration Statement (or any post-effective amendment thereto)
conformed or will conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations. Upon the
filing or first use within the meaning of the Rules and
Regulations, each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (or any
supplement to either) conformed or will conform in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations.
(ii) Accurate Disclosure. Each Preliminary
Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof or the time of first use
within the meaning of the Rules and Regulations, did not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. Neither the Registration Statement nor
any amendment thereto, at the effective time of each part thereof,
at the First Closing Date (as defined below) or at the Second
Closing Date (as defined below), contained, contains or will
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or
will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. As of the
Time of Sale (as defined below), neither (A) the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package (as defined below) nor (B) any issuer free
writing prospectus (as defined below), when considered together
with the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, included an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Neither
the Prospectus nor any supplement thereto, as of its issue date, at
the time of any filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
of the Rules and Regulations, at the First Closing Date or at the
Second Closing Date, included, includes or will include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. The representations and warranties in this
Section 2(a)(ii) shall not apply to statements in or omissions
from any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto), the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) made in reliance upon, and
in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by
you, or by any Underwriter through you, specifically for use in the
preparation of such document, it being understood and agreed that
the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of
the information described as such in Section
6(e).
“Time of Sale
Disclosure Package” means the Preliminary Prospectus
dated [●], 2016 and the information on Schedule III, all
considered together.
Each reference to
a “free
writing prospectus” herein means a free writing
prospectus as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and
Regulations.
“Time of
Sale” means [●] [a/p]m (Eastern time) on the
date of this Agreement.
(iii) No Other Offering Materials. The
Company has not distributed and will not distribute any prospectus
or other offering material in connection with the offering and sale
of the Securities other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or other materials
permitted by the Act to be distributed by the Company; provided, further, that the Company has
not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities
that would constitute a free writing prospectus.
(iv) Financial
Statements. The financial statements of the Company,
together with the related notes, set forth in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and Prospectus
comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act
and the Rules and Regulations and fairly present the financial
condition of the Company as of the dates indicated and the results
of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity
for the periods therein specified. The financial statements of the
Company, together with the related notes, set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
Prospectus are in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States (“GAAP”)
consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except in the
case of unaudited interim financial statements, which are subject
to normal year-end adjustments and do not contain certain footnotes
as permitted by the applicable rules of the Commission. The
supporting schedules, if any, of the Company included in the
Registration Statement present fairly the information required to
be stated therein. All non-GAAP financial information included in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus complies with the requirements of Regulation G and
Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Act. Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, there are no material off-balance sheet arrangements
(as defined in Regulation S-K under the Act, Item 303(a)(4)(ii)) or
any other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other
persons, that may have a material current or, to the
Company’s knowledge, material future effect on the
Company’s financial condition, results of operations,
liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources or significant
components of revenue or expenses. No other financial statements or
schedules, if any, are required to be included in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
RBSM LLP, which has expressed its opinion with respect to the
financial statements of the Company and related schedules filed as
a part of the Registration Statement and included in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, is (x) an independent registered public accounting
firm within the meaning of the Act and the Rules and Regulations,
(y) a registered public accounting firm (as defined in Section
2(a)(12) of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act”)) and (z) not
in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
(v) Organization and Good
Standing. The
Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation. The Company has full corporate power and authority
to own its properties and conduct its business as currently being
carried on and as described in the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package and Prospectus, and is duly qualified to
do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the ownership or lease of real property or
the conduct of its business requires such qualification and in
which the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse
effect upon the business, prospects, management, properties,
operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of
operations of the Company, taken as a whole (“Material Adverse
Effect”).
(vi) Absence of Certain Events. Except as
contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, subsequent to the date of
the most recent financial statements of the Company included in the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Company has not incurred any
material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or
entered into any material transactions, or declared or paid any
dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its
capital stock; and there has not been any change in the capital
stock (other than a change in the number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of
outstanding options or warrants or conversion of convertible
securities), or any material change in the short-term or long-term
debt (other than as a result of the conversion of convertible
securities), or any issuance of options, warrants, convertible
securities or other rights to purchase the capital stock, of the
Company, or any material adverse change in the business, prospects,
management, properties, operations, condition (financial or
otherwise) or results of operations of the Company, taken as a
whole (“Material Adverse
Change”), or any development which would reasonably be
expected to result in any Material Adverse
Change.
(vii) Absence of Proceedings. Except as set forth in
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, there is
not pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or
contemplated, any action, suit or proceeding (a) to which the
Company is a party or (b) which has as the subject thereof any
officer or director of the Company, any employee benefit plan
sponsored by the Company or any property or assets owned or leased
by the Company before or by any court or Governmental Authority (as
defined below), or any arbitrator, which, individually or in the
aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in any Material
Adverse Change, or would materially and adversely affect the
ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or the Underwriter’s Warrant (as defined below) or
which are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the
Securities. There are no current or, to the knowledge of the
Company, pending, legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits
or proceedings (x) to which the Company is subject or (y) which has
as the subject thereof any officer or director of the Company, any
employee plan sponsored by the Company or any property or assets
owned or leased by the Company, that are required to be described
in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
Prospectus by the Act or by the Rules and Regulations and that have
not been so described.
(viii) Authorization; No Conflicts;
Authority. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company. The Underwriter’s Warrant has
been duly authorized and, at the First Closing Date and, if
applicable, the Second Closing Date, will be duly executed and
delivered by the Company. This Agreement constitutes, and the
Underwriter’s Warrant will constitute at the First Closing
Date and, if applicable, the Second Closing Date, a valid, legal
and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance
with its terms, except as rights to indemnity hereunder may be
limited by federal or state securities laws and except as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors
generally and subject to general principles of equity. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
Underwriter’s Warrant and the consummation of the
transactions herein contemplated will not (A) conflict with or
result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions
of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or
assets of the Company pursuant to any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any
of the property or assets of the Company is subject, (B) result in
any violation of the provisions of the Company’s charter or
by-laws or (C) result in the violation of any law or statute or any
judgment, order, rule, regulation or decree of any court or
arbitrator or federal, state, local or foreign governmental agency
or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any
of its properties or assets (each, a “Governmental
Authority”), except in the case of clauses (A) and (C)
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No consent,
approval, authorization or order of, or registration or filing
with, any Governmental Authority is required for the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement or the
Underwriter’s Warrant or for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance or sale of
the Securities by the Company or the issuance of shares of Common
Stock upon the exercise of the Underwriter’s Warrant, except
such as may be required under the Act, the rules of the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”),
The NASDAQ Stock Market Rules or state securities or blue sky laws;
and the Company has full corporate power and authority to enter
into this Agreement and the Underwriter’s Warrant and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the
authorization, issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated
by this Agreement and the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon
the exercise of the Underwriter’s
Warrant.
(ix) Capitalization; the Securities; Registration
Rights. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company, including the outstanding shares of Common
Stock, are duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and
state securities laws, and were not issued in violation of or
subject to any preemptive rights or other similar rights to
subscribe for or purchase securities that have not been waived in
writing (a copy of which has been delivered to counsel to the
Representative), and the holders thereof are not subject to
personal liability by reason of being such holders. The Securities
which may be sold hereunder (other than the Warrant Shares and the
shares of Common Stock which may be sold pursuant to the
Underwriter’s Warrant by the Company) have been duly
authorized and, when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, will have been validly issued and
will be fully paid and nonassessable, and the holders thereof will
not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such
holders. The Warrant Shares and the shares of Common Stock which
may be sold pursuant to the Underwriter’s Warrant by the
Company, when issued in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Warrants and the
Underwriter’s Warrant (including, without limitation, payment
of the exercise price therefor), will have been validly issued and
will be fully paid and nonassessable, and the the holders thereof
will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such
holders. The capital stock of the Company, including the Common
Stock, conforms to the description thereof in the Registration
Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the
Prospectus. Except as otherwise stated in the Registration
Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the
Prospectus, (A) there are no preemptive rights or other rights
to subscribe for or to purchase, or any restriction upon the voting
or transfer of, any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the
Company’s charter, by-laws or any agreement or other
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company
is bound, (B) none of the filing of the Registration Statement, the
offering, the sale of the Securities or the Underwriter’s
Warrant as contemplated by this Agreement, or the issuance of
shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Underwriter’s
Warrant, give rise to any rights (other than rights in favor of the
holders of the Underwriter’s Warrant) for or relating to the
registration of any shares of Common Stock or other securities of
the Company (collectively “Registration
Rights”) and (C) any person to whom the Company
has granted Registration Rights has agreed not to exercise such
rights until after expiration of the Lock-Up Period (as defined
below). The Company has an authorized and outstanding
capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, in the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus under the
caption “Description of Securities We Are Offering.”
The Common Stock (including the Securities) conforms in all
material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(x) Stock Options. Except as described in
the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package
and in the Prospectus, there are no options, warrants, agreements,
contracts or other rights in existence to purchase or acquire from
the Company any shares of the capital stock of the Company. The
description of the Company’s stock option, stock bonus and
other stock plans or arrangements (the “Company Stock
Plans”), and the options (the “Options”)
or other rights granted thereunder, set forth in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, accurately and fairly
presents in all material respects the information required to be
shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and rights.
Each grant of an Option (A) was duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board
of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized
committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the
necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award
agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and
delivered by each party thereto and (B) was made in accordance
with the terms of the applicable Company Stock Plan, and all
applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, including all
applicable federal securities laws.
(xi) Compliance with Laws. Except as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be likely to have
a Material Adverse Effect, the Company holds, and is operating in
compliance with, all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses,
permits, easements, consents, certificates and orders of any
Governmental Authority or self-regulatory body required for the
conduct of its business and all such franchises, grants,
authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents,
certifications and orders are valid and in full force and effect;
and except as would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company has not
received notice of any revocation or modification of any such
franchise, grant, authorization, license, permit, easement,
consent, certification or order or has reason to believe that any
such franchise, grant, authorization, license, permit, easement,
consent, certification or order will not be renewed in the ordinary
course; and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company
is in compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and
foreign laws, regulations, orders and decrees.
(xii) Ownership of Assets. The Company has
good and marketable title to all property (whether real or
personal) described in the Registration Statement, in the Time of
Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus as being owned by it,
in each case free and clear of all liens, claims, security
interests, other encumbrances or defects except such as are
described in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus. The property held under
lease by the Company is held by it under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases with only such exceptions with respect to any
particular lease as do not interfere in any material respect with
the conduct of the business of the Company.
(xiii) Intellectual Property. The Company
owns, possesses, or to the knowledge of the Company can acquire on
reasonable terms, all material Intellectual Property necessary for
the conduct of the Company’s business as now conducted or as
described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted. Furthermore,
(A) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement,
misappropriation or violation by third parties of any such
Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Company; (B) there
is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened,
action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the
Company’s rights in or to any such Intellectual Property
owned or licensed by the Company, and to the knowledge of the
Company, there are no facts that would form a reasonable basis for
any such claim; (C) the Intellectual Property owned by the Company,
and to the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property
licensed to the Company, has not been adjudged invalid or
unenforceable, in whole or in part, and there is no pending or, to
the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding
or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such
Intellectual Property, and to the knowledge of the Company, there
are no material facts that would form a reasonable basis for any
such claim; (D) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others
that the Company infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates
any Intellectual Property or other proprietary rights of others,
the Company has not received any written notice of such claim and
to the knowledge of the Company, there are no material facts that
would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; and (E) to the
Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company is in or has
ever been in violation of any term of any employment contract,
patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement,
non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement,
nondisclosure agreement or any restrictive covenant to or with a
former employer where the basis of such violation relates to such
employee’s employment with the Company or actions undertaken
by the employee while employed with the Company, except as such
violation would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
“Intellectual
Property” shall mean all patents, patent applications,
trade and service marks, trade and service xxxx registrations,
trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets,
domain names, technology and other intellectual
property.
(xiv) No Violations or Defaults. The Company
is not in violation of its charter, by-laws or other organizational
documents or in breach of or otherwise in default under any bond,
debt, note, indenture, loan agreement or any other contract, lease
or other instrument to which it is subject or by which it may be
bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is
subject, except for any such violation, breach or default that has
been waived by the other party. No event has occurred which, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default in
the performance of any obligation, agreement or condition contained
in any bond, debenture, note, indenture, loan agreement or any
other contract, lease or other instrument to which it is subject or
by which any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property
or assets of the Company is subject, except for such breach or
default as is not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xv) Taxes. The Company has timely filed
all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax
returns required to be filed (taking into account valid extensions
of time to file) and is not in default in the payment of any taxes
which were payable pursuant to said returns or any assessments with
respect thereto, other than any which the Company is contesting in
good faith. There is no pending dispute with any taxing authority
relating to any of such returns, and the Company has no knowledge
of any proposed liability for any tax to be imposed upon the
properties or assets of the Company for which there is not an
adequate reserve reflected in the Company’s financial
statements included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xvi) Exchange
Listing and Exchange Act Registration. The Common Stock has
been approved for listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market upon
official notice of issuance and, on the date the Registration
Statement became effective, the Company’s Registration
Statement on Form 8-A or other applicable form under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), became effective. Except as previously
disclosed to counsel for the Underwriters or as set forth in the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no
affiliations with members of FINRA among the Company’s
officers or directors or, to the knowledge of the Company, any five
percent or greater stockholders of the Company or any beneficial
owner of the Company’s unregistered equity securities that
were acquired during the 180-day period immediately preceding the
initial filing date of the Registration Statement. The
Company’s board of directors has, subject to the exceptions,
cure periods and the phase-in periods specified in the applicable
stock exchange rules (the “Exchange
Rules”), validly appointed an audit committee to
oversee internal accounting controls whose composition satisfies
the applicable requirements of the Exchange Rules and the
Company’s board of directors and/or the audit committee has
adopted a charter that satisfies the requirements of the Exchange
Rules.
(xvii) Ownership of Other Entities. The
Company, directly or indirectly, owns no capital stock or other
equity or ownership or proprietary interest in any corporation,
partnership, association, trust or other
entity.
(xviii) Internal Controls. The Company
maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to
provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP
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
accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect
to any differences. Except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the
Prospectus, the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting is effective and none of the Company, its board of
directors and audit committee is aware of any “significant
deficiencies” or “material weaknesses” (each as
defined by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) in its
internal control over financial reporting, or any fraud, whether or
not material, that involves management or other employees of the
Company who have a significant role in the Company’s internal
controls; and since the end of the latest audited fiscal year,
there has been no change in the Company’s internal control
over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The
Company’s board of directors has, subject to the exceptions,
cure periods and the phase-in periods specified in the applicable
stock exchange rules (“Exchange
Rules”), validly appointed an audit committee to
oversee internal accounting controls whose composition satisfies
the applicable requirements of the Exchange Rules and the
Company’s board of directors and/or the audit committee has
adopted a charter that satisfies the requirements of the Exchange
Rules.
(xix) No Brokers or Finders. Other than as
contemplated by this Agreement, the Company has not incurred and
will not incur any liability for any finder’s or
broker’s fee or agent’s commission in connection with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
(xx) Insurance. The Company carries, or is
covered by, insurance from reputable insurers in such amounts and
covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of its business
and the value of its properties and as is customary for companies
engaged in similar businesses in similar industries; all policies
of insurance and any fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company
or its business, assets, employees, officers and directors are in
full force and effect; the Company is in compliance with the terms
of such policies and instruments in all material respects; there
are no claims by the Company under any such policy or instrument as
to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending
under a reservation of rights clause; the Company has not 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,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(xxi) Investment Company Act. The Company is
not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Securities, will not be an “investment company,” as
such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
(xxii) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The Company is in
compliance with all applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act
and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
(xxiii) Disclosure Controls. The Company has
established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act) and such
controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that material
information relating to the Company is made known to the principal
executive officer and the principal financial officer. The Company
has utilized such controls and procedures in preparing and
evaluating the disclosures in the Registration Statement, in the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the
Prospectus.
(xxiv) Anti-Bribery and Anti-Money Laundering
Laws. Each of the Company, its officers, directors,
supervisors, managers and employees, and to the knowledge of the
Company, its affiliates or agents and any of their respective
officers, directors, supervisors, managers, agents and employees,
has not violated, its participation in the offering will not
violate, and the Company has instituted and maintains policies and
procedures designed to ensure continued compliance with, each of
the following laws: (A) anti-bribery laws, including but not
limited to, any applicable law, rule, or regulation of any
locality, including but not limited to any law, rule, or regulation
promulgated to implement the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery
of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions,
signed December 17, 1997, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the U.K. Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000, or
any other law, rule or regulation of similar purposes and scope or
(B) anti-money laundering laws, including but not limited to,
applicable federal, state, international, foreign or other laws,
regulations or government guidance regarding anti-money laundering,
including, without limitation, Title 18 US. Code section 1956 and
1957, the Patriot Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and international
anti-money laundering principles or procedures by an
intergovernmental group or organization, such as the Financial
Action Task Force on Money Laundering, of which the United States
is a member and with which designation the United States
representative to the group or organization continues to concur,
all as amended, and any executive order, directive, or regulation
pursuant to the authority of any of the foregoing, or any orders or
licenses issued thereunder. The Company has instituted, maintains
and enforces policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance
with anti-bribery laws.
(xxv) OFAC.
(A) Neither
the Company nor any of its directors or officers, nor, to the
Company’s knowledge, any employee, agent, affiliate or
representative of the Company, is an individual or entity that is,
or is owned or controlled by an individual or entity that
is:
(1) the
subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S.
Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control,
the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her
Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority
(collectively, “Sanctions”),
nor
(2) located,
organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject
of Sanctions (including, without limitation, the Crimea Region of
the Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).
(B) The
Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the
offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such
proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other
individual or entity:
(1) to
fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any
individual or entity or in any country or territory that, at the
time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions;
or
(2) in
any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by
any individual or entity (including any individual or entity
participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor,
investor or otherwise).
(C) For
the past five years, neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries, whether or not currently existing, has knowingly
engaged in, and is not now knowingly engaged in, any dealings or
transactions with any individual or entity, or in any country or
territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was
the subject of Sanctions.
(xxvi) Compliance with Environmental Laws.
Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company is not in
violation of any statute, any rule, regulation, decision or order
of any Governmental Authority or any court, domestic or foreign,
relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic
substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the
environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances
(collectively, “Environmental
Laws”), owns or operates any real property
contaminated with any substance that is subject to any
Environmental Laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or
contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or is subject to
any claim relating to any Environmental Laws, which violation,
contamination, liability or claim would individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not
aware of any pending investigation which would reasonably be
expected to lead to such a claim. The Company does not anticipate
incurring any material capital expenditures relating to compliance
with Environmental Laws.
(xxvii) Compliance with Occupational
Laws. The Company (A) is in compliance with any and all
applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, rules,
regulations, treaties, statutes and codes promulgated by any and
all Governmental Authorities (including pursuant to the
Occupational Health and Safety Act) relating to the protection of
human health and safety in the workplace (“Occupational
Laws”); (B) has received all permits, licenses or
other approvals required of it under applicable Occupational Laws
to conduct its business as currently conducted; and (C) is in
compliance with all terms and conditions of such permits, licenses
or approvals, except in the case of each of clauses (A), (B) and
(C) above where such noncompliance with Occupational Laws, failure
to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure
to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses
or other approvals would not have a Material Adverse Effect. No
action, proceeding, revocation proceeding, writ, injunction or
claim is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened
against the Company relating to Occupational Laws, and the Company
does not have knowledge of any facts, circumstances or developments
relating to its operations or cost accounting practices that would
reasonably be expected to form the basis for or give rise to such
actions, suits, investigations or proceedings.
(xxviii) ERISA
and Employee Benefits Matters. (A) To the knowledge of the
Company, no “prohibited transaction” as defined under
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and not exempt
under ERISA Section 408 or the regulations or published
interpretations thereunder has occurred with respect to any
Employee Benefit Plan. At no time has the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate maintained, sponsored, participated in, contributed to or
has or had any liability or obligation in respect of any Employee
Benefit Plan subject to Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA,
Title IV of ERISA, or Section 412 of the Code or any
“multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of
ERISA or any multiple employer plan for which the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate has incurred or could incur liability under Section
4063 or 4064 of ERISA. No Employee Benefit Plan provides or
promises, or at any time provided or promised, retiree health,
retiree life insurance, or other retiree welfare benefits except as
may be required by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1985, as amended, or similar state law. Each Employee
Benefit Plan is and has been operated in material compliance with
its terms and all applicable laws, including but not limited to
ERISA and the Code and, to the knowledge of the Company, no event
has occurred (including a “reportable event” as such
term is defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) and no condition exists
that would subject the Company or any ERISA Affiliate to any
material tax, fine, lien, penalty or liability imposed by ERISA,
the Code or other applicable law. Each Employee Benefit Plan
intended to be qualified under Code Section 401(a) is so qualified
and has a favorable determination or opinion letter from the IRS
upon which it can rely, and any such determination or opinion
letter remains in effect and has not been revoked; to the knowledge
of the Company, nothing has occurred since the date of any such
determination or opinion letter that is reasonably likely to
adversely affect such qualification; (B) with respect to each
Foreign Benefit Plan (if any), such Foreign Benefit Plan (1) if
intended to qualify for special tax treatment, meets, in all
material respects, the requirements for such treatment, and (2) if
required to be funded, is funded to the extent required by
applicable law, and with respect to all other Foreign Benefit
Plans, adequate reserves therefor have been established on the
accounting statements of the Company; and (C) the Company does not
have any obligations under any collective bargaining agreement with
any union and, to the knowledge of the Company, no organization
efforts are underway with respect to Company employees. As used in
this Agreement, “Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; “Employee Benefit
Plan” means any “employee benefit plan”
within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, including, without
limitation, all stock purchase, stock option, stock-based
severance, employment, change-in-control, medical, disability,
fringe benefit, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, employee
loan and all other employee benefit plans, agreements, programs,
policies or other arrangements, whether or not subject to ERISA,
under which (x) any current or former employee, director or
independent contractor of the Company has any present or future
right to benefits and which are contributed to, sponsored by or
maintained by the Company and (y) the Company has had or has any
present or future obligation or liability; “ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended; “ERISA
Affiliate” means any member of the company’s
controlled group as defined in Code Section 414(b), (c), (m) or
(o); and “Foreign Benefit
Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan established,
maintained or contributed to outside of, and subject to applicable
laws other than those of, the United States of America or any state
thereof, or which covers any employee working or residing outside
of the United States who is subject to applicable laws other than
those of the United States or any state thereof with respect to
such Employee Benefit Plan.
(xxix) Business
Arrangements. Except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
the Company has not granted any rights to develop, manufacture,
produce, assemble, distribute, license, market or sell its products
to any other person and is not bound by any agreement that affects
the exclusive right of the Company to develop, manufacture,
produce, assemble, distribute, license, market or sell its
products.
(xxx) Labor
Matters. No labor problem or dispute with the employees of
the Company exists or is threatened or imminent, and the Company is
not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the
employees of any of its principal suppliers, contractors or
customers, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(xxxi) Disclosure
of Legal Matters. There are no statutes, regulations, legal
or governmental proceedings or contracts or other documents
required to be described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or
in the Prospectus or included as exhibits to the Registration
Statement that are not described or included as
required.
(xxxii) Statistical
Information. Any third-party statistical and market-related
data included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from
sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in
all material respects.
(xxxiii) Forward-looking Statements. No
forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A
of the Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or
the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable
basis or has been disclosed other than in good
faith.
(xxxvi) Emerging
Growth Company. From the time of the initial confidential
submission of the Registration Statement to the Commission through
the date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging
growth company,” as such term is defined in Section 2(a) of
the Act (an “Emerging Growth
Company”).
(xxxvii) Related
Party Transactions. To
the Company’s knowledge, no transaction has occurred between
or among the Company, on the one hand, and any of the
Company’s officers, directors or five percent or greater
stockholders or any affiliate or affiliates of any such officer,
director or five percent or greater stockholders that is required
to be described that is not so described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
The Company has not, directly or indirectly, extended or maintained
credit, or arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an
extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any
of its directors or executive officers in violation of applicable
laws, including Section 402 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act.
(b) Effect of Certificates. Any
certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to
you or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as
to the matters covered thereby.
3. Purchase, Sale and
Delivery of Securities.
(a) Firm Shares. On the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company
agrees to issue and sell the Firm Shares to the several
Underwriters, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not
jointly, to purchase from the Company the number of Firm Shares set
forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto.
The purchase price for each Firm Share shall be $[●] per
share. In making this Agreement, each Underwriter is contracting
severally and not jointly; except as provided in paragraph (f) of
this Section 3, the agreement of each Underwriter is to purchase
only the respective number of Firm Shares specified in
Schedule I.
(b) Firm Warrants. On the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company
agrees to issue and sell Firm Warrants to purchase [●] shares
of Common Stock to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter
agrees to purchase from the Company the Firm Warrants set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto. The
purchase price shall be $[●] for each Firm Warrant to
purchase [●] of a share of Common Stock.
(c) Option Shares. On the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company
hereby grants to the several Underwriters an option to purchase all
or any portion of the Option Shares at the same purchase price as
the Firm Shares, for use solely in covering any over-allotments
made by the Underwriters in the sale and distribution of the Firm
Shares. The option granted hereunder may be exercised in whole or
in part at any time within 30 days after the effective date of this
Agreement upon notice (confirmed in writing) by the Representative
to the Company setting forth the aggregate number of Option Shares
as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and
the date and time, as determined by you, when the Option Shares are
to be delivered, but in no event earlier than the First Closing
Date (as defined below) nor earlier than the second business day or
later than the tenth business day after the date on which the
option shall have been exercised. The number of Option Shares to be
purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the
total number of Option Shares to be purchased by the several
Underwriters as the number of Firm Shares to be purchased by such
Underwriter is of the total number of Firm Shares to be purchased
by the several Underwriters, as adjusted by the Representative in
such manner as the Representative deems advisable to avoid
fractional shares. No Option Shares shall be sold and delivered
unless the Firm Shares previously have been, or simultaneously are,
sold and delivered.
(d) Option Warrants. On the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company,
with respect to the Option Warrants hereby grants to the several
Underwriters an option to purchase all or any portion of the Option
Warrants at the same purchase price as the Firm Warrants, for use
solely in covering any over-allotments made by the Underwriters in
the sale and distribution of the Firm Warrants. The option granted
hereunder may be exercised in whole or in part at any time within
30 days after the effective date of this Agreement upon notice
(confirmed in writing) by the Representative to the Company setting
forth the aggregate number of Option Warrants as to which the
several Underwriters are exercising the option and the date and
time, as determined by the Representative, when the Option Warrants
are to be delivered, but in no event earlier than the First Closing
Date (as defined below) nor earlier than the second business day or
later than the tenth business day after the date on which the
option shall have been exercised. No Option Warrants shall be sold
and delivered unless the Firm Warrants previously have been, or
simultaneously are, sold and delivered.
(e) Payment and
Delivery.
(i)
The Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in
book-entry form in such authorized denominations and registered in
such names as you may request upon at least forty-eight
hours’ prior notice to the Company, shall be delivered by or
on behalf of the Company to you, through the facilities of the
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”),
for the account of such Underwriter, with any transfer taxes
payable in connection with the transfer of the Securities to the
Underwriters duly paid, against payment by or on behalf of such
Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of
Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified by the Company to
you at least forty-eight hours in advance. The time and date of
such delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm Shares
and Firm Warrants, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on [●]
or such other time and date as you and the Company may agree upon
in writing, and, with respect to the Option Shares and/or Option
Warrants, as applicable, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the
date specified by you in each written notice given by you of the
election to purchase such Option Shares and/or Option Warrants, or
such other time and date as you and the Company may agree upon in
writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares and
Firm Warrants is herein called the “First Closing
Date,” each such time and date for delivery of the
Option Shares and/or Option Warrants, if not the First Closing
Date, is herein called a “Second Closing
Date,” and each such time and date for delivery is
herein called a “Closing.”
(ii)
The documents to be delivered at each Closing by or on behalf of
the parties hereto pursuant to Section 5 hereof, including the
cross receipt for the Securities and any additional documents
requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 5(j) hereof,
will be delivered at the offices of the Company, and the Securities
will be delivered to you, through the facilities of the DTC, for
the account of such Underwriter, all at such
Closing.
(f) Purchase by Representative on Behalf of
Underwriters. It is understood that you, individually and
not as Representative of the several Underwriters, may (but shall
not be obligated to) make payment to the Company, on behalf of any
Underwriter for the Securities to be purchased by such Underwriter.
Any such payment by you shall not relieve any such Underwriter of
any of its obligations hereunder. Nothing herein contained shall
constitute any of the Underwriters an unincorporated association or
partner with the Company.
4. Covenants. The
Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as
follows:
(a) Required Filings. The Company will
prepare and file a Prospectus with the Commission containing the
Rule 430A Information omitted from the Preliminary Prospectus
within the time period required by, and otherwise in accordance
with the provisions of, Rules 424(b) and 430A of the Rules and
Regulations. If the Company has elected to rely upon
Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations to increase the size
of the offering registered under the Act and the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement has not yet been filed and become effective,
the Company will prepare and file the Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement with the Commission within the time period required by,
and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of,
Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations and the Act. The
Company will prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon
your request, any amendments or supplements to the Registration
Statement or Prospectus that, in your opinion, may be necessary or
advisable in connection with the distribution of the Securities by
the Underwriters; and the Company will furnish you and counsel for
the Underwriters a copy of any proposed amendment or supplement to
the Registration Statement or Prospectus and will not file any
amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus
to which you shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after
having been furnished a copy a reasonable time prior to the
filing.
(b) Notification of Certain Commission
Actions. The Company will advise you, promptly after it
shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance
by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment thereto
or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus,
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any issuer
free writing prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of
the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose;
and the Company will promptly use its best efforts to prevent the
issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such a
stop order should be issued.
(c)
Continued Compliance with
Securities Laws. Within the time during which a prospectus
(assuming the absence of Rule 172) relating to the Securities is
required to be delivered under the Act by any Underwriter or any
dealer, the Company will comply with all requirements imposed upon
it by the Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and
Regulations, as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to
permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as
contemplated by the provisions hereof, the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus. The Company use its commercially
reasonable efforts to keep the Registration Statement continuously
effective under the Act, and to file on a timely basis wit hthe
Commission such periodic and special reports as required by the
Rules and Regulations, until the earliest of (i) such time as all
of the Securities (including the Firm Warrants and the Option
Warrants) covered by such Registration Statement have been sold by
the holders of such Securities; and (ii) the fifth anniversary of
the Closing; provided, however, that, the foregoing requirements
shall automatically terminate in connection with the consummation
of a Fundamental Transaction. “Fundamental
Transaction” means that the Company shall,
directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, sell,
transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all
of its respective properties and assets to any other person that is
not an affiliate of the Company. If during such period any event
occurs as a result of which the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to
prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) would
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances then existing, not misleading, or if
during such period it is necessary to amend the Registration
Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not
yet available to prospective investors, the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package) to comply with the Act, the Company promptly will (x)
notify you of such untrue statement or omission, (y) amend the
Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or, if the
Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package) (at the expense of the Company) so as
to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance and
(z) notify you when any amendment to the Registration Statement is
filed or becomes effective or when any supplement to the Prospectus
(or, if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective
purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) is
filed.
(d) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company
shall take or cause to be taken all necessary action to qualify the
Securities for sale under the securities laws of such domestic
United States or foreign jurisdictions as you reasonably designate
and to continue such qualifications in effect so long as required
for the distribution of the Securities, except that the Company
shall not be required in connection therewith to qualify as a
foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of
process in any state.
(e) Provision of Documents. The Company
will furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and counsel
for the Underwriters copies of the Registration Statement, and to
the Underwriters and any dealer each Preliminary Prospectus, the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, and all amendments
and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as
practicable once available and in such quantities as you may from
time to time reasonably request.
(f) Rule 158. The Company will make
generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable,
but in no event later than 15 months after the end of the
Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement
(which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period beginning
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (which, for
purposes of this paragraph, will be deemed to be the effective date
of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if applicable) that
shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and
Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations.
(g) Payment and Reimbursement of Expenses.
The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereunder
are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, will pay or cause
to be paid (A) all expenses (including transfer taxes allocated to
the respective transferees) incurred in connection with the
delivery to the Underwriters of the Securities, (B) all expenses
and fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the
Company’s accountants and counsel) in connection with the
preparation, printing, filing, delivery, and shipping of the
Registration Statement (including the financial statements therein
and all amendments, schedules, and exhibits thereto), the
Securities, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, and any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, and the printing, delivery, and shipping of
this Agreement and other underwriting documents, including Blue Sky
Memoranda (covering the states and other applicable jurisdictions),
(C) all filing fees and fees incurred in connection with the
qualification of the Securities for offering and sale by the
Underwriters or by dealers under the securities or blue sky laws of
the states and other jurisdictions which you shall designate,
including the reasonably incurred fees and disbursements of counsel
for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification, (D) all
filing fees and the reasonably incurred fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the review and
qualification of the offering of the Securities by FINRA, (E) all
fees and expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of
the registration statement on Form 8-A related to the Securities
and all costs and expenses incident to listing the Common Stock on
The NASDAQ Capital Market, (F) all fees and expenses of any
transfer agent, warrant agent or registrar, (G) the reasonable
out-of-pocket accountable fees and disbursements incurred by the
Underwriters in connection with the offer, sale or marketing of the
Securities and performance of the Underwriters’ obligations
hereunder, including all reasonable out-of-pocket accountable fees
and disbursements of Underwriters’ counsel, and for the
avoidance of doubt, excluding any general overhead, salaries,
supplies, or similar expenses of the Underwriters incurred in the
normal conduct of business, (H) all fees, expenses and disbursements
relating to background checks of the Company’s officers and
directors (I) the cost and expenses of the Company relating
to investor presentations or any “road show” undertaken
in connection with marketing of the Securities, including, without
limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or
dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with
the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses
of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show
presentations with the prior approval of the Company, travel and
lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company
and any such consultants and the cost of any aircraft chartered in
connection with the road show, and (J) all other costs and expenses of
the Company incident to the performance of its obligations
hereunder that are not otherwise specifically provided for herein.
The fees and expenses, which includes the fees and expenses of the
Underwriters’ counsel, to be paid by the Company and
reimbursed to the Underwriters under this Section 4(g) shall not
exceed $100,000. If this Agreement is terminated by you pursuant to
Section 8 hereof or if the sale of the Securities provided for
herein is not consummated by reason of any failure, refusal or
inability on the part of the Company to perform any agreement on
its part to be performed, or because any other condition of the
Underwriters’ obligations hereunder required to be fulfilled
by the Company is not fulfilled, the Company will reimburse the
several Underwriters for all reasonable out-of-pocket accountable
disbursements (including but not limited to fees and disbursements
of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile
and telephone charges) incurred by the Underwriters in connection
with their investigation, preparing to market and marketing the
Securities or in contemplation of performing their obligations
hereunder.
(h) Use of Proceeds. The Company will
apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities to be sold
by it hereunder for the purposes set forth in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus and will file such reports
with the Commission with respect to the sale of the Securities and
the application of the proceeds therefrom as may be required in
accordance with Rule 463 of the Rules and
Regulations.
(i) Company
Lock Up. The Company will not, without the prior written
consent of the Representative, from the date of execution of this
Agreement and continuing to and including the date 365 days after
the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up
Period”), (A) offer, pledge, announce the intention to
sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to
purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any
option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or
dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or
any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
Common Stock or (B) enter into any swap or other agreement that
transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of
ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction
described in clause (A) or (B) above is to be settled by delivery
of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise,
except to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and
(x) grants of options, shares of Common Stock and other awards
to purchase or receive shares of Common Stock under the Company
Stock Plans that are in effect as of or prior to the date hereof,
(y) issuances of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of
options or other awards granted under such Company Stock Plans or
the Company’s preferred stock outstanding as of the date
hereof pursuant to the terms thereof as of such date or (z)
issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of
convertible securities outstanding as of the date hereof. The
Company agrees not to accelerate the vesting of any option or
warrant or the lapse of any repurchase right prior to the
expiration of the Lock-Up Period.
(j) Stockholder Lock-Ups. The Company has
caused to be delivered to you prior to the date of this Agreement a
letter, in the form of Exhibit B hereto (the “Lock-Up
Agreement”), from each individual or entity listed on
Schedule II. The
Company will enforce the terms of each Lock-Up Agreement and issue
stop-transfer instructions to its transfer agent and registrar for
the Common Stock with respect to any transaction or contemplated
transaction that would constitute a breach of or default under the
applicable Lock-Up Agreement and will not release the stop transfer
instructions without the written approval of the
Representative.
(k) No Market Stabilization or
Manipulation. The Company has not taken and will not take,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to or which might
reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or which has
constituted, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Securities, and has not effected any sales of Common Stock which
are required to be disclosed in response to Item 701 of
Regulation S-K under the Act which have not been so disclosed
in the Registration Statement.
(l) Free
Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents and agrees
that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the
Representative, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that,
unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Company and the
Representative, it has not made and will not make any offer
relating to the Securities that would constitute an issuer free
writing prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a free
writing prospectus.
(m) Emerging
Growth Company. The Company will promptly notify the
Representative if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth
Company at any time prior to the later of (A) completion of the
distribution of the Securities within the meaning of the Act and
(B) completion of the Lock-Up Period referenced in Section 4(i)
hereof.
(n) Underwriter’s Warrant. On each
Closing Date, the Company shall sell to the Representative, for an
aggregate purchase price of $[●], a warrant in the form
attached as Exhibit C hereto (the “Underwriter’s
Warrant”) to purchase the number of shares of the
Company’s common stock equal to 8.0% of the shares issued on
such Closing Date (rounded up to the nearest whole
share).
5. Conditions of
Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the
several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy, as of
the date hereof and at each of the First Closing Date and the
Second Closing Date (as if made at such Closing Date), of and
compliance with all representations, warranties and agreements of
the Company contained herein, to the performance by the Company of
its obligations hereunder and to the following additional
conditions:
(a) Required Filings; Absence of Certain
Commission Actions. The
Registration Statement shall have become effective not later than
5:30 p.m., Eastern time, on the date of this Agreement, or such
later time and date as you, as Representative of the several
Underwriters, shall approve and all filings required by
Rules 424, 430A and 433 of the Rules and Regulations shall
have been timely made (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule
164(b)); no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any part thereof or any amendment
thereof, nor suspending or preventing the use of the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus shall have been issued; no
proceedings for the issuance of such an order shall have been
initiated or threatened; and any request of the Commission for
additional information (to be included in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or
otherwise) shall have been complied with to your
satisfaction.
(b) Continued Compliance with Securities
Laws. The Registration Statement, and any amendment thereof
or supplement thereto, shall not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact which is required to
be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading in any material respect. The Time of Sale Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, and any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto, shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact which is required to be stated
therein, or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading in any
material respect.
(c) Absence of Certain Events. Except as
contemplated in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the
Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, the Company shall not have incurred any material
liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into
any material transactions, or declared or paid any dividends or
made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital
stock; and there shall not have been any change in the capital
stock (other than a change in the number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of
outstanding options or warrants or conversion of convertible
securities), or any material change in the short-term or long-term
debt of the Company (other than as a result of the conversion of
convertible securities), or any issuance of options, warrants,
convertible securities or other rights to purchase the capital
stock of the Company, or any Material Adverse Change or any
development involving a prospective Material Adverse Change
(whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business), that,
in your judgment, makes it impractical or inadvisable to offer or
deliver the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated
in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the
Prospectus.
(d) Opinion of Company Counsel. On each
Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to you, as
Representative of the several Underwriters, the opinion and
negative assurance letter of K&L Gates LLP, counsel for the
Company, dated such Closing Date and addressed to you in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
D.
(e) Opinion of Underwriters’
Counsel. On each Closing Date, there shall have been
furnished to you, as Representative of the several Underwriters,
such opinion or opinions from Faegre Xxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for
the Representative, dated such Closing Date and addressed to you,
with respect to such matters as you reasonably may request, and
such counsel shall have received such papers and information as
they request to enable them to pass upon such
matters.
(f) Opinion of Company Intellectual Property
Counsel. On each Closing Date, there shall have been
furnished to you, as Representative of the Several Underwriters,
the opinion of [●], special intellectual property counsel for
the Company, dated such Closing Date and addressed to you in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.
(g) Comfort
Letters. On the date hereof, on the effective date of any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed after
the date hereof and on each Closing Date, you, as Representative of
the several Underwriters, shall have received a letter containing
statements and information of the type ordinarily included in
accountants’ “comfort letters” from RBSM LLP,
each dated such date and addressed to you, in form and substance
satisfactory to you.
(h) Officers’ Certificate. On each
Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to you, as
Representative of the several Underwriters, a certificate, dated
such Closing Date and addressed to you, signed by the chief
executive officer and by the chief financial officer of the
Company, to the effect that:
(i) The
representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are
true and correct as if made at and as of such Closing Date, and the
Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to
such Closing Date; and
(ii) No stop order or
other order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any part thereof or any amendment thereof or the
qualification of the Securities for offering or sale, nor
suspending or preventing the use of the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package, the Prospectus or any issuer free writing prospectus, has
been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted
or, to the best of their knowledge, is contemplated by the
Commission or any state or regulatory body.
(i) Lock-Up Agreement. The Representative
shall have received all of the Lock-Up Agreements referenced in
Section 4 and the Lock-Up Agreements shall remain in full force and
effect.
(j)
CFO Certificate. On the
date hereof and on each Closing Date, as applicable, the Company
shall have furnished to you, as Representative of the several
Underwriters, a certificate, dated as of such date, signed on
behalf of the Company by its chief financial officer, regarding the
accuracy of certain financial information in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriters.]
(k) Underwriter’s
Warrant. The Representative shall have received the
Underwriter’s Warrant referenced in Section 4(n) with respect
to the Securities to be delivered on such Closing
Date.
(l) Other
Documents. The Company shall have furnished to you and
counsel for the Underwriters such additional documents,
certificates and evidence as you or they may have reasonably
requested.
(m) FINRA No Objections. FINRA shall have
raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the
underwriting terms and arrangements.
(n) Exchange Listing. The Common Stock to
be delivered on such Closing Date will have been approved for
listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market.
All such opinions,
certificates, letters and other documents will be in compliance
with the provisions hereof only if they are satisfactory in form
and substance to you, as Representative of the several
Underwriters, and counsel for the Underwriters. The Company will
furnish you with such conformed copies of such opinions,
certificates, letters and other documents as you shall reasonably
request.
6. Indemnification and
Contribution.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its
affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who
controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such
Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise
(including in settlement of any litigation if such settlement is
effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) (i) arise out of or are based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the Registration Statement, including the 430A Information and
any other information deemed to be a part of the Registration
Statement at the time of effectiveness and at any subsequent time
pursuant to the Rules and Regulations, if applicable, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any issuer free
writing prospectus, any issuer information that the Company has
filed or is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules
and Regulations, or any road show as defined in Rule 433(h)
under the Act (a “road
show”), or (ii) arise out of or are based upon
the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection
with investigating or defending against such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company
will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such
loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of or is based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by you, or by any
Underwriter through you, specifically for use in the preparation
thereof; it being understood and agreed that the only information
furnished by an Underwriter consists of the information described
as such in Section 6(e).
(b) Indemnification by the Underwriters.
Each Underwriter will, severally and not jointly, indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, directors and officers
and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act and Section 20 of the Exchange
Act, from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to
which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise
(including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is
effected with the written consent of such Underwriter), insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) (i) arise out of or are based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, any issuer free writing prospectus, any issuer
information that the Company has filed or is required to file
pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations, or any road
show, or (ii) arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent,
that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission was made in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by you, or by such Underwriter through
you, specifically for use in the preparation thereof (it being
understood and agreed that the only information furnished by an
Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
Section 6(e)), and will reimburse the Company for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection
with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action as such expenses are
incurred.
(c) Notice and Procedures. Promptly after
receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above
of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so
to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying
party from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party
except to the extent such indemnifying party has been materially
prejudiced by such failure (through the forfeiture of substantive
rights or defenses). In case any such action shall be brought
against any indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying
party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be
entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall wish,
jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to
assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such
indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to
such indemnified party of the indemnifying party’s election
so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not
be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any
legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable
costs of investigation; provided, however, that if, in your
reasonable judgment, it is advisable for the Underwriters to be
represented as a group by separate counsel, you shall have the
right to employ a single counsel (in addition to local counsel) to
represent all Underwriters who may be subject to liability arising
from any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the
Underwriters under subsection (a) above, in which event the
reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be
borne by the indemnifying party or parties and reimbursed to the
Underwriters as incurred. An indemnifying party shall not be
obligated under any settlement agreement relating to any action
under this Section 6 to which it has not agreed in writing. In
addition, no indemnifying party shall, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified party (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened proceeding unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party for all liability
on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and does
not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault,
culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified
party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time an indemnified
party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the
indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel pursuant to this
Section 6(c), such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be
liable for any settlement effected without its written consent if
(i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt
by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such
indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party
in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement.
(d) Contribution; Limitations on Liability;
Non-Exclusive Remedy. If the indemnification provided for in
this Section 6 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless
an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then
each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a)
or (b), (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and
the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities
or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is
not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to
in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company
on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection
with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from
the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company
bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received
by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the
cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties’
relevant intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity
to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The
Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d)
were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even if the
Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any
other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in the first sentence of this
subsection (d). The amount paid by an indemnified party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in
the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to
include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending
against any action or claim which is the subject of this
subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this
subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute
any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting
discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect
to the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this
subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their
respective underwriting obligations and not joint. The remedies
provided for in this Section 6 are not exclusive and shall not
limit any rights or remedies that might otherwise be available to
any indemnified party at law or in equity.
(e) Information Provided by the
Underwriters. The Underwriters severally confirm and the
Company acknowledges that the statements with respect to the public
offering of the Securities by the Underwriters set forth in the
first paragraph of text under the caption “Discount,
Commissions and Expenses” in the section titled
“Underwriting”, each of the paragraphs of text under
the caption “Price Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty
Bids”, and the estimate of the Underwriters’ reasonable
out-of-pocket accountable fees and disbursements in connection with
the offering of the Securities in the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package and in the Prospectus are correct and constitute the only
information concerning the Underwriters furnished in writing to the
Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters specifically for
inclusion in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or
any issuer free writing prospectus.
7. Representations and
Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations,
warranties, and agreements of the Company herein or in certificates
delivered pursuant hereto, and the agreements of the several
Underwriters and the Company contained in Section 6 hereof, shall
remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any
controlling person thereof, or the Company or any of its officers,
directors, or controlling persons, and shall survive delivery of,
and payment for, the Securities to and by the Underwriters
hereunder and any termination of this
Agreement.
8. Termination.
(a) Right to Terminate. You shall have the
right to terminate this Agreement by giving notice to the Company
as hereinafter specified at any time at or prior to the First
Closing Date, and the option referred to in Section 3(b), if
exercised, may be cancelled at any time prior to the Second Closing
Date, if (i) the Company shall have failed, refused or been
unable, at or prior to such Closing Date, to perform any agreement
on its part to be performed hereunder, (ii) any other condition of
the Underwriters’ obligations hereunder is not fulfilled,
(iii) trading on The NASDAQ Stock Market or New York Stock Exchange
shall have been wholly suspended, (iv) minimum or maximum
prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for
prices for securities shall have been required, on The NASDAQ Stock
Market or New York Stock Exchange, by such Exchange or by order of
the Commission or any other Governmental Authority, (v) a
banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or state
authorities, or (vi) there shall have occurred any outbreak or
escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any
calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is material and adverse
and makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the
completion of the sale of and payment for the Securities in the
manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus. Any such termination shall be without liability of any
party to any other party except that the provisions of
Section 4(g) and Section 6 hereof shall at all times be
effective.
(b) Notice of Termination. If you elect to
terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section, the Company
shall be notified promptly by you by telephone, confirmed by
letter.
9. Default by the
Company.
(a) Default by the Company. If the Company
shall fail at the First Closing Date to sell and deliver the
Securities which it is obligated to sell hereunder, then this
Agreement shall terminate without any liability on the part of any
Underwriter.
(b) No Relief from Liability. No action
taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve the Company from
liability, if any, in respect of any default
hereunder.
10. Notices. Except as
otherwise provided herein, all communications hereunder shall be in
writing and, if to the Underwriters, shall be mailed via overnight
delivery service or hand delivered via courier, to the
Representative c/o Dougherty & Company LLC 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, to the attention
of Investment Banking; and (ii) if to the Company, shall be mailed
or delivered to it at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: [●]. Any party to this Agreement
may change such address for notices by sending to the parties to
this Agreement written notice of a new address for such
purpose.
11. Persons Entitled to
Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns and the controlling persons,
officers and directors referred to in Section 6. Nothing in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give to any other
person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable remedy or claim
under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein
contained. The term “successors and assigns” as herein
used shall not include any purchaser, as such purchaser, of any of
the Securities from any of the several
Underwriters.
12. Absence of Fiduciary
Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that: (a)
the Representative has been retained solely to act as an
underwriter in connection with the sale of the Securities and that
no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company
and the Representative has been created in respect of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of
whether the Representative has advised or is advising the Company
on other matters; (b) the price and other terms of the Securities
set forth in this Agreement were established by the Company
following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the
Representative and the Company is capable of evaluating and
understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and
conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (c)
it has been advised that the Representative and its affiliates are
engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve
interests that differ from those of the Company and that the
Representative has no obligation to disclose such interest and
transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or
agency relationship; (d) it has been advised that you as
Representative are acting, in respect of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, solely for the benefit of the
Underwriters, and not on behalf of the Company; (e) it waives to
the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against
the Underwriters for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of
fiduciary duty in respect of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and agrees that the Underwriters shall have no
liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of
such a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the
Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the
Company.
13. Governing Law; Waiver of
Jury Trial. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The
Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) and each of the
Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in
any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement,
the Underwriter’s Warrant or the transactions contemplated
hereby.
14. Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if
executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts
shall each be deemed to be an original and all such counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.
15. General Provisions.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to
this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all
contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations
with respect to the subject matter hereof, including that certain
engagement letter dated [November 11, 2016, by and between the
Company and the Representative, except for the provisions contained
in Section 5(g) and Section 5(h) that remain in full force and
effect]8. This Agreement may not be amended or
modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no
condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived
in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit.
The Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties
only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of
this Agreement. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section,
paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or
provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this
Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or
unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes
(and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and
enforceable.
[Signature Page
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Please sign and
return to the Company the enclosed duplicates of this letter
whereupon this letter will become a binding agreement between the
Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with its
terms.
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Confirmed as of
the date first
above mentioned,
on behalf of
itself and the
other several
Underwriters
named
in Schedule I
hereto.
Xxxxxxxxx & Company LLC.
By:
Name:
Title: