] Units REPROS THERAPEUTICS INC. Each Unit consisting of [ ] Shares of Common Stock and [ ] Series A Warrants and [ ] Series B Warrants UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit
1.1
[ ]
Units
[ ]
Shares of Common Stock
and
[ ]
Series A Warrants and [ ] Series B
Warrants
[ ],
2011
Ladenburg
Xxxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
0xx
Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
REPROS
THERAPEUTICS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue
and sell to Ladenburg Xxxxxxxx & Co. Inc. (the “Underwriter”) an aggregate of
(i) [ ] shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock,
$0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) and (ii)
[ ] Series A Warrants and
[ ] Series B Warrants (collectively, the “Warrants”) to purchase up to
an aggregate of [ ] shares of
Common Stock (the “Warrant
Shares”) pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of
this underwriting agreement (the “Agreement”). The
Shares and Warrants shall be sold in units (each a “Unit”), each Unit consisting
of [ ] Shares and [ ]
Series A Warrants and [ ] Series B Warrants, each
to purchase the number of Warrant Shares at the exercise price per share
specified in the Prospectus (as defined below). The Shares and the
Warrants shall be issued separately and shall be transferable separately
immediately upon issuance. The Warrants will be issued pursuant to
the terms of Warrant Agreements (the “Warrant Agreements”) to be
entered into among the Company and Computershare, Inc. and Computershare Trust
Company, N.A. (both such entities, collectively, the “Warrant Agent”), in
substantially the forms attached hereto as Exhibits A-1 and
A-2.
It is
understood that, subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, an aggregate of
[ ] Units (the “Firm Securities”) will be sold
to the Underwriter in connection with the public offering (the “Offering”) and sale of such
Firm Securities. In addition, as set forth below, the Company
proposes to issue and sell to the Underwriter, upon the terms and conditions set
forth in Section 3 hereof, an aggregate of up to
[ ] additional Units (“Optional
Securities”). The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities,
and the shares of Common Stock and Warrants (and the underlying Warrant Shares)
comprising such Units, are hereinafter called the “Securities.”
This is
to confirm the agreement concerning the purchase of the Securities from the
Company by the Underwriter.
1. Representations and Warranties of the
Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees
with, the Underwriter that:
(a) The
Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) a
registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-171196), which contains a form of
prospectus to be used in connection with the public offering and sale of the
Securities. Such registration statement on Form S-1, as amended,
including the financial statements, exhibits and schedules thereto, in the form
in which it was declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Rules and Regulations”),
including any required information deemed to be a part thereof at the time of
effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act, is called the
“Registration
Statement.” Any registration statement filed by the Company
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act is called the “Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement”, and from and after the date and time of filing of the Rule
462(b) Registration Statement the term “Registration Statement” shall
include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. Any preliminary
prospectus included in the Registration Statement is hereinafter called a “preliminary
prospectus.” The term “Prospectus” shall mean the
final prospectus relating to the Securities that is first filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) after the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by
the parties hereto (the “Execution Time”) or, if no
filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) is required, shall mean the form of final
prospectus relating to the Securities included in the Registration Statement at
the time it became effective. All references in this Agreement to the
Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, a preliminary
prospectus, the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements to any of the
foregoing, (i) shall include any copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant
to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“XXXXX”) and (ii) shall be
deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference
therein. All references in this Agreement to financial statements and
schedules and other information which are “contained,” “included, “ “set forth”
or “stated” in any Registration Statement, Rule 462(b) Registration Statement,
preliminary prospectus, Prospectus or any amendments or supplements to any of
the foregoing, shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements
and schedules and other information which are or are deemed to be incorporated
by reference in such Registration Statement, 462(b) Registration Statement,
preliminary prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be (except for any
financial statements and schedules and other information incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated therein by reference to the extent modified or superseded by
any financial statements, schedules or other information included in such
Registration Statement, 462(b) Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus or
Prospectus).
(b) The
Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement have been
declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act. The
Company has complied, to the Commission’s satisfaction, with all requests of the
Commission for additional or supplemental information. No stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have
been instituted or are pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, are
contemplated or threatened by the Commission.
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The final
preliminary prospectus included in the Disclosure Package (as defined below) and
the Prospectus when filed complied in all material respects with the Securities
Act and the rules thereunder and, if filed by electronic transmission pursuant
to XXXXX (except as may be permitted by Regulation S-T under the Securities
Act), was identical to the copy thereof delivered to the Underwriter for use in
connection with the offer and sale of the Securities. Each of the
Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective and at the
date hereof, and each Closing Date (as defined below), complied and will comply
in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not and will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading. The Prospectus (including any Prospectus wrapper), as
amended or supplemented, as of its date and at the date hereof, the Closing Date
and any Option Closing Date (as defined below), did not and will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. The representations and
warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding sentences do not apply to
statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the
Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and
in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the
Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use therein, it being
understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the
Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 11
hereof. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus, when they became
effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in
all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. There are
no contracts, instruments or other documents required to be described in the
Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have
not been described or filed as required. Each agreement or other
instrument (however characterized or described) to which the Company is a party
or by which its property or business is or may be bound or affected and (i) that
is referred to in the Registration Statement or filed as an exhibit thereto, or
(ii) is material to the Company’s business, has been duly and validly executed
by the Company, is in full force and effect in all material respects and is
enforceable against the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the other
parties thereto, in accordance with its terms, and none of such agreements or
instruments has been assigned by the Company, and neither the Company nor, to
the Company’s knowledge, any other party thereto is in breach or default
thereunder and, to the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred that, with the
giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a breach or default
thereunder.
(c) The
term “Disclosure
Package” shall mean, collectively, (i) the preliminary prospectus that is
included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Initial Sale
Time (as defined below), if any, as amended or supplemented, (ii) any issuer
free writing prospectuses as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act (each, an
“Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus”) identified in Schedule II hereto, and (iii) any other free
writing prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in
writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package. As of
[ ] (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement
(the “Initial Sale
Time”), the Disclosure Package did not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to
statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter
specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the information described
as such in Section 11 hereof.
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(d) Each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times
through the completion of the Offering or until any earlier date that the
Company notified or notifies the Underwriter as described in the next sentence,
did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted,
conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result
of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with
the information then contained in the Registration Statement or as a result of
which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if republished immediately following
such event or development, would include an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, (i) the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify
the Underwriter and (ii) the Company has promptly amended or will promptly amend
or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such
conflict, untrue statement or omission. This subsection (d) does not apply to
statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the
Underwriter specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that
the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the
information described as such in Section 11 hereof.
(e) The
Company has delivered to the Underwriter one complete manually signed copy of
the Registration Statement and of each consent and certificate of experts filed
as a part thereof, and conformed copies of the Registration Statement (without
exhibits) and preliminary prospectuses and the Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, in such quantities and at such places as the Underwriter has
reasonably requested.
(f) The
Company has not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the
Option Closing Date and the completion of the Underwriter’s distribution of the
Securities, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of
the Securities other than any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus reviewed and consented to by the Underwriter or included
in Schedule II hereto or the Registration Statement.
(g) PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP (“PricewaterhouseCoopers”), whose report appears in the Registration
Statement, and included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are
independent certified public accountants as required by the Securities Act and
the Rules and Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(including the rules and regulations promulgated by such entity, the “PCAOB”). To the
knowledge of the Company, PricewaterhouseCoopers is duly registered and in good
standing with the PCAOB. PricewaterhouseCoopers has not during the
periods covered by the financial statements included in the Registration
Statement and in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus, provided to the Company
any non-audit services, as such term is defined in Section 10A(g) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”). The
financial statements and schedules (including the related notes) included in the
Registration Statement, and included in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, present fairly the financial condition, the results of the
operations and changes in financial condition of the entities purported to be
shown thereby at the dates or for the periods indicated and have been prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods indicated. All adjustments
necessary for a fair presentation of results for such periods have been
made. The selected financial, operating and statistical data, if any,
set forth in any preliminary prospectus included in the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus under the captions “Prospectus Summary,” and “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” fairly
present, when read in conjunction with the Company’s financial statements and
the related notes and schedules and on the basis stated in the Registration
Statement, the information set forth therein.
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(h) The
Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with full power
and authority (corporate and other) to own or lease its properties and conduct
its business as described in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus, and is duly
qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in
each jurisdiction in which the character of the business conducted by it or the
location of the properties owned or leased by it makes such qualification
necessary; the Company is in possession of and operating in compliance with all
franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents,
certificates and orders required for the conduct of its business, all of which
are valid and in full force and effect, except where any failure to do so could
not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change in the
condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, properties or results
of operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (“Material Adverse Effect”); and
the Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such franchise, grant, authorization, license,
permit, easement, consent, certificate or order which, individually or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, would result, individually
or in the aggregate, in having a Material Adverse Effect. The Company
does not have any subsidiaries.
(i) The
capitalization of the Company is as set forth under the caption “Capitalization”
in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus, and the Common Stock and Warrants
conform to the description thereof contained under the caption “Description of
Securities” in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus; the outstanding shares of
capital stock have been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and have been issued in compliance with federal and state
securities laws. 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 capital stock pursuant to the Company’s certificate of
incorporation, by-laws or other governing documents or any agreement or other
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which any of them may be bound
other than those accurately described in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock were
issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other
similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the
Company. There are no authorized or outstanding options, warrants,
preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or
equity or debt securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for,
any capital stock of the Company other than those accurately described in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The description of the
Company’s stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and
the options or other rights granted thereunder, set forth in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus accurately and fairly presents the information
required to be shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and
rights. Neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the
offering or sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement and the
Warrant Agreements gives rise to any rights, other than those which have been
waived or satisfied, for or relating to the registration of any shares of Common
Stock or other securities.
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(j)
Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except as described or contemplated
in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus or otherwise disclosed to the
Underwriter in writing: the Company has not incurred any liabilities or
obligations, direct or contingent, nor entered into any transactions not in the
ordinary course of business, which in either case are material to the Company;
there has not been any Material Adverse Effect; and there has been no dividend
or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class
of its capital stock.
(k) Except
as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, or with the giving of notice or
lapse of time or both would be, in violation of or in default under, nor will
the execution or delivery hereof or of the Warrant Agreements or consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby result in a violation of, or
constitute a default under, the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other
governing documents of the Company, or any agreement, contract, mortgage, deed
of trust, loan agreement, note, lease, indenture or other instrument, to which
the Company is a party or by which it is bound, or to which its properties is
subject, nor will the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder
violate any law, rule, administrative regulation or decree of any court, or any
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
properties, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, claim
or encumbrance upon any property or asset of the Company. Except for
permits and similar authorizations required under the Securities Act and the
securities or “Blue Sky” laws of certain jurisdictions, if applicable, and for
such permits and authorizations which have been obtained, no consent, approval,
authorization or order of any court, governmental agency or body or financial
institution is required in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(l)
Each of this Agreement and the Warrant Agreements has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Company and is enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms.
(m) The
Securities to be purchased by the Underwriter from the Company have been duly
authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and
delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, will be validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable. The Warrants conform, or when issued
will conform, to the description thereof in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus and have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and upon
issuance and delivery will be valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, except (i) as such enforceability
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar
laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally, (ii) as
enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited
under the federal and state securities laws, and (iii) that the remedy of
specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be
subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which
any proceeding therefor may be brought. The Warrant Shares have been
duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to the Warrant Agreements and,
when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to the Warrant Agreements will
be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The Company has
reserved a sufficient number of its duly authorized and unissued shares of
Common Stock to permit the full exercise of the Warrants. The
issuance of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement and the Warrant
Agreements, as applicable, will not be subject to any preemptive rights, rights
of first refusal or other similar rights to subscript for or purchase securities
of the Company. There are no restrictions upon the voting or transfer
of the Securities under the Company’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws or
any agreement or other instrument to which the Company is a party or otherwise
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
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(n) The
Company has good and marketable title in fee simple to all items of real
property owned by them and good and marketable title to all personal property
owned by them, in each case clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except
such as are described or referred to in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus or
such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere
with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company; and
any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company are held by it
under valid, existing and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not
material and do not interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such
property and buildings by the Company.
(o) Except
as fully described in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus, there is no
litigation or governmental proceeding to which the Company is a party or to
which any property of the Company is subject or which is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company which individually or
in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse
Effect, which would materially and adversely affect the consummation of this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or which is required to be
disclosed in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus.
(p) The
Company is not in violation of any law, ordinance, governmental rule or
regulation or court decree to which it may be subject which violation could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) The
Company has not taken and may not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might
reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the
price of the shares of Common Stock or Warrants to facilitate the sale or resale
of any of the Securities.
(r) Neither
the Company nor any of its affiliates has, prior to the date hereof, made any
offer or sale of any securities which are required to be “integrated” pursuant
to the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations with the offer and sale of
the Units pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(s) The
Company has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise
tax returns, and all such tax returns are complete and correct in all material
respects, and the Company has not failed to pay any taxes which were payable
pursuant to said returns or any assessments with respect thereto. The
Company has no knowledge of any tax deficiency which has been or is likely to be
threatened or asserted against the Company.
(t) 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
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States 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 Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, neither the Company’s board of directors nor the audit
committee has been informed, nor is any director of the Company aware, of: (i)
any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation
of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial information; or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting. Except as disclosed in
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the date of the most
recent evaluation of such system of internal accounting controls, there has been
no material change in internal control over financial reporting, including any
corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies or material
weaknesses. The Company has established and maintains disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange
Act). Such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure
that material information relating to the Company is made known to the Company’s
principal executive officer and its principal financial officer, particularly
during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act
are being prepared. Such disclosure controls and procedures are
effective in timely alerting the Company’s principal executive officer and
principal financial officer to material information required to be included in
the Company’s periodic reports required under the Exchange Act.
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(u) The
Company maintains insurance of the types and in the amounts generally deemed
adequate for its business, including, but not limited to, directors’ and
officers’ insurance, product liability insurance, and insurance covering real
and personal property owned or leased by the Company against theft, damage,
destruction, acts of vandalism and all other risks customarily insured against,
all of which insurance is in full force and effect. 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 could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(v) Neither
the Company nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any of its employees or
agents has at any time during the last five years (i) made any unlawful
contribution to any candidate for foreign office, or failed to disclose fully
any contribution in violation of law, or (ii) made any payment to any
foreign, federal or state governmental officer or official or other person
charged with similar public or quasi-public duties, other than payments required
or permitted by the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction
thereof.
(w) The
Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described under the
caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, will not
be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
(x) Except
as disclosed in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, there are no
contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that
would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or the Underwriter for a
brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with the
Offering.
(y) Except
as disclosed in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, there are no
contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person
granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration
statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company
owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such
securities in the securities registered pursuant to a Registration Statement or
in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement
filed by the Company under the Securities Act.
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(z)
The Common Stock (including the Shares and the Warrant Shares)
is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company is currently in
compliance with all continued listing standards and corporate governance
standards of the Nasdaq Capital Market and the Company has no knowledge of any
proceeding intended to suspend or terminate listing of its Common Stock on the
Nasdaq Capital Market. The Warrants have been approved for listing on
the Nasdaq Capital Market, subject only to official notice of
issuance. The Common Stock of the Company and the Warrants have been
registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.
(aa) The
Company is in material compliance with all applicable provision of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 that are currently effective and the rules and
regulations promulgated in connection therewith.
(bb) No
consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with, any governmental
agency or body or any court is required for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the issuance and sale of the
Securities by the Company, except such as have been obtained and made under the
Securities Act and such as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (“FINRA”) or
under state securities laws or the laws of any foreign
jurisdiction.
(cc) The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Warrant
Agreements, and the issuance and sale of the Securities will not result in a
breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a
default under, (i) any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any
governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Company, except in the case of this clause (i) for such
breaches, violations or defaults which could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or
(ii) any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which the Company is bound, except in the case of this clause (ii) for such
breaches, violations or defaults which could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or
(iii) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company, and the
Company has full power and authority to authorize, issue and sell the Securities
as contemplated by this Agreement and the Warrant Agreements.
(dd) The
Company is not presently doing business with the government of Cuba or with any
person or affiliate located in Cuba.
(ee)
No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary
exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that might have a
Material Adverse Effect.
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(ff) The
Company owns or possesses the right to use sufficient trademarks, trade names,
patent rights, copyrights, domain names, licenses, approvals, trade secrets,
inventions, technology, know-how and other similar rights (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”)
as are (i) necessary or material to conduct its business as now conducted
and as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and as are
(ii) necessary or material for the commercialization of the products
described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being under
development. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, (a) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened action, suit, proceeding, or claim by others challenging the rights
of the Company in or to any such Intellectual Property Rights that, if decided
adversely to the Company would, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would
form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (b) there is no pending, or to
the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding, or claim by others
that the Company infringes, misappropriates, or otherwise violates any
Intellectual Property Rights, of others that, if decided adversely to the
Company would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect,
and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for
any such claim; (c) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened action, suit, proceeding, or claim by others challenging the
validity, scope, or enforceability of any such Intellectual Property Rights
owned by the Company and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a
reasonable basis for any such claim; (d) to the Company’s knowledge, the
operation of the business of the Company as now conducted, and as described in
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and in connection with the
development and commercialization of the products described in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus does not infringe any claim of any patent or
published patent application; (e) there is no prior art of which the
Company is aware that may render any patent owned or licensed by the Company
invalid or any patent application owned or licensed by the Company unpatentable
which has not been disclosed to the applicable government patent office; and
(f) the Company’s granted or issued patents, registered trademarks, and
registered copyrights have been duly maintained and are in full force and in
effect, and none of the patents, trademarks and copyrights have been adjudged
invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part. The Company is not a
party to or bound by any options, licenses or agreements with respect to the
Intellectual Property Rights of any other person or entity that are required to
be set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and are not described
therein in all material respects. None of the technology or
intellectual property used by the Company in its business has been obtained or
is being used by the Company in violation of any contractual obligation binding
on the Company, or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its officers, directors,
or employees or otherwise in violation of the rights of any
persons. No third party has been granted by the Company rights to the
Intellectual Property Rights of the Company that, if exercised, could enable
such party to develop products competitive to those of the Company as described
in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(gg) The
Company has duly and properly filed or caused to be filed with the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office (the “PTO”) and applicable foreign
and international patent and trademark authorities all patents, trademarks,
copyrights and applications relating to the same owned by the Company (the
“Company Patent and Trademark
Applications”). To the knowledge of the Company, the Company
has complied with the PTO’s duty of candor and disclosure for the Company Patent
and Trademark Applications and has made no material misrepresentation in the
Company Patent and Trademark Applications. To the Company’s
knowledge, the Company Patent and Trademark Applications disclose patentable
subject matters. The Company has not been notified of any
inventorship challenges nor has any interference been declared or provoked nor
is any material fact known by the Company that would preclude the issuance of
patents with respect to the Company Patent and Trademark Applications or would
render such patents, if issued, invalid or unenforceable.
(hh) Except
as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company has not breached and is
not currently in breach of any provision of any license, contract or other
agreement governing the use by the Company of Intellectual Property Rights owned
by third parties (collectively, the “Licenses”) and, except as
described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no third party has
alleged any such breach and the Company is unaware of any facts that would form
a reasonable basis for such a claim. To the Company’s knowledge, no
other party to the Licenses has breached or is currently in breach of any
provision of the Licenses. Each of the Licenses is in full force and
effect and constitutes a valid and binding agreement between the parties
thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, and there has not occurred
any breach or default under any such Licenses or any event that with the giving
of notice or lapse of time would constitute a breach or default
thereunder. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the
Company has not been and is not currently involved in any disputes regarding the
Licenses. To the Company’s knowledge, all patents licensed to the
Company pursuant to the Licenses are valid, enforceable and being duly
maintained. To the Company’s knowledge, all patent applications
licensed to the Company pursuant to the Licenses are being duly
prosecuted.
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(ii) Except
as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company:
(A) is and at all times has been in compliance with all statutes, rules,
regulations, or guidances applicable to the Company and the ownership, testing,
development, manufacture, packaging, processing, use, distribution, marketing,
labeling, promotion, sale, offer for sale, storage, import, export or disposal
of any product manufactured or distributed by the Company (“Applicable
Laws”), except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (B) has not received any
notice of adverse finding, warning letter, untitled letter or other
correspondence or notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) or
any other federal, state or foreign governmental authority having authority over
the Company (“Governmental
Authority”) alleging or asserting noncompliance with any Applicable Laws
or any licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, authorizations, permits
and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Applicable Laws
(“Authorizations”);
(C) possesses all material Authorizations and such Authorizations are valid
and in full force and effect and are not in violation of any term of any such
Authorizations; (D) has not received notice of any claim, action, suit,
proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action
from any Governmental Authority or third party alleging that any product,
operation or activity is in violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations
and have no knowledge that any such Governmental Authority or third party is
considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation
or proceeding; (E) has not received notice that any Governmental Authority
has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or
revoke any Authorizations and the Company has no knowledge that any such
Governmental Authority is considering any such action; and (F) has filed,
obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms,
notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or
amendments as required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and all such
reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions
and supplements or amendments were complete and correct in all material respects
on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent
submission).
(jj) The
clinical, pre-clinical and other studies and tests conducted by or on behalf of
or sponsored by the Company were and, if still pending, are being conducted in
accordance in all material respects with all statutes, laws, rules and
regulations, as applicable (including, without limitation, those administered by
the FDA or by any foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory
authority performing functions similar to those performed by the
FDA). Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the
Company has not received any notices or other correspondence from the FDA or any
other foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority
performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA with respect to any
ongoing clinical or pre-clinical studies or tests requiring the termination,
suspension or modification of such studies or tests.
(kk) Except
as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has
established and administers a compliance program applicable to the Company, to
assist the Company and its directors, officers and employees in complying with
applicable regulatory guidelines (including, without limitation, those
administered by the FDA and any other foreign, federal, state or local
governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those
performed by the FDA), except where such noncompliance would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(ll) No
relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any of the Company or
any Affiliate of the Company, on the one hand, and any director, officer,
stockholder, customer or supplier of the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company, on the other hand, which is required by the Securities Act or the Rules
and Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
which is not so described as required.
(mm) Except
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Effect (i) the Company is not in violation of any federal, state, local or
foreign law or regulation relating to pollution or protection of human health or
the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water,
groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including without
limitation, laws and regulations relating to emissions, discharges, releases or
threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic
substances, hazardous substances, petroleum and petroleum products
(collectively, “Materials of
Environmental Concern”), or otherwise relating to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or
handling of Materials of Environmental Concern (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), which
violation includes, but is not limited to, noncompliance with any permits or
other governmental authorizations required for the operation of the business of
the Company under applicable Environmental Laws, or noncompliance with the terms
and conditions thereof, nor has the Company received any written communication,
whether from a governmental authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise,
that alleges that the Company is in violation of any Environmental Law;
(ii) there is no claim, action or cause of action filed with a court or
governmental authority, no investigation with respect to which the Company has
received written notice, and no written notice by any person or entity alleging
potential liability for investigatory costs, cleanup costs, governmental
responses costs, natural resources damages, property damages, personal injuries,
attorneys’ fees or penalties arising out of, based on or resulting from the
presence, or release into the environment, of any Material of Environmental
Concern at any location owned, leased or operated by the Company, now or in the
past (collectively, “Environmental Claims”),
pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the
Company or any person or entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually
or by operation of law; and (iii) to the Company’s knowledge, there are no
past or present actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events or
incidents, including, without limitation, the release, emission, discharge,
presence or disposal of any Material of Environmental Concern, that reasonably
could result in a violation of any Environmental Law or form the basis of a
potential Environmental Claim against the Company or against any person or
entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Company has retained or
assumed either contractually or by operation of law.
(nn) The
Company (A) is in compliance, in all material respects, with any and all
applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations, treaties,
statutes and codes promulgated by any and all governmental authorities
(including pursuant to the Occupational Health and Safety Act) relating to the
protection of human health and safety in the workplace (“Occupational
Laws”); (B) has received all material permits, licenses or other
approvals required of it under applicable Occupational Laws to conduct their
business as currently conducted; and (C) is in compliance, in all material
respects, with all terms and conditions of such permit, license or approval. No
action, proceeding, revocation proceeding, writ, injunction or claim is pending
or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company relating to
Occupational Laws, and the Company does not have knowledge of any facts,
circumstances or developments relating to its operations or cost accounting
practices that could reasonably be expected to form the basis for or give rise
to such actions, suits, investigations or proceedings.
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(oo) The
Company and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and
published interpretations thereunder (collectively, “ERISA”)) established or
maintained by the Company, or its “ERISA Affiliates” (as defined below) are in
compliance in all material respects with ERISA. “ERISA Affiliates” means, with
respect to the Company, any member of any group of organizations described in
Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the
“Code”) of which the
Company is a member. No “reportable event” (as defined under ERISA)
has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee
benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, or any of its ERISA
Affiliates. No “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by
the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates, if such “employee benefit plan” were
terminated, would have any “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined
under ERISA). Neither the Company, nor any of its ERISA Affiliates
has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability under
(i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal
from, any “employee benefit plan” or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or
4980B of the Code. Each “employee benefit plan” established or
maintained by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has
occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of
such qualification.
(pp) There
are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses
in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company
to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company or any
of the family members of any of them, except as disclosed in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus.
(qq) The
market data and industry forecasts included in the Registration Statement and
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus were obtained or derived from industry
publications that are and were not at any time under the Company’s control which
the Company reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and accurate, and
such data agree with the sources from which they are derived.
(rr) Except
as disclosed in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included in the Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus there has been no Material Adverse Effect, nor any development or
event involving a prospective Material Adverse Effect, in the condition
(financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the
Company taken as a whole.
(ss) To
the Company’s knowledge, no director or officer is subject to any
non-competition agreement or non-solicitation agreement with any employer or
prior employer which could materially affect each director’s or officer’s
ability to be and act in the capacity of a director or officer of the
Company.
(tt) The
Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriter to offer, the Securities to
any person or entity with the intention of unlawfully influencing: (i) a
customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level
or type of business with the Company; or (ii) a journalist or publication
to write or publish favorable information about the Company or its products or
services.
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(uu) The
operations of the Company is and has been conducted at all times in compliance
with applicable financial record keeping and reporting requirements and money
laundering statutes of the United States and, to the Company’s knowledge, all
other jurisdictions to which the Company is subject, the rules and regulations
thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued,
administered or enforced by any applicable governmental agency (collectively,
the “Money Laundering
Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company
with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge
of the Company, threatened.
(vv) All
“non-GAAP financial measures” (as defined in the Regulations), if any, included
in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply
with the requirements of Regulation G and Item 10 of Regulation
S-K.
(ww) Except
as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no claims,
payments, arrangements, agreements or understandings relating to the payment of
a finder’s, consulting or origination fee by the Company or, to the knowledge of
the Company, any officer, director or stockholder of the Company with respect to
the sale of the Securities hereunder. Except as described in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not made any direct or indirect
payments (in cash, securities or otherwise) to: (i) any person, as a
finder’s fee, consulting fee or otherwise, in consideration of such person
raising capital for the Company or introducing to the Company persons who raised
or provided capital to the Company; (ii) to any FINRA member; or
(iii) to any person or entity that has any direct or indirect affiliation
or association with any FINRA member, within the 180 days prior to the initial
filing date of the Registration Statement in connection with the
Offering. None of the net proceeds of the Offering will be paid by
the Company to any participating FINRA member or its affiliates, except as
specifically authorized herein. To the Company’s knowledge, no
officer, director or any beneficial owner of the Company’s securities (whether
debt or equity, registered or unregistered, regardless of the time acquired or
the source from which derived) (any such individual or entity, a “Company Affiliate”) has any
direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member (as
determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA); no Company
Affiliate is an owner of stock or other securities of any member of FINRA (other
than securities purchased on the open market); no Company Affiliate has made a
subordinated loan to any member of FINRA; no proceeds from the sale of the
Securities (excluding underwriting compensation as disclosed in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus) will be paid to any FINRA member, or any persons
associated with or affiliated with any member of FINRA. Except as disclosed in
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not issued any
warrants or other securities or granted any options, directly or indirectly, to
anyone who is a potential underwriter in the Offering or a related person (as
defined by FINRA rules) of such an underwriter within the 180-day period prior
to the initial filing date of the Registration Statement. To the Company’s
knowledge, no person to whom securities of the Company have been privately
issued within the 180-day period prior to the initial filing date of the
Registration Statement has any relationship or affiliation or association with
any member of FINRA. All of the information provided to the
Underwriter or its counsel by the Company, its officers or its directors in
connection with letters, filings or other supplemental information provided to
FINRA is, in the case of the Company, and, to its knowledge in the case of its
directors and officers, true, complete and correct in all material respects, and
there is no conflict of interest between the Company and the Underwriter under
FINRA Rule 5121.
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Any
certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to the Underwriter
or to counsel for the Underwriter shall be deemed to be a representation and
warranty by the Company to the Underwriter as to the matters set forth
therein.
The
Company acknowledges that the Underwriter and, for purposes of the opinions to
be delivered pursuant to Section 6 hereof, counsels to the Company and
counsel to the Underwriter, will rely upon the accuracy and truthfulness of the
foregoing representations and hereby consents to such reliance.
2. Representations and Warranties of the
Underwriter. The Underwriter represents and agrees
that:
(a) It
has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the
planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under
the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished
to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than
(i) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or (ii) any other free writing
prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to
treat as part of the Disclosure Package.
(b) It
will retain copies of each free writing prospectus used or referred to by it to
the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
3. Purchase
of the Securities by the Underwriter.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions and upon the basis of the representations,
warranties and agreements herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell
to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase at a price of
$[________] per Unit (giving effect to a 7% discount), the number of Firm
Securities set forth opposite the Underwriter’s name in Schedule I
hereto. The Underwriter agrees to offer the Firm Securities to the
public as set forth in the Prospectus.
(b) The
Company hereby grants to the Underwriter and its designees an option to purchase
from the Company, solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments in
connection with the distribution and sale of the Firm Securities, all or any
portion of the Optional Securities for a period of forty-five (45) days from the
date hereof at the purchase price per Unit set forth above. Optional
Securities shall be purchased from the Company for the account of the
Underwriter in such number as is set forth opposite the Underwriter’s name in
Schedule I hereto. No Optional Securities shall be sold and delivered
unless the Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and
delivered.
4. Delivery of and Payment for
Securities. Delivery of certificates for the Firm Securities
to be purchased by the Underwriter from the Company against payment for such
securities shall be made at the offices of the Underwriter (or such other place
as mutually may be agreed upon), on the third full Business Day following the
date hereof or, if the pricing of the Firm Securities occurs after
4:30 p.m., New York City time, on the fourth full Business Day thereafter,
or at such other date as shall be determined by the Underwriter and the Company
(the “First Closing
Date”).
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The
option to purchase Optional Securities granted in Section 3 hereof may be
exercised during the term thereof by written notice to the Company from the
Underwriter. The option may be exercised in whole or part, and if in
part, the option can be exercised on multiple occasions. Such notice
shall set forth the aggregate number of Optional Securities as to which the
option is being exercised and the time and date, not earlier than either the
First Closing Date or the second Business Day after the date on which the option
shall have been exercised nor later than the fifth Business Day after the date
of such exercise, as determined by the Underwriter, when the Optional Securities
are to be delivered (the “Option Closing
Date”). Delivery and payment for such Optional Securities is
to be at the offices set forth above for delivery and payment of the Firm
Securities. (The First Closing Date and the Option Closing Date are
herein individually referred to as the “Closing Date”).
Delivery
of certificates for the Firm Securities and the Optional Securities shall be
made by or on behalf of the Company to the Underwriter, against payment by the
Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by (i) Federal funds wire
transfer or (ii) certified or official bank check payable in next day funds
to the order of the Company. The certificates for the Firm Securities
and the Optional Securities shall be registered in such names and denominations
as the Underwriter shall have requested at least two full Business Days prior to
the applicable Closing Date, and shall be made available for checking and
packaging at a location in New York, New York as may be designated by the
Underwriter at least one full Business Day prior to such Closing
Date. Time shall be of the essence and delivery at the time and place
specified in this Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the
Underwriter.
5. Covenants. The
Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriter that:
(a) During
such period beginning on the Initial Sale Time and ending on the later of the
Closing Date or such date, as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter, the
Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered in connection with sales
as contemplated by this Agreement by the Underwriter or any dealer, including in
circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 (the
“Prospectus Delivery
Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement
(including any registration statement filed under Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act), the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall
furnish to the Underwriter for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or
supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or
supplement to which the Underwriter reasonably objects.
(b) After
the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Underwriter in
writing (i) when the Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution
Time, shall have become effective, (ii) of the receipt of any comments of, or
requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (iii)
of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus, (iv) of the time and date that any post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective and (v) of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order
or notice preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, any
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove,
suspend or terminate from listing or quotation the Shares, the Warrants or the
Warrant Shares from any securities exchange upon which any of them is listed (or
approved for listing) for trading or included or designated (or approved for
inclusion or designation) for quotation, or of the threatening or initiation of
any proceedings for any of such purposes. The Company shall use its
best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or prevention or
suspension of such use. If the Commission shall enter any such stop
order or order or notice of prevention or suspension at any time, the Company
will use its best efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest
possible moment, or will file a new registration statement and use its best
efforts to have such new registration statement declared effective as soon as
practicable. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply
with the provisions of Rule 424(b), as applicable, under the Securities Act,
including with respect to the timely filing of documents thereunder, and will
use its reasonable efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under
such Rule 424(b) were received in a timely manner by the
Commission.
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(c) (i)
If the preliminary prospectus included in the Disclosure Package is being used
to solicit offers to buy the Securities and any event or development shall occur
or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement
the Disclosure Package in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made or then prevailing, as the case may be,
not misleading (in which case the Company agrees to notify the Underwriter of
any such event or condition), or if in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter
it is otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to
comply with law, the Company agrees to promptly prepare, file with the
Commission and furnish to the Underwriter and to dealers, at its own expense,
amendments or supplements to the Disclosure Package so that the statements in
the Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not be, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made or then prevailing, as the case may
be, misleading or so that the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented,
will comply with law; (ii) if, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, any event
or development shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is
necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made or then prevailing, as the case may be, not misleading (in which
case the Company agrees to notify the Underwriter of any such event or
condition), or if in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter it is otherwise
necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus to
comply with law, including in connection with the delivery of the Prospectus,
the Company agrees to promptly prepare, file with the Commission (and use its
best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or any new
registration statement to be declared effective) and furnish to the Underwriter
and to dealers, amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, or any new registration statement so that the statements in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not
be, in light of the circumstances under which they were made or then prevailing,
as the case may be, misleading or so that the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with law.
(d) The
Company agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the
Underwriter, it will not make any offer relating to the Common Stock that would
constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute
a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act)
required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the
Company under Rule 433 of the Securities Act; provided that the prior written
consent of the Underwriter shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the
Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II
hereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the
Underwriter is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus”. The Company agrees that (i) it has treated and
will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and (ii) has complied and will comply, as the
case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the Securities Act
applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of
timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
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(e) The
Company shall furnish to the Underwriter, from time to time and without charge,
copies of the Registration Statement of which three shall be signed and shall
include exhibits and all amendments and supplements to any of such Registration
Statement, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the
Underwriter may from time to time reasonably request.
(f) The
Company shall take or cause to be taken all necessary action and furnish to
whomever the Underwriter may direct such information as may be required in
qualifying the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions which
the Underwriter shall designate and to continue such qualifications in effect
for as long as may be necessary for the distribution of the Securities; except
that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to
qualify as a foreign corporation, or to execute a general consent for service of
process.
(g) The
Company shall make generally available to its securityholders, in the manner
contemplated by Rule 158(b) under the Securities Act, as soon as
practicable but in any event not later than 60 days after the end of its fiscal
quarter in which the first anniversary date of the effective date of the
Registration Statement occurs, an earning statement which will comply with
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act covering a period of at least 12
consecutive months beginning after the effective date of the Registration
Statement.
(h) Except
for the issuance of options to directors, officers, employees and consultants in
the ordinary course under plans approved by the Company’s board of directors and
disclosed in the Final Prospectus (and the issuance of stock upon the exercise
thereof), the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the
Underwriter (which consent may be withheld in the Underwriter’s sole
discretion), directly or indirectly, issue, sell, offer, agree to sell, contract
or grant any option to sell (including, without limitation, pursuant to any
short sale), pledge, make any short sale of, maintain any short position with
respect to, transfer, establish or maintain an open “put equivalent position”
within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, enter into any swap,
derivative transaction or other arrangement (whether such transaction is to be
settled by delivery of common stock, other securities, cash or other
consideration) that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the
economic consequences of ownership, or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common
Stock, options or warrants to acquire shares of Common Stock, or securities
exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock, or
publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing, for a period
commencing on the date hereof and continuing through the close of trading on the
date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”).
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, for the purpose of allowing the Underwriter to comply with FINRA
Rule 2711(f)(4), if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period,
the Company releases earnings results or material news or a material event
relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial
Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results
during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up
Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the
expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings
results or material news, as applicable, unless the Underwriter waives, in
writing, such extension.
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(i) The
Company shall maintain, at its expense, a registrar and transfer agent for the
Common Stock and for the Warrants.
(j) The
Company shall use its best efforts to apply the net proceeds of the sale of the
Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under the heading “Use of
Proceeds” and shall 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 under the Securities Act.
(k) The
Company will furnish to its securityholders annual reports containing financial
statements audited by independent public accountants and quarterly reports
containing financial statements and financial information which may be
unaudited. During the period of two years from the date hereof, the
Company will deliver to the Underwriter copies of each annual report of the
Company and each other report furnished by the Company to its securityholders
and will deliver to the Underwriter, as soon as they are available, copies of
any other reports (financial or otherwise) which the Company shall publish or
otherwise make available to any of its securityholders as such, and as soon as
they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to
or filed with the Commission or FINRA.
(l) The
Company will use its best efforts to maintain the listing of the Common Stock
(including the Shares and the Warrant Shares) and the Warrants on the Nasdaq
Capital Market.
(m) Whether
or not this Agreement is terminated or the sale of the Securities to the
Underwriter is consummated, the Company shall pay or cause to be paid
(A) all expenses (including stock transfer taxes) incurred in connection
with the delivery to the Underwriter of the Securities, (B) all fees and
expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s
accountants and counsel) in connection with the preparation, printing, filing,
delivery and shipping of the Registration Statement (including the financial
statements therein and all amendments and exhibits thereto), each preliminary
prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented
and the printing, delivery and shipping of this Agreement, the Warrant
Agreements and other underwriting documents, including, to the extent
applicable, Underwriters’ Questionnaires, Underwriters’ Powers of Attorney, Blue
Sky Memoranda, the Agreement Among Underwriters and Selected Dealer Agreements,
(C) if necessary, all filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Underwriter incurred in connection with the qualification of the
Securities for sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(f)
hereof, (D) the filing fee of FINRA and any applicable fees and expenses of
counsel for the Underwriter in connection with the review of the offering by
FINRA up to a maximum aggregate amount, with respect to this clause (D), of
$25,000, (E) any applicable listing fees, (F) the cost of printing
certificates representing the Securities, (G) the cost and charges of any
transfer agent or registrar, (H) (i) costs and expenses of Underwriter’s counsel
for conducting a due diligence investigation in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) all reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Underwriter (including travel, databases, fees and disbursements
of consultants and advisors retained by the Underwriter, etc.) in connection
with the matters contemplated by this Agreement, up to a maximum
aggregate amount, with respect to clauses (H)(i) and (ii) above, of $50,000, (it
being acknowledged that the Company has made a payment to the Underwriter of
$15,000 in respect of its obligations pursuant to clauses (H)(i) and (ii) above
prior to the date hereof), and (I) all other costs and expenses incident to
the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise provided
for in this Section. If the sale of the Securities provided for
herein is not consummated by reason of acts of the Company which prevent this
Agreement from becoming effective, or by reason of any failure, refusal or
inability on the part of the Company to perform any agreement on its part to be
performed or because any other condition of the Underwriter’s obligations
hereunder is not fulfilled, unless the failure to perform the agreement or
fulfill the condition is due to the default or omission of the Underwriter, the
Company shall reimburse the Underwriter for all reasonable out-of-pocket
disbursements (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the
Underwriter in connection with its investigation, preparing to market and
marketing the Securities or in contemplation of performing its obligations
hereunder. The Company shall not in any event be liable to the
Underwriter for loss of anticipated profits from the transactions covered by
this Agreement.
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6. Conditions of Underwriter’s
Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriter hereunder are
subject to the accuracy, at and as of the date hereof and the First Closing Date
(as if made at the First Closing Date) and, with respect to the Optional
Securities, the Option Closing Date (as if made at the Option Closing Date), of
the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, to the
performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following
additional conditions:
(a) The
Registration Statement shall have become effective not later than 4 p.m.,
Eastern time, on the date of this Agreement, or such later time and date as the
Underwriter shall approve and all filings required by Rules 424, 430A and 433
under the Securities Act shall have been timely made; no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof 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 Disclosure
Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or otherwise) shall
have been complied with to the Underwriter’s satisfaction.
(b) The
Underwriter shall not have advised the Company that the Registration Statement,
the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto, contains an untrue statement of fact which, in the Underwriter’s
opinion, is material, or omits to state a fact which, in the Underwriter’s
opinion, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
(c) On
each Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received the favorable opinions of
Xxxxxxxx PC, counsel for the Company (in the form attached as Exhibit B), and
Howrey LLP (in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter), each dated
as of such Closing Date.
(d) On
each Closing Date the Underwriter shall have received the favorable opinion of
Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, dated as of such
Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriter.
(e) There
shall have been furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, dated
as of each Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, signed by the Chief
Executive Officer and by the Chief Accounting 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;
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(ii) No
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been
issued, and no proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or are pending
or, to their knowledge, contemplated;
(iii) Any
and all filings required by Rules 424, 430A, 430B and 430C under the Securities
Act have been timely made;
(iv) The
signers of said certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement
and the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements
thereto, and such documents contain all statements and information required to
be included therein; the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto does
not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; and the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or any
supplements thereto do not include any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; and
(v) Since
the effective date of the Registration Statement, there has occurred no event
required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement or the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus which has not been so set
forth.
(f) Since
the effective date of the Registration Statement, neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries shall have sustained any loss by strike, fire, flood, accident
or other calamity (whether or not insured), or shall have become a party to or
the subject of any litigation, which is material to the Company taken as a
whole, nor shall there have been a material adverse change in the general
affairs, business, key personnel, capitalization, financial position, earnings
or net worth of the Company, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of
business, which loss, litigation or change, in the Underwriter’s judgment, shall
render it inadvisable to proceed with the delivery of the
Securities.
(g) On
the date hereof, and on each Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received
from PricewaterhouseCoopers, independent public or certified public accountants
for the Company, a letter dated the date hereof addressed to the Underwriter, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, containing statements and
information of the type ordinarily included in accountant’s “comfort letters” to
underwriters, delivered according to Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72 (or
any successor bulletin), with respect to the audited and unaudited financial
statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus.
(h) Since
the date of the Prospectus, there shall not have been a Material Adverse
Effect.
(i)
On or before each Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received such
information, certificates, agreements, opinions and other documents as it may
reasonably require.
(j)
On or before the First Closing Date, the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant
Shares shall have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Capital
Market.
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(k) On
or before the First Closing Date, the Company and the Warrant Agent shall have
executed and delivered counterparts of the Warrant Agreements.
All such
opinions, certificates, letters and documents shall be in compliance with the
provisions hereof only if they are satisfactory in form and substance to the
Underwriter and to counsel for the Underwriter. The Company shall
furnish the Underwriter with such conformed copies of such opinions,
certificates, letters and other documents as the Underwriter shall reasonably
request. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6
shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement, this
Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at,
or at any time prior to, the First Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as
the case may be, by the Underwriter. Any such cancellation shall be
without liability of the Underwriter to the Company. Notice of such
cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing, or by telegraph or
telephone and confirmed in writing.
7. Indemnification
and Contribution.
(a)
The Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Underwriter and any person who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the
directors, officers, employees and agents of the Underwriter from and against
any loss, expense, liability, damage or claim (including the reasonable cost of
investigation) which, jointly or severally, the Underwriter or controlling
person may incur under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise,
insofar as such loss, expense, liability, damage or claim arises out of or is
based upon (A) any breach of any representation, warranty or covenant of the
Company contained herein, (B) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
or the Prospectus (the term Prospectus for the purpose of this Section being
deemed to include the preliminary prospectus included in the Registration
Statement at the time it became effective, the Prospectus and the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented by the Company), (C) any application or other document,
or any amendment or supplement thereto, executed by the Company or based upon
written information furnished by or on behalf of the Company filed in any
jurisdiction (domestic or foreign) in order to qualify the Common Stock under
the securities or blue sky laws thereof or filed with the Commission or any
securities association or securities exchange (each an “Application”), (D) any
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated in
any such Registration Statement, or necessary to make the statements made
therein not misleading, or (E) any omission or alleged omission from the
Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Prospectus or any
Application of a material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; except in
the case of (B), (D) and (E) above only insofar as any such loss, expense,
liability, damage or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission of a material fact
contained in and in conformity with information furnished in writing by the
Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in such Registration Statement,
Disclosure Package, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Prospectus or Application;
and to reimburse the Underwriter, or any such director, officer, employee, agent
or controlling person for any legal and other expense reasonably incurred by the
Underwriter, or any such director, officer, employee, agent or controlling
person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or
paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or
action. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 7(a) shall
be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise
have.
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(b) The
Underwriter agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, the
Company’s directors, the Company’s officers that signed the Registration
Statement, and any person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any
loss, expense, liability, damage or claim (including the reasonable cost of
investigation) which the Company or any such person may incur under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, expense,
liability, damage or claim arises out of or is based upon (A) any breach of any
representation, warranty or covenant of the Underwriter contained herein, (B)
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package,
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus, or any Application, (C) any
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated in
any such Registration Statement, or necessary to make the statements made
therein not misleading, or (D) any omission or alleged omission from the
Disclosure Package, any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Prospectus or any
Application of a material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, but
in each case only insofar as such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission was made in such Registration Statement,
Disclosure Package, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Prospectus or Application in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing by the
Underwriter to the Company expressly for use therein; and to reimburse the
Company, or any such director, officer, employee or controlling person for any
legal and other expense reasonably incurred by the Company, or any such
director, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with
investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim,
damage, liability, expense or action. The indemnity agreement set
forth in this Section 7(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the
Underwriter may otherwise have.
(c) Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of
notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the 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
claim or the commencement of that action; the failure to notify the indemnifying
party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to an
indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. If any such
claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall
notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled
to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other
similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party provided, however, that if the named
parties in any such action (including impleaded parties) include any of the
Underwriter or any director, officer, employee, agent or controlling person of
the Underwriter as an indemnified party or parties as well as the Company, and
such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded, based on
advice of outside counsel, that there may be one or more legal defenses
reasonably available to it or them which are different from or additional to
those available to the Company or that representation of the indemnified party
or parties and the Company by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to
actual or potential differing interests between them, the Company shall not have
the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified
party or parties and such indemnified party or parties shall have the right to
select separate counsel to defend such action on behalf of such indemnified
party or parties. After notice from the indemnifying party to the
indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action,
the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under such
subsection for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable
costs of investigation unless
such indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with
the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence.
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(d) If
the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsections (a) and (b)
of this Section 7 in respect of any losses, expenses, liabilities, damages or
claims referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, expenses,
liabilities, damages or claims (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Underwriter from
the offering of the Securities or (ii) if (but only 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 and of the Underwriter in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
expenses, liabilities, damages or claims, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company and the Underwriter shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the
total proceeds from the offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions
but before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the underwriting
discounts and commissions received by the Underwriter. The relative
fault of the Company and of the Underwriter shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
a material fact or omission or alleged omission relates to information supplied
by the Company or by the Underwriter and the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result
of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to above shall be deemed
to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party
in connection with investigating or defending any claim or action.
(e) The
Company and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation
or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in subsection (d)(i) and, if applicable
(ii), above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, the
Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the Securities purchased by
the Underwriter. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
8. Effective
Date and Termination.
(a) This
Agreement shall become effective at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
first full Business Day following the earlier of (i) the date hereof, or
(ii) the day on which the Underwriter releases the initial public offering
of the Firm Securities for sale to the public. The Underwriter shall
notify the Company immediately after the Underwriter has taken any action which
causes this Agreement to become effective. Until this Agreement is
effective, it may be terminated by the Company or by the Underwriter by giving
notice as hereinafter provided to the Underwriter or by the Underwriter by
giving notice as hereinafter provided to the Company, except that the provisions
of Sections 5(m) and 7 hereof shall at all times be
effective. For the purpose of this Section, the Securities shall be
deemed to have been released for sale to the public upon release by the
Underwriter of an electronic communication authorizing commencement of the
offering the Securities for sale.
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(b) Until
the First Closing Date, this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter by
giving notice as hereinafter provided to the Company, if (i) the Company
shall have failed, refused or been unable, at or prior to the First Closing
Date, to perform any agreement on its part to be performed hereunder unless the
failure to perform any agreement is due to the default or omission by the
Underwriter, (ii) any other condition of the obligations of the Underwriter
hereunder is not fulfilled; (iii) trading in securities generally on the
New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq shall have been suspended or minimum or
maximum prices shall have been established on either of such exchanges or such
market by the Commission or by such exchange or other regulatory body or
governmental authority having jurisdiction; (iv) trading or quotation in
any of the Company’s securities shall have been suspended or limited by the
Commission or by the NYSE or Nasdaq or other regulatory body of governmental
authority having jurisdiction; (v) a general banking moratorium shall have
been declared by Federal or state authorities; (vi) a material disruption
in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States
shall have occurred; (vii) there shall have been any material adverse
change in general economic, political or financial conditions or if the effect
of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States shall
be such as, in the Underwriter’s judgment, makes it inadvisable to proceed with
the delivery of the Securities; or (viii) any attack on, outbreak or
escalation of hostilities, declaration of war or act of terrorism involving the
United States or any other national or international calamity or emergency if,
in the Underwriter’s judgment, the effect of any such attack, outbreak,
escalation, declaration, act, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the public offering or the
delivery of the Securities. Any termination of this Agreement
pursuant to this Section 8 shall be without liability on the part of the
Company or the Underwriter, except as otherwise provided in Sections 5(m) or 7
hereof.
Any
notice referred to above may be given at the address specified in
Section 10 hereof in writing or by telegraph or telephone, and if by
telegraph or telephone, shall be immediately confirmed in writing.
9. Survival of Indemnities,
Contribution, Warranties and Representations. All
representations, warranties, and agreements of the Company and the Underwriter
herein or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto, and the agreements of the
Underwriter and the Company contained in Section 7 hereof, shall remain
operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by
or on behalf of the 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 Underwriter
hereunder.
10. Notices. All
communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered
or telecopied and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:
If
to the Underwriter:
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Ladenburg
Xxxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
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000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx xxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
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Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Facsimile: 000-000-0000
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with
a copy to:
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP
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000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
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Attention: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Esq.
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Facsimile:
000-000-0000
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If
to the Company:
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0000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx X-0
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The
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
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Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Facsimile:
281-719-3446
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with
a copy to:
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Xxxxxxxx
PC
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00
Xxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx 000
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Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
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Attention:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
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Facsimile:
000-000-0000
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11. Information Furnished by
Underwriter. The statements set forth under the caption
“Underwriting” in the table in the first paragraph concerning the name of the
Underwriter and the number of shares the Underwriter has agreed to purchase, in
the paragraphs concerning sales by the Underwriter to the public at the offering
price and to dealers at such price less a concession and sales by the
Underwriter to discretionary accounts in any preliminary prospectus and the
Prospectus, and in the first two paragraphs under the caption “Underwriter -
Stabilization, short positions and penalty bids” constitute the only written
information furnished by or on behalf of the Underwriter referred to in
paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 1 hereof and in paragraphs (a) and (b) of
Section 7 hereof.
12. Parties. This
Agreement is made solely for the benefit of the Underwriter, the Company, any
officer, director, employee, agent or controlling person referred to in
Section 7 hereof, and their respective successors and assigns, and no other
person shall acquire or have any right by virtue of this
Agreement. The term “successors and assigns,” as used in this
Agreement, shall not include any purchaser of any of the Securities from the
Underwriter merely by reason of such purchase.
13. Definition of “Business Day” and
“Subsidiary”. For purposes of this Agreement,
(a) ”Business Day” means any day on which the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC is
open for trading, and (b) ”Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule
405 under the Securities Act.
14. Governing Law;
Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to the choice of law or conflict of laws principles
thereof. Each of the Underwriter and the Company: (a) agrees that any
legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement
and/or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted exclusively in
the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, or in the United
States District Court for the Southern District of New York, (b) waives any
objection which it may have now or hereafter to the venue of any such suit,
action or proceeding, and (c) irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of the
Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, or of the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York in any such suit, action or
proceeding. Each of the Underwriter and the Company further agrees to
accept and acknowledge service of any and all process which may be served in any
such suit, action or proceeding in the Supreme Court of the State of New York,
New York County, or in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York and agrees that service of process upon the Company mailed
by certified mail to the Company’s address or delivered via overnight delivery
shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company,
in any such suit, action or proceeding, and service of process upon the
Underwriter mailed by certified mail to the Underwriter’s address or delivered
via overnight delivery shall be deemed in every respect effective service of
process upon the Underwriter, in any such suit, action or
proceeding. THE COMPANY (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF, THE SUBSIDIARIES AND,
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS RESPECTIVE EQUITY
HOLDERS AND CREDITORS) HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT ANY OF THEM MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE XXXXXXXXXX.
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00. Partial
Unenforceability. 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.
16. Absence of Fiduciary
Relationship.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) The
Underwriter has been retained solely to act as an underwriter in connection with
the sale of Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship
between the Company and the Underwriter has been created in respect of any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Prospectus, irrespective
of whether the Underwriter has advised or is advising the Company on other
matters;
(b) The
price of the Securities set forth in this Agreement was established by the
Company following discussions and arms’ length negotiations with the
Underwriter, 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) The
Company has been advised that the Underwriter 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 Underwriter has no obligation to disclose such
interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory
or agency relationship; and
(d) The
Company waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims they may have
against the Underwriter for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of
fiduciary duty and agrees that the Underwriter shall have no liability (whether
direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or
to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the
Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the
Company.
17. 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, but not limited to, the Investment Banking
Agreement, dated November 22, 2010 between the Company and the
Underwriter. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if
the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This
Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties
hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived
in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The
Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall
not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
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Please
confirm, by signing and returning to the Underwriter two (2) counterparts of
this Agreement, that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between
the Company and the Underwriter.
Very
truly yours,
By:
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Confirmed
and accepted as of the date first above mentioned:
LADENBURG
XXXXXXXX & CO. INC.
By:
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SCHEDULE
I
Underwriting
Agreement dated [ ],
2011
Underwriter
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Number of Firm Securities
to be Purchased
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Number of Optional
Securities to be Purchased
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Ladenburg
Xxxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
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SCHEDULE
II
Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus
C-1
EXHIBIT
A-1
Series
A Warrant Agreement
C-1
EXHIBIT
A-2
Series
B Warrant Agreement
2
EXHIBIT
B
Form
of Legal Opinion of Counsel to the Company
Based on
the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations
set forth herein, as of the date hereof we are of the opinion that:
(1) The
Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company is
duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation under the laws of
the State of Texas.
(2) Without
giving effect to the offering of the Securities, the Company has authorized,
issued and outstanding the number of shares of capital stock set forth under the
heading "Description of Securities" in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus; without giving effect to the offering of the Securities, all of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and
validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (a) to our knowledge, are
free of preemptive rights arising from the Restated Charter and (b) to our
knowledge, were not issued in violation of any contractual preemptive or similar
rights set forth in any Material Contract (as defined below).
(3) The
Company has full corporate right, power and authority to execute and deliver the
Transaction Documents and to perform its obligations thereunder; and all action
required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and
delivery by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement, the issue and sale of the
Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares and Optional Securities and the consummation by
the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or by
the Registration Statement as it relates to the Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares
and Optional Securities and the Prospectus has been duly and validly
taken.
(4) The
Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the
Company. The Warrants are valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
terms.
(5) The
Shares, Warrants and Optional Securities to be issued and sold by the Company
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized, and when
issued and delivered by the Company and paid for pursuant to the Underwriting
Agreement, will be validly issued. The Shares and shares of Common
Stock included in the Optional Securities, when issued and delivered by the
Company and paid for pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, will be fully paid
and non-assessable. Upon the valid exercise of the Warrants and
payment of the consideration required in connection therewith, the Warrant
Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(6) The
statements set forth in the Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus under the
caption "Description of Securities," to the extent such statements constitute a
summary of the legal matters or documents referred to therein, including the
terms of the Shares, Warrants, Restated Charter and Bylaws, and under the
caption "Underwriting," to the extent such statements constitute summaries of
the Underwriting Agreement, accurately present the information called for with
respect to such legal matters and documents and accurately summarize the matters
referred to therein.
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(7) Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, to our knowledge, (a)
no options, warrants or other rights to purchase from the Company shares of
capital stock or other ownership interests in the Company are outstanding and
(b) no agreements or other obligations to issue, or other rights to convert any
obligation into, or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock or
ownership interests in the Company are outstanding.
(8) The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents,
the compliance by the Company with the terms of the Transaction Documents, the
issuance and sale of the Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares and Optional
Securities and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents or by the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus will not (i) 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 and that is listed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement, the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2009, the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2010 and the Company’s Current Reports on
Form 8-K filed with the Commission between January 1, 2010 and the date hereof
(such agreements and instruments listed therein are collectively referred to
herein as the “Material Contracts”), (ii) result in any violation of the
provisions of the Restated Charter or Bylaws or similar organizational documents
of the Company or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any
judgment, order or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or
regulatory authority except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for
such conflict, breach, violation or default that would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(9) No
consent, approval, authorization, or order of or filing with any federal,
Delaware state or Texas state governmental authority or, to our knowledge, any
federal, Delaware state or Texas state court, or pursuant to any federal,
Delaware state or Texas state law, is required for the issuance and sale of the
Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or Optional Securities, the Company's
execution, delivery or performance of the Transaction Documents and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, other than (i) those that
have been obtained under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the rules of
the Nasdaq Capital Market, and (ii) those under state securities or blue sky
laws or FINRA (as to which we express no opinion).
(10) To
our knowledge, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory
investigations, actions, suits or proceedings, pending or threatened, required
to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus.
(11)
The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Shares, Warrants and Optional Securities, and the application of the proceeds
thereof as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an "investment company" or
an entity "controlled" by an "investment company" within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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We hereby
confirm that the Registration Statement was declared effective under the
Securities Act as of [_______], 2011. To our knowledge, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof
has been issued under the Securities Act and, to our knowledge, no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the
Securities Act.
We hereby
confirm our belief that the Registration Statement, the preliminary prospectus
included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Initial Sale
Time, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and each amendment
and supplement to any of the foregoing (other than the financial statements and
related schedules therein and the financial data derived therefrom, as to which
we express no opinion) as of their respective effective or issue dates complied
as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act
and the rules and regulations thereunder. Further, although we do not
assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
information and statements contained in the Registration Statement, the
preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement immediately prior
to the Initial Sale Time, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus,
other than those referred to in our opinion in paragraph (6) above, we have
no reason to believe that (a) as of its effective date, the Registration
Statement or any amendment thereto filed on or before the date hereof (other
than the financial statements and related schedules therein and the financial
data derived therefrom, as to which we do not express any belief) contained an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(b) as of the Initial Sale Time or its issue date, as applicable, the
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto
issued by the Company on or before the date hereof (other than the financial
statements and related schedules therein and the financial data derived
therefrom, as to which we do not express any belief) contained 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; or (c) as of the date hereof, none of the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto filed or issued on or before the date hereof
(other than the financial statements and related schedules therein and the
financial data derived therefrom, as to which we express no opinion) contains an
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
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