BIOMIMETIC THERAPEUTICS, INC. 5,000,000 Shares of Common Stock Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit
1.1
5,000,000
Shares of Common Stock
July 14,
2010
X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
As
Representative of the
several Underwriters
listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
BioMimetic
Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue
and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the
“Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representative (the
“Representative”), an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of common stock, par value
$0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company (the “Underwritten
Shares”) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 750,000
shares of Common Stock (the “Option Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the
Option Shares are herein referred to as the “Shares.” The shares of Common Stock
of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the Shares
are referred to herein as the “Stock.”
The
Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning
the purchase and sale of the Shares, as follows:
1. Purchase of the Shares by
the Underwriters.
(a)
The Company agrees to issue and sell the Underwritten Shares to the several
Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis
of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject
to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Company the respective number of Underwritten Shares set forth
opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price per share (the
“Purchase Price”) of $7.99.
In
addition, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Option Shares to the several
Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriters, on the basis
of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject
to the conditions set forth herein, shall have the option to purchase, severally
and not jointly, from the Company the Option Shares at the Purchase Price less
an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the
Company and payable on the Underwritten Shares but not payable on the Option
Shares.
If any
Option Shares are to be purchased, the number of Option Shares to be purchased
by each Underwriter shall be the number of Option Shares which bears the same
ratio to the aggregate number of Option Shares being purchased as the number of
Underwritten Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule
1 hereto (or such number increased as set forth in Section 9 hereof) bears to
the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares being purchased from the Company by
the several Underwriters, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate any
fractional Shares as the Representative in its sole discretion shall
make.
The
Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase Option Shares at any time in
whole, or from time to time in part, on or before the 30th day following the
date of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined), by written notice from the
Representative to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the
aggregate number of Option Shares as to which the option is being exercised and
the date and time when the Option Shares are to be delivered and paid for, which
may be the same date and time as the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) but
shall not be earlier than the Closing Date or later than the tenth full business
day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice (unless such time and
date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 9
hereof). Any such notice shall be given at least two business days
prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein.
(b) The
Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of
the Shares as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment
of the Representative is advisable, and initially to offer the Shares on the
terms set forth in the Prospectus. The Company acknowledges and
agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Shares to or through any
affiliate of an Underwriter.
(c) Payment
for the Shares shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to
the account specified by the Company to the Representative in the case of the
Underwritten Shares, at the offices of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time,
on July 20, 2010, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date,
not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representative and the
Company may agree upon in writing or, in the case of the Option Shares, on the
date and at the time and place specified by the Representative in the written
notice of the Underwriters’ election to purchase such Option
Shares. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Shares
is referred to herein as the “Closing Date,” and the time and date for such
payment for the Option Shares, if other than the Closing Date, is herein
referred to as the “Additional Closing Date.”
Payment
for the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, shall be made against delivery to the Representative
for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Shares to be
purchased on such date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may
be. The Purchase Price payable by the Underwriters shall be reduced
by (i) any transfer taxes paid by, or on behalf of, the Underwriters in
connection with the transfer of the Shares to the Underwriters duly paid and
(ii) any withholding required by law. Delivery of the Shares shall be
made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) unless the
Representative shall otherwise instruct. The certificates for the
Shares will be made available for inspection and packaging by the Representative
at the office of DTC or its designated custodian not later than 1:00 P.M., New
York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date or the Additional
Closing Date, as the case may be.
(d) The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the
capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect
to the offering of Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with
determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a
fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other
person. Additionally, neither the Representative nor any other
Underwriter is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax,
investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any
jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors
concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent
investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the
Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with
respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the
transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions
will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on
behalf of the Company.
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(e) The
Representative has agreed to reserve a portion of the Shares to be purchased by
it under this Agreement for sale to Novo A/S, an affiliate of the Company
(“Novo”), as set forth in the Prospectus under the heading “Underwriters”. Such
Shares to be sold by the Representative and its affiliates are referred to
hereinafter as the “Directed Shares”. Any Directed Shares not orally
confirmed for purchase by Novo by the end of the business day on which this
Agreement is executed will be offered to the public by the Underwriters as set
forth in the Prospectus (as defined below).
2. Representations and
Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to each Underwriter that:
(a) A
registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-160676) with respect to the
Shares has been prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the rules and
regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”) thereunder and has been filed with the
Commission. Copies of such registration statement, including any
amendments thereto, the preliminary prospectuses (meeting the requirements of
the Rules and Regulations) contained therein and the exhibits and financial
statements, as finally amended and revised, have heretofore been delivered by
the Company to you. Such registration statement, as amended at the
time it became effective, including the information, if any deemed pursuant to
Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration
statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred
to herein as the “Registration Statement.” If the Company has filed
an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference
herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule
462 Registration Statement. The Registration Statement has become
effective under the Securities Act and no post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement has been filed as of the date of this
Agreement. The term “Preliminary Prospectus” means each prospectus
included in the Registration Statement (and any amendments thereto) before
effectiveness, any prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424
under the Securities Act and the prospectus included in the Registration
Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information, and
the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form first used (or made
available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities
Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Shares. Any
reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the
documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3
under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement
or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may
be, and any reference to “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to
the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall
be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to
be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus.
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(b) At
or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Company had prepared the
following information (collectively with the pricing information set forth on
Annex D, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated July
12, 2010 and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405
under the Securities Act) listed on Annex D hereto (each a “General Use Free
Writing Prospectus”). As of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing
Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, neither (i) Pricing
Disclosure Package nor (ii) any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus
(as defined below), when considered together with the Pricing Disclosure
Package, included or will include any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided, however, that the
Company makes no representations or warranties as to information contained in or
omitted from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon, and in
conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of
any Underwriter through the Representative, specifically for use therein, it
being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described in
Section 6(b) herein. As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this
Agreement:
“Applicable Time” means 4:30 P.M., New
York City time, on July 14, 2010 or such other time as agreed to by the Company
and the Representative.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means
any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the
Securities Act, relating to the Shares in the form filed or required to be filed
with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the
Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act.
“Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus”
means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Free Writing
Prospectus.
“Material Adverse Effect” means the
occurrence, either individually or in the aggregate, of any material adverse
effect on the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights,
operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and
of the Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(c) The
Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and
authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described
in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus. The subsidiaries of the Company as listed in Exhibit A
hereto (the “Subsidiaries”) have been duly organized and are validly existing in
good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation,
with corporate power and authority to own or lease their respective properties
and conduct the business in which they are engaged. Neither
Subsidiary owns nor holds any assets, properties, contracts or rights (including
any rights with respect to Intellectual Property). The Subsidiaries
are the only subsidiaries, direct or indirect, of the Company. The
Company and the Subsidiaries are duly qualified to conduct business in all
jurisdictions in which the conduct of their business requires such
qualification, except where the failure to qualify or be in good standing would
not result in a Material Adverse Effect. The outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued,
are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by the Company free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances and equities and claims; and no options, warrants or
other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or other
rights to convert any obligations into shares of capital stock or ownership
interests in the Subsidiaries are outstanding.
(d) The
information set forth under the captions “Capitalization” and “Description of
Equity Securities” in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any
similar section or information contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package) is
true and correct, in all material respects, as of its date. All of
the Shares conform to the description thereof contained in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The
form of certificate for the Shares conforms to the corporate law of the
jurisdiction of the Company’s incorporation.
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(e) The
outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company have been duly authorized and
validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the Shares to be issued
and sold by the Company have been duly authorized and when issued and paid for
as contemplated herein will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable;
and no preemptive rights of stockholders exist with respect to any of the Shares
or the issue and sale thereof, which rights have not been
waived. Neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the
offering or sale of the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to
any rights for or relating to the registration of any shares of Common Stock,
other than those which have been satisfied or waived. The Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the Amended and
Restated By-Laws of the Company, filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement, have been heretofore duly authorized and approved in accordance with
the Delaware General Corporation Law, are in full force and effect on or before
the time of purchase; and the Shares are duly listed, and admitted and
authorized for trading, subject to official notice of issuance and evidence of
satisfactory distribution, on the Nasdaq Global Market.
(f) With
respect to the stock options (the “Stock Options”) granted pursuant to the
stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries (the “Company
Stock Plans”), (i) each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized no later
than the date on which the grant of such Stock Option was by its terms to be
effective (the “Grant Date”) by all necessary corporate action, including, as
applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly
constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required stockholder
approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award
agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each
party thereto, (ii) each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the
Company Stock Plans, the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws and
regulatory rules or requirements, including the rules of the Nasdaq Global
Market and any other exchange on which Company securities are traded, and
(iii) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with
generally accepted principles of accounting in the United States (“GAAP”) in the
financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company and disclosed
in the Company's filings with the Commission in accordance with the Exchange Act
and all other applicable laws. The Company has not knowingly granted,
and there is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company of granting,
Stock Options prior to, or otherwise coordinating the grant of Stock Options
with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding
the Company or its Subsidiaries or their results of operations or
prospects.
(g) The
Commission has not issued an order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus
relating to the proposed offering of the Shares, and no proceeding for that
purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act has been instituted or,
to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission. The Registration
Statement contains, and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto
will contain, all statements which are required to be stated therein by, and
will conform to, the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations. The Registration Statement and any amendment thereto do
not contain, and will not contain, any untrue statement of a material fact and
do not omit, and will not omit, to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading. The Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto
do not contain, and will not contain, any untrue statement of a material fact;
and do not omit, and will not omit, to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company
makes no representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted
from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any such amendment or
supplement, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the
Representatives, specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed
that the only such information is that described in Section 6(b)
herein.
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(h) The
documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package, when they were filed with the
Commission conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the
Exchange Act, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing
Disclosure Package, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will
conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(i)
Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all
subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the
Shares, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted,
conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus.
(j) The
Company has not, directly or indirectly, distributed and will not distribute any
offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other
than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and other materials, if any,
permitted under the Securities Act and consistent with Section 3 below. The
Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in
the time required under Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act.
(k) (i) At
the time of the initial filing of the Registration Statement and (ii) as of the
date hereof (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of
this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer” (as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, without taking into account any
determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act
that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer),
including, without limitation, for purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the
Securities Act with respect to the offering of the Shares as contemplated by the
Registration Statement.
(l) The
financial statements of the Company and the consolidated financial statements of
the Company and Subsidiaries, as applicable, together with related notes and
schedules as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, present fairly the financial position and the
results of operations and cash flows of the Company and the consolidated
Subsidiaries, as applicable, at the indicated dates and for the indicated
periods. Such financial statements and related schedules have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied throughout the periods
involved, except as disclosed therein, and all adjustments necessary for a fair
presentation of results for such periods have been made. The summary
and selected financial and consolidated financial data included in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
present fairly the information shown therein and such data has been compiled on
a basis consistent with the financial statements presented therein and the books
and records of the Company. The pro forma financial statements and
other pro forma financial information included in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information
shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and
guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements, have been properly
compiled on the pro forma bases described therein, and, in the opinion of the
Company, the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the
adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions or
circumstances referred to therein. The Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus do not contain “non-GAAP financial
measures” (as such term is defined by the Rules and Regulations). The
Company and the Subsidiary do not have any material liabilities or obligations,
direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations or any
“variable interest entities” within the meaning of Financial Accounting
Standards Board Interpretation No. 46), not disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. There
are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be
included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus that are not included as required.
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(m) Ernst
& Young LLP, who have certified the financial statements filed with the
Commission as part of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm with
respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries within the meaning of the Securities
Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations and the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”).
(n) Neither
the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is aware of (i) any material weakness in
its internal control over financial reporting or (ii) change in internal control
over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting.
(o) There
is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of
the Company, any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as
such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”), and the rules
and regulations promulgated by the Commission and the Nasdaq Global Market
(“Nasdaq”) thereunder, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302
and 906 related to certifications.
(p) There
is no action, suit, claim or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary before any court or
administrative agency or otherwise, except as set forth in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except as
would not reasonably, either individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(q) The
Company and the Subsidiaries have good title to all of the properties and assets
reflected in the consolidated financial statements hereinabove described or
described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, subject to no lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any
kind except those reflected in such financial statements or described in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and
except as would not reasonably, either individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Subsidiaries occupy
their leased properties under valid and binding leases conforming in all
material respects to the description thereof set forth in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus with such
exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made of such
property.
(r) The
Company and the Subsidiaries have filed all Federal, State, local and foreign
tax returns which have been required to be filed and have paid all taxes
indicated by such returns and all assessments received by them or any of them to
the extent that such taxes have become due and are not being contested in good
faith and for which an adequate reserve for accrual has been established in
accordance with GAAP. All tax liabilities have been adequately
provided for in the financial statements of the Company, and the Company does
not know of any actual or proposed additional material tax
assessments.
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(s) Since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as each may be
amended or supplemented, there has not been (i) any material adverse change or
any development involving a prospective material adverse change in the earnings,
business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken
as a whole, whether or not occurring in the ordinary course of business, (ii)
any material transaction entered into or any material transaction that is
probable of being entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary, other than
transactions in the ordinary course of business and changes and transactions
described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, as each may be amended or supplemented, (iii) any change in the
capital stock (other than changes resulting from the grant or exercise of
outstanding Stock Options or the 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended
(the “2005 Employee Plan”) and the Employee 401(k) Plan Company Match, as
amended (the “Employer 401(k) Plan”) or outstanding indebtedness of the Company
or (iv) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the
capital stock of the Company. The Company and the Subsidiaries have
no material contingent obligations which are not disclosed in the Company’s
financial statements which are included in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(t)
Neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries is or with the giving
of notice or lapse of time or both, will be, in violation of or default under
(i) its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and
Restated By-Laws (or equivalent organizational documents), (ii) any agreement,
lease, contract, indenture or other instrument or obligation to which it is a
party or by which it, or any of its properties, is bound, (iii) any federal,
state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule, (iv) any rule or regulation of
any self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority
(including, without limitation, the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq, or (v)
any decree, judgment or order applicable to the Company or any of its
properties; except, in the case of clauses (ii) - (v) of this section, for such
violation or defaults that would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and the fulfillment of the
terms hereof will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is
a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective
properties is bound, or of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
or Amended and By-laws of the Company (or equivalent organizational documents)
or any law, order, rule or regulation judgment, order, writ or decree applicable
to the Company or any Subsidiary of any court or of any government, regulatory
body or administrative agency or other governmental body having
jurisdiction.
(u) The
execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations
under, this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Company, and this Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Company.
(v) Each
approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing by
or with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body necessary in
connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (except such additional
steps as may be required by the Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) or such additional steps as may be necessary to
qualify the Shares for public offering by the Underwriters under state
securities or Blue Sky laws) has been obtained or made and is in full force and
effect.
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(w) The
Company has all necessary licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals and
has made all necessary filings required under any federal, state, local or
foreign law, regulation or rule, and has obtained all necessary licenses,
authorizations, consents and approvals from other persons, in order to conduct
its business, except where the absence of such license, authorization, consent,
approval or filing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect. The Company is not in violation of, or in default
under, and has not received notice of any proceedings relating to revocation or
modification of, any such license, authorization, consent or approval or any
federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule or any decree, order or
judgment applicable to the Company, except where such violation, default,
revocation or modification would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(x) The
Company owns, or has obtained valid and enforceable licenses for, or other legal
rights to use, the inventions, patent applications, patents, utility models,
industrial property, trademarks (both registered and unregistered), trade names,
service marks (both registered and unregistered), service names, copyrights
(both registered and unregistered), trade secrets, customer lists, designs,
manufacturing or other processes, computer software, systems, data compilations,
research results, know-how or other proprietary rights and information, whether
developed or under development, described in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned or licensed to the
Company, or used in the Company’s business as presently conducted with respect
to the research, development, testing, marketing or sale of Augment Bone Graft
(formerly GEM OS1) and Augment Injectable Bone Graft (formerly GEM OS2)
(together, the “Products”) and other product candidates, each as described in
the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
(collectively, “Intellectual Property”), except where the failure to own,
license or otherwise enjoy such rights would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. All of such patents,
registered trademarks and registered copyrights owned or licensed to the Company
have been duly registered in, filed in or issued by the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or the corresponding
offices of other jurisdictions and have been maintained and renewed in
accordance with all applicable provisions of law and administrative regulations
in the United States and all such other jurisdictions, except where the failure
to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. The Company has taken all steps required in accordance with
sound business practice and business judgment to establish and preserve its
ownership of or rights to all material Intellectual Property. To the
Company’s knowledge, there are no third parties who have or will be able to
establish rights to any Intellectual Property related to the Products, except
for, and to the extent of, the ownership rights of the owners of the
Intellectual Property that the Registration Statement or Prospectus disclose is
licensed to the Company. To the Company’s knowledge, there is no
infringement or misappropriation by third parties of any of the Intellectual
Property. There is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s
rights in or to any Intellectual Property that would reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company is unaware of any facts that
could form a reasonable basis for any such action, suit, proceeding or
claim. There is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened
action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity,
enforceability or scope of any Intellectual Property that would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company is unaware of any
facts that could form a reasonable basis for any such action, suit, proceeding
or claim. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company has not formerly
and presently is not infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating the
Intellectual Property of any other person. There is no pending or, to
the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by another
that the Company infringes, misappropriates, or otherwise violates any
Intellectual Property that would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and the Company is unaware of any facts that could form a
reasonable basis for any such action, suit, proceeding or claim. To
the Company’s knowledge, the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or import of
any Product described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus by the Company
would not infringe any claim of any patent of another, except that of a licensor
who has granted the Company a license under any such patent. To the
Company’s knowledge, no proceeding charging the Company with infringement of any
adversely held Intellectual Property has been filed. The Company is
in compliance with the terms of all agreements pursuant to which Intellectual
Property has been licensed to the Company. All such agreements are in
full force and effect and there is no default by the Company thereto, and to the
Company’s knowledge, no notice of default thereunder has been threatened against
the Company. To the Company’s knowledge, the sublicenses granted to
others are now in compliance with the terms of all agreements pursuant to which
Intellectual Property has been sublicensed by the Company. To the
Company’s knowledge, all such agreements are in full force and effect and there
is no default by any sublicensee thereto. To the Company’s knowledge,
there is no patent containing claims that interfere with the issued or pending
claims of any patent owned by or licensed to the Company. To the
Company’s knowledge, there is no patent application containing allowable claims
that could cause the United States Patent and Trademark Office to declare an
interference proceeding with the issued or pending patents owned by or licensed
to the Company. The Company is not aware of any fact from which it
could reasonably be inferred that an individual associated with the filing and
prosecution of any patent owned by or licensed to the Company failed to disclose
to the United States Patent and Trademark Office all information known to that
individual to be material to patentability. The Products fall within
the scope of one or more claims of one or more patents owned by or licensed to
the Company. Upon the making, selling, offering for sale or importing
into the United States of any product covered by one or more claims of a United
States patent owned or licensed by the Company, the Company will comply with the
marking and notice requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 287(a).
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(y) The
Company owned, or had obtained valid and enforceable licenses for, or other
legal rights to use, the inventions, patent applications, patents, utility
models, industrial property, trademarks (both registered and unregistered),
trade names, service marks (both registered and unregistered), service names,
copyrights (both registered and unregistered), trade secrets, customer lists,
designs, manufacturing or other processes, computer software, systems, data
compilations, research results, know-how or other proprietary rights and
information described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus as being owned or licensed to the Company, or used in
the Company’s business as previously conducted with respect to the research,
development, testing, marketing or sale of GEM21S, prior to the Company’s
divestiture thereof, as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (collectively, “GEM21S Intellectual
Property”), except where the failure to own, license or otherwise enjoy such
rights would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the
Company has not received any indemnity claims or demands with respect to the
sale or license of the GEM21S Intellectual Property and the Company is unaware
of any facts that could form a reasonable basis for any such claims or
demands. In addition, GEM21S falls within the scope of one or more
claims of one or more patents currently owned by or licensed to the
Company. To the Company’s knowledge, there is no infringement or
misappropriation by third parties of any of the GEM21S Intellectual
Property. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company’s prior
manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or import of GEM21S described in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus by the Company did not infringe any claim
of any patent of another, except that of a licensor who has granted the Company
a license under any such patent. To the Company’s knowledge, the
licenses and sublicenses granted to third parties are now in compliance with the
terms of all agreements pursuant to which GEM21S Intellectual Property has been
licensed or sublicensed by the Company. To the Company’s knowledge,
all such agreements are in full force and effect and there is no default by any
licensee or sublicensee thereto and the continued performance by licensees or
sublicensees under such agreements does not infringe the intellectual property
of any third party.
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(z) Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of their
respective directors, officers, affiliates or controlling persons, has taken or
may 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 to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares. The Company acknowledges
that the Underwriters may engage in passive market making transactions in the
Shares on Nasdaq in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange
Act.
(aa) Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is or, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Shares contemplated hereunder, will be an “investment company”
within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
(bb) The
Company maintains for it, and if applicable, for the Subsidiaries, a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain
accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(cc) The
Company has established and maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as
defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act); the Company’s
“disclosure controls and procedures” are reasonably designed to ensure that all
information (both financial and non-financial) required to be disclosed by the
Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified
in the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act, and that all such information
is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the
certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the
Company required under the Exchange Act with respect to such
reports.
(dd) The
statistical, industry-related and market-related data included in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are
based on or derived from sources which the Company reasonably and in good faith
believes are reliable and accurate, and the Company has obtained the written
consent to the use of such data from such sources to the extent
required.
(ee) The
operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at
all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting
requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as
amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and
regulations thereunder (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 or any Subsidiary with
respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened.
(ff) Neither
the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent,
employee or affiliate of the Company is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury
Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the
proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such
proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for
the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any
U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(gg) The
Company and the Subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance in such amounts
and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of their respective
businesses and the value of their respective properties and as is customary for
companies engaged in similar businesses.
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(hh) The
Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with all
presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder (“ERISA”); neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has ever maintained
any “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA).
(ii) To
the Company’s knowledge, there are no affiliations or associations between (i)
any member of FINRA and (ii) the Company or any of the Company’s officers,
directors or 5% or greater security holders or any beneficial owner of the
Company’s unregistered equity securities that were acquired at any time on or
after the 180th day immediately preceding the date the Registration Statement
was initially filed with the Commission, except as set forth in the Registration
Statement.
(jj) The
Company and its properties, assets and operations is and has been in compliance
with, and holds all permits, authorizations and approvals required under,
Environmental Laws (as defined below), except to the extent that failure to so
comply or to hold such permits, authorizations or approvals would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; there are no
past, present or, to the Company’s knowledge, reasonably anticipated future
events, conditions, circumstances, activities, practices, actions, omissions or
plans that could reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect or to interfere with or prevent material
compliance by the Company with Environmental Laws; except as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company
(i) to the Company’s knowledge is not the subject of any investigation, (ii) has
not received any notice or claim, (iii) is not a party to or affected
by any pending or to the Company’s knowledge threatened action, suit or
proceeding, nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, is there any basis for
any such suit or proceeding, (iv) is not bound by any judgment, decree or order,
(v) has not entered into any agreement, in each case relating to any alleged
violation of any Environmental Law or any actual or alleged release or
threatened release or cleanup at any location of any Hazardous Materials (as
defined below), (vi) has not arranged for the disposal of any Hazardous Material
at, or transported any Hazardous Material to, any site for which the Company is
or may be liable except by a licensed contractor in accordance with applicable
laws, (vii) is not bound by any lien, nor is any lien reasonably expected to be
recorded on the property or (viii) to the Company’s knowledge, it does not
currently own or lease or has not previously owned or leased any property that
contains or contained or includes or included any asbestos, polychlorinated
biphenyls, or any underground storage tanks, piping, or sumps (or other
underground structures) which contain or contained Hazardous Materials or
contains or contained any environmental conditions (other than resulting from
the fact that the property is located on a cemetery), including, without
limitation, any wetlands or endangered species, that will impede use or
redevelopment of such property (as used herein, “Environmental Law” means any
federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation,
order, decree, judgment, injunction, permit, license, authorization or other
binding requirement, or common law, relating to health, safety or the
protection, cleanup or restoration of the environment or natural resources,
including but not limited to those relating to the distribution, processing,
generation, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, other handling or
release or threatened release of pollutants, contaminants or hazardous or toxic
substances or wastes and “Hazardous Materials” means any material (including,
without limitation, pollutants, contaminants, hazardous or toxic substances,
wastes, asbestos, silica, mixed dust, bacteria, mold or fungi) that is regulated
by or may give rise to liability under any Environmental Law). Since
December 31, 2007, there have been no environmental studies, investigations,
reports or assessments concerning the Company or any currently or previously
owned or leased properties within its possession or control.
(kk) There
are no relationships or related-party transactions involving the Company or any
Subsidiary or any other person required to be described in the Prospectus which
have not been described as required.
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(ll) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company,
any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting
on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has: (i) used any corporate
funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful
expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect
unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from
corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff,
influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
(mm) The
Company has not failed to file with the applicable regulatory authorities
(including, without limitation, the Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) or
any foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority
performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA) any required filing,
declaration, listing, registration, report or submission, except where such
failure would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect; all such filings, declarations, listings, registrations, reports or
submissions were in material compliance with applicable laws when
filed. Except as referred to or described in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and except as would
not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect, no deficiencies have been asserted by any applicable regulatory
authority (including, without limitation, the FDA or any foreign, federal, state
or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to
those performed by the FDA) with respect to any such filings, declarations,
listings, registrations, reports or submissions that remain
unresolved.
(nn) To
the Company’s knowledge, with regard to the Products, all of the manufacturing
facilities and operations of the Company and its United States and foreign
suppliers are in compliance in all material respects with applicable FDA and
comparable regulations, including current Good Manufacturing
Practices.
(oo) The
preclinical tests, clinical trials and other studies, tests and research
conducted by or on behalf of or sponsored by the Company that are described in,
or the results of which are referred to in, the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus were and, if still pending, are to
the Company’s knowledge being conducted in all material respects in accordance
with protocols filed with the appropriate regulatory authorities for each such
test or trial and in accordance with all statutes, laws, rules and regulations,
as the case may be, except where such failure to comply would not have a
Material Adverse Effect; the description of the results of such tests and trials
contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus accurately presents summaries in all material respects of the data
derived from such tests and trials, and the Company has no knowledge of any
other studies or tests the results of which call into question, the clinical
results described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus such that such study or test would result
in a Material Adverse Effect; the Company has not received any notices or other
correspondence from the FDA or from any other U.S. or foreign government or drug
or medical device regulatory agency requiring the termination or suspension of
any product or clinical trials that are described or referred to in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus other
than with respect to proposed studies which have not yet begun; the Company has
made such reports to the FDA of adverse reactions as are required to be made by
the Company under applicable law with respect to any product, clinical or
pre-clinical studies, tests or research that are described in the Registration
Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or the results of which
are referred to in the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, and the Company has operated and currently is in compliance in
all material respects with all applicable rules and regulations of the FDA and
comparable foreign drug or medical device regulatory agencies outside of the
United States except where such failure to make such report or to comply would
not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(pp) No
shares of preferred stock of the Company are issued or outstanding; and the
issuance and sale of the Shares as contemplated hereby will not cause any holder
of any shares of capital stock, securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for capital stock or options, warrants or other rights to purchase
capital stock or any other securities of the Company to have any right to
acquire any shares of capital stock of the Company.
(qq) Except
pursuant to this Agreement, the Company has not incurred any liability for any
finder’s or broker’s fee or agent’s commission in connection with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or by the Prospectus.
(rr) The
Company is not engaged in any unfair labor practice; except for matters which
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect,
(i) there is (A) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the
Company's knowledge, threatened against the Company before the National Labor
Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or
under collective bargaining agreements is pending or threatened, (B) no
strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or, to the Company's
knowledge, threatened against the Company and (C) no union representation
dispute currently existing concerning the employees of the Company, and
(ii) to the Company's knowledge, (A) no union organizing activities
are currently taking place concerning the employees of the Company and
(B) there has been no violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law
relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees or any
applicable wage or hour laws.
(ss)
The Company has not offered, or caused the Representative or any entity of the
Representative to offer, Directed Shares to Novo with the specific intent
to unlawfully influence Novo's relationship with the Company.
3. Further Agreements of the
Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each
Underwriter that:
(a) Required
Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the
Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B
or 430C under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; will file promptly
all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be
filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so
long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering
or sale of the Shares; and will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the
Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the
business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as
the Representative may reasonably request.
(b) Delivery of
Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the
Representative, two signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally
filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and
consents filed therewith; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of
the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto
(without exhibits) and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined
below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and
supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein and each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) as the Representative may reasonably
request. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means
such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as
in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the
Shares is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for
Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Shares by any
Underwriter or dealer.
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(c) Amendments or Supplements, Issuer
Free Writing Prospectuses. Before preparing, using,
authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, whether before or after the time that the
Registration Statement becomes effective, the Company will furnish to the
Representative and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not
prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the
Representative reasonably objects.
(d) Notice to the
Representative. The Company will advise the Representative
promptly, and confirm such advice in writing: (i) when the
Registration Statement has become effective; (ii) when any amendment to the
Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (iii) when any
supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any
amendment to the Prospectus has been filed; (iv) of any request by the
Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission
relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission
for any additional information; (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any
stop-order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the
Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of
any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act;
(vi) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a
result of which the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when
the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and (vii) of the receipt
by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule
401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (viii) of the receipt by the Company of
any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Shares for
offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its best efforts to
prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or
suspending any such qualification of the Shares and, if any such order is
issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
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(e) Ongoing
Compliance. (1) If during the Prospectus Delivery
Period (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which
the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing
when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is
necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company
will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and,
subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the
Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representative may designate such
amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the
statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the
light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a
purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law and (2)
if at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition
shall exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended
or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is
delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or
supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with law, the Company will
immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject
to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and
furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representative may
designate such amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package as
may be necessary so that the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package as so
amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing
when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading
or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with law.
(f) Blue Sky
Compliance. The Company will qualify the Shares for offer and
sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the
Representative shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in
effect so long as required for distribution of the Shares; provided that the Company
shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or
as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise
be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process
in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such
jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
(g) Earning
Statement. The Company will make generally available to its
security holders and the Representative as soon as practicable an earning
statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act
and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at
least 12 months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring
after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration
Statement.
(h) Clear Market. For
a period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not (i)
offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase,
purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to
purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file
with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating
to, any shares of Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Stock, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer,
sale, pledge, disposition or filing, or (ii) enter into any swap or other
agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences
of ownership of the Stock or any such other securities, whether any such
transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery
of Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior
written consent of the Representative, other than the Shares to be sold
hereunder and any shares of Stock of the Company issued upon the exercise of
options or other securities granted, or issued under Company Stock Plans, the
2001 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, the 2005 Employee Plan and the
Employee 401(k) Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during
the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings
release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or
(2) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the Company
announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period
beginning on the last day of the 90-day period, the restrictions imposed by this
Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period
beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the
material news or material event.
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(i) Use of
Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the
sale of the Shares as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of
Proceeds.”
(j) No
Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause
or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the
Stock.
(k) Exchange
Listing. The Company will use its best efforts to list for
quotation the Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market.
(l) Reports. For a
period of one year beginning from the date of the Prospectus, the Company will
furnish to the Representative, as soon as they are available, copies of all
reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the
Shares, and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed
with the Commission or any national securities exchange or automatic quotation
system; provided, the
Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports and financial statements
to the Representative to the extent they are filed on the Commission’s
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system.
(m) Record
Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures
developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the
Securities Act.
4. Certain Agreements of the
Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees
that:
(a) It
has not used, authorized use of, referred to or participated in the planning for
use of, 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) a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined
in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including
through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus or a
previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus listed on Annex D or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) above
(including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus
prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing
(each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an
“Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).
(b) It
has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any
free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Shares unless such
terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the
Commission; provided,
that Underwriters may use a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex D
hereto without the consent of the Company; provided, further, that any
Underwriter using such term sheet shall notify the Company, and provide a copy
of such term sheet to the Company, prior to, or substantially concurrently with,
the first use of such term sheet.
(c) It
is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act
with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such
proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery
Period).
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5. Conditions of Underwriters’
Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase
the Underwritten Shares on the Closing Date or the Option Shares on the
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is subject to
the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder
and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop
Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose,
pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2)or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act
shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission
under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to
the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with
Section 3(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional
information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Representative.
(b) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company
contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of
the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be; and the
statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered
pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing
Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(c) No
Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Applicable
Time and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, if there are any debt
securities or preferred stock of, or guaranteed by, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating
organization,” as such term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule
436(g)(2) under the Securities Act, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in
the rating accorded any such debt securities or preferred stock and (ii) no such
organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or
review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of any such debt
securities or preferred stock (other than an announcement with positive
implications of a possible upgrading).
(d) No Material Adverse
Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section
2(s) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not
described in the Pricing Disclosure Package (excluding any amendment or
supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement
thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Representative makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of
the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may
be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(e) Officer’s
Certificate. The Representative shall have received on and as
of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a
certificate of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the
Company and one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is
satisfactory to the Representative (i) confirming that such officers have
carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officers, the representations
set forth in Sections 2(a), 2(b) and 2(g) hereof are true and correct, (ii)
confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all
agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the
case may be, and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d)
above.
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(f) Comfort
Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date
or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, Ernst & Young LLP, shall
have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, letters,
dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the
Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representative, containing statements and information of the type customarily
included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the
financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus; provided, that the letter
delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may
be, shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to such
Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(g) Opinion 10b-5 and Statement of
Counsel for the Company. Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, as
counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the
request of the Company, a written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing
Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the
Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representative, to the effect set forth in Annex A hereto.
(h) Opinion of Patent Counsel for the
Company. Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, special counsel for the
Company with respect to patents and proprietary rights, shall have furnished to
the Representative, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated
the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and
addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Representative, to the effect set forth in Annex B hereto.
(i) Opinion of Other Counsel for the
Company. Buc & Xxxxxxxxx, special counsel for the Company
with respect to FDA matters shall have furnished to the Representative, at the
request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, to the
effect set forth in Annex C hereto.
(j) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of
Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representative shall have
received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the
case may be, an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP,
counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representative
may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and
information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such
matters.
(k) No Legal Impediment to
Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute,
rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any
federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of
the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the
issuance or sale of the Shares; and no injunction or order of any federal, state
or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date or
the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of
the Shares.
(l) Good Standing. The
Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good
standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions
of organization and their good standing as foreign entities in such other
jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably request, in each case in
writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate
governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
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(m) Exchange
Listing. The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date or
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall have been approved for
listing on the Nasdaq Global Market, subject to official notice of
issuance.
(n) Lock-up
Agreements. The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, between you, the officers and directors and
certain significant shareholders of the Company, listed on Schedule 2 relating
to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Stock or certain other
securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be full force
and effect on the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may
be.
(o) Additional
Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional
Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the
Representative such further certificates and documents as the Representative may
reasonably request.
All
opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in
this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof
only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for
the Underwriters.
6. Indemnification and
Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the
Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each
person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any
and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation,
legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or
proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint
or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, not misleading, (ii) or any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any
“issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under
the Securities Act or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing
Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in
conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the
Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for
use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information
furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
subsection (b) below.
(b) Indemnification of the
Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly,
to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who
signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a)
above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that
arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any
information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by
such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto),
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Pricing Disclosure Package, it being
understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any
Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on
behalf of each Underwriter and set forth under the caption “Underwriting:” the
concession and reallowance figures appearing in the third paragraph, the
information relation to the availability of prospectuses and the allocation of
shares in the eighth paragraph, the information relating to price stabilization
and short positions contained in the thirteenth paragraph and the information
relating to passive market making contained in the sixteenth
paragraph.
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(c) Notice and
Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any
governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or
asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought
pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the “Indemnified
Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may
be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided, that the failure to
notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it
may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been
materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses)
by such failure; and provided,
further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not
relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person
otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such
proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it
shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person
shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who
shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the
Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such proceeding and
shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as
incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have
the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel
shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying
Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary;
(ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to assume the
defense and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person;
(iii) the Indemnified Person shall have been advised by its counsel that there
may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to
those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any
such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying
Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same
counsel would be inappropriate under the applicable standards of professional
conduct. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person
shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm
(in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all
such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are
incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates,
directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be
designated in writing by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and any such separate firm
for the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration
Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing
by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if
settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the
Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against
any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or
judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an
Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse
the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this
paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such
request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the
Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent
of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a
party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified
Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such
Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such
Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of
such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of
fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified
Person.
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(d) Contribution. If
the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable
to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under
such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder,
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a
result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the
one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, from the offering of the Shares or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable
law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative
benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company,
on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, in connection with the
statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the
one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same
respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received
by the Company from the sale of the Shares and the total underwriting discounts
and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each
case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the
aggregate offering price of the Shares. The relative fault of the
Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, shall be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the
Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(e) Limitation on
Liability. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6 were
determined by pro rata allocation (even
if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other
method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an
Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities
referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the
limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such
Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or
claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, in no event
shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by
such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Shares exceeds the amount
of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within
the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 6 are several in proportion to their respective
purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
(f) Non-Exclusive
Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 6 are not
exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be
available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
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7. Effectiveness of
Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
8. Termination. This
Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representative, by
notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Shares, prior to the
Additional Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or
materially limited on or by any of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex,
the Nasdaq Stock Market, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade; (ii) trading of any
securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any
exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on
commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York
State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation
of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis,
either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the
Representative, is material and adverse on the financial markets of the United
States and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering,
sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this
Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Notice
of such termination shall be promptly given to the Company and its counsel by
telegraph, telecopy or telephone and shall be subsequently confirmed by letter.
If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 8, the Company shall
not have any liability under to any Underwriter except as provided in Section 6
hereof.
9. Defaulting
Underwriter.
(a) If,
on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any
Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Shares that it has agreed
to purchase hereunder on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their
discretion arrange for the purchase of such Shares by other persons satisfactory
to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within
36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting
Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company
shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other
persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Shares
on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase
the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters
or the Company may postpone the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect any
changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the
Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly
prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement,
the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the
context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that,
pursuant to this Section 9, purchases Shares that a defaulting Underwriter
agreed but failed to purchase.
(b) If,
after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and
the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares
that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be, does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of Shares
to be purchased on such date, then the Company shall have the right to require
each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares that such
Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriter’s
pro rata share (based on the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to
purchase on such date) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.
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(c) If,
after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and
the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares
that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be, exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of Shares to be
purchased on such date, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described
in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Additional
Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Shares on the
Additional Closing Date shall terminate without liability on the part of the
non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement
pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the
Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of
expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions
of Section 6 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.
(d) Nothing
contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may
have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its
default.
10. Payment of
Expenses.
(a) Whether
or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this
Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and
expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including
without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance,
sale, preparation and delivery of the Shares and any taxes payable in that
connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing
under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto)
and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and
distributing this Agreement; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel
and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection
with the registration or qualification of the Shares under the state or foreign
securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may
designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky
Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the
Underwriters), in an amount not to exceed $3,000; (vi) the cost of
preparing stock certificates; (vii) the costs and charges of any transfer
agent and any registrar; (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred in
connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA; (ix)
all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show”
presentation to potential investors; and (x) all expenses and application fees
related to the listing of the Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market.
(b) If
(i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8, (ii) the Company, for
any reason, fails to tender the Shares for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii)
the Underwriters decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under
this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all
out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their
counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this
Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.
11. Persons Entitled to Benefit
of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the
officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 6
hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed
to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or
in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No
purchaser of Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor
merely by reason of such purchase.
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12. Survival. The
respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and
agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or
made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this
Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the
delivery of and payment for the Shares and shall remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation
made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters.
13. Certain Defined
Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where
otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in
Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day
other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New
York City; and (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405
under the Securities Act.
14. Miscellaneous.
(a) Authority of X.X. Xxxxxx Securities
Inc. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action
taken by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. shall be binding upon the
Underwriters.
(b) Notices. All
notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any
standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall
be given to the Representative c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (fax: (000) 000-0000);
Attention Equity Syndicate Desk. Notices to the Company
shall be given to it at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: General Counsel, with a copy to Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention Xxxx X. Xxxxxx,
Esq.
(c) Governing
Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute
arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made
and to be performed in such state.
(d) Counterparts. This
Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts
delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an
original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
(e) Amendments or
Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any
event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties
hereto.
(f) Headings. The
headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not
intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this
Agreement.
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If the
foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your
acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided
below.
Very
truly yours,
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, D.M.D., X.X.Xx.
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Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, D.M.D., X.X.Xx.
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Title:
Chief Executive Officer and
President
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Accepted: July
14, 2010
X.X.
XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
For
itself and on behalf of the
several
Underwriters listed
in
Schedule 1 hereto.
By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxxx XxXxxxxxx
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Authorized
Signatory
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SCHEDULE
1
Underwriter
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Number of Shares
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X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
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3,750,000 | |||
Canaccord
Genuity Inc.
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625,000 | |||
Wedbush
Securities Inc.
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625,000 | |||
Total
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5,000,000 |
SCHEDULE
2
PERSONS
DELIVERING LOCK-UP AGREEMENTS
Directors
Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxx, D.M.D., X.X.Xx.
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, M.D.
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
Officers
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Ph.D.
Significant
Shareholders
Novo
A/S
InterWest
Management Partners VIII, L.L.C.
InterWest
Partners VIII, L.P.
InterWest
Investors VIII, L.P.
InterWest
Investors Q VIII, L.P.
InterWest
Management Partners X, L.L.C.
InterWest
Partners X, L.P.
ANNEX
D
a. Pricing Disclosure
Package
Pricing
Press Release dated July 14, 2010
b. Pricing Information Provided Orally
by Underwriters
Price per
share: $8.50
Number of
Shares: 5,000,000
Over-allotment:
750,000
Underwriting
discount: $.510 per share
EXHIBIT
A
SUBSIDIARIES
OF THE COMPANY
Subsidiary
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Jurisdiction
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BioMimetic
Therapeutics Limited
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England
and Wales
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BioMimetic
Therapeutics Pty Ltd.
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Australia
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EXHIBIT
B
FORM OF
LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
,
2010
X.X.
XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
As
Representative of
the
several Underwriters listed in
Schedule
1 to the Underwriting
Agreement
referred to below
c/o X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Re: BIOMIMETIC
THERAPEUTICS, INC — Public Offering
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The
undersigned understands that you, as Representative of the several Underwriters,
propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”)
with BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) by the several
Underwriters named in Schedule 1 to the Underwriting Agreement (the
“Underwriters”), of the common stock (the “Securities”), $0.001 par value per
share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”). Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting
Agreement.
In
consideration of the Underwriters’ agreement to purchase and make the Public
Offering of the Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that,
without the prior written consent of X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. on behalf of
the Underwriters, the undersigned will not, during the period ending 90 days
after the date of the prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the
“Prospectus”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or
contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option,
right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or
indirectly, any shares of Common Stock, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) or
any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock
(including without limitation, Common Stock or such other securities which may
be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities
which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant), or publicly
disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, (2) enter
into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the
economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or such other securities,
whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be
settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the
registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock. The foregoing
restrictions shall not apply to (A) transactions relating to shares of Common
Stock or other securities acquired in the open market after the completion of
the offering, (B) the sales of Common Stock pursuant to the Underwriting
Agreement, (C) transfers of shares of Common Stock as a bona fide gift or gifts,
(D) dispositions to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the
undersigned and/or a member of the immediate family of the undersigned other
than any disposition for value, (E) the transfer or intestate succession to the
legal representatives or a member of the immediate family of the undersigned,
(F) the sale pursuant to any existing contract, instruction or plan that
satisfies all of the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B) (a “Plan”), (G) the
establishment of any Plan provided that no sales of Common Stock or securities
convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock, shall be made
pursuant to a Plan prior to the expiration of the 90-day period if such Plan was
established after the date hereof, (H) dispositions from any grantor retained
annuity trust established for the direct benefit of the undersigned and/or a
member of the immediate family of the undersigned pursuant to the terms of such
trust as in effect on the date hereof, (I) the distribution to any partnership,
corporation or limited liability company controlled by the undersigned or by a
member of the immediate family of the undersigned and (J) the exercise pursuant
to the Company’s stock option plans in effect on the date hereof effected by
means of net share settlement or by the delivery of shares of Common Stock held
by the undersigned; provided, that the transfer
restrictions on the undersigned’s Common Stock received by the undersigned with
respect to the exercise of such option shall be subject to the transfer
restrictions referenced herein; provided, further, that, in
the case of any gift, disposition, Plan, or distribution pursuant to clause (C),
(D), (G), (H) or (I), each donee or distributee shall execute and deliver to the
Representative a lock-up letter in the form of this paragraph; and provided, further, that in
the case of any transaction, transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (A),
(C), (F), (G), (H) or (I), no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or
transferee) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other
public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection
with such gift, disposition, Plan, or distribution (other than a filing on a
Form 5 made after the expiration of the 90-day period referred to
above). For purposes of this paragraph, “immediate family” shall mean
the undersigned and any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more
remote than first cousin. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1)
during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period, the Company issues an
earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company
occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the
Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period
beginning on the last day of the 90-day period, the restrictions imposed by this
Letter Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day
period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of
the material news or material event.
In
furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent
for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby
authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would
constitute a violation or breach of this Letter Agreement.
The
undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power
and authority to enter into this Letter Agreement. All authority
herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the
undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal
representatives of the undersigned.
The
undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become
effective, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof
which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for
and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be
released from, all obligations under this Letter Agreement. The
undersigned understands that the Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting
Agreement and proceeding with the Public Offering in reliance upon this Letter
Agreement.
This
Letter Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related
to this Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws
principles thereof.
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