CLOVIS ONCOLOGY, INC. [ • ] Shares of Common Stock (par value $0.001 per share) Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
[ • ] Shares of Common Stock
(par value $0.001 per share)
(par value $0.001 per share)
, 2011
X. X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o X. X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Clovis Oncology, 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 representatives (the “Representatives”), an aggregate of
[ • ] shares (the “Underwritten
Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) and, at
the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional [ • ] shares of common stock of the Company
(the “Option Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the
“Shares”. As part of the offering contemplated by this Agreement, the Underwriters have agreed to reserve out of
the Underwritten Shares set forth opposite their respective names on
Schedule 1 to this Agreement, up to [ • ] Underwritten Shares for sale to certain officers and directors and existing
stockholders of the Company and certain third parties (collectively,
(“Participants”), as set forth in the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) including under the
heading “Underwriting” (the “Directed Shares”). The
Directed Shares to be sold pursuant to this Agreement will be sold by the Underwriters at the public offering price. Any Directed Shares not
orally confirmed for purchase by any Participant by 8:00 AM, New York City time, on the business day (as hereinafter defined)
following the date on which this Agreement is executed will be offered to the public with the remaining Underwritten 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. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration
statement
on Form S-1 (File No. 333-175080), including a prospectus, relating to the Shares. 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”; and as used herein, the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means
each prospectus included in such registration statement (and any amendments thereto) before it
becomes effective, any prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) 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 to the Underwriters by the Company upon request of
purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales
of the Shares. 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. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such
terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
At or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Company had prepared the following
information (collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated [ ],
2011 and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act)
listed on Annex B hereto.
“Applicable Time” means [ ] [A/P].M., New York City time, on [ ], 2011.
2. 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 of $[•]
with respect to the non-Directed Shares (the “Purchase Price”) and $[•] with respect to the
Directed Shares.
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 10
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 Representatives in their sole discretion shall make.
The Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase the Option Shares at any time in whole,
or from time to time in part, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of this Agreement,
by written notice from the Representatives 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
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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 after the date of such notice (unless such time and date are
postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof). Except with respect to Option
Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date, if any, 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 Representatives
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 and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Shares purchased by it
to or through any 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 Representatives in the case of the Underwritten Shares,
at the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, at 00000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000 at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on [ ], 2011, or at such other
time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as
the Representatives 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 Representatives 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 Representatives for the respective accounts
of the several Underwriters of the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional
Closing Date, as the case may be, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of
such Shares duly paid by the Company. Delivery of the Shares shall be made through the facilities
of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.
(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 Representatives 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.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to each Underwriter that:
(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus
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included in the Pricing Disclosure Package, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all
material
respects with the Securities Act, and no Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing
thereof, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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 that the Company makes no
representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by such
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, it
being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter
consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(b) Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable
Time did not, and as of the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished
to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use
in such Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
Section 7(b) hereof. No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus has been
omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package and no statement of material fact included in
the Pricing Disclosure Package that is required to be included in the Prospectus has been
omitted therefrom.
(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and
representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared,
used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve or
refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that
constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Shares (each such
communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication
referred to in clause (i) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any
document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act
or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex B hereto, each
electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by
the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material
respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in
Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and,
when taken together with any other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Preliminary
Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company
makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in
each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through
the Representatives expressly for use in such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary
Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any
Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof. Each such
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the
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completion of the public offer and sale of the Shares or until any earlier date that the
Company notified or notifies the Representatives as described in Section 4(d), 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.
(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement has been
declared effective by the Commission. No order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose
or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the
offering of the Shares has been initiated or to the knowledge of the Company threatened by
the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective
amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did
not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and
as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the
Prospectus complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no
representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by such
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that
the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described
as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(e) Financial Statements. The financial statements (including the related notes
thereto) of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects
with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the
dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for
the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods covered thereby, except in the case of unaudited financial
statements, which do not contain certain footnotes as permitted by the rules of the
Commission, and any supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement present
fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein; and the
other financial information included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and
its consolidated subsidiaries and presents fairly, in all material respects, the information
shown thereby.
(f) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements
of the Company included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than the
issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of stock options and warrants described as
outstanding in, and the grant of options and awards under existing equity incentive plans
described in, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus), or long-term debt or any material change in short-term debt of the Company or
any of its
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subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for
payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse
change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting
the business,
properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations
or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in
the ordinary course of business) that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken
as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material
to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any
of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business that is
material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and that is either from fire,
explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or
governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(g) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been
duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing (where such concept is
recognized) under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly
qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their
respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses
requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their
respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where
the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have, or would reasonably be expected to have, a
material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position,
stockholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries
taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under this
Agreement (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company does not own or control, directly or
indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed
in Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement. Clovis Oncology UK Limited, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company, does not have any assets, liabilities or operations that are
material to the business and operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole.
(h) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading
“Capitalization” and “Description of Capital Stock”; all the outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights; except as described
in or expressly contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are
no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or
options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of
capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any
contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the
issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or
exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock of the
Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all the
outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned,
directly or indirectly, by the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are
fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or
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indirectly by the Company, free and
clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer
or any other claim of any third party.
(i) Stock Options. 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 Stock Option intended to qualify as an “incentive
stock option” under Section 422 of the Code so qualified as of the applicable Grant Date (as
defined below), (ii) 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, (iii) each such grant was made in all material respects in accordance with the
terms of the Company Stock Plans, and all applicable laws and regulatory rules or
requirements, and (iii) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP
in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company. Each Company
Stock Plan is accurately described in all material respects in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(j) Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; and all action required to
be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this
Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly
and validly taken.
(k) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(l) The Shares. The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder have been
duly authorized by the Company and, when issued and delivered and paid for as provided
herein, will be duly and validly issued, will be fully paid and nonassessable and will
conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the Shares is not
subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(m) Listing. The Offered Securities have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ
Global Market (“NASDAQ Market”), subject to notice of issuance.
(n) Descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement conforms in all
material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(o) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in
violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default,
and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such
a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained
in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument
to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment,
order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory
authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or
violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(p) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach
or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result
in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to
which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject,
(ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar
organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the
violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or
arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority applicable to the Company, except, in the
case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation or default
that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) No Consents Required. No consent, filing, approval, authorization, order,
registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or
regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation by the Company
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for the registration of the
Shares under the Securities Act and such filings, consents, approvals, authorizations,
orders and registrations or qualifications (i) which have been obtained or made or (ii) as
may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) and under
applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Shares by the Underwriters.
(r) No Integration. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has, prior to the
date hereof, made any offer or sale of any securities that would be integrated with the
offer and sale of the Shares contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to the Securities Act
or the interpretations thereof by the Commission.
(s) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory
investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; to
the knowledge of the Company no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are
threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by
others; and (i) there are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions,
suits or proceedings that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so
described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are
required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement (in
the case of contracts or other documents) or described in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement (in the case of contracts or other documents) or described in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(t) Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, who have audited certain consolidated financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered public
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accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules
and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States) and as required by the Securities Act.
(u) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good
and marketable title in fee simple (in the case of real property) to, or have valid rights
to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and tangible personal property and assets that
are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title
except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made
of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or (ii) would not reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own, or have
obtained valid and enforceable licenses for, or other rights to use, the inventions, patent
applications, patents, trademarks (both registered and unregistered), trade names,
copyrights, trade secrets and other proprietary information (collectively, the “Intellectual
Property”) described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus as being owned or licensed by them, used in, or necessary for the conduct of,
their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and (i) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no infringement,
misappropriation or violation by third parties of any such Intellectual Property that would
have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no pending or
threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or its subsidiaries
infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property rights of others,
the Company has not received any written notice of such claim, and the Company is unaware of
any facts which would form a reasonable basis for a successful claim of such infringement,
misappropriation or violation, in each case that would have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii)
there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or
claim by others challenging the rights of the Company or its subsidiaries in or to any such
Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which it believes would form
a reasonable basis for a successful challenge to the rights in such Intellectual Property,
in each case that would have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) the Intellectual Property owned
by the Company and its subsidiaries and, to the Company’s knowledge, the Intellectual
Property licensed to the Company and its subsidiaries have not been adjudged invalid or
unenforceable, in whole or in part, and there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of
any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which it believes
would form a reasonable basis for a successful challenge to the validity, enforceability or
scope of such Intellectual Property, in each case that would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) none of the technology employed by the Company has been obtained or is being used by
the Company in material violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or,
to the Company’s knowledge, upon any of its officers, directors or employees or otherwise in
violation of the rights of any persons; (vi) to the Company’s knowledge, there are no third
parties who have or will be able to establish rights to any Intellectual Property described
in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as owned or
exclusively licensed by the Company or its subsidiaries that would have a Material Adverse
Effect except for licenses granted in writing by the Company or its subsidiaries to any
third parties ; (vii) the Company is not a party to or bound by any options, licenses or
other agreements, with respect to the Company’s or a third party’s Intellectual Property,
that are required to be set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, and that are not described in all material respects therein;
(viii) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no
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patent or patent application that contains
claims that interfere (as such term is described in 35 U.S.C. §135 and 37 C.F.R. 41.100 to
41.208) with the issued or pending claims of any of the Intellectual Property that would a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company; and (ix) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no
prior art material to any patent or patent application owned or exclusively
licensed by the Company that has not been disclosed to the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office that would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) FDA Compliance. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company: (A) is and at all times during the past
three years has been in material compliance with all applicable statutes, rules or
regulations of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and other comparable regulatory
authorities (“Governmental Authority”) relating to the ownership, testing, development,
manufacture, packaging, use, distribution, labeling, storage, import, export or disposal of
any product under clinical development or manufactured by or on behalf of the Company
(“Applicable Laws”); (B) has not received any FDA Form 483, notice of adverse finding,
warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the FDA or any
Governmental Authority alleging or asserting material noncompliance with any Applicable Laws
or any licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, exemptions, authorizations, permits
and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Applicable Laws
(“Authorizations”); (C) possesses all required material Authorizations and such
Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and the Company is not in material
violation of any term of any such Authorizations; (D) has not received notice of any claim,
action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action
from the FDA or any Governmental Authority or third party alleging that any product,
operation or activity is in material violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations; (E)
has not received notice that the FDA or any Governmental Authority has taken, is taking or
intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any material Authorizations; and
(F) has filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms,
notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as
required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and that all such reports, documents,
forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments
were materially complete and correct on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by
a subsequent submission). To the knowledge of the Company, all third parties that are
collaborating with the Company with respect to the clinical development or manufacture of
companion diagnostics medical devices are in material compliance with all Applicable Laws
and possess all required material Authorizations relating to such companion medical devices
being developed in collaboration with the Company.
(x) Clinical Studies. The studies, tests and preclinical and clinical trials conducted
by or, to the Company’s knowledge, on behalf of the Company or by third parties in
connection with companion diagnostics developed for use with the Company’s products, were
and, if still ongoing, are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with
experimental protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to all Authorizations and
Applicable Laws, including, without limitation, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, “FFDCA”); the descriptions
of the results of such studies, tests and trials contained in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are, to the Company’s knowledge, accurate
and complete in all material respects and fairly present in all material respects the data
derived from such studies, tests and trials; except to the extent disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company is
not aware of any studies, tests or trials, the results of which the Company believes would
have an adverse effect on the development of the Company’s product candidates in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and, except to
the extent disclosed in the Registration
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Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus, the Company has not received any written notices or correspondence from the FDA
or any Governmental Authority requiring the termination or suspension of any studies, tests
or preclinical or clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company.
(y) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between
or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors,
officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on
the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and that is not so described in such documents and in the
Pricing Disclosure Package.
(z) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in
the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be
required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).
(aa) Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and
foreign taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date
hereof; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no tax deficiency that has been, or would
reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
of their respective properties or assets, except where failure to pay or file, or where such
deficiency, would in any case, not individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(bb) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses,
certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and
filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory
authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or
the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make
the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and
except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any
revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has
any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not
be renewed in the ordinary course. To the Company’s knowledge, no party granting any such
Licenses has taken any action to limit, suspend or revoke the same in any material respect.
(cc) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is
contemplated or threatened, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor
disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal
suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(dd) Compliance with and Liability under Environmental Laws. (i) The Company and its
subsidiaries (a) are, and at all times during the past three years were, in compliance with
any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations,
requirements,
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decisions, judgments, decrees and orders relating to pollution or the
protection of the environment, natural resources or human health or safety, including those
relating to the generation, storage, treatment, use, handling, transportation, Release or
threat of Release of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (b) have
received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other
authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct
their respective businesses, (c) have not received notice of any actual or potential
liability under or relating to, or actual or potential
violation of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of
any Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, and have no knowledge of any event
or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, (d) are not
conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation or other
corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location, and (e) are not a party
to any order, decree or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any
Environmental Law, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental
Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i)
and (ii) above, for any such matter, as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as described in
the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (a) there are
no proceedings that are pending, or that are known by the Company to be contemplated,
against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a
governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is
reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, (b) the
Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any facts or issues regarding the Company’s or
its subsidiaries’ compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations
under Environmental Laws, including the Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials,
that would reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures,
earnings or competitive position of the Company and its subsidiaries, and (c) none of the
Company and its subsidiaries anticipates material capital expenditures relating to any
Environmental Laws.
(ee) Hazardous Materials. There has been no storage, generation, transportation, use,
handling, treatment, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials by, relating to or
caused by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or, to the knowledge of the Company and
its subsidiaries, any other entity (including any predecessor) for whose acts or omissions
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or would reasonably be expected to be liable) at,
on, under or from any property or facility now or previously owned, operated or leased by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or at, on, under or from any other property or
facility, in violation of any Environmental Laws or in a manner or amount or to a location
that would reasonably be expected to result in any liability under any Environmental Law,
except for any violation or liability which would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. “Hazardous Materials” means any
material, chemical, substance ,waste, pollutant, contaminant, compound, mixture, or
constituent thereof, in any form or amount, including petroleum (including crude oil or any
fraction thereof) and petroleum products, natural gas liquids, asbestos and asbestos
containing materials, naturally occurring radioactive materials, brine, and drilling mud,
regulated by a governmental agency or which can give rise to liability under any
Environmental Law. “Release” means any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring,
emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing,
depositing, dispersing, or migrating in, into or through the environment, or in, into from
or through any building or structure.
(ff) Compliance with ERISA. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect: (i) each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3)
of
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the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), for which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries has any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in
compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and
regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “Code”); (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, no prohibited transaction, within the
meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to
any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative
exemption; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the
Code or Section 302 of ERISA,
the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, as
applicable, has been satisfied (without taking into account any waiver thereof or extension
of any amortization period) and is reasonably expected to be satisfied in the future
(without taking into account any waiver thereof or extension of any amortization period);
(iv) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or
is reasonably expected to occur that either has resulted, or would reasonably be expected to
result, in material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries; (v) neither the Company
nor any member of the Controlled Group has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any
liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the
PBGC) in respect of a Plan; and (vi) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no pending
audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other governmental agency or any foreign
regulatory agency with respect to any Plan. None of the following events has occurred: (x)
a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all
Plans subject to Title IV of ERISA by the Company or its subsidiaries in the current fiscal
year of the Company and its subsidiaries compared to the amount of such contributions made
in the Company and its subsidiaries’ most recently completed fiscal year; or (y) a material
increase in the Company and its subsidiaries’ “accumulated post-retirement benefit
obligations” (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106)
compared to the amount of such obligations in the Company and its subsidiaries’ most
recently completed fiscal year.
(gg) Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain a system of
“disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that
complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act that has been designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits
under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time
periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures
designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s
management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(hh) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of
“internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange
Act) that have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal
executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, including, but not limited to, internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (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 the
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existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, there were no material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls over
financial reporting. The Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting
which have adversely affected or are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) any fraud,
whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal
controls over financial reporting.
(ii) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their
respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as are
reasonably adequate to protect the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective
businesses; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) received notice from
any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are
required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to
believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such
coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as
may be necessary to continue its business.
(jj) No Unlawful Payments. 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, unlawful rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
(kk) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable
financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions
Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable
jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules,
regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency
(collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before
any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company
or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(ll) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent or employee or affiliate of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered
by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and
the Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares
hereunder, 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.
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(mm) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. Subject to any restrictions under applicable
law, no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any
agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any
dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital
stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the
Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or
any other subsidiary of the Company.
(nn) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to
any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that
would
give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the
offering and sale of the Shares.
(oo) No Registration Rights. Except as described in or expressly contemplated by the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no person has the
right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale
under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the
Commission or the issuance and sale of the Shares.
(pp) No Stabilization. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or
manipulation of the price of the Shares.
(qq) Margin Rules. The application of the proceeds received by the Company from the
issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares as described in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not violate Regulation T, U or X of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of
Governors.
(rr) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward looking statement (within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or
reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(ss) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company
that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included
in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not
based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(tt) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. 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 with any applicable provision of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of
2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act”), including Section 402 related to loans.
(uu) Status under the Securities Act. At the time of filing the Registration Statement
and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company
or any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)
under the Securities Act) of the Shares and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is
not an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. The Company has
paid the registration fee for this offering pursuant to Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities
Act or will pay
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such fee within the time period required by such rule (without giving effect
to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
(vv) Accurate Disclosure. The statements in the Registration Statement, Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the headings “Risk Factors — Reimbursement may
be limited or unavailable in certain market segments for our product candidates, which could
make it difficult for us to sell our products profitably,” “Risk Factors — The patent
protection and patent prosecution for some of our product candidates is dependent on third
parties,” “Business — Collaborators and License Agreements,” “Business — Government
Regulation,” “Business — Patents and Proprietary Rights,” “Description of Capital Stock,”
“Material U.S. Federal Income
and Estate Tax Consequences” and “Underwriting” insofar as such statements summarize
legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair
summaries in all material respects of such legal matters, agreements, documents or
proceedings and present the information required to be shown.
(ww) No Rated Debt. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has or guarantees
any debt securities or preferred stock 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.
(xx)
Identification of Participants. The Company solely determined, without any direct or indirect participation by the
Underwriters, the Participants who will purchase Directed Shares (including the amounts to be purchased by such persons)
sold in the offering contemplated by this Agreement by the Underwriters.
(yy)
Directed Shares. The Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package comply, and any further
amendments or supplements thereto will comply, in all material respects, with any applicable laws or regulations of each
jurisdiction in which the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, is
distributed in connection with the sale of Directed Shares, and no material authorization, approval, consent, license,
order, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental or regulatory authority, other than such as
have been obtained or will be obtained or completed by the Closing Date, is necessary under the securities laws and
regulations of any such jurisdiction. The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to offer, Shares to any person
with the specific intent to unlawfully influence (i) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or
supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or (ii) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish
favorable information about the Company or its products.
4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each
Underwriter that:
(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the 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; and the Company 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, as soon as practicable but in no event
later than the second business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such
quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the
Representatives, 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 each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) as the
Representatives 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.
(c) Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. During the Prospectus
Delivery Period, before 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, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for
the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or
supplement
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for review and will not use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the
Representatives reasonably object.
(d) Notice to the Representatives. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company
will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing (which advice
may be delivered via electronic mail), (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 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, to the Company’s knowledge,
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 contain 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 with respect to any suspension of the
qualification of the Shares for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or, to
the Company’s knowledge, threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company
will use its reasonable 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 use
its reasonable best efforts to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(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 contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances 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 promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and promptly prepare and, subject to paragraph
(c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as
the Representatives 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 contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances 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
promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and promptly prepare and, subject to paragraph (c)
above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and
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furnish to the Underwriters and
to such dealers as the Representatives 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 Representatives 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 Representatives 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 twelve months beginning with the first
fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158)
of the Registration Statement, provided, however, that (1) such requirements to the
Company’s stockholders shall be deemed met by the Company’s compliance with its reporting
requirements pursuant to the Exchange Act if such compliance satisfies the conditions of
Rule 158 and (2) such requirements to the Representatives shall be deemed met by the Company
if the related reports are available on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering Analysis
and Retrieval System.
(h) Clear Market. For a period of 180 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
Representatives, other than (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) options to purchase
Common Stock granted under the Company Stock Plans, provided that such options to purchase
Common Stock do not vest during the 180-day restricted period and do not exceed 5% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock following the consummation of the offering of the Shares,
or any shares of Stock of the Company issued upon the exercise of options granted under
Company Stock Plans, (C) the filing by the Company of any Registration Statement on Form S-8
or a successor form thereto relating to any shares of Common Stock granted under any Company
Stock Plan, (D) the issuance of securities in connection with the acquisition by the Company
of the securities, business, property or other assets (other than the in-license of a single
product candidate, which shall be subject to clause (E) below) of another person or entity,
or pursuant to any employee benefit plans assumed by the Company in connection with any such
acquisition or (E) the issuance of securities in connection with joint ventures, commercial
relationships or other strategic transactions, provided that in the case of (E), prior to
any issuance the Company shall cause each recipient of such securities to execute and
deliver to the Representatives a Lock-up Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A
and provided further
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that any issuances pursuant to clauses (D) and (E) above shall not, in
the aggregate, exceed 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
following the consummation of the offering of the Underwritten Shares. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 180-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 180-day restricted period, the Company
announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the
last day of the 180-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.
If the Representatives, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the
restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(l) hereof for an officer
or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or
waiver at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the
Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially
in the form of Exhibit
B hereto through a major news service at least two business days before the effective
date of the release or waiver.
(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 would 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 reasonable best efforts to list for
quotation the Shares on the NASDAQ Market.
(l) Reports. During the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the
earlier of (1) when the Shares cease to be outstanding or (2) the third anniversary of the
Closing Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives, as soon as they are
available, copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished by
the Company to holders of the Shares, and copies of any reports and financial statements
furnished to or filed by the Company 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 Representatives to the extent they are filed on
the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system or any successor
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.
(n) Filings. The Company will disclose in a report filed with the Commission such
information as may be required by Rule 463 under the Securities Act.
(o)
Directed Shares. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all applicable securities and other applicable laws,
rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the
Directed Shares are offered.
5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents to the
Company and agrees with the Company 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
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“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 B or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(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 C 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).
6. 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 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 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information
shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.
(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 on behalf of the Company 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 Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section
3(f) 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 Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
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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.
(d) Officer’s Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the
Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate on behalf of
the Company of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and
one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is reasonably satisfactory to the
Representatives (provided that the chief executive officer of the Company shall be deemed
satisfactory) (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 of the Company set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) 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) and (c) above.
(e) 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
Representatives, 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 Representatives, 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 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.
(f) Opinion and Negative Assurance Letter of Counsel for the Company. Xxxxxxx Xxxx &
Xxxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the
request of the Company, their written opinion and negative assurance letter, dated the
Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the
Underwriters, in the form set forth in Annex A-1 hereto.
(g) Opinion of Intellectual Property Counsel for the Company. Xxxxxxx & Bratschun,
L.L.C., intellectual property counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the
Representatives, 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 the form set forth in Annex A-2 hereto.
(h) Opinion and Negative Assurance Letter of Counsel for the Underwriters. The
Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, an opinion and negative assurance letter of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP,
counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives 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.
(i) 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
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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.
(j) Good Standing. The Representatives 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 (where such concept is recognized) of the Company and its subsidiaries in their
respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing as foreign entities in the
jurisdictions set forth on Annex D hereto, in each case in writing or any standard form of
telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
(k) 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 Market,
subject to official notice of issuance.
(l) Lock-up Agreements. The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, between you and those shareholders of the Company set forth on Schedule 2
hereto and officers and directors of the Company 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.
(m) 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 Representatives such
further certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
All 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.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
each Underwriter, its directors and officers, those of its affiliates that have assisted in the
distribution of the Shares (including the Directed Shares) hereunder 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, reasonable
legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any
claim asserted, as such reasonable 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) 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 furnished
to the Company in
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writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives 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, or (iii) the violation of applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions where Directed Shares have been offered.
(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 furnished to the Company in writing by
such Underwriter through the Representatives 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 Registration Statement
and the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession and reallowance figures
appearing in the third paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” and the information contained in
the seventh, twelfth and thirteenth paragraphs, the last sentence
of the third paragraph and the last two sentences of the fourteen paragraph
under the caption “Underwriting”.
(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 retain counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) in the opinion of counsel to the
Indemnified Person there may be legal defenses available to the Indemnified Person 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 due to actual or potential differing interest between them. 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 reasonable fees and expenses of more than
one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such
reasonable 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 the Representatives 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
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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 45 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 would have been a party and indemnification would 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.
(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 but after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions)
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 7 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 reasonably incurred legal or
other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, 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
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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 7 are several in proportion to
their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 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.
8. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the
Representatives, 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 or the NASDAQ Market; (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; (iv) there shall have occurred any major disruption of settlements of
securities, payment, or clearance services in the United States or any other country where such
securities are listed, (v) 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 Representatives, is material and adverse 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, or (vi) the Participants shall have failed (A) to orally confirm the purchase of 90% of
the Directed Shares by 8:00 AM, New York City time, on the business
day (as hereinafter defined) following the date on which this Agreement is executed or
(B) purchase on the Closing Date 90% of the Directed Shares. In the event
this Agreement is terminated, the Representatives shall contemporaneously terminate or waive in
their entirety the lock-up agreements referred to in Section 6(m).
10. 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 10, purchases Shares that a defaulting Underwriter agreed
but failed to purchase.
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(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.
(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 and the Underwriters will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set
forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 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.
11. 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 fees and expenses of
the Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (iv) the reasonable fees and expenses incurred
in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for
investment of the Shares under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate
and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum and any “Canadian wrapper”
(including the related reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters); (v) the cost
of preparing stock certificates; (vi) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any
registrar; (vii) all reasonable expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any
filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA (including the related fees and expenses of
counsel for the Underwriters); (viii) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any
“road show” presentation to potential investors (other than as set forth in the next sentence); and
(ix) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Shares on the NASDAQ Market.
The Underwriters shall pay all of their own costs and expenses, including fees of their counsel,
travel and lodging expenses of their representatives and 50% of the costs of any aircraft chartered
in connection with any “road show.”
(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any reason
fails to tender the Shares for delivery to the Underwriters (other than because of the
Underwriters’ failure
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to pay for the Shares) or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Shares for any reason
permitted under this Agreement (other than following termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Section 10(c)), the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and
expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the
Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.
12. 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 7 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. Miscellaneous.
(a) Authority of the Representatives X. X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by X. X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by
X. X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 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 Representatives c/o X. X.
Xxxxxx Securities LLC, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (fax: (000) 000-0000);
Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk and c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention: LCD-IBD, with a copy to Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, 00000 Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx. Notices to the Company
shall be given to it at 0000 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 (fax: (000)
000-0000); Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, with a copy to Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx (fax: (000) 000-0000).
(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.
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(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, CLOVIS ONCOLOGY, INC. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Accepted: [•], 2011
X. X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
For themselves and on behalf of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.
X. X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC | ||||
By: |
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CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC | ||||
By: |
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Title: |
Schedule 1
Underwriter | Number of Underwritten Shares | Number of Directed Shares | ||||||
X. X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC |
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Credit Suisse Securities
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Leerink Xxxxx LLC |
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Exhibit A
LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
, 2011
X. X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
As Representatives of
the several Underwriters listed in
Schedule 1 to the Underwriting
Agreement referred to below
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
As Representatives of
the several Underwriters listed in
Schedule 1 to the Underwriting
Agreement referred to below
c/o X. X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Re: Clovis Oncology, Inc.— Public Offering
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA)
LLC, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, propose to enter into an Underwriting
Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Clovis Oncology, 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 common stock of the
Company (the “Securities”). 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 the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, on behalf of the Underwriters, the
undersigned will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the
date of the final 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, $0.001 per share par value, 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 (as a result of the power to dispose) 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, in each case other
than (A) transfers as a bona fide gift or gifts, (B) if the undersigned is a partnership, limited
liability company or corporation, distributions to partners, members or stockholders of the
undersigned, (C) transfers to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or a
member of the immediate family of the undersigned, (D) transfers to any corporation, partnership,
limited liability company or other entity all of the beneficial ownership interests of which are
held by the undersigned, (E) transfers by will, other testamentary document or intestate succession
to the legal representative, heir, beneficiary or a member of the immediate family of the
undersigned, or (F) transfers to any affiliate of the undersigned or any investment fund or other
entity controlled or managed by the undersigned; provided that in the case of any transfer
or distribution pursuant to clause (A), (B), (C), (D) or (F), each donee, transferee or distributee
shall execute and deliver to the Representatives prior to such transfer a lock-up letter in the
form of this Letter Agreement; provided, further, that in the case of any transfer
or distribution pursuant to clause (A), (B), (C), (D) or (F), no filing by any party (donor, donee,
transferor or transferee) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”) or other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection
with such transfer or distribution (other than after the expiration of the 180-day period referred
to above or any extension thereof pursuant to this Letter Agreement and other than, in the case of
a transfer pursuant to clause (A), the filing of a Form 5); and provided further,
that any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (A), (B), (C), (D) or (F) shall not involve a
disposition for value. If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, the
undersigned further agrees that the foregoing provisions shall be equally applicable to any Company
directed Securities the undersigned may purchase in the Public Offering..
If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, (i) X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, on behalf of the Underwriters, agree that, at least three
business days before the effective date of any release or waiver of the foregoing restrictions in
connection with a transfer of shares of Common Stock, X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC, on behalf of the Underwriters, will notify the Company of the impending
release or waiver, and (ii) the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to announce the
impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two business
days before the effective date of the release or waiver. Any release or waiver granted by X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, on behalf of the Underwriters,
hereunder to any such officer or director shall only be effective two business days after the
publication date of such press release. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (a) the
release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer not for consideration and (b) the
transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this letter to the
extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 180-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 180-day restricted period, the Company
announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day
of the 180-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.
Furthermore, notwithstanding the restrictions imposed by this Letter Agreement, the
undersigned may, without the prior written consent of X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC, exercise an option to purchase shares of Common Stock granted under any stock
incentive plan or stock purchase plan of the Company, so long as the shares issued upon such
exercise are subject to the
requirements of this Letter Agreement. For purposes of this Letter Agreement, “immediate
family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first
cousin.
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 by
December 31, 2011 or prior to such date X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC, on the one hand, or the Company, on the other hand, informs the other(s) in writing that
it has determined not to proceed with the Public Offering, 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.
Very truly yours,
[NAME OF STOCKHOLDER] |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
Exhibit B
Form of Press Release
Clovis Oncology, Inc.
[Date]
[Date]
Clovis Oncology, Inc. (“Company”) announced today that X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC, joint book-running managers in the Company’s recent public sale of [•] shares
of common stock, are [waiving] [releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to [•] shares of the
Company’s common stock held by [certain officers or directors] [an officer or director] of the
Company. The [waiver] [release] will take effect on , 20 , and the shares may be
sold on or after such date.
This press release is not an offer for sale of the securities in the United States or in any
other jurisdiction where such offer is prohibited, and such securities may not be offered or sold
in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.