STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
This STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of the 24th day of August 2005 (the “Effective Date”) by and between REGENERATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation with its principal office at 00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 (the “Company”), and the several purchasers identified in the attached Exhibit A (individually, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).
WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Purchasers an aggregate of approximately 2,800,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the authorized but unissued shares of common stock, $.001 par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”); and
WHEREAS, the Purchasers, severally, wish to purchase the Shares on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
(a) “Affiliate” of a party means any corporation or other business entity controlled by, controlling or under common control with such party. For this purpose “control” shall mean direct or indirect beneficial ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting or income interest in such corporation or other business entity.
(b) “Closing Date” means the date of the Closing.
(c) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(d) “Registration Rights Agreement” shall mean that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers.
(e) “Operative Agreements” shall mean the Registration Rights Agreement together with this Agreement.
(f) “Majority Purchasers” shall mean Purchasers which, at any given time, hold greater than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the outstanding Shares that have not been resold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
(g) “SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(h) “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
2. Purchase and Sale of Shares.
2.1 Purchase and Sale. Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally, hereby agrees to purchase from the Company, at the Closing, the number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite the name of such Purchaser under the heading “Number of Shares to be Purchased” on Exhibit A hereto, at a purchase price of $8.55 per share. The total purchase price payable by each Purchaser for the number of shares of Common Stock that such Purchaser is hereby agreeing to purchase is set forth opposite the name of such Purchaser under the heading “Purchase Price” on Exhibit A hereto. The aggregate purchase price payable by the Purchasers to the Company for all of the Shares shall be $23,940,000.
2.2 Closing. Upon confirmation that the other conditions to closing specified herein have been satisfied or duly waived by the Purchasers, the Company shall deliver to the custodian designated by a Purchaser, in trust, a certificate or certificates, registered in such name or names as the Purchasers may designate, representing the Shares, with instructions that such certificates are to be held for release to the Purchasers only upon payment in full of the Purchase Price to the Company by all the Purchasers. Upon (i) confirmation that the conditions to closing specified under Section 5.1 have been satisfied or duly waived by the Purchasers and (ii) such receipt by such custodian of the certificates, each Purchaser shall, on the date of such receipt (provided such receipt is prior to 1:00 p.m. Eastern time or such later time as a wire transfer reasonably can be initiated), cause a wire transfer in same day funds to be sent to the account of the Company as instructed in writing by the Company, in an amount representing such Purchaser’s pro rata portion of the Purchase Price as set forth on the signature pages to this Agreement. On the date (the “Closing Date”) the Company receives the Purchase Price, the certificates evidencing the Shares shall be released to the Purchasers (the “Closing”)
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to each of the Purchasers as follows:
3.1 Incorporation. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect upon the Company. The Company does not have any material subsidiaries other than those identified in the SEC Documents (as defined below). Except for short-term investments and investments that are not material to the Company, the Company does not own any shares of stock or any other equity or long-term debt securities of any corporation or have any equity interest in any firm, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association or other entity except as set forth in the SEC Documents. Complete and correct copies of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company as in effect on the Effective Date have been filed by the Company with the Commission. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted.
3.2 Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 26,857,107 shares are outstanding on the date hereof and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, of which no shares are outstanding on the
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date hereof. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.2 hereto, there are no existing options, warrants, calls, preemptive (or similar) rights, subscriptions or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character obligating the Company to issue, transfer or sell, or cause to be issued, transferred or sold, any shares of the capital stock of the Company or other equity interests in the Company or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for such shares of capital stock or other equity interests, and there are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of its capital stock or other equity interests. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
3.3 Authorization. All corporate action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein has been taken. When executed and delivered by the Company, each of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles. The Company has all requisite corporate power to enter into this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of this Agreement, and the Registration Rights Agreement.
3.4 Valid Issuance of the Shares. The Shares being purchased by the Purchasers hereunder will, upon issuance pursuant to the terms hereof, be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. No preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or purchase the Company’s capital stock exist with respect to the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company pursuant to this Agreement. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, no stockholder of the Company has any right (which has not been waived or has not expired by reason of lapse of time following the notification of the Company’s intent to file the registration statement to be filed by the Company pursuant to Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Statement”) to require the Company to register the sale of any shares owned by such stockholder under the Securities Act in the Registration Statement. As of the Effective Date, no further approval or authority of the stockholders or the Board of Directors of the Company shall be required for the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company, or the filing of the Registration Statement by the Company, as contemplated herein.
3.5 Financial Statements. The Company has furnished to each Purchaser its audited Statements of Income, Stockholders’ Equity and Cash Flows for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, its audited Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2004, its unaudited Statements of Income, Stockholders’ Equity and Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2005 , and its unaudited Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2005. All such financial statements are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Financial Statements”. The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and the results of its operations as of the date and for the periods indicated thereon, except that the unaudited financial statements may not be in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles because of the absence of footnotes normally contained
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therein and are subject to normal year-end audit adjustments. Since June 30, 2005, to the Company’s knowledge, there has been no material adverse change (actual or threatened) in the assets, liabilities (contingent or other), affairs, operations, prospects or condition (financial or other) of the Company except as may be disclosed in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for six months ended June 30, 2005.
3.6 SEC Documents. The Company has furnished to each Purchaser, a true and complete copy of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 (“Form 10-K”), the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the six months ended June 30, 2005 as filed with the SEC on August 9, 2005, and any other statement, report, registration statement (other than registration statements on Form S-8) or definitive proxy statement filed by the Company with the SEC during the period commencing August 9, 2005 and ending on the date hereof. The Company will, promptly upon the filing thereof, also furnish to each Purchaser all statements, reports (including, without limitation, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K), registration statements and definitive proxy statements filed by the Company with the SEC during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Closing Date (all such materials required to be furnished to each Purchaser pursuant to this sentence or pursuant to the next preceding sentence of this Section 3.6 being called, collectively, the “SEC Documents”). As of their respective filing dates, the SEC Documents complied or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Documents contained or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, as of their respective filing dates, except to the extent corrected by a subsequently filed SEC Document. True and complete copies of the Company’s certificate of incorporation and by-laws have been filed as exhibits to the SEC Documents.
3.7 Consents. All consents, approvals, orders and authorizations required on the part of the Company in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein have been obtained and will be effective as of the Closing Date.
3.8 No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not conflict with or result in any violation of or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or to a loss of a material benefit under (i) any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or (ii) any agreement filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 10-K and Forms 10-Q filed subsequent to Form 10-K, or any instrument, permit, franchise, license, judgment, order, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulations, applicable to the Company or its respective properties or assets.
3.9 Brokers or Finders. Except for Pacific Growth Equities, Inc., the Company has not dealt with any broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and, except for certain fees and expenses payable by the Company to Pacific Growth Equities, Inc., the Company has not incurred, and shall not incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for any brokerage or finders’ fees or agents commissions or any similar charges in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby.
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3.10 Nasdaq National Market. The Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq National Market System, and there are no proceedings to revoke or suspend such listing.
3.11 Absence of Litigation. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, there is no action, suit or proceeding or, to the Company’s knowledge, any investigation, pending, or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by or before any governmental body against the Company and in which an unfavorable outcome, ruling or finding in any said matter, or for all matters taken as a whole, might have a material adverse effect on the Company. The foregoing includes, without limitation, any such action, suit, proceeding or investigation that questions this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement or the right of the Company to execute, deliver and perform under same.
3.12 No Directed Selling Efforts or General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any person or entity acting on its behalf has conducted any general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares.
3.13 No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates, nor any person or entity acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any Company security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would adversely affect reliance by the Company on Section 4(2) for the exemption from registration for the transactions contemplated hereby or would require registration of the Shares under the Securities Act.
3.14 Private Placement. The offer and sale of the Shares to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
3.15 Questionable Payments. The Company has not, nor, to the knowledge of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has any of its current or former stockholders, directors, officers, employees, agents or other Persons acting on behalf of the Company: (a) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (b) made any direct or indirect unlawful payments to any governmental officials or employees from corporate funds; (c) established or maintained any unlawful or unrecorded fund of corporate monies or other assets; (d) made any false or fictitious entries on the books and records of the Company; or (e) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment of any nature.
3.16 Internal Controls. The Company is in material compliance with the provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 currently applicable to the Company. The Company maintains a system of 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 GAAP 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
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accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its subsidiaries, is made known to the certifying officers by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which the Company’s most recently filed period report under the Exchange Act, as the case may be, is being prepared. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls (as such term is defined in Item 308 of Regulation S-K) or, to the knowledge of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer, in other factors that could significantly affect the Company’s internal controls. The Company maintains and will continue to maintain a standard system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP and the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act.
3.17 Disclosures. Neither the Company nor any person or entity acting on its behalf has provided the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information. The written materials delivered to the Purchasers in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
4. Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser severally for itself, and not jointly with the other Purchasers, represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
4.1 Authorization. All action on the part of such Purchaser and, if applicable, its officers, directors and shareholders necessary for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein has been taken. When executed and delivered, each of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against such Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as such may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles. Such Purchaser has all requisite corporate power to enter into each of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement. Such Purchaser has the knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Shares and has the ability to bear the economic risks of an investment in the Shares for an indefinite period of time. The Purchaser acknowledges that the Placement Agent has made no representations or warranties regarding the Company; the Purchaser agrees that neither the Placement Agent nor any of its controlling persons, affiliates, directors, officers,
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employees or consultants shall have any liability to the Purchaser or any person asserting claims on behalf of or in right of the Purchaser for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Purchaser’s purchase of Shares.
4.2 Purchase Entirely for Own Account. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Shares being purchased by it hereunder for investment, for its own account, and not for resale or with a view to distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act. Such Purchaser has not entered into an agreement or understanding with any other party to resell or distribute such shares.
4.3 Investor Status; Etc. Such Purchaser certifies and represents to the Company that at the time such Purchaser acquires any of the Shares, such Purchaser will be an “Accredited Investor” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act and was not organized for the purpose of acquiring the Shares. Such Purchaser’s financial condition is such that it is able to bear the risk of holding the Shares for an indefinite period of time and the risk of loss of its entire investment. Such Purchaser has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the management of the Company concerning this investment and has sufficient knowledge and experience in investing in companies similar to the Company in terms of the Company’s stage of development so as to be able to evaluate the risks and merits of its investment in the Company.
4.4 Confidential Information. Each Purchaser understands that any information provided to such Purchaser by the Company is strictly confidential and proprietary to the Company and has been prepared from the Company’s publicly available documents and other information and is being submitted to the Purchaser solely for such Purchaser’s confidential use in connection with its investment decision regarding the Shares. Such Purchaser agrees to use such information for the sole purpose of evaluating a possible investment in the Shares and such Purchaser hereby acknowledges that it is prohibited from reproducing or distributing such information, the Operative Agreements, or any other offering materials, in whole or in part, or divulging or discussing any of their contents except for use internally and by its legal counsel and except as required by law or legal process. Further, such Purchaser understands that the existence and nature of all conversations and presentations, if any, regarding the Company and this offering must be kept strictly confidential until such time as the Company makes public announcement of the sale of Shares. Such Purchaser understands that the federal securities laws impose restrictions on trading based on information regarding this offering. In addition, such Purchaser hereby acknowledges that unauthorized public disclosure of information regarding this offering may cause the Company to violate Regulation FD. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has provided the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information, and nothing contained in this Section 4.4 or in this Agreement shall be interpreted to the contrary. Moreover, the inclusion of this Section 4.4 herein shall not be deemed an inference of any kind that any Purchaser is in possession of any confidential or proprietary or material non-public information of the Company.
4.5 Shares Not Registered. Such Purchaser understands that the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act, by reason of their issuance by the Company in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and that the Shares must continue to be held by such Purchaser unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered under
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the Securities Act or is exempt from such registration. The Purchaser understands that the exemptions from registration afforded by Rule 144 (the provisions of which are known to it) promulgated under the Securities Act depend on the satisfaction of various conditions, and that, if applicable, Rule 144 may afford the basis for sales only in limited amounts.
4.6 No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement by such Purchaser and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not conflict with or result in any violation of or default by such Purchaser (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or to a loss of a material benefit under (i) any provision of the organizational documents of such Purchaser or (ii) any agreement or instrument, permit, franchise, license, judgment, order, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulations, applicable to such Purchaser or its respective properties or assets.
4.7 Brokers. Such Purchaser has not retained, utilized or been represented by any broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
4.8 Consents. All consents, approvals, orders and authorizations required on the part of such Purchaser in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein have been obtained and are effective as of the Closing Date.
4.9 No Intent to Effect a Change of Control. Such Purchaser has no present intent to consummate a “change of control” of the Company, as such term is understood in Rule 13d of the Exchange Act.
4.10 No General Solicitation. Such Purchaser was not offered or sold the Shares, directly or indirectly, by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertisement, including the following: (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar medium or broadcast over television, radio, the internet or by telephone or (ii) any seminar or other meeting whose attendees had been invited by general solicitation or general advertising.
4.11 Prohibited Transactions. During the thirty (30) days prior to the date hereof, no Purchaser has, directly or indirectly, effected or agreed to effect any short sale, whether or not against the box, established any “put equivalent position” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the 0000 Xxx) with respect to the Common Stock, granted any other right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to the Common Stock or with respect to any security that includes, relates to or derived any significant part of its value from the Common Stock or otherwise sought to hedge its position in the Shares (each, a “Prohibited Transaction”). Prior to the earlier of (i) the termination of this Agreement, or (ii) the effective date of the registration statement to be filed by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, no Purchaser shall engage, directly or indirectly, in a Prohibited Transaction. Each Purchaser acknowledges that the representations and warranties contained in this Section 4.11 are being made for the benefit of the Purchasers as well as the Company and that each of the other Purchasers shall have an independent the right to assert any claims against any Purchaser arising out of any breach or violation of the provisions of this Section 4.11. Without limiting the
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generality of the foregoing, each Purchaser understands and acknowledges that the SEC currently takes the position that coverage of short sales of shares of the Common Stock “against the box” with the Shares purchased hereunder prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement is a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act, as set forth in Item 65, Section 5 under Section A, of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations, dated July 1997, compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance.
5. Conditions Precedent.
5.1 Conditions to the Obligation of the Purchasers to Consummate the Closing. The obligation of each Purchaser to consummate the Closing and to purchase and pay for the Shares being purchased by it pursuant to this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties contained herein of the Company shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though made on and as of the Closing Date (it being understood and agreed by each Purchaser that, in the case of any representation and warranty of the Company contained herein which is not hereinabove qualified by application thereto of a materiality standard, such representation and warranty need be true and correct only in all material respects in order to satisfy as to such representation or warranty the condition precedent set forth in the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.1(a)).
(b) The Registration Rights Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by the Company.
(c) The Company shall not have been adversely affected in any material way prior to the Closing Date; and the Company shall have performed all obligations and conditions herein required to be performed or observed by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date.
(d) No proceeding challenging this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, or seeking to prohibit, alter, prevent or materially delay the Closing, shall have been instituted before any court, arbitrator or governmental body, agency or official and shall be pending.
(e) The purchase of and payment for the Shares by the Purchasers shall not be prohibited by any law or governmental order or regulation. All necessary consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders and authorizations of, or registrations, declarations and filings with, any governmental or administrative agency or of any other person with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been duly obtained or made and shall be in full force and effect.
(f) All instruments and corporate proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be consummated at the Closing shall be satisfactory in form and substance to such Purchaser, and such Purchaser shall have received copies (executed or certified, as may be appropriate) of all documents which such Purchaser may have reasonably requested in connection with such transactions.
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(g) The Company shall have delivered a Certificate, executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 5.1
(h) The Purchasers shall have received an copy of and shall be entitled to rely upon the opinion from the Company’s counsel to the Placement Agent, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers.
5.2 Conditions to the Obligation of the Company to Consummate the Closing. The obligation of the Company to consummate the Closing and to issue and sell to each of the Purchasers the Shares to be purchased by it at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties contained herein of such Purchaser shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though made on and as of the Closing Date (it being understood and agreed by the Company that, in the case of any representation and warranty of each Purchaser contained herein which is not hereinabove qualified by application thereto of a materiality standard, such representation and warranty need be true and correct only in all material respects in order to satisfy as to such representation or warranty the condition precedent set forth in the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.2(a)).
(b) The Registration Rights Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by each Purchaser.
(c) The Purchasers shall have performed all obligations and conditions herein required to be performed or observed by the Purchasers on or prior to the Closing Date.
(d) No proceeding challenging this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, or seeking to prohibit, alter, prevent or materially delay the Closing, shall have been instituted before any court, arbitrator or governmental body, agency or official and shall be pending.
(e) The sale of the Shares by the Company shall not be prohibited by any law or governmental order or regulation. All necessary consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders and authorizations of, or registrations, declarations and filings with, any governmental or administrative agency or of any other person with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been duly obtained or made and shall be in full force and effect.
(f) Each of the Purchasers shall have executed and delivered to the Company a Purchaser’s Questionnaire, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, pursuant to which each such Purchaser shall provide information necessary to confirm each such Purchaser’s status as an “accredited investor” (as such term is defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act) and to enable the Company to comply with the Registration Rights Agreement.
(g) Each of the other Purchasers shall have delivered the purchase price, in accordance with this Agreement, for the number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite its name under the heading “Number of Shares to be Purchased”.
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(h) All instruments and corporate proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be consummated at the Closing shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, and the Company shall have received counterpart originals, or certified or other copies of all documents, including without limitation records of corporate or other proceedings, which it may have reasonably requested in connection therewith.
6. Covenants of the Company.
6.1 Listing of Underlying Shares and Related Matters. The Company shall apply to have the Shares included for listing on the Nasdaq National Market and will take such other action as is necessary to cause the Shares to be so listed. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on such market or such other national exchange and will use commercially reasonable efforts to comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of such market or exchange, as applicable.
6.2 Removal of Legends. Upon the earlier of (a) registration for resale pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and receipt by the Company of the Purchaser’s written confirmation that such Shares will not be disposed of except in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act or (b) Rule 144(k) becoming available the Company shall, upon a Purchaser’s written request, promptly cause certificates evidencing the Purchaser’s Shares to be replaced with certificates which do not bear such restrictive legends. When the Company is required to cause unlegended certificates to replace previously issued legended certificates, if unlegended certificates are not delivered to a Purchaser within three (3) Business Days of submission by that Purchaser of legended certificate(s) to the Company’s transfer agent together with a representation letter in customary form, the Company shall be liable to the Purchaser for liquidated damages in an amount equal to 1.5% of the aggregate purchase price of the Shares evidenced by such certificate(s) for each thirty (30) day period (or portion thereof) beyond such three (3) Business Day that the unlegended certificates have not been so delivered.
7. Transfer, Legends.
7.1 Securities Law Transfer Restrictions.
(a) Each Purchaser understands that, except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and each purchaser agrees that it will not sell, offer to sell, solicit offers to buy, dispose of, loan, pledge or grant any right with respect to (collectively, a “Disposition”), the Shares nor will such Purchaser engage in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or could be reasonably expected to lead to or result in a Disposition of Shares by such Purchaser or any other person or entity unless (a) the Shares are registered under the Securities Act, or (b) such Purchaser shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel in form, substance and scope reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that registration is not required under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law due to the applicability of an exemption therefrom. In that connection, such Purchaser is aware of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and the restrictions imposed thereby. Such Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that no sales of the Shares may be made under the Registration Statement and that the Shares are not transferable on
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the books of the Company unless the certificate submitted to the transfer agent evidencing the Shares is accompanied by a separate Purchaser’s Certificate of Subsequent Sale: (i) in the form of Appendix I hereto; (ii) executed by an officer of, or other authorized person designated by, the Purchaser; and (iii) to the effect that (A) the shares have been sold in accordance with the Registration Statement, the Securities Act and any applicable state securities or blue sky laws, and (B) the requirement of delivering a current prospectus has been satisfied.
(b) Each Purchaser represents and warrants that no action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction outside the United States by the Company or the Placement Agent that would permit an offering of the Shares, or possession or distribution of offering materials in connection with the issue of Shares, in any jurisdiction outside of the United States where action for that purpose is required. Each Purchaser outside the United States will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which it purchases, offers, sells or delivers Shares or has in its possession or distributes any offering material, in all cases at its own expense. The Placement Agent is not authorized to make any representation or use any information in connection with the issue, placement, purchase and sale of the Shares.
(c) Each Purchaser hereby covenants with the Company not to make any sale of the Shares without complying with the provisions of the Operative Agreements, and such Purchaser acknowledges that the certificates evidencing the Shares will be imprinted with a legend that prohibits their transference except in accordance therewith. Each Purchaser acknowledges that there may occasionally be times when the Company, based on the advice of its counsel, determines that it must suspend the Registration Statement, until such time as an amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed by the Company and declared effective by the Commission or until the Company has amended or supplemented such Prospectus.
7.2 Legends. Each certificate requesting any of the Shares shall be endorsed with the legends set forth below, and each Purchaser covenants that, except to the extent such restrictions are waived by the Company, it shall not transfer the shares represented by any such certificate without complying with the restrictions on transfer described in this Agreement and the legends endorsed on such certificate:
“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SAID ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SAID ACT AND, IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY, UPON DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM SAID ACT.”
8. Termination; Liabilities Consequent Thereon. This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereunder abandoned at any time prior to the Closing only as follows:
(a) by the Purchasers, upon notice to the Company if the conditions set forth in Section 5.1 shall not have been satisfied on or prior to September 2, 2005; or
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(b) by the Company, upon notice to the Purchasers if the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 shall not have been satisfied on or prior to September 2, 2005; or
(c) at any time by mutual agreement of the Company and the Purchasers; or
(d) by the Purchasers, if there has been any breach of any representation or warranty or any material breach of any covenant of the Company contained herein and the same has not been cured within 15 days after notice thereof, (it being understood and agreed by each Purchaser that, in the case of any representation or warranty of the Company contained herein which is not hereinabove qualified by application thereto of a materiality standard, such representation or warranty will be deemed to have been breached for purposes of this Section 8(d) only if such representation or warranty was not true and correct in all material respects at the time such representation or warranty was made by the Company); or
(e) by the Company, if there has been any breach of any representation, warranty or any material breach of any covenant of any Purchaser contained herein and the same has not been cured within 15 days after notice thereof (it being understood and agreed by the Company that, in the case of any representation and warranty of the Purchaser contained herein which is not hereinabove qualified by application thereto of a materiality standard, such representation or warranty will be deemed to have been breached for purposes of this Section 8(e) only if such representation or warranty was not true and correct in all material respects at the time such representation or warranty was made by such Purchaser).
Any termination pursuant to this Section 8 shall be without liability on the part of any party, unless such termination is the result of a material breach of this Agreement by a party to this Agreement in which case such breaching party shall remain liable for such breach notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement.
9. Miscellaneous Provisions.
9.1 Public Statements or Releases. The Company shall, by 8:30 a.m. Eastern time on the business day following the Closing Date, file a Current Report on Form 8-K, disclosing the transactions contemplated hereby and make such other filings and notices in the manner and time required by the SEC. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and none of the parties to this Agreement shall issue any such press release or other public announcement, without the prior consent of the other parties, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, provided, that nothing in this Section 9.1 shall prevent any of the parties hereto from making such public announcements as it may consider necessary in order to satisfy its legal obligations, but to the extent not inconsistent with such obligations, it shall provide the other parties with an opportunity to review and comment on any proposed public announcement before it is made.
9.2 Further Assurances. Each party agrees to cooperate fully with the other party and to execute such further instruments, documents and agreements and to give such further written assurances, as may be reasonably requested by the other party to better evidence and reflect the transactions described herein and contemplated hereby, and to carry into effect the intents and purposes of this Agreement.
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9.3 Rights Cumulative. Each and all of the various rights, powers and remedies of the parties shall be considered to be cumulative with and in addition to any other rights, powers and remedies which such parties may have at law or in equity in the event of the breach of any of the terms of this Agreement. The exercise or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy shall neither constitute the exclusive election thereof nor the waiver of any other right, power or remedy available to such party.
9.4 Pronouns. All pronouns or any variation thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person, persons, entity or entities may require.
9.5 Notices.
(a) Any notices, reports or other correspondence (hereinafter collectively referred to as “correspondence”) required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be sent by postage prepaid first class mail, courier or telecopy or delivered by hand to the party to whom such correspondence is required or permitted to be given hereunder. The date of giving any notice shall be the date of its actual receipt.
(b) All correspondence to the Company shall be addressed as follows:
Regeneration Technologies, Inc.
00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
President and Chief Executive Officer
Telecopier: 000-000-0000
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Fulbright & Xxxxxxxx L.L.P
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Telecopier: 000-000-0000
(c) All correspondence to any Purchaser shall be sent to such Purchaser at the address set forth in Exhibit A.
(d) Any entity may change the address to which correspondence to it is to be addressed by notification as provided for herein.
9.6 Captions. The captions and paragraph headings of this Agreement are solely for the convenience of reference and shall not affect its interpretation.
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9.7 Severability. Should any part or provision of this Agreement be held unenforceable or in conflict with the applicable laws or regulations of any jurisdiction, the invalid or unenforceable part or provisions shall be replaced with a provision which accomplishes, to the extent possible, the original business purpose of such part or provision in a valid and enforceable manner, and the remainder of this Agreement shall remain binding upon the parties hereto.
9.8 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Injunctive Relief.
(a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal and substantive laws of State of New York and without regard to any conflicts of laws concepts which would apply the substantive law of some other jurisdiction.
(b) Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court. Each party hereto irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
(c) Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that damages will not be an adequate remedy for any material breach or violation of this Agreement if such material breach or violation would cause immediate and irreparable harm (an “Irreparable Breach”). Accordingly, in the event of a threatened or ongoing Irreparable Breach, each party hereto shall be entitled to seek, in the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, equitable relief of a kind appropriate in light of the nature of the ongoing or threatened Irreparable Breach, which relief may include, without limitation, specific performance or injunctive relief; provided, however, that if the party bringing such action is unsuccessful in obtaining the relief sought, the moving party shall pay the non-moving party’s reasonable costs, including attorney’s fees, incurred in connection with defending such action. Such remedies shall not be the parties’ exclusive remedies, but shall be in addition to all other remedies provided in this Agreement.
9.9 Waiver. No waiver of any term, provision or condition of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or be construed as, a further or continuing waiver of any such term, provision or condition or as a waiver of any other term, provision or condition of this Agreement.
9.10 Expenses. Each party will bear its own costs and expenses in connection with this Agreement.
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9.11 Assignment. The rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the authorized successors and permitted assigns of each party. Neither party may assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement or designate another person (i) to perform all or part of its obligations under this Agreement or (ii) to have all or part of its rights and benefits under this Agreement, in each case without the prior written consent of the other party. In the event of any assignment in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the assignee shall specifically assume and be bound by the provisions of the Agreement by executing and agreeing to an assumption agreement reasonably acceptable to the other party.
9.12 Survival. The respective representations and warranties given by the parties hereto, and the other covenants and agreements contained herein, shall survive the Closing Date and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein for a period of two years, without regard to any investigation made by any party.
9.13 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto respecting the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, negotiations, understandings, representations and statements respecting the subject matter hereof, whether written or oral. No modification, alteration, waiver or change in any of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid or binding upon the parties hereto unless made in writing and duly executed by the Company and the Majority Purchasers.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Stock Purchase Agreement under seal as of the day and year first above written.
REGENERATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
Title: | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
THE PURCHASER’S SIGNATURE TO THE INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE DATED EVEN DATE HEREWITH SHALL CONSTITUTE THE PURCHASER’S SIGNATURE TO THIS STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT.
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Exhibit A
PURCHASERS
Purchaser |
Number of Shares to be Purchased | |
OFIL PLC U.S. Emerging Growth Fund Register in nominee name: Xxxx & Co. |
7,300 | |
USAZ Xxxxxxxxxxx Emerging Growth Fund Register in nominee name: Booth & Co. |
96,400 | |
Xxxxxxxxxxx Discovery Fund Register in nominee name: Xxxxxxx & Co. |
666,900 | |
Xxxxxxxxxxx Emerging Growth Fund Register in nominee name: Xxxxxxx & Co. |
79,400 | |
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
23,392 | |
Upland Associates L.P. |
46,783 | |
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx |
152,047 | |
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx |
101,403 | |
The Xxxx X. and Xxxx X. Xxxxxx Foundation |
40,935 | |
Xxxxxx Family Partnership |
29,240 | |
Xxxxxx Investment Associates |
116,960 | |
Xxxxxx 1999 Grandchildren’s Trust STS 2/1/99 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, TTEE |
29,240 | |
Zeke L.P. |
300,000 | |
MedCap Partners L.P. |
300,000 | |
MedCap Master Fund L.P. |
50,000 | |
Capital Ventures International |
160,000 | |
Special Situation Cayman Fund L.P. |
120,000 | |
Special Situation Fund III L.P. |
480,000 | |
Total: |
2,800,000 | |
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Appendix I
REGENERATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
PURCHASER’S CERTIFICATE OF SUBSEQUENT SALE
Attention: |
Regeneration Technologies, Inc. | |
Chief Financial Officer |
The undersigned, [an officer of, or other person duly authorized by] [fill in official name of individual or institution] hereby certifies that he/she [said institution] is the Purchaser of the Shares evidenced by the attached certificate, and as such, sold such shares on in accordance with [date] Registration Statement number [fill in the number of or otherwise identify Registration Statement] and the requirement of delivering a current prospectus by the Company has been complied with in connection with such sale.
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Representing Purchaser |
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