Underwriting Agreement
Common
Stock ($0.00004 par value per share)
March 11, 2010
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx & Co.,
As representative of the several
Underwriters
named in Schedule I
hereto,
000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000.
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Micromet,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and
conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in
Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares (the
“Firm Shares”) and, at the election of the Underwriters, up to 1,500,000
additional shares (the “Optional Shares”) of Common Stock, par value $0.00004
per share (“Stock”) of the Company (the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares that
the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof being
collectively called the “Shares”).
1.The
Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters
that:
(a)A
registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-162541) (the “Initial
Registration Statement”) in respect of the Shares has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) not earlier than three
years prior to the date hereof.
(b) Such
Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in
the form heretofore delivered to you and, excluding exhibits to the Initial
Registration Statement, but including all documents incorporated by reference in
the prospectus included therein, delivered to
you for each of the other Underwriters have been declared effective by the
Commission in such form.
(c) Other
than (i) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) or (ii) a
registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a “Rule
462(b) Registration Statement”), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), which became effective upon
filing, no other document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or
document incorporated by reference therein has heretofore been filed, or
transmitted for filing, with the Commission (other than prospectuses filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the
Act, each in the form heretofore delivered to the Representatives).
(d) No
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement,
any post-effective amendment thereto or any part thereof or the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that
purpose has been initiated or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the
Commission.
(e)
(i) The prospectus filed as part of
the Initial Registration Statement, in the form in which it has most recently
been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement
relating to the Shares, is hereinafter called the “Basic
Prospectus.”
(ii) Any preliminary prospectus
(including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Shares filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act is hereinafter called
a “Preliminary Prospectus.”
(iii) The various parts of the
Initial Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if
any, including all exhibits thereto and including any prospectus supplement
relating to the Shares that is filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of
Rule 430B under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement, each
as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement became
effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became
or hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively called the
“Registration Statement.”
(iv) The Basic Prospectus, as
amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in
Section 1(g) hereof), is hereinafter called the “Pricing
Prospectus.”
(v) The form of the final prospectus
relating to the Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under
the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof is hereinafter called the
“Prospectus.”
(vi) Any “issuer free writing
prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Shares and
listed on Schedule II(a) hereto is hereinafter called an “Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus.”
Any
reference herein to the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include
the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3,
as of the date of such prospectus. Any reference to any amendment or
supplement to the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Shares filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and any documents
filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Basic
Prospectus, such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may
be. Any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement
shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date
of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
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(f) No
order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each
Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and
warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon
and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an
Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. expressly for use
therein.
(g) For
the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is 5:20 p.m. (Eastern
time) on the date of this Agreement. The Pricing Prospectus, as
supplemented by those Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses listed on Schedule II(a)
hereto, when taken together with the price to the public and the number of
shares to be set forth on the cover of the Prospectus (collectively, the
“Pricing Disclosure Package”), as of the Applicable Time, did not include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
(h) Each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule II(a) hereto does not
conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Prospectus as
of the Applicable Time, when taken together with the price to the public and the
number of shares to be set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, did not include
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however,
that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions
made in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein.
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(i) The
documents incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the
case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act
or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and any
further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or
any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become
effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in
all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will
not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall
not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein; and no such documents were
filed with the Commission since the Commission’s close of business on the
business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to the
execution of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule II(b)
hereto.
(j) The
Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments
or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in
all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the
applicable effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement and as
of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation
and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by
an Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use
therein.
(k)
Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of
the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in
the Pricing Disclosure Package any material loss or interference with its
business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered
by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order
or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure
Package.
(l) Since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Pricing Disclosure Package, there has not been any change in
the capital stock (excluding stock option grants in the ordinary course of
business pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans existing on the date
of this Agreement and described in the Pricing Prospectus and the exercise of
outstanding stock options or warrants outstanding as of the date of this
Agreement and disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus) or long-term debt of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the
general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results
of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure
Package.
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(m) The
Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all material
personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Pricing Disclosure
Package or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do
not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property by the Company and its subsidiaries.
(n) Any
real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries
are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases (subject, as to
enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity
principles, and except as enforcement of indemnification and contribution
provisions thereof may be limited by applicable law) with such exceptions as are
not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of
such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries.
(o) The
Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority
(corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Pricing Disclosure Package, and has been duly qualified as a
foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing
under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties
or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to
no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified
in any such jurisdiction; and each subsidiary of the Company has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.
(p) The
Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Disclosure
Package; all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and, in the
case of the Stock, conform in all material respects to the description of the
Stock contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and Prospectus; and all of the
issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly
authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except for
directors' qualifying shares) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company,
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.
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(q) The
Shares to be issued by the Company hereunder have been duly authorized and, when
issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, will be
validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable, will conform in all material
respects to the description of the Shares contained in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and Prospectus, and the issuance of such Shares will not be subject to
any preemptive or similar rights that have not been waived.
(r) The
issue and sale of the Shares and the compliance by the Company with this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not
conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, 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, other than any conflict, breach,
violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the current or future financial
position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”), nor will such
action result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation or By-laws of the Company, each as amended through the date of
this Agreement, or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of their properties; and no consent, approval,
authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or
governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Shares or
the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, except such as have been obtained under the Act and such consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required
under state securities or Blue Sky laws, the bylaws and rules and regulations of
the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or the rules of the Nasdaq Stock
Market LLC, in each case in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Shares by the Underwriters.
(s) Other
than as set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package, there are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
the subject, which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such
proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or
threatened by others.
(t)
Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its
Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws, each as amended through the date of
this Agreement, or in default in the performance or observance of any material
obligation, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a
party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, other than any
default under such indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or
other agreement or instrument which would not, individually or in the aggregate,
be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(u) The
statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus under the caption
“Description of Capital Stock”, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary
of the terms of the Stock, and the first, second, third, sixth and
eleventh paragraph under the caption “Underwriting”, insofar as they purport to
describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, fairly
and accurately summarize the matters referred to therein in all material
respects.
(v) The
Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares
by the Company and the application of the proceeds thereof, will not be an
“investment company”, as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).
(w) At
the earliest time after the filing of the Initial Registration Statement that
the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the
meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Act) of the Shares, the Company was not
an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act.
(x) Ernst
& Young LLP, which has certified certain financial statements of the Company
and its subsidiaries and has audited the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting and management’s assessment thereof, is an independent
registered public accounting firm as required by the Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(y) The
Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such
term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that has been designed
by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or
under their supervision, 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. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting
is effective and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its
internal control over financial reporting.
(z) Since
the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by
reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package, there has been no change in the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting.
(aa) The
Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in
Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that have been designed to ensure that
material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known
to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by
others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are
effective.
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(bb)
Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Company and its
subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the
appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to
conduct their respective businesses, including without limitation all such
certificates, authorizations and permits required by the United States Food and
Drug Administration (the “FDA”), the United States Drug Enforcement Agency, the
European Medicines Agency or any other federal, state or foreign agencies or
bodies engaged in the regulation of pharmaceuticals or biohazardous materials,
except where failure to possess such items would not reasonably be expected to,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate,
authorization or permit.
(cc)
Other than as would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
or as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Company owns or to its
knowledge has the right to use, or believes it can acquire on reasonable terms,
adequate rights to the patents and patent applications, copyrights, trademarks,
service marks, trade names, service names and know-how (including trade secrets
and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential
information, systems or procedures) necessary or used in any material respect to
conduct the business of the Company in the manner described in the Pricing
Disclosure Package (collectively, the “Company Intellectual Property”) and all
such rights that the Company currently owns or has the right to use are to its
knowledge valid and enforceable.
(dd)
Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package or, except in the case of
each of clauses (i) and (ii) below, as would not be reasonably expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect:
(i) the
Company has not received any notice of infringement or conflict with asserted
rights of others with respect to any Company Intellectual Property;
(ii) the
Company is not obligated to pay a royalty, grant a license, or provide other
consideration to any third party in connection with the Company Intellectual
Property;
(iii) the discoveries, inventions,
products or processes of the Company referred to in the Pricing Disclosure
Package do not infringe, interfere or conflict with any right or valid patent
claim of any third party;
(iv) to the Company’s knowledge, no
third party has any ownership right in or to any Company Intellectual Property
that is owned by the Company, other than any co-owner of any patent constituting
Company Intellectual Property who is listed on the records of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office (the “PTO”) or any other foreign or international
patent authority and any co-owner of any patent application constituting Company
Intellectual Property who is named in such patent application;
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(v) to the Company’s knowledge, no
third party has any ownership right in or to any Company Intellectual Property
that is licensed to the Company, other than any licensor to the Company of such
Company Intellectual Property; and
(vi) to the Company’s knowledge, no
current employee of the Company is in or has ever been in violation of any term
of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment
agreement, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure
agreement or any restrictive covenant to or with a former employer where the
basis of such violation relates to such employee’s employment with the Company,
or actions undertaken by the employee while employed with the
Company.
(ee) All
patent applications owned by the Company and filed with the PTO or any foreign
or international patent authority that have resulted in patents or currently
pending applications that describe inventions necessary to conduct the business
of the Company in the manner described in the Pricing Disclosure Package (the
“Company Patent Applications”) have been duly and properly filed.
(ff) The
Company has complied with its duty of candor and disclosure to the PTO for the
Company Patent Applications.
(gg) The
Company is not aware of any facts required to be disclosed to the PTO that were
not disclosed to the PTO and which would preclude the grant of a patent for the
Company Patent Applications.
(hh) The
Company has no knowledge of any facts which would preclude it from having clear
title to the Company Patent Applications that have been identified by the
Company as being exclusively owned by the Company.
(ii) The
studies, tests and preclinical and clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of
the Company, or in which the Company has participated, that are described in the
Pricing Disclosure Package were and, if still pending, are, to its knowledge
being conducted in all material respects in accordance with experimental
protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to, where applicable, accepted
professional and scientific standards and applicable laws, and the descriptions
of the results of such studies, tests and trials contained in the Pricing
Disclosure Package are accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly
present the data derived from such studies, tests or trials in all material
respects.
(jj) The
Company has no knowledge of any studies, tests or trials not described in the
Pricing Disclosure Package the results of which reasonably call into question in
any material respect the results of the studies, tests and trials described in
the Pricing Disclosure Package.
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(kk) The
Company has not received any notices or correspondence from the FDA or any
foreign, state or local governmental body exercising comparable authority or any
Institutional Review Board or comparable authority requiring the termination,
suspension or material modification of any material studies, tests or
preclinical or clinical trials currently being conducted by or on behalf of the
Company.
(ll) The
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at
all times in compliance in all material respects with the Currency and Foreign
Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering
statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the
“Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any
court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the
Company or any or its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is
pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened.
(mm)
Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor to the Company’s knowledge
any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in
a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including,
without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of
interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to
pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift,
promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any
“foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign
political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political
office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company, its subsidiaries and its
affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have
instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which
are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance
therewith.
(nn)
Neither the Company nor to its knowledge any director, officer, agent, employee
or affiliate of the Company is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury
Department (“OFAC”). The Company will not directly or indirectly use the
proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such
proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for
the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any
U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(oo) The
Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in
order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business
combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement)
or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company's charter documents
or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could reasonably be
expected to become applicable to any of the Underwriters as a result of the
Underwriters and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their
rights under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company's
issuance of the Shares and the Underwriters’ ownership of the
Shares.
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(pp) The
statements set forth (i) in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the
captions “Description of Capital Stock – Rights Plan”, and (ii) in the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, as filed with
the Commission on March , 2010, which is incorporated by reference in the
Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, under the captions “Item 1. Business –
License Agreements and Collaborations – Agreements Relevant for the BiTE
Antibody Technology Platform, Agreements Relevant for Blinatumomab (MT103),
Agreements Relevant for MT111, Agreements Relevant for Other BiTE Antibodies
Under Development, Agreements Relevant for Adecatumumab (MT201), Agreements
Relevant for MT203, Agreements Relevant for MT293, Agreements Relevant for MT228
and Agreements Relevant for MT204”, in so far as they purport to describe the
documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair.
(qq) The
Company has no debt securities or shares of preferred stock
outstanding.
(rr) The
Company has not delivered a Draw Down Notice to Kingsbridge Capital Limited
(“Kingsbridge”) under the Company’s committed equity financing facility with
Kingsbridge within the past eight consecutive Trading Days (as such terms are
defined in the Common Stock Purchase Agreement by and between Kingsbridge and
the Company, dated as of December 1, 2008).
2.
Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth:
(a) (i)
the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of
the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the
Company, at a purchase price per share of $6.58, the number of Firm Shares set
forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and (ii) in the
event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to
purchase Optional Shares as provided below, the Company agrees to issue and sell
to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and
not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price per share set
forth in clause (i) of this Section 2(a), that portion of the number of Optional
Shares as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by
you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number
of Optional Shares by a fraction, the numerator of which is the maximum number
of Optional Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator
of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters
are entitled to purchase hereunder.
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(b) The
Company hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their
election up to 1,500,000 Optional Shares, at the purchase price per share set
forth in the paragraph above, for the sole purpose of covering sales of shares
in excess of the number of Firm Shares, provided that the purchase price per
Optional Share shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or
distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not
payable on the Optional Shares. Any such election to purchase
Optional Shares may be exercised only by written notice from you to the Company,
given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement,
setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the
date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by you but
in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4
hereof) or, unless you and the Company otherwise agree in writing, earlier than
two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
3. Upon
the authorization by you of the release of the Shares, the several Underwriters
propose to offer the Shares for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in
the Prospectus.
4. (a)
The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in definitive form,
and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx & Co. may request upon at least forty-eight hours’ prior notice to the
Company shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to Xxxxxxx, Sachs
& Co., through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for
the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such
Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal
(same-day) funds to the account specified by the Company to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx &
Co. at least forty-eight hours in advance. The Company will cause the
certificates representing the Shares to be made available for checking and
packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined
below) with respect thereto at the office of DTC or its designated
custodian (the
“Designated Office”). The time and date of such delivery and payment
shall be, with respect to the Firm Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on
March 17, 2010 or such other time and date as Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. and the
Company may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the Optional Shares,
9:30 a.m., New York time, on the date specified by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. in
the written notice given by Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. of the Underwriters’
election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such other time and date as
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. and the Company may agree upon in
writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares is herein
called the “First Time of Delivery”, such time and date for delivery of the
Optional Shares, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the “Second
Time of Delivery”, and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a
“Time of Delivery”.
(b) The
documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the
parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross receipt for the
Shares and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to
Section 8(j) hereof, will be delivered at the offices of Ropes & Xxxx LLP,
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the “Closing Location”),
and the Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at such Time of
Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 10 a.m.,
New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding such Time of
Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered
pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties
hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, “New York Business Day”
shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a
day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
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5. The
Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(a) To
prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and to file such Prospectus
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission's close of
business on the second business day following the date of this Agreement or such
earlier time as may be required under the Act.
(b) To
make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement, the
Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus prior to the last Time of Delivery which
shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice
thereof.
(c) To
advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any
amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or
any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you
with copies thereof.
(d) To
file promptly all material required to be filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, within the time required by
such Rule.
(e) To
file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements
required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the
Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof,
the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required in connection
with the offering or sale of the Shares.
(f) To
advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of
any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Shares, of the
suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such
purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing
of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional
information.
(g) In
the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus or
suspending any such qualification, to promptly use best reasonable efforts to
obtain the withdrawal of such order.
(h)
Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to
qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such
jurisdictions as you may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit
the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long
as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares, provided that in
connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign
corporation, to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction
or to subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction in which it is not
otherwise subject to taxation.
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(i) Prior
to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next succeeding
the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters
with written and electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such
quantities as you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus
(or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is
required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of
issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares
and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the
Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule
173(a) under the Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason
it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the
Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act,
to notify you and, upon your request, to file such document and to prepare and
furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as
many written and electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably
request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will
correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(j) In
case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof,
the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales of
any of the Shares at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the
Prospectus, upon your request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare
and deliver to such Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as you may
request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3)
of the Act.
(k) To
make generally available to its security holders (which may be satisfied by
filing with the Commission’s XXXXX system) as soon as practicable, but in any
event not later than sixteen months after the effective date of the Registration
Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of
the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with
Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158).
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(l)
During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including
the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”), not to
offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any
short sale or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, any securities
of the Company that are substantially similar to the Shares, including but not
limited to any options or warrants to purchase shares of Stock or any securities
that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to
receive, Stock or any such substantially similar securities (other than (A)
pursuant to this Agreement, (B) pursuant to employee equity incentive plans
existing on the date of this Agreement and described in the Pricing Prospectus,
or (C) upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of options, warrants or
convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of the date of this
Agreement and disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, without your prior written
consent; provided, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial
Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or announces material news
or a material event or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up
Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the
15-day period following the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then in each case
the Lock-Up Period will be automatically extended until the expiration of the
18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the
announcement of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. waives, in writing, such extension.
(m) If
the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall file a Rule
462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b)
by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the
Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee
for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for
the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act.
(n) To
use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Shares in the manner
specified in the Pricing Prospectus under the caption “Use of
Proceeds.”
(o) To
use its reasonable best efforts to list, subject to notice
of issuance, the Shares on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC’s Nasdaq Global Market
(“NASDAQ”).
(p) Upon
request of any Underwriter, to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such
Underwriter an electronic version of the Company’s trademarks, servicemarks and
corporate logo for use on the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter for
the purpose of facilitating the on-line offering of the Shares (the “License”);
provided, however, that the License shall be used solely for the purpose
described above, is granted without any fee and may not be assigned or
transferred.
6.
(a) The Company represents and agrees
that, without the prior consent of Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., it has not made and
will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a “free
writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act, other than any such
free writing prospectus the use of which has been consented to by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx
& Co. and which is listed on Schedule II(a) hereto; and each Underwriter
represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., it has not made and will not make any offer relating
to the Shares that would constitute a free writing prospectus, other than any
such free writing prospectus the use of which has been consented to by the
Company and Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. and which is listed on Schedule II(a)
hereto;
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(b) The Company has complied and will
comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission or
retention where required and legending; and
(c) The
Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an 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 then
prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. and, if requested by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., will
prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or
omission; provided, however, that this undertaking shall not apply to any
statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by
an Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. expressly for use
therein.
7. The
Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that the Company will
pay or cause to be paid the following:
(a) the fees, disbursements and
expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the
registration of the Shares under the Act and all other expenses in connection
with the preparation, printing, reproduction and filing of the Registration
Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and
the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and
dealers;
(b) the cost of printing or reproducing
this Agreement, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any
other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of
the Shares;
(c) all expenses in connection with the
qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as
provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel
for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection
with the Blue Sky survey(s);
(d) any filing fees incident to, and
the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with,
any required reviews by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority of the terms
of the sale of the Shares;
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(e) the cost of preparing certificates
for the Shares;
(f) the cost and charges of any
transfer agent or registrar or dividend disbursing agent;
(g) all
fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares on NASDAQ; and
(h) all
other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations
hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this
Section.
It is
understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 9
and 12 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses,
including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the
Shares by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may
make.
8.The
obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to be delivered at
each Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition
that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company
herein are, at and as of such Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition
that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder
theretofore to be performed, and the following additional
conditions:
(a) The
Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by
the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a)
hereof; all material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d)
under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable
time period prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; if the Company has elected
to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
shall have become effective by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of
this Agreement; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that
purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; no stop order
suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all
requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have
been complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Ropes
& Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such
written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, in
form and substance satisfactory to you, and such counsel shall have received
such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to
pass upon such matters;
(c)
Xxxxxx Godward Kronish LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you
their written opinion and letter of negative assurance, each dated such Time of
Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you;
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(d)
(i) Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
patent counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written
opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to
you;
(ii) Vossius & Partner, patent
counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion,
dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to
you;
(iii) Xxxxx & Lardner LLP,
patent counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written
opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to
you;
(iv) df-mp, patent counsel for the
Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time of
Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you;
(v) Fulbright & Xxxxxxxx
L.L.P., patent counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their
written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory
to you; and
(vi) Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Director of
Intellectual Property for the Company, shall have furnished to you a certificate
satisfactory to you stating that the information under the captions "Item 1.
Business - Intellectual Property" and "Risk Factors - Risks Relating to Our
Intellectual Property and Litigation" in the Company's Annual Report on Form
l0-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 is fairly and accurately
summarized.
(e) CMS
Xxxxxx Xxxxx Partnerschaftsgesellschaft, counsel for Micromet AG, shall have
furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and
substance satisfactory to you;
(f) On
the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement,
at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any post effective
amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this
Agreement and also at each Time of Delivery, Ernst & Young LLP shall have
furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery
thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in
Annex I hereto (the executed copy of the letter delivered prior to the execution
of this Agreement is attached as Annex I(a) hereto and a form of letter to be
delivered on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement, and as of the Time of Delivery is attached as Annex I(b)
hereto);
(g)
(i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have
sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package any loss or
interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity,
whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or
governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or
contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package, and (ii) since the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Disclosure Package there
shall not have been any change in the capital stock (excluding stock option
grants in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s equity
incentive plans existing on the date of this Agreement and described in the
Pricing Prospectus and the exercise of outstanding stock options or warrants
outstanding as of the date of this Agreement and disclosed in the Pricing
Prospectus) or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the
general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results
of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the effect of which, in any
such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in your judgment so material and
adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public
offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery
on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
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(h) On or
after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the
following:
(i) a suspension or material
limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or
on NASDAQ;
(ii) a suspension or material
limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on NASDAQ;
(iii) a general moratorium on
commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York or Maryland
State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities
settlement or clearance services in the United States;
(iv) the outbreak or escalation of
hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States
of a national emergency or war; or
(v) the occurrence of any other
calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions
in the United States or elsewhere,
if the
effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in your judgment makes
it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the
delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and
in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(i) The
Company shall have submitted a listing of additional shares application to
NASDAQ with respect to the Shares, and NASDAQ shall not have disapproved of the
listing of the Shares, subject to notice of issuance, on NASDAQ;
(j) The
Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(i) hereof with
respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business Day next
succeeding the date of this Agreement; and
(k) The
Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at such Time of
Delivery certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory to you as to the
accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as
of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of its
obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as
to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (g) of this Section and as to
such other matters as you may reasonably request.
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9.
Indemnification.
(a) The
Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may
become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer
information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the
Act, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection
with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are
incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such
case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of
or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by any Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use
therein.
(b) Each
Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under
the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing
Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case
to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration
Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing
Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs
& Co. expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are
incurred.
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(c)
Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above
of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such
subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement
thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve
it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than
under such subsection, and except that failure by the indemnified party to so
notify the indemnifying party shall relieve the indemnifying party from the
obligation to the indemnified party with respect to such action to the extent
that the indemnifying party suffers actual prejudice as a result of such
failure, but shall not relieve the indemnifying party from its obligation to
provide contribution to the indemnified party otherwise under subsection (f)
below.
(d) In
case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall
notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying
party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall
wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume
the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who
shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the
indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the
indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such
subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in
each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with
the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.
(e) No
indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party,
effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment
with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which
indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the
indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim)
unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional
release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action
or claim and (ii) does not include any statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified
party.
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(f) If
the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b)
above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
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. If, however, the allocation provided by the
immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the
indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above,
then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only
such relative benefits 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 which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting
expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and
commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table
on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand
or the Underwriters on the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (f) 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 which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection
(f). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result
of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
referred to above in this subsection (f) shall be deemed to include any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this subsection (f), no Underwriter shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which
the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the
public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise
been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this subsection
(f) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
(g) The
obligations of the Company under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same
terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter
within the meaning of the Act and each broker-dealer affiliate of any
Underwriter; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 9 shall
be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise
have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and
director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of the Act.
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10.
(a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase
the Shares which it has agreed to purchase hereunder at
a Time of Delivery, you may in your discretion arrange for you or another party
or other parties to purchase such Shares on the terms contained
herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any
Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company
shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to
procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such
Shares on such terms. In the event that, within the respective
prescribed periods, you notify the Company that you have so arranged for the
purchase of such Shares, or the Company notifies you that it has so arranged for
the purchase of such Shares, you or the Company shall have the right to postpone
such Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to
effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the
Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in your opinion may thereby be
made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include
any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had
originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such
Shares.
(b) If,
after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company as provided in
subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains
unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the
Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, then the Company shall have the
right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of
shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of
Delivery and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to
purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of Shares which such
Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but
nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its
default.
(c) If,
after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company as provided in
subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains
unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be
purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if the Company shall not exercise the
right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters
to purchase Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this
Agreement (or, with respect to the Second Time of Delivery, the obligations of
the Underwriters to purchase and of the Company to sell the Optional Shares)
shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting
Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company
and the Underwriters as provided in Section 7 hereof and the indemnity and
contribution agreements in Section 9 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a
defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
11. The
respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other
statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this
Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this
Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company,
or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall
survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.
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12. If
this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the Company
shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in
Sections 7 and 9 hereof; but, if for any other reason any Shares are not
delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will
reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses approved
in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably
incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and
delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company shall then be under no
further liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9
hereof.
13. In
all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and
the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement,
request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by you
as the representative.
14. All
statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and
if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile
transmission to you as the representative at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000-0000, Attention: Registration Department; and if to the Company shall be
delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the
Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided,
however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 9(c) hereof shall
be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such
Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire, or
telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the
Company by you upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices
or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
15. In
accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L.
107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the underwriters are required to
obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients,
including the Company, which information may include the name and address of
their respective clients, as well as other information that will
allow the underwriters to properly identify their respective
clients.
16. This
Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the
Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11
hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls
the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or
have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of
any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by
reason merely of such purchase.
17. Time
shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term
“business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington,
D.C. is open for business.
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18. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Shares
pursuant to this Agreement is an arm's-length commercial transaction between the
Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in
connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each
Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of
the Company, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary
responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated
hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter
has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) or any other
obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this
Agreement and (iv) the Company has consulted its own legal and financial
advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. The Company agrees that
it will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered advisory
services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the
Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading
thereto.
18. This
Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or
oral) between the Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to
the subject matter hereof.
19. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY MATTERS
RELATED TO THIS TRANSACTION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT
OF LAWS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The Company agrees that any suit or
proceeding arising in respect of this agreement or our engagement will be tried
exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York or,
if that court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, in any state court
located in The City and County of New York and the Company agrees to submit
to the jurisdiction of, and to venue in, such courts.
20. The
Company and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any
legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
21. This
Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.
22.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company is authorized to
disclose to any persons the U.S. federal and state income tax treatment and tax
structure of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including
tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Company relating to that
treatment and structure, without the Underwriters imposing any limitation of any
kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure
shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the
extent necessary to enable any person to comply with securities laws. For this
purpose, “tax structure” is limited to any facts that may be relevant to that
treatment."
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If the
foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us
counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of
the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a
binding agreement between each of the Underwriters and the
Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on
behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a
form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to
the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on your part as
to the authority of the signers thereof.
Very
truly yours,
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
Senior Vice President & CFO
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Accepted
as of the date hereof:
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx & Co.
By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
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(Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx & Co.)
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SCHEDULE
I
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Underwriter
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Number
of
Firm
Shares
to
be Purchased
|
Maximum
Number
of
Optional
Shares
Which
May
be
Purchased
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Xxxxxxx,
Sachs & Co.
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6,300,000
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945,000
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. |
900,000
|
135,000
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RBC Capital Markets Corporation |
900,000
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135,000
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Xxxxxxx
& Company, LLC
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700,000
|
105,000
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Xxxx Capital Partners, LLC |
400,000
|
60,000
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Ladenburg Xxxxxxxx & Co. Inc. |
400,000
|
60,000
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Maxim Group LLC |
400,000
|
60,000
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Total
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10,000,000 | 1,500,000 |
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SCHEDULE
II
(a) Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 433 of the Securities Act on Xxxxx 00, 0000
(x) Additional Documents Incorporated by
Reference: NONE
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