SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as
of January 6, 2020, between Edesa Biotech, Inc., a British Columbia
corporation (the “Company”), and each
purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including
its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and
collectively the “Purchasers”).
WHEREAS, subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant
to (i) an effective registration statement under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) as to
the Shares and (ii) an exemption from the registration requirements
of Section 5 of the Securities Act contained in Section 4(a)(2)
thereof and/or Regulation D thereunder as to the Warrants, the
Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the
Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this
Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in
this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the
receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company
and each Purchaser agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Definitions.
In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for
all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“Action” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(j).
“Affiliate” means any
Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with a Person as such terms are used in and construed under
Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Board of Directors” means
the board of directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means any
day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal
legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by
law or other governmental action to close.
“Closing” means the
closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to
Section 2.1.
“Closing Date” means the
Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been
executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all
conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to
pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s
obligations to deliver the Securities, in each case, have been
satisfied or waived, but in no event later than the second
(2nd)
Trading Day following the date hereof.
“Commission” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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“Common Shares” means the
common shares of the Company, no par value per share, and any other
class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be
reclassified or changed.
“Common Share Equivalents”
means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would
entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Shares,
including, without limitation, any debt, preferred shares, right,
option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the
holder thereof to receive, Common Shares.
“Company Canadian Counsel”
means Fasken Xxxxxxxxx XxXxxxxx LLP, with offices located at 000
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, XX, X0X 0X0, Xxxxxx.
“Company U.S. Counsel”
means Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Markiles, LLP, with offices located at
00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx., 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx,
00000.
“Disclosure Schedules”
means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered
concurrently herewith.
“Disclosure Time” means,
(i) if this Agreement is signed on a day that is not a Trading Day
or after 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) and before midnight (New
York City time) on any Trading Day, 9:01 a.m. (New York City time)
on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, unless
otherwise instructed as to an earlier time by the Placement Agent,
and (ii) if this Agreement is signed between midnight (New York
City time) and 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day,
no later than 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the date hereof,
unless otherwise instructed as to an earlier time by the Placement
Agent.
“Evaluation Date” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(s).
“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“FCPA”
means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended.
“FDA” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(hh).
“FDCA” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(hh).
“GAAP” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Indebtedness” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(aa).
“Intellectual Property
Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 3.1(p).
“Legend Removal Date”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.1(c).
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“Liens” means a lien,
charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first
refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
“Material Adverse Effect”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.1(b).
“Material Permits” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(n).
“Per Share Purchase Price”
equals (i) $3.20 for each Purchaser
other than Purchasers that are officers, directors, employees or
consultants of the Company and (ii) $4.11 for each Purchaser that
is an officer, director, employee or consultant of the Company
(other than issuances to certain entities controlled by an officer,
director, employee, or consultant of the Company where such
issuances would not be considered equity compensation under
applicable Nasdaq Listing Rules), subject, in each case, to
adjustment for reverse and forward share splits, share dividends,
share combinations and other similar transactions of the Common
Shares that occur after the date of this Agreement.
“Person” means an
individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or
unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability
company, joint share company, government (or an agency or
subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Pharmaceutical Product”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(hh).
“Placement Agent” means
Brookline Capital Markets.
“Proceeding” means an
action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including,
without limitation, an informal investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or
threatened.
“Prospectus” means the
final base prospectus filed for the Registration
Statement.
“Prospectus Supplement”
means the supplement to the Prospectus complying with Rule 424(b)
of the Securities Act that is filed with the Commission and
delivered by the Company to each Purchaser at the
Closing.
“Purchaser Party” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6.
“Registration Statement”
means the effective registration statement with Commission file No.
333-233567 which registers the sale of the Shares to the
Purchasers.
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“Required Approvals” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(e).
“Rule 144” means Rule 144
promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any
similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission
having substantially the same purpose and effect as such
Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule 424
promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any
similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission
having substantially the same purpose and effect as such
Rule.
“SEC Reports” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities” means,
collectively, the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant
Shares.
“Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Shares” means the Common
Shares issued or issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement.
“Short Sales” means all
“short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO
under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include locating
and/or borrowing Common Shares).
“Subscription
Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate
amount to be paid for Shares and Warrants purchased hereunder as
specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page
of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription
Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately
available funds.
“Subsidiary”
means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Exhibit 21.1 of
the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the nine-month
period ended September 30, 2019 filed with the Commission on
December 12, 2019.
“Trading Day” means a day
on which the principal Trading Market is open for
trading.
“Trading Market” means any
of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Shares
are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE
American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the
Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange (or any
successors to any of the foregoing).
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“Transaction Documents”
means this Agreement and the Warrants.
“Transfer Agent” means
Computershare Investor Services Inc., the current transfer agent of
the Company, with a mailing address of 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0, and any successor transfer agent
of the Company.
“Variable Rate
Transaction” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 4.9.
“VWAP” means, for any
date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses
that applies: (a) if the Common Share is then listed or quoted on a
Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the
Common Share for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the
Trading Market on which the Common Share is then listed or quoted
as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30
a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b)
if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted
average price of the Common Share for such date (or the nearest
preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common
Share is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX
and if prices for the Common Share are then reported in the
“Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or
a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of
reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the
Common Share so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair
market value of a share of Common Share as determined by an
independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Company, the
fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the
Company.
“Warrants” means,
collectively, the Common Shares purchase warrants delivered to the
Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a)(v) and
Section 2.2(a)(vi) hereof. The Common Shares purchase warrants
delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with
Section 2.2(a)(v) hereof (the “Class A Warrants”) shall
be exercisable following the six month anniversary of the Closing
Date and have a term of exercise equal to three years, in the form
of Exhibit A
attached hereto. The Common Shares purchase warrants delivered to
the Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a)(vi)
hereof (the “Class B Warrants”) shall be exercisable
following the six month anniversary of the Closing Date and have a
term of exercise equal to four months, in the form of Exhibit B attached
hereto.
“Warrant Shares” means the
Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
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ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE
AND SALE
2.1 Closing.
On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers,
severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, up to an aggregate of
$3,215,000 of Shares and Warrants. Each Purchaser’s
Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature page hereto
executed by such Purchaser shall be made available for
“Delivery Versus Payment” settlement with the Company
or its designees. The Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its
respective Shares and Warrants as determined pursuant to Section
2.2(a)(v) and Section 2.2(a)(vi), and the Company and each
Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2
deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and
conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall
occur at the offices of the Placement Agent or such other location
as the parties shall mutually agree. Unless otherwise directed by
the Placement Agent, settlement of the Shares shall occur via
“Delivery Versus Payment” (“DVP”) (i.e., on the Closing Date, the Company shall
issue the Shares registered in the Purchasers’ names and
addresses upon receipt of payment).
2.2 Deliveries.
(a) On
or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to
be delivered to each Purchaser the following:
(i) this Agreement duly
executed by the Company;
(ii) a
legal opinion of Company Canadian Counsel and Company U.S. Counsel,
in a form acceptable to the Placement Agent and
Purchasers;
(iii) the
Company shall have provided each Purchaser or its designee with the
Company’s wire instructions, on Company letterhead and
executed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial
Officer;
(iv) subject
to the last sentence of Section 2.1, a copy of the irrevocable
instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer Agent
to deliver on an expedited basis via The Direct Registration System
(“DRS”)
Shares equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided
by the Per Share Purchase Price, registered in the name of such
Purchaser;
(v) a Class A Warrant
registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number
of Common Shares equal to 75% of such Purchaser’s Shares,
with an exercise price equal to $4.80, subject to
adjustment therein (such Warrant certificate may be delivered
within three Trading Days of the Closing Date);
(vi) a
Class B Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to
purchase up to a number of Common Shares equal to 50% of such
Purchaser’s Shares, with an exercise price per share, equal
to $4.00, subject, in each case, to adjustment therein (such
Warrant certificate may be delivered within three Trading Days of
the Closing Date);
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(vii) the
Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement (which may be delivered in
accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
(b) On or prior to the
Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to the Company the following:
(i) this Agreement duly
executed by such Purchaser; and
(ii) such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount, which shall be made
available for “Delivery Versus Payment” settlement with
the Company or its designees.
2.3 Closing
Conditions.
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing
are subject to the following conditions being
met:
(i) the accuracy in all
material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties
are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all
respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations
and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein (unless as of a
specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of
such date);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to
be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed; and
(iii) the
delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b)
of this Agreement.
(b) The respective
obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the
Closing are subject to the following conditions being
met:
(i) the accuracy in all
material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties
are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all
respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations
and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a
specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of
such date);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be
performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed;
(iii) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of
this Agreement;
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(iv) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Company since the date hereof; and
(v) from the date
hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Shares shall not
have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s
principal Trading Market, and, at any time prior to the Closing
Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P.
shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall
not have been established on securities whose trades are reported
by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking
moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New
York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or
international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any
material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each
case, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the
Closing.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, which SEC Reports shall
qualify any representation or warranty made herein, the Company
hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each
Purchaser:
(a) Subsidiaries.
The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital share
or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any
Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
share of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid,
non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to
subscribe for or purchase securities.
(b) Organization and Qualification.
The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly
incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use
its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation
nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate
or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly
qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign
corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the
nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have
or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse
effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any
Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results
of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s
ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its
obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or
(iii), a “Material
Adverse Effect”) and no Proceeding has been instituted
in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or
seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or
qualification.
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(c) Authorization; Enforcement. The
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise
to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and
no further action is required by the Company, the Board of
Directors or the Company’s shareholders in connection
herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required
Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to
which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly
executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the
terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general
equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as
limited by laws relating to the availability of specific
performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and
(iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be
limited by applicable law.
(d) No Conflicts or Breach. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a
party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation
by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not
and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the
Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles
of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an
event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a
default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the
properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to
others any rights of termination, amendment, anti-dilution or
similar adjustments, acceleration or cancellation (with or without
notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility,
debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt
or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the
Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to
the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of
any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or
other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which
the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state
securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset
of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the
case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Neither the Company, its subsidiaries nor, to its knowledge, any
other party is in violation, breach or default of any agreement,
lease, credit facility, debt, note, bond, mortgage, indenture or
other instrument that is reasonably likely to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
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(e) Filings, Consents and
Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any
consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or
make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal,
state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings
required pursuant to Section 4.3 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing
with the Commission of the Prospectus Supplement, (iii)
application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the listing of
the Shares and Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and
manner required thereby, and (iv) the filing of Form D with the
Commission and such filings as are required to be made under
applicable state securities laws, and (v) such consents, waivers
and authorizations that shall be obtained prior to Closing
(collectively, the “Required
Approvals”).
(f) Issuance of the Securities;
Registration. The Securities are duly authorized and, when
issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction
Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company.
The Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the
Warrants, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The Company has
reserved from its duly authorized capital shares the maximum number
of Common Shares issuable pursuant to this Agreement and the
Warrants. The Company has prepared and filed the Registration
Statement in conformity with the requirements of the Securities
Act, which became effective on September 12, 2019 (the
“Effective
Date”), including the Prospectus, and such amendments
and supplements thereto as may have been required to the date of
this Agreement. The Company was at the time of the filing of the
Registration Statement eligible to use Form S-3. The Company is
eligible to use Form S-3 under the Securities Act and it meets the
transaction requirements with respect to the aggregate market value
of securities being sold pursuant to this offering and during the
twelve (12) calendar months prior to this offering as set forth in
General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3. The Registration Statement
is effective under the Securities Act and no stop order preventing
or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus has been issued
by the Commission and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, are threatened by
the Commission. The Company, if required by the rules and
regulations of the Commission, shall file the Prospectus Supplement
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b). At the time the
Registration Statement and any amendments thereto became effective,
at the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Date, the
Registration Statement and any amendments thereto conformed and
will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the
Securities Act and did not and will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; and the Prospectus and any amendments or
supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto was issued and at the Closing Date, conformed
and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of
the Securities Act and did not and will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
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(g) Capitalization. The Company has
not issued any capital share since its most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of share
options under the Company’s share option plans and pursuant
to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Share Equivalents
outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic
report under the Exchange Act. No Person has any right of first
refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar
right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale
of the Securities and as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement,
there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to
subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever
relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into
or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right
to subscribe for or acquire, any Common Shares or the capital share
of any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or
arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may
become bound to issue additional Common Shares or Common Share
Equivalents or capital share of any Subsidiary. Except as set forth
in the Prospectus Supplement, the issuance and sale of the
Securities will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue
Common Shares or other securities to any Person (other than the
Purchasers and the Placement Agent). There are no outstanding
securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary with any
provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset
price of such security or instrument upon an issuance of securities
by the Company or any Subsidiary. There are no outstanding
securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that
contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no
contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the
Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a
security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company does not
have any share appreciation rights or “phantom share”
plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the
outstanding shares of capital share of the Company are duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been
issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws,
and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any
preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase
securities. No further approval or authorization of any
shareholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the
issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no shareholders
agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with
respect to the Company’s capital share to which the Company
is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among
any of the Company’s shareholders.
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(h) SEC Reports; Financial
Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules,
forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the
Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the twelve months
preceding the date hereof (the foregoing materials, including the
exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein,
together with the Registration Statement, Prospectus and the
Prospectus Supplement, being collectively referred to herein as the
“SEC
Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid
extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports
prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their
respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects
with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. The financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all
material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the
rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in
effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the
periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be
otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes
thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not
contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all
material respects the financial position of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the
results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended,
subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,
immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
(i) Material Changes; Undisclosed Events,
Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest
audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, (i)
there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or
that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities
(contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued
expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected
in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or
disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company
has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not
declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other
property to its shareholders or purchased, redeemed or made any
agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital share
and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any
officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company
share option plans. The Company does not have pending before the
Commission any request for confidential treatment of
information.
(j) Litigation. There is no action,
suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or
affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective
properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or
administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state,
county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which (i)
adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the
Securities or (ii) would, if there were an unfavorable decision,
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or
officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving
a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state
securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has
not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending
or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the
Company or any current or former director or officer of the
Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other
order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement
filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or
the Securities Act.
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(k) Labor Relations. No labor
dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent
with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None
of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a
member of a union that relates to such employee’s
relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective
bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe
that their relationships with their employees are good. To the
knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or
any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any
material term of any employment contract, confidentiality,
disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition
agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive
covenant in favor of any third party, and to the knowledge of the
Company the continued employment of each such executive officer
does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any
liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company
and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal,
state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to
employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of
employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in
compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) Compliance.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or
in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived
that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a
default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the
Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in
default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or
credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it
is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound
(whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is
in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court,
arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been
in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any
governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign,
federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental
protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and
safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as
would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(m) Environmental Laws. The Company
and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all federal, state,
local and foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human
health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water,
groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including laws
relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases
of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous
substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”)
into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all
authorizations, codes, decrees, demands, or demand letters,
injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters,
orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued, entered, promulgated
or approved thereunder (“Environmental Laws”);
(ii) have received all permits licenses or other approvals required
of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their
respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms
and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where in
each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply would be
reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect.
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(n) Regulatory Permits. The Company
and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and
permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the
failure to possess such permits would not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
Material Permit.
(o) Title to Assets. The Company
and the Subsidiaries do not own any real property and have good and
marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is
material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in
each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens 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 the Subsidiaries, and (ii) Liens
for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which
appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance with
GAAP and, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to
penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the
Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the
Subsidiaries are in compliance, except where the failure to be in
compliance would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(p) Intellectual Property. The
Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all
patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications,
service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights,
licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights
necessary or required for use in connection with their respective
businesses as described in the SEC Reports except where the failure
to so have would not have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively,
the “Intellectual
Property Rights”). To the knowledge of the Company,
there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the
Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have
taken reasonable measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality
and value of all of their Intellectual Property Rights, except
where failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as
described in the SEC Reports, the Company has no knowledge of any
facts that would preclude it from having valid license rights or
clear title to the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company has no
knowledge that it lacks or will be unable to obtain any rights or
licenses to use all Intellectual Property Rights that are necessary
to conduct its business.
(q) Insurance. The Company and the
Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as
are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company
and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to,
directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to the
aggregate Subscription Amount. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to
renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage
expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may
be necessary to continue its business without a significant
increase in cost.
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(r) Transactions With Affiliates and
Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of
the officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary is
presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any
Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and
directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement
providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for
rental of real or personal property to or from, providing for the
borrowing of money from or lending of money to or otherwise
requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such
employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which
any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial
interest or is an officer, director, trustee, shareholder, member
or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for (i)
payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii)
reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and
(iii) other employee benefits, including share option agreements
under any share option plan of the Company.
(s) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx; Internal Accounting
Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance
with any and all applicable requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act
of 2002 that are applicable to the Company and the Subsidiaries,
and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the
Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and
as of the Closing Date. The Company
and the Subsidiaries maintain 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 accountability for assets is compared with the existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences. The Company and the Subsidiaries have
established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the
Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures
to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company
in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time
periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The
Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the
Company and the Subsidiaries 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 changes in the internal control over
financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act)
of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control
over financial reporting of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
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(t) Certain Fees. Except as set
forth in the Prospectus Supplement, no brokerage or finder’s
fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any
Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder,
placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with
respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to
any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of
other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that
may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents.
(u) Investment Company. The Company
is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt
of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of,
an “investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(v) Registration Rights. No Person
has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the
registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the
Company or any Subsidiary.
(w) Listing and Maintenance
Requirements. The Common Shares are registered pursuant to
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has
taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to
have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common
Shares under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any
notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such
registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the
date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the
Common Shares are or have been listed or quoted to the effect that
the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance
requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no
reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future
continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance
requirements. The Common Shares are currently eligible for
electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another
established clearing corporation and the Company is current in
payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such other
established clearing corporation) in connection with such
electronic transfer. The issuance and sale of the Securities
hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the
Trading Market.
(x) Application of Takeover
Protections. The Company and the 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
certificate of incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the
laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become
applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the
Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights
under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a
result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the
Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.
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(y) No Integrated Offering.
Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any
of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf
has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any
security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under
circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to
be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of
(i) the Securities Act which would require the registration of the
Warrants or Warrant Shares under the Securities Act, or (ii) any
applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on
which any of the securities of the Company are listed or
designated.
(z) Solvency. Based on the
consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing
Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the
proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the fair
saleable value of the Company’s assets exceeds the amount
that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the
Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including
known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the
Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital
to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be
conducted including its capital needs taking into account the
particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the
Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and
capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of
the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive,
were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account
all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all
amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are
required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts
beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into
account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in
respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or
circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for
reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or
reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the
Closing Date. For the purposes of this
Agreement, “Indebtedness” means (x)
any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of
$50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary
course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other
contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others,
whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the
Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto),
except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for
deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary
course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments
in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in
accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in
default with respect to any Indebtedness.
(aa) Tax
Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or
in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i)
has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income
and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and
declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject,
(ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and
charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due
on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside
on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all
material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such
returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes
in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of
any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any
Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.
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(bb) Foreign
Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary,
nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or
other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has
(i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful
contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses
related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any
unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or
employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or
campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any
contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any
person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is
in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any
provision of FCPA.
(cc) Accountants.
The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm
is MNP, LLP. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such
accounting firm is a registered public accounting firm as required
by the Exchange Act.
(dd) Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is
acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser
with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions
contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no
Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the
Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the
Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and
any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective
representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely
incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The
Company further represents to each Purchaser that the
Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent
evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company
and its representatives.
(ee) Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein
to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(f) and
4.11 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company
that: (i) none of the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to
agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or
selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or
“derivative” securities based on securities issued by
the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii) past or future open
market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically
including, without limitation, Short Sales or
“derivative” transactions, before or after the closing
of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively
impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded
securities; (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in
“derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser
is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a
“short” position in the Common Shares, and (iv) each
Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or
control over any arm’s length counter-party in any
“derivative” transaction. The Company further
understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may
engage in hedging activities at various times during the period
that the Securities are outstanding, and (z) such hedging
activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing
shareholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time
that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company
acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not
constitute a breach of any of the Transaction
Documents.
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(ff) Regulation
M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its
knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities,
(ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for
soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or
agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another
to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the
case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the
Company’s placement agent in connection with the placement of
the Securities; provided further that the Company makes no
representation regarding any activities undertaken by the Placement
Agent.
(gg)
FDA. As to each product subject
to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(“FDA”)
under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, and the
regulations thereunder (“FDCA”) that is
manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold, and/or
marketed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each such
product, a “Pharmaceutical Product”),
such Pharmaceutical Product is being manufactured, packaged,
labeled, tested, distributed, sold and/or marketed by the Company
in compliance with all applicable requirements under FDCA and
similar laws, rules and regulations relating to registration,
investigational use, premarket clearance, licensure, or application
approval, good manufacturing practices, good laboratory practices,
good clinical practices, product listing, quotas, labeling,
advertising, record keeping and filing of reports, except where the
failure to be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. There is no pending, completed or, to the Company's
knowledge, threatened, action (including any lawsuit, arbitration,
or legal or administrative or regulatory proceeding, charge,
complaint, or investigation) against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
has received any notice, warning letter or other communication from
the FDA or any other governmental entity, which (i) contests the
premarket clearance, licensure, registration, or approval of, the
uses of, the distribution of, the manufacturing or packaging of,
the testing of, the sale of, or the labeling and promotion of any
Pharmaceutical Product, (ii) withdraws its approval of, requests
the recall, suspension, or seizure of, or withdraws or orders the
withdrawal of advertising or sales promotional materials relating
to, any Pharmaceutical Product, (iii) imposes a clinical hold on
any clinical investigation by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, (iv) enjoins production at any facility of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (v) enters or proposes to enter
into a consent decree of permanent injunction with the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, or (vi) otherwise alleges any violation of
any laws, rules or regulations by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, and which, either individually or in the aggregate,
would have a Material Adverse Effect. The properties, business and
operations of the Company have been and are being conducted in all
material respects in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and
regulations of the FDA. The Company has not been informed by
the FDA that the FDA will prohibit the marketing, sale, license or
use in the United States of any product proposed to be developed,
produced or marketed by the Company nor has the FDA expressed any
concern as to approving or clearing for marketing any product being
developed or proposed to be developed by the Company.
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(hh) Office
of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary nor, to the Company's knowledge, any director, officer,
agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office
of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department
(“OFAC”).
(ii) U.S.
Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and
has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the
meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Purchaser’s
request.
(jj) Bank
Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company
Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation
by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the
“Federal
Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls, directly or
indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of
any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of
the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the
BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling
influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity
that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal
Reserve.
(kk) Money
Laundering. The operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material
compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting
requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act
of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and
applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the
“Money Laundering
Laws”), and no Action or Proceeding by or before any
court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator
involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money
Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or
any Subsidiary, threatened.
(ll) Private
Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no
registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and
sale of the Warrants or the Warrant Shares by the Company to the
Purchasers as contemplated hereby.
(mm) No
General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person
acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the
Warrant or Warrant Shares by any form of general solicitation or
general advertising. The Company has offered the Warrants and
Warrant Shares for sale only to the Purchasers and certain other
“accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501
under the Securities Act.
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(nn) No
Disqualification Events. With respect to the Warrant and
Warrant Shares to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule
506 under the Securities Act, none of the Company, any of its
predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive
officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering
hereunder, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the
Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on
the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the
Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an "Issuer
Covered Person") is subject to any of the "Bad Actor"
disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under
the Securities Act (a "Disqualification Event"), except for a
Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The
Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any
Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The
Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure
obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Purchasers
a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.
(oo) Other
Covered Persons. Other than the Placement Agent, the Company
is not aware of any person (other than any Issuer Covered Person)
that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration
for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the sale of any
Securities.
(pp) Notice
of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the
Purchasers and the Placement Agent in writing, prior to the Closing
Date of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer
Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of
time, reasonably be expected to become a Disqualification Event
relating to any Issuer Covered Person, in each case of which it is
aware.
3.2 Representations
and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for itself and for no other
Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and
as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a
specific date therein, in which case they shall be accurate as of
such date):
(a) Organization;
Authority. Such Purchaser is
either an individual or an entity duly incorporated or formed,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right,
corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar power
and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry
out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and
delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such
Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate,
partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as
applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction
Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such
Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with
the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding
obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable
principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other laws of general application affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited
by laws relating to the availability of specific performance,
injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as
indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by
applicable law.
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(b) Understandings
or Arrangements. Such Purchaser
is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and
has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any
other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such
Securities (this representation and warranty not limiting such
Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable
federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the
Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such
Purchaser understands that the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are
“restricted securities” and have not been registered
under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and
is acquiring such Securities as principal for his, her or its own
account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling
such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities
Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present
intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of
the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has
no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other
persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such
Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable
state securities law (this representation and warranty not limiting
such Purchaser’s right to sell such Securities pursuant to a
registration statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable
federal and state securities laws).
(c) Purchaser
Status. At the time such
Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date
hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants,
it will be either: (i) an “accredited investor” as
defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under
the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional
buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities
Act.
(d) Experience
of Such Purchaser. Such
Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has
such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and
financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so
evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser
is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the
Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete
loss of such investment.
(e) Access
to Information. Such Purchaser
acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the
Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules
thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded, (i) the
opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of,
and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company
concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the
Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities;
(ii) access to information about the Company and its financial
condition, results of operations, business, properties, management
and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment;
and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information
that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable
effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment
decision with respect to the investment. Such Purchaser
acknowledges and agrees that neither the Placement Agent nor any
Affiliate of the Placement Agent has provided such Purchaser with
any information or advice with respect to the Securities nor is
such information or advice necessary or desired. Neither the
Placement Agent nor any Affiliate has made or makes any
representation as to the Company or the quality of the Securities
and the Placement Agent and any Affiliate may have acquired
non-public information with respect to the Company which such
Purchaser agrees need not be provided to it. In connection
with the issuance of the Securities to such Purchaser, neither the
Placement Agent nor any of its Affiliates has acted as a financial
advisor or fiduciary to such Purchaser.
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(f) Certain
Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions
contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not, nor has any Person
acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such
Purchaser, directly or indirectly executed any purchases or sales,
including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during
the period commencing as of the time that such Purchaser first
received a communication from the Company or the Placement Agent or
any other Person representing the Company setting forth the terms
of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately
prior to the execution hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a
multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio
managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets
and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the
investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other
portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set
forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets
managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision
to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to
other Persons party to this Agreement or to such Purchaser’s
representatives, including, without limitation, its officers,
directors, partners, legal and other advisors, employees, agents
and Affiliates, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality
of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction
(including the existence and terms of this
transaction).
(g) General
Solicitation. Such Purchaser is
not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement,
article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities
published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast
over television or radio or presented at any seminar or, to the
knowledge of such Purchaser, any other general solicitation or
general advertisement.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained
in this Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such
Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any
representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction
Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or
delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Removal
of Legends.
(a) The Warrants and
Warrant Shares may only be disposed of in compliance with state and
federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of
Warrants or Warrant Shares other than pursuant to an effective
registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an
Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as
contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the
transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel
selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the
Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such
transfer does not require registration of such transferred Warrant
under the Securities Act.
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(b) The
Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this
Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Warrants or Warrant Shares
in the following form:
NEITHER
THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS
EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE
UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR
PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT
SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND
IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY
AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE
PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A
REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE
501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to
time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a
registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or
all of the Warrants or Warrant Shares to a financial institution
that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule
501(a) under the Securities Act and, if required under the terms of
such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured
Warrants or Warrant Shares to the pledgees or secured parties. Such
a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the
Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee,
secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith.
Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the
appropriate Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and
deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party
of Warrants and Warrant Shares may reasonably request in connection
with a pledge or transfer of the Warrants or Warrant
Shares.
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(c) Certificates
evidencing the Warrant Shares shall not contain any legend
(including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i)
while a registration statement covering the resale of such security
is effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale
of such Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless
exercise of the Warrants), or (iii) if such Warrant Shares are
eligible for sale under Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the
Warrants), or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable
requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial
interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the
Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal
opinion to the Transfer Agent or the Purchaser promptly if required
by the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend
hereunder, or if requested by a Purchaser, respectively; provided,
however, that if any such legal opinion relates to legend removal,
or sale of Securities, pursuant to Rule 144, such opinion may be
qualified in the event that the Company then fails for any reason
to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule
144(c). If all or any portion of a Warrant is exercised at a time
when there is an effective registration statement to cover the
resale of the Warrant Shares, or if such Warrant Shares may be sold
under Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants) or if
such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements
of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and
pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) then such
Warrant Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company
agrees that following such time as such legend is no longer
required under this Section 4.1(c), the Company will, no later than
the earlier of (i) three (3) Trading Days and (ii) the number of
Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined
below) following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the
Transfer Agent (with notice to the Company) of a certificate
representing Warrant Shares, as applicable, issued with a
restrictive legend (such date, the “Legend Removal
Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a
certificate representing such shares that is free from all
restrictive and other legends. Warrant Shares subject to legend
removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the
Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime
broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such
Purchaser. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period”
means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of
Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with
respect to the Common Shares as in effect on the date of delivery
of a certificate representing Warrant Shares issued with a
restrictive legend.
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(d) In addition to such
Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay
to a Purchaser, in cash, (i) as partial liquidated damages and not
as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares (based on the VWAP
of the Common Shares on the date such Securities are submitted to
the Transfer Agent) delivered for removal of the restrictive legend
and subject to Section 4.1(c), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to
$20 per Trading Day five (5) Trading Days after such damages have
begun to accrue) for each Trading Day after the Legend Removal Date
until such certificate is delivered without a legend and (ii) if
the Company fails to (a) issue and deliver (or cause to be
delivered) to a Purchaser by the Legend Removal Date a certificate
representing the Securities so delivered to the Company by such
Purchaser that is free from all restrictive and other legends and
(b) if after the Legend Removal Date such Purchaser purchases (in
an open market transaction or otherwise) Common Shares to deliver
in satisfaction of a sale by such Purchaser of all or any portion
of the number of Common Shares, or a sale of a number of Common
Shares equal to all or any portion of the number of Common Shares,
that such Purchaser anticipated receiving from the Company without
any restrictive legend, then an amount equal to the excess of such
Purchaser’s total purchase price (including brokerage
commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the
Common Shares so purchased (including brokerage commissions and
other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) (the “Buy-In
Price”) over the product of (A) such number of Warrant Shares
that the Company was required to deliver to such Purchaser by the
Legend Removal Date multiplied by (B) the lowest closing sale price
of the Common Shares on any Trading Day during the period
commencing on the date of the delivery by such Purchaser to the
Company of the applicable Warrant Shares (as the case may be) and
ending on the date of such delivery and payment under this Section
4.1(d).
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(e) The Shares shall be
issued free of legends.
4.2 Integration.
The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy
or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in
Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the
offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the
registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Warrants
or Warrant Shares or that would be integrated with the offer or
sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of
any Trading Market such that it would require shareholder approval
prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder
approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent
transaction.
4.3 Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The
Company shall (a) by the Disclosure Time, issue a press release
disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated
hereby, and (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the
Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission
within the time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the
issuance of such press release, the Company represents to the
Purchasers that it shall have publicly disclosed all material,
non-public information delivered to any of the Purchasers by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective
officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In
addition, effective upon the issuance of such press release, the
Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or
similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral,
between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates on
the one hand, and any of the Purchasers or any of their Affiliates
on the other hand, shall terminate (other than with respect to
Purchasers that are officers, directors, employees or Affiliates of
the Company). The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with
each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any
Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any
such public statement without the prior consent of the Company,
with respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or without the
prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release
of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or
delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which
case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party
with prior notice of such public statement or communication.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly
disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any
Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory
agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such
Purchaser, except (a) as required by federal securities law in
connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents with the
Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law
or Trading Market or FINRA regulations, in which case the Company
shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure
permitted under this clause (b).
4.4 Non-Public
Information. Except with
respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, which shall be disclosed
pursuant to Section 4.4, the Company covenants and agrees that
neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide
any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that
constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes,
material non-public information, unless prior thereto such
Purchaser shall have consented to the receipt of such information
and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential.
The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be
relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in
securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company delivers
any material, non-public information to a Purchaser without such
Purchaser’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees
that such Purchaser shall not have any duty of confidentiality to
the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective
officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates, or a duty to
the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates not to trade
on the basis of, such material, non-public information, provided
that the Purchaser shall remain subject to applicable law. The
Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be
relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in
securities of the Company.
4.5 Use
of Proceeds. The Company shall
use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares hereunder as
described in the Prospectus Supplement.
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4.6 Indemnification
of Purchasers.
Subject to the provisions of this
Section 4.6, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and
its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees
and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent
role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such
title or any other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section
20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders,
agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with
a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles
notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such
controlling persons (each, a “Purchaser
Party”) harmless from any
and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies,
damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid
in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees
and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer
or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the
Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or
(b) any action instituted against the Purchaser Parties in any
capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any
shareholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such
Purchaser Party, with respect to any of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is
solely based upon a material breach of such Purchaser Party’s
representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction
Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser Party
may have with any such shareholder or any violations by such
Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct
by such Purchaser Party which is finally judicially determined to
constitute fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (c) in
connection with any registration statement of the Company providing
for the resale by the Purchasers of the Warrant Shares issued and
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, the Company will indemnify
each Purchaser Party, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees) and expenses, as incurred, arising out of or
relating to (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in such registration statement, any
prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out
of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein (in the case of any prospectus or supplement
thereto, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made) not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent,
that such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon
information regarding such Purchaser Party furnished in writing to
the Company by such Purchaser Party expressly for use therein, or
(ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or
any rule or regulation thereunder in connection therewith. If any
action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of
which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document, such Purchaser Party shall promptly
notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right
to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing
reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party
shall have the right to employ one separate counsel in any such
action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser
Party except to the extent that (x) the employment thereof has been
specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (y) the Company
has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense
and to employ counsel or (z) in such action there is, in the
reasonable opinion of counsel, a material conflict on any material
issue between the position of the Company and the position of such
Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for
the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate
counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party
under this Agreement (1) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party
effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (2) to the
extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or
liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of
any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements
made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other
Transaction Documents. The indemnification required by this Section
4.6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during
the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are
received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein
shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any
Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any liabilities
the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.
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4.7 Reservation
of Common Shares. As of the
date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall
continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of
preemptive rights, a sufficient number of Common Shares for the
purpose of enabling the Company to issue Shares pursuant to this
Agreement and Warrant Shares pursuant to any exercise of the
Warrants.
4.8 Listing
of Common Shares. The Company
hereby agrees to use reasonable best efforts to maintain the
listing or quotation of the Common Shares on the Trading Market on
which it is currently listed, and concurrently with the Closing,
the Company shall apply to list or quote all of the Shares and
Warrant Shares on such Trading Market and promptly secure the
listing of all of the Shares and Warrant Shares on such Trading
Market. The Company further agrees, if the Company applies to have
the Common Shares traded on any other Trading Market, it will then
include in such application all of the Shares and Warrant Shares,
and will take such other action as is necessary to cause all of the
Shares and Warrant Shares to be listed or quoted on such other
Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will then take
all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading
of its Common Shares on a Trading Market and will comply in all
respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other
obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading Market. The
Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common Shares for
electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another
established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by
timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such
other established clearing corporation in connection with such
electronic transfer.
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4.9
Subsequent Equity
Sales. From the date hereof
until the six (6) month year anniversary of the Closing Date, the
Company shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an
agreement to effect any issuance by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of Common Shares or Common Share Equivalents (or a
combination of units thereof) involving a Variable Rate
Transaction. “Variable Rate Transaction” means a
transaction in which the Company (i) issues or sells any debt or
equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or
exercisable for, or include the right to receive additional Common
Shares either (A) at a conversion price, exercise price or exchange
rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the
trading prices of or quotations for the Common Shares at any time
after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities, or
(B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject
to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of
such debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or
contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of
the Company or the market for the Common Shares or (ii) enters
into, or effects a transaction under, any agreement, including, but
not limited to, an equity line of credit, whereby the Company may
issue securities at a future determined price. Any Purchaser shall
be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to
preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to
any right to collect damages.
4.10 Equal
Treatment of Purchasers. No
consideration (including any modification of any Transaction
Document) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or
consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this
Agreement unless the same consideration is also offered to all of
the parties to this Agreement. For clarification purposes, this
provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by
the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is
intended for the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and
shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in
concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or
voting of Securities or otherwise.
4.11 Certain
Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with
the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate
acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will
execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales of any of the
Company’s securities during the period commencing with the
execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly
announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in
Section 4.3. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with
the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed
by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described
in Section 4.3, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of
the existence and terms of this transaction and the information
included in the Disclosure Schedules. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement
to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that
(i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant
hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any
securities of the Company after the time that the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced
pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.3,
(ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting
any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance
with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly
announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in
Section 4.3 and (iii) no Purchaser (other than Purchaser’s
that are officers, directors, employees and Affiliates of the
Company) shall have any duty of confidentiality or duty not to
trade in the securities of the Company to the Company or its
Subsidiaries after the issuance of the initial press release as
described in Section 4.3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle
whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of
such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no
direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio
managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets,
the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the
portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the
investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this
Agreement.
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4.12 Exercise
Procedures. The form of Notice
of Exercise included in the Warrants set forth the totality of the
procedures required of the Purchasers in order to exercise the
Warrants. No additional legal opinion, other information or
instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to exercise their
Warrants. Without limiting the preceding sentences, no ink-original
Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion
guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any
Notice of Exercise form be required in order to exercise the
Warrants. The Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and
shall deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms,
conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction
Documents.
4.13 Form
D; Blue Sky Filings. The
Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Warrant
and Warrant Shares as required under Regulation D and to provide a
copy thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company
shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is
necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the
Warrant and Warrant Shares for, sale to the Purchasers at the
Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws
of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of
such actions promptly upon request of any
Purchaser.
4.14 Registration
Statement. Within 45 calendar
days of the date of this Agreement), the Company shall file a
registration statement on Form S-3 (or other appropriate form if
necessary to comply with General Instruction I.B.6. of Form S-3 and
Commission interpretations thereof) providing for the resale by the
Purchasers of the Warrant Shares issued and issuable upon exercise
of the Warrants. The Company shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause such registration to become effective within 75
days of the Closing Date, or in the case of review by the SEC,
within 105 days of the Closing Date, and to keep such registration
statement effective at all times until no Purchaser owns any
Warrants or Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise
thereof.
4.15 Furnishing
of Information.
(a) Until the earlier
of the time that (i) no Purchaser owns Securities or (ii) the
Warrants have expired, the Company covenants to timely file (or
obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable
grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after
the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act even if the Company is
not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange
Act.
(b) At any time during
the period commencing from the date hereof and ending at such time
that all of the Warrant Shares (assuming cashless exercise) may be
sold without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance
with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or limitation
pursuant to Rule 144, if the Company (i) shall fail for any reason
to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule
144(c) or (ii) has ever been an issuer described in Rule
144(i)(1)(i) or becomes an issuer in the future, and the Company
shall fail to satisfy any condition set forth in Rule 144(i)(2) (a
“Public Information Failure”) then, in addition to such
Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay
to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a
penalty, by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability
to sell the Warrant Shares, an amount in cash equal to two percent
(2.0%) of the aggregate Exercise Price of such Purchaser’s
Warrants on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every
thirtieth (30th) day (pro rated for periods totaling less than
thirty days) thereafter until the earlier of (a) the date such
Public Information Failure is cured and (b) such time that such
public information is no longer required for the Purchasers to
transfer the Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144. The payments to
which a Purchaser shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 4.2(b)
are referred to herein as “Public Information Failure
Payments.” Public Information Failure Payments shall be paid
on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during
which such Public Information Failure Payments are incurred and
(ii) the third (3rd) Business Day after the event or failure giving
rise to the Public Information Failure Payments is cured. In the
event the Company fails to make Public Information Failure Payments
in a timely manner, such Public Information Failure Payments shall
bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month (prorated for partial
months) until paid in full. Nothing herein shall limit such
Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Public
Information Failure, and such Purchaser shall have the right to
pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including,
without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or
injunctive relief.
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ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such
Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect
whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other
Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing
has not been consummated on or before the fifth
(5th)
Trading Day following the date hereof; provided,
however,
that no such termination will affect the right of any party to xxx
for any breach by any other party (or parties).
5.2 Fees
and Expenses. Except as
expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary,
each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers,
counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other
expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation,
preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without
limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any
instruction letter delivered by the Company and any exercise notice
delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties
levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the
Purchasers.
5.3 Entire
Agreement. The Transaction
Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, the
Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, contain the entire
understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters,
which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents,
exhibits and schedules.
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5.4 Notices.
Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required
or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the time of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via
facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment at the email
address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or
prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the
next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or
email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature
pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later
than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the
second (2nd)Trading
Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally
recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by
the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address
for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the
signature pages attached hereto.
5.5 Amendments;
Waivers. No provision of this
Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except
in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the
Company and Purchasers which purchased at least 50.1% in interest
of the Shares based on the initial Subscription Amounts hereunder
or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement
of any such waived provision is sought, provided that if any
amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely
impacts a Purchaser (or group of Purchasers), the consent of such
disproportionately impacted Purchaser (or group of Purchasers)
shall also be required. No waiver of any default with respect to
any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be
deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any
subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or
requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to
exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of
any such right. Any proposed amendment or waiver that
disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the rights and
obligations of any Purchaser relative to the comparable rights and
obligations of the other Purchasers shall require the prior written
consent of such adversely affected Purchaser. Any amendment
effected in accordance with this Section 5.5 shall be binding upon
each Purchaser and holder of Securities and the
Company.
5.6 Headings.
The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a
part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect
any of the provisions hereof.
5.7 Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign
this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the
prior written consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger). Any
Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement
to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any
Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be
bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the
provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the
“Purchasers.”
5.8 No
Third-Party Beneficiaries. The
Placement Agent shall be the third party beneficiary of the
representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3.1 and
the representations and warranties of the Purchasers in Section
3.2. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is
not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced
by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.6
and this Section 5.8.
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5.9 Governing
Law. All questions concerning
the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the
Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New
York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.
Each party agrees that all legal Proceedings concerning the
interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents
(whether brought against a party hereto or its respective
affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members,
employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state
and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough
of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in
connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or
discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any
of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and
agrees not to assert in any Action or Proceeding, any claim that it
is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court,
that such Action or Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient
venue for such Proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives
personal service of process and consents to process being served in
any such Action or Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via
registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence
of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to
it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any
way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by
law. If any party shall commence an Action or Proceeding to enforce
any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in addition to
the obligations of the Company under Section 4.8, the prevailing
party in such Action or Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the
non-prevailing party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and
other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation,
preparation and prosecution of such Action or
Proceeding.
5.10 Survival.
The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive
the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.
5.11 Execution.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of
which when taken together shall be considered one and the same
agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been
signed by each party and delivered to each other party, it being
understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In
the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission
or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file,
such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the
party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed)
with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or
“.pdf” signature page were an original
thereof.
5.12 Severability.
If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement
is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall
remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected,
impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their
commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative
means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that
contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It
is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the
parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of
such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or
unenforceable.
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5.13 Replacement
of Securities. If any
certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated,
lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be
issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation
thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution
therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft
or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument
under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party
costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance
of such replacement Securities.
5.14 Remedies.
In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided
herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of
the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific
performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that
monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss
incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the
Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert
in any Action for specific performance of any such obligation the
defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
5.15 Independent
Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and
Rights. The obligations of each
Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint
with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall
be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of
the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction
Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction
Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or
thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a
partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of
entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way
acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each
Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce
its rights including, without limitation, the rights arising out of
this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it
shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an
additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser
has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its
review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of
administrative convenience only, each Purchaser and its respective
counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through the
legal counsel of the Placement Agent. The legal counsel of the
Placement Agent does not represent any of the Purchasers and only
represents the Placement Agent. The Company has elected to provide
all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for
the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or
requested to do so by any of the Purchasers. It is expressly
understood and agreed that each provision contained in this
Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the
Company and a Purchaser, solely, and not between the Company and
the Purchasers collectively and not between and among the
Purchasers.
5.16 Saturdays,
Sundays, Holidays,
etc. If
the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the
expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a
Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be
exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
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5.17 Construction.
The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel
have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction
Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the
effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting
party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the
Transaction Documents or any amendments thereto. In addition, each
and every reference to share prices and Common Shares in any
Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and
forward share splits, share dividends, share combinations and other
similar transactions of the Common Shares that occur after the date
of this Agreement.
5.18 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
IN ANY
ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY
PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND
INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY
WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
(Signature Pages Follow)
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities
Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective
authorized signatories as of the date first indicated
above.
Address for
Notice:
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Name:
Title:
With a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
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E-mail:
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx & Markiles, LLP
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Xxxxxxx Xxxx., 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Email:
xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Business:
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO EDSA SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities
Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective
authorized signatories as of the date first indicated
above.
Name of
Purchaser:
______________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of
Purchaser: _________________________________
Name of
Authorized Signatory:
_______________________________________________
Title
of Authorized Signatory:
________________________________________________
Email
Address of Authorized
Signatory:_________________________________________
Facsimile Number of
Authorized Signatory:
__________________________________________
Address
for Notice to Purchaser:
Address
for Delivery of Warrants to Purchaser (if not same as address for
notice):
DWAC
for Shares:
Subscription
Amount: $_________________
Shares:
_________________
Class A
Warrant Shares Pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(v):
__________________
Class B
Warrant Shares Pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(vi):
__________________
EIN
Number: ____________________
☐
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the
contrary, by checking this box (i) the obligations of the
above-signed to purchase the securities set forth in this Agreement
to be purchased from the Company by the above-signed, and the
obligations of the Company to sell such securities to the
above-signed, shall be unconditional and all conditions to Closing
shall be disregarded, (ii) the Closing shall occur by the second
(2nd) Trading Day following the date of this Agreement and (iii)
any condition to Closing contemplated by this Agreement (but prior
to being disregarded by clause (i) above) that required delivery by
the Company or the above-signed of any agreement, instrument,
certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) shall no
longer be a condition and shall instead be an unconditional
obligation of the Company or the above-signed (as applicable) to
deliver such agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or
purchase price (as applicable) to such other party on the Closing
Date.
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