MICROMET, INC. Common Stock PURCHASE AGREEMENT
14,000,000
Shares1
Common
Stock
July 30,
2009
XXXXX
XXXXXXX & CO.
As
Representative of the Several Underwriters
named in
Schedule I
hereto
c/o Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co.
U.S.
Bancorp Center
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Micromet,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
proposes to sell to the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”)
named in Schedule
I hereto for whom Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. is acting as representative
(the “Representative”),
an aggregate of 14,000,000 shares (the “Firm
Shares”) of Common Stock, $0.00004 par value per share (the “Common
Stock”), of the Company. The Company has also granted to the several
Underwriters an option to purchase up to 2,100,000 additional shares of Common
Stock on the terms and for the purposes set forth in Section 3 hereof (the
“Option
Shares”). The Firm Shares and any Option Shares purchased pursuant to
this Agreement are herein collectively called the “Securities.”
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. will act as the Representative for the several Underwriters in
the offering and sale of the Securities in accordance with a Master Agreement
Among Underwriters entered into by Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. and the several
Underwriters.
The
Company hereby confirms its agreement with respect to the sale of the Securities
to the several Underwriters.
1.
Registration
Statement and Prospectus. The Company has prepared and filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-160130) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”
or “Act”) and
the rules and regulations (the “Rules and
Regulations”) of the Commission thereunder, and such amendments to such
registration statement as may have been required to the date of this Agreement.
Such registration statement has been declared effective by the Commission. Such
registration statement, at any given time, including amendments thereto to such
time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the
Securities Act at such time and the documents and information otherwise deemed
to be a part thereof or included therein by Rule 430B under the Securities Act
(the “Rule
430B Information”) or otherwise pursuant to the Rules and Regulations at
such time, is herein called the “Registration
Statement.” The Registration Statement at the time it originally became
effective is herein called the “Original
Registration Statement.” Any registration statement filed by the Company
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act is called the “Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement” and, from and after the date and time of filing
of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the term “Registration
Statement” shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement.
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Plus
an option to purchase up to 2,100,000 additional shares to cover
over-allotments.
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The
prospectus in the form in which it appeared in the Original Registration
Statement is herein called the “Base
Prospectus.” Each preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base
Prospectus (including the Base Prospectus as so supplemented), that describes
the Securities and the offering thereof, that omitted the Rule 430B Information
and that was used prior to the filing of the final prospectus supplement
referred to in the following sentence is herein called a “Preliminary
Prospectus.” Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Company will prepare and file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement
to the Base Prospectus relating to the Securities and the offering thereof in
accordance with the provisions Rule 430B and Rule 424(b) of the Rules and
Regulations. Such final supplemental form of prospectus (including the Base
Prospectus as so supplemented), in the form filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) is herein called the “Prospectus.”
Any reference herein to the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to include the documents incorporated
by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act as
of the date of such prospectus.
For
purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the
foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant
to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“XXXXX”).
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other
information which is “described,” “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the
Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and
include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which
is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the Rules and Regulations
to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus,
any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and all
references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration
Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
shall be deemed to mean and include the subsequent filing of any document under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”) and which is deemed to be incorporated therein by reference therein
or otherwise deemed by the Rules and Regulations to be a part
thereof.
2.
Representations
and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to,
and agrees with, the several Underwriters as follows:
(i) The
Time of Sale Disclosure Package (as defined below) at the Time of Sale (as
defined below) complied in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence
does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use
therein; it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished
by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section
6(f).
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(ii)
The Original Registration
Statement was initially declared effective by the Commission under the
Securities Act on July 2, 2009. The Company has complied, to the Commission’s
satisfaction, with all requests of the Commission for additional or supplemental
information. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have
been instituted or are pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, are
contemplated or threatened by the Commission.
(iii) Each
part of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time such part became effective
(including each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant
to Rule 430B or otherwise under the Securities Act), at all other
subsequent times until the expiration of the Prospectus Delivery Period (as
defined below), and at the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date (as
hereinafter defined), as the case may be, and the Prospectus, at the time of
filing or the time of first use within the meaning of the Rules and Regulations,
at all subsequent times until expiration of the Prospectus Delivery Period, and
at the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date, as the case may be,
complied and will comply in all material respects with the applicable
requirements and provisions of the Securities Act, the Rules and Regulations and
the Exchange Act and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as of its date, or the time of first use
within the meaning of the Rules and Regulations, at all subsequent times until
the expiration of the Prospectus Delivery Period, and at the First Closing Date
and the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, did not and will not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
representations and warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding
sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration
Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or any post-effective
amendment thereto, or the Prospectus, made in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information relating to an Underwriter furnished to the Company by
any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein; it
being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any
Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 6(f).
(iv) Neither
(A) any Issuer General Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to
the Time of Sale and set forth on Schedule II, the
information set forth on Schedule III and
the Statutory Prospectus at the Time of Sale, all considered together
(collectively, the “Time of Sale
Disclosure Package”), nor (B) any individual Issuer Limited-Use Free
Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package, includes or included as of the Time of Sale any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit or omitted as of the Time of Sale to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any
Statutory Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter
through the Representative specifically for use therein; it being understood and
agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of
the information described as such in Section 6(f). As
used in this paragraph and elsewhere in this Agreement:
(1) “Time of Sale”
means 9:00 am (New York time) on the date of this Agreement.
(2) “Statutory
Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus, as amended and supplemented
immediately prior to the Time of Sale, including any document incorporated by
reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part
thereof. For purposes of this definition, Rule 430B Information
contained in a form of prospectus that is deemed retroactively to be a part of
the Registration Statement shall be considered to be included in the Statutory
Prospectus as of the actual time that form of prospectus is filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities
Act.
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(3) “Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as
defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to the Securities
that (A) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, or
(B) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) under the
Securities Act because it contains a description of the Securities or of the
offering that does not reflect the final terms, or is a “bona fide electronic
roadshow,” as defined in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations, in each
case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not
required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to
Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act.
(4) “Issuer General
Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is
intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its
being specified in Schedule II
hereto.
(5) “Issuer
Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Free Writing Prospectus.
(v) (A) Each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times
through the Prospectus Delivery Period or until any earlier date that the
Company notified or notifies the Underwriters as described in Section 4(iii)(B),
did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted,
conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement, any Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus. The foregoing
sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information
furnished in writing to the Company by any Underwriter through the
Representative specifically for use therein; it being understood and agreed that
the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the
information described as such in Section 6(f).
(B)(1) At
the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the
Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the
meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Securities and
(2) at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible
issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, in the preceding
three years not having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or having been
made the subject of a judicial or administrative decree or order as described in
Rule 405 (without taking account of any determination by the Commission
pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be
considered an ineligible issuer), nor an “excluded issuer” as defined in
Rule 164 under the Securities Act.
(C) Each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus satisfied, as of its issue date and at all
subsequent times through the Prospectus Delivery Period, all other conditions to
use thereof as set forth in Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities
Act.
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(vi) The
consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, together
with the related notes, set forth or incorporated by reference, in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and
fairly present the financial condition of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of operations and changes
in cash flows for the periods therein specified in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States consistently applied
throughout the periods involved; and the supporting schedules included in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
have been derived from the accounting records of the Company and present fairly
the information required to be stated therein. No other schedules or
financial statements are required to be included in the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. To the
Company’s knowledge, Ernst & Young LLP, which has expressed its opinion with
respect to the financial statements filed as a part of the Registration
Statement and included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is (x) an independent public
accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations, (y) a registered public accounting firm (as defined in
Section 2(a)(12) of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act”)) and (z) in the performance of its work for the Company, not
in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act. Except as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, there are no material off-balance sheet transactions,
arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations), or any other
relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons, that may have a
material current or, to the Company’s knowledge, future effect on the Company’s
financial condition, changes in financial condition, results of operations,
liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources or significant components of
revenue or expenses. All non-GAAP financial information included in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus complies with the requirements of Regulation G and Item 10
of Regulation S-K under the Act.
(vii) Each
of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has full
corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as
currently being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
it owns or leases real property or in which the conduct of its business makes
such qualification necessary and in which the failure to so qualify might result
in a material adverse change in the general affairs, condition (financial or
otherwise), business, property, operations or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (“Material Adverse
Change”). All of the issued shares of capital stock of each
subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are
fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly by the Company, free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.
(viii) Except
as contemplated in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package, (a) neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or
contingent, or entered into any material transactions, or declared or paid any
dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital
stock; and (b) there has not been any change in the capital stock (other
than a change in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock due to the
issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants), or any
material change in the short term or long term debt, or any issuance of options,
warrants, convertible securities or other rights to purchase the capital stock,
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than issuances of options under
the Company’s existing stock option plans), or any Material Adverse Change or
any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change.
(ix) Except
as set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is
not pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated, any
action, suit or proceeding to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a
party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is the subject before or by any court or governmental agency,
authority or body, or any arbitrator, which, individually or in the aggregate,
could reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse Change. There are
no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or
proceedings that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus that have not been so
described.
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(x) There
are no statutes, regulations, contracts or documents that are required to be
described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the
Act or by the Rules and Regulations that have not been so described or
filed.
(xi) This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and
constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnity hereunder may be
limited by federal or state securities laws and except as such enforceability
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws
affecting the rights of creditors generally and subject to general principles of
equity. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not
(A) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries are a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries are bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is subject, except for any such conflict, breach,
violation, default or imposition of a lien, charge or encumbrance that would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, (B) result
in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries or (C) result in the violation of any law or
statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or
governmental agency or regulatory authority, except for any such violation that
would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing
with, any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement or for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance or sale of the
Securities by the Company, except (i) such as may be required under the Act, the
rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) or
state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) for any consent, approval,
authorization, order or filing the failure of which to make or obtain would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; and the Company
has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby including the authorization, issuance and sale
of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement.
(xii) All
of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, including
the outstanding shares of Common Stock, are duly authorized and validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal
and state securities laws, were not issued in violation of or subject to any
preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or purchase securities that
have not been waived in writing (a copy of which has been delivered to counsel
to the Underwriters); the Securities which may be sold hereunder by the Company
have been duly authorized and, when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, will have been validly issued and will be
fully paid and nonassessable, and the holders thereof will not be subject to
personal liability solely by reason of being such holders; and the capital stock
of the Company, including the Common Stock, conforms to the description thereof
in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus. Except as otherwise described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no
preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any
restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any shares of Common Stock pursuant
to the Company’s charter, by laws or any agreement or other instrument to which
the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound, other than options to
purchase common stock under the Company’s existing stock option
plans. Except as described in the Registration Statement, in the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, neither the filing of the
Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Securities as
contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights for or relating to the
registration of any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company
that have not been fully complied with or previously waived. All of
the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Company’s
subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid
and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise described in the Registration
Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, the
Company owns of record and beneficially, free and clear of any security
interests, claims, liens, proxies, equities or other encumbrances, all of the
issued and outstanding shares of such stock. Except as described or
contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, there are no options, warrants, agreements, contracts or
other rights in existence to purchase or acquire from the Company any shares of
the capital stock of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company (other than
issuances of options under the Company’s existing stock option
plans). The Company has an authorized and outstanding capitalization
as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus. The Common Stock (including the Securities)
conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The description
of the Company’s stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or
arrangements, and the options or other rights granted thereunder, set forth in
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus accurately and fairly
presents the information required to be shown with respect to such plans,
arrangements, options and rights. Except as set forth in the Time of
Sale Disclosure Package, the Company is not a participant in any joint venture,
partnership or similar arrangement.
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(xiii) The
Company and each of its subsidiaries holds, and is operating in compliance in
all material respects with, all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses,
permits, easements, consents, certificates and orders of any Governmental
Authority or self-regulatory body required for the conduct of its business, and
all such franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements,
consents, certifications and orders are valid and in full force and effect; and
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any
revocation or modification of any such franchise, grant, authorization, license,
permit, easement, consent, certification or order or has reason to believe that
any such franchise, grant, authorization, license, permit, easement, consent,
certification or order will not be renewed in the ordinary course; and the
Company and each of its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects
with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, regulations, orders
and decrees.
(xiv) The
Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all property
(whether real or personal) described in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned by them, in each case
free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests, other encumbrances or
defects except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except those that could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change. The property held under lease by the Company and its
subsidiaries is held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with
only such exceptions with respect to any particular lease as do not interfere in
any material respect with the conduct of the business of the Company or and its
subsidiaries.
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(xv) The
Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms,
all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of their business as now
conducted or as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted, except as such failure to
own, possess, or acquire such rights would not result in a Material Adverse
Change. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (A) to the knowledge of the
Company, there is no infringement, misappropriation or violation by third
parties of any such Intellectual Property, except as such infringement,
misappropriation or violation would not result in a Material Adverse Change;
(B) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s or its
subsidiaries’ rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is
unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim;
(C) the Intellectual Property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries and
to the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property licensed to the
Company and its subsidiaries have not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in
whole or in part, and there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding
or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual
Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable
basis for any such claim; (D) there is no pending or threatened action,
suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or any of its subsidiaries
infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property or other
proprietary rights of others, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
has received any written notice of such claim and the Company is unaware of any
other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; and
(E) to the Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is in or has ever been in violation of any term of any employment
contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement,
non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure agreement
or any restrictive covenant to or with a former employer where the basis of such
violation relates to such employee’s employment with the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or actions undertaken by the employee while employed with the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, except as such violation would not result in
a Material Adverse Change. “Intellectual
Property” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trade and service
marks, trade and service xxxx registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses,
inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual
property.
(xvi) Neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries are (A) in violation of their
charter or by laws; (B) in breach of or otherwise in default, and no event
has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such
a default in the performance or observance of any term, covenant, obligation,
agreement or condition contained in any bond, debenture, note, indenture, loan
agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or any other contract, lease or other
instrument to which it is subject or by which it may be bound, or to which any
of the material property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries are
subject; or (C) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order,
rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory
authority, except in the case of (B) and (C) above, as could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change.
(xvii) The
Company and its subsidiaries have timely filed all federal, state, local and
foreign income and franchise tax returns required to be filed and are not in
default in the payment of any material taxes which were payable pursuant to said
returns or any assessments with respect thereto, other than any which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries are contesting in good
faith. There is no pending dispute with any taxing authority relating
to any of such returns and the Company has no knowledge of any proposed
liability for any tax to be imposed upon the properties or assets of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries for which there is not an adequate reserve reflected
in the Company’s financial statements included in the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xviii) Other
than the subsidiaries of the Company listed in Exhibit 21 to the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2008, the Company, directly or indirectly, owns no capital stock or other equity
or ownership or proprietary interest in any corporation, partnership,
association, trust or other entity.
(xix) The
Company has not distributed and will not distribute any prospectus or other
offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities
other than the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or other
materials permitted by the Securities Act to be distributed by the Company;
provided, however,
that, except as set forth on Schedule II, the
Company has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that
would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under
the Securities Act, except in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(xvi)
of this Agreement.
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(xx) The
Common Stock of the Company is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Exchange Act and is listed on The NASDAQ Global Market (“NASDAQ”)
under the ticker symbol “MITI.” The Company has taken no action
designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of
the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Stock from
NASDAQ nor has the Company received any notice that it is not in compliance with
the listing or maintenance requirements of NASDAQ. The Company
believes that it is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the
foreseeable future continue to be, in material compliance with all such listing
and maintenance requirements. Except as described in the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, there are no affiliations
among the Company’s directors and officers and members of the
FINRA. A Registration Statement relating to the Common Stock on Form
8-A or other applicable form under the Exchange Act has become
effective.
(xxi) To
enable the Underwriters to rely on Rule 5110(b)(7)(C)(i) of FINRA, the Company
represents that, as of the date of this Agreement, the Company (i) has a
non-affiliate, public common equity float of at least $150 million or a
non-affiliate, public common equity float of at least $100 million and annual
trading volume of at least three million shares and (ii) has been subject to the
Exchange Act reporting requirements for a period of at least 36
months.
(xxii) The
Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared
with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken
with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the
Prospectus, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is
effective; and since the end of the latest audited fiscal year, there has been
no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or
not remediated) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting. The Company’s board of directors has, subject to the
exceptions, cure periods and the phase in periods specified in the applicable
stock exchange rules (“Exchange
Rules”), validly appointed an audit committee to oversee internal
accounting controls whose composition satisfies the applicable requirements of
the Exchange Rules and the Company’s board of directors and/or the audit
committee has adopted a charter that satisfies the requirements of the Exchange
Rules.
(xxiii) Neither
the Company’s board of directors nor the audit committee has been informed, nor
is the Company aware, of (A) any significant deficiencies in the design or
operation of the Company’s internal controls which could adversely affect the
Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any
material weakness in the Company’s internal controls; or (B) any fraud,
whether or not material, that involves management or other employees of the
Company who have a significant role in the Company’s internal
controls.
(xxiv) No
relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company and its
subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders,
customers or suppliers of the Company, on the other hand, which is required to
be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus which is not so described. The Company has not,
directly or indirectly, extended or maintained credit, or arranged for the
extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a
personal loan to or for any of its directors or executive officers in violation
of applicable laws, including Section 402 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act.
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(xxv) Except
as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries: (A) are and at all
times have been in full compliance with all statutes, rules, regulations, or
guidances applicable to Company and its subsidiaries and the ownership, testing,
development, manufacture, packaging, processing, use, distribution, marketing,
labeling, promotion, sale, offer for sale, storage, import, export or disposal
of any product manufactured or distributed by the Company (“Applicable
Laws”), except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; (B) have not received
any notice of adverse finding, warning letter, untitled letter or other
correspondence or notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or any other
federal, state or foreign governmental authority having authority over the
Company (“Governmental
Authority”) alleging or asserting noncompliance with any Applicable Laws
or any licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, authorizations, permits
and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Applicable Laws
(“Authorizations”);
(C) possess all material Authorizations and such Authorizations are valid
and in full force and effect and are not in violation of any term of any such
Authorizations; (D) have not received notice of any claim, action, suit,
proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action
from any Governmental Authority or third party alleging that any product
operation or activity is in violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations
and have no knowledge that any such Governmental Authority or third party is
considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation
or proceeding; (E) have not received notice that any Governmental Authority
has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or
revoke any Authorizations and the Company has no knowledge that any such
Governmental Authority is considering such action; and (F) have filed,
obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms,
notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or
amendments as required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and that all
such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims,
submissions and supplements or amendments were complete and correct in all
material respects on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a
subsequent submission).
(xxvi) The
studies, tests and preclinical and clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of
the Company and its subsidiaries were and, if still pending, are, in all
material respects, being conducted in accordance with experimental protocols,
procedures and controls pursuant to accepted professional scientific standards
and all Applicable Laws and Authorizations; the descriptions of the results of
such studies, tests and trials contained in the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are accurate and complete in all
material respects and fairly present the data derived from such studies, tests
and trials; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have received
any notices or correspondence from any Governmental Authority requiring the
termination, suspension or material modification of any studies, tests or
preclinical or clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries.
(xxvii) The
Company and its subsidiaries (A) are in compliance with any and all
applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, decisions
and orders relating to the protection of human health and safety, the
environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants (collectively, “Environmental
Laws”); (B) have received and are in material compliance with all
permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable
Environmental Laws to conduct their business; and (C) have not received
notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation
of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes,
pollutants or contaminants, except in any such case for any such failure to
comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or
liability as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material
Adverse Change.
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(xxviii) The
documents incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
in the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission,
as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of
the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and were filed on a
timely basis with the Commission (or if not timely filed, the failure to timely
file was waived by the staff of the Commission), and none of such documents
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; any further documents so filed and
incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or in the
Prospectus, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in
all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and will not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
(xxix) The
Company and its subsidiaries (A) are in compliance, in all material
respects, with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws,
rules, regulations, treaties, statutes and codes promulgated by any and all
governmental authorities (including pursuant to the Occupational Health and
Safety Act) relating to the protection of human health and safety in the
workplace (“Occupational
Laws”); (B) have received all material permits, licenses or other
approvals required of it under applicable Occupational Laws to conduct their
business as currently conducted; and (C) are in compliance, in all material
respects, with all terms and conditions of such permit, license or approval. No
action, proceeding, revocation proceeding, writ, injunction or claim is pending
or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its
subsidiaries relating to Occupational Laws, and the Company does not have
knowledge of any facts, circumstances or developments relating to its operations
or cost accounting practices that could reasonably be expected to form the basis
for or give rise to such actions, suits, investigations or
proceedings.
(xxx) Each
employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”),
that is maintained, administered or contributed to by the Company, any of its
subsidiaries, or any of their affiliates for employees or former employees of
the Company and its subsidiaries has been maintained in material compliance with
its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and
regulations, including but not limited to, ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). No
prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any such plan
excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative
exemption; and for each such plan that is subject to the funding rules of
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no “accumulated
funding deficiency” as defined in Section 412 of the Code has been
incurred, whether or not waived, and the fair market value of the assets of each
such plan (excluding for these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions)
exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such plan determined
using reasonable actuarial assumptions.
(xxxi) Except
as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any subsidiary has granted rights to
develop, manufacture, produce, assemble, distribute, license, market or sell
their products to any other person and is not bound by any agreement that
affects either the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ exclusive right to
develop, manufacture, produce, assemble, distribute, license, market or sell
their products.
(xxxii) Nothing
has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe
that the statistical and market-related data included in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not based
on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material
respects.
(xxxiii) Other
than as contemplated by this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has incurred any liability for any finder’s or broker’s fee or
agent’s commission in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
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(xxxiv) Neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is presently doing business with the
government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba.
(xxxv) The
Company and its subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance issued by
insurers of nationally recognized financial responsibility in such amounts and
covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of their business and the
value of their properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar
businesses in similar industries; and neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has (A) received notice from any insurer or agent of such
insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or
necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (B) reason to
believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and
when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from
similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business. All
such insurance is outstanding and duly in force on the date hereof.
(xxxvi) No
labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries exists that could be reasonably expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change or is, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or
imminent.
(xxxvii)
Neither the Company, any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the best knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with
or acting on behalf of the Company or its subsidiaries has (A) used any
corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other
unlawful expense relating to political activity; (B) made any direct or
indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or
employee from corporate funds; (C) violated or is in violation of any
provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (D) made any
bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful
payment.
(xxxviii)
The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of
the Securities, will not be an “investment company,” as such term is defined in
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(xxxix) Except
as described in the Prospectus, no approval of the shareholders of the Company
is required for the Company to issue and deliver to the Underwriters the
Securities, including such as may be required pursuant to the rules and
regulations of any trading market.
(xl) The
conditions for use of Form S-3, set forth in the General Instructions
thereto, have been satisfied.
(xli) The
Company is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions
of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
(xlii) The
Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act) and such
controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that material information
relating to the Company is made known to the principal executive officer and the
principal financial officer. The Company has utilized such controls
and procedures in preparing and evaluating the disclosures in the Registration
Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the
Prospectus.
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(xliii) The
Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in
order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business
combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement)
or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company's charter documents
or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could reasonably be
expected to become applicable to any of the Underwriters as a result of the
Underwriters and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their
rights under the Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company's
issuance of the Securities and the Underwriters’ ownership of the
Securities.
3. Purchase, Sale
and Delivery of Securities.
(a) On
the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained,
but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to
issue and sell the Firm Shares to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter
agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of Firm Shares set
forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I
hereof, subject to adjustments in accordance with Section 9
hereof. The purchase price for each Firm Share shall be $4.675 per
share. In making this Agreement, each Underwriter is contracting
severally and not jointly; except as provided in Section 9
hereof, the agreement of each Underwriter is to purchase only the respective
number of Shares specified in Schedule I.
The Firm
Shares will be delivered by the Company to the Representative against payment of
the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of same day funds payable to the
order of the Company at the offices of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co., U.S.
Bancorp Center, 800 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota, or such other
location as may be mutually acceptable, at 9:00 am Central time on the
third (or if the Firm Shares are priced, as contemplated by Rule 15c6-1(c)
under the Exchange Act, after 4:30 p.m. Eastern time, the fourth) full business
day following the date hereof, or at such other time and date as the
Representative and the Company determine pursuant to Rule 15c6-1(a) under
the Exchange Act, such time and date of delivery being herein referred to as the
“First
Closing Date.” If the Representative so elects, delivery of
the Firm Shares may be made by credit through full fast transfer to the accounts
at The Depository Trust Company designated by the Representative.
(b) On
the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained,
but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby
grants to the several Underwriters an option to purchase all or any portion of
the Option Shares at the same purchase price as the Firm Shares, for use solely
in covering any over-allotments made by the Underwriters in the sale and
distribution of the Firm Shares. The option granted hereunder may be
exercised in whole or in part at any time and from time to time within 30 days
after the effective date of this Agreement upon notice (confirmed in writing) by
the Representative to the Company setting forth the aggregate number of Option
Shares as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option, the names
and denominations in which the certificates for the Option Shares are to be
registered and the date and time, as determined by the Representative, when the
Option Shares are to be delivered, such time and date being herein referred to
as the “Second
Closing” and “Second Closing
Date”, respectively; provided, however, that the Second Closing Date
shall not be earlier than the First Closing Date nor earlier than the second
business day after the date on which the option shall have been
exercised. The number of Option Shares to be purchased by each
Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total number of Option Shares to
be purchased by the several Underwriters as the number of Firm Shares to be
purchased by such Underwriter is of the total number of Firm Shares to be
purchased by the several Underwriters, as adjusted by the Representative in such
manner as the Representative deems advisable to avoid fractional
shares. No Option Shares shall be sold and delivered unless the Firm
Shares previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and
delivered.
The Option Shares will be delivered by
the Company to the Representative against payment of the purchase price therefor
by wire transfer of same day funds payable to the order of the Company at the
offices of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co., U.S. Bancorp Center, 800 Nicollet Mall,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, or such other location as may be mutually acceptable, at
9:00 am Central time, on the Second Closing Date. If the
Representative so elects, delivery of the Option Shares may be made by credit
through full fast transfer to the accounts at The Depository Trust Company
designated by the Representative.
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4. Covenants. The
Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriters as follows:
(i) During
the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Second
Closing Date and such date, as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters,
the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (assuming the
absence of Rule 172 under the Securities Act), in connection with sales by
an Underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus
Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration
Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement), the Time of
Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the
Underwriters for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement,
and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to
which the Representative or counsel to the Underwriters reasonably
objects. Subject to this Section 4(i),
immediately following execution of this Agreement, the Company will prepare the
Prospectus containing the Rule 430B Information and other selling terms of
the Securities, the plan of distribution thereof and such other information as
may be required by the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations or as the
Representative and the Company may deem appropriate, and if requested by the
Representative, an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus containing the selling terms
of the Securities and such other information as the Company and the
Representative may deem appropriate, and will file or transmit for filing with
the Commission, in accordance with Rule 424(b) or Rule 433, as the
case may be, copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus.
(ii) The
Company will advise the Representative, promptly after it shall receive notice
or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any
post-effective amendment thereto, or preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of
the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose; and the Company will
promptly use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to
obtain its withdrawal if such a stop order should be issued. Additionally, the
Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b),
430A or 430B, as applicable, under the Act and will use its reasonable efforts
to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b),
Rule 433 or Rule 462 were received in a timely manner by the
Commission.
(iii) (A)
During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply as far as it is
able with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and
hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in
force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of
sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof,
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If during
such period any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which
the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective
purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then existing, not
misleading, or if during such period it is necessary to amend the Registration
Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus is not yet
available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) to
comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document
which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order
to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly
notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or
supplement the Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus is not yet available to
prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) or file such
document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or
omission or effect such compliance.
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(B) If,
at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, there
occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained
in the Registration Statement, any Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus
relating to the Securities or included or would include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company promptly will
notify the Underwriters and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own
expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such
conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(iv) The
Company shall take or cause to be taken all necessary action to qualify the
Securities for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the
Representative shall reasonably designate and to continue such qualifications in
effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities, except that
the Company shall not be required in connection therewith to qualify as a
foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process in any
state.
(v) The
Company will furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and counsel for
the Underwriters copies of the Registration Statement (which will include three
complete manually signed copies of the Registration Statement and all consents
and exhibits filed therewith), and to the Underwriters and any dealer the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as
available and in such quantities as the Representative may from time to time
reasonably request.
(vi) During
a period of five years commencing with the date hereof, the Company will furnish
to the Underwriters copies of all periodic and special reports furnished to the
stockholders of the Company and all information, documents and reports filed
with the Commission, the FINRA or any securities exchange (other than any such
information, documents and reports that are filed with the Commission
electronically via XXXXX or any successor system).
(vii) The
Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as
practicable, but in no event later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s
current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited)
covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and
Regulations.
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(viii) The
Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated
or this Agreement is prevented from becoming effective under the provisions of
Section 8(a)
hereof or is terminated (but subject to clause (I) below), will pay or cause to
be paid (A) all expenses (including transfer taxes allocated to the
respective transferees) incurred in connection with the delivery to the
Underwriters of the Securities, (B) all expenses and fees (including,
without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and counsel)
in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, delivery, and shipping of
the Registration Statement (including the financial statements therein and all
amendments, schedules, and exhibits thereto), the Securities, each Preliminary
Prospectus, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus and any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, and the
printing, delivery, and shipping of this Agreement and other underwriting
documents, including Blue Sky Memoranda (covering the states and other
applicable jurisdictions), (C) all reasonable filing fees and reasonable
fees and disbursements of the Underwriters’ counsel incurred in connection with
the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale by the Underwriters or
by dealers under the securities or blue sky laws of the states and other
jurisdictions which the Representative shall designate, (D) the fees and
expenses of any transfer agent or registrar, (E) the reasonable filing fees
and fees and disbursements of Underwriters’ counsel incident to any required
review and approval by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities,
(F) listing fees, if any, (G) the costs and expenses of the Company
relating to investor presentations or any “roadshow” undertaken in connection
with the marketing of the Securities, (H) all other costs and expenses of
the Company incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder that are
not otherwise specifically provided for herein and (I) all other costs and
expenses of the Underwriters (including reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel) incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder not otherwise
specifically provided for herein, provided however such costs and expenses
provided for in this clause (I) shall not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate;
provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to pay any such expenses set forth in this clause (I) in
the event that this Agreement is terminated by the Representative pursuant to
Section 9(b)
below. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9(a)
hereof or if the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated
by reason of action by the Company pursuant to Section 8(a)
hereof which prevents this Agreement from becoming effective, or by reason of
any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to perform any
agreement on its part to be performed, or because any other condition of the
Underwriters’ obligations hereunder required to be fulfilled by the Company is
not fulfilled, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket
disbursements (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, printing
expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges) incurred by
the Underwriters in connection with their investigation, preparing to market and
marketing the Securities or in contemplation of performing their obligations
hereunder. The Company shall not in any event be liable to the Underwriters for
loss of any anticipated profits from the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(ix)
The Company intends to apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities to
be sold by it hereunder for the purposes set forth in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus.
(x)
The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative,
from the date of execution of this Agreement and continuing to and including the
date 60 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up
Period”), (A) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell,
contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option
or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise
transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or
any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock
or (B) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or
in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock,
whether any such transaction described in clause (A) or (B) above is
to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise, except for (A) sales of the Securities to the Underwriters
pursuant to this Agreement, (B) grants of options or the issuance of shares
of Common Stock by the Company pursuant to equity incentive plans described in
the Time of Sale Prospectus and (C) issuance of shares upon exercise or
conversion of securities outstanding as of the date hereof. The Company agrees
not to accelerate the vesting of any option or warrant or the lapse of any
repurchase right prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period. If
(1) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, (a) the Company
issues an earnings release, (b) the Company publicly announces material
news or (c) a material event relating to the Company occurs; or
(2) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces
that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the
last day of the Lock-Up Period, then the restrictions in this Agreement, unless
otherwise waived by the Representative in writing, shall continue to apply until
the expiration of the date that is 18 calendar days after the date on which
(a) the Company issues the earnings release, (b) the Company publicly
announces material news or (c) a material event relating to the Company
occurs; provided, however, that this sentence
shall not apply if the research published or distributed on the Company is
compliant under Rule 139 of the Securities Act, and the Company’s securities are
actively traded as defined in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M of the Exchange
Act. The Company will provide the Underwriters and each person subject to the
Lock-Up Agreement (as defined below) with prior notice of any such announcement
that gives rise to the extension of the Lock-Up Period.
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(xi)
The Company has caused to be delivered to the Representative prior to the date
of this Agreement a letter, in the form of Exhibit A hereto
(the “Lock-Up
Agreement”), from each of the Company’s directors and officers identified
on Schedule IV. The
Company will issue stop-transfer instructions to the transfer agent for the
Common Stock with respect to any transaction or contemplated transaction that
would constitute a breach of or default under the applicable Lock-Up
Agreement.
(xii) The
Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or
which has constituted, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities, and
has not effected any sales of Common Stock which are required to be disclosed in
response to Item 701 of Regulation S-K under the Act which have not
been so disclosed in the Registration Statement.
(xiii) Other
than as contemplated by this Agreement, the Company will not incur any liability
for any finder’s or broker’s fee or agent’s commission in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(xiv) During
the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will file with the Commission such
periodic and special reports as required by the Rules and
Regulations.
(xv) The
Company and its subsidiaries will maintain such controls and other procedures,
including without limitation those required by Sections 302 and 906 of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and the applicable regulations thereunder, that are designed
to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the
reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s
rules and forms, including without limitation, controls and procedures designed
to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the
reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and
communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive
officer and its principal financial officer, or persons performing similar
functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure, to ensure that material information relating to the Company is made
known to them by others within those entities.
(xvi) The
Company will comply with all applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act.
(xvii)
The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written
consent of the Representative, it has not made and will not make any offer
relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing
prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, or that would
otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405
under the Securities Act, required to be filed with the Commission; provided
that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have
been given in respect of the free writing prospectuses included in Schedule II. Any
such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Representative
is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has
treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as
an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has
complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to
any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where
required, legending and record keeping.
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5. Conditions of
Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the several Underwriters
hereunder are subject to the accuracy, as of the date hereof and at each of the
First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date (as if made at such closing
date), of and compliance with all representations, warranties and agreements of
the Company contained herein, to the performance by the Company of its
obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) If
filing of the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, is required under the Securities Act or the Rules and
Regulations, the Company shall have filed the Prospectus (or such amendment or
supplement) or such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus with the Commission in the
manner and within the time period so required (without reliance on
Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)); the Registration Statement shall
remain effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any part thereof, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or
any amendment thereof, nor suspending or preventing the use of the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall
have been issued; no proceedings for the issuance of such an order shall have
been initiated or threatened; and any request of the Commission for additional
information (to be included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or
otherwise) shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of the
Representative.
(b) No
Underwriter shall have advised the Company that (i) the Registration
Statement or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto contains an untrue
statement of a material fact which, in the opinion of the Representative, is
material or omits to state a material fact which, in the opinion of the
Representative, is required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, or (ii) the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus contains an untrue statement of fact which,
in the opinion of the Representative, is material, or omits to state a fact
which, in the opinion of the Representative, is material and is required to be
stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
(c) Except
as contemplated in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus,
subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package, neither the Company nor any subsidiary shall have
incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or
entered into any material transactions, or declared or paid any dividends or
made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock; and there
shall not have been any change in the capital stock (other than a change in the
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock due to the issuance of shares upon
the exercise of outstanding options or warrants), or any material change in the
short-term or long-term debt of the Company, or any issuance of options,
warrants, convertible securities or other rights to purchase the capital stock
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any Material Adverse Change or any
development reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change (whether or
not arising in the ordinary course of business), that, in the judgment of the
Representative, makes it impractical or inadvisable to offer or deliver the
Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus.
(d) On
the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, there
shall have been furnished to the Underwriters, the opinion of Xxxxxx Godward
Kronish LLP, counsel for the Company, dated such closing date and addressed to
the Representative in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
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(e) On
the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, there
shall have been furnished to the Underwriters, the opinion of Xxxxxxx Procter
LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated such closing date with respect to the
formation of the Company, the validity of the Securities, the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and other related
matters as the Representative reasonably may request, and such counsel shall
have received such papers and information as they request to enable them to pass
upon such matters.
(f) On
the date of this Agreement and the First Closing Date and the Second Closing
Date, as the case may be, the Underwriters shall have received a letter of Ernst
& Young LLP, dated such date and addressed to the Representative, confirming
that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the
Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating
to the qualifications of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of
the Commission, and stating, as of the date of such letter (or, with respect to
matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which
specified financial information is given in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package,
as of a date not prior to the date hereof or more than five days prior to the
date of such letter), the conclusions and findings of said firm with respect to
the financial information and other matters covered by its letter delivered to
the Underwriters concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and the
effect of the letter so to be delivered on the First Closing Date and the Second
Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be to confirm the conclusions and
findings set forth in such prior letter.
(g) On
the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, there
shall have been furnished to the Underwriters, a certificate, dated such closing
date and addressed to the Representative, signed by the chief executive officer
and by the chief financial officer of the Company, to the effect
that:
(i) The
representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and
correct, as if made at and as of such closing date, and the Company has complied
with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied at or prior to such closing date;
(ii) No
stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any part thereof or any amendment thereof or the qualification of
the Securities for offering or sale, nor suspending or preventing the use of the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has been
instituted or, to the best of their knowledge, is contemplated by the Commission
or any state or regulatory body; and
(iii) The
signers of said certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and any amendments
thereof or supplements thereto, and
(A) each
part of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any amendments
thereof or supplements thereto contain, and contained when such part of the
Registration Statement, or any amendment thereof, became effective, all
statements and information required to be included therein, the Registration
Statement, or any amendment thereof, does not contain and did not contain when
such part of the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereof, became
effective, 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, except that such statement shall not apply to statements in or
omissions from the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereof, based upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any
Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, and the
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, does not include and did not include as
of its date or the time of first use within the meaning of the Rules and
Regulations, any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state and did not
omit to state as of its date or the time of first use within the meaning of the
Rules and Regulations a material fact necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except
that such statement shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, based upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the
Representative specifically for use therein,
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(B) neither
(1) the Time of Sale Disclosure Package nor (2) any individual Issuer
Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the Time of
Sale Disclosure Package, include, nor included as of the Time of Sale any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits, or omitted as of the Time of Sale, to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
except that such statement shall not apply to statements in or omissions from
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or any Individual Limited-Use Free Writing
Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use
therein,
(C) since
the Time of Sale there has occurred no event required to be set forth in an
amended or supplemented prospectus which has not been so set forth,
(D) subsequent
to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and Prospectus, the Company has
not incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or
entered into any material transactions, not in the ordinary course of business,
or declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with
respect to its capital stock, and except as disclosed in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, there has not been any change in the
capital stock (other than a change in the number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding options or
warrants), or any material change in the short term or long term debt, or any
issuance of options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to
purchase the capital stock, of the Company (other than issuances of options
under the Company’s existing stock option plans) or any Material Adverse Change
or any development involving a prospective Material Adverse Change (whether or
not arising in the ordinary course of business), and
(E) except
as stated in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
in the Prospectus, there is not pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened or contemplated, any action, suit or proceeding to which the Company
is a party before or by any court or governmental agency, authority or body, or
any arbitrator, which could reasonably be expected to result in any Material
Adverse Change.
(h) The
Underwriters shall have received all the Lock-Up Agreements referenced in Section 4(xi).
(i) The
Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters such additional documents,
certificates and evidence as the Representative may have reasonably
requested.
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(j) At
the First Closing Date, the Company shall have submitted to NASDAQ a
Notification Form: Listing of Additional Shares related to the
Securities.
(k) The
Underwriters shall have received on the First Closing Date a certificate of the
Secretary of the Company.
(l) The
Underwriters shall have received on the First Closing Date and the Second
Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate, executed by the Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
(m) The
Underwriters shall not have received any unresolved objection from FINRA as to
the fairness and reasonableness of the amount of compensation allowable or
payable to the Underwriters in connection with the issuance and sale of the
Securities.
(n) At
the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, counsel
for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such information,
certificates and documents as it may reasonably require for the purpose of
enabling it to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated
herein and related proceedings, or to evidence the accuracy of any of the
representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions,
herein contained, or otherwise in connection with the offering of the Securities
contemplated hereby.
All such
opinions, certificates, letters and other documents mentioned above and
elsewhere in this Agreement will be in compliance with the provisions hereof
only if they are satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and
counsel for the Underwriters. The Company will furnish the Underwriters with
such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and other
documents as the Representative shall reasonably request.
6. Indemnification
and Contribution.
(a) The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the several Underwriters, their
affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act, from and against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which the Underwriters may become subject,
under the Act or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation if such
settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement, including the 430B
Information and any other information deemed to be a part of the Registration
Statement at the time of effectiveness and at any subsequent time pursuant to
the Rules and Regulations, if applicable, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any materials or information
provided to investors by, at the instruction of, the Company in connection with
the marketing of the offering of the Common Stock ( “Marketing
Materials” ), including any roadshow or investor presentations made to
investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically), or arise out of
or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, and will reimburse the Underwriters for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending against such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses
are incurred; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of or
is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus,
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any such amendment or
supplement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any Marketing Materials, in
reliance upon and in conformity with information provided in writing to the
Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use
therein; it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished
by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 6(f).
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In
addition to its other obligations under this Section 6(a),
the Company agrees that, as an interim measure during the pendency of any claim,
action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding arising out of or based upon
any statement or omission, or any alleged statement or omission, described in
this Section 6(a), it
will reimburse the Underwriters on a monthly basis for all reasonable legal fees
or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any
such claim, action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding, notwithstanding
the absence of a judicial determination as to the propriety and enforceability
of the Company’s obligation to reimburse the Underwriters for such expenses and
the possibility that such payments might later be held to have been improper by
a court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent that any such interim
reimbursement payment is so held to have been improper, the Underwriters shall
promptly return it to the party or parties that made such payment, together with
interest, compounded daily, determined on the basis of the prime rate (or other
commercial lending rate for borrowers of the highest credit standing) announced
from time to time by U.S. Bank (the “Prime
Rate”). Any such interim reimbursement payments which are not made to the
Underwriters within 30 days of a request for reimbursement shall bear interest
at the Prime Rate from the date of such request. This indemnity agreement shall
be in addition to any liabilities which the Company may otherwise
have.
(b) Each
Underwriter, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act and
Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is
effected with the written consent of such Underwriter), insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or
are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or arise out of or are based upon
the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in
each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package, the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information provided
in writing to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative
specifically for use therein; it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described
as such in Section 6(f),
and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending against
any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are
incurred.
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(c) Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party under Section 6(a) or
6(b) above
of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such
subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement
thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve
the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have to any indemnified
party except to the extent such indemnifying party has been materially
prejudiced by such failure. In case any such action shall be brought against any
indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate
in, and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying
party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel
satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying
party to such indemnified party of the indemnifying party’s election so to
assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such
indemnified party under such subsection for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that
if, in the sole judgment of the Representative, it is advisable for the
Underwriters to be represented by separate counsel, the Representative shall
have the right to employ a single counsel (in addition to local counsel) to
represent the Representative and all Underwriters who may be subject to
liability arising from any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by
the Underwriters under Section 6(a), in
which event the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be
borne by the indemnifying party or parties and reimbursed to the Underwriters as
incurred. An indemnifying party shall not be obligated under any settlement
agreement relating to any action under this Section 6 to
which it has not agreed in writing. In addition, no indemnifying party shall,
without the prior written consent of the indemnified party (which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), effect any settlement of any pending
or threatened proceeding unless such settlement includes an unconditional
release of such indemnified party for all liability on claims that are the
subject matter of such proceeding and does not include a statement as to, or an
admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an
indemnified party.
(d) If
the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section (a) or
b) above,
then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to in Section (a) or
b) above,
(i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from
the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by
clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in
clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand
and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions
that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall
be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the
offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each
case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the
Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties’
relevant intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this
Section 6(d)
were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred
to in the first sentence of this Section 6(d).
The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this Section 6(d)
shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending against any
action or claim which is the subject of this Section 6(d). Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section 6(d),
the Underwriters shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by them and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages that the Underwriters have otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within
the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution
from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this Section 6(d) to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
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(e) The
obligations of the Company under this Section 6 shall
be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall
extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls
any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the
several Underwriters under this Section 6 shall
be in addition to any liability that the Underwriters may otherwise have and
shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each director of the
Company (including any person who, with his consent, is named in the
Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company), to each
officer of the Company who has signed the Registration Statement and to each
person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the
Act.
(f) The
Underwriters confirm and the Company acknowledges that the statements with
respect to the public offering of the Securities by the Underwriters set forth
in the third and eleventh through thirteenth paragraphs under the caption
“Underwriting” in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus are
correct and constitute the only information concerning the Underwriters
furnished in writing to the Company by any Underwriter through the
Representative specifically for use in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
7. Representations
and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties, and
agreements of the Company herein or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto,
including but not limited to the agreements of the Underwriters and the Company
contained in Section 6
hereof, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or any controlling person
thereof, or the Company or any of its officers, directors, or controlling
persons, or any controlling person thereof, and shall survive delivery of, and
payment for, the Securities to and by the Underwriters hereunder.
8. Termination of
this Agreement.
(a) The
Representative shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by giving notice
to the Company as hereinafter specified at any time at or prior to the First
Closing Date, and the option referred to in Section 3(b), if
exercised, may be cancelled at any time prior to the Second Closing Date, if
(i) the Company shall have failed, refused or been unable, at or prior to
such closing date, to perform any agreement on its part to be performed
hereunder, (ii) any other condition of the Underwriters’ obligations
hereunder is not fulfilled, (iii) trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market, New
York Stock Exchange or the NYSE Amex shall have been suspended,
(iv) minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or
maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, on the NASDAQ
Stock Market, New York Stock Exchange or the NYSE Amex, by such Exchange or by
order of the Commission or any other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction,
(v) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or state
authorities, or (vi) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation
of hostilities, any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that,
in the Representative’s judgment, is material and adverse and makes it
impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the sale of and
payment for the Securities. Any such termination shall be without liability of
any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 4(vii)
and Section 6 hereof
shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.
(b) If
the Representative elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 8, the
Company shall be notified promptly by the Representative by telephone, confirmed
by letter.
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9. Defaults.
(a) If
the Company shall fail at the First Closing Date to sell and deliver the number
of Securities which it is obligated to sell hereunder, then this Agreement shall
terminate without any liability on the part of the Underwriters or, except as
provided in Section 4(viii)
and Section 6
hereof, any non defaulting party.
No action
taken pursuant to this Section 9(a) shall
relieve the Company from liability, if any, in respect of such
default.
(b) If
any Underwriter shall fail at the First Closing Date to purchase and pay for the
portion of the Securities which such Underwriter has agreed to purchase and pay
for on such date (otherwise than by reason of any default on the part of the
Company), the Representative shall use its reasonable efforts to procure within
36 hours thereafter one or more of the other Underwriters, or any others, to
purchase from the Company such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms
set forth herein, the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters failed to purchase. If during such 36 hours the
Representative shall not have procured such other Underwriters, or any others,
to purchase the Securities agreed to be purchased by the defaulting Underwriter
or Underwriters, then (i) if the aggregate number of shares with respect to
which such default shall occur does not exceed 10% of the Securities to be
purchased on the First Closing Date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated,
severally, in proportion to the respective numbers of Securities which they are
obligated to purchase hereunder, to purchase the Securities which such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase,
or (ii) if the aggregate number of shares with respect to which
such default shall occur exceeds 10% of the Securities to be purchased on the
First Closing Date, the Company or the Representative will have the right, by
written notice given within the next 36-hour period to the parties to this
Agreement, to terminate this Agreement without liability on the part of the
non-defaulting Underwriters or of the Company except to the extent provided in
Sections 4(viii)
and 6 hereof;
provided, however, upon any such
termination as set forth in this Section 9(b), the
Company shall not be required to pay the expenses of the Underwriters as
described in Section
4(viii). In the event of a default by any Underwriter or
Underwriters, as set forth in this Section 9(b),
the First Closing Date may be postponed for such period, not exceeding seven
days, as the Representative may determine in order that the required changes in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or in the
Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be
effected. The term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for
a defaulting Underwriter. Any action taken under this Section 9 shall
not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default
of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
10. Notices.
Except as otherwise provided herein, all communications hereunder shall
be in writing and, if to the Underwriters, shall be mailed or delivered to c/o
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co., U.S. Bancorp Center, 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel; and if to the Company,
shall be mailed or delivered to Micromet, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx
000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Chief Executive
Officer. Any party to this Agreement may change such address for
notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new
address for such purpose.
11. Persons Entitled
to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns and the controlling persons, officers and directors
referred to in Section 6. Nothing
in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give to any other person,
firm or corporation any legal or equitable remedy or claim under or in respect
of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. The term
“successors and assigns” as herein used shall not include any purchaser, as such
purchaser, of any of the Securities from the Underwriters.
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12. Absence of
Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) the Underwriters have been retained solely to act as underwriters in
connection with the sale of the Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or
agency relationship between the Company and the Underwriters has been created in
respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective
of whether the Underwriters have advised or are advising the Company on other
matters; (b) the price and other terms of the Securities set forth in this
Agreement were established by the Company following discussions and arms-length
negotiations with the Underwriters and the Company is capable of evaluating and
understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (c) it has been advised that
the Underwriters and their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of
transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company
and that the Underwriters have no obligation to disclose such interest and
transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency
relationship; (d) it has been advised that the Underwriters are acting, in
respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, solely for the
benefit of the Underwriters, and not on behalf of the Company; (e) it
waives to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against
the Underwriters for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary
duty in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
agrees that the Underwriters shall have no liability (whether direct or
indirect) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of
or in right of the Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of
the Company.
13. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
14. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if
executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be
deemed to be an original and all such counterparts shall together constitute one
and the same instrument.
15. General
Provisions. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the
parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all
contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to
the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may not be amended or
modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein
(express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom
the condition is meant to benefit. The Section headings herein are for the
convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or
interpretation of this Agreement.
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Please
sign and return to the Company the enclosed duplicates of this Agreement
whereupon this Agreement will become a binding agreement between the Company and
the Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very
truly yours,
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
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The
foregoing Purchase Agreement
is hereby
confirmed and accepted as
of the
date first above written.
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co.
Acting as
Representative of the several Underwriters
named in
the attached Schedule I
By
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: Managing
Director
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SCHEDULE
I
Underwriters
Underwriter
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Number of Firm Shares
to be Purchased(1)
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co.
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9,450,000 | |||
RBC
Capital Markets Corporation
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3,850,000 | |||
Xxxxxxxx
Curhan Ford
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700,000 | |||
Total:
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14,000,000 |
(1)
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The
Underwriters may purchase up to an additional 2,100,000 Option Shares, to
the extent the option described in Section 3(b)
of the Purchase Agreement is exercised, in the proportions and in the
manner described in the Purchase
Agreement.
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SCHEDULE
II
Issuer
General Free Writing Prospectuses
Free
Writing Prospectus dated July 30, 2009.
SCHEDULE
III
Pricing
Information
Number of
Firm Shares to be Issued: 14,000,000
Offering
Price: $5.00 per share
Underwriting
Discounts and Commissions: $0.325 per share
SCHEDULE
IV
Executive
Officers and Directors Subject to Lockup
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx