STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Mr. Tae Heum (Ted) Jeong Sr. Vice President of Finance Chief Financial Officer Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Exhibit
1.1
October
19, 2009
STRICTLY
CONFIDENTIAL
Xx. Xxx
Xxxx (Xxx) Xxxxx
Xx. Vice
President of Finance
Chief
Financial Officer
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Dear Xx.
Xxxxx:
This
letter (the “Agreement”)
constitutes the agreement between Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) and Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx, LLC (“Xxxxxx”) that Xxxxxx
shall serve as the placement agent (the “Services”) for the
Company, on a “reasonable best efforts” basis, in connection with the proposed
offer and placement (the “Offering”) by the
Company of securities of the Company (the “Securities”) during
the Term (as defined below). The terms of the Offering and the Securities shall
be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the investors in the Offering (the
“Investors”),
and nothing herein implies that Xxxxxx would have the power or authority to bind
the Company or an obligation for the Company to issue any Securities or complete
the Offering. The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that
Xxxxxx’x obligations hereunder are on a reasonable best efforts basis only and
that the execution of this Agreement does not constitute a commitment by Xxxxxx
to purchase the Securities and does not ensure the successful placement of the
Securities or any portion thereof or the success of Xxxxxx with respect to
securing any other financing on behalf of the Company. If Xxxxxx and
the Company choose to have the Offering consist of registered securities, then
the provisions of Annex A will apply in addition to the provisions set forth
herein, except that in such case the provisions of Paragraph C shall not
apply.
A.
Fees
and Expenses. In connection with the Services described above,
the Company shall pay to Xxxxxx the following compensation:
1. Placement Agent’s
Fee. The Company shall pay to Rodman a cash placement fee (the
“Placement Agent’s
Closing Fee”) equal to 6% of the aggregate purchase price paid by each
purchaser of Securities that are placed in the Offering. The
Placement Agent’s Closing Fee shall be paid at the closing of the Offering (the
“Closing”) from
the gross proceeds of the Securities sold.
2. Warrants. As
additional compensation for the Services, the Company shall issue to Xxxxxx or
its designees at the Closing, warrants (the “Xxxxxx Warrants”) to
purchase that number of shares of common stock of the Company (“Shares”) equal to 3%
of the aggregate number of Shares placed in the Offering, plus any Shares
underlying any convertible Securities sold in the Offering. The
Xxxxxx Warrants shall have the same terms, including exercise price and
registration rights, as the warrants issued to Investors in the Offering, except
that they shall have an exercise period of five years from the effective date of
the shelf registration statement referred to in Section 2.A of Annex A, attached
hereto. If no warrants are issued to Investors, the Xxxxxx Warrants
shall have an exercise price equal to 125% of the price at which Shares are
issued to Investors, or, if no Shares are issued, 125% of the current market
price of the Shares at Closing, an exercise period of five years from the
effective date of the shelf registration statement referred to in Section 2.A of
Annex A, attached hereto, and registration rights for the Shares underlying the
Xxxxxx Warrants equivalent to those granted with respect to the Securities, if
any.
Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx, LLC o 1251 Avenue of the
Xxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Tel:
000 000 0000 o
Fax: 000 000 0000 o xxx.xxxx.xxx o Member: FINRA,
SIPC
3. Expenses. In
addition to any fees payable to Xxxxxx hereunder, but only if an Offering is
consummated, the Company hereby agrees to reimburse Xxxxxx for all reasonable
travel and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with Xxxxxx’x
engagement, including the reasonable fees and expenses of Xxxxxx’x
counsel. Such reimbursement shall be limited to a maximum of
0.8% of the aggregate gross proceeds raised in the Offering, but in no event
more than $25,000 without prior written approval by the Company and shall be
paid at the Closing from the gross proceeds of the Securities sold.
B.
Term and
Termination of Engagement. The term (the “Term”) of Xxxxxx’x
engagement will begin on the date hereof and end on the earlier of the
consummation of the Offering or 15 days after the receipt by either party hereto
of written notice of termination, which may be for cause or without cause;
provided that no such notice may be given by the Company for a period of 30 days
after the date hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the provisions concerning confidentiality, indemnification, contribution
and the Company’s obligations to pay fees actually earned and payable and to
reimburse expenses actually incurred and reimbursable pursuant to Section A
hereof, will survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement. Upon any
termination of this Agreement, the Company's obligation to pay Xxxxxx any fees
actually earned on closing of the Offering and otherwise payable under Section
A(1), shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement, as
permitted by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Rule
5110(f)(2)(d). Upon any termination of this Agreement, the Company's
obligation to reimburse Xxxxxx for out of pocket accountable expenses actually
incurred by Xxxxxx and reimbursable upon closing of the Offering pursuant to
Section A(3), if any are otherwise due under Section A(3) hereof, will survive
any expiration or termination of this Agreement, as permitted by FINRA Rule
5110(f)(2)(d).
C.
Use of
Information. The Company will furnish Rodman such written
information as Xxxxxx reasonably requests in connection with the performance of
its services hereunder. The Company understands, acknowledges and
agrees that, in performing its services hereunder, Xxxxxx will use and rely
entirely upon such information as well as publicly available information
regarding the Company and other potential parties to an Offering and that Xxxxxx
does not assume responsibility for independent verification of the accuracy or
completeness of any information, whether publicly available or otherwise
furnished to it, concerning the Company or otherwise relevant to an Offering,
including, without limitation, any financial information, forecasts or
projections considered by Xxxxxx in connection with the provision of its
services.
D.
Confidentiality. In
the event of the consummation and public announcement of any Offering, Xxxxxx
shall have the right to disclose its participation in such Offering, including,
without limitation, the placement at its cost of “tombstone” advertisements in
financial and other newspapers and journals. Xxxxxx agrees not to use any
confidential information concerning the Company provided to Xxxxxx by the
Company for any purposes other than those contemplated under this
Agreement.
E.
Securities
Matters. The Company shall be responsible for any and all
compliance with the securities laws applicable to it, including Regulation D and
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and
Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, and unless otherwise agreed in writing, all
state securities (“blue sky”) laws. Xxxxxx agrees to cooperate with counsel to
the Company in that regard. Xxxxxx shall comply in all material
respects with applicable United States laws in connection with the
Offering.
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F.
Company
Acknowledgement. The Company acknowledges that the Offering of
convertible Securities may create significant risks, including the risk that the
Company may have insufficient cash resources and/or registered shares to timely
meet its payment and conversion obligations. The Company further
acknowledges that, depending on the number and price of new shares issued, such
transaction may result in substantial dilution which could adversely affect the
market price of the Company’s shares.
G.
Indemnity.
1. In
connection with the Company’s engagement of Xxxxxx as placement agent, the
Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Xxxxxx and its affiliates,
and the respective controlling persons, directors, officers, shareholders,
agents and employees of any of the foregoing (collectively the “Indemnified
Persons”), from and against any and all claims, actions, suits,
proceedings (including those of shareholders), damages, liabilities and expenses
incurred by any of them (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel),
as incurred, (collectively a “Claim”), that are (A)
related to or arise out of (i) any actions taken or omitted to be taken
(including any untrue statements made or any statements omitted to be made) by
the Company, or (ii) any reasonable actions taken by any Indemnified
Person in connection with the Company’s engagement of Xxxxxx for the benefit of
the Company, or (B) otherwise relate to or arise out of Xxxxxx’x activities on
the Company’s behalf under Xxxxxx’x engagement, and the Company shall reimburse
any Indemnified Person for all expenses (including the reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel) as incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with
investigating, preparing or defending any such claim, action, suit or
proceeding, whether or not in connection with pending or threatened litigation
in which any Indemnified Person is a party. The Company will not,
however, be responsible for any Claim that is finally judicially determined to
have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any person
seeking indemnification for such Claim. The Company further agrees
that no Indemnified Person shall have any liability to the Company for or in
connection with the Company’s engagement of Xxxxxx except for any Claim incurred
by the Company as a result of such Indemnified Person’s gross negligence or
willful misconduct.
2. The
Company further agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of
Rodman, settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any
pending or threatened Claim in respect of which indemnification may be sought
hereunder (whether or not any Indemnified Person is an actual or potential party
to such Claim), unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an
unconditional, irrevocable release of each Indemnified Person from any and all
liability arising out of such Claim.
3. Promptly
upon receipt by an Indemnified Person of notice of any complaint or the
assertion or institution of any Claim with respect to which indemnification is
being sought hereunder, such Indemnified Person shall notify the Company in
writing of such complaint or of such assertion or institution but failure to so
notify the Company shall not relieve the Company from any obligation it may have
hereunder, except and only to the extent such failure results in the forfeiture
by the Company of substantial rights and defenses. If the Company so
elects or is requested by such Indemnified Person, the Company will assume the
defense of such Claim, including the employment of counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Person and the payment of the fees and expenses
of such counsel. In the event, however, that legal counsel to such Indemnified
Person reasonably determines that having common counsel would present such
counsel with a conflict of interest or if the defendant in, or target of, any
such Claim, includes an Indemnified Person and the Company, and legal counsel to
such Indemnified Person reasonably concludes that there may be legal defenses
available to it or other Indemnified Persons different from or in addition to
those available to the Company, then such Indemnified Person may employ its own
separate counsel to represent or defend him, her or it in any such Claim and the
Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such
counsel. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the
Company fails timely or diligently to defend, contest, or otherwise protect
against any Claim, the relevant Indemnified Party shall have the right, but not
the obligation, to defend, contest, compromise, settle, assert crossclaims, or
counterclaims or otherwise protect against the same, and shall be fully
indemnified by the Company therefor, including without limitation, for the
reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and all amounts paid as a result of
such Claim or the compromise or settlement thereof. In addition, with
respect to any Claim in which the Company assumes the defense, the Indemnified
Person shall have the right to participate in such Claim and to retain his, her
or its own counsel therefor at his, her or its own expense.
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4. The
Company agrees that if any indemnity sought by an Indemnified Person hereunder
is held by a court to be unavailable as a matter of law (whether or not Xxxxxx
is the Indemnified Person), the Company and Xxxxxx shall contribute to the Claim
for which such indemnity is held unavailable in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits to the Company, on the one hand,
and Xxxxxx on the other, in connection with Xxxxxx’x engagement referred to
above, subject to the limitation that in no event shall the amount of Xxxxxx’x
contribution to such Claim exceed the amount of fees actually received by Xxxxxx
from the Company pursuant to Xxxxxx’x engagement. The Company hereby
agrees that the relative benefits to the Company, on the one hand, and Xxxxxx on
the other, with respect to Xxxxxx’x engagement shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as (a) the total value paid or proposed to be paid or received by the
Company or its stockholders as the case may be, pursuant to the Offering
(whether or not consummated) for which Xxxxxx is engaged to render services
bears to (b) the fee paid or proposed to be paid to Xxxxxx in connection with
such engagement.
5.
The Company’s indemnity, reimbursement and contribution obligations under this
Agreement (a) shall be in addition to, and shall in no way limit or otherwise
adversely affect any rights that any Indemnified Party may have at law or at
equity and (b) shall be effective whether or not the Company is at fault in any
way.
H.
Limitation of
Engagement to the Company. The Company acknowledges that
Xxxxxx has been retained only by the Company, that Xxxxxx is providing services
hereunder as an independent contractor (and not in any fiduciary or agency
capacity) and that the Company’s engagement of Xxxxxx is not deemed to be on
behalf of, and is not intended to confer rights upon, any shareholder, owner or
partner of the Company or any other person not a party hereto as against Xxxxxx
or any of its affiliates, or any of its or their respective officers, directors,
controlling persons (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)),
employees or agents. Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing by
Xxxxxx, no one other than the Company is authorized to rely upon this Agreement
or any other statements or conduct of Xxxxxx, and no one other than the Company
is intended to be a beneficiary of this Agreement. The Company
acknowledges that any recommendation or advice, written or oral, given by Xxxxxx
to the Company in connection with Xxxxxx’x engagement is intended solely for the
benefit and use of the Company’s management and directors in considering a
possible Offering, and any such recommendation or advice is not on behalf of,
and shall not confer any rights or remedies upon, any other person or be used or
relied upon for any other purpose. Xxxxxx shall not have the
authority to make any commitment binding on the Company. The Company,
in its sole discretion, shall have the right to reject any prospective Investor
introduced to it by Xxxxxx. The Company agrees that it will perform
and comply with the covenants and other obligations set forth in the purchase
agreement and related transaction documents between the Company and the
Investors in the Offering (collectively, the “Transaction
Documents”), and that Xxxxxx will be entitled to rely on the
representations, warranties, agreements and covenants of the Company contained
in such purchase agreement and related Transaction Documents as if such
representations, warranties, agreements and covenants were made directly to
Xxxxxx by the Company.
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I.
Limitation
of Xxxxxx’x Liability to the Company. Xxxxxx and the Company
further agree that neither Xxxxxx nor any of its affiliates or any of its their
respective officers, directors, controlling persons (within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), employees
or agents shall have any liability to the Company, its security holders or
creditors, or any person asserting claims on behalf of or in the right of the
Company (whether direct or indirect, in contract, tort, for an act of negligence
or otherwise) for any losses, fees, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses or
equitable relief arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Services
rendered hereunder, except for losses, fees, damages, liabilities, costs or
expenses that arise out of or are based on any action of or failure to act by
Xxxxxx and that are finally judicially determined to have resulted solely from
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Xxxxxx.
J.
Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made
and to be fully performed therein. Any disputes that arise under this
Agreement, even after the termination of this Agreement, will be heard only in
the state or federal courts located in the City of New York, State of New
York. The parties hereto expressly agree to submit themselves to the
jurisdiction of the foregoing courts in the City of New York, State of New York.
The parties hereto expressly waive any rights they may have to contest the
jurisdiction, venue or authority of any court sitting in the City and State of
New York. In the event of the bringing of any action, or suit by a
party hereto against the other party hereto, arising out of or relating to this
Agreement, the party in whose favor the final judgment or award shall be entered
shall be entitled to have and recover from the other party the costs and
expenses incurred in connection therewith, including its reasonable attorneys’
fees. Any rights to trial by jury with respect to any such action,
proceeding or suit are hereby waived by Xxxxxx and the Company.
K. Notices. All
notices hereunder will be in writing and sent by certified mail, hand delivery,
overnight delivery or fax, if sent to Xxxxxx, to Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, LLC, at
the address set forth on the first page hereof, fax number (000) 000-0000,
Attention: General Counsel, and if sent to the Company, to the address set forth
on the first page hereof, fax number (000) 000-0000, Attention: Xx. Xxx Xxxxx.
Notices sent by certified mail shall be deemed received five days thereafter,
notices sent by hand delivery or overnight delivery shall be deemed received on
the date of the relevant written record of receipt, and notices delivered by fax
shall be deemed received as of the date and time printed thereon by the fax
machine.
L.
Miscellaneous. This
Agreement shall not be modified or amended except in writing signed by Xxxxxx
and the Company. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of both Xxxxxx and the Company and their respective assigns,
successors, and legal representatives. This Agreement constitutes the
entire agreement of Xxxxxx and the Company, and supersedes any prior agreements
with respect to the subject matter hereof. If any provision of this
Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such
determination will not affect such provision in any other respect, and the
remainder of the Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (including
facsimile counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original but all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
[Signature
page follows]
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In
acknowledgment that the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding reached
by Xxxxxx and the Company, please sign in the space provided below, whereupon
this letter shall constitute a binding Agreement as of the date indicated
above.
Very
truly yours,
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XXXXXX
& XXXXXXX, LLC
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By
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Name:
Xxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
Sr. Managing Director
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Accepted
and Agreed:
By
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/s/ Tae Heum Jeong | |
Name:
Tae Heum Jeong
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Title:
Chief Financial Officer
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Annex A
Additional Provisions With
Respect to a Registered Offering
SECTION
1. WARRANTS The
Xxxxxx Warrants described in Section A.2 shall not be transferable for six
months from the date of the Offering except as permitted by FINRA Rule 5110, and
further, the number of Shares underlying the Xxxxxx Warrants shall be reduced if
necessary to comply with FINRA rules or regulations.
SECTION
2. REGISTRATION
STATEMENT.
The
Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, Xxxxxx that:
(A) The
Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a
registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration File No. 333-152640) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
which became effective on August 8, 2008, for the registration under the
Securities Act of the Shares. At the time of such filing, the Company met the
requirements of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. Such registration
statement meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the
Securities Act and complies with said Rule. The Company will file with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, and the rules and
regulations (the “Rules and
Regulations”) of the Commission promulgated thereunder, a supplement to
the form of prospectus included in such registration statement relating to the
placement of the Shares and the plan of distribution thereof and has advised
Xxxxxx of all further information (financial and other) with respect to the
Company required to be set forth therein. Such registration statement, including
the exhibits thereto, as amended at the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter
called the “Registration
Statement”; such prospectus in the form in which it appears in the
Registration Statement is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus”; and
the supplemented form of prospectus, in the form in which it will be filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (including the Base Prospectus as so
supplemented) is hereinafter called the “Prospectus
Supplement.” Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration
Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed to
refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein (the “Incorporated
Documents”) pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on or
before the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of the Base Prospectus or
the Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be; and any reference in this
Agreement to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with
respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus
Supplement shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document
under the Exchange Act after the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of
the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, deemed to
be incorporated therein by reference. All references in this Agreement to
financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,”
“included,” “described,” “referenced,” “set forth” or “stated” in the
Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement (and
all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all
such financial statements and schedules and other information which is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Base
Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be. No stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the use of
the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement has been issued, and no
proceeding for any such purpose is pending or has been initiated or, to the
Company's knowledge, is threatened by the Commission. For purposes of this
Agreement, “free
writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act and the “Time of Sale
Prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus, if any, together with the
free writing prospectuses, if any, used in connection with the Offering,
including any documents incorporated by reference therein.
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(B) The
Registration Statement (and any further documents to be filed with the
Commission) contains all exhibits and schedules as required by the Securities
Act. Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment
thereto, at the time it became effective, complied in all material respects with
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations
and did not and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, 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 Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, and the
Prospectus Supplement, each as of its respective date, comply in all material
respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable Rules
and Regulations. Each of the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, if
any, and the Prospectus Supplement, as amended or supplemented, did not and will
not contain as of the date thereof any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
Incorporated Documents, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in
all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable
Rules and Regulations, and none of such documents, when they were filed with the
Commission, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein (with respect to
Incorporated Documents incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus or
Prospectus Supplement), in light of the circumstances under which they were made
not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference
in the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, or Prospectus
Supplement, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in
all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable
Rules and Regulations, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. No post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
reflecting any facts or events arising after the date thereof which represent,
individually or in the aggregate, a fundamental change in the information set
forth therein is required to be filed with the Commission. There are
no documents required to be filed with the Commission in connection with the
transaction contemplated hereby that (x) have not been filed as required
pursuant to the Securities Act or (y) will not be filed within the requisite
time period. There are no contracts or other documents required to be described
in the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, or Prospectus
Supplement, or to be filed as exhibits or schedules to the Registration
Statement, which have not been described or filed as required.
(C) The
Company is eligible to use free writing prospectuses in connection with the
Offering pursuant to Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any
free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule
433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission
in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing
prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule
433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or behalf of or used by
the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder. The Company will not, without the prior
consent of Xxxxxx, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing
prospectus.
(D) The
Company has delivered, or will as promptly as practicable deliver, to Xxxxxx
complete conformed copies of the Registration Statement and of each consent and
certificate of experts, as applicable, filed as a part thereof, and conformed
copies of the Registration Statement (without exhibits), the Base Prospectus,
the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, and the Prospectus Supplement, as amended
or supplemented, in such quantities and at such places as Xxxxxx reasonably
requests. Neither the Company nor any of its directors and officers
has distributed and none of them will distribute, prior to the Closing Date, any
offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other
than the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, the Prospectus
Supplement, the Registration Statement, copies of the documents incorporated by
reference therein and any other materials permitted by the Securities
Act.
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SECTION
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES. Except as set forth under the corresponding section of the
Disclosure Schedules which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof,
the Company hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth below to
Xxxxxx.
(A) Organization and
Qualification. The Company has no subsidiaries. The
Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing, and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the requisite power and
authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business
as currently conducted. The Company is not in violation or default of
any of the provisions of its certificate of incorporation or
bylaws. The Company is duly qualified to conduct business and is in
good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in
which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good
standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result
in (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of
any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of
operations, assets, business, prospects, or condition (financial or otherwise)
of the Company, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to
perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any
Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse
Effect”) and no “Proceeding” (which
for purposes of this Agreement shall mean any action, claim, suit, investigation
or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened) has been
instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking
to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or
qualification.
(B) Authorization;
Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each
of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations
hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the
Company, its board of directors or its stockholders in connection therewith
other than in connection with the “Required Approvals”
(as defined in subsection 3(D) below). Each Transaction Document has
been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when
delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the
valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as limited by laws
relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other
equitable remedies.
(C) No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents by the Company, the issuance and sale of the Securities
and the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any
provision of the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or (ii)
conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of
time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien
upon any of the properties or assets of the Company, or give to others any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without
notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other
instrument (evidencing a Company debt or otherwise) or other understanding to
which the Company is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company is
bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or
result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction,
decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the
Company is subject (including federal and state securities laws and
regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or
affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could
not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(D) Filings, Consents and
Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent,
waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or
registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other
governmental authority or other “Person” (defined as
an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind,
including, without limitation, any Trading Market) in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents,
other than such filings as are required to be made under applicable Federal and
state securities laws (collectively, the “Required
Approvals”).
(E) Issuance of the Securities;
Registration. The Securities are duly authorized and, when
issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents,
will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of
all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided
for in the Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved from its
duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common Stock
issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents. The issuance by the
Company of the Securities has been registered under the Securities Act and all
of the Securities are freely transferable and tradable by the Investors without
restriction (other than any restrictions arising solely from an act or omission
of an Investor). The Securities are being issued pursuant to the
Registration Statement and the issuance of the Securities has been registered by
the Company under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement is
effective and available for the issuance of the Securities thereunder and the
Company has not received any notice that the Commission has issued or intends to
issue a stop-order with respect to the Registration Statement or that the
Commission otherwise has suspended or withdrawn the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, either temporarily or permanently, or intends or has
threatened in writing to do so. The “Plan of Distribution” section
under the Registration Statement permits the issuance and sale of the Securities
hereunder. Upon receipt of the Securities, the Investors will have
good and marketable title to such Securities and the Securities will be freely
tradable on the “Trading Market”
(which, for purposes of this Agreement shall mean the following markets or
exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date
in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the NYSE Amex, the New York Stock
Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or the OTC Bulletin Board).
(F) Capitalization. The
capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Schedule 3(F). The
Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic
report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of stock
options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common
Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plan and
pursuant to the conversion or exercise of securities exercisable, exchangeable
or convertible into Common Stock (“Common Stock
Equivalents”). No Person has any right of first refusal,
preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as
set forth on Schedule 3(F) and as a result of the purchase and sale of the
Securities, there are no outstanding options, warrants, script rights to
subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or
securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire,
any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or
arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional
shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. Except as set
forth on Schedule 3(F), the issuance and sale of the Securities will not
obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any
Person (other than the Investors) and will not result in a right of any holder
of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset
price under such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of
the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued
in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such
outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar
rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval
or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors of the Company or
others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. There
are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements
with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or,
to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s
stockholders.
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(G) SEC Reports; Financial
Statements. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(G), the Company
has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports,
schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it
under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such
shorter period as the Company was required by law to file such material) (the
foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated
by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a
timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has
filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such
extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in
all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the
SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect
thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements
have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved
(“GAAP”),
except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes
thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all
footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the
financial position of the Company as of and for the dates thereof and the
results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the
case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit
adjustments.
(H) Material Changes;
Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the
date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports,
except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, (i) there has been no
event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not
incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables
and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s
financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings
made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of
accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or
distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased,
redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital
stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer,
director or “Affiliate” (defined
as any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such
terms are used in and construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act), except
pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. Except as set forth
on Schedule 3(H), the Company does not have pending before the Commission any
request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the
issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on
Schedule 3(H), no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with
respect to the Company or its business, properties, operations or financial
condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under
applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made that has not
been publicly disclosed one Trading Day prior to the date that this
representation is made.
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(I)
Litigation. There
is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, Proceeding or investigation
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the
Company or any of its properties before or by any court, arbitrator,
governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state,
county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which (i)
adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any
of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an
unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any director or officer
thereof is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation
of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of
fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the
Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the
Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of
the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other
order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the
Company under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act. None of the
Company’s employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s
relationship with the Company, and the Company is not a party to a collective
bargaining agreement, and the Company believes that its relationships with its
employees are good. No executive officer, to the knowledge of the
Company, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any
employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information
agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or
any restrictive covenant, and the continued employment of each such executive
officer does not subject the Company to any liability with respect to any of the
foregoing matters. The Company is in compliance with all U.S.
federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment
and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and
hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(J)
Labor
Relations. No material labor dispute exists or, to the
knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of
the Company which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(K) Compliance. The
Company (i) is not in default under or in violation of (and no event has
occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would result in a default by the Company under), nor has the Company received
notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any
indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to
which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or
not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is not in violation of any
order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, and (iii) is not and has
not been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental
authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local
laws applicable to its business and all such laws that affect the environment,
except in each case as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(L)
Regulatory
Permits. The Company possesses all certificates,
authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or
foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its business as described in
the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not have
or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”),
and the Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating
to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
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(M) Title to
Assets. The Company has good and marketable title in fee
simple to all real property owned by it that is material to its business and
good and marketable title in all personal property owned by it that is material
to its business, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens as
do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the
Company and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, the payment
of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real
property and facilities held under lease by the Company is held by them under
valid, subsisting and enforceable leases of which the Company is in
compliance.
(N) Patents and
Trademarks. The Company has, or has rights to use, all
patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks,
trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses, and other similar
intellectual property rights necessary or material for use in connection with
its business as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively,
the “Intellectual
Property Rights”). The Company has not received a notice
(written or otherwise) that the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company
violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. To the knowledge
of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there
is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual
Property Rights of others. The Company and has taken reasonable
security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality, and value of all of
their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(O) Insurance. The
Company is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against
such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the
businesses in which the Company is engaged, including, but not limited to,
directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to the aggregate
subscription amount under the Transaction Documents. To the knowledge
of the Company, such insurance contracts and policies are accurate and
complete. The Company does not have any reason to believe that it
will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such
coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be
necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in
cost.
(P) Transactions With Affiliates
and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of
the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company,
none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction
with the Company (other than for services as employees, officers and directors),
including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal
property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer,
director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in
which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or
is an officer, director, trustee or partner, other than (i) for payment of
salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses
incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) for other employee benefits,
including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the
Company.
(Q) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx. The
Company is in material compliance with all provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act
of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the date hereof and of the closing date
of the Offering.
(R) Certain
Fees. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no
brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company
to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent,
investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Investors shall have
no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or
on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that
may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
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(S) Trading Market
Rules. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does
not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
(T) Investment Company.
The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of
payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that
it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.
(U) Registration
Rights. No Person has any right to cause the Company to effect
the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the
Company.
(V) Listing and Maintenance
Requirements. The Company’s Common Stock is registered
pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has
taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the
effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange
Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is
contemplating terminating such registration. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3(V), the Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof,
received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been
listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the
listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and
has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to
be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance
requirements.
(W) Application of Takeover
Protections. 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
certificate of incorporation and bylaws or the laws of the State of Delaware
that is or could become applicable to the Investors as a result of the Investors
and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under
the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the
Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Investors’ ownership of the
Securities.
(X) Solvency. Based
on the financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date after giving
effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the
Securities hereunder, (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s
assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of
the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent
liabilities) as they mature; (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute
unreasonably small capital to carry on its business for the current fiscal year
as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs
taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business
conducted by the Company, and projected capital requirements and capital
availability thereof; and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together
with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its
assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be
sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its debt when such amounts are
required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts
beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the
timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its
debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances
which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation
under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year
from the Closing Date. The SEC Reports set forth as of the dates
thereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company, or
for which the Company has commitments. For the purposes of this
Agreement, “Indebtedness” shall
mean: (a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of
$50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of
business); (b) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in
respect of Indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be
reflected in the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except
guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or
similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (c) the present
value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be
capitalized in accordance with GAAP. The Company is not in default
with respect to any Indebtedness.
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(Y) Tax
Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, the Company has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income
and franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due
thereon, and the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been
asserted or threatened against the Company.
(Z) Foreign Corrupt
Practices. Neither the Company, nor to the knowledge of the
Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company, has (i)
directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts,
entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic
political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic
government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political
parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any
contribution made by the Company (or made by any person acting on its behalf of
which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in
any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977,
as amended.
(AA) Accountants. The
Company’s accountants are set forth on the Prospectus Supplement. To
the knowledge of the Company, such accountants, who the Company expects will
express their opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in
the Company’s next Annual Report on Form 10-K, are a registered public
accounting firm as required by the Securities Act.
(BB) Regulation M
Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting
on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to
cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the
Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for
soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities (other than for Xxxxxx’x
placement of the Securities), or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any person any
compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the
Company.
(CC) Approvals. Except
as set forth on Schedule 3(CC), the issuance and listing on the NYSE Amex of the
Shares requires no further approvals, including but not limited to, the approval
of shareholders.
(DD) FINRA
Affiliations. There are no affiliations with any FINRA member
firm among the Company’s officers, directors or, to the knowledge of the
Company, any five percent (5%) or greater stockholder of the Company, except as
set forth in the Base Prospectus.
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SECTION
4. CLOSING. The
obligations of Xxxxxx and the Investors, and the closing of the sale of the
Securities hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and on the Closing
Date, of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained
herein, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any
certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the
Company of its obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional
terms and conditions:
(A) No
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have
been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or
threatened by the Commission, and any request for additional information on the
part of the Commission (to be included in the Registration Statement, the Base
Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement or otherwise) shall have been complied
with to the reasonable satisfaction of Xxxxxx.
(B) Xxxxxx
shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to the
Closing Date that the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the
Prospectus Supplement or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue
statement of a fact which, in the opinion of counsel for Xxxxxx, is material or
omits to state any fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and
is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading.
(C) All
corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization,
form, execution, delivery and validity of each of this Agreement, the
Securities, the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all
material respects to counsel for Xxxxxx, and the Company shall have furnished to
such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to
enable them to pass upon such matters.
(D) Xxxxxx
shall have received from outside counsel to the Company such counsel’s written
opinion, addressed to Xxxxxx and the Investors dated as of the Closing Date, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Xxxxxx, which opinion shall
include a “10b-5” representation from such counsel.
(E) The
Company shall not have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus, any
loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood, terrorist
act or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set
forth in or contemplated by the Base Prospectus and (ii) since such date there
shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the
Company or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting the business, general affairs, management, financial position,
stockholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company,
otherwise than as set forth in or contemplated by the Base Prospectus, the
effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is, in the
reasonable judgment of Xxxxxx, so material and adverse as to make it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of the
Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Base Prospectus,
the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, and the Prospectus Supplement.
(F) The
Common Stock is registered under the Exchange Act and, as of the Closing Date,
the Shares shall be listed and admitted and authorized for trading on the NYSE
Amex, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to
Xxxxxx. The Company shall have 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 or suspending from trading the Common Stock from the
NYSE Amex, nor has the Company received any information suggesting that the
Commission or the NYSE Amex is contemplating terminating such registration or
listing.
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(G) Subsequent
to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred
any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock
Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or the NYSE Amex or in the over-the-counter
market, or trading in any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the
over-the-counter market, shall have been suspended or minimum or maximum prices
or maximum ranges for prices shall have been established on any such exchange or
such market by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body
or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a banking moratorium shall
have been declared by federal or state authorities or a material disruption has
occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in
the United States, (iii) the United States shall have become engaged in
hostilities in which it is not currently engaged, the subject of an act of
terrorism, there shall have been an escalation in hostilities involving the
United States, or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or
war by the United States, or (iv) there shall have occurred any other calamity
or crisis or any change in general economic, political or financial conditions
in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event in clause
(iii) or (iv) makes it, in the sole judgment of Xxxxxx, impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms
and in the manner contemplated by the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement.
(H) No
action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall
have been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which
would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or
materially and adversely affect or potentially and adversely affect the business
or operations of the Company; and no injunction, restraining order or order of
any other nature by any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall
have been issued as of the Closing Date which would prevent the issuance or sale
of the Securities or materially and adversely affect or potentially and
adversely affect the business or operations of the Company.
(I) The
Company shall have prepared and filed with the Commission a Current Report on
Form 8-K with respect to the Offering, including as an exhibit thereto this
Agreement.
(J) The
Company shall have entered into subscription agreements with each of the
Investors and such agreements shall be in full force and effect and shall
contain representations and warranties of the Company as agreed between the
Company and the Investors.
(K) FINRA
shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the terms
and arrangements of this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall,
if requested by Xxxxxx, make or authorize Placement Agent’s counsel to make on
the Company’s behalf, an Issuer Filing with FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110
with respect to the Registration Statement and pay all filing fees required in
connection therewith.
(L) Prior
to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to Xxxxxx such further
information, certificates and documents as Xxxxxx may reasonably
request.
All
opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in
this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof
only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for
Xxxxxx.
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COMPANY DISCLOSURE
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE
3(F)
1. The
capitalization of the Company is as follows:
a. The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 500,000,000 shares of common
stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), and 100,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Preferred Stock”).
b. As
of October 18, 2009:
i. A
total of 63,833,970 shares of Common Stock and no shares of Preferred Stock were
issued and outstanding;
ii. Warrants
to purchase a total of 5,634,475 shares of Common Stock were issued and
outstanding; and
iii. Options
to purchase a total of 7,875,795 shares of Common Stock were issued and
outstanding.
2. During
the period from December 24, 2007 to March 28, 2008, the Company issued
5,500,017 shares of Common Stock at a sale price of $1.40 per share, and
warrants to purchase an additional 1,207,151 shares of Common Stock at an
initial exercise price of $1.80 per share, in transactions exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act (the “Private
Placement”). The warrants are exerciseable for a three-year
term commencing on the date of their issuance.
The
securities purchase agreements executed in connection with the Private Placement
provide that if the Company sells shares of Common Stock at a price of less that
$1.40 per share before the two-year anniversary of the related Private
Placement, then it must issue additional shares to the purchasers in the Private
Placement to ensure that their effective purchase price per share will equal the
lowest price at which the Company sells shares of Common Stock during the
applicable two-year period. Similarly, the warrants issued in the
Private Placement provide that if the Company sells shares of Common Stock at a
price less than $1.80 per share while the warrants are outstanding, then the
exercise price under such warrants will be adjusted to equal the lowest price at
which the Company sells shares of Common Stock during the applicable period, and
the number of shares subject to purchase under the warrants shall be increased
or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate
exercise price payable under the warrants for the increased or decreased number
of warrant shares shall be the same as the aggregate exercise price in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment.
On June
5, 2009, the Company completed a registered direct offering of its Common Stock
(the “June 2009
Offering”) at a sale price of $1.05 per share (which offering was
approved by the Exchange). As a result of that
transaction:
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the
Company issued 1,833,341 additional shares of Common Stock to the holders
of the Common Stock issued in the Private
Placement;
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862,246
additional shares of Common Stock became issuable upon exercise of the
warrants issued in the Private Placement, such that the total number of
shares for which such warrants are exerciseable was increased from
1,207,151 shares to 2,069,397 shares;
and
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the
antidilution protections of the related securities purchase agreements
will be triggered for subsequent issuances of Common Stock only if the
Company sells shares of Common Stock at a price of less that $1.05 per
share.
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SCHEDULE
3(G)
On August
27, 2008, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K that was due
on August 17, 2008.
SCHEDULE
3(H)
The
Company filed a request for confidential treatment relating to certain aspects
of a Current Report on Form 8-K that it filed with the Commission on June 20,
2009. Such Report concerned a stock purchase agreement and research
and exclusive license agreement that the Company had entered into with Teva
Pharmaceuticals Limited. The Commission Staff objected to certain
aspects of such request. Subsequently, the Company publicly disclosed
certain information as to which it initially had requested confidential
treatment and as to which the Commission Staff had objected. As a
result of such disclosures, the Company believes the objections of the
Commission Staff now have been resolved.
SCHEDULE
3(V)
By letter
dated February 24, 2009, the Company was notified by the Staff of the NYSE
Amex (the “Exchange”) that the
Staff had determined that the Company was not in compliance with a continued
listing requirement of the Exchange. Specifically, the letter stated
that the Company was not in compliance with Section 1003(a)(iii) of the NYSE
Amex Company Guide (the “Company Guide”)
because it had stockholders equity of less than $6 million and losses from
continuing operations and/or net losses in its five most recent fiscal
years.
The
Exchange advised the Company that in order to maintain its listing, the Company
must submit a plan by March 24, 2009 (the “Plan”) advising the
Exchange of action it has taken or will take, that would bring it into
compliance with the continued listing standards. The Exchange further
advised the Company that, subject to the Plan being accepted by the Exchange,
the Company would have up to August 24, 2010 to implement the Plan, during which
time period the Company would be subject to periodic review to determine whether
it is making progress consistent with the Plan.
The
Company submitted a Plan to the Exchange on March 24, 2009. The
Exchange Staff accepted the Company’s Plan on May 4, 2009, and granted the
Company an extension until August 24, 2010 to regain compliance with the
applicable continued listing standards. The Exchange’s Plan
acceptance letter also notified the Company that it did not meet an additional
continued listing requirement. Specifically, the letter stated that
the Company was not in compliance with Section 1003(a)(i) of the Company Guide
because it had stockholders equity of less than $4 million and losses from
continuing operations and/or net losses in three out of four of its most recent
fiscal years.
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By letter
dated June 18, 2009, the Exchange Staff notified the Company that it did not
meet an additional continued listing requirement because it was not in
compliance with Section 1003(a)(i) of the Company Guide because it had
stockholders equity of less than $2 million and losses from continuing
operations and/or net losses in two out of three of its most recent fiscal
years.
By letter
dated July 7, 2009, the NYSE Amex Staff advised the Company that it had regained
compliance with the requirements of the NYSE Amex Company Guide for the
continued listing of its common stock on the Exchange, and that its common stock
therefore was no longer subject to delisting. The Company
regained compliance because its total market capitalization had exceeded $50
million for 30 consecutive trading days.
SCHEDULE
3(CC)
Section
713(a) of the Company Guide generally requires stockholder approval of any
issuance of common stock when the additional shares will be issued in connection
with a transaction involving:
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sale, issuance, or potential issuance by the issuer of common stock (or
securities convertible into common stock) at a price less than the greater
of book or market value which together with sales by officers, directors
or principal shareholders of the issuer equals 20% or more of presently
outstanding common stock; or
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the
sale, issuance, or potential issuance by the issuer of common stock (or
securities convertible into common stock)equal to 20% or more of presently
outstanding stock for less than the greater of book or market value of the
stock.
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Depending
upon the nature of the Offering, it could require prior approval of the
Company’s stockholders pursuant to Section 713(a) of the Company
Guide.
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