UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit
3.1
February 6, 2007
Attention:
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D.A. (Xxxx) Ball | |
| Chief Financial Officer |
Dear Sirs:
Canaccord Capital Corporation (the “Underwriter”) hereby offers to purchase from Oncolytics
Biotech Inc. (the “Company”) 4,000,000 units of the Company (the “Units”) at a price of $3.00 per
Unit (the “Offering Price”) for gross proceeds to the Company of $12,000,000. Each Unit shall
consist of one common share (a “Unit Share”) and one half of one common share purchase warrant (a
“Unit Warrant”) of the Company. Each whole Unit Warrant shall be exercisable into one common share
of the Company (a “Unit Warrant Share”) for a period of 36 months from the Closing Date (as defined
in Section 4 below) at an exercise price of $3.50 per share.
In addition, the Company wishes to grant to the Underwriter an over-allotment option (the
“Over-Allotment Option”), to purchase and offer for sale to the public pursuant to the terms and
conditions contained herein for up to thirty (30) days following the Closing Date, up to an
aggregate of 600,000 additional Units (the “Over-Allotment Units”), which Over-Allotment Option
shall be exercisable in whole or in part by the Underwriter at the Offering Price by providing two
(2) Business Days (meaning a day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a statutory or civic holiday
in the City of Calgary or the City of New York) written notice to the Company prior to the exercise
thereof. In the event that the Over-Allotment Option is exercised, a separate closing (the
“Over-Allotment Closing”) shall be held, and all of the terms and conditions relating to the
closing herein (including the payment of the Underwriter’s Fee (as hereinafter defined)) shall
apply to the Over-Allotment Closing, except as otherwise agreed upon by the Company and the
Underwriter in writing. The Units, together with the Over-Allotment Units, are collectively
referred to herein as the “Offered Units”. Reference herein to the Unit Shares, the Unit Warrants
and the Unit Warrant Shares shall include reference to those Unit Shares, Unit Warrants and Unit
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Over-Allotment Option, assuming exercise thereof,
unless the context otherwise requires. The Unit Shares, the Unit Warrants and the Unit Warrant
Shares are collectively referred to herein as the “Offered Securities”. The offering of the Offered
Securities is referred to herein as the “Offering”.
The Underwriter is prepared to purchase the Offered Units from the Company, subject to the
terms and conditions described herein. The Underwriter acknowledges the filing on February 5, 2007
of a preliminary short form prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference therein,
in the English Language, the “Initial Preliminary Prospectus”) qualifying the distribution of,
inter alia, the Offered Units with the Canadian Securities Commissions
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(as hereinafter defined) and the issuance on February 5, 2007 of a Mutual Reliance Review System
(the “MRRS”) decision document issued by the Alberta Securities Commission (the “Reviewing
Authority”) in its capacity as principal regulator, pursuant to the MRRS evidencing that a receipt
has been issued for the Initial Preliminary Prospectus by the Canadian Securities Commissions. The
Underwriter also acknowledges the filing on February 5, 2007 with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), in accordance with the provisions of the United States Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “1933 Act”),
of a registration statement (including documents incorporated by reference therein, as it has been
and may be further amended from time to time, the “Registration Statement”) on Form F-10 covering
the sale of, inter alia, the Offered Units under the 1933 Act which includes the Initial
Preliminary Prospectus (with such conditions as are permitted or required by Form F-10 and the
applicable rules and regulations of the SEC), along with the filing with the SEC of an appointment
for agent for service of process upon the Company on Form F-X in conjunction with the filing of the
Registration Statement (the “Form F-X”). Finally, the Underwriter acknowledges the Company’s
issuance of a press release in compliance with SEC Rule 134 announcing the Offering immediately
upon the filing of the Registration Statement. The obligation of the Underwriter to purchase any
Offered Units shall, in addition to being subject to the other terms and conditions described
herein, be conditional on the following steps having been taken within the time frames described
below:
| (a) | The Company shall file an amended and restated preliminary short form prospectus, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, acting reasonably (including the documents incorporated by reference therein, in the English language, as it may be amended from time to time, the “Canadian Preliminary Prospectus”), qualifying the distribution of, inter alia, the Offered Units with the Reviewing Authority and the securities regulatory authorities in the Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, and Ontario (collectively, the “Qualifying Provinces”), and shall obtain a MRRS decision document issued by the Reviewing Authority in its capacity as principal regulator, pursuant to the MRRS evidencing that a receipt has been issued for the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus by the securities regulatory authorities in each of the Qualifying Provinces (collectively, the “Canadian Securities Commissions”) dated February 6, 2007; | ||
| (b) | The Company shall file with the SEC, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, acting reasonably, and in accordance with the provisions of the 1933 Act, an amendment to the Registration Statement (including documents incorporated by reference therein) on Form F-10 covering the sale of the Offered Securities under the 1933 Act which includes the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus (with such additions and deletions as are permitted or required by Form F-10 and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC) (the “U.S. Preliminary Prospectus”) as soon as possible after the filing of the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus on February 6, 2007; | ||
| (c) | The Company shall use its best efforts to resolve all comments on the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus that are received from the Canadian Securities Commissions (as well as any comments on the Registration Statement that are |
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| received from the SEC) as soon as possible after receipt of such comments and on a basis satisfactory to the Underwriter, acting reasonably; |
| (d) | The Company shall (i) file with the Reviewing Authority and the other Canadian Securities Commissions, within prescribed time periods, any amendment or supplement to the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus and shall obtain an MRRS decision document issued by the Reviewing Authority in its capacity as principal regulator, pursuant to the MRRS evidencing that a receipt has been issued for the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, by each of the Canadian Securities Commissions, and (ii) forthwith after any such filing in Canada file with the SEC, in accordance with the provisions of the 1933 Act, an amendment to the Registration Statement which includes any such amendment or supplement to the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus; | ||
| (e) | The Company shall file a final short form prospectus, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, acting reasonably (including the documents incorporated by reference therein, in the English language, the “Canadian Final Prospectus”), qualifying the distribution of, inter alia, the Offered Units with the Reviewing Authority and the other Canadian Securities Commissions, and shall obtain an MRRS decision document issued by the Reviewing Authority in its capacity as principal regulator, pursuant to the MRRS evidencing that a receipt has been issued for the Canadian Final Prospectus by each of the Canadian Securities Commissions, as soon as practicable after comments on the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus are settled and, in any event, by no later than February 14, 2007; | ||
| (f) | The Company shall file with the SEC, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, acting reasonably, and in accordance with the provisions of the 1933 Act, an amendment to the Registration Statement which includes the Canadian Final Prospectus (with such additions and deletions as are permitted or required by Form F-10 and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC) (the “U.S. Final Prospectus”) by no later than February 14, 2007; | ||
| (g) | The Company shall file with the Reviewing Authority as soon as possible, and in any event no later than four (4) Business Days following the date of this Agreement, a preliminary base shelf prospectus, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, acting reasonably, and in accordance with the procedures set out in National Instrument 44-102 (the “Canadian Preliminary Warrant Prospectus”) relating to the Unit Warrant Shares; | ||
| (h) | The Company shall file with the Reviewing Authority as soon as possible a final base shelf prospectus and supplement thereto in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, acting reasonably, and in accordance with the procedures set out in National Instrument 44-102 relating to the Unit Warrant Shares (the “Final Warrant Prospectus”) and shall obtain a final decision document of the Reviewing Authority in respect thereof (the “Warrant Decision Document”) no later than on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date. Reference to “Canadian Warrant Prospectus” herein shall mean the Final Warrant |
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| Prospectus for which a Warrant Decision Document has been obtained from the Reviewing Authority, including the documents incorporated by reference therein and prospectus supplement thereto. The Company acknowledges and agrees that under no circumstances whatsoever shall the Underwriter be required to execute a certificate page in respect of the Canadian Preliminary Warrant Prospectus or the Canadian Warrant Prospectus; |
| (i) | The Company shall file with the SEC as soon as possible, and in any event no later than four (4) Business Days following the date of this Agreement, (i) a shelf registration statement on Form F-10, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, acting reasonably, providing for the registration of the Unit Warrant Shares under the 1933 Act, including the Canadian Preliminary Warrant Prospectus (with such deletions therefrom and additions thereto as are permitted or required by Form F-10 and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC); and (ii) an appointment of agent for service of process upon the Company on Form F-X in conjunction with the filing of such registration statement (the “Warrant Form F-X”); and | ||
| (j) | The Company shall file with the SEC as soon as possible an amendment to the registration statement on Form F-10, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, acting reasonably, providing for the registration of the Unit Warrant Shares, including the Final Warrant Prospectus (with such deletions therefrom and additions thereto as are permitted or required by Form F-10 and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC), and the Company will cause such registration statement to become effective pursuant to Rule 467 of the 1933 Act no later than on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date. Such registration statement, including any exhibits and all documents incorporated therein by reference, as of the time it becomes effective, and in the event of any post-effective amendments, as of the date of the effectiveness of such amendment, is referred to herein as the “Warrant Registration Statement”. The Company shall file with the SEC as soon as possible after the effectiveness of the Warrant Registration Statement, and in any event no later than the Business Day prior to the Closing Date, pursuant to General Instruction II.L of Form F-10, a prospectus supplement to the Warrant Registration Statement relating to the Unit Warrant Shares. Such filing shall, in accordance with General Instruction II.L of Form F-10 be filed with the SEC within one Business Day after such supplement is filed with the Reviewing Authority. The prospectus included in the Warrant Registration Statement shall be referred to herein as the “U.S. Warrant Base Prospectus”, and the U.S. Warrant Base Prospectus together with the prospectus supplement, including all documents incorporated by reference, relating to the offering of the Unit Warrant Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to General Instruction II.L of Form F-10 following the execution of this agreement by the parties hereto is referred to herein as the “U.S. Warrant Prospectus”; provided that, prior to the filing of such supplement, the term “U.S. Warrant Prospectus” shall mean the U.S. Warrant Base Prospectus, including all documents incorporated by reference, together with any preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the Unit Warrant Shares. The Company shall use its reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the Warrant |
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| Registration Statement or another shelf registration statement providing for the registration of the offering of the Unit Warrant Shares until the earlier of the expiration date of the Warrants and the date upon which all such Unit Warrants have been exercised. |
For greater certainty, the parties agree that if the Company fails to meet the deadlines specified
above for any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, being unable to resolve any
comments on the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus from the Canadian Securities Commissions on a basis
satisfactory to the Underwriter, acting reasonably, within the time frames described above), the
Underwriter shall be entitled to exercise the termination rights
provided for in Section 9 hereof.
The Company shall pay to the Underwriter a fee (the “Underwriter’s Fee”) at the Closing Time
(as defined in Section 4 below) equal to 8% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the Offering in
consideration of the services to be rendered by the Underwriter in connection with the Offering.
Such services shall include, without limitation: (i) acting as financial advisor to the Company in
the preparation of documentation relating to the sale of the Offered Units; (ii) forming and
managing banking, selling and other groups for the sale of the Offered Units; (iii) distributing
the Offered Units to the public both directly and through other registered dealers and brokers;
(iv) assisting the Company in connection with the preparation and finalization of the Canadian
Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) and the U.S. Prospectus (as hereinafter defined); (v)
performing administrative work in connection with these matters; and (vi) all other services
arising out of the agreement resulting from the Company’s acceptance of this offer. In the event
that Canada Revenue Agency determines that GST is exigible on the Underwriter’s Fee, the Company
agrees to pay the amount of GST forthwith upon the request of the Underwriter.
In the event that the Company shall subdivide, consolidate, reclassify or otherwise exchange
the common shares in the capital of the Company during the period in which the Over-Allotment
Option and/or Unit Warrants are exercisable, the Company hereby agrees to make corresponding
adjustments to the applicable exercise price of the Over-Allotment Option and/or the Unit Warrants
(pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Indenture (as hereinafter defined), as the case may be, and
to the number of Units and/or Unit Warrant Shares, as the case may be, issuable upon the exercise
thereof, as applicable, such that the Underwriter shall be entitled to receive the same number and
type of securities that it would have otherwise received had it exercised the Over-Allotment Option
and/or Unit Warrants, as the case may be, prior to such occurrence. Reasonable notice shall be
given to the Underwriter of such adjustment(s). In the event that the Underwriter shall disagree
with the foregoing adjustment(s), the Company’s auditors, absent manifest error, at the Company’s
expense, shall determine such adjustment(s) conclusively.
1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to
and agrees with the Underwriter that:
| (a) | The Company meets the general eligibility requirements for use of Form F-10 under the 1933 Act and is eligible to file a short form prospectus under National Instrument 44-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators. | ||
| (b) | The Initial Preliminary Prospectus was prepared, and the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus, the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Canadian Preliminary Warrant |
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| Prospectus and the Final Warrant Prospectus will be prepared (the Initial Preliminary Prospectus, the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus, the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Canadian Preliminary Warrant Prospectus and the Final Warrant Prospectus each referred to herein as a “Canadian Prospectus”), and filed in compliance in all material respects with the securities laws in each of the Qualifying Provinces, as applicable, and the respective rules and regulations under such laws, together with the published policy statements, blanket orders and notices of the Canadian Securities Commissions (the “Canadian Securities Laws”), as applicable, and, at the time of delivery of the Offered Units to the Underwriter, the Canadian Final Prospectus will comply in all material respects with the Canadian Securities Laws and the Company shall fulfill and comply with the necessary requirements of the Canadian Securities Laws in order to enable the Offered Units to be lawfully distributed in the Qualifying Provinces through the Underwriter or any other investment dealers or brokers registered as such in the Qualifying Provinces and acting in accordance with the terms of their registrations and the Canadian Securities Laws. |
| (c) | None of the Canadian Securities Commissions, the SEC, any stock exchange in Canada or the United States or any other regulatory authority or court has issued an order preventing or suspending the use or effectiveness, as the case may be, of any Canadian Prospectus, the Disclosure Package (as hereinafter defined), the U.S. Final Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Warrant Registration Statement relating to the proposed Offering or preventing the distribution of the Offered Units or the exercise of the Unit Warrant Shares or instituted proceedings for any such purpose and no proceedings for any such purpose are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by any of the aforementioned parties, and any request on the part of such parties for additional information from the Company has been complied with. | ||
| (d) | Each Canadian Prospectus was or shall, as the case may be, as of its respective date of filing and, except as amended prior to the Closing Date in accordance with Canadian Securities Laws, as of the Closing Date (i) constitutes full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts relating to the Company and the Offered Securities, (ii) contains no misrepresentation, as defined under Canadian Securities Laws, and (iii) does not omit any information which is necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading. The documents incorporated by reference in each Canadian Prospectus and the U.S. Prospectus, when filed with the Reviewing Authority and the SEC, were prepared in accordance with the Canadian Securities Laws, and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in any Canadian Prospectus and the U.S. Prospectus prior to the termination of the distribution of the Offered Units, or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents are filed with the Reviewing Authority and the SEC, will be prepared in accordance with the Canadian Securities Laws. | ||
| (e) | The Registration Statement, the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus (together, the “U.S. Prospectus”) conforms or will conform, as the case may be, to the Initial Preliminary Prospectus, Canadian Preliminary |
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| Prospectus and Canadian Final Prospectus, respectively, except for such deletions therefrom and additions thereto as are permitted or required by Form F-10 and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC. In addition, as of their respective dates, the Registration Statement, the Form F-X, the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, comply or will comply, as the case may be, in all material respects with the 1933 Act. |
| (f) | As of the date and time the Registration Statement was declared effective (the “Effective Time”), neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment or supplement thereto contains or shall contain an 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. | ||
| (g) | As of the date and time immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Applicable Time”), the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus, any “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act (a “Free Writing Prospectus”) and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act (an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” and, together with any Free Writing Prospectus and the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus, the “Disclosure Package”), when taken together as a whole, will not, as of the Applicable Time, and on the Closing Date and on any settlement date, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. | ||
| (h) | Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus will not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the applicable Canadian Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. | ||
| (i) | At the time the Warrant Registration Statement becomes effective under the 1933 Act: (i) the Canadian Warrant Prospectus will comply in all material respects with Canadian Securities Laws as interpreted and applied by the Alberta Securities Commission; (ii) the U.S. Warrant Prospectus will conform to the Canadian Warrant Prospectus, except for such deletions therefrom and additions thereto as are permitted or required by Form F-10 and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission; (iii) the Warrant Registration Statement, and any amendments or supplements thereto will comply in all material aspects with the requirements of the 1933 Act; (iv) none of the Warrant Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (v) each of the U.S. Warrant Prospectus, the Canadian Warrant Prospectus, and any Supplementary Material (as defined in Section 7) or any amendment or supplement thereto will constitute full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts relating to the Company and the Unit Warrant Shares, and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the |
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| statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. |
The representations and warranties contained in paragraphs (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i)
above shall not apply to statements or omissions in a Canadian Prospectus or the U.S. Prospectus
that are made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company by the
Underwriter expressly for use in a Canadian Prospectus or the U.S. Prospectus.
| (j) | There are: |
| (i) | no reports or information that in accordance with the requirements of the Canadian Securities Laws must be made publicly available in connection with the Offering that have not been or will not be made publicly available as required, and there are no documents required to be filed with the Canadian Securities Commissions in connection with a Canadian Prospectus that have not been filed (or that will not be filed prior to the Closing Date in accordance with Canadian Securities Laws) as required pursuant to Canadian Securities Laws and delivered to the Underwriter; and | ||
| (ii) | no contracts, documents or other materials required to be described or referred to in a Canadian Prospectus or the U.S. Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that will not be described, referred to or filed as required and, in the case of those documents filed, delivered to the Underwriter. |
| (k) | The Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act (an “Ineligible Issuer”), without taking account of any determination by the SEC pursuant to Rule 405 of the 1933 Act that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer (i) at the time of filing the Registration Statement, and (ii) as of the date and time this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto (the “Execution Time”) (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), | ||
| (l) | The Company is, and upon completion of the transactions described herein, and assuming the anticipated use of the proceeds thereof to be described in each Canadian Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus, will be, a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 3b-4 under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”). | ||
| (m) | The audited and unaudited financial statements of the Company that are to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, each Canadian Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus will present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates indicated and the results of operations and the changes in financial position of the Company for the periods specified (subject, in the case of interim financial information, to year-end adjustments); and such financial statements have been (or will be) prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in Canada, consistently applied throughout the periods involved, and |
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| have been reconciled to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States in accordance with Item 18 of Form 20-F. The summary and selected financial data to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, each Canadian Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited and unaudited financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, each Canadian Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus. |
| (n) | The Company does not owe any money to, does not have any present loans to, has not borrowed any monies from, and is not otherwise indebted to any officer, director, employee, shareholder or any person not dealing “arm’s length” (as such term is defined in the Tax Act) with the Company except as set forth in the audited financial statements of the Company to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, each Canadian Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus, and except for payroll obligations in the normal course of business. | ||
| (o) | The Company does not have any agreements of any nature whatsoever to acquire or merge with any entity, or to acquire or lease any other business operations. | ||
| (p) | Ernst & Young LLP, who have reported upon the audited financial statements of the Company to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, each Canadian Prospectus, Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus, are, and during the periods covered by its reports were, independent with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) and applicable Canadian Securities Laws, and are independent as required by the 1933 Act and there has never been any reportable event (within the meaning of Canadian Securities Laws) with the present or any former auditor of the Company. | ||
| (q) | The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the Business Corporations Act (Alberta), has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as will be described in the Registration Statement, each Canadian Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the assets or properties, business, results of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company considered as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”). | ||
| (r) | The Company has not committed an act of bankruptcy nor is insolvent, has proposed a compromise or arrangement to its creditors generally, has had a petition or a receiving order in bankruptcy filed against it, has made a voluntary assignment in bankruptcy, has taken any proceedings with respect to a compromise or arrangement, has taken any proceedings to have itself declared |
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| bankrupt or wound-up, has taken any proceedings to have a receiver appointed for any of its property or has had any execution or distress become enforceable or become levied upon any of its property. |
| (s) | Except for 80,000 common shares in the capital of BCY Lifesciences Inc., the Company does not own securities of any person and, for greater certainty, does not have any subsidiaries. | ||
| (t) | The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the certificates representing the Unit Warrants and the Warrant Indenture (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”), and each Transaction Document has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. | ||
| (u) | The authorized capital of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof to be contained in each Canadian Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus. | ||
| (v) | Since December 31, 2005, other than in respect of material change reports filed on a confidential basis and in respect of which the material change so reported did not come to fruition or as described in the Company’s subsequently filed interim financial statements: |
| (i) | there has not been any material change (as defined in the Securities Act (Alberta)) in the assets, liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of the Company that has not been publicly disclosed; | ||
| (ii) | there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company that has not been publicly disclosed; | ||
| (iii) | there has not been any material change in the business, business prospects, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of the operations of the Company that has not been publicly disclosed; and | ||
| (iv) | the Company has carried on its business in the ordinary course. |
| (w) | All common shares of the Company outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of the Unit Shares have been or will be duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. | ||
| (x) | There are no outstanding securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or warrants, rights or options to purchase from the Company, or obligations of the Company to issue, common shares of the Company or any other class of shares of the Company, except, as of the date hereof, common share purchase options and common share purchase warrants to acquire 3,637,950 and 2,672,000, common shares of the Company, respectively. |
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| (y) | The Unit Shares and the Unit Warrant Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly allotted and issued as fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Company. | ||
| (z) | The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, the fulfillment of the terms thereof including, but not limited to, the issue, sale and delivery of the Unit Shares, the creation, issue and delivery of the Unit Warrants, the issue and delivery of the Unit Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Unit Warrants, and the grant of the Over-Allotment Option, do not and will not result in a breach of and do not create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, will result in a breach of, and do not and will not conflict with, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of: (i) the constating documents of the Company; (ii) any laws of Alberta or the federal laws of Canada applicable therein; (iii) any provision of law binding on the Company; (iv) any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company; or (v) any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company. | ||
| (aa) | No approval, consent, authorization, order or license of, or qualification with any government, governmental body or agency or court of (i) any province of Canada; (ii) the federal government of Canada; (iii) the federal government of the United States; or (iv) the various states of the United States in which the Offered Units are to be offered for sale or sold, or of any political subdivision of any thereof, is required to be obtained by the Company for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, except such as have already been received or as may be required by the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”), the NASDAQ Capital Market (“NASDAQ”), the 1933 Act, the securities or “blue sky” laws of the various states of the United States and the Canadian Securities Laws in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Units. | ||
| (bb) | There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the ownership of the Company or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company from that to be set forth in each Canadian Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus. | ||
| (cc) | Except as to be disclosed in each Canadian Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus, there are no actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Company) pending or threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its properties at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal, or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, required to be disclosed therein. | ||
| (dd) | The Company is a “reporting issuer” in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec, and is not in default under Canadian Securities Laws and is in full compliance with the by-laws, rules and regulations of the TSX and NASDAQ. |
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| (ee) | The common shares of the Company are listed and posted for trading on the TSX and NASDAQ under the stock symbols “ONC” and “ONCY”, respectively. | ||
| (ff) | To the knowledge of the Company, the Company is not and, after giving effect to the Offering and the application of the proceeds thereof to be described in each Canadian Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the U.S. Final Prospectus, will not be required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. | ||
| (gg) | There are no “significant acquisitions”, “significant dispositions” and “significant probable acquisitions” for which the Company is required, pursuant to applicable Canadian Securities Laws to include additional financial disclosure. | ||
| (hh) | To the knowledge of the Company, the Company is in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, provincial, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants. | ||
| (ii) | There are no restrictions upon or impediment to, the declaration or payment of dividends by the Company in the constating documents of the Company or in any agreement, mortgage, note, debenture, indenture or other instrument or document to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound. | ||
| (jj) | The Company has filed all federal, provincial, state, local and foreign tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect) and have paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith. None of Canada Revenue Agency or any foreign taxation authority has asserted or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened to assert any reassessment, claim or liability for taxes due or to become due in connection with any review or examination of the tax returns of the Company filed for any year which would have a Material Adverse Effect. | ||
| (kk) | Except as to be disclosed in each Canadian Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus, the Company currently holds in good standing all material permits, licenses, franchises and approvals of governmental authorities and agencies necessary for the present use, ownership and operation of its business (except where the failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect), and no revocation or limitation of any such permit, license, franchise or approval is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened and the Company is not in default or violation of any such permit, license, franchise or approval (except where such revocation, limitation, default or violation would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect), and the authorization, issuance and delivery of the Offered Securities and the compliance by the Company with the terms of this Agreement do not and will not conflict with, or result in a breach |
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| of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any of such permits, licenses, franchises and approvals. Except as to be disclosed in each Canadian Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus, to the knowledge of the Company, there is no threatened or pending change in any law, rule or regulation referred to above that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. |
| (ll) | The Intellectual Property (as hereinafter defined) of the Company: (i) is validly owned by or licensed to the Company; (ii) is not the subject of any oppositions, challenges or other litigation, pending or threatened; (iii) in the case of patents owned by the Company, have been assigned to the Company, and have been validly and effectively obtained by or on behalf of the Company in all jurisdictions in which it is advisable, in the Company’s opinion, acting reasonably, to be registered; and (iv) in the case of trade-marks owned by the Company, have been validly registered by or on behalf of the Company in all jurisdictions in which it is advisable, in the Company’s opinion, acting reasonably, to be registered. Furthermore, the Company, and its products and services associated with the business of the Company, have not been the subject of any litigation or infringement action, pending or threatened, relating to the intellectual property of other parties. | ||
| “Intellectual Property” means, collectively, all intellectual property rights of whatsoever nature, kind or description including: |
| (i) | all trade-marks, service marks, trade-xxxx and service xxxx registrations, trade-xxxx and service xxxx applications, rights under registered user agreements, trade names and other trade-xxxx and service xxxx rights; | ||
| (ii) | all copyrights and applications therefor, including all computer software and rights related thereto; | ||
| (iii) | all Patent Rights (as hereinafter defined); | ||
| (iv) | all trade secrets and proprietary and confidential information; | ||
| (v) | all industrial designs, design patents, design applications, and registrations thereof and applications therefor; | ||
| (vi) | all renewals, modifications, developments and extensions of any of the items listed in clauses (i) through (v) above; and | ||
| (vii) | all patterns, plans, designs, research data, other proprietary know-how, processes, drawings, technology, inventions, formulae, specifications, performance data, quality control information, unpatented blue prints, flow sheets, equipment and parts lists, instructions, manuals, records and procedures, and all licenses, agreements and other contracts and commitments relating to any of the foregoing. |
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| “Patent Rights” means all patents and patent applications of the Company and all other patents and patent applications issuing therefrom, claiming, relating to or associated with the business of the Company or its respective products and all improvements thereto, including, all divisions, continuations, partial continuations, extensions, substitutions, confirmations, registrations, revalidations, additions or reissues of or to any of the patents or patent applications. |
| (mm) | The Company (or parties under contractual obligation to the Company) now hold or are now in the process of obtaining, and as of the Closing Date will hold or will be in the process of obtaining, all licenses, certificates, approvals and permits from all provincial, federal, state, United States, foreign and other regulatory authorities, including but not limited to the United States Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”), Health Canada (“HC”), the United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (“MHRA”) and any foreign regulatory authorities performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA, HC and MHRA, that are material to the conduct of the business of the Company (as such business is currently conducted), all of which are valid and in full force and effect (and there is no proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened which may cause any such license, certificate, approval or permit to be withdrawn, cancelled, suspended or not renewed). The Company is not in violation of any material law, order, rule, regulation, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental agency or body, applicable to the investigation of new drugs in humans and animals, including, but not limited to, those promulgated by the FDA, HC or MHRA. | ||
| (nn) | The clinical studies and tests (including, but without limitation the human and animal clinical trials) conducted by the Company or in which the Company has participated that are described in the publicly filed documents of the Company or will be described in each Canadian Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the U.S. Final Prospectus or the results of which are referred to in the publicly filed documents of the Company or will be referred to in each Canadian Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the U.S. Final Prospectus and such studies and test that were conducted on behalf of the Company, were and, if still pending, are being conducted in all material respects (i) in accordance with the good clinical practice (“GCP”) and protocols, procedures and controls for such studies and tests of new medical devices or biologic products, as the case may be, and (ii) in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations; the descriptions of the results of such studies and tests contained in the publicly filed documents of the Company and in, as and when filed, each Canadian Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the U.S. Final Prospectus are accurate, complete and fair, and the Company has no knowledge of any other studies or tests, the results of which call into question the results described or referred to in such publicly filed documents of the Company and the Company has not received any notices or correspondence from the FDA, HC, MHRA or any other governmental agency requiring the termination, suspension or modification of any studies or tests conducted by, or on behalf of, the Company or in which the Company has |
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| participated that are described in the publicly filed documents of the Company or the results of which are referred to in the publicly filed documents of the Company that would cause the Company to change the descriptions in such publicly filed documents of the Company. |
| (oo) | The Company is in compliance with all applicable laws respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, pay equity and wages, except where such non-compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and has not and is not engaged in any unfair labour practice. | ||
| (pp) | Except as to be disclosed in each Canadian Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the U.S. Final Prospectus: |
| (i) | the Company is not a party to any contract with any labour union or employee association or made commitments to or conducted negotiations with any labour union or employee association with respect to any future agreement and, to the best of the knowledge of the Company, there are no current attempts to organize or establish any labour union or employee association, and there is no certification of any such union with regard to a bargaining unit; and | ||
| (ii) | no labor problem or dispute with the employees or former employees of the Company exists or is threatened or imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its principal suppliers, contractors or customers, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
| (qq) | Except as disclosed in the notes to the Company’s audited financial statements, or as disclosed in writing to the Underwriter, and not material, the Company has good title to the items of real and personal property which are to be referred to in the Registration Statement, each Canadian Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus as being owned by them, and have valid and enforceable leasehold interests in the items of real and personal property to be referred to in the Registration Statement, each Canadian Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus as being leased by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims, security interests and defects, other than those which do not interfere with the use made or intended to be made of such property by the Company or do not and will not have a Material Adverse Effect. | ||
| (rr) | The Company is not (i) in violation of its charter documents or by-laws, or (ii) in default in the observance or performance of any term or obligation to be performed by it under any agreement, lease, contract, mortgage, loan agreement, note, indenture or other instrument or obligation to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its respective properties is bound and which breach or default, individually or in the aggregate, if not cured or otherwise corrected within the respective period specified for such cure or correction, would have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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| (ss) | Computershare Trust Company of Canada (“Computershare”), at its principal offices in the Canadian cities of Calgary and Toronto, has been duly appointed as the registrar and transfer agent in respect of the common shares of the Company. | ||
| (tt) | Prior to the filing of the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus, the Unit Shares and the Unit Warrant Shares will have been conditionally approved for listing on the TSX and NASDAQ. | ||
| (uu) | The net proceeds of the Offering will be used by the Company as described in each Canadian Prospectus, Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus. | ||
| (vv) | 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 business in which it is engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company or its businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company is in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and, there are no claims by the Company under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause. The Company has not been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for the Company and 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 at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. | ||
| (ww) | The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in Canada and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company is not aware of any material weakness in their internal controls over financial reporting. | ||
| (xx) | The Company maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the 0000 Xxx) and the Company believes that such disclosure controls and procedures are effective. | ||
| (yy) | There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any applicable provision of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications. |
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| (zz) | The minute books and corporate records of the Company made available to Fasken Xxxxxxxxx DuMoulin LLP, Canadian counsel to the Underwriter in connection with its due diligence investigation of the Company for the period from its date of incorporation to the date of examination thereof are copies of the original minute books and records of the Company and contain copies of all proceedings (or certified copies thereof) of the shareholders, the board of directors (other than minutes in respect of the January 29, 2007 meeting) and all committees of the board of directors of the Company and there have been no other meetings, resolutions or proceedings of the shareholders, board of directors or any committee of the board of directors of the Company to the date of review of such corporate records and minute books not reflected in such minute books and other records other than those which have been disclosed to the Underwriter or which are not material to the Company. | ||
| (aaa) | The Company has not withheld from the Underwriter any facts relating to the Company or to the Offering that would be material to a prospective purchaser of the Offered Units. | ||
| (bbb) | All of the representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement will continue to be true and correct as of the Closing Time. |
2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. The Company hereby agrees to sell the Offered Units to
the Underwriter, and the Underwriter hereby agrees to purchase the Offered Units from the Company,
all on the terms and conditions described herein.
3. Terms of Public Offering. The Company has been advised that the Offered Units are to be
offered to the public in the Qualifying Provinces, the United States and other jurisdictions
(provided any offers in jurisdictions other than Canada and the United States will be made on a
basis which is exempt from registration and prospectus requirements under applicable laws), either
directly through the Underwriter or through members of a selling syndicate to be established by the
Underwriter. The Underwriter will comply with all applicable laws in connection with the offer and
sale of the Offered Units. The Underwriter agrees that any sales of Offered Units in the United
States will be conducted through an affiliate of the Underwriter duly registered to do so in the
relevant jurisdiction in which such sales are being made.
4. Closing, Payment and Delivery. The closing of the Offering will be completed at the
offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx XXX, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, 000 0xx Xxxxxx XX, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0 on February 22, 2007 or such later date as the parties may mutually agree to in
writing, but in any event no later than March 22, 2007 (the “Closing Date”), at 6:30 a.m. (Calgary
time) (such time on the Closing Date is referred to herein as the “Closing Time”).
At the Closing Time, the Company shall deliver to the Underwriter against delivery to the
Company by the Underwriter of the gross proceeds of the Offering:
| (a) | certificates representing the Unit Shares and Unit Warrants comprising the Offered Units to be purchased by the Underwriter in accordance with the terms of this agreement duly registered as the Underwriter shall have directed 48 hours prior to the Closing Time on the Closing Date; |
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| (b) | payment of the Underwriter’s Fee, together with the Underwriter’s expenses and fees described in Section 7 hereof; | ||
| (c) | executed copies of the standstill agreements (the “Standstill Agreements”) in the form of Schedule “A” hereto addressed to the Underwriter from each of the directors and officers of the Company pursuant to which such persons agree not to sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company owned by any such persons, directly or indirectly, until the 90th day following the Closing Date, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter; | ||
| (d) | the requisite legal opinions and certificates and covenants as contemplated herein; and | ||
| (e) | such further documentation as may be contemplated herein or as counsel to the Underwriter or the applicable regulatory authorities may reasonably require. | ||
| Furthermore, the Company shall, prior to the Closing Time: | |||
| (f) | make all necessary arrangements for the exchange on the date of delivery of the certificate or certificates issued as aforesaid at the principal offices of Computershare in the City of Toronto for certificates representing such number of the Unit Shares registered in such names as shall be designated in writing by the Underwriter not less than 48 hours prior to the Closing Time. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses payable to Computershare in connection with the preparation, delivery, certification and exchange of the Unit Shares and the certificate therefor contemplated hereunder and the fees and expenses payable to Computershare in connection with the initial or additional transfers as may be required in the course of the distribution of the Unit Shares; and | ||
| (g) | enter into a warrant indenture (the “Warrant Indenture”) in form and on terms satisfactory to the Underwriter, acting reasonably, with Computershare governing the issue and exercise of the Unit Warrants and pursuant to which the Company shall appoint Computershare as warrant agent with respect to the Unit Warrants. |
5. Conditions to the Underwriter’s Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriter to
purchase and pay for the Offered Units on the Closing Date are, in addition to the conditions
described elsewhere in this Agreement, subject to the following further conditions:
| (a) | The Registration Statement and the Warrant Registration Statement shall have become effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the Warrant Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of the U.S. Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Underwriter or the knowledge of the Company, shall be contemplated by the SEC. In addition, no order having the effect of ceasing or suspending the distribution of the Offered Units or the trading in the common shares of the Company or any other securities of the Company shall have been issued by any securities commission, securities regulatory authority or stock exchange in Canada or the United States and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, shall be contemplated by any securities commission, securities regulatory authority or stock |
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| xxxxxxxx xx Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx. Any request on the part of any Canadian Securities Commission or the SEC for additional information from the Company shall have been complied with and the Company shall have complied with all filing requirements applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus used or referred to after the date hereof. |
| (b) | The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, in their capacity as such and not in their personal capacity, in a form satisfactory to the Underwriter and its counsel, acting reasonably, certifying, among other things, that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date. The officers signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of their knowledge. | ||
| (c) | The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date a favourable opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP, Canadian counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Underwriter and its counsel may reasonably request, including those matters identified in Schedule “B” hereto. In giving such opinion, such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the laws of the Provinces of Alberta and Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, upon opinions of local counsel, who shall be counsel satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter, acting reasonably, in which case the opinion shall state that they believe that they and the Underwriter are justified in relying upon such opinion. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and certificates of public officials, provided that such certificates have been delivered to the Underwriter. The opinion letter referred to in this paragraph (c) shall be rendered to the Underwriter at the request of the Company and shall so state therein. | ||
| (d) | The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date a favourable opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, special United States counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Underwriter and its counsel may reasonably request, including those matters identified in Schedule “C” hereto. The opinion letter referred to in this paragraph (d) shall be rendered to the Underwriter at the request of the Company and shall so state therein. | ||
| (e) | The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date a favourable opinion of the Company’s intellectual property counsel, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Underwriter may reasonably request relating to the Company’s intellectual property, acceptable in all reasonable respects to the Underwriter’s counsel, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, |
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that such counsel has reviewed the disclosure (the “Intellectual Property
Disclosure”) in each Canadian Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Registration
Statement and the U.S. Final Prospectus and in this agreement respecting the
Intellectual Property of the Company, and such counsel is not aware of any:
| (i) | untrue statements of material facts in the Intellectual Property Disclosure; | ||
| (ii) | omissions to state material facts which are necessary in order to make the statements made in the Intellectual Property Disclosure not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made; or | ||
| (iii) | misrepresentations in the Intellectual Property Disclosure. |
| (f) | The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Fasken Xxxxxxxxx DuMoulin LLP, Canadian counsel for the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, acting reasonably. | ||
| (g) | The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of White & Case LLP, United States counsel for the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, acting reasonably. | ||
| (h) | The Underwriter shall have received, on each of the date of the Canadian Final Prospectus and the Closing Date, a letter dated the date of the Canadian Final Prospectus and the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, acting reasonably, from Ernst & Young LLP, independent chartered accountants, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial and statistical information included or incorporated by reference in the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus. | ||
| (i) | The Unit Shares and the Warrant Unit Shares shall have been approved for listing by NASDAQ subject only to official notice of issuance thereof, and shall have been conditionally approved for listing by the TSX, subject only to official notice of issuance thereof and customary post-closing filing requirements. | ||
| (j) | The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness or reasonableness of the underwriting, or other arrangements of the transactions, contemplated hereby. | ||
| (k) | On or before the Closing Date, the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter shall have received from the Company such further certificates, documents and other information as they may reasonably request. |
6. Further Covenants. In further consideration of the agreements of the Underwriter herein
contained, the Company covenants with the Underwriter as follows:
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| (a) | To not issue or announce the issuance of any equity securities or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable to acquire equity securities of the Company without the prior consent of the Underwriter during a period commencing from the date of this Agreement and ending ninety (90) days from the Closing Date, other than pursuant to: (i) presently outstanding rights, or agreements, including options, warrants and other convertible securities and any rights which have been granted, issued or will be issued under the Offering, subject to any necessary regulatory approval; (ii) presently outstanding options granted to officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Company or any subsidiary thereof pursuant to the Company’s stock option plan as detailed in the Company’s most recent proxy information circular (the “Option Plan”); (c) the Option Plan; or (d) arm’s length corporate alliances, partnerships, mergers or acquisitions. | ||
| (b) | Until the Closing Time, to notify the Underwriter promptly, and confirm the notice in writing: |
| (i) | when any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have first been used, when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or the Warrant Registration Statement shall have been filed with the SEC or shall have become effective, and when any supplement to the U.S. Prospectus or any Canadian Prospectus or any amended U.S. Prospectus or any Canadian Prospectus shall have been filed; | ||
| (ii) | of the receipt of any comments from the Canadian Securities Commissions or the SEC; | ||
| (iii) | of any request by any of the Canadian Securities Commissions to amend any Canadian Prospectus or for additional information or of any request by the SEC to amend the Registration Statement or to amend or supplement the U.S. Prospectus or for additional information; | ||
| (iv) | of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the Warrant Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Units for offering and sale in any jurisdiction, or of the institution or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes; and | ||
| (v) | of the issuance by any of the Canadian Securities Commissions or any stock exchange of any order having the effect of ceasing or suspending the distribution of the Offered Units or the trading in the common shares of the Company, or of the institution or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatening of any proceedings for any such purpose. |
The Company will use every reasonable commercial effort to prevent the issuance of
any stop order, any order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus or any
order ceasing or suspending the distribution of the Offered Units or the
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trading in the common shares of the Company and, if any such order is issued, to
obtain the revocation thereof at the earliest possible time.
| (c) | Not to file or to make at any time any amendment to the Registration Statement, any amendment or supplement to any Canadian Prospectus or the U.S. Prospectus, of which the Underwriter shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy or to which the Underwriter shall have reasonably objected promptly after reasonable notice thereof; provided, however, that this provision shall not prohibit the Company from complying with its timely disclosure and other obligations under applicable securities legislation and the requirements of any relevant stock exchange arising out of any material change or change in material information. | ||
| (d) | To furnish to the Underwriter, without charge: |
| (i) | a signed copy of each Canadian Prospectus, the Registration Statement and the Warrant Registration Statement (including all exhibits thereto, documents filed therewith (including photocopies of the Form F-X and Warrant Form F-X) and amendments thereof) and an additional conformed copy of the Registration Statement and the Warrant Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto); and | ||
| (ii) | at any time beginning on the date hereof and ending at the end of the period described in Section 6(f) below, at the place or places which the Underwriter may reasonably request, the Underwriter’s reasonable requirements of the commercial copies of each Canadian Prospectus, the U.S. Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Such deliveries shall be made as soon as possible after the filing of such documents and, in any event, within one Business Day of such filing. |
| (e) | The Company agrees that it has not and, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Underwriter, the Company will not make any offer relating to the Offered Units that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company with the SEC or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the 1933 Act. Any free writing prospectus consented to by the Underwriter is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (i) it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and (ii) it will comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 under the 1933 Act applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the SEC, legending and record keeping. | ||
| (f) | If, at any time in the period after the time of the initial distribution of the Offered Units until the completion of the distribution of the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus and the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus to offerees of the Offered Units, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend the Disclosure Package, Registration Statement or supplement or amend the U.S. Prospectus or any Canadian Prospectus in order that the Disclosure |
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Package, Registration Statement, U.S. Prospectus or any Canadian Prospectus will not
include any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the
circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser (or in lieu
thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173 of the 0000 Xxx) or if, in the opinion
of the Company, it is necessary to amend the Disclosure Package, Registration
Statement or amend or supplement any Canadian Prospectus or the U.S. Prospectus to
comply with the Canadian Securities Laws, the 1933 Act or the applicable rules and
regulations thereunder, forthwith to prepare, file with the SEC or any Canadian
Securities Commission and furnish to the Underwriter and to the dealers (whose names
and addresses the Underwriter will furnish to the Company) to which Offered Units
may have been sold by the Underwriter and to any other dealers upon request, either
amendments or supplements to the U.S. Prospectus or any Canadian Prospectus (in the
English language) (to be effected, if necessary, by the filing with the SEC of a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement) so that the statements in
the U.S. Prospectus or any Canadian Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will
not include any untrue statements 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 when the U.S. Prospectus or any Canadian Prospectus is delivered to a
purchaser, not misleading or so that the Disclosure Package, Registration Statement,
the U.S. Prospectus or each Canadian Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will
comply with applicable law. The expense of complying with this Section 6(f) shall
be borne by the Company in respect of any amendment or supplement required during
the nine month period after the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
Canadian Prospectus, as the case may be, and by the Underwriter thereafter.
Concurrently with the delivery of an amendment or supplement to the Canadian
Preliminary Prospectus and the Canadian Final Prospectus to the Underwriter, the
Company shall deliver to the Underwriter documents similar to those referred to in
Section 5(h), in each case in respect of and dated the date of the amendment or
supplement to the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus or the Canadian Final Prospectus,
as applicable.
| (g) | To use its reasonable efforts to qualify the Offered Units for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such United States jurisdictions as the Underwriter shall reasonably request. | ||
| (h) | During the period when the U.S. Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act: |
| (i) | to file promptly all documents required to be filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of 1934 Act subsequent to the time the Registration Statement becomes effective; and | ||
| (ii) | in the event that any document is filed with any Canadian Securities Commission or the SEC subsequent to the time the Registration Statement becomes effective that is deemed to be incorporated by reference in each Canadian Prospectus, if required by the 1933 Act, to file such document as |
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an exhibit to the Registration Statement by post-effective amendment or
otherwise in accordance with the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act.
| (i) | To comply to the best of its ability with the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act and the Canadian Securities Laws so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Offered Units as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Canadian Final Prospectus and in the U.S. Prospectus. | ||
| (j) | Not to issue any press release or other public announcement between the date hereof and the Closing Date without first consulting with the Underwriter. | ||
| In further consideration of the agreements of the Company herein contained, the Underwriter covenants with the Company as follows: |
| (k) | It has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the SEC by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the 0000 Xxx) that was not included (including through incorporation by Reference) in the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus as supplemented or amended at the Executive Time or a previously filed Free Writing Prospectus, or (ii) any Free Writing Prospectus approved by the Company in advance in writing. | ||
| (l) | It will not distribute any free writing prospectus referred to in Section (k)(i) above in a manner reasonably designed to lead to its broad unrestricted dissemination. | ||
| (m) | It will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free writing prospectus (including any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Offered Units); provided that the Company shall file any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Offered Units with the SEC pursuant to Rule 433 of the 1933 Act. | ||
| (n) | It will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each free writing prospectus used or referred to by it, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the 1933 Act. |
7. Expenses. The Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid:
| (a) | whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, all expenses incident to the performance of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement, including: the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s Canadian, United States and other counsel and the Company’s accountants in connection with the registration and delivery of the Offered Units under the 1933 Act and under the Canadian Securities Laws and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, the Form F-X, the Warrant Registration Statement, the Warrant Form F-X, each Canadian Prospectus, the U.S. Prospectus, any Issuer |
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Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments thereto (the “Supplementary Material”),
including all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of
copies thereof to the Underwriter and dealers;
| (b) | provided the closing of the Offering occurs, unless the Offering is not completed due to any failure of the Company to comply with the terms and its obligations under this Agreement, the fees of the Underwriter’s Canadian, United States and other counsel in connection with the registration and delivery of the Offered Units under the 1933 Act and under the Canadian Securities Laws to a maximum of (i) $100,000, exclusive of disbursements and applicable taxes, with respect to the Underwriter’s Canadian counsel, and (ii) US$100,000, exclusive of disbursements and applicable taxes, with respect to the Underwriter’s United States counsel; | ||
| (c) | all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Offered Units to the Underwriter, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon; | ||
| (d) | the cost of printing or producing any “blue sky” or legal investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Units under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Offered Units for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 6(g) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with such qualification and in connection with the “blue sky” or legal investment memorandum; | ||
| (e) | all filing fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriter incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the terms of the sale of the Offered Units by the NASD; | ||
| (f) | all fees and expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement and all costs and expenses incident to listing the Unit Shares and the Unit Warrant Shares on the TSX and NASDAQ; | ||
| (g) | the cost of printing certificates representing the Offered Units; | ||
| (h) | the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar or depositary; | ||
| (i) | the costs and expenses of the Company in connection with the marketing of the Offering; and | ||
| (j) | all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. |
8. Indemnity and Contribution. The Company covenants and agrees to indemnify the
Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of either Section
15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and its respective directors, officers, employees
and agents (individually, an “Indemnified Party” and collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”),
against all losses (other than a loss of profits or consequential damages), claims, damages,
liabilities, costs or expenses caused or incurred by reason of:
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| (i) | any breach of or default under any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of the Company contained herein or any other document or certificate to be delivered by the Company pursuant hereto or the failure of the Company to comply with any of its covenants or other obligations hereunder, or | ||
| (ii) | any statement, other than a statement relating solely to, or provided solely by, the Underwriter, contained in any Canadian Prospectus, the U.S. Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Warrant Registration Statement, the Free Writing Prospectus or the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including any documents incorporated therein by reference) or in any Supplemental Material or additional or ancillary material, information, evidence, return, report, application, statement or document (collectively, the “Additional Material”) that has been filed by or on behalf of the Company under the Canadian Securities Laws or 1933 Act which at the time and in the light of the circumstances under which it was made contains or is alleged to contain a misrepresentation; or | ||
| (iii) | any order made or inquiry, investigation or proceeding commenced or threatened by any securities commission or other competent authority based upon any misrepresentation or alleged misrepresentation in any Canadian Prospectus, the U.S. Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Warrant Registration Statement, the Free Writing Prospectus or the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (or any document incorporated therein by reference) or any Additional Material, other than a statement relating solely to, or provided solely by, the Underwriter, which prevents or restricts the trading in the distribution to the public, as the case may be, of the Offered Units; or | ||
| (iv) | any non-compliance by the Company with any requirement of any Canadian Securities Laws, regulatory requirements (including any filing or notice in connection with any United States federal and state securities laws) or rules of any stock exchange or quotation system except as such non-compliance shall be as a result of the activities of the Underwriter, |
except where such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs or expenses arose primarily from the
negligence, wilful misconduct or fraudulent misrepresentation of an Indemnified Party.
To the extent that any Indemnified Party is not a party to this agreement, the Underwriter
shall obtain and hold the right and benefit of the above-noted indemnity in trust for and on behalf
of such Indemnified Party and the Company hereby consents to the enforcement by such non-signatory
of its rights hereunder.
If any matter or thing contemplated by this Section shall be asserted against any Indemnified
Party in respect of which indemnification is or might reasonably be considered to be provided, such
Indemnified Party will notify the Company as soon as possible of the nature of such claim and the
Company shall be entitled (but not required) to assume the defence of any suit brought to enforce
such claim; provided, however, that the defence shall be through legal counsel acceptable to such
Indemnified Party, acting reasonably, and that no admission of
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liability or settlement may be made by the Company or such Indemnified Party without the prior
written consent of the other, acting reasonably.
In any such claim, such Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain other counsel to act
on such Indemnified Party’s behalf provided that the fees and disbursements of such other counsel
shall be paid by such Indemnified Party, unless: (i) the Company and such Indemnified Party
mutually agree to retain other counsel; or (ii) such Indemnified Party reasonably believes that the
representation of the Company and such Indemnified Party by the same counsel would be inappropriate
due to actual or potential differing interests, in which event such fees and disbursements shall be
paid by the Company to the extent that they have been reasonably incurred.
In the event that the indemnity provided for in this Section is declared by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be illegal or unenforceable as being contrary to public policy or for any
other reason, the Underwriter and the Company shall contribute to the aggregate of all losses,
claims, costs, damages, expenses or liabilities (except loss of profits or consequential damages)
of the nature provided for above such that the Underwriter shall be responsible for that portion
represented by the percentage that the portion of the Underwriter’s Fee payable by the Company to
the Underwriter bears to the gross proceeds realized from the sale of the Offered Units whether or
not the Underwriter has been sued together or separately and the Company shall be responsible for
the balance, provided that, in no event, shall the Underwriter be responsible for any amount in
excess of the portion of the Underwriter’s Fee actually received by it. In the event that the
Company is held to be entitled to contribution from the Underwriter under the provisions of any
statute or law, the Company shall be limited to contribution from the Underwriter in an amount not
exceeding the lesser of: (a) the portion of the full amount of losses, claims, costs, damages,
expenses, liabilities, giving rise to such contribution for which each Underwriter is responsible,
as determined above; and (b) the amount of the Underwriter’s Fee actually received by the
Underwriter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation or
negligence or wilful misconduct shall not be entitled to contribution from any other party. Any
party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receiving notice of commencement of any claim,
action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be
made against another party or parties under this Section, notify such party or parties from whom
contribution may be sought. In no case shall such party from whom contribution may be sought be
liable under this agreement unless such notice shall have been provided, but the omission to so
notify such party shall not relieve the party from whom contribution may be sought from any other
obligation it may have otherwise than under this Section. The right to contribution provided in
this Section shall be in addition and not in derogation of any other right to contribution which
the Underwriter may have by statute or otherwise by law.
9. Termination.
| (a) | If the Company does not comply in all material respects with the conditions hereof, and such non-compliance does or would reasonably be expected to prevent, restrict or otherwise adversely affect the distribution of the Offered Units in accordance with the terms hereof or would reasonably be expected to impact adversely on the investment quality or marketability of the Offered Units in any of the jurisdictions in which the Offered Units may be sold under the terms |
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hereof, the Underwriter may terminate its obligations hereunder by written notice to
that effect given to the Company on or prior to the Closing Time and in such event
the Underwriter’s obligations shall be at an end. It is understood that the
Underwriter may waive in whole or in part non-compliance with any of the conditions
contained herein or extend the time for compliance therewith without prejudice to
such rights in respect of any other condition or conditions or any other or
subsequent breach or non-compliance, provided that any such waiver or extension
shall be binding upon the Underwriter only if the same is in writing.
| (b) | If, after the Execution Time and prior to the Closing Time, there shall occur any material adverse change in the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise), capital or control of the Company (the “Condition of the Company”), or the Underwriter becomes aware of any undisclosed material adverse information relating to the Company or other adverse material development which, in the opinion of the Underwriter, acting reasonably, would have a material adverse effect on the market price of the Offered Units, then the Underwriter shall be entitled, at its option, to terminate its obligations under this Agreement by written notice to that effect given to the Company at or prior to the Closing Time. | ||
| (c) | If after the date hereof and prior to the Closing Time, there shall occur any change in any applicable securities laws, rules, regulations or policies, or if any enquiry, action, suit, investigation or other proceeding, whether formal or informal, in relation to the Company or the distribution of the Offered Units should be instituted by any securities commission or similar regulatory authority, the TSX, NASDAQ or any other competent authority or any order under or pursuant to any laws or regulations of Canada or of any of the Qualifying Provinces or of the United States or of any of the states thereof or by any relevant stock exchanges or any other regulatory or governmental authority should be made or issued (except for any such order based upon the activities or the alleged activities of the Underwriter and not of the Company) which, in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter, operates to prevent or restrict the trading or the distribution of the Offered Units, the Underwriter shall be entitled, at its option, to terminate its obligations under this Agreement by written notice to that effect given to the Company at or prior to the Closing Time. | ||
| (d) | If at any time during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending at the Closing Time there is any event, accident, law or governmental regulation or other occurrence of national or international consequence which, in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter, seriously adversely affects or would be expected to seriously adversely affect the financial markets in Canada, in the United States or internationally, or the business or operations of the Company, or the market price or value of the Company’s securities, or the ability of the Underwriter to perform its obligations under this Agreement or a prospective purchaser’s decision to purchase the Offered Units. | ||
| (e) | Any termination by the Underwriter pursuant to the provisions hereof shall be effected by notice in writing delivered or delivered by facsimile to the Company |
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at its address as herein set forth. The rights of termination contained in this
Section are in addition to any other rights or remedies the Underwriter may have in
respect of any default, misrepresentation, act or failure to act of the Company in
respect of any matters contemplated by this Agreement. In the event of any such
termination, there shall be no further liability on the part of the Company or the
Underwriter except for any liability provided for in Sections 7 and 8 hereof.
10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the
same instrument.
11. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the Province of Alberta and federal laws of Canada applicable therein. All parties
hereby attorn to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Alberta to settle all
disputes which may arise hereunder or in connection herewith.
12. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement.
13. Notices. All notices or other communications by the terms hereof required or permitted
to be given by one party to another shall be given in writing by personal delivery or by facsimile,
as follows:
if to the Company at:
Attention: D.A. (Xxxx Xxxx), Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx 000 0xx Xxxxxx XX
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx 000 0xx Xxxxxx XX
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
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if to the Underwriter at:
Canaccord Capital Corporation
BCE Place
Suite 3000, 000 Xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
X0X 0X0
BCE Place
Suite 3000, 000 Xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Fasken Xxxxxxxxx XxXxxxxx LLP
2100 — 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
X0X 0X0
2100 — 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxx Xxxx
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
and if so given, shall be deemed to have been given and received upon receipt by the addressee or a
responsible officer of the addressee if delivered, or upon receipt of a facsimile transmission
confirmation during normal business hours, as the case may be. Any party may, at any time, give
notice in writing to the others in the manner provided above of any change of address or facsimile
number.
14. Time of Essence. Time shall be of the essence in this Agreement.
15. Representations, Warranties and Agreements Survive Closing. The representations,
warranties and agreements herein contained shall survive the purchase by the Underwriter of the
Offered Units and shall continue in full force and effect unaffected by any subsequent disposition
of the Offered Units.
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If this agreement accurately reflects the terms of the transactions which the Underwriter and
the Company are to enter into and if such terms are agreed to by the Company, please communicate
your acceptance by executing where indicated below and returning by facsimile one copy and
returning by courier thereafter five originally executed copies of this agreement to Canaccord
Capital Corporation.
CANACCORD CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:
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“Xxxxx Xxxxxxx”
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| Title: Managing Director |
The foregoing is accepted and agreed to as of the date first above written.
By:
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“Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx”
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| Title: Chief Executive Officer |
SCHEDULE “A”
Form of Standstill Agreement
February <*>, 0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
XXX Xxxxx
Xxxxx 0000, 000 Xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
X0X 0X0
XXX Xxxxx
Xxxxx 0000, 000 Xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
X0X 0X0
Dear Sirs:
The undersigned refers to an underwriting agreement dated February 6, 2007 (the “Underwriting
Agreement”) between Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (the “Company”) and Canaccord Capital Corporation (the
"Underwriter”) with respect to a public offering of units of the Company (the “Offering”).
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings attributed thereto
in the Underwriting Agreement.
In consideration for the Underwriter completing the Offering on the terms set out in the
Underwriting Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby covenants and agrees in favour of the
Underwriter that the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter,
directly or indirectly, offer, sell, assign, pledge, alienate, transfer or otherwise dispose of any
common shares of the Company (“Shares”) or securities convertible or exchangeable into Shares (or
enter into any swap, futures contract or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or
in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Shares, whether settled by the
delivery of Shares, other securities, cash or otherwise) until the 90th day following
the Closing Date.
The foregoing prohibition shall not apply, however, to securities of the Company subscribed for by,
and issued to, the undersigned pursuant to the Offering and with respect to the exercise of
presently outstanding options granted to the undersigned pursuant to the Company’s stock option
plan.
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This agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their
respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns and shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the laws of Canada applicable
therein.
Yours truly,
[Name]
Accepted and acknowledged this day of February, 2007.
| Canaccord Capital Corporation | ||||||
| Per: | ||||||
SCHEDULE “B”
Opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP and Side Letter
1. The Company is a valid and subsisting corporation under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation and has all requisite corporate power and capacity to carry on its business as
presently carried on and to own and lease its assets.
2. The Company has all necessary corporate capacity and authority to enter into the Transaction
Documents and perform its obligations thereunder, to create and issue the Over-Allotment Option and
to issue and sell the Offered Securities.
3. All necessary corporate action has been taken by the Company to authorize the execution and
delivery by the Company of the Transaction Documents. The Transaction Documents have been duly
executed and delivered by the Company and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to usual qualifications and exceptions.
4. All necessary corporate action has been taken by the Company to validly authorize the issue,
sale and delivery of the Unit Shares, the creation, issue and delivery of the Unit Warrants, the
issue and delivery of the Unit Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Unit Warrants, and the grant of
the Over-Allotment Option. The Unit Shares, and upon receiving the consideration for the issue
thereof, the Unit Warrant Shares, have been or will be validly issued and outstanding as fully paid
and non-assessable shares of the Company.
5. The execution, delivery by the Company of the Transaction Documents and the performance of its
obligations thereunder do not and will not contravene, breach or result in any default:
| (i) | under the constating documents of the Company; | ||
| (ii) | the resolutions of the directors or shareholders of the Company; or | ||
| (iii) | to the knowledge of counsel, any material agreement or instrument binding upon the Company filed with Canadian Securities Administrators on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval. |
6. The authorized capital of the Company is as set forth in the Canadian Final Prospectus under the
caption “Details of the Offering — Common Shares”.
7. The Company is a reporting issuer in each of the Qualifying Provinces in which the concept of a
reporting issuer exists and is not on the list of defaulting issuers maintained by the securities
regulatory authorities in such Qualifying Provinces.
8. All necessary documents have been filed and all necessary proceedings have been taken and all
other legal and regulatory requirements have been fulfilled under the Canadian Securities Laws to
qualify the issuance of the Offered Units to be offered and sold to the public
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in each of the Qualifying Provinces by or through registrants, investment dealers or brokers
registered under the Canadian Securities Laws who have complied with the relevant provisions of
such legislation, and no further consent, approval or authorization of any regulatory authority or
other governmental body in the Qualifying Provinces is required in connection therewith.
9. The statements set forth in Part II of the Registration Statement under the caption
“Indemnification”, insofar as they purport to summarize certain provisions of the articles of the
Company and of the Business Corporations Act (Alberta), are accurate in all material respects.
10. The TSX has conditionally approved the listing and posting for trading of the Unit Shares and
the Unit Warrant Shares subject to the Company fulfilling all of the requirements of the TSX.
11. Upon delivery of a copy of the Canadian Final Prospectus in accordance with the Canadian
Securities Laws, the Offered Units will not be subject to any statutory hold period under the
Canadian Securities Laws and no other documents will be required to be filed, proceedings taken or
approvals, permits, consents, orders or authorizations of regulatory authorities required to be
obtained under the Canadian Securities Laws in connection with the first trade of the Offered Units
by such purchaser through registrants registered under the Canadian Securities Laws who have
complied with such applicable laws (unless such trade is a trade from a “control block” or its
equivalent within the meaning ascribed to that term in the Canadian Securities Laws) and provided
the Company is a reporting issuer at the time of the trade.
12. The Canadian Final Prospectus (excluding the financial statements and other financial data
included or incorporated therein or omitted therefrom) complies as to form in all material respects
to the requirements of the Canadian Securities Laws.
13. The statements in the Canadian Final Prospectus under the heading “Canadian Federal Income Tax
Considerations” is an accurate summary of the principal Canadian federal income tax considerations
under the Tax Act generally applicable to holders of Offered Units.
14. The Offered Units are, at the date hereof, investments which are qualified investments under
the Tax Act for trusts governed by registered retirement savings plans, registered retirement
income funds, registered education savings plans and deferred profit sharing plans.
15. Computershare at its principal offices in the Cities of Calgary and Toronto has been duly
appointed the transfer agent and registrar for the common shares of the Company.
16. Such other matters as counsel to the Underwriters may reasonably require.
In addition to rendering the opinion set forth above, such counsel shall also deliver a separate
letter to the effect that such counsel has participated as Canadian counsel in the preparation of
the Disclosure Package and the Canadian Final Prospectus and in conferences with officers and other
representatives of the Company, U.S. counsel for the Company, representatives of the independent
accountants for the Company, counsel for the Underwriter and representatives of the Underwriter at
which the contents of the Disclosure Package and the Canadian Final Prospectus
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and related matters were discussed and although the purpose of such counsel’s engagement was not to
establish or confirm factual matters and such counsel has not independently verified, and (except
as to those matters and to the extent set forth in the opinion as to the matters listed in
paragraphs 9 and 10 above) is not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for, the
factual accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Disclosure Package
and Canadian Final Prospectus, on the basis of such participation, no facts have come to such
counsel’s attention which have caused such counsel to believe that (i) the documents specified in a
schedule to such counsel’s letter, consisting of those included in the Disclosure Package, when
taken as a whole, as of the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted 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, or (ii) as of the date of the
Canadian Final Prospectus and as of the Closing Date, the Canadian Final Prospectus included an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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
(in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial and statistical information,
information relating to the Company’s patents, and the information derived from the reports of or
attributed to persons named in the Canadian Final Prospectus under the heading “Interest of
Experts”, included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which such counsel need express no
belief). Such letter shall reference the Securities Act (Alberta) definition of “material fact”.
SCHEDULE “C”
Opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
1. The Unit Shares and the Unit Warrant Shares are duly listed, and admitted and authorized for
trading, subject to official notice of issuance, on NASDAQ.
2. To the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a
character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that is not filed as
required.
3. The statements made in the U.S. Prospectus under the heading “Certain Income Tax Considerations
for U.S. Holders — U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences”, to the extent that the foregoing
statements constitute matters of law or legal conclusions fairly present the information disclosed
therein in all material respects.
4. Each of the Registration Statement and the Warrant Registration Statement has become effective
under the 1933 Act and each of the Form F-X and the Warrant Form F-X was filed with the SEC prior
to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement; the filing of the U.S. Final Prospectus, and
any supplements thereto, has been made in the manner and within the time periods required by Form
F-10 and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC; to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the Warrant Registration
Statement or any notice that would prevent its use has been issued, no proceedings for such purpose
have been instituted or threatened, and the Registration Statement, the Warrant Registration
Statement and the U.S. Final Prospectus (other than the financial statements and other financial
and statistical information contained therein and the information derived from the reports of or
attributed to persons named in the US. Final Prospectus under the heading “Interest of Experts”, as
to which such counsel need express no opinion) and the Form F-X and the Warrant Form F-X comply as
to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the rules
thereunder.
5. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the Offering and the application of the proceeds
thereof as described in the Disclosure Package, will not be an “investment company” as defined in
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
6. No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any U.S. court or governmental
agency or body is required to be obtained by the Company for the performance of the Company’s
obligations under this Agreement, except such as have been obtained under the 1933 Act and such as
may be required under the “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Unit Shares, Unit Warrants and Unit Warrant Shares by the Underwriters in the
manner contemplated in this Agreement and in the U.S. Prospectus and such other approvals as have
been obtained.
7. Neither the issue and sale of the Offered Securities, nor the consummation of any other of the
transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof will conflict with, result
in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or
assets of the Company pursuant to any U.S. statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or
decree known to such counsel and applicable to the Company of any U.S.
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court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties.
8. To the knowledge of counsel, no holders of securities of the Company have rights to the
registration of such securities under the Registration Statement.
In addition to rendering the opinions set forth above, such counsel shall also include a statement
to the effect that such counsel has participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement,
the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Prospectus and in conferences with officers and other
representatives of the Company, Canadian counsel for the Company, representatives of the
independent accountants for the Company, counsel for the Underwriter and representatives of the
Underwriter at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and U.S.
Final Prospectus and related matters were discussed and although such counsel has not independently
verified, and (except as to those matters and to the extent set forth in the opinions referred to
in paragraph 3 of this Schedule “C”) is not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility
for, the factual accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration
Statement, the Disclosure Package and U.S. Final Prospectus, on the basis of such participation,
nothing has come to such counsel’s attention which has caused such counsel to believe that (i) at
the Effective Time, the Registration Statement contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, (ii) the documents specified in a schedule to such counsel’s letter,
consisting of those included in the Disclosure Package, when taken as a whole, as of the Applicable
Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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, or (iii) as of the date of the U.S. Final Prospectus and as of the
Closing Date, the U.S. Final Prospectus included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
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 (in each case, other than the financial
statements and other financial and statistical information, information relating to the Company’s
patents, and the information derived from the reports of or attributed to persons named in the U.S.
Preliminary Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus under the heading “Interest of Experts”,
included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief).
References to the U.S. Final Prospectus in this Schedule shall also include any supplements
thereto at the Closing Date.
