CORMEDIX INC. Common Stock (par value $0.001 per share) At Market Issuance Sales Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
Common
Stock
(par
value $0.001 per share)
March
9, 2018
X.
Xxxxx FBR, Inc.
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
CorMedix Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), confirms its
agreement (this “Agreement”), with X.
Xxxxx FBR, Inc. (“X.
Xxxxx FBR”), as follows:
1. Issuance
and Sale of Shares. The Company agrees that, from time to
time during the term of this
Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, it may issue and sell through X. Xxxxx FBR, shares (the
“Placement
Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par
value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”),
provided however, that in
no event shall the Company issue or sell through X. Xxxxx FBR such
number of Placement Shares that (a) exceeds the number of shares or
dollar amount of Common Stock registered on the effective
Registration Statement (as defined below) pursuant to which the
offering is being made, (b) exceeds the number of shares or dollar
amount registered on the Prospectus Supplement or (c) exceeds the
number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock (the
lesser of (a), (b) and (c), the “Maximum Amount”).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
parties hereto agree that compliance with the limitations set forth
in this Section 1
on the number of Placement Shares issued and sold under this
Agreement shall be the sole responsibility of the Company and that
X. Xxxxx FBR shall have no obligation in connection with such
compliance. The issuance and sale of Placement Shares through X.
Xxxxx FBR will be effected pursuant to the Registration Statement
(as defined below), although nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed as requiring the Company to use the Registration
Statement to issue any Placement Shares.
The
Company shall file, in accordance with the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder (the “Securities Act”), with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), a
registration statement on Form S-3, including a prospectus relating
to the Placement Shares to be issued from time to time by the
Company, and which incorporates by reference documents that the
Company has filed or will file in accordance with the provisions of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder (the “Exchange Act”). The
Company will, if necessary, prepare a prospectus supplement to the
prospectus included as part of such registration statement
specifically relating to the Placement Shares (the
“Prospectus
Supplement”). The Company will furnish to X. Xxxxx
FBR, for use by X. Xxxxx FBR, copies of the prospectus included as
part of such registration statement, as supplemented, if at all, by
the Prospectus Supplement, relating to the Placement Shares. Except
where the context otherwise requires, such registration statement,
and any post-effective amendment thereto, including all documents
filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein, and
including any information contained in a Prospectus (as defined
below) subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act or deemed to be a part of such
registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B of the Securities Act,
is herein called the “Registration Statement.”
The prospectus relating to the Placement Shares, including all
documents incorporated or deemed incorporated therein by reference
to the extent such information has not been superseded or modified
in accordance with Rule 412 under the Securities Act (as qualified
by Rule 430B(g) of the Securities Act), included in the
Registration Statement, as it may be supplemented by the Prospectus
Supplement, in the form in which such prospectus and/or Prospectus
Supplement have most recently been filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, is
herein called the “Prospectus.” Any
reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to refer to and
include the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by
reference therein, and any reference herein to the terms
“amend,” “amendment” or
“supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the
filing after the execution hereof of any document with the
Commission deemed to be incorporated by reference therein (the
“Incorporated
Documents”).
For
purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement thereto
shall be deemed to include the most recent copy filed with the
Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and
Retrieval System, or if applicable, the Interactive Data Electronic
Application system when used by the Commission (collectively,
“XXXXX”).
2.
Placements. Each
time that the Company wishes to issue and sell Placement Shares
hereunder (each, a “Placement”), it will
notify X. Xxxxx FBR by email notice (or other method mutually
agreed to in writing by the Parties) of the number of Placement
Shares, the time period during which sales are requested to be
made, any limitation on the number of Placement Shares that may be
sold in any one day and any minimum price below which sales may not
be made (a “Placement Notice”), the
form of which is attached hereto as Schedule 1. The Placement
Notice shall originate from any of the individuals from the Company
set forth on Schedule
3 (with a copy to each of the other individuals from the
Company listed on such schedule), and shall be addressed to each of
the individuals from X. Xxxxx FBR set forth on Schedule 3, as such
Schedule 3 may be
amended from time to time. Provided that the Company is otherwise
in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, the Placement
Notice shall be effective immediately upon receipt by X. Xxxxx FBR
unless and until (i) X. Xxxxx FBR declines to accept the terms
contained therein for any reason, in its sole discretion, (ii) the
entire amount of the Placement Shares thereunder has been sold,
(iii) the Company suspends or terminates the Placement Notice or
(iv) this Agreement has been terminated under the provisions of
Section 13. The
amount of any discount, commission or other compensation to be paid
by the Company to X. Xxxxx FBR in connection with the sale of the
Placement Shares shall be calculated in accordance with the terms
set forth in Schedule
2. It is expressly acknowledged and agreed that neither the
Company nor X. Xxxxx FBR will have any obligation whatsoever with
respect to a Placement or any Placement Shares unless and until the
Company delivers a Placement Notice to X. Xxxxx FBR and X. Xxxxx
FBR does not decline such Placement Notice pursuant to the terms
set forth above, and then only upon the terms specified therein and
herein. In the event of a conflict between the terms of
Sections 2 or
3 of this Agreement
and the terms of a Placement Notice, the terms of the Placement
Notice will control.
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3.
Sale of Placement Shares
by X. Xxxxx FBR.
a. Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for the period
specified in a Placement Notice, X. Xxxxx FBR will use its
commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading
and sales practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules
and regulations and the rules of NYSE American (the
“Exchange”), to sell the
Placement Shares up to the amount specified in, and otherwise in
accordance with the terms of, such Placement Notice. X. Xxxxx FBR
will provide written confirmation to the Company no later than the
opening of the Trading Day (as defined below) immediately following
the Trading Day on which it has made sales of Placement Shares
hereunder setting forth the number of Placement Shares sold on such
day, the compensation payable by the Company to X. Xxxxx FBR
pursuant to Section
2 with respect to such sales, and the Net Proceeds (as
defined below) payable to the Company, with an itemization of the
deductions made by X. Xxxxx FBR (as set forth in Section 5(b)) from the gross
proceeds that it receives from such sales. Subject to the terms of
a Placement Notice, X. Xxxxx FBR may sell Placement Shares by any
method permitted by law deemed to be an “at the market
offering” as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act.
“Trading
Day” means any day on which Common Stock is purchased
and sold on the Exchange.
b. During
the term of this Agreement, neither X. Xxxxx FBR nor any of its
affiliates or subsidiaries shall engage in (i) any short sale of
any security of the Company or (ii) any sale of any security of the
Company that X. Xxxxx FBR does not own or any sale which is
consummated by the delivery of a security of the Company borrowed
by, or for the account of, X. Xxxxx FBR. Neither X. Xxxxx FBR nor
any of its affiliates or subsidiaries shall engage in any
proprietary trading or trading for X. Xxxxx FBR’s (or its
affiliates’ or subsidiaries’) own account.
4.
Suspension of
Sales. The Company or X. Xxxxx FBR may, upon notice to the
other party in writing (including by email correspondence to each
of the individuals of the other party set forth on Schedule 3, if receipt of such
correspondence is actually acknowledged by any of the individuals
to whom the notice is sent, other than via auto-reply) or by
telephone (confirmed immediately by verifiable facsimile
transmission or email correspondence to each of the individuals of
the other party set forth on Schedule 3), suspend any sale
of Placement Shares; provided,
however, that such suspension shall not affect or impair any
party’s obligations with respect to any Placement Shares sold
hereunder prior to the receipt of such notice. Each of the parties
agrees that no such notice under this Section 4 shall be effective
against any other party unless it is made to one of the individuals
named on Schedule 3
hereto, as such Schedule may be amended from time to
time.
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5.
Sale and Delivery to X.
Xxxxx FBR; Settlement.
a. Sale
of Placement Shares. On the basis of the representations and
warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions
herein set forth, upon X. Xxxxx FBR’s acceptance of the terms
of a Placement Notice, and unless the sale of the Placement Shares
described therein has been declined, suspended, or otherwise
terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, X. Xxxxx
FBR, for the period specified in the Placement Notice, will use its
commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading
and sales practices to sell such Placement Shares up to the amount
specified in, and otherwise in accordance with the terms of, such
Placement Notice. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i)
there can be no assurance that X. Xxxxx FBR will be successful in
selling Placement Shares, (ii) X. Xxxxx FBR will incur no liability
or obligation to the Company or any other person or entity if it
does not sell Placement Shares for any reason other than a failure
by X. Xxxxx FBR to use its commercially reasonable efforts
consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and
applicable law and regulations to sell such Placement Shares as
required under this Agreement and (iii) X. Xxxxx FBR shall be under
no obligation to purchase Placement Shares on a principal basis
pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise agreed by X. Xxxxx
FBR and the Company.
b. Settlement
of Placement Shares. Unless otherwise specified in the
applicable Placement Notice, settlement for sales of Placement
Shares will occur on the second (2nd) Trading Day (or
such earlier day as is industry practice for regular-way trading)
following the date on which such sales are made (each, a
“Settlement
Date”). The amount of proceeds to be delivered to the
Company on a Settlement Date against receipt of the Placement
Shares sold (the “Net Proceeds”) will be
equal to the aggregate sales price received by X. Xxxxx FBR, after
deduction for (i) X. Xxxxx FBR’s commission, discount or
other compensation for such sales payable by the Company pursuant
to Section 2
hereof, and (ii) any transaction fees imposed by any governmental
or self-regulatory organization in respect of such
sales.
c. Delivery
of Placement Shares. On or before each Settlement Date, the
Company will, or will cause its transfer agent to, electronically
transfer the Placement Shares being sold by crediting X. Xxxxx
FBR’s or its designee’s account (provided X. Xxxxx FBR
shall have given the Company written notice of such designee at
least one Trading Day prior to the Settlement Date) at The
Depository Trust Company through its Deposit and Withdrawal at
Custodian System or by such other means of delivery as may be
mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto which in all cases shall
be freely tradable, transferable, registered shares in good
deliverable form. On each Settlement Date, X. Xxxxx FBR will
deliver the related Net Proceeds in same day funds to an account
designated by the Company on, or prior to, the Settlement Date. The
Company agrees that if the Company, or its transfer agent (if
applicable), defaults in its obligation to deliver Placement Shares
on a Settlement Date, then in addition to and in no way limiting
the rights and obligations set forth in Section 11(a) hereto, it will
(i) hold X. Xxxxx FBR harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or
reasonable, documented expense (including reasonable and documented
legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in
connection with such default by the Company or its transfer agent
(if applicable) and (ii) pay to X. Xxxxx FBR (without duplication)
any commission, discount, or other compensation to which it would
otherwise have been entitled absent such default.
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d.
Limitations on Offering
Size. Under no circumstances shall the Company cause or
request the offer or sale of any Placement Shares if, after giving
effect to the sale of such Placement Shares, the aggregate number
of Placement Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement would exceed
the lesser of (A) together with all sales of Placement Shares under
this Agreement, the Maximum Amount, (B) the amount available for
offer and sale under the currently effective Registration Statement
and (C) the amount authorized from time to time to be issued and
sold under this Agreement by the Company’s board of
directors, a duly authorized committee thereof or a duly authorized
executive committee, and notified to X. Xxxxx FBR in writing. Under
no circumstances shall the Company cause or request the offer or
sale of any Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement at a price
lower than the minimum price authorized from time to time by the
Company’s board of directors, a duly authorized committee
thereof or a duly authorized executive committee, and notified to
X. Xxxxx FBR in writing. Further, under no circumstances shall the
Company cause or permit the aggregate offering amount of Placement
Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement to exceed the Maximum
Amount.
6. Representations
and Warranties of the Company. Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus (including the Incorporated
Documents), the Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with
X. Xxxxx FBR that as of the date of this Agreement and as of each
Applicable Time (as defined below), unless such representation,
warranty or agreement specifies a different date or
time:
a. Registration
Statement and Prospectus. The Company and, assuming no act
or omission on the part of X. Xxxxx FBR that would make such
statement untrue, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
meet the requirements for and comply with the conditions for the
use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. The Registration
Statement has been filed with the Commission and has been declared
effective under the Securities Act. The Prospectus Supplement will
name X. Xxxxx FBR as the agent in the section entitled “Plan
of Distribution.” The Company has not received, and has no
notice of, any order of the Commission preventing or suspending the
use of the Registration Statement, or threatening or instituting
proceedings for that purpose. The Registration Statement and the
offer and sale of Placement Shares as contemplated hereby meet the
requirements of Rule 415 under the Securities Act and comply in all
material respects with said Rule. Any statutes, regulations,
contracts or other documents that are required to be described in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement have been so described or
filed. Copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and
any such amendments or supplements and all documents incorporated
by reference therein that were filed with the Commission on or
prior to the date of this Agreement have been delivered, or are
available through XXXXX, to X. Xxxxx FBR and its counsel. The
Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of
each Settlement Date and completion of the distribution of the
Placement Shares, will not distribute any offering material in
connection with the offering or sale of the Placement Shares other
than the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) to which X. Xxxxx FBR
has consented. The Common Stock is currently quoted on the
Exchange. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date
hereof, received notice from the Exchange to the effect that the
Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance
requirements of the Exchange. The Company has no reason to believe
that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be in
compliance with all such listing and maintenance
requirements.
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b. No
Misstatement or Omission. The Registration Statement, when
it became or becomes effective, and the Prospectus, and any
amendment or supplement thereto, on the date of such Prospectus or
amendment or supplement, conformed and will conform in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act. At each
Settlement Date, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as
of such date, will conform in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act. The Registration Statement,
when it became or becomes effective, did not, and will not, contain
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus and any amendment
and supplement thereto, on the date thereof and at each Applicable
Time (defined below), did not or will not include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any
Prospectus Supplement did not, and any further documents filed and
incorporated by reference therein will not, when filed with the
Commission, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated in such document or
necessary to make the statements in such document, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
foregoing shall not apply to statements in, or omissions from, any
such document made in reliance upon, and in conformity with,
information furnished to the Company by X. Xxxxx FBR specifically
for use in the preparation thereof.
c. Conformity
with Securities Act and Exchange Act. The Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto, and the Incorporated
Documents, when such documents were or are filed with the
Commission under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or became
or become effective under the Securities Act, as the case may be,
conformed or will conform in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as
applicable.
d. Financial
Information. The consolidated financial statements of the
Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, together with the related notes and
schedules, present fairly, in all material respects, the
consolidated financial position of the Company and the Subsidiaries
(as defined below) as of the dates indicated and the consolidated
results of operations, cash flows and changes in
stockholders’ equity of the Company for the periods specified
and have been prepared in compliance with the requirements of the
Securities Act and Exchange Act, as applicable, and in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
(“GAAP”) applied on a
consistent basis (except for such adjustments to accounting
standards and practices as are noted therein) during the periods
involved; the other financial and statistical data with respect to
the Company and the Subsidiaries contained or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are
accurately and fairly presented and prepared on a basis consistent
with the financial statements and books and records of the Company;
there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that
are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, or the Prospectus that are not included or
incorporated by reference as required; the Company and the
Subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities or obligations,
direct or contingent (including any off balance sheet obligations),
not described in the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus
which are required to be described in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus; and all disclosures contained or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, if any,
regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term
is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply
with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K
under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable.
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e. Conformity
with XXXXX Filing. The Prospectus delivered to X. Xxxxx FBR
for use in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares
pursuant to this Agreement will be identical to the versions of the
Prospectus created to be transmitted to the Commission for filing
via XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation
S-T.
f. Organization.
The Company and any subsidiary that is a significant subsidiary (as
such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by
the Commission) (each, a “Subsidiary”,
collectively, the “Subsidiaries”), are, and
will be, duly organized, validly existing as a corporation and in
good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of
organization. The Company and the Subsidiaries are, and will be,
duly licensed or qualified as a foreign corporation for transaction
of business and in good standing under the laws of each other
jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of
property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires
such license or qualification, and have all corporate power and
authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and
to conduct their respective businesses as described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except where the failure
to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or
authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
material adverse effect or would reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the assets, business, operations,
earnings, properties, condition (financial or otherwise),
prospects, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of
the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or prevent the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (a
“Material Adverse
Effect”).
g. Subsidiaries.
As of the date hereof, the Company’s only Subsidiaries are
set forth on Schedule
6(g). The Company owns directly or indirectly, all of the
equity interests of the Subsidiaries free and clear of any lien,
charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal or
other restriction, and all the equity interests of the Subsidiaries
are validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of
preemptive and similar rights.
h.
No Violation or
Default. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is (i) in
violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational
documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default,
in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or
condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary
is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company
or any Subsidiary is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or
statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or
arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the
case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such
violation or default that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, no other party under any
material contract or other agreement to which it or any Subsidiary
is a party is in default in any respect thereunder where such
default would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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i. No
Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of the most recent
financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, there has
not been (i) any Material Adverse Effect, or any development
involving a prospective Material Adverse Effect, in or affecting
the business, properties, management, condition (financial or
otherwise), results of operations, or prospects of the Company and
the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) any transaction which is
material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
(iii) any obligation or liability, direct or contingent (including
any off-balance sheet obligations), incurred by the Company or the
Subsidiaries, which is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, (iv) any material change in the capital stock
(other than (A) the grant of additional options under the
Company’s existing stock option plans, (B) changes in the
number of outstanding Common Stock of the Company due to the
issuance of shares upon the exercise or conversion of securities
exercisable for, or convertible into, Common Stock outstanding on
the date hereof, (C) as a result of the issuance of Placement
Shares, (D) any repurchases of capital stock of the Company, (E) as
described in a proxy statement filed on Schedule 14A or a
Registration Statement on Form S-4, or (F) otherwise publicly
announced) or outstanding long-term indebtedness of the Company or
the Subsidiaries or (v) any dividend or distribution of any kind
declared, paid or made on the capital stock of the Company or any
Subsidiary, other than in each case above in the
ordinary course of business or as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus.
j. Capitalization.
The issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
have been validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and,
other than as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of
first refusal or similar rights. The Company has an authorized,
issued and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus as of the dates referred
to therein (other than (i) the grant of additional options under
the Company’s existing stock option plans, (ii) changes in
the number of outstanding Common Stock of the Company due to the
issuance of shares upon the exercise or conversion of securities
exercisable for, or convertible into, Common Stock outstanding on
the date hereof, (iii) as a result of the issuance of Placement
Shares, or (iv) any repurchases of capital stock of the Company)
and such authorized capital stock conforms to the description
thereof set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
The description of the Common Stock in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus is complete and accurate in all material
respects. As of the date referred to therein, the Company did not
have outstanding any options to purchase, or any rights or warrants
to subscribe for, or any securities or obligations convertible
into, or exchangeable for, or any contracts or commitments to issue
or sell, any shares of capital stock or other
securities.
k.
S-3 Eligibility. At
the time the Registration Statement was or will be declared
effective, and at the time the Company’s most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K was filed with the Commission, the Company met
or will meet the then applicable requirements for the use of Form
S-3 under the Securities Act, including, but not limited to,
General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3, if applicable. As of
the close of trading on the Exchange on February 16, 2018, the
aggregate market value of the outstanding voting and
non-voting common equity (as defined in Rule 405) of the Company
held by persons other than affiliates of the Company (pursuant to
Rule 144 of the Securities Act, those that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, control, or are controlled by,
or are under common control with, the Company) (the
“Non-Affiliate
Shares”), was approximately $42,399,750 (calculated by
multiplying (x) the price at which the common equity of the Company
was last sold on the Exchange on February 16, 2018 times (y) the
number of Non-Affiliate Shares). The Company is not a shell company
(as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) and has not been
a shell company for at least 12 calendar months previously and if
it has been a shell company at any time previously, has filed
current Form 10 information (as defined in General Instruction
I.B.6 of Form S-3) with the Commission at least 12 calendar months
previously reflecting its status as an entity that is not a shell
company.
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l. Authorization;
Enforceability. The Company has full legal right, power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and perform the transactions
contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company and is a legal, valid and
binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent that (i)
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable
principles and (ii) the indemnification and contribution provisions
of Section 11
hereof may be limited by federal or state securities laws and
public policy considerations in respect thereof.
m.
Authorization of Placement
Shares. The Placement Shares, when issued and delivered
pursuant to the terms approved by the board of directors of the
Company or a duly authorized committee thereof, or a duly
authorized executive committee, against payment therefor as
provided herein, will be duly and validly authorized and issued and
fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of any pledge, lien,
encumbrance, security interest or other claim (other than any
pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest or other claim arising
from an act or omission of X. Xxxxx FBR or a purchaser), including
any statutory or contractual preemptive rights, resale rights,
rights of first refusal or other similar rights, and will be
registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act. The
Placement Shares, when issued, will conform in all material
respects to the description thereof set forth in or incorporated
into the Prospectus.
n. No
Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization,
order, registration or qualification of or with any court or
arbitrator or any governmental or regulatory authority is required
for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement, and the issuance and sale by the Company of the
Placement Shares as contemplated hereby, except for such consents,
approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or
qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities
laws or by the by-laws and rules of the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) or the Exchange,
including any notices that may be required by Exchange, in
connection with the sale of the Placement Shares by X. Xxxxx
FBR.
o. No
Preferential Rights. (i) No person, as such term is defined
in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act
(each, a “Person”), has the right,
contractual or otherwise, to cause the Company to issue or sell to
such Person any Common Stock or shares of any other capital stock
or other securities of the Company (other than upon the exercise of
options or warrants to purchase Common Stock or upon the exercise
of options that may be granted from time to time under the
Company’s stock option plans), (ii) no Person has any
preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or any other rights
(whether pursuant to a “poison pill” provision or
otherwise) to purchase any Common Stock or shares of any other
capital stock or other securities of the Company from the Company
which have not been duly waived with respect to the offering
contemplated hereby, (iii) no Person has the right to act as an
underwriter or as a financial advisor to the Company in connection
with the offer and sale of the Common Stock, and (iv) no Person has
the right, contractual or otherwise, to require the Company to
register under the Securities Act any Common Stock or shares of any
other capital stock or other securities of the Company, or to
include any such shares or other securities in the Registration
Statement or the offering contemplated thereby, whether as a result
of the filing or effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
sale of the Placement Shares as contemplated thereby or
otherwise.
p. Independent
Public Accountant. Xxxxxxxx LLP (the “Accountant”), whose
reports on the consolidated financial statements of the Company are
filed with the Commission as part of the Company’s most
recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission and
incorporated into the Registration Statement, are and, during the
periods covered by their report, were independent public
accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). To the
Company’s knowledge, with due inquiry, the Accountant is not
in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) with
respect to the Company.
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q. Enforceability
of Agreements. All agreements between the Company and third
parties expressly referenced in the Prospectus, other than such
agreements that have expired by their terms or whose termination is
disclosed in documents filed by the Company on XXXXX, are legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that
(i) enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable
principles and (ii) the indemnification provisions of certain
agreements may be limited by federal or state securities laws or
public policy considerations in respect thereof, and except for any
unenforceability that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
unreasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
r. No
Litigation. There are no legal, governmental or regulatory
actions, suits or proceedings pending, nor, to the Company’s
knowledge, any legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, to
which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party or to which any
property of the Company or any Subsidiary is the subject that,
individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the
Company or any Subsidiary, would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect or materially and adversely affect the
ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this
Agreement; to the Company’s knowledge, no such actions, suits
or proceedings are threatened or contemplated by any governmental
or regulatory authority or threatened by others that, individually
or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any
Subsidiary, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; and (i) there are no current or pending legal, governmental
or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings that
are required under the Securities Act to be described in the
Prospectus that are not described in the Prospectus including any
Incorporated Document; and (ii) there are no contracts or other
documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not so
filed.
s.
Licenses and
Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess or have
obtained, all licenses, certificates, consents, orders, approvals,
permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all
declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state,
local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are
necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties
or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus (the “Permits”), except where
the failure to possess, obtain or make the same would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
have received written notice of any proceeding relating to
revocation or modification of any such Permit or has any reason to
believe that such Permit will not be renewed in the ordinary
course, except where the failure to obtain any such renewal would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
t. No
Material Defaults. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
has defaulted on any installment on indebtedness for borrowed money
or on any rental on one or more long-term leases, which defaults,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not filed a report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
filing of its last Annual Report on Form 10-K, indicating that it
(i) has failed to pay any dividend or sinking fund installment on
preferred stock or (ii) has defaulted on any installment on
indebtedness for borrowed money or on any rental on one or more
long-term leases, which defaults, individually or in the aggregate,
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
u.
Certain Market
Activities. Neither the Company, nor any Subsidiary, nor any
of their respective directors, officers or controlling persons has
taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed, or that has
constituted or would reasonably be expected to cause or result in,
under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Placement Shares.
v.
Broker/Dealer
Relationships. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary or any
related entities (i) is required to register as a
“broker” or “dealer” in accordance with the
provisions of the Exchange Act or (ii) directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls or is a “person
associated with a member” or “associated person of a
member” (within the meaning set forth in the FINRA
Manual).
w.
No Reliance. The
Company has not relied upon X. Xxxxx FBR or legal counsel for X.
Xxxxx FBR for any legal, tax or accounting advice in connection
with the offering and sale of the Placement Shares.
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x. Taxes.
The Company and the Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state,
local and foreign tax returns which have been required to be filed
and paid all taxes shown thereon through the date hereof, to the
extent that such taxes have become due and are not being contested
in good faith, except where the failure to do so would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as
otherwise disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, no tax deficiency has been determined
adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary which has had, or would
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no knowledge of any
federal, state or other governmental tax deficiency, penalty or
assessment which has been or might be asserted or threatened
against it which could have a Material Adverse Effect.
y. Title
to Real and Personal Property. The Company and the
Subsidiaries have good and valid title in fee simple to all items
of real property and good and valid title to all personal property
described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus as being
owned by them that are material to the businesses of the Company or
such Subsidiary, in each case free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances and claims, except those that (i) do not materially
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property by the Company and the Subsidiaries or (ii) would not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Any real property described in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus as being leased by the Company
and the Subsidiaries is held by them under valid, existing and
enforceable leases, except those that (A) do not materially
interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property
by the Company or the Subsidiaries or (B) would not be reasonably
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
z. Intellectual
Property. The Company and the Subsidiaries own or possess
adequate enforceable rights to use all patents, patent
applications, trademarks (both registered and unregistered),
service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service xxxx
registrations, copyrights, licenses and know-how (including trade
secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or
confidential information, systems or procedures) (collectively, the
“Intellectual
Property”), necessary for the conduct of
their respective businesses as conducted as of the date hereof,
except to the extent that the failure to own or possess adequate
rights to use such Intellectual Property would not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; the Company and the Subsidiaries have not received any
written notice of any claim of infringement or conflict which
asserted Intellectual Property rights of others, which infringement
or conflict, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, would
result in a Material Adverse Effect; there are no pending, or to
the Company’s knowledge, threatened judicial proceedings or
interference proceedings against the Company or its Subsidiaries
challenging the Company’s or any of its Subsidiary’s
rights in or to or the validity of the scope of any of the
Company’s or any Subsidiary’s patents, patent
applications or proprietary information; no other entity or
individual has any right or claim in any of the Company’s or
any of its Subsidiary’s patents, patent applications or any
patent to be issued therefrom by virtue of any contract, license or
other agreement entered into between such entity or individual and
the Company or any Subsidiary or by any non-contractual obligation,
other than by written licenses granted by the Company or any
Subsidiary; the Company and the Subsidiaries have not received any
written notice of any claim challenging the rights of the Company
or its Subsidiaries in or to any Intellectual Property owned,
licensed or optioned by the Company or any Subsidiary which claim,
if the subject of an unfavorable decision would result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
aa. Environmental
Laws. The Company and the Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance
with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws,
rules, regulations, decisions and orders relating to the protection
of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic
substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively,
“Environmental
Laws”); (ii) have received and are in compliance with
all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under
applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective
businesses as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus; and (iii) have not received notice of any actual or
potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any
disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes,
pollutants or contaminants, except, in the case of any of clauses
(i), (ii) or (iii) above, for any such failure to comply or failure
to receive required permits, licenses, other approvals or liability
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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bb. Disclosure
Controls. The Company maintains systems of internal
accounting controls designed to provide reasonable assurance that
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences. The Company is not aware of any
material weaknesses in its internal control over financial
reporting. Since the date of the latest audited financial
statements of the Company included in the Prospectus, there has
been no change in the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control
over financial reporting. The Company has established disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15
and 15d-15) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls
and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the
Company and the Subsidiaries is made known to the certifying
officers by others within those entities, particularly during the
period in which the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, is being
prepared. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated
the effectiveness of the Company’s controls and procedures as
of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of the Form 10-K
for the fiscal year most recently ended (such date, the
“Evaluation
Date”). The Company presented in its Form 10-K for the
fiscal year most recently ended the conclusions of the certifying
officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures based on their evaluations as of the most recent
Evaluation Date. Since the most recent Evaluation Date, there have
been no significant changes in the Company’s internal
controls (as such term is defined in Item 307(b) of Regulation S-K
under the Securities Act) or, to the Company’s knowledge, in
other factors that could significantly affect the Company’s
internal controls. To the knowledge of the Company, the
Company’s “internal controls over financial
reporting” and “disclosure controls and
procedures” are effective.
cc. Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the
Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the
Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such,
to comply with any applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Each of the
principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of
the Company (or each former principal executive officer of the
Company and each former principal financial officer of the Company
as applicable) has made all certifications required by Sections 302
and 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act with respect to all reports,
schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be
filed by it or furnished by it to the Commission during the past 12
months. For purposes of the preceding sentence, “principal
executive officer” and “principal financial
officer” shall have the meanings given to such terms in the
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15.
dd. Finder’s
Fees. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has incurred
any liability for any finder’s fees, brokerage commissions or
similar payments in connection with the transactions herein
contemplated, except as may otherwise exist with respect to X.
Xxxxx FBR pursuant to this Agreement.
ee. Labor
Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees
of the Company or any Subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the
Company, is threatened which would reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
ff. Investment
Company Act. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is or,
after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Placement
Shares, will be an “investment company” or an entity
“controlled” by an “investment company,” as
such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the “Investment Company
Act”).
gg.
Operations. The
operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries are and have been
conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial
record keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and
Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money
laundering statutes of all jurisdictions to which the Company or
the Subsidiaries are subject, the rules and regulations thereunder
and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines,
issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency
(collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”),
except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect; and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any
court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator
involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money
Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened.
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hh. Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements. There are no transactions, arrangements
and other relationships between and/or among the Company, and/or,
to the knowledge of the Company, any of its affiliates and any
unconsolidated entity, including, but not limited to, any
structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity
(each, an “Off
Balance Sheet Transaction”) that could reasonably be
expected to affect materially the Company’s liquidity or the
availability of or requirements for its capital resources,
including those Off Balance Sheet Transactions described in the
Commission’s Statement about Management’s Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations
(Release Nos. 33-8056; 34-45321; FR-61), required to be described
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which have not been
described as required.
ii. Underwriter
Agreements. The Company is not a party to any agreement with
an agent or underwriter for any other “at the market”
or continuous equity transaction.
jj.
ERISA. To the
knowledge of the Company, each material employee benefit plan,
within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), that is
maintained, administered or contributed to by the Company or any of
its affiliates for employees or former employees of the Company and
the Subsidiaries has been maintained in material compliance with
its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders,
rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); no prohibited
transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code, has occurred which would result in a material
liability to the Company with respect to any such plan excluding
transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative
exemption; and for each such plan that is subject to the funding
rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no
“accumulated funding deficiency” as defined in Section
412 of the Code has been incurred, whether or not waived, and the
fair market value of the assets of each such plan (excluding for
these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) exceeds the
present value of all benefits accrued under such plan determined
using reasonable actuarial assumptions.
kk. Forward-Looking
Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the
Exchange Act) (a “Forward-Looking
Statement”) contained in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable
basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith. The
Forward-Looking Statements incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus from the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year most recently ended
(i) except for any Forward-Looking Statement included in any
financial statements and notes thereto, are within the coverage of
the safe harbor for forward looking statements set forth in Section
27A of the Securities Act, Rule 175(b) under the Securities Act or
Rule 3b-6 under the Exchange Act, as applicable, (ii) were made by
the Company with a reasonable basis and in good faith and reflect
the Company’s good faith commercially reasonable best
estimate of the matters described therein as of the respective
dates on which such statements were made, and (iii) have been
prepared in accordance with Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the
Securities Act.
ll. Margin
Rules. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the
Placement Shares nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the
Company as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
mm.
Insurance. The
Company and the Subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance in
such amounts and covering such risks as the Company and the
Subsidiaries reasonably believe are adequate for the conduct of
their business and as is customary for companies of similar size
engaged in similar businesses in similar industries.
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nn.
No Improper
Practices. (i) Neither the Company nor, to the
Company’s knowledge, the Subsidiaries, nor to the
Company’s knowledge, any of their respective executive
officers has, in the past five years, made any unlawful
contributions to any candidate for any political office (or failed
fully to disclose any contribution in violation of law) or made any
contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for,
any federal, state, municipal, or foreign office or other person
charged with similar public or quasi-public duty in violation of
any law or of the character required to be disclosed in the
Prospectus; (ii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists
between or among the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge,
the Subsidiaries or any affiliate of any of them, on the one hand,
and the directors, officers and stockholders of the Company or, to
the Company’s knowledge, the Subsidiaries, on the other hand,
that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described;
(iii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among
the Company or the Subsidiaries or any affiliate of them, on the
one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders or directors of
the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, the Subsidiaries,
on the other hand, that is required by the rules of FINRA to be
described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is
not so described; (iv) there are no material outstanding loans or
advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or,
to the Company’s knowledge, the Subsidiaries to or for the
benefit of any of their respective officers or directors or any of
the members of the families of any of them; and (v) the Company has
not offered, or caused any placement agent to offer, Common Stock
to any person with the intent to influence unlawfully (A) a
customer or supplier of the Company or the Subsidiaries to alter
the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business
with the Company or the Subsidiaries or (B) a trade journalist or
publication to write or publish favorable information about the
Company or the Subsidiaries or any of their respective products or
services, and, (vi) neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries nor,
to the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the
Company or the Subsidiaries has made any payment of funds of the
Company or the Subsidiaries or received or retained any funds in
violation of any law, rule or regulation (including, without
limitation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977), which
payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required
to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus.
oo.
Status Under the
Securities Act. The Company was not and is not an ineligible
issuer as defined in Rule 405 at the times specified in Rules 164
and 433 under the Securities Act in connection with the offering of
the Placement Shares.
pp.
No Misstatement or
Omission in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Each Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and as of each
Applicable Time (as defined in Section 25 below), did not,
does not and will not include any information that conflicted,
conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any
incorporated document deemed to be a part thereof that has not been
superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to
statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by X. Xxxxx FBR specifically for use
therein.
qq.
No Conflicts.
Neither the execution of this Agreement, nor the issuance, offering
or sale of the Placement Shares, nor the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated herein, nor the compliance by the Company
with the terms and provisions hereof will conflict with, or will
result in a breach of, any of the terms and provisions of, or has
constituted or will constitute a default under, or has resulted in
or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to
the terms of any contract or other agreement to which the Company
may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company is subject, except (i) such conflicts, breaches or defaults
as may have been waived and (ii) such conflicts, breaches and
defaults that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; nor will such action result (x) in any violation of
the provisions of the organizational or governing documents of the
Company, or (y) in any material violation of the provisions of any
statute or any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company
or of any court or of any federal, state or other regulatory
authority or other government body having jurisdiction over the
Company, except where such violation would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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rr.
Compliance with Applicable
Laws. The Company and the Subsidiaries: (A) are and at all
times have been in material compliance with all statutes, rules and
regulations applicable to the ownership, testing, development,
manufacture, packaging, processing, use, distribution, marketing,
labeling, promotion, sale, offer for sale, storage, import, export
or disposal of any product under development, manufactured or
distributed by the Company or the Subsidiaries (“Applicable Laws”), (b)
have not received any Form 483 from the FDA, notice of adverse
finding, warning letter, or other written correspondence or notice
from the FDA, the European Medicines Agency (the
“EMA”),
or any other federal, state, local or foreign governmental or
regulatory authority alleging or asserting material noncompliance
with any Applicable Laws or any licenses, certificates, approvals,
clearances, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments
thereto required by any such Applicable Laws (“Authorizations”), which
would, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material
Adverse Effect; (C) possess all material Authorizations and such
Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and neither
the Company nor the Subsidiaries is in material violation of any
term of any such Authorizations; (D) have not received written
notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing,
enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from the
FDA, the EMA, or any other federal, state, local or foreign
governmental or regulatory authority or third party alleging that
any Company product, operation or activity is in material violation
of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and has no knowledge that
the FDA, the EMA, or any other federal, state, local or foreign
governmental or regulatory authority or third party is considering
any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit,
investigation or proceeding against the Company; (E) have not
received notice that the FDA, EMA, or any other federal, state,
local or foreign governmental or regulatory authority has taken, is
taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or
revoke any material Authorizations and has no knowledge that the
FDA, EMA, or any other federal, state, local or foreign
governmental or regulatory authority is considering such action;
and (F) have filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all reports,
documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims,
submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any
Applicable Laws or Authorizations except where the failure to file
such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records,
claims, submissions and supplements or amendments would not result
in a Material Adverse Effect, and that all such reports, documents,
forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and
supplements or amendments were materially complete and correct on
the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent
submission).
ss.
Clinical Studies.
All animal and other preclinical studies and clinical trials
conducted by the Company or on behalf of the Company were, and, if
still pending are, to the Company’s knowledge, being
conducted in all material respects in compliance with all
Applicable Laws and in accordance with experimental protocols,
procedures and controls generally used by qualified experts in the
preclinical study and clinical trials of new drugs and biologics as
applied to comparable products to those being developed by the
Company; the descriptions of the results of such preclinical
studies and clinical trials contained in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus are accurate in all material respects, and,
except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, the Company has no knowledge of any other clinical
trials or preclinical studies, the results of which reasonably call
into question the clinical trial or preclinical study results
described or referred to in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus when viewed in the context in which such results are
described; and the Company has not received any written notices or
correspondence from the FDA, the EMA, or any other domestic or
foreign governmental agency requiring the termination or suspension
of any preclinical studies or clinical trials conducted by or on
behalf of the Company that are described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus or the results of which are referred
to in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
tt.
Compliance Program.
The Company has established and administers a compliance program
applicable to the Company, to assist the Company and the directors,
officers and employees of the Company in complying with applicable
regulatory guidelines (including, without limitation, those
administered by the FDA, the EMA, and any other foreign, federal,
state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing
functions similar to those performed by the FDA or EMA), except
where such noncompliance would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
uu.
OFAC.
(i)
The Company represents that, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
(collectively, the “Entity”) or any director,
officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative of the
Entity, is a government, individual, or entity (in this paragraph
(uu), “Person”) that is, or is
owned or controlled by a Person that is:
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(a) the
subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S.
Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control
(“OFAC”), the United
Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European
Union (“EU”), Her Majesty’s
Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant
sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”),
nor
(b) located,
organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject
of Sanctions.
(ii)
The Entity represents and covenants that it will not, directly or
indirectly, knowingly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend,
contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any
subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person:
(a) to
fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person
or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or
facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions; or
(b) in
any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by
any Person (including any Person participating in the offering,
whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or
otherwise).
(iii)
The Entity represents and covenants that, except as detailed in the
Prospectus, for the past 5 years, it has not knowingly engaged in,
is not now knowingly engaged in, and will not engage in, any
dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or
territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was
the subject of Sanctions.
vv. Stock
Transfer Taxes. On each Settlement Date, all stock transfer
or other taxes (other than income taxes) which are required to be
paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the Placement
Shares to be sold hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid
or provided for by the Company and all laws imposing such taxes
will be or will have been fully complied with by the
Company.
Any
certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to X.
Xxxxx FBR or to counsel for X. Xxxxx FBR pursuant to or in
connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty by the Company, as applicable, to X.
Xxxxx FBR as to the matters set forth therein.
7. Covenants
of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with X.
Xxxxx FBR that:
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a. Registration
Statement Amendments. After the date of this Agreement and
during any period in which a prospectus relating to any Placement
Shares is required to be delivered by X. Xxxxx FBR under the
Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement
may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act)
(the “Prospectus
Delivery Period”) (i) the Company will notify X. Xxxxx
FBR promptly of the time when any subsequent amendment to the
Registration Statement, other than documents incorporated by
reference or amendments not related to any Placement, has been
filed with the Commission and/or has become effective or any
subsequent supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and of any
request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the
Registration Statement or Prospectus related to the Placement or
for additional information related to the Placement, (ii) the
Company will prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon X.
Xxxxx FBR’s request, any amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or Prospectus that, in X. Xxxxx FBR’s
reasonable opinion, may be necessary or advisable in connection
with the distribution of the Placement Shares by X. Xxxxx FBR
(provided, however, that
the failure of X. Xxxxx FBR to make such request shall not relieve
the Company of any obligation or liability hereunder, or affect X.
Xxxxx FBR’s right to rely on the representations and
warranties made by the Company in this Agreement and provided,
further, that the only remedy X. Xxxxx FBR shall have with respect
to the failure to make such filing shall be to cease making sales
under this Agreement until such amendment or supplement is filed);
(iii) the Company will not file any amendment or supplement to the
Registration Statement or Prospectus relating to the Placement
Shares or a security convertible into the Placement Shares unless a
copy thereof has been submitted to X. Xxxxx FBR within a reasonable
period of time before the filing and X. Xxxxx FBR has not
reasonably objected thereto (provided, however, that (A) the failure
of X. Xxxxx FBR to make such objection shall not relieve the
Company of any obligation or liability hereunder, or affect X.
Xxxxx FBR’s right to rely on the representations and
warranties made by the Company in this Agreement and (B) the
Company has no obligation to provide X. Xxxxx FBR any advance copy
of such filing or to provide X. Xxxxx FBR an opportunity to object
to such filing if the filing does not name X. Xxxxx FBR or does not
relate to the transaction herein provided; and provided, further,
that the only remedy X. Xxxxx FBR shall have with respect to the
failure by the Company to obtain such consent shall be to cease
making sales under this Agreement) and the Company will furnish to
X. Xxxxx FBR at the time of filing thereof a copy of any document
that upon filing is deemed to be incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement or Prospectus, except for those documents
available via XXXXX; and (iv) the Company will cause each amendment
or supplement to the Prospectus to be filed with the Commission as
required pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) of the
Securities Act or, in the case of any document to be incorporated
therein by reference, to be filed with the Commission as required
pursuant to the Exchange Act, within the time period prescribed
(the determination to file or not file any amendment or supplement
with the Commission under this Section 7(a), based on the
Company’s reasonable opinion or reasonable objections, shall
be made exclusively by the Company).
b. Notice
of Commission Stop Orders. The Company will advise X. Xxxxx
FBR, promptly after it receives notice or obtains knowledge
thereof, of the issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission
of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, of the suspension of the qualification of the Placement
Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose;
and it will promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to
prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal
if such a stop order should be issued. The Company will advise X.
Xxxxx FBR promptly after it receives any request by the Commission
for any amendments to the Registration Statement or any amendment
or supplements to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or for additional information related to the offering of
the Placement Shares or for additional information related to the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus.
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c. Delivery
of Prospectus; Subsequent Changes. During the Prospectus
Delivery Period, the Company will comply with all requirements
imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as from time to time in
force, and to file on or before their respective due dates all
reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required
to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14, 15(d) or any other provision of or under the
Exchange Act. If the Company has omitted any information from the
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities
Act, it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with
the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the
Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and to notify X. Xxxxx FBR
promptly of all such filings. If during the Prospectus Delivery
Period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then
amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then
existing, not misleading, or if during such Prospectus Delivery
Period it is necessary to amend or supplement the Registration
Statement or Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act, the
Company will promptly notify X. Xxxxx FBR to suspend the offering
of Placement Shares during such period and the Company will
promptly amend or supplement the Registration Statement or
Prospectus (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such
statement or omission or effect such compliance; provided, however, that the Company may
delay the filing of any amendment or supplement, if in the judgment
of the Company, it is in the best interest of the
Company.
d. Listing
of Placement Shares. During the Prospectus Delivery Period,
the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause
the Placement Shares to be listed on the Exchange and to qualify
the Placement Shares for sale under the securities laws of such
jurisdictions in the United States as X. Xxxxx FBR reasonably
designates and to continue such qualifications in effect so long as
required for the distribution of the Placement Shares; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required in connection therewith to qualify as a
foreign corporation or dealer in securities or file a general
consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.
e. Delivery
of Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company will
furnish to X. Xxxxx FBR and its counsel (at the reasonable expense
of the Company) copies of the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference
therein) and all amendments and supplements to the Registration
Statement or Prospectus that are filed with the Commission during
the Prospectus Delivery Period (including all documents filed with
the Commission during such period that are deemed to be
incorporated by reference therein), in each case as soon as
reasonably practicable and in such quantities as X. Xxxxx FBR may
from time to time reasonably request and, at X. Xxxxx FBR’s
request, will also furnish copies of the Prospectus to each
exchange or market on which sales of the Placement Shares may be
made; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be required to furnish any document
(other than the Prospectus) to X. Xxxxx FBR to the extent such
document is available on XXXXX.
f. Earnings
Statement. The Company will make generally available to its
security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later
than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal
quarter, an earnings statement covering a 12-month period that
satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) and Rule 158 of the
Securities Act.
g. Use
of Proceeds. The Company will use the Net Proceeds as
described in the Prospectus in the section entitled “Use of
Proceeds.”
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h.
Notice of Other
Sales. Without the prior written consent of X. Xxxxx FBR,
the Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer to sell, sell,
contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of
any Common Stock (other than the Placement Shares offered pursuant
to this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable
for Common Stock, warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire,
Common Stock during the period beginning on the date on which any
Placement Notice is delivered to X. Xxxxx FBR hereunder and ending
on the third (3rd) Trading Day immediately following the final
Settlement Date with respect to Placement Shares sold pursuant to
such Placement Notice (or, if the Placement Notice has been
terminated or suspended prior to the sale of all Placement Shares
covered by a Placement Notice, the date of such suspension or
termination); and will not directly or indirectly in any other
“at the market” or continuous equity transaction offer
to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or
otherwise dispose of any Common Stock (other than the Placement
Shares offered pursuant to this Agreement) or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, warrants or any
rights to purchase or acquire, Common Stock prior to the
termination of this Agreement; provided, however, that such
restrictions will not be required in connection with the
Company’s issuance or sale of (i) Common Stock, options to
purchase Common Stock or Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
options, pursuant to any employee or director stock option or
benefits plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan
(but not Common Stock subject to a waiver to exceed plan limits in
its dividend reinvestment plan) of the Company whether now in
effect or hereafter implemented; (ii) Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants, options or
other rights in effect or outstanding, and disclosed in filings by
the Company available on XXXXX or otherwise in writing to X. Xxxxx
FBR, and (iii) Common Stock, or securities convertible into or
exercisable for Common Stock, offered and sold in a privately
negotiated transaction to vendors, customers, strategic partners or
potential strategic partners or other investors conducted in a
manner so as not to be integrated with the offering of Common Stock
hereby.
i. Change
of Circumstances. The Company will, at any time during the
pendency of a Placement Notice advise X. Xxxxx FBR promptly after
it shall have received notice or obtained knowledge thereof, of any
information or fact that would alter or affect in any material
respect any opinion, certificate, letter or other document required
to be provided to X. Xxxxx FBR pursuant to this
Agreement.
j. Due
Diligence Cooperation. During the term of this Agreement,
the Company will cooperate with any reasonable due diligence review
conducted by X. Xxxxx FBR or its representatives in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without
limitation, providing information and making available documents
and senior corporate officers, during regular business hours and at
the Company’s principal offices, as X. Xxxxx FBR may
reasonably request.
k. Required
Filings Relating to Placement of Placement Shares. The
Company agrees that on such dates as the Securities Act shall
require, the Company will (i) file a prospectus supplement with the
Commission under the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act (each and every filing under Rule 424(b), a
“Filing
Date”), which prospectus supplement will set forth,
within the relevant period, the amount of Placement Shares sold
through X. Xxxxx FBR, the Net Proceeds to the Company and the
compensation payable by the Company to X. Xxxxx FBR with respect to
such Placement Shares, and (ii) deliver such number of copies of
each such prospectus supplement to each exchange or market on which
such sales were effected as may be required by the rules or
regulations of such exchange or market.
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l. Representation
Dates; Certificate. Each time during the term of this
Agreement that the Company:
(i)
amends or supplements (other than a prospectus supplement relating
solely to an offering of securities other than the Placement
Shares) the Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to
the Placement Shares by means of a post-effective amendment,
sticker, or supplement but not by means of incorporation of
documents by reference into the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares;
(ii)
files an annual report on Form 10-K under the Exchange Act
(including any Form 10-K/A containing amended financial information
or a material amendment to the previously filed Form
10-K);
(iii)
files its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act;
or
(iv)
files a current report on Form 8-K containing amended
financial information (other than information
“furnished” pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K
or to provide disclosure pursuant to Item 8.01 of Form 8-K relating
to the reclassification of certain properties as discontinued
operations in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 144) under the Exchange Act;
(Each
date of filing of one or more of the documents referred to in
clauses (i) through (iv) shall be a “Representation
Date.”)
the
Company shall furnish X. Xxxxx FBR (but in the case of clause (iv)
above only if X. Xxxxx FBR determines that the information
contained in such Form 8-K is material) with a certificate, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(1). The requirement
to provide a certificate under this Section 7(1) shall be waived
for any Representation Date occurring at a time at which no
Placement Notice is pending, which waiver shall continue until the
earlier to occur of the date the Company delivers a Placement
Notice hereunder (which for such calendar quarter shall be
considered a Representation Date) and the next occurring
Representation Date on which the Company files its annual report on
Form 10-K. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) upon the delivery of
the first Placement Notice hereunder and (ii) if the Company
subsequently decides to sell Placement Shares following a
Representation Date when the Company relied on such waiver and did
not provide X. Xxxxx FBR with a certificate under this Section 7(1), then before X.
Xxxxx FBR sells any Placement Shares, the Company shall provide X.
Xxxxx FBR with a certificate, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit 7(1), dated
the date of the Placement Notice.
m. Legal
Opinion. On or prior to the date of the first Placement
Notice given hereunder the Company shall cause to be furnished to
X. Xxxxx FBR written opinions and a negative assurance letter of
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP (“Company Counsel”), or
other counsel reasonably satisfactory to X. Xxxxx FBR, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit 7(m)(1) and 7(m)(2), respectively.
Thereafter, within five (5) Trading Days of each Representation
Date with respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver a
certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(l) for which
no waiver is applicable, the Company shall
cause to be furnished to X. Xxxxx FBR a written letter of Company
Counsel in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(m)(2), modified,
as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus as then amended or supplemented; provided that, in lieu of such negative
assurance for subsequent periodic filings under the Exchange Act,
counsel may furnish X. Xxxxx FBR with a letter (a
“Reliance
Letter”) to the effect that X. Xxxxx FBR may rely on
the negative assurance letter previously delivered under this
Section 7(m) to the same extent as if it were dated the date of
such letter (except that statements in such prior letter shall be
deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented as of the date of the Reliance
Letter).
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n. Comfort
Letter. On or prior to the date of the first Placement
Notice given hereunder and within five (5) Trading Days after each
subsequent Representation Date, other than pursuant to Section 7(l)(iii), the Company
shall cause its independent accountants to furnish X. Xxxxx FBR
letters (the “Comfort Letters”), dated
the date the Comfort Letter is delivered, which shall meet the
requirements set forth in this Section 7(n); provided, that if
requested by X. Xxxxx FBR, the Company shall cause a Comfort Letter
to be furnished to X. Xxxxx FBR within ten (10) Trading Days of
such request following the date of occurrence of any restatement of
the Company’s financial statements. The Comfort Letter from
the Company’s independent accountants shall be in a form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to X. Xxxxx FBR, (i) confirming
that they are an independent public accounting firm within the
meaning of the Securities Act and the PCAOB, (ii) stating, as of
such date, the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect
to the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered
by accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters
in connection with registered public offerings (the first such
letter, the “Initial
Comfort Letter”) and (iii) updating the Initial
Comfort Letter with any information that would have been included
in the Initial Comfort Letter had it been given on such date and
modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the date of such
letter.
o. Market
Activities. The Company will not, directly or indirectly,
(i) take any action designed to cause or result in, or that
constitutes or would reasonably be expected to constitute, the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of Common Stock or (ii)
sell, bid for, or purchase Common Stock in violation of Regulation
M, or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of the
Placement Shares other than X. Xxxxx FBR.
p. Investment
Company Act. The Company will conduct its affairs in such a
manner so as to reasonably ensure that neither it nor the
Subsidiaries will be or become, at any time prior to the
termination of this Agreement, an “investment company,”
as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act.
q. No
Offer to Sell. Other than an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
approved in advance by the Company and X. Xxxxx FBR in its capacity
as agent hereunder pursuant to Section 23, neither X. Xxxxx
FBR nor the Company (including its agents and representatives,
other than X. Xxxxx FBR in their capacity as such) will make, use,
prepare, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication
(as defined in Rule 405), required to be filed with the Commission,
that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to
buy Placement Shares hereunder.
x. Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act. The Company will maintain and keep accurate books and
records reflecting its assets and maintain internal accounting
controls in a manner designed to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with GAAP and including those policies and procedures
that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable
detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of the assets of the Company, (ii) provide reasonable
assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the
preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial
statements in accordance with GAAP, (iii) that receipts and
expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with
management’s and the Company’s directors’
authorization, and (iv) provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or
disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a
material effect on its financial statements. The Company will
maintain such controls and other procedures, including, without
limitation, those required by Sections 302 and 906 of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act, and the applicable regulations thereunder that
are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by
the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported,
within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules
and forms, including, without limitation, controls and procedures
designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the
Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange
Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s
management, including its principal executive officer and principal
financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as
appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure
and to ensure that material information relating to the Company or
the Subsidiaries is made known to them by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which such periodic
reports are being prepared.
8. Representations
and Covenants of X. Xxxxx FBR. X. Xxxxx FBR represents and
warrants that it is duly registered as a broker-dealer under FINRA,
the Exchange Act and the applicable statutes and regulations of
each state in which the Placement Shares will be offered and sold,
except such states in which X. Xxxxx FBR is exempt from
registration or such registration is not otherwise required. X.
Xxxxx FBR shall continue, for the term of this Agreement, to be
duly registered as a broker-dealer under FINRA, the Exchange Act
and the applicable statutes and regulations of each state in which
the Placement Shares will be offered and sold, except such states
in which X. Xxxxx FBR is exempt from registration or such
registration is not otherwise required, during the term of this
Agreement. X. Xxxxx FBR shall comply with all applicable law and
regulations, including but not limited to Regulation M, in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
including the issuance and sale through X. Xxxxx FBR of the
Placement Shares.
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9. Payment
of Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to
the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including
(i) the preparation, filing, including any fees required by the
Commission, and printing of the Registration Statement (including
financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each
amendment and supplement thereto and each Free Writing Prospectus,
in such number as X. Xxxxx FBR shall deem reasonably necessary,
(ii) the printing and delivery to X. Xxxxx FBR of this Agreement
and such other documents as may be required in connection with the
offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Placement
Shares, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the
certificates, if any, for the Placement Shares to X. Xxxxx FBR,
including any stock or other transfer taxes and any capital duties,
stamp duties or other duties or taxes payable upon the sale,
issuance or delivery of the Placement Shares to X. Xxxxx FBR, (iv)
the fees and disbursements of the counsel, accountants and other
advisors to the Company, (v) the fees and disbursements of counsel
to X. Xxxxx FBR up to $25,000, (vi) the fees and expenses of the
transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock, (vii) the filing
fees incident to any review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of
the Placement Shares, and (viii) the fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the listing of the Placement Shares on the
Exchange.
10. Conditions
to X. Xxxxx FBR’s Obligations. The obligations of X.
Xxxxx FBR hereunder with respect to a Placement will be subject to
the continuing accuracy and completeness of the representations and
warranties made by the Company herein, to the due performance by
the Company of its obligations hereunder, to the completion by X.
Xxxxx FBR of a due diligence review satisfactory to it in its
reasonable judgment, and to the continuing satisfaction (or waiver
by X. Xxxxx FBR in its sole discretion) of the following additional
conditions:
a. Registration
Statement Effective. The Registration Statement shall have
become effective and shall be available for the sale of all
Placement Shares contemplated to be issued by any Placement
Notice.
b. No
Material Notices. None of the following events shall have
occurred and be continuing: (i) receipt by the Company of any
request for additional information from the Commission or any other
federal or state governmental authority during the period of
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the response to which
would require any post-effective amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus; (ii) the issuance by the
Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of
any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;
(iii) receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to
the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification
of any of the Placement Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; or
(iv) the occurrence of any event that makes any material statement
made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any
material document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein
by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the
making of any changes in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it
will not contain any materially untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and, that
in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any materially
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, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading.
c. No
Misstatement or Material Omission. X. Xxxxx FBR shall not
have advised the Company that the Registration Statement or
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an
untrue statement of fact that in X. Xxxxx FBR’s reasonable
opinion is material, or omits to state a fact that in X. Xxxxx
FBR’s reasonable opinion is material and is required to be
stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.
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d. Material
Changes. Except as contemplated in the Prospectus, or
disclosed in the Company’s reports filed with the Commission,
there shall not have been any Material Adverse Effect, or any
development that could reasonably be expected to cause a Material
Adverse Effect, or a downgrading in or withdrawal of the rating
assigned to any of the Company’s securities (other than asset
backed securities) by any rating organization or a public
announcement by any rating organization that it has under
surveillance or review its rating of any of the Company’s
securities (other than asset backed securities), the effect of
which, in the case of any such action by a rating organization
described above, in the reasonable judgment of X. Xxxxx FBR
(without relieving the Company of any obligation or liability it
may otherwise have), is so material as to make it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the offering of the Placement Shares on
the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus.
e. Legal
Opinion. X. Xxxxx FBR shall have received the opinions and
negative assurances of Company Counsel required to be delivered
pursuant Section
7(m) on or before the date on which such delivery of such
opinions are required pursuant to Section 7(m).
f. Comfort
Letter. X. Xxxxx FBR shall have received the Comfort Letter
required to be delivered pursuant Section 7(n) on or before the
date on which such delivery of such letter is required pursuant to
Section
7(n).
g. Representation
Certificate. X. Xxxxx FBR shall have received the
certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(1) on or before the
date on which delivery of such certificate is required pursuant to
Section
7(1).
h. Secretary’s
Certificate. On the date of this Agreement, X. Xxxxx FBR
shall have received a certificate, signed on behalf of the Company
by its corporate Secretary, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to X. Xxxxx FBR and its counsel.
i. No
Suspension. Trading in the Common Stock shall not have been
suspended on the Exchange and the Common Stock shall not have been
delisted from the Exchange.
j. Other
Materials. On each date on which the Company is required to
deliver a certificate pursuant to Section 7(1), the Company shall
have furnished to X. Xxxxx FBR such appropriate further
information, certificates and documents as X. Xxxxx FBR may
reasonably request. All such opinions, certificates, letters and
other documents will be in compliance with the provisions hereof.
The Company will furnish X. Xxxxx FBR with such conformed copies of
such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents as X.
Xxxxx FBR shall reasonably request.
k.
Securities Act Filings
Made. All filings with the Commission required by Rule 424
under the Securities Act to have been filed prior to the issuance
of any Placement Notice hereunder shall have been made within the
applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule
424.
l.
Approval for
Listing. The Placement Shares shall either have been
approved for listing on the Exchange, subject only to notice of
issuance, or the Company shall have filed an application for
listing of the Placement Shares on the Exchange at, or prior to,
the issuance of any Placement Notice.
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m. No
Termination Event. There shall not have occurred any event
that would permit X. Xxxxx FBR to terminate this Agreement pursuant
to Section
13(a).
11.
Indemnification and
Contribution.
(a)
Company
Indemnification. The Company agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless X. Xxxxx
FBR, its partners, members, directors, officers, employees and
agents and each person, if any, who controls X. Xxxxx FBR within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act as follows:
(i) against
any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever,
as incurred, joint or several, arising out of or based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto),
or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, or arising out of any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any related
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment
or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission
therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading;
(ii) against
any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever,
as incurred, joint or several, to the extent of the aggregate
amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation
or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or
threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue
statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or
omission; provided that (subject to Section 11(d) below) any such
settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company,
which consent shall not unreasonably be delayed or withheld;
and
(iii) against
any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and
disbursements of counsel), reasonably incurred in investigating,
preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation
or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue
statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or
omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i)
or (ii) above.
Provided, however, that this indemnity
agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or
expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made solely in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by X. Xxxxx FBR expressly for use in the
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or in any
related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto).
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(b)
X. Xxxxx FBR
Indemnification. X. Xxxxx FBR agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Company and its directors and each officer of the
Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if
any, who (i) controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act or (ii) is
controlled by or is under common control with the Company against
any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in
the indemnity contained in Section 11(a), as incurred, but
only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged
untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement
(or any amendments thereto) or in any related Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information
relating to X. Xxxxx FBR and furnished to the Company in writing by
X. Xxxxx FBR expressly for use therein.
(c)
Procedure. Any
party that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under
this Section 11
will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any
action against such party in respect of which a claim is to be made
against an indemnifying party or parties under this Section 11, notify each such
indemnifying party of the commencement of such action, enclosing a
copy of all papers served, but the omission so to notify such
indemnifying party will not relieve the indemnifying party from (i)
any liability that it might have to any indemnified party otherwise
than under this Section
11 and (ii) any liability that it may have to any
indemnified party under the foregoing provision of this
Section 11 unless,
and only to the extent that, such omission results in the
forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses by the indemnifying
party. If any such action is brought against any indemnified party
and it notifies the indemnifying party of its commencement, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and, to the
extent that it elects by delivering written notice to the
indemnified party promptly after receiving notice of the
commencement of the action from the indemnified party, jointly with
any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the
defense of the action, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to
the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense, the
indemnifying party will not be liable to the indemnified party for
any legal or other expenses except as provided below and except for
the reasonable costs of investigation subsequently incurred by the
indemnified party in connection with the defense. The indemnified
party will have the right to employ its own counsel in any such
action, but the fees, expenses and other charges of such counsel
will be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (1) the
employment of counsel by the indemnified party has been authorized
in writing by the indemnifying party, (2) the indemnified party has
reasonably concluded (based on advice of counsel) that there may be
legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties that
are different from or in addition to those available to the
indemnifying party, (3) a conflict or potential conflict exists
(based on advice of counsel to the indemnified party) between the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party (in which case the
indemnifying party will not have the right to direct the defense of
such action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (4) the
indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel to assume the
defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving
notice of the commencement of the action, in each of which cases
the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel
will be at the expense of the indemnifying party or parties. It is
understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not, in
connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees, disbursements and
other charges of more than one separate firm admitted to practice
in such jurisdiction at any one time for all such indemnified party
or parties. All such fees, disbursements and other charges will be
reimbursed by the indemnifying party promptly after the
indemnifying party receives a written invoice relating to fees,
disbursements and other charges in reasonable detail. An
indemnifying party will not, in any event, be liable for any
settlement of any action or claim effected without its written
consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written
consent of each indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent
to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim,
action or proceeding relating to the matters contemplated by this
Section 11 (whether
or not any indemnified party is a party thereto), unless such
settlement, compromise or consent (1) includes an unconditional
release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of
such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (2) does
not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability
or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified
party.
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(d)
Contribution. In
order to provide for just and equitable contribution in
circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in the
foregoing paragraphs of this Section 11 is applicable in
accordance with its terms but for any reason is held to be
unavailable from the Company or X. Xxxxx FBR, the Company and X.
Xxxxx FBR will contribute to the total losses, claims, liabilities,
expenses and damages (including any investigative, legal and other
expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount
paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim
asserted, but after deducting any contribution received by the
Company from persons other than X. Xxxxx FBR, such as persons who
control the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act, officers of the Company who signed the Registration
Statement and directors of the Company, who also may be liable for
contribution) to which the Company and X. Xxxxx FBR may be subject
in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and X. Xxxxx FBR
on the other hand. The relative benefits received by the Company on
the one hand and X. Xxxxx FBR on the other hand shall be deemed to
be in the same proportion as the total Net Proceeds from the sale
of the Placement Shares (before deducting expenses) received by the
Company bear to the total compensation received by X. Xxxxx FBR
(before deducting expenses) from the sale of Placement Shares on
behalf of the Company. If, but only if, the allocation provided by
the foregoing sentence is not permitted by applicable law, the
allocation of contribution shall be made in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to
in the foregoing sentence but also the relative fault of the
Company, on the one hand, and X. Xxxxx FBR, on the other hand, with
respect to the statements or omission that resulted in such loss,
claim, liability, expense or damage, or action in respect thereof,
as well as any other relevant equitable considerations with respect
to such offering. Such relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission
to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company or X. Xxxxx FBR, the intent of the parties and their
relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and X.
Xxxxx FBR agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contributions pursuant to this Section 11(d) were to be
determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of
allocation that does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an
indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, liability,
expense, or damage, or action in respect thereof, referred to above
in this Section
11(d) shall be deemed to include, for the purpose of this
Section 11(d), any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any such action
or claim to the extent consistent with Section 11(c) hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11(d), X. Xxxxx FBR
shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
commissions received by it under this Agreement and no person found
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 11(d), any person who
controls a party to this Agreement within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and any officers, directors,
partners, employees or agents of X. Xxxxx FBR, will have the same
rights to contribution as that party, and each officer and director
of the Company who signed the Registration Statement will have the
same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to
the provisions hereof. Any party entitled to contribution, promptly
after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such
party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made
under this Section
11(d), will notify any such party or parties from whom
contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify will not
relieve that party or parties from whom contribution may be sought
from any other obligation it or they may have under this
Section 11(d)
except to the extent that the failure to so notify such other party
materially prejudiced the substantive rights or defenses of the
party from whom contribution is sought. Except for a settlement
entered into pursuant to the last sentence of Section 11(c) hereof, no party
will be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim
settled without its written consent if such consent is required
pursuant to Section
11(c) hereof.
12.
Representations and
Agreements to Survive Delivery. The indemnity and
contribution agreements contained in Section 11 of this Agreement
and all representations and warranties of the Company herein or in
certificates delivered pursuant hereto shall survive, as of their
respective dates, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on
behalf of X. Xxxxx FBR, any controlling persons, or the Company (or
any of their respective officers, directors or controlling
persons), (ii) delivery and acceptance of the Placement Shares and
payment therefor or (iii) any termination of this
Agreement.
13. Termination.
x. X.
Xxxxx FBR may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company,
as hereinafter specified at any time (1) if there has been, since
the time of execution of this Agreement or since the date as of
which information is given in the Prospectus, any Material Adverse
Effect, or any development that is reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect or, in the sole judgment of X. Xxxxx FBR,
is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to
market the Placement Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of
the Placement Shares, (2) if there has occurred any material
adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the
international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or
escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or
development involving a prospective change in national or
international political, financial or economic conditions, in each
case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of
X. Xxxxx FBR, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Placement
Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Placement
Shares, (3) if trading in the Common Stock has been suspended or
limited by the Commission or the Exchange, or if trading generally
on the Exchange has been suspended or limited, or minimum prices
for trading have been fixed on the Exchange, (4) if any suspension
of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in
the over-the-counter market shall have occurred and be continuing,
(5) if a major disruption of securities settlements or clearance
services in the United States shall have occurred and be
continuing, or (6) if a banking moratorium has been declared by
either U.S. Federal or New York authorities. Any such termination
shall be without liability of any party to any other party except
that the provisions of Section 9 (Payment of
Expenses), Section
11 (Indemnification and Contribution), Section 12 (Representations and
Agreements to Survive Delivery), Section 18 (Governing Law and
Time; Waiver of Jury Trial) and Section 19 (Consent to
Jurisdiction) hereof shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding such termination. If X. Xxxxx FBR elects to
terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 13(a), X.
Xxxxx FBR shall provide the required notice as specified in
Section 14
(Notices).
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b. The
Company shall have the right, by giving ten (10) days notice as
hereinafter specified to terminate this Agreement in its sole
discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement. Any such
termination shall be without liability of any party to any other
party except that the provisions of Section 9 (Payment of
Expenses), Section
11 (Indemnification and Contribution), Section 12 (Representations and
Agreements to Survive Delivery), Section 18 (Governing Law and
Time; Waiver of Jury Trial) and Section 19 (Consent to
Jurisdiction) hereof shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding such termination.
x. X.
Xxxxx FBR shall have the right, by giving ten (10) days notice as
hereinafter specified to terminate this Agreement in its sole
discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement. Any such
termination shall be without liability of any party to any other
party except that the provisions of Section 9 (Payment of
Expenses), Section
11 (Indemnification and Contribution), Section 12 (Representations and
Agreements to Survive Delivery), Section 18 (Governing Law and
Time; Waiver of Jury Trial) and Section 19 (Consent to
Jurisdiction) hereof shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding such termination.
d. Unless
earlier terminated pursuant to this Section 13, this Agreement
shall automatically terminate upon the issuance and sale of all of
the Placement Shares through X. Xxxxx FBR on the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth herein except that the provisions of
Section 9 (Payment
of Expenses), Section
11 (Indemnification and Contribution), Section 12 (Representations and
Agreements to Survive Delivery), Section 18 (Governing Law and
Time; Waiver of Jury Trial) and Section 19 (Consent to
Jurisdiction) hereof shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding such termination.
e. This
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless terminated
pursuant to Sections
13(a), (b),
(c), or
(d) above or
otherwise by mutual agreement of the parties; provided, however, that any such
termination by mutual agreement shall in all cases be deemed to
provide that Section
9 (Payment of Expenses), Section 11 (Indemnification and
Contribution), Section
12 (Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery),
Section 18
(Governing Law and Time; Waiver of Jury Trial) and Section 19 (Consent to
Jurisdiction) shall remain in full force and effect. Upon
termination of this Agreement, the Company shall not have any
liability to X. Xxxxx FBR for any discount, commission or other
compensation with respect to any Placement Shares not otherwise
sold by X. Xxxxx FBR under this Agreement.
f. Any
termination of this Agreement shall be effective on the date
specified in such notice of termination; provided, however, that such
termination shall not be effective until the close of business on
the date of receipt of such notice by X. Xxxxx FBR or the Company,
as the case may be. If such termination shall occur prior to the
Settlement Date for any sale of Placement Shares, such Placement
Shares shall settle in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
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14.
Notices. All
notices or other communications required or permitted to be given
by any party to any other party pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement shall be in writing, unless otherwise specified, and if
sent to X. Xxxxx FBR, shall be delivered to:
X.
Xxxxx FBR, Inc.
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
General Counsel
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
with a
copy to:
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx LLP
One
Riverfront Plaza
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
and if
to the Company, shall be delivered to:
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Khoso Baluch
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
with a
copy to:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP
0000
Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
Each
party to this Agreement may change such address for notices by
sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new
address for such purpose. Each such notice or other communication
shall be deemed given (i) when delivered personally, by email, or
by verifiable facsimile transmission (with an original to follow)
on or before 4:30 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day or,
if such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business
Day, (ii) on the next Business Day after timely delivery to a
nationally-recognized overnight courier and (iii) on the Business
Day actually received if deposited in the U.S. mail (certified or
registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid). For
purposes of this Agreement, “Business Day” shall mean
any day on which the Exchange and commercial banks in the City of
New York are open for business.
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An
electronic communication (“Electronic Notice”) shall
be deemed written notice for purposes of this Section 14 if sent to the
electronic mail address specified in Schedule 3 hereof. Electronic
Notice shall be deemed received at the time the party sending
Electronic Notice receives confirmation of receipt by the receiving
party. Any party receiving Electronic Notice may request and shall
be entitled to receive the notice on paper, in a nonelectronic form
(“Nonelectronic
Notice”) which shall be sent to the requesting party
within ten (10) days of receipt of the written request for
Nonelectronic Notice.
15. Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the Company and X. Xxxxx FBR and their
respective successors and the affiliates, controlling persons,
officers and directors referred to in Section 11 hereof. References
to any of the parties contained in this Agreement shall be deemed
to include the successors and permitted assigns of such party.
Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to
confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their
respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, remedies,
obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement,
except as expressly provided in this Agreement. Neither party may
assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the
prior written consent of the other party.
16.
Adjustments for Stock
Splits. The parties acknowledge and agree that all
share-related numbers contained in this Agreement shall be adjusted
to take into account any share consolidation, stock split, stock
dividend, corporate domestication or similar event effected with
respect to the Placement Shares.
17.
Entire Agreement;
Amendment; Severability. This Agreement (including all
schedules and exhibits attached hereto and Placement Notices issued
pursuant hereto) constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes
all other prior and contemporaneous agreements and undertakings,
both written and oral, between the parties hereto with regard to
the subject matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any term
hereof may be amended except pursuant to a written instrument
executed by the Company and X. Xxxxx FBR. In the event that any one
or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application
thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable as written by a court of competent jurisdiction, then
such provision shall be given full force and effect to the fullest
possible extent that it is valid, legal and enforceable, and the
remainder of the terms and provisions herein shall be construed as
if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable term or provision was not
contained herein, but only to the extent that giving effect to such
provision and the remainder of the terms and provisions hereof
shall be in accordance with the intent of the parties as reflected
in this Agreement.
18.
GOVERNING LAW AND TIME;
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. SPECIFIED
TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME. THE COMPANY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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19. CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO
THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS
SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, FOR THE
ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY
TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND
AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM
THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH
COURT, THAT SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM OR THAT THE VENUE OF SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR
PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN
ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF
(CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED) TO SUCH
PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND
SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED
HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE
PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
20. Use
of Information. X. Xxxxx FBR may not use any information
gained in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including due diligence, to advise
any party with respect to transactions not expressly approved by
the Company.
21. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed
Agreement by one party to the other may be made by facsimile
transmission.
22. Effect
of Headings. The section and Exhibit headings herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.
23. Permitted
Free Writing Prospectuses.
The
Company represents, warrants and agrees that, unless it obtains the
prior consent of X. Xxxxx FBR, and X. Xxxxx FBR represents,
warrants and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of
the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating
to the Placement Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a
“free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405,
required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing
prospectus consented to by X. Xxxxx FBR or by the Company, as the
case may be, is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents and warrants that
it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing
prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and
will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the
Commission where required, legending and record keeping. For the
purposes of clarity, the parties hereto agree that all free writing
prospectuses, if any, listed in Exhibit 23 hereto are Permitted
Free Writing Prospectuses.
24. Absence
of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and
agrees that:
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x. X.
Xxxxx FBR is acting solely as agent in connection with the public
offering of the Placement Shares and in connection with each
transaction contemplated by this Agreement and the process leading
to such transactions, and no fiduciary or advisory relationship
between the Company or any of its respective affiliates,
stockholders (or other equity holders), creditors or employees or
any other party, on the one hand, and X. Xxxxx FBR, on the other
hand, has been or will be created in respect of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of
whether or not X. Xxxxx FBR has advised or is advising the Company
on other matters, and X. Xxxxx FBR has no obligation to the Company
with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
except the obligations expressly set forth in this
Agreement;
b. it
is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and
accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement;
x. X.
Xxxxx FBR has not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax
advice with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and it has consulted its own legal, accounting,
regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed
appropriate;
d. it
is aware that X. Xxxxx FBR and its affiliates are engaged in a
broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ
from those of the Company and X. Xxxxx FBR has no obligation to
disclose such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue
of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship or otherwise;
and
e. it
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may
have against X. Xxxxx FBR for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged
breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the sale of Placement
Shares under this Agreement and agrees that X. Xxxxx FBR shall not
have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract, tort
or otherwise) to it in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to
any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on its behalf or in
right of it or the Company, employees or creditors of Company,
other than in respect of X. Xxxxx FBR’s obligations under
this Agreement and to keep information provided by the Company to
X. Xxxxx FBR and X. Xxxxx FBR’s counsel confidential to the
extent not otherwise publicly-available.
25.
Definitions.
As used
in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings
set forth below:
“Applicable Time” means
(i) each Representation Date and (ii) the time of each sale of any
Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
“Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing
prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, relating to the
Placement Shares that (1) is required to be filed with the
Commission by the Company, (2) is a “road show” that is
a “written communication” within the meaning of Rule
433(d)(8)(i) whether or not required to be filed with the
Commission, or (3) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule
433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Placement
Shares or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in
each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the
Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in
the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the
Securities Act.
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“Rule 172,”
“Rule
405,” “Rule 415,”
“Rule
424,” “Rule 424(b),”
“Rule
430B,” and “Rule 433” refer to such
rules under the Securities Act.
All
references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules
and other information that is “contained,”
“included” or “stated” in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus (and all other references of like
import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial
statements and schedules and other information that is incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as
the case may be.
All
references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing
shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission
pursuant to XXXXX; all references in this Agreement to any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus (other than any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectuses that, pursuant to Rule 433, are not required to be
filed with the Commission) shall be deemed to include the copy
thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX; and all
references in this Agreement to “supplements” to the
Prospectus shall include, without limitation, any supplements,
“wrappers” or similar materials prepared in connection
with any offering, sale or private placement of any Placement
Shares by X. Xxxxx FBR outside of the United States.
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If the
foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the
Company and X. Xxxxx FBR, please so indicate in the space provided
below for that purpose, whereupon this Agreement shall constitute a
binding agreement between the Company and X. Xxxxx
FBR.
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SCHEDULE 1
FORM OF
PLACEMENT NOTICE
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Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the
terms and subject to the conditions contained in the At Market
Issuance Sales Agreement between CorMedix Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and X. Xxxxx
FBR, Inc. (“X. Xxxxx
FBR”), dated March 9, 2018, the Company hereby
requests that X. Xxxxx FBR sell up to [_______] shares of the
Company’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, at a
minimum market price of $___ per share, during the time period
beginning [month, day, time] and ending [month, day,
time].
SCHEDULE 2
Compensation
The
Company shall pay to X. Xxxxx FBR in cash, upon each sale of
Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement, an amount equal to
3.0% of the gross proceeds from each sale of Placement
Shares.
SCHEDULE 3
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Notice Parties
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The
Company
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FBR
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SCHEDULE 6(g)
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Subsidiaries
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CorMedix
Europe GmbH
EXHIBIT 7(1)
Form of Representation Date Certificate
________________, 20__
This
Representation Date Certificate (this “Certificate”) is executed
and delivered in connection with Section 7(1) of the At Market
Issuance Sales Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated March
9, 2018, and entered into between CorMedix Inc. (the
“Company”) and X. Xxxxx
FBR, Inc. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings given to such terms in the
Agreement.
The
Company hereby certifies as follows:
1. As
of the date of this Certificate (i) the Registration Statement does
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii)
neither the Registration Statement nor the Prospectus contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading and (iii) no event has occurred as a
result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the
Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not untrue or
misleading for this paragraph 1 to be true.
2. Each
of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in
the Agreement were, when originally made, and are, as of the date
of this Certificate, true and correct in all material
respects.
3. Except
as waived by X. Xxxxx FBR in writing, each of the covenants
required to be performed by the Company in the Agreement on or
prior to the date of the Agreement, this Representation Date, and
each such other date prior to the date hereof as set forth in the
Agreement, has been duly, timely and fully performed in all
material respects and each condition required to be complied with
by the Company on or prior to the date of the Agreement, this
Representation Date, and each such other date prior to the date
hereof as set forth in the Agreement has been duly, timely and
fully complied with in all material respects.
4. Subsequent
to the date of the most recent financial statements in the
Prospectus, and except as described in the Prospectus, including
Incorporated Documents, there has been no Material Adverse
Effect.
5. No stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any part
thereof has been issued, and no proceedings for that purpose have
been instituted or are pending or threatened by any securities or
other governmental authority (including, without limitation, the
Commission).
6. No order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the qualification or
registration of the Placement Shares under the securities or Blue
Sky laws of any jurisdiction are in
effect and no proceeding for such purpose is pending before, or
threatened, to the Company’s knowledge or in writing by, any
securities or other governmental authority (including, without
limitation, the Commission).
The
undersigned has executed this Representation Date Certificate as of
the date first written above.
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EXHIBIT 7(m)(1)
Form of Legal Opinion
1. The
Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware. The Company is qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation under the laws of the State of New Jersey. The Company
has the corporate power and authority, and, to our knowledge, all
material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and
approvals that are required to own, lease and operate its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted
(and described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for its fiscal year ended December 31, 20__).
2. The
Company has the corporate power and authority to (a) execute,
deliver and perform the Agreement, (b) to issue, sell and
deliver the Placement Shares pursuant to the Agreement and
(c) to carry out and perform its obligations under, and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by, the
Agreement.
3. All
action on the part of the Company, its directors and its
stockholders necessary for the authorization, execution and
delivery by the Company of the Agreement, the authorization,
issuance, sale and delivery of the Placement Shares pursuant to the
Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated by the Agreement has been duly taken. The Agreement
has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
4. All
presently issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable and free of any preemptive or similar rights arising
by operation of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and, to our
knowledge, have been issued in compliance with applicable
securities laws and regulations. To our knowledge, except for
rights described or referred to in the Prospectus, there are no
other options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights
presently outstanding to purchase or otherwise acquire from the
Company any capital stock or other securities of the Company, or
any other agreements to issue any such securities or rights. The
Placement Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and
paid for pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of any preemptive or
similar rights arising by operation of the Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws or the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware or, to our knowledge, rights of first refusal or other
similar rights to subscribe for the Placement Shares.
5. The
Registration Statement filed with the Commission (No. 333-_____)
which registers the sale of the Placement Shares is currently
effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or, to our knowledge, threatened. Any
required filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act has been made in the manner and within the time
required by Rule 424(b).
6. The
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and the documents
incorporated therein by reference (other than the financial
statements and schedules and other financial data included or
incorporated by reference therein, as to which we express no
opinion), complied as of their respective effective or filing dates
in all material respects as to form with the requirements of the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder.
7. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of, and the
compliance by the Company with the terms of, the Agreement and the
issuance, sale and delivery of the Placement Shares pursuant to the
Agreement do not (a) conflict with or result in a violation of
any provision of law, rule or regulation or any rule or regulation
of any securities exchange applicable to the Company or of the
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company,
(b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a
default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both
would become a default) under, or result in or permit the
termination or modification of, any agreement filed or incorporated
by reference as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on
the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20__, or any
instrument, order, writ, judgment or decree known to us to which
the Company is a party or is subject that would result in a
Material Adverse Change or (c) to our knowledge, result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, claim or encumbrance on any of
the assets or properties of the Company that would result in a
Material Adverse Change.
8. To
our knowledge, there is (i) no claim, action, suit,
proceeding, arbitration, investigation or inquiry, pending or
threatened, before any court or governmental or administrative body
or agency, or any private arbitration tribunal, against the
Company, or any of the officers, directors or employees (in
connection with the discharge of their duties as officers,
directors and employees) of the Company, or affecting any of its
properties or assets and (ii) no indenture, contract, lease,
mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan or other agreement or
instrument of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement, which is not filed as required by the
Securities Act and the rules thereunder.
9. In
connection with the valid execution, delivery and performance by
the Company of the Agreement, or the offer, sale, issuance or
delivery of the Placement Shares or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby, no consent, license, permit,
waiver, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration,
registration or filing with, any governmental or regulatory
authority, self-regulatory organization, or court is
required.
10.
The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Placement Shares and the application of the proceeds
thereof as described in the Prospectus will not be, an Investment
Company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
11.
The information included in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus under the caption “Description of Common
Stock,” to the extent that it constitutes matters of law,
summaries of legal matters, documents referred to therein or legal
conclusions, has been reviewed by us and fairly summarizes the
matters set forth therein in all material respects.
EXHIBIT
7(m)(2)
Form of Negative Assurance Letter
We
advise you that no facts have come to our attention that lead us to
believe that (in each case, except for
financial statements and schedules and other financial data and
management’s report on the effectiveness of internal control
over financial reporting included or incorporated by reference therein or
omitted therefrom as to which
we make no statement): (i) the
Registration Statement, as of the time it became effective
or is deemed to have become effective under Section 11(d) of the
Securities Act and Rule 430B thereunder, 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; and (ii) the
Prospectus, as of its date and the date hereof, contained or
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
EXHIBIT 23
Permitted Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses
None.